Grey College Essays Samples For Students

Diabetes is one of the leading causes of death in developed and industrialised nations owing to sedentary and unhealthy lifestyle. Diabetes accounts for over 5 million deaths around the globe annually (Bhutani & Bhutani S. 2014). Diabetes can be controlled and complications arising due to diabetes can be prevented or controlled; however, due to the lack of awareness and education, most people suffer from chronic complications such as cardiovascular disease, stroke, and hypertension. Based on current evidence, early detection and control is a recommended intervention in reducing the morbidity and mortality of the disease. There has been significant advancements in ...

Adolescent Girls and the Media

Adolescence marks a time of rapid and intense emotional and physical changes, especially for females. There is an increased value placed on peer acceptance and approval, and a heightened attention to external influences and social messages about cultural norms. Body image and related self-concepts emerge as significant factors associated with health and well-being during this developmental phase, as youths begin to focus more on their physical appearance. How adolescents formulate and define their body image ideals and subsequent self-comparisons is strongly influenced by personal, familial, and cultural factors. However, crucial to the formation of teenage girls’ body image ideals ...

After the conclusion of the American Civil War (1861-1865), the United States forces returned to front line duties such as engaging in brutal combat with Native American tribes and controlling domestic disorders. The next significant war took place in 1898 when the federal government endorsed military aid for the Cuban revolutions being waged against the Spanish Empire. It was during what would later be known as the Spanish-American War that the weaknesses of the United States Army and Navy became evident. Apparently, rather than building a strong force after their Civil War, the US units either demobilized or only ...

1. Explain the actions of each character using one of the ethical theories discussed in the textbook. How would you have behaved if you were in the same position as Jean Grey in this case?
On the basis of common morality, the characters in the book can be understood to have made their own decisions towards what they perceived to be the general principles by which people should live and interact with one another. Professor Xavier's concern for Jean Grey's problems seems evident in his valuation of her issues and desire to listen to her problems. These concerns underlie ...

Article Review on Polytene Chromosomes and Structural Abnormalities

Background
The interphase stage during cell division condenses the genetic material i.e. DNA into chromosomes and in salivary glands of Drosophila melanogaster, polytene chromosomes appear characteristically that are a result of repeated replication cycles but no disjunction. They have dark bands alternating with light interbands. The hypothesis tested in the research work performed by Zhimulev et al in 2014 was that the interbands incorporates transcripton initiation sites i.e. promoter binding areas that extend to coding areas in band regions. Using the modENCODE protein profiling data, DamID genome mapping has earlier classified various chromatin states. The current study performed cytological ...

Introduction

Management science and organizational behavior are important features in a productive business enterprise. As a part of a team several times in my life, experiences had taught me to place a great deal of emphasis on control either I have been the person in control as exemplified in the playground photo or the person controlled through the administration for the educational system in the form of education. . The third photo is the ultimate control involving money and wealth which people seek in order to facilitate life’s necessities and enjoyments. Financial rewards are very often the controlling factor in ...

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Post-Bureaucratic Practices in Leadership

Introduction
Leadership is always found at the pole position in the success of any organizational or business model and the research that took place during the 20th century was explicitly focused on investigating the role and vitality of leading and managing individuals in organizational structures emerged during bureaucratic and post-bureaucratic eras (Dischner, 2015, p. 501). The turning millennium also brought with it a significant shift and change in nature, environment and settings of the workplace that is now taken as perpetually changing, self-motivating, and dynamic avenues; where management and leadership approaches ...

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Introduction

Cruise ships are used to take vacationers on recreational voyages. The ships provide amenities that enhance the passengers experience such as lounging facilities, cinemas, indoor sports, swimming pools, and music concerts among others. Cruise ships usually take the vacationers on a round trip through a given number of destinations, which usually include a number of coastal downs, before returning them to the port of origin. The cruise industry started in the early 1970s and was widely embraced in 1971 as a viable tourist attraction when a ship known as the Pacific Princess was featured in ...

We live in a world where there is good and evil. Since time immemorial, stories told by humans have always had heroes and villains. Human culture has always been rife with tales of heroism, both real and fictional, wherein awe-inspiring individuals faced immense adversity only to overcome it and accomplish good in the end. In the last century, these stories have taken a new turn in introducing fictional characters that are superhuman. The heroes in such storylines who’re more commonly referred to as superheroes are capable of feats that, by any standard, far exceed human capabilities. It is ...

Jean Kilbourne’s Killing Us Softly discusses the discrimination against women by the use of media when doing advertisements. For instance, she believes that the media portray women in negative ways that kill their self-esteem and ego. In her documentaries, she demonstrates that gender inequality becomes predominant by representing women conspicuously as second-class creature to men (Kilbourne 1). Moreover, there is the reality of her presentations as her support argument are the pictures that these advertisers use in their posts. One of the commonly known cases is that women are presented almost naked while men are shown well dressed ...

According to this article, the Arthurs agree with Laura Grey that agritourism is the next big crop for farmers, especially in Colorado. In Colorado, there exists a great prospective to promote agricultural producers and countryside communities by making extra income from customers who are enthusiastic to pay for countryside and agriculturally interconnected practices. According to 2007 Agricultural Census report, it is depicted that 33 million in agritourism revenue was generated by, only, 670 farms out of 37,000 farms. In 2002, the average farm was generating approximately $ 14,000 annually from agritourism and leisure, but their income went up ...

ASSIGNMENT 2: ASTRONOMICAL IMAGES

For each Micro Observatory Robotic Telescope Network observation:

position: RA= 13h 24.9m Dec= -7 degrees 28 minutes
located in constellation: Libra Distance= 600 million km (33 light minutes) at closest to the Earth
Field of view: Normal Exposure time: 15.00 sec. Filter: Grey (ND4)

Hour Angle: -1h 40.4m

Comment on quality of observation: Micro Observatory is run by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Question: Why are some of the targets listed as “not up tonight”?
Micro Observatory Robotic Telescope Network observation:
Target name: Jupiter Type of object: Planet
position: RA= 13h 27.3m Dec= -7 degrees 39 minutes
located in constellation: Libra Distance= ...

Introduction

The photo ad is a shot of two side by side photos of an adult male enjoying the view of an ocean. On one photo, the adult is alone while the second photo displays a dog by his side seated and as well enjoying the view. The second photo has a company logo and the top right hand corner and a phrase on top of his head reading “A dog makes your life happier, Adopt.” The author has used a creative photo in the advert that captures the relationship and the importance of having a dog. It clearly demonstrates ...

a. Discuss the risks associated with Penetration Testing and steps necessary to minimize the risk to both the tester and client.
Penetration testing is used to discover any security risk present in an application or program. The risks of Penetration Testing are unknowingly gaining unauthorized access to an application which can harm a client’s security, and the tester may also be exposed to any kind of security glitch. It can also mean the loss of data or data being leaked out and in the case of a life-saving equipment; it may result in loss of life. The risks ...

Product placement is a non-traditional method of promoting brands through making them appear in media such as films and videos in a way that looks unplanned. In the early 19th-century cinemas were popular among most of the Americans. In their free time, people will crowd the cinema halls to watch their favorite plays. With the technological advances, people were able to afford personal TVs to watch movies from the comfort of their homes. More movies and films got into the market attracting million of viewers from all over the world.
In the mid-1930s, TVs started to outdo radios in ...

Tennyson, “The Eagle”. Discussion Question: How is the solitary eagle’s strength emphasized in the first stanza? Does the reader “join” the eagle in the second stanza? How or how not?
The reader joins the eagle in his dive in the second stanza through the metaphorical comparison with a thunderbolt. Captivated by the bird’s masterful and exact description in the first part of the poem, the reader has no choice but to follow the eagle’s majestic fall towards the water. This is also achieved by the personification of the predator, as the author uses pronouns “he”, and “ ...

The brochure, devoted to selling wheelchairs for disabled children, could be called a successful one, but at the same time it has many disadvantages and design mistakes. The front page is red, which is good for catching the eye. There is a large photo taking the most space of the page, which also attracts attention and thus can be regarded useful. However, the title font and different font types on the same page make it look not very well – it is highly advised to use the same font in 90%. The title is also tilted, which is not the ...

Henrietta Lacks was born on August 1, 1920, and she later died of complications related to cervical cancer. Henrietta unwittingly made a significant contribution to the biomedical society; especially in regards to the first immortal cell line (Barkley & Alford, 2015). These cells were obtained from the malignancy in her cervix and cultured by George Otto Grey and are still used for biomedical research. Henrietta did not consent for her cells to be used in scientific research (Beskow, 2016). In contemporary societies, scientists are still exploiting her cells for biological and medical discoveries.
The results of the research conducted using ...

Benefits of Green Schools in Kuwait

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
Kuwait is a country located in the Middle East, which is a region characterized by severe water shortages as its located in the middle of a desert. Also, nearly all the electrical energy consumed in Kuwait is generated from fossil fuels such as natural gas and diesel. This situation poses several challenges. For example, the lack of enough clean water for domestic use could lead to serious problems such as waterborne diseases, such as cholera or typhoid. Also, water shortages can affect businesses such as agriculture and hospitality businesses. On the other hand, over reliance on ...

The Musee du Quai Branly in Paris boasts of an excellent and extensive collection of from different cultures, giving valuable insights into them. Those permanent and temporary collections in the great museum are original art, from Africa, South America, and Asia. The collections conserve about 370,000 works of art that display the cultural diversity of non-European civilizations from the Neolithic period till the 20th century. The non-European collections gradually accumulated in private collections because of the colonial expansion and economic development during the 18th century. The national museums were created following the French Revolution, and those ethnographic collections ...

Introduction

Geology is part science which deals with the study of the structure of the earth. Plate tectonic, climate and evolutionary history of humans’ shows the history of the universe and this is attributed to the large amount of geological information on the various processes. Geology also plays a significant role in explaining mineral and hydrocarbon exploitation and exploration, geotechnical engineering and also the natural hazards. Things like rocks and minerals, fossils and lithology encompass geology, and they are present in different parts of the world including Rolla city.
Rolla city is known for its many rocks, minerals, and fossils. ...

William Kentridge (South African artist)

William Kentridge is a famous South African artist who draws and erases with charcoal. What is interesting about him is that he records his compositions at each stage and creates a video projection of the re-worked source drawings. This makes his aesthetic concerns linked intimately with the descriptive power of his work. There is a palpable tension in his quiet works because of the brutality of the content. Kentridge shows his concerns of post-Apartheid South Africa with an unparalleled lyricism in his compositions 1. Kentridge is a filmmaker and sculptor too and has been heavily involved in theatre. One ...

Abstract

The Farm Security Administration (FSA) was established to address chronic rural poverty during the Great Depression in the US. A string of known and unknown artists was hired by the organization to capture the images of poverty and lives of rural farmers, with the hope of garnering support for them. The essay describes FSA briefly and then goes on to select a social documentary photograph from an FSA photographer. It evaluates the photograph and how successful it is in expressing the hardships faced by countless rural farmers and migrants during the 1930s. The essay discusses the selected photographer Dorothea ...

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Neiman Marcus is a high-end clothing store that offers clothing, shoes, jewelry and other accessories to customers with a discerning eye for fashion. When entering the three-story Neiman Marcus store located at Broadway Plaza in Walnut Creek, California, the store was designed in particular manner that revealed highlighted the store’s emphasis on understated luxury.
Firstly, I noted that the store had floors made of cream, white, and grey colored tiles. Nevertheless, I recognized that there were some sections of the store that were carpeted. There were plush chairs and circular seating located at in ...

Patricia O’Leary’s article “Barragan Homage to Albers” refers to Luis Barragan’s architectural style, enriched over the years through influences from painters from the architect’s close proximity. O’Leary mentions Jesus Reyes or Raul Ferrera as two Mexican painters that are known for inspiring Barragan’s use of color in architecture. However, the article mostly focuses on the impact that the painting of the German painter, Josef Albers, had on Barragan’s use of color in architecture.
The writing focuses on Barragan’s shifts from the modest and discrete use of color prior to his friendship ...

Warfare Technology and the Human Experience

Advanced technologies alter the human experience in warfare. Improved technology is supposed to make the war effort more precise and make the experience obsolete. This is however not the the case. Changes in technology have historically shown how dangerous wars can be and how difficult the human experience can be. The nuclear bomb was supposed to end all great power wars. The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to end World War II proved that not all technologies were good for humankind. In the 21st century fight against terrorism, it has become more difficult to identify the enemy and hence ...

World literature

One of the clearest and most significant associations with the world of Ireland is the poetry written by William Butler Yeats “The Lake Isle of Innisfree”. The poem Irish in origin by its form is the ordinary visualization of the peaceful life of the author which characterizes not writer`s feeling, but his life and carrier as well.
The poem was written by William Butler Yeats in London when walking down the street he passed some shops with murmuring small waterfall in the shop windows to attract the buyers. He suddenly remembered the lake near Sligo, the place where ...

Criminal instinction is on the rise especially in the current world. This is perpetuated by the influence of media in the society. What people do not understand is that what is acted in the movies is mostly fiction or fictitious and cannot be done physically. The great impact of digitalization of the world has brought about so many injustices on the real world. Most people now try to relate what they see in the fiction world and at the end; they find their goal plummeted and the repercussions for that becomes very nasty. Media has brought about social injustices ...

The short story by William Falkner ‘A Rose for Emily’ is a tale that tells a story about an old lady. Her name is Emily ad she lives in the town of Jefferson. The story represents the classic Faulkner’s technique of a stream of consciousness. It is a story that illustrates the struggle between traditions and radical widespread change. Jefferson is a town that appeared to be at the very crossroads of modern commercial future and the faded glory of the past. This past is represented by the old town cemetery where the soldiers of the Civil War lay anonymous. Emily is a woman ...

Introduction

As a nursing student with deep career aspirations, I made three goals. I made personal, practice and scholarly goals. The motivation for each was different but the ultimate goal was to learn early the basics of nursing that will serve me over the whole length of my career.

Personal goal: rationale and motivation behind it

A certain types of medical terminology are used in clinical settings. There are the medication or drugs names, diseases & disease process, part of the body, medical treatments and symptoms and so on(Susan, William, & Rima, 2009). My study plan focused on disease & disease process, parts of the body and ...