Definition Research Proposals Samples For Students

Introduction

It is undisputed that there are problems and risks of having stray cats and dogs in the community. Stray animals affects public health, economy, environment and their own health as well. Furthermore, more serious problems arise as the population of stray cats and dogs increases. Therefore, there is a need for better regulations that could help abate the increasing population of cats and dogs.
The issues concerning strays can be ultimately understood by identifying a unique definition of a stray animal. The classification of whether an animal is stray helps the community which animals need attention, provides a universal definition, and identify ...

RESEARCH AIMS AND SIGNIFICANCE: The paper should be regarded as innovative and significant to the development of international maritime law sphere. The principal idea of this essay is to analyze the notion of the maritime terrorism by covering the following issues: (1) distinction of the maritime terrorism from the piracy; (2) identification of the maritime zones where the terrorism could take place; (3) consideration of the perspective targets of maritime terrorism. At the end of the research proposal, the author conducts the evaluation of the role of several international conventions over the regulation of maritime terrorism within the world.

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Definition of democracy

Democracy is a representative form of governance where the people take part decision making either directly or through elected representatives.

Mentioning the variants of democracy such as social, liberal, consensus, majoritarian and grassroots. Usually a democratic system is contrasted to what is considered its anathema. Thus liberal is contrasted to social, and consensus to majoritarian.
Statement of the hypothesis that consensus democracies are inferior to majoritarian democracies. The comparative analysis will be informed by the concepts:

That democracy is defined by the level of citizen participation and that the ideal is one based on universal suffrage

That democracy should promote ...

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Introduction

It can be indisputably averred that human trafficking is on track to become a major social and criminal issue in the United States. Commonly known as slavery, human trafficking is a criminal offense that involves “the exploitation of a person for the purpose of compelled labor or a commercial sex act.” With the adoption of the 2000 Trafficking Victims Protection Act, various personnel in the criminal justice system, from prosecutors and community leaders, have reported instances of slavery, debt enslavement, and being trafficked into the commercial sex work industry that have affected a wide range of American citizens-men, ...

1. Introduction

Background of the Research

Ethiopia is a Sub-Saharan country located in the Horn of Africa. The population of Ethiopia is estimated to be over 100 million inhabitants, making it the most populated landlocked country in Africa, and the second most populated country in Africa after Nigeria. Ethiopia is the only country in the Sub-Saharan Africa which has got a history of having its alphabets and calendar. Paradoxically, Ethiopia which has possessed alphabets for centuries is still one of the most illiterate countries in the world. This is the reason why some writers refer to Ethiopia as one country with alphabet and ...

Research Question:

How does the United States and South Africa see the threat posed by terrorism?
Significance of the Study:
Since the 9/11 attacks, terrorism has been one of the major concerns of the international community due to the consequences of such violence in both internal and external security of each country. While the international community does agree on ending the threat of terrorism, they vary when it comes to how prevent and act against such attacks as seen in the positions of the United States and South Africa . The US has led international efforts in countering terrorism directly from its ...

While motivation is essential to all ages, it is of paramount importance and has become a big issue in secondary education. Motivation plays a crucial part with success in student education and later in adulthood. Parents have the utmost impact on adolescents when it comes to expectations and goals. The lack of parental involvement has become a major issue for many public schools. In order to change how students value their education, parents have to be involved at home, school and set expectations for their children. While there is extensive research on strategies for teachers to use to help motivate students, such ...

Dropping Out or Pushed Out: The Impact of High School Dropout Rate Relative to High Stakes Testing Policy in Wayne County, State of Michigan

Dissertation Prospectus
Dropping Out or Pushed Out: The Impact of High School Dropout Rate Relative to High Stakes Testing Policy in Wayne County, State of Michigan
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Introduction
The high school dropout rates in the USA are high such that only 70% of students in public high schools graduate Green, & Foster, 2003). High dropout problem is what school administrators, parents and policy makers have had to deal with for ...

Introduction

In a formal definition, political consumerism can be said to be the choice of products and producers with the goal of changing politically or ethically objectionable market or institutional practices. These choices are informed by the attitudes as well as values regarding issues of fairness, justice, political or ethical assessment of favorable as well as unfavorable business and government practice, and non-economic issues that concern personal as well as family well being. Political consumerism is concerned with capturing various creative ways in which the citizens, political activists and consumers in general use the marketplace as an arena of consumer politics.
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IS THE GDP OVERRATED?

Introduction
Gross Domestic Product (the GDP) is accepted as one of the main economic indicators. By definition, the GDP is the sum of the values of all the goods and services produced in specific time period in a country by using the current prices. We consider that high amount of production allows us to build a well-designed civilization. If a country can produce more than the needs of the citizens and export the excess production to the other countries, then this country can reach the desired goals. In another word, the GDP is generally accepted as an indicator of well-being. Most ...

Introduction

No matter how hard we try to believe that we are living in a developed country and we are literate and modern people, studies show that we still are not free from the shackles of domestic violence. According to a survey conducted by US National Institute of Mental Health, 42.8% of women were victims of domestic violence yet they still were in that abusive relationship (Nauert, 2010). Abusive relationships take the form of physical, emotional, psychological and verbal abuse which might leave the victim dwell in the darkness of reality. With bruised marks and a scared image, the victim tends to lead a ...

Introduction

Bullying in schools is not a new phenomenon but is an activity that has been in existence for ages. A good proportion of students and adults have accounts of their experiences with bullying or have witnessed their peers bullied in what a turned out to be a serious problem in the society with variant detrimental effects that range from emotional effects to negative effects on a student’s academic performance. Teens between the age of 13 and 19 year are perhaps the greatest users of the technology, particularly the internet. The National Crime Prevention Council (2007) contends that teens between the age of ...

Abstract

Discrimination at the work place as a result of sex orientation is a common occurrence in virtually all countries. Hiring, promotion and employee identification are in most cases biased on one’s sexual orientation making homosexuality and same-sex marriages an important issue with regards to employment today. Homosexuality and same-sex marriage, however, do not have a rich history as there is avowedly very little about them in the past. The two are nonetheless some of the most hotly debated issues currently; debates that have seen the enactment of several laws in the world over that either prohibit or allow homosexuality and same ...

XBRL

Abstract
The global issue of data integrity and timeliness has resulted in the creation of standards that aim at the creation of uniformity. XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language) is a developed financial and business reporting system that is being embraced globally to provide standards that model business information. XBRL is involved in compiling, distributing, and allowing the use of financial information on a common platform. The adoption and use of XBRL were dated back to over a decade ago and many countries are still adopting the system. Some of the Asian countries such as China and Japan have mandated ...

The opportunities of implementing corporate social responsibility, and its advantages when following Amazon, Google and Microsoft

Opportunity
The changes in modern social and economic environment provoked the occurrence of new and innovative rules of business operation. Therefore, the major business goals have shifted from the exclusively profit earning to the combination this process with benefiting environment, society and employees. Comparing the key business processes of the previous decade with contemporary age, we can conclude that in the past all the company’s resources aimed at gain increasing. The strategies planning excluded the interests of certain stakeholders frequently. At present, big successful corporations answer the questions of the results that its operation provides except the profit. ...

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The organizations need in their process to have access to transactional systems to generate, analyze and consult information, but surely the company could have problems regarding response times; the information distributed in different systems that are not homogeneous could cause inflexible and complex reports and results.

Historical Justification

Today, information technologies have automated processes typically repetitive or administrative nature, using what we call information operational systems. The operational applications are those that meet the operational needs of the company. In such systems, the most important concepts are updating and response time. Once satisfied the most pressing operational needs, a new ...

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Introduction
As we know, the labor resources are the main resource of enterprises. The results of the company and its competitiveness depend largely on the quality and effectiveness of the above mentioned resources. The difference between the labor force and other types of resources lies in the fact that each employee may waive the conditions offered to him and can require changes in working conditions, retraining or even voluntary redundancy. The concept of “labor resources of the enterprise” characterizes its potential workforce. Employees can be organized in labor unions and to act as a separate subject of ...

Psychology: Exploring the Relations of Micro Expression to Professional Performance

Psychology: Exploring the Relations of Micro Expression to Professional Performance

According to the studies conducted by Albert Mehrabian in 1971, in communication process, around 93% of human communication takes place through non-verbal mode. He divided the communication process into three parts; words (7%), tone of the voice (38%), and body language 55% (Mehrabian, 1981). Among non-verbal modes of communication the commonly used mode is the facial expressions. The face of the person expresses his/her emotions. Yet, some part of emotions is sometimes not clear to everyone. We all are not experts in identifying each and every expression of the ...

ABSTRACT

Statistics reveal that there are over one million asylum seekers around the world every year. Asylums seeker have different definitions, but the most basic idea is that they are people seeking to leave their countries because their lives are at risk because of their race, color, religion, political persecution, war, or natural disasters (Bozorgmehr and Razum, 2015; Esses, V. et al, 2008). Many factors determine whether the refugees will be accepted in their intended country or not. Demographic variables, as well as the attitudes of the natives and the attitudes of the asylum seekers, determine the kind of attitude ...

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In my essay, I will be defending my position that there is a universal definition of ‘word’ that can be applied to all languages. For proving my point, I will provide example of two totally different language systems; Chinese and English. These two languages are considered to be used by the most number of people in the world (Wan & Yim 507). First, I will discuss the case that the origin of these two languages system is similar. Both languages originate with similar rules: hieroglyphic words and eyes movement. I will provide many interesting examples ...

Research Questions

When did gun control legislation first become law?
What are past gun control efforts?
What have been the results on crime from past gun control legislation?
What are current gun control laws?
What are proposed gun control laws?
What is the controversy surrounding gun control?
In order to have a discussion concerning the criminal use of firearms, a definition of the terms used in gun restrictions is needed. The interpretation used in a report submitted by legislative attorney Vivian Chu to Congress addressed the prohibition of the possession, transfer, or manufacture of firearms (Chu, 2013); this is the definition ...

Research Hypothesis: People generally have a heightened level of awareness when it comes to the issue of climate change compared to before and already wants the government to take some action

Research Method

It was only recently that the leaders of the world’s national governments took a more meaningful step towards addressing one of the biggest problems in the planet—climate change, in a historic deal that marked their first step, after many decades of stagnation, indifference, and loss of both lives and property . Climate change can be classified as a significant change in the statistical distribution of various weather ...

Chapter One: Introduction

1.1. Background
The arrival of new technologies as helped improve many aspects of life. For example, License Plate Recognition is a modern technology that has helped improve mobility and safety in transportation (Rashid, Aibinu, Rahman, Suhaimi and Yunis 93). Many car parks have resulted to the use of technology to help in the logistics of operating a car park. Rashid et al., (93) argue that automatic parking systems are progressive because in addition to improving logistics, they also increase the convenience of public parking, eliminate the hassles of fee collection and also enhance the security, especially when the car ...

Introduction

Society dictates that people, in general, should always look good where the definition of looking good means an individual is skinny, slim, or someone who maintains a healthy weight. This thinking has influenced the youths of today to adapt the same philosophy and opinions that they apply to themselves as well as to others when it comes to defining beauty, confidence, body image, body satisfaction, and self-esteem, among others. Tiggemann and Pickering (1996) assert that mass media contribute to the formation of opinions about what an ideal woman looks like, thus, affecting how the younger generation view the subject as ...

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Returning to prison for paroled inmates: Introduction

The prison population in the United has steadily risen over the past three decades. Since 2008, the prison population has slowly been decreasing; however, as of 2012, there were still more than 2 million confined in US jails and prisons. The report of the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) aver that since 1990, more than 590,000 convicts are discharged yearly from the correctional system in the Federal and state jurisdictions, and more than 5 million former inmates are under community based monitoring programs. It is expected that upon release from prison or community based programs, these will ...

Abstract

The public sector corruption is an impediment to economic growth and advancement and a focal barrier to effective service delivery. This paper will provide the findings of a chronological review on micro level anti-corruption strategies’ effectiveness that receive implementation in some of the developing countries. The narrative synthesis approach will be employed to synthesize the extracted data. The review will focus on the significance between interventions that created a change in the system’s underlying rules and those that utilized incentives and monitoring mechanisms. Incentive based and monitoring interventions either non-financial or financial have a corruption reduction potential, even though it is in ...

- Introduction
The pharmaceutical industry is one that has been seeking to enhance efficiency in customer relationship management through strategies that involve a transition from the traditional sales force to Key Account Management. However, the transition requires organization changes and is subject to several factors. In that respect, this analysis refers to the case of pharmaceutical companies in Greece for the purpose of analyzing change management that relates to the transition. To achieve the objective, the analysis will provide a literature review and an empirical analysis seek that seeks to answer a number of questions that define the research thesis. Those ...

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Bullying among male and female high school students in the UAE
Proposal
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Section: 51

02/2014
Introduction
One of the main problems schools deal with these days is bullying. Despite the fact that different actions are taken by many schools to prevent or reduce this issue, bullying is still prevalent amongst schoolchildren. The definitions of bullying can vary from one perspective to another,; however, it has beenwas defined as the “intentional, unprovoked abuse of power by one or more children to inflict pain or cause harm/distress to another child on repeated occasions” [4, p.345].
Bullying causes ...

Thesis Statement

Spirit baptism, according to many Christian doctrines refers to washing of the body of a Christian with the spirit. This is, usually, accompanied with the restoration of spiritual gifts to the baptized individual. The Christian definition of Spirit baptism is an occurrence whereby the Holy Spirit joins the believer with Christ and other believers who are also joined with Christ. The event of spirit baptism is therefore of vital importance since it helps Christians get connected to the body of Christ and in so doing get more spiritual fulfillment than in ordinary water baptisms.

Need for the Study

The study is important in that ...

Part #1: Introduction

Aviation safety is a concern to many stakeholders in the aviation industry. Air accidents occur because the technological advancements in preventing the accidents are not sufficient (Tetteh, 2006). The recent accidents in Russia and some European aircraft crushing on African soil confirm this (Pyadushkin, 2013). The paper presents a proposal for evaluating and solving the safety issues of passengers while on board and in the air. It analyzes how the changes in technology will help to lower the accident rates further to the lowest possible level.

The increasing safety issues of passengers during air travel has alarmed the world; especially in ...

Anti-terrorism legislation involves various types of laws that are passed in order to fight terrorism. The international measures that were introduced to combat terrorism in America after the 2001 terrorist attack has led to serious consequences and armed conflicts around the globe. The measures introduced were meant to end the short-term imperatives of reducing security threats, neglecting the long-term benefits of achieving justice and equality among nations. The implementations have fueled the increase of racism in the continent where Americans have been branded racists. In America, there has been an increase in the hard security approach to conflicts, which ...

CHAPTER I

I. INTRODUCTION A. Conflict Theory and Racial Profiling in Drug Related Cases
The problem of racially biased arrest is getting more serious. According to the New York Times Editorial Board (2013), updated federal data show that this problem “is far more extensive that was previously known — and is getting worse.” On a national average, the Blacks are nearly four times as likely to be arrested for possession of marijuana as compared to the Whites. This disparity is even more pronounced in Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota, states where Blacks are eight times as likely to be arrested compared to other ...

Abstract

Nursing Process Theory as deliberated by Orlando looks at the interaction existing between a patient and a nurse, validation of perception and how the nursing process can be used to come up with outcomes that are positive or improvement in patients. The main focus that Orlando had in mind was to provide a clear definition of the function of nursing. The theory has been one of the most effective theories that can be practiced by nurses. The use of this theory enables the nurse to keep her focus on the patient alone. It comes out as a very concise, clear and a theory that ...

Introduction

Both man and woman who together make a family and live harmoniously characterize the human race. The physical attributes are XY for men and XX for women, which will include their sex hormones and chromosomes, and as well as other internal and external organs. All interviewees believe that men are the heads of the family and women their helpers according to the interviews conducted involving three people who are all my family members and friends respectively. Below are the reports of the interviews.

Men have one definition and character of using their anatomy as persons with a complex genetic makeup and ...

- Introduction
The proposed study shall examine the effects of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) after implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement in Mexico. The purpose of this paper is to establish the effect of the North American Free Trade Agreement, otherwise known as NAFTA on the foreign direct investments that Mexico has received as an effect of the implementation of the NAFTA. Mexico, along with the United States and Canada, has created a trilateral trade block that came into force on January 1, 1994. The goal of the NAFTA is to promote trade and investments between the ...

This training is meant for the Centervale's law enforcement officials. However, the training curriculum can be used within the county. All the Centervale's law enforcement officials are required to undergo the training.
- Purpose of the Training

This training has four main objectives or purposes. The purposes of the training include:

- The main purpose of the training is to equip Centervale's law enforcement officials with adequate information on crime victims (Karmen, 2012).
- The training is aimed at providing an understanding of criminology and victimology.
- In addition, this training covers both stranger violence and intimate violence.
- The training will supply trainers with information that would assist ...

Abstract

Information systems have been seen to help in simplifying business processes. It has been seen that information systems reduces cost of business operations. Information systems are by no means a source of competitive advantage. Many organizations are investing towards information systems to reap the benefits that are associated. Information systems have been known to enhance business processes and bring competitive advantage for many organizations. With the proliferation of technology and the increase in use of automation, there has been a need to have information systems installed and managed to get the best out of them.

Automation comes with many advantages. One ...