The Relationship Between Politics, Race, and Music in America

 Michael Tabora Professor Graham African American Music Appreciation 9 June 2018 Midterm Essay From the beginning of recorded history, music, along with other things has been used as a tool to promote specific political and ideological messages. Even in today’s world in the 21st century, music is still being used as a tool to … Read more

The Importance of Ex-Ante Conditionalities in Efficient Public Investments

 The effectiveness of public investments and the durability of their results depend on having in place suitable policy, regulatory and institutional conditions. Indeed, unsound policy frameworks and regulatory, administrative and institutional weaknesses are major systemic bottlenecks hindering effective and efficient public spending. It is therefore of the utmost importance that such systemic weaknesses are … Read more

Implementing Regs. of Structural and Cohesion Funds

 ay i2.2. The theme of equal opportunities and treatment, brings together the following principles as they are promoted under the Structural and Cohesion Funds regulations Investments 2014-2020, respectively: – equal opportunities and treatment between men and women (gender equality); – non-discrimination. In the policies that aim to combat discrimination, the following distinction can be … Read more

Industry relevant heat treatment processes using ribbon burners studied with large eddy simulations

 section{Executive Summary} Industry relevant heat treatment processes using ribbon burners (corrugated metal sheets pressed and spot welded together forming several small ports) are studied using large eddy simulations (LES) in this work. Experimental data from laser absorption spectroscopy is used to try and validate computational models. The initial simulations are modeled in an open-source … Read more

The Pros and Cons of Marketing via Social Media: A Discussion of Social-Cultural, Legal, Economic and Technological Properties

 While countries around the world differ with aspects of culture and traditions, many people around the world are linked together via social media, overcoming geological differences. With the ever-increasing popularity of social media people are globally able to create and maintain relationships and generate visual representations of their lives and stories. Communication and online … Read more

Investigating the Effect of Lipase Concentration on Lipid Hydrolysis in Full Fat Milk

 Assessment Task 3 Open Ended Investigation Year 12 HSC Biology 2018 30031024 Aim: To investigate how the concentration of lipase affects the rate at which it catalyses the hydrolysis of the lipids found in full fat milk. Background Information: Enzymes have a tertiary structure that’s held together by ionic bonds, disulphide bridges and hydrogen … Read more

The Theme of Survival in Margaret Atwood’s Works

 Margaret Atwood is one of the most recognized authors of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Born in Ontario, Canada in 1939, Atwood grew up on a steady diet of comic books, Canadian folk stories, fairy tales, and mystery novels. These various genres would later influence her novels, short stories, and other works. Atwood’s stories … Read more

Maximising EU Cohesion Policy Through Use of Financial Instruments: Overview of the 2014-2020 Reform

 Cohesion policy has undergone a far-reaching reform for the 2014-2020 period. Based on the legislative proposals presented by the Commission in October 2011, the Regulations that entered into force in December 2013  contain a number of wide ranging changes to: • improve effectiveness by targeting resources on key Europe 2020 objectives, establishing a performance … Read more

Boost Engagement and Learning W/ LMS: Understanding Benefits and Drawbacks of LMS in Higher Education

 The topic of our report is Learning Management Systems, and we are analysing the usefulness of Learning Management Systems in a post-secondary education. What do we understand when we hear the term LMS is an application that runs on a Web server and that is accessible via a Web browser over an Internet connection … Read more