Essays on Tracing

Introduction

The Ebola virus has existed for centuries. Like all life forms and viruses, it has been changing and adapting since the beginning of time to survive. Despite this the disease did not make itself known until the twentieth century. However, once the virus revealed itself only three major outbreaks have occurred. There were two in 1976 and one which took started in 2014 (CDC, 2015). The latest outbreak has been the longest and worst, effecting numerous countries such as, Mali, Nigeria, Liberia and Senegal in West Africa (CDC, 2015). This paper will look at the scientific aspects of the ...

DNA tracing has been a helpful way of identifying an unknown person. As a matter of fact, this advantage is being used in forensic investigations which will completely recognize the identity of an individual when being logged in the database. However, this brings about risk in the privacy and confidentiality of an individual. Therefore, DNA database should not be used for commercial purposes. A DNA profile,which is stored in database, is not only used to identify a single individual, but it also allows to track close relatives using the information which can be located in a single DNA ...

Section 1

Property crime entails taking of property without involving threat or force against the victim. It includes motor vehicle theft, shoplifting, arson, larceny, burglary, as well as vandalism. Motor vehicle theft is among the common forms of property crime. There are several criminal motivations for motor vehicle theft. These include financial gain, commercial, spare parts, object to commit other crimes, as well as transportation. In most cases, those who are involved in motor vehicle theft are motivated by the financial gain (Stauffer & Bonfanti, 2006). In fact, they need money to meet their gambling, drug and alcohol addiction. Financial gains tend ...

Anthropology is the study of humankind throughout history. There are currently four subfields of anthropology (1) cultural anthropology which is the study of human behavior and cultural patterns within a society (2) physical anthropology is the study of humans as biological specimen (3) linguistics refers to the study of human language and how it has evolved throughout history. This includes the grammar and syntax used, and the relationship between culture and language (4) archaeology is the study of materials such animal and human remains, artifacts, and plants. This paper will be looking at Archaeology. Archaeology looks at materials found ...

Part 1.

These paintings come from a ten-year-old boy who has been diagnosed with a fairly severe cause of autism. He has to have someone sitting next to him if he is going to make art. He was supplied with a variety of sponges and paint to make patterns. Their repetitive nature comes from the fact that if you do not prompt him in a different direction, he keeps doing the same thing over and over. When I look at the paintings at lower left, lower right and upper right, I am somewhat surprised that this is only a ten-year-old making ...

Executive Summary

The research identifies that Florida is a high-risk state in terms of human trafficking. In line with this, there is the need for some kind of urgent policy formulation that will deal with the needs and requirements of the state. The problem of Florida is complicated by its location and its cultural make-up which includes a lot of Hispanic Americans. The policy brief identifies that there are three options available including supply-chain tracking, victimization policy and a proactive and coordination oriented method. Supply-chain tracking is deemed as expensive and a bit unworkable at the other side of the border. ...

Ever since the coordinated attacks of the September 11, 2001, America has been put through an enormous number of changes. The man who is primarily believed to have caused the September 11, 2001 attack is believed to be Osama Bin Laden. He is considered by the American government to be the mastermind of the attacks that brought down the Twin Towers in the city of New York. Some of the changes that can be identified are related to the security. Furthermore, intelligence reports that have been carried out by the American security forces indicate that Osama Bin Laden is ...

Module: Forensic Investigation CSI

Min Word count 950 words Weighting 50% (of overall diploma) Deadline: See Course schedule Key Points Answer what you are asked. DO NOT WRITE OFF-TOPIC. If you do, you will waste time, waste words and irritate the examiner. This goes for formal exams as well. Answer only what you are actually asked. Do not plagiarise (pass other authors’ work off as your own). Plagiarism will carry penalties. Any time you use a quotation or reference, use a proper citation (i.e. make it clear which book or author or article or newspaper etc. you are taking the quotation or reference ...

ISP REMOTE:

ISP REMOTE INTRODUCTION ISP is an acronym for Internet service provider. The term is used to describe a company that can provide one with the ability to access the internet. The ISP provides a gateway to the large interconnected pool of computers that a make up the worldwide web. The connection to the internet can be achieved through different approaches (Fonseca, M. and Agoulmine, N., 2015. p.n.d).These approaches include: Dial-up services: this is a service that provides connectivity to the Internet through the use of the telephony network. It works by connecting the telephone line to the computer ...

Business with online customers and intellectual properties are using cyber forensic investigators to deal with electronic crimes and employee’s wrongdoing. PayPal scam is one of the cyber crimes that required the knowledge of forensic scientists. Database and Internet investigators played a tremendous role in discovering credit card thieves. PayPal merchants reported being redirected to mock PayPal site. Forensic investigators discovered that the PayPal accounts were opened using the same IP address. The team used Sam Spade, trace route, and freeware network discovery to investigate the matter. Based on the investigation, there is evidence that could be used in ...

Visit the Virtual Caves website: http://www.goodearthgraphics.com/virtcave/index.html. Briefly describe and provide an example of Solutional caves, Sea caves, Erosional caves, and Lava tube caves. Solutional Caves: Solutional caves are formed by chemical reaction between the groundwater and the rock bedrock consisting of limestone. Ground water contains dissolved carbon dioxide which is a weak solution of carbonic acid and is capable of dissolving the rock slowly. This makes the passage of water wider and takes the shape of the cave. The most common example of solutional caves is flowstone. Flowstone is mostly composed of calcite and becomes rounder as it tends ...

Input of a search into a database will determine the nature of the information that is being sought by appropriate search engines depending on the input of row data into the system. For the secondary school, the result will be the number of students as per the records, performances and the management of the school in general. For low income, the information will be about the economic standards of the people and the monthly income per capita. Therefore, the scholastic success will show how the learners have achieved their academic qualifications and any benefits gained out of the better performances.

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Introduction

Communication is the process by which information is conveyed or transferred from a source to a recipient. The process usually involves conveying useful information between two parties (Berlo, 1960). Each of the communicating parties must have a way to understand the information. In communication, there is a medium by which the information is sent or encoded so as to ensure that both parties are conversant with the information exchange mode. In short, communication usually requires a common language for it to be effective. This means that a difference in language (language barrier) can cause a serious problem in communication (Berlo, 1960).

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Introduction

A private investigator is frequently shortened to PI and casually referred as a private eye. An inquiry agent or private detective is an individual that can be employed by a person or groups to take on exploratory law services (Rigakos, 2008). Private investigators or detectives regularly work for attorneys in civil matters. The very few skilled private investigators work together with defense attorneys on major punishment and defense of criminal cases. Private investigators are, therefore, private citizens having different types of experience and training. Investigators look for, collect, gather, scrutinize, and establish substantiation in criminal and civil cases for insurance companies, ...

Introduction

Networks have, in a lot of ways, affected a lot of aspects of human life. Since the boom of the internet era, for example, many people have started to exhibit shifting preferences and habits when it comes to making social interactions. As more and more social media platforms got invented, the number of people using such tools to interact and be a part of a larger network has demonstrated a steady and continuous increase. The thing with networks is that they tend to have vague and ambiguous definitions. Some people may perceive them as a mere system of connections that relates one entity to another. ...

The black box is a flight or aircraft data recorder. It mainly collects and gathers the flight parameters information and stores them as evidence in the case of a plane crash. It is a technology that each and every corporate jet or commercial airplane should be equipped with.

Origin of the Technology.

The technology was discovered in Australia by Dr. David Warren. The technology began in 1952. Warren worked on the information and built up of the black box in Aeronautical research laboratories, in Melbourne. He argued that it was necessary for recording all the aircraft crew discussion. His view was to help trace the cause ...

It is a well-known fact that Mary Shelley’s family relationships were beset by difficulties, and she somehow ended up reflecting on them in her novel, Frankenstein. There are quite a few essays that prove the point that Mary Shelly expressed her own life into her fictional novel. However, an underlying subject in the novel has somehow evaded the critical eyes of critics, until Susan Coulter wrote about it in her essay “‘Frankenstein’ – a cautionary tale of bad parenting,” which is posted on Mary Shelley’s website. Through her essay, Frankenstein’ – a cautionary tale of bad parenting” and despite the use of limited ...

Management Accounting for Business Decisions

Executive Summary This report is very important from the management’s point of view because of the reason that it thoroughly focused on all the major organizational structure, system and the policies of the business. In this report, full analysis of the repair segment, conversion segment, administration department, existing services and inventory management procedures has been made. Moreover, weak areas have been identified, and full recommendations have been made at the ending part of this report in order to convert the weak sections into the stronger section. Overall, this report will provide a clear cut guideline regarding what is ...

Article Review: African Theology - Roman Catholic, and Asian Theology – Roman Catholic in Global Dictionary of Theology: A Resource for the Worldwide Church

The two articles being reviewed and compared here are African Theology – Roman Catholic, and Asian Theology - Roman Catholic, both taken from the Global Dictionary of Theology: A Resource for the Worldwide Church, edited by William A. Dyrness and Veli-Matti Karkkainen. Both articles begin with an overview of their interaction with diversity and it is at the very onset that the reader realizes that the two theologies vary greatly in their follower base. Despite its ...

Smart water networks take advantage of real time data, pumps and other essential distribution points to automate the process control schedules and support real time operations decisions. It is well understood that the drivers for smart water networks is not resistible. There is a compelling need to develop smart water and energy efficient systems that are at par with the rising demand and the diminishing water resources. The fact that infrastructures are rapidly deteriorating and the fact that water loss and leakage are relentless means that there is a need for intelligent systems that would detect, report, and prevent associated water ...

Pandemic Plan

The Ministry of Health (MOH), Guinea on March 21st, 2014 informed the World Health Organization (WHO) about the growing occurrence of Ebola virus disease (EVD). The initial report of the cases derived from Gueckedou, Kissidougou, and Macenta in the overseas district, a vicinity that establishes the boundary with Liberia, and Sierra Leone; and late in the principal town of Conakry. The samples of blood gathered from the early cases and after examination revealed favorable results for Zaire Ebola virus (EBOV) species by RT-PCR at Educational Institute of Pasteur in Lyon, France. The MOH of Liberia confirmed the initial infections of ...

Thesis statement

The American IGBO slaves are historically unique from other historically ethnic slaves and are believed to trace their origin in the West African countries.

Introduction

Slavery in the United States of America has existed since time immemorial. The legal institution of chattel slavery existed in the 18th and 19th century. From early colonial days, slavery had been a practice in the British North America. At the time of declaration of independence in 1977, slavery was recognized by the thirteen states. When the United States was founded, the slavery was majorly geared towards the people of African Origin. In this aspect, the ...

Abstract

Police department is considered to be evolved throughout the world on the basis of criminals and their modern ideas of the criminal activities. We will try to look at the various aspects of the society and its connection with the police or role of the law enforcement agencies. We will try to lay the foundation of the study on the information gathered from several sources that are subjected to the researched reports and intellectual work done on the book written by Roberg. The police department is considered to be an important governmental institution and it must be organized merely ...

Issue in Information System Operation Management (ISOM) Database security

Introduction Increase in the use of internet has increased the vulnerabilities of databases for many corporations. Many organizations operate and maintain their brands through ensuring that databases containing client information is well protected. According to Bertino and Sandhu (1), the proliferation of web-based applications increases the risk of exposure of databases. Database security has been a challenge since the beginning of use of databases in the 1970s. Every effort to improve technological advancement has led to an increase in the attacks on databases. Recent cases have been reported of hackers accessing private information from different databases of different ...

Final Field Notes

Observation: A Little Dynasty Chinese School, Miss. J’s beginner-level classroom. This is the basic Zhuyin class and so Miss. J teaches the students the Chinese Alphabet. The beginner-level class is very spacious and colorfully decorated with student writing projects, stickers, posters and Chinese-themed learning charts. Brightly inviting colors have been used for the interior design of the classroom. There is also a language arts wall displaying different aspects of the Chinese language (grammar, spelling, punctuation and numerals). There are a number of book shelves that are filled with Chinese literature. The two huge windows at the back of the ...

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Executive summary

In understanding cost and pricing dynamics in relation to profitability, at least four issues face the cost accountant in tracing product or service costs, the value of which will be used as an essential input in pricing decisions. These are complexity, accuracy, ease of estimation, and time. Joint cost allocation is an example of a complex cost tracing due to inevitable data gaps. Sunk costs exemplify a type of cost the accountants normally consider as marginal and, therefore, may be ignored in the cost trace. Opportunity costs also possess a unique characteristic in its “potentiality” by nature, although quantifiable based on ...

The world at large is at the brink of the great public health disaster called Ebola. The current Ebola outbreak began in December 2013,with the first case detected in Guinea in March 2014. The world is seeing more and more cases of Ebola and despite new public health measures being adopted each day, the epidemic shows no signs of abating. rom the time of its first discovery near the Ebola river in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1976, the number of reported outbreaks of this disease has been increasing over the years. The 2014 outbreak is the ...

Introduction

Burglary is the unlawful entry of a structure with intent to commit a felony or theft not necessarily accompanied by force to gain entry as defined by The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Uniform Crime Reports (UCR). Common law defines it as the commission of break-in and entry during night time or “between sunset and sunrise”. Burglary committed in buildings, structures, or attachments suitable for dwelling is residential burglary. According to routine activity theory, three elements characterize the crime of burglary. They are “(1) the presence of likely or motivated offenders, (2) the presence of suitable targets, and (3) an absence ...

Commentary 1: Neural Imaging to Track Mental States while using and Intelligent Tutoring System

Researchers have been on the frontline to try and determine what goes on in a student’s brain as they try to solve problems, in this case mathematical problems. The article offers insight on the capacity of utilizing neural imaging to aid student modeling in intelligent tutoring systems. The intelligent tutoring system is a computerized application that notes the activities of the brain as one engages in problem solving activities following data collected from the actions that the student opts to choose. The study conducted was significant as a continuation of research carried out on intelligent tutoring systems since it proved effective ...

The Middle East is predominantly an Islamic society. Muslim art and architecture is heavily influenced by the religious attitudes. There is prejudice against pictorial representation of animal figure and human being due to the Prophet Mohammed teachings that are against idols and idol worship. This attitude influenced the development of geometric and stylized designs. Muslims have excelled mostly in the fields of architecture and decorative arts (Choueri 88: Ham 176: Graber 1). Islamic artists draw their inspiration from many sources: inspiration was drawn from Byzantine, Indian, Chinese and Persian models. These craftsmen then made their models in original and ...

Introduction

Angina refers to pain or tightness experienced in the chest area (Jevon, 2012). Angina is divided into stable and unstable angina. Stable angina takes place on exertion and occurs when the heart muscle demand for blood is more than the supply. On the other hand, unstable angina may occur in variety of clinical situations. This may include patients having coronary artery disease. Patients having unstable angina usually undergo diagnostic and therapeutic procedures that are used on other coronary artery diseases patients (Braunwald, 1997). Unstable angina emanates from the increase in myocardial oxygen demand or in a reduction in myocardial ...

Introduction

An accounting framework essentially influences the way business entities delineates success. Traditional accounting predominantly concentrates on increasing the shareholder value while also influencing the bottom lines of the business in terms of its finances. However, an growing number of corporations now-a-days, are primarily interested in either the so called “double” or “triple” bottom line accounting. Their focus is not just on measuring the impact their business practices have on the financial bottom line, but also upon the impact their business practices have on their personnel, the societies in which they operate, as well as the environment surrounding them. ...

MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING QUESTIONS

Question 1 The entity charged with the design and development of the activity based costing system is the company’s a person who possess a host of leadership abilities and prior knowledge of ABC technology most probably a person from the company’s accounting department . This individual would be charged with the role of coming up with the most effective costing system that can significantly boost the company’s drive towards the achievement of its objectives. The person selected should however have the maximum to have the support of the top managers, line managers and the entire staff of the company. ...

Film Studies

The House I Live In is a compelling account of the manner in which America’s War on Drugs has devastates families and individuals especially those belonging to the minority community. It has targeted the poor and the jobless. The film portrays touching anecdotes of those directly impacted by drugs – be it the grieving mother to the drug dealer, the senator to the narcotics officer, the federal judge to the prison inmate. The film highlights this as a serious human rights issue and urges people to speak against the injustice taking place in this country. The film in fact portrays ...

Communication

The Nation-State and the Media-UK and IRAQ Introduction The globalization of media has encompassed to cover the development and application of formal and informal rules to form allegiances with governments and nations. Price (2002) stated that after the September 11, 2011 terrorist bombing incident that occurred in the U.S., several states all over the world have now become more precise about conflict, instability and ideology by recognizing the sentiments of the people. The war on terrorism has become the main objective of states such as UK and Iraq. The discovery of new technologies and the developments ...

The American International Group (AIG) was started 93 years ago by a person called Cornelius Vander Starr In Shanghai China as a general insurance provider. Since its establishment, AIG has grown to become an excellent insurer. Up to date, AIG is focus on what Cornelius Vander Starr called the knowledge and ability to meet the desires of its clients.

Organizational Structure

The company's organizational structure comprises of chief executive officer, Executive vice president, Senior vice president Chief Operations & Systems Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operations & Systems Officer, Executive Vice President Investments, Executive Vice President Treasurer, Executive Vice President Chief Risk Officer, Senior Vice ...

Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 467 U.S. 837 (1984)

Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. 467 U.S. 837 (1984) Facts: The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977 required some of the states which have not yet conformed to the national air quality standards of the EPA to comply with the set standards pursuant to the unamended Clean Air Act. The EPA enacted regulations which interpreted the term “stationary source” to permit the other states to treat all of the pollution-emitting devices coming from similar industrial group ...

Tallur is an Indian craftsman born in Bangalore and has once in a while wandered outside India and acted like an adult in the country neighborhood. His works discuss the grinding neediness in the grown farmland. He brings out very clearly the issue of poverty and the issue that the people in farmland go through. Utilizing Indian marks and images, Tallur imagines that are normal for the underbelly of India, while still successfully devising a workable plan to interpret the fidgetiness of his topic to a bigger group of onlookers. Untitled holds a doctor's facility mattress, with battered and torn inflatable beddings heaped ...

ABSTRACT.

Poverty is in its own a culture and a socio-economic class, which traps individuals in a vicious cycle that are hard to break. Education plays a crucial role in breaking this cycle, but under normal circumstances achieving while faced with this calamity is a challenge. Teachers working with students from low economic backgrounds face the consequences of the culture of poverty, which goes to the extent of failing their state tests. Working with such students needs an understanding of poverty, and what they can do to address their literacy needs. This study provides a review on education achievements and poverty in order to examine the ...

Sergei Eisenstein’s Battleship Potemkin instills the pangs of revolution in the hearts of the audience who bask in inspiration after watching the Odessa steps sequence in the film. A film, wherever it is made, has the reflection of the society and history of the community. Habermas has argued in his essay, Modernity: An Incomplete Project, that with the transition to modernism, art has made an endeavor to dissociate it from the social constrictions and become liberated, in the sense that it would be art for art’s sake. The avant garde artist would like to immerse the soul ...

The film, The Joy Luck Club, based on Amy Tan’s novel, portrays the story of four women and their daughters who eventually migrate from China to America. The story goes on to delve deep into how they are dissociated from their origins. These women live in a culture and time that is vastly different from the one in which they were themselves brought up. The four older ladies meet once a week to play mahjong and they name their group as the ‘Joy Luck Club’. During the meeting they talk about stories of their respective families and grandchildren. They ...

The teachers college website is supposed to provide teachers in the Columbian college with information on programs and policies of the college. The website is accessible through a unified resource locator (URL) either through the internet or through intranet. The website has clear navigation links, which are placed at the top, left, and right sides of the home page. Dead links are not found on the website, which ensures users always end up in the right page after clicking on a link. The use of graphics on the website is done with consideration to the information portrayed and communicated by ...

Introduction

Computer forensics concerns the technical knowledge necessary for collection, analysis and provision of digital evidence in a court of law. Computer forensic refers to the collection, discovery, and preservation of digital data for use in a court of law for the protection of entities or individuals (Bayuk, 2010). This has been in response to the major increase in electronic crimes since the 1970s, especially in the financial sector.

Computer Anti-Forensics

Anti-forensics are the tools, procedures and techniques that undermine forensic tools and the work of forensic investigation. Anti-forensics aims at disrupting the collection of information, avoiding detection, increasing investigation time and reducing the ...

Roberts God's Big Picture: Tracing the Storyline of the Bible is a book that explains the bible’s 66 books in simple words and in one book. Roberts explains the bible in about 150 pages. This book takes us through the bible’s stories of creation, the fall of man, the early church, Israel and all the prophets and lastly, the coming of the new kingdom. Through the titles and chapters in Roberts’s book, the reader learns how God is working to redeem His fallen creation and restore back his rule to the earth. The book is divided into ...

Abstract

The subject of evolution is one that finds substantial amount of conflict from various fronts. Much of this conflict comes from theological stance where the story of creation is consistently quoted as the viable source that defines the origin of living and non-living things. However, the creation story lacks tangible evidence as compared to the story of the evolution. There is an overwhelming body of research works and evidence that clarify this. However, despite all the evidences provided, there exists some confusion as to the origin of the earth. A quick look at various academic books used especially in ...

Introduction

Andrew Cherlin’s (2009) account of the ‘Evolution of Marriage’ within the American society in his work Marriage-Go- Round forces readers to stop and contemplate the value of this institution in twenty-first century America; how necessary it is in upholding family values and the effects changing elements has on the institution in determining the way younger America perceive marriage. In the following pages of this document the writer will offer a book review which will encompass a summary of Cherlin’s work; show how it connects with the course being undertaken in sociology and finally give my personal opinion on ...

Introduction

The main objective of this research paper is to evaluate if Adolf Hitler had a Jewish heritage. Referencing from the early available evidences and primary sources, this article incorporates the secondary sources to unfold the truth behind this mystery. Looking at the culture of Nazi philosophy and the dictator instilled during this reign, Jewish heritage has been spelled from a new dimension. According to Bank and Julie, Hitler is defined as “The world War two that joined the Nazi Party in 1919 and became the leader by 1921”1. While exploring Ann Frank in her diary excerpts; the Jewish legacy is ...

Abstract

A 'mirror-tracing task' (or mirror-tracing test) is a psychological test used to measure a variety of functions such as learning, transfer of information from one brain hemisphere to the other, and other perceptual/motor skills. In the test, two hypotheses were formulated in a bid to understand the concept of spatial perception, transfer of abilities and gender differences. On the first hypothesis, Continuous exposure to the mirror-tracing test will lead to improved mirror tracing skill; we needed to look at the influence of practising on the mirror tracing skill. 243 subjects were continuously exposed to the test for seven days and the results ...