Essays on Barnard

Part 2. Recent and historical images of Mars

Historical Image of Mars. Website reference: http://www.fourthplanet.space/tag/christiaan-huygens/

Image info: Christiaan Huygens’ observational drawing of Mars shows a triangular feature which known today as Syrtis Major.

Telescope used: Huygens used a telescope created by himself (1655). It was a good 2-inch (5.1-cm) telescope of 10.5-foot (3.2-m) focal length and 50x magnification. (Sheehan)

Observer: Christiaan Huygens

Exposure time: Observations were taken over a number of weeks. Other relevant details: Huygens used results of his observations of Mars to measure Mars’ rotational period. He measured it as 24 hours (only one hour away from the rotational period of the planet recognized today). It should be noted that the most prominent and largest crater of the Mars was named after Huygens (14.0°S, 304.4° ...

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Introduction

In the early part of the 1950’s, in what has now become the “Simon-Waldo debates,” began to be published in The American Political Science Review. Starting as a reference in Waldo’s “Development of Theory of Democratic Administration” work that was released in March 1952, the high profile debates was anchored on Waldo’s doubts on the concern of “logical positivism” and the response of Herbert Simon in the succeeding June issue of the Review. As newcomers to the discipline and both in their early 30s, Waldo and Simon discussed the issues of democracy, efficiency, and principles, ...

UniPolar Depression

There are different levels of negative thoughts that lead to the depression. It is the reason that the depressed mood from a Major Depressive Episode MDE can lead to a major depressive disorder MDD. In this paper difference between both MDE and MDD will be discussed as well as relevance between negative thinking and biological components will also be analyzed. The reason to analyze the link or relevance between negative thinking and biological factors is that negative thinking leads to various mental disorders such as MDD. Hales, Rapaport, & Moeller (2012) also highlighted this point that depression has strong biological ...

NAMEUNIVERSITY

Abstract The aim of this essay is to work on a case of the mentally ill person, Mr. Fryer who was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and was living on the streets. Mr. Fryer committed a violent murder while being mentally unstable. In this essay I will highlight the consequences of the case and work on it as the defense for the Mr. Fryer. I will choose my way of actions and explain the logic behind them as well as providing clarification of aggravating and mitigating circumstances of the crime, addressing the issue as a forensic psychology professional and explaining ...

Abstract

Even though most Western people rely on dairy products for a healthy diet every day, many recent studies have challenged the long-established belief that milk is safe for human consumption. On the contrary, new research articles have shown that dairy products are unhealthy, being specifically destined to feed the offspring from the same species. The fact that humans continue to consume milk long after weaning exposes them to health problems on the long term. The hormones found in milk may cause several forms of cancer, while the high fat content may be partially responsible for the development of heart ...

The issue of drug addiction and abuse of other substances has always been a very controversial matter. One thing is clear: "the use and abuse of drugs creates an enormous toll on our nation's health, its economy, and families and communities" (Belenko & Spohn, 2015, p. 1). Although the negative consequences of substance and drug abuse are well-known to everybody, people differ in opinion regarding drug legalization and whether any individual should have a civil right to abuse drugs. Some people argue that an individual should be responsible for his/her choices and, therefore, they should have a civil right to ...

Introduction

Most women are bound to get pregnant at some point in their lives. Therefore, it is of great importance to provide protection for them against discrimination before, during and after pregnancy. Pregnant women who are employed are often susceptible to discrimination. Pregnancy discrimination can be described as discrimination against women who are pregnant, have undergone childbirth, or have a pregnancy-related medical condition (Pedriana, 2009). It might be manifested in the form of denial of time off, denial of reasonable accommodation, firing or demotion, forced time off, restrictions on work, and any other negative actions by an employer due to ...

International Automobile Manufacturing Industry

Introduction The International Automobile industry is one of the biggest industries across the world. It has a wide range and top of automobile companies in terms of production including Toyota, Volkswagen, General Motors, Nissan, and Ford. It is expected that by 2020, around 90 million cars and commercial vehicles will be produced (Barnard). Top car manufacturing countries around the world including Japan, Germany, and the USA. (Statista a) Cars, as well as commercial vehicles, are being produced across the world. The following graph shows the proportion of car and commercial vehicles producing worldwide from the year 2000 to 2015: ( ...

The world of fashion is the area, which lures and charms both men and women. But very few people really know what it means to be a model and how much modeling industry negatively affects health of tender young women. Modeling industry is much criticized for that negative impact it has on the health of girls wishing to look as perfect as models and have such tender bodies as their favorite models. In the paper, we are going to concentrate on the topic how modeling industry affects models` health and discuss whether this industry shall be regarded responsible for ...

Introduction

It is thought that the European Union, besides other markets, has liberalized the employment market by lowering the level of regulations in this sphere and enabling people from each Member State of the Union to become employed in any Member State. This has taken more than fifty years of deliberations and negotiations between the sides. Among the main instruments, which have been used during this procedure, we need to list social partnership and social dialogue as the procedures aimed at reaching consensus between the social partners. Additionally, the European Union as a result of implementation of the previously discussed ...

One of the wars that have the highest impact on its residents, the surrounding countries and to the global security is the civil war in Syria. The war started in 2011 and it still lasts. Millions of people have fled their homes and Turkey and European Union confront with millions of refugees. The war started approximately at the same time when the Arabian Spring occurred, but it did not stop. On the one hand, there is a totalitarian regime of Basher al-Assad and on the other; there are many fractions of militant groups who are forming, on the territory ...