Essays on Social And Cultural

BOOK BY GABRIELA F. ARREDONDO. MEXICAN CHICAGO: RACE, IDENTITY, AND NATION, 1916-39

The phenomenon of the Mexican society in Chicago has been an object of interest for many years. This issue has been examined in details and in general in order to draw the conclusion if the importance and influence of the Mexicans on the social and cultural life. However, the scholars have not published their findings for the audience’s access. Therefore, the book ‘Mexican Chicago’ written by Gabriela F. Arredondo is the first attempt to demonstrate the Mexicans experience within the American society and their cooperation. The ...

Moncler Store e-business

Explain how the e-business Value Networks Operate E-business is the use of information technology to manage and operate a business by using the internet to interact with external business partners and conduct other activities that are relevant to the business structure. In particular, it involves conducting business processes over the internet to enable the smooth running of the strategic activities that are essential to the continuity of the business. The e-business models explain how the company operates, how the services offered are to be delivered and how new and emerging technologies are too adapted to support the necessary departments ...

The Culture of Fashion

With special attention to decadism, Breward overviews the changes in fashion trends in the beginning of the twentieth century (184-185). Here, decades are characterized not only by specific preferences in clothing, but also by cultural and social features of the time. In other words, fashion is determined by sociocultural movements. The author highlights the importance of fashion’s temporality in organizing the chronology of the history of fashion. Particularly with this art, time frames may be easily outlined by months, years, or decades with high degree of accuracy. Therefore, fashion is described as a “cultural clock”, which is unconnected ...

Position Paper

Introduction Gone the days when people had to move to the library to find out the desired page of some specific book kept on a particular shelf in order to access the required information. The modern age is the age of technology, and everything is made available on one’s fingertips through the internet. However, pros and cons of this revolutionary technology have been a controversial debate ever since its inception. The writer (of this paper) based on his insight into the matter has the following take on this matter:

“Access to an expanding amount of information on the Internet yields greater good than harm.”

Mostly, the harms are considered to be centered on ...

There are many determinants and health status of an individual or a society/ population. The social environment is one of the major aspects that affects health outcomes for an individual or a population (Nutbeam, Harris & Wise, 2010). Factors within the immediate social environment of a person; including diets, lifestyles and health beliefs play a vital role in shaping the concept of health. This being the case, when it comes to community health promotion, there is an accentuation to view a certain community with the lens of its unique social characteristics in order to understand the quality of interplay between ...

Birth control encompasses methods used in the prevention of pregnancy. Examples of birth control methods among women include; the use of IUDs, female condoms and birth control pills. As a concept, birth control and its subsequent decisions is affected by both political, social and socio-cultural factors. These factors and their impacts when it comes to approaching the topic of birth control affect both the patients and the care providers. For instance, from a political point of view, there are countries that have constituted laws that govern the use of birth control as an approach for controlling population. In countries ...

Introduction

The media is a very strong tool that can be used to either unite or divide a nation. There are many variables and features that come together to define diversity matters and its scope in the media. This is a literature review that critiques and analyzes the various elements of diversity in the media. It will review general patterns in contemporary American media and move on to evaluate theories and concepts that relate to the matter.

The Scope of Diversity in the American Media

The ideal media outlet should be one that is neutral and represents every group in a nation fairly. This is a major professional ...

Introduction

The main mission of the ethnographer outlined in this paper was to carry out an investigation of the traditional Han society and culture (Jarvenpa, 1998). The ethnographer investigated how the Han lived in the early days, including if they still hunted for food or fished, how the Indians and members of the white community interacted, the communities’ hopes and fears, and how they saw their future. In this regard, the ethnographer investigated the traditional Han society and culture through cultural immersion and participants’ observation of the members of the community.

Methods

Methods: The ethnographer used two methods of collecting information. ...

Women and gender studies

Gender studies - the practice of interdisciplinary research using the cognitive capabilities of the social theory of sex (gender) for the analysis of social phenomena and its changes. The psychoanalyst Robert Stoller worked at the University of California he has introduced into science the term "gender" in 1958, which means social manifestations of belonging to a sex or a "social sex". In 1963, Robert Stoller spoke at a psychoanalytic congress in Stockholm. He presented a report on the gender self-awareness. His concept was based on the separation into biological and culture study of sex. The scientist believed that sex ...

1. A brief summary of the article: The article “Crafting a sustainable future for humanity” discusses the growing need to consider equality in the engineering projects that are carried out within societies. Issues such as rights and well-being, the article indicates, need to be informed alongside the perspectives of engineering projects that are undertaken. The article indicates that there are a variety of factors, including agriculture, industrial manufacturing, and government involvement that are related to promoting a sustainable future. Better understanding how people and sustainable practices are related will allow these projects to be integrated into society and culture ...

How are our health perceptions shaped by cultural and society?

The determining factors of human’s health are biological, natural, socio-economic and cultural environment. In general, health conception refers to different features and contexts. In the majority of cases, being healthy implies having strong physical and mental feeling of well-being. The reflection of a healthy person depends on the territory of growing, family upbringing and economical terms. Therefore, the social and cultural patterns have a strong impact on modern health perceptions. Generally, there are both positive and negative consequences. As for advantages, nowadays, the more physically vigorous, agile and strong person is, the more respect and honor he receives. ...

The environment where people stay says a lot about their health status. The community analyzed in the case lived in a large metropolitan area and faced problems of eviction and poor housing. One of the major health problems likely to affect the community is carbon monoxide poisoning. Many residents use charcoal for cooking inside the apartments while most adults are smokers. Additionally, the congestion of apartments and lack of functional smoke and carbon monoxide detectors contribute to increased inhalation of carbon dioxide. Different sociocultural factors influence the presence of carbon monoxide poisoning. The social and cultural environment has a ...

The ability to write academic papers using the right voice is a vital skill that students acquire after a long during the course of their studies considering that academic writing can pose to be challenging endeavour that requires students to understand that it may take time for them to master. Academic writing can be referred to as the formal type of writing used by scholars for assessed work as it expresses knowledge, and in terms of assessment, interaction, and comprehension of the topic. Learning to write correctly in academic writing requires that an individual reads plenty of journals articles ...

The documentary “Transcendent Man” directed by Barry Ptolemy presents the technological perspective of Ray Kurzweil and his position regarding the future of mankind and its relationship with technological development. Notions such as technological determinism, technological optimism, and technological pessimism are explored within the film (Transcendent Man). These ideas are compared and contrasted by the various individuals within the film who take certain positions regarding the advancement of technology and the implications that this has on social and cultural development. In looking at how this relates to my own life, it is evident that the advancement of technology has provided ...

Human Geographical Factors and Social Systems

Human Geography is defined as the activities of human beings and its impact on the society and the earth in general. Human geography is a key indicator and pointer that can and has been used to explain trends in societies and communities. According to Jared Diamond, societies and how they rise and collapse can be linked to a number of human geographic factors which influences the way societies are ran and can be analyzed. This is mainly due to the fact that society is based on livelihood and a reliance on the environment. Thus, human geography identifies these collective ...

Introduction

Pennsylvania is a vulnerable population on the basis of substance abuse. Seven percent of Pennsylvania residents use illicit drugs and the rate of death as a result of drugs has been reported to be greater than the national average. Among other drugs, heroin is the most commonly drug that is abused by residents of Pennsylvania. The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) discovers the data on illicit drugs, alcohol as well as tobacco use, and it reported that 6.5% of residents in Pennsylvania use illicit drugs, with 8.02% as a national average and 3.11% using illicit drugs ...

Abstract

This paper is the thorough external analysis of McDonald Corporation. In this analysis, first the short history of the foundation of McDonald has been described. The paper also focuses on some of the major factors that have made the company the largest food chain in the world. The paper also interprets the vision and mission of the company and how the company’s overall strategies are involved in their mission and vision statements. The PESTEL analysis of the company is done in the paper. The paper also discusses about the competitions in food chain industry and their threat to ...

Within each society, people build relationships that foster growth and development as people interact with each other. The relationships vary according to the work and social standards of the specific society. In other words, most people in a particular society will work together to develop a common idea that will help to bind people together as a community. Within these societies, there are those simple or common guiding principles that are practiced for extended periods and become an integral part of the culture and the traditions of the society. But, not all consensuses within the society will guarantee the ...

Potential Country Markets

The process of identifying the high potential countries where General Motor products can be marketed used a broad examination of several factors. The factors considered included country rating, business climate rating, 2015 forecasted market size, and the overall market potential evaluation index. The 2015 forecasted market size would help me select the nations that are importing GM products for further in-depth analysis in this paper. With the current reports, India would not be a safe country to target for GM products. The country is experiencing around medium, and the volatility in its economy would make slight changes that are ...

My paper examines the issue of international immigration and immigrant incorporation with a keen eye on how that has positively affected or benefited both the host countries as well as the sending countries.

Abstract

Immigration has been experienced in the world in a long time because people keep moving back and forth from one country to another. In some instances, immigrants and members of the host country assimilate and get to resemble one another in a process that can best be described as incorporation. Through that there is an economic and cultural integration and merging that positively influences members of ...

1.0 History Maersk as a company was established in 1904, and it was in this year that the company was labeled Maersk Group, with the objective of offering shipping services.The company was a beginning of an idea by two people, who included Peter Maersk and his blood son, Peter Moller. Initially, being a family business, the company bought its first five tankers in 1928.Mr. Moller initiated and oversaw the global expansion of Maersk Group into the global markets, with U.S. being its first international subsidiary. Larsen& Mortensen (2011 affirms that, ‘This was followed by penetration into the United Kingdom, ...

“The storm” by kate chopin

The character of Calixta is the protagonist or main character of the story although she appears to be visible only in a few of the pages in the novel. However, the main bulk of her character comes from her personal point of view about love and life. I have chosen the character of Calixta because of her mysterious character that was slowly revealed until the end of the story. Calixta’s character is interesting because there more to her than what meets the eye. In the beginning, the audience perceives Calixta’s character to be ordinary in the sense ...

Abstract

Multiculturalism refers to the integration of different cultures to confide to a single national culture or social viewpoint. Thus, multiculturalism is an accommodative social perspective that entails integrating divergent social and cultural practices to a unified accord. With regards to the Australian multiculturalism programs, it would be imperative to conclude that it has had a share of challenges in implementing this policy, but at the same time reaped a lot from this policy. Thus, amidst challenges that come with settling people with diverse interests, Australia has had some gains out of its efforts to integrate people of different social ...

A visit to the El Museao del Barrio was an exciting experience that connected classwork experience with a practical sense of the social, political, and economic lives of the Latinos from antiquity to the present generations. Indeed, the interaction with the museums exhibitions offered a viable reinforcement to the theories and lessons that we had previous covered in class. This museum is one of a kind that exhibits varied patterns and rich Latino lifestyle. Therefore, there are various accords of connection that transpired as a result of interacting with the events showcased in the museum’s viewing and exhibit ...

Critical Assessment of an Intervention for Sustainability

Characteristic of the Place I’ve chosen Hong Kong as a site for this paper. Its total territory is around 1 108 square kilometers that is twice less than the territory of Tokyo or Moscow (Central Intelligence Agency, 2016). At the same time, more attention is paid to the region of Kowloon peninsula as the most densely populated area in Hong Kong (more than 7000 people per square kilometer) (Central Intelligence Agency, 2016). The Kowloon City is more specific site of Hong Kong for analysis in this paper. The chosen region differs by the high population density, ecological and ...

What Do We Mean by ‘Integration’?

The modern world is the world of emigrations and immigrations. They happen due to different reasons including social, economical, political issues, and personal circumstances but are always attended by such essential social process as integration. Generally, integration means combining of separate things or people into an integral system. It is a complicated action that has a lot of problems and unsolved questions. According to Favell, immigration “conceptualizes what happens after [migration], conceiving practical steps in a longer process which invariably includes the projection of both deep social change for the country concerned, and of fundamental continuity between the past ...

Introduction

A haiku is a form of poetry that first gained popularity in Japan. The traditional haiku adopted in the English language has borrowed to a great extent the traditional Japanese Haiku. The basic dictionary definition refers to it as a very short poem that involves a three line description of a passing moment in nature. According to scholastic.com, the greatest challenge in coming up with a Haiku is being limited to 17 syllables. Japanese values the poems for their simplicity, depth, openness and lightness. The structural rules for a traditional Haiku is the use of exactly 17 syllables that ...

Post Disaster Project: Prepare a Project Plan

Project description A disaster is natural or man-made occurrence, that causes immense damage to human life, animal life or properties, on a large scale. It creates the need for external human assistance to alleviate the sufferings of the victims, minimize their loss and return them back to a state where they can manage the situation independently. Sometimes, the damage associated with a disaster is irreversible and assistance can only help victims to adapt. A proper disaster management project can help foresee disasters and minimize loss. Preparedness, response, recovery and mitigation are the different stages involved in the management of ...

Social Entrepreneurship of the 21st Century

Entrepreneurship has helped change the living conditions in different modern societies. Entrepreneurship provides new measures for the development of new products and ensures the increase of productivity in the economy. Governments of various countries have advocated for the improvement of the levels of entrepreneurship in the different countries. Improvement of entrepreneurship needs different innovation and invention processes to ensure the development of entrepreneurship in the country (Keohane, 2013). Finance is a fundamental requirement in the entrepreneurship process in every country. Social entrepreneurship is the attempt to introduce business policies and methods to provide solutions to the social, cultural and ...

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A mental thinking process directs daily human activities. The mental development of a person involves the mind encompassing perceptions, images, and languages and plans to inform the knowledge and comprehension process (Burton, 2015). The knowledge process involves gaining understanding knowing, thinking, remembering, judging and problem-solving. This development of the mind is referred to as cognition (Burton, 2015). The cognitive development process has been explained by different theories; among these theories are Jean Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development and Lev Vygotsky Sociocultural Theory of Cognitive Development (Burton, 2015). Piaget’s and Vygotsky’s theories provide insight on how children ...

Dance is an art that allows people to express their feelings through body movements. It is also an art that is used to entertain as well as bring people of different cultures together. Dances have also been used as a historical tool to identify people from different ethnic background, age groups and different social setting in addition to being utilized as a tool for harmonizing different people in a social event. People brought together through dancing are able to learn different cultures, thus learning how to respect and appreciate cultural and social diversity. It is common to see people ...

Introduction

The present report delves into the expansion of Carrefour, a leading multinational retailer in the world, into the United Kingdom retail market. The first part of the report describes both the micro and macro environmental factors, which this multinational retailer ought to take into consideration to reduce its risk of failure in the UK market. The second section explains how the UK government policies on mergers and acquisitions can have an impact on Carrefour’s growth strategies in the United Kingdom. The third part elucidates how Carrefour’s management can utilize Kurt Lewin change model of unfreezing, change, and ...

Understanding the Local Society in which Counterinsurgency Operations are conducted is Critical to Mission Success. Discuss. There has been a history in world political affairs when insurgency has forced single or joint counterinsurgency operations, organized in collaboration with the ruling government of that country to help it militarily to defeat insurgent forces. Before writing on counterinsurgency, we need to comprehend its meaning, which is an antonym of insurgency. According to Cambridge Dictionary Online, insurgency refers to a scenario when a country is taken control of by its people through the use of arms and ammunition, in other words, forcefully. ...

Japanese animation is a profound example of how cultural exchange can inform and evolve the aesthetic style of art for a society. The history of this media demonstrates a profound interest in utilizing the unique technical characteristics of Japanese form which resulted in the development of a wholly new style of art. The influence of western styles is evident in this development, however, there are specific traits which have evolved in order to become the unique characteristics of the Japanese form. In looking at these characteristics through the lens of the anime “Neon Genesis Evangelion” a better understanding of ...

Prenatal care is a type of care provided to pregnant women and it aims at assisting women to have a healthy pregnancy that is necessary for both the mother and the unborn child. As a health professional in an organization providing such services, I would be involved in doing check-up on pregnant women so as to prevent potential health risks and also treat some. I would be advising on the right diet, avoiding exposure to certain harmful material like radioactive substance that may cause complications in pregnancy, controlling some conditions that the patient would be having, for example diabetes ...

Business Plan

Business Plan

1-Executive Summary

Importers ltd is a proposed Canadian based company that intends to fill the market niche that exists between international students who would wish to pursue their tertiary education in Canada and the various universities available in Canada. At a figure of 98 universities spread over 8 provinces, Canada offers opportunities to international students to pursue various university programs (Parrish & Foxon, 2006). However currently, information provided at the various universities’ website is not adequate as it does not handle issues like conversion of the various grading system to compare them with the Canadian grading system. Some universities have ...

In the book «Children of Paradise: The Struggle for the Soul of Iran» the author tries to understand the current state of affairs in Iran by thorough analysis of the historical developments. Furthermore the characters of Iranian people are also described; the factors of influence on the policy of this country are considered both on micro and macro levels. It is important to make clear how does the author combines the historical events and the up-to date situation. The historical background of this book is really significant one. Laura Secor tells about Iranian history starting with the time when ...

A public space refers to a social space that is accessible and open to all the people. Public space involves the roads which include the pavements, the parks, the beaches and public squares. Furthermore, government's buildings such as libraries are also considered public spaces although these places are considered to contained restricted information that bars the public from going to such places. The uses of such places are considered to have greater limits from the government side. Additionally, a public space refers to the central hub of the globe that connects people's movements, ideas, and expertise. It is the ...

The media is playing a big role nowadays in the advancement of racial, gender and ethnic stereotypes. This is taking place through major TV shows, radio hosting, and even the print media has joined the interplay of advancing the stereotypes. Some TV shows in America present this racial and gender stereotypes that have the social and cultural impact on the society. Pozner has come out clearly to give his argument and analysis in some these televisions shows to bring out the reality of the dark side of TV indicates that advance ethnic, racial and gender stereotypes (Pozner 339). Pozner's ...

The 19th century is a period marked in history due to myriads of changes that transpired. The world experienced tremendous changes from the agrarian to an industrialized society, which threatened the existence of prior systems and values. The industrialized world changed the social and cultural structure of the society. Moreover, the society needed a tool that would best express the sociocultural and philosophical concerns of the day. Literature came in handy as an artistic medium to air such issues of the day, and at the same time to change people’s view on certain issues due to the introduction ...

The Montreux Jazz Festival, founded in 1967, has grown to the second largest jazz festival in the world after the Montreal International Jazz Festival of Canada. Over the years, a wide variety of musical forms has been integrated into this festival. Currently, the Montreux Jazz Festival includes almost all forms of music even while jazz remaining a major part of the festival. Today a number of world’s famous musicians perform in the festival, and this festival has currently audience strength of over 200,000. In each year, new additional events are included in the festival so as to ...

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It is commonly known that children are the young individuals who have not reached the age of majority, and are the offspring of their natural parents. Starting from the end of the 19th century, the roles of family and children in particular have begun shifting, and remain changing up to these days. The relationships between children and parents have been the subjects of studies of many disciplines, starting from psychology and early child development to economics and politics. Parental involvement (regarded as "the interaction and assistance provided by parents to children" (Blair, 2014) into the developmental ...

Introduction

Multicultural education is essentially designed to prepare all students to be good citizens in a democratic society. This is done by teaching the students to be considerate of the needs of every single individual in the society. Multicultural education essentially clarifies how issues related to culture; race, gender, religion, disabilities and ethnicity are intertwined or connected with the process and content of education (Banks, 2009). This is why there is a great need to adapt the current curriculum for multicultural classrooms.

At my current placement, the curriculum cannot be considered to be considerate of multicultural student body. Although most of ...

Studies done by Mesoudi (39) in the Journal of Social, Evolutionary & Cultural Psychology he has established that, many societies have only registered insignificant changes during their entire time of existence. However, in this period, there are occasions when some significant changes were noted. These societal changes are brought by social and cultural change which leads to societal growth and development.

For social and cultural change to take place, innovation which comprises of adding new elements onto the existing system and sometimes, extinction, which involves elimination of the older elements, must take place. Through innovation, the society can borrow some ...

I belong to a very rich heritage, my husband is from Croatian and I am a Serb. I must say it has not been easy for me trying to fit into the two groups but then the journey I have taken to participate in social activities of the two groups has been fulfilling as that makes me happy. One of the groups where I belong is the a Croatian Kolo group where for the last fifteen years I have been part of the social and cultural activities. I have always taken my children there to participate in those activities from where they ...

Politics maily rely on the element of power. An individual or a group of people must acquire a control over the rest since he, or she has the power over them. The power in politics may be properly understood with proper understanding of the various political notions. Although, there are a number of notions that define political power the most critical ones at the moment are conservatism and feminism. Each of them is unique on the principles that define them as well as the political power that they hold. They have exclusive command on the flow of politics in the different countries ...

Unipolar depression is a psychological disorder which has seen a surge in the last 50 years. It has been discussed in numerous works of art, and has even become a public health issue because of its prevalence. Evidently, this psychological condition is complicated, and diminishes performance in many areas. Due to the fact that it has been reaching epidemic proportions, it has become a mayor health issue in many countries around the world, as it interferes with the capacity to work, maintain social bonds, and be productive in general. One of the main problems with this disorder is that its cause is not ...

1.According to Banerjee Debanjan, mass communication “refers to the activities of the media as a whole and fails to distinguish among specific media, modes of communication, genres of text or artifact, production or reception situations, or any question of actual communication” (Debanjan, 2010, p. 118). The process of mass communication is closely related to the media contexts.

In my opinion, there are such 7 trends that characterize modern mass media: centralization, convergence, interpersonalization, specialization, globalization, pathogenic texts, Internet based products. According to Avaya’s report, there are more 7 trends for 2013 year:

- Simplified complexity drives the agenda. ...

Question 1 In the mid 19th century, after the Second World War, Jews in the Arab countries faced the gravest ever case of human rights violation. The Arab regimes in the Middle East and northern part of Africa forced Jews to leave their homes or be held like political hostages. The Arabs came up with official statements that completely subordinated the Jews and threatened their civil, political, economic, and human rights. These actions contradicted the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Part II and Article2.1 of the covenant states that “each state party to the present ...

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Introduction

Many of the articles written about the topic were usually fashion on the impact of media to society and culture . Had there been any articles written on how the two institutions affect media, much of this were limited to a short analysis of a particular event that shaped media largely as a result of change and dynamic interaction between the three variables . However, society and culture just like any other force in the environment has a significant effect on media and how it is presented. This paper will identify and analyze the impact of these institutions—society and culture on media. ...

International Marketing Strategies

International Marketing Strategies

Coca Cola Company has launched its products in different countries. Today, cocl cola has well known products and brands all over the world. Coca-Cola Company’s success journey is not smooth enough, the roads to success is not easy or piece of cake for this company. With every passing year, this company through its international marketing strategies continued to gain growth and momentum. This company is the most rapidly expanding beverage industry and it is also considered as world’s best beverage company. From its commencement, this company sustains itself to operate in more than 200 ...

World War II made a deep impact on the USA. Although no direct battles took place on the American soil, all phases of American life were affected by the war. The USA took extraordinary efforts to match tactics and strategy with the allies and waged war against the Axis powers consisting of Germany, Japan, and Italy. Within a matter of few years, the country turned into an "arsenal of democracy" producing and supplying the weapons used in the war. The country experienced a total overhaul of social and economic patterns that set a new trend of life in the USA (Unger and Tomes ...

Same Sex Marriage and Crime

Introduction Throughout history, homosexual and homoerotic love has existed because of the sheer fact that men have matched with men and ladies have combined with women looking for fraternity, bolster and adoration – regularly physical affection (Smith, 2014, p. 1). Renowned Yale University law professor William Eskridge, in his cogent monograph, “The Case for Same-Sex Marriage”, refers to recorded histories of same-sex couples dating back to Biblical times. He takes note of that Same-Sex links between men were standard in antiquated Greece; truth be told, the Roman Ruler Nero even had a formal wedding function with his male beau Sporus. ...

International Marketing Plan

Executive Summary Coca-cola Company is considered to be most well-liked and accepted largest-seller of the soft-drink in the history, along with it, considered as the most decipherable brands all over the world. It is offering various regular, low-and-no-calorie gleaming beverages; bottled water; fruit juices as well as fruit drinks; energy drinks; sports drinks; along with ready-to-drink coffee and tea. Under the name of Coke brand, Coca-Cola has with time, introduced various cola drinks. Coca-Cola Company recognized to retort to the domestic needs. And the company often thinks merely about the domestic opportunities available until and unless company is ...

Sociological causes of drug use & abuse among college students: An Introduction

The college students, particularly those between the age-group of 18 and 24 are normally registered in colleges and universities. They are at increased risk for involving in risk drinking and other substance use than their non-college peers. These students have a tendency to involve in binge drinking and other drugs than other age-groups, whether or not they are registered in college. Normally, this predisposition arises because of: - Developmental traits of puberty and maturity, consisting of ongoing brain maturity through in the early 20s and the progress towards greater freedom and independence - Social and cultural standards of ...

Description of the issue

The number of colored students who secure chances for higher education in the United States has greatly been on the decline. The rates of admission and successful completion of higher education by students who are of African-American origins, Hispanic and the Native Americans origin have always trailed behind their White and Asian counterparts. Perhaps, this has been on the grounds of low income and discrimination based on race. Moreover, students with disabilities have also not been adequately represented in the higher education, in United States. Besides, the needs of the few African-Americans, the Hispanic and the Native American students ...

The first question that makes this research extremely useful or meaningful is based on the movement of people and cars in the older eastern areas and newer western areas of the Old City of Jeddah. The question revolves around the main forces behind the disappearance of traditional cities. The two regions have different following the forms of buildings in the area, as well as functions. This is because, excessive movement densities for cars and people can heighten the process of deterioration of the Old City. The second question that the researcher seeks to address in this research is ...

The Bubonic Plague was arguably one of the most historically tragic and monumental times in human history. It managed to change everything we understand about ourselves physically while changing the social and cultural landscape around it. An upheaval of power followed the plague, as did a religious revolt. Ironically, an issue today that is causing many social and cultural changes centers around something meant to keep the plague, and many other deadly diseases, from reemerging: vaccinations. In the wake of falsified research that left the world believing vaccinations caused autism, some parents still believe vaccinations are bad. This belief is ...

The People's Republic of Bangladesh – is a country in South Asia, formed on the place of the former Pakistani province – East Pakistan. Its political leaders on March 26, 1971 announced the creation of an independent state called Bangladesh, which means “Country of Bengal”. Bangladesh is located in the Northeastern part of the Indian subcontinent, bordering the Bay of Bengal in the Indian Ocean. It lies on the border of India to its west, north and east, and is neighbor to Myanmar to its south-east. On a surface area of Bangladesh, which comprises of 148,998 sq. km., more than ...