Annotated Bibliography Sample and Writing Tips

- Groot, E. (2012). Personal preference or policy? Language choice in a European-based international organization. Corporate Communications: An International Journal, 17(3), 255-271. DOI: 10.1108/13563281211253511.

Research methodology applied in this paper was analyzing the languages that were used by the employees in the organizations at Europe. The data collection included surveys and personal interviews. The demographics for this study included the employees of most of the European nations and were in the age range of 25-40 years. It consisted of both new joiners and experienced ones. The findings concluded that, it is important to work upon language barriers in ...

Hyman, Jeff, and Juliette Summers. "Lacking balance?: Work-life employment practices in the modern economy." Personnel Review 33.4 (2004): 418-429.

The article indicates that the United Kingdom has had light regulation to assist employees balance their work as well as domestic obligations. The employees find the approach appealing and the government finds it successful. Through empirical studies, the article has been able to challenge these assumptions and outcomes. Seven main problems linked to the current UK practice over work-life balance have been identified. One of the problems is related to the disproportion of adoption in different sectors as well ...

Politics is the act of wooing people to receive support in a certain agenda. Politics can be conducted internally within a country in the selection of leaders and internationally where a certain issue has to be implemented for the common good of the world. The people or countries in politics have a duty to convince the other parties to make a certain decisions, failure to which the party loses. This paper evaluates internal and international political Issues in the world, as well as issues that affect such politics. The research questions to guide this research are listed below;

Why is politics necessary in the world?

What ...

Cobbold, G. B., Virgil. Vergil’s Aeneid: Hero, War, Humanity. Unspecified Publisher, 2005. Print.

Cobbold’s work discusses some of the most prominent aspect in both Iliad and Aeneid – war and hero, the governing aspects of these two works of literature. The book seems to have been written by a very competent scholar although it does not touch directly upon the subject of Aeneid’s connection to the Iliad. Nonetheless, if we take a good look at what hero and war mean for Virgil, we would be able to compare the Roman understanding of these notions to those of ...

Basch, C. E. (2011). Teen Pregnancy and the Achievement Gap Among Urban Minority Youth.Journal Of School Health, 81(10), 614-618. doi:10.1111/j.1746- 1561.2011.00635.x

Teens who become pregnant are at risk in terms of educational achievement (many are high school drop outs) and poverty. Moreover, daughters of teen mothers are more likely to become unwed teen mothers themselves. (Basch, 2011) Basch agrees with Kearney and Levine that teen pregnancy is mostly due to low socio-economic status. There is also an indication that teen mothers score lower on cognitive exams. He also agrees with Pazol and McKay that decreases in teen births ...

Prenatal Methylmercury, Postnatal Lead Exposure, and Evidence of Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder among Inuit Children in Arctic Québec. By: Boucher, Olivier, Jacobson, Sandra W., Plusquellec, Pierrich, Dewailly, Éric, Ayotte, Pierre, Forget-Dubois, Nadine, Jacobson, Joseph L., Muckle, Gina, Environmental Health Perspectives, 00916765, Oct2012, Vol. 120, Issue 10.

This study sought to determine the relationship between behavioral changes and ADHD in children and their prenatal diet. Basing on previous studies (that associated Methylmercury and polychlorinated biphenyls to impairment in attention and performance), this study on Inuit children examined amounts Lead (Pb) in their diet in relation to exposure to Methylmercury (MeHg) ...

Beowulf

- Neidorf, Leonard. 'Beowulf Before Beowulf: Anglo-Saxon Anthroponymy and Heroic Legend'. The Review of English Studies (2012): 108. Print.

This article questions the true identity of Beowulf. The author says that the true nature of the eponymous hero remains disputed, and wonders whether Beowulf was a part of the ancient traditional heroes. He suggests that the name ‘Biuuulf’ (Beowulf) was from the seventh century, and that the legend of Beowulf existed well before the composition of our extant poem.2. Huriye, Reıs. ‘Aging and the Aged in the Book of Dede Korkut and Beowulf’ (Translation). Milli Folklor, (2011) ...

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Bothwell, R. K., Duhon, K. W. (1994). Counterfactual thinking and plaintiff compensation. The Journal of Social Psychology, 134 (5), 705.

The research sought to identify the relationship between counterfactual thinking and plaintiff compensation. This research provided information regarding a victim who attained severe injuries during a robbery. It involved two sets of subjects; one set was told that the victim got the injuries from a store he had not visited before while the other set was told that the victim had visited the store from which he attained the injuries. It was found that the set of subjects that ...

Aday, L. A. (2001). Who are the vulnerable? In At risk in America: The health and health care needs of vulnerable populations in the United States (pp.1-15). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers

Each chapter of this book has a question that needs to be explored with regards to the health care of vulnerable populations. The author begins by defining vulnerable populations as those groups that are under risk of poor psychological, physical, or social health, consistent with the World Health Organization (WHO) definition of health. The book highlights several groups to indicate and analyze how the framework for studying vulnerability ...

Conklin, T. P. (2002). Health Care in the United States: An Evolving System. Info: Ann

Arbor, MI: MPublshing, University of Michigan Library, 7(1).

This article not only cover the changes that the health care system has endured over the years but also elucidates more on the future expectations that are perceived to take place in health care owing to the technological advances and the many specialized fields in healthcare that are perceived to develop in the near future. In this article, the motives and drive factors behind the changes in health care systems are well dealt with. As a research source, this article offers insights on the ...

- Suzuki, N. (2014). The anthropology of aging and well-being. 1st ed. Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology

The article titled “The Values Transmitted by Lifelong Education in Denmark: The Conditions of Social Inclusion”, is written by Nanami Suzuki, National Museum of Ethnology, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies. There are six sections – introduction, History of folk education in Denmark, Social and Adult education, Folk High school and Conclusion. Suzuki has given the details of the system of education in Denmark from the 0th grade, through primary school, high school and adult education. Suzuki has emphasized the goals and special ...

Child Discipline Annotated Bibliography

Ali, R., Iqbal, S., Shahzad, S., Qadeer, M., & Umar Ali, K. (2011). Use of reinforcement practices in the educational institutions and its impacts on student motivation. International Journal of Academic Research, 3(1), 960-963.

This journal article examines the negative and positive reinforcement practices commonly used in education institutions to motivate students. Many countries have laws against corporal punishment. Therefore, education institutions are compelled to use reinforcement. The results of the study showed that the use of reinforcement is widespread, but it is more prevalent in urban schools than rural schools.

Hecker, T., Hermenau, K., Isele, D., & Elbert, T. ( ...

Annotated Bibliography on Employee Training in Small Buisness

Panagiotakopoulos, A. (2012). Staff “poaching” in the small business context: overcoming this key barrier to training. Industrial and Commercial Training, 44(6), 326-333. DOI 10.1108/00197851211254752

The researcher has used a case study approach to achieve the objectives of the research, and used both secondary data such as company reports, records, etc. and in depth interview to gather firsthand information from the employees of two organizations. Other than salary, the factors such as job autonomy, involvement in decision making, intense work environment and cordial working atmosphere motivate the employees and gain their loyalty to the organization. There is limited scope ...

1. EDUCATIONAL THEORY

Introduction to Brain Based Learning & Eric P. Jensen

Principals of Brain Based Learning Eric P. Jensen’s home page is entitled Game Changers on other connected pages he offers Principals of Brain Based Learning, some of the principals he views as most important and other tools that might be important to someone looking into his theories on brain based learning. Jensen also has several pages devoted to his workshops books, and other presentation materials. It is primarily addressed to the general public, instructors and policy makers.

Teaching with the Brain in Mind, Revised 2nd Edition

Eric P. Jensen was considered a pioneer in brain based learning when he released the First Edition of ...

Annotated Bibliography Elder Adult Care

Chang, H. J. (2009). Preventive Care for Older Adults. AMA'S Journal of Ethics Vol 302, No. 24, 1.

According to this article, the population of older people in the United States at the age of 65 years is expected to be at 20 percent by 2030. The author stipulates that the risk of mortality will be determined by an individual’s ability to carry out daily chores necessary to accomplish basic needs. The author of the article lists some recommended preventive measures that can be carried out on adults and people over the age of 65 years. For instance, ...

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Brooke, Stephanie L. Art Therapy with Sexual Abuse Survivors. Springfield, Ill: Charles C Thomas, 1997. Print. This book by Stephanie Brooke discusses the art therapy as the technique of treatment for individuals suffering from trauma resulting from sexual abuse or exploitation. It includes graphic indicators of abuse, art therapy assessment, legal issues and traumatic memories.

Prentky, R A, and Stacey B. Edmunds. Assessing Sexual Abuse: A Resource Guide for Practitioners. Brandon, VT: Safer Society Press, 1997. Print. This book is a compilation of psychometric tools that practitioners could use for those who have been abused and assessing ...

Emerald (2002). Googling out of control: Can Google's chaos management style ensure continuing success? Strategic direction.23 (8): 25-27.

This article presents one of the many dissenting voices regarding Google’s organizational style. The purpose of the article according to the authors is to review development sin management styles around the globe. From this analysis, the authors highlight practical implications as derived from case studies and research. The article posits that the unprecedented success by Google has afforded the chaotic organizational style a new respectability. This is because it is a style that has not been the favorite for ...

Ekins, P. (1997). Clean Business Policy: Practice and Economic Implications. Philosophical Transactions: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences. 335 (1728), 1449-1465.

The author of this article feels that businesses have a prominent role in helping solve the current environmental problems facing the world. The way that they can do this is by creating sustainable models that help lessen the problems, rather than exasperate them. The author first develops a model of wealth creation that can be applied to businesses and the economy as a whole and argues that from this model one can derive principles aimed at sustainability. The author ...

Dan, Russell. A People's Dream: Aboriginal Self-Government in Canada. New York: Blackwell Pub., 2007. Print.

Russell examines some of the hardships that the Aboriginal people have to go through when proposing self-government. The author believes that the self-government of the Aboriginals is narrow and that the national government would not be willing to negotiate issues such as land. Given the political power is significant in most global nations; the author believes that the national government will propose a self-government jurisdiction where aboriginals will not enjoy any political power in the country. The key question the author addresses in his ...

Annotated Bibliography for Terrorism

Broomhall, B. (2004). State actors in an international definition of terrorism from a human rights perspective. Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law, 36(2-3), 421-441.

Some of the examples of terrorism provided by Broomhall (2004) include hostage-taking and the indiscriminate targeting of civilians, as well as acts of genocide and war crimes.

The international terrorism aspect of this article will allow a more in depth view into the various activities that differentiate domestic from international terrorism, including the legal ramifications that are attached to both forms. Highlighting the International Criminal Court’s definition of terrorism will help to shape the information that will be used in the intended research paper.

Farrell, L. C., & ...

Greenfield, M. (2014, March 20th). There is no bubble in educational technology. Not for businesses that actually make sense. In this article, the writer is aiming at proving that investing in private schools is profitable. Most entrepreneurs have the notion that investing in district schools is a loss of money. The author highlights that the capitalists do not know that there are a lot of start-ups in district schools and that companies that invest in district schools make a lot of profits within a short period of time. Most capitalists have flooded in the digital textbook companies to fund ...

Introduction

"I think Italian cinema is one of the most creative contributions modern Italy has made to 20th century culture" (Bondanella,qtd. Karl, 54). This quote features in most of the scholarly works that discusses the impacts of Italian cinema on today’s film. A common opinion seems to be the fact that “recent films that people watch are the same: they talk about girls or boys growing up, vacations of the mentally impaired, and couples having crisis,” social issues such as crime, unemployment, and class bias among other similar topics (Hake, pp. 23-25). Most of the films showing on ...

Rehabilitation Issues within the Criminal Justice System

This research investigates the importance of rehabiliation as a central theme in criminal justice systems. Specifically, the research adrresses the question about whether rehabiliation is important in the first place, and the issues that prevent delivery of timely rehabiliation services to offenders. The research notes that while it is important to keep the public safe from offenders, it is also of critical importance to ensure that the offenders get a fair treatment within the confines of prison and come out of prison with the right mindset without slipping back to doing the crimes they used to commit. This research ...

Religion is not developed or practiced in a vacuum. It influences and is influenced by almost everything else found in culture-food, sexual practice and taboos, rites of passage (birth, marriage, and death), entertainment (music, movies, art, literature, and sports), healing arts, and understandings of the natural world. This paper presents an annotation of sources used to show the Jewish history and belief in regard to tattoo body art.

Elliot Dorff and Louis E. Newman. Jewish Choices, Jewish Voices. Philadelphia: The Jewish Publication Society, 2008. Print.

This book questions the rights and obligations that people have over their own bodies ...

Curtis, D. and Carter, M. (2008). Learning Together with Young Children: A Curriculum Framework for Reflective Teacher. Yorkton: Redleaf Press.

This book offers insight on the current thinking and approaches to teaching. The authors provide five core practices with specific principles that influence the development of curriculum frameworks. The five principles are creating a nourishing culture, enhancing curriculum with materials, availing oneself to the teaching and learning process, coaching children to learn about learning, and digging deeper to learn with children.

Morin, A. (2013). The Everything Kids' Learning Activities Book: 145 Entertaining Activities and Learning Games for Kid. Avon, ...

Hodson, Hal. "Leap Motion hacks show potential of new gesture tech." New Scientist 218.2911 (2013): 21. Weichert, Frank, Daniel Bachmann, Bartholomäus Rudak, and Denis Fisseler. "Analysis of the accuracy and robustness of the leap motion controller." Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) 13.5 (2013): 6380.

This paper focuses on the accuracy of the motion controller in the leap motion aspect. The author focuses on the accuracy that is associated with the controller of the leap motion mechanism. This will be important source of information for the paper as the accuracy aspect will be covered.

Xi, Yulong, Seoungjae Cho, Young-Sik ...

Truthpizza.org (2014). Misleading Statistics. Retrieved from http://www.truthpizza.org/logic/stats.htm

This particular article can very much contribute to the research topic as the article explicitly identifies the different possible reasons why statistics can be misleading.

Coontz, Stephanie (2013). When Numbers Mislead. Sunday Review. The New York Times. (May 25, 2013) Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/26/opinion/sunday/when-numbers-mislead.html?_r=0

This contributes a lot to provide more enlighten readers on the topic since specific examples are given that can be used as a solid proof why statistics can be misleading.

Kenelly, Michael J. (2010). 85% of Statistics are False or Misleading. Retrieved from http://scienceblogs.com/worldsciencefestival/2010/08/05/85-of-statistics-are-false-or/

This article contributes a lot ...

Frozen yoghurt has over time gained popularity with the population. This has largely been attributed to the shift in focus to healthy foods as well as new marketing strategies by the producers. In the contemporary society, people have become more conscious about their own health and this has had its own impact on the eating lifestyles and hence the choices. Obese rates and other health complications have been mainly attributed to poor eating habits and in the need to combat these, the younger generation in particular have turned to seeking health foods. On the other hand, the trendy culture ...

A.Rehman, M. (2011). Human Trafficking in the era of Globalization. the case of trafficking in global economy , 1-2.

According to this Journal written by Majeed A.Rehman, human trafficking is in practice for many decades. Just like many global problems, human trafficking is also one of the global crises. The writer of the journal is identifying the countries that are mostly affected by human trafficking. The writer has pointed out the country Bangladesh. In Bangladesh, every year large number of people is trafficked for a sex industry. Many young children and women are exported. The main reason is the low ...

Darwin, Charles. “Natural Selection.” A World of Ideas: Essential Readings for College Writers. Ed. Lee A. Jacobus. 9th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2013. 939- 43. Print.

Natural selection is a theory that was propagated by Charles Darwin. This theory states that change in evolution happens as a result of variation in production found in each generation while there is also struggle for species to exist. An individual in a given species can only survive if it is strong and fit and that it can survive in the conditions that they find themselves. The species also needs to produce ...

Summary

Obesity has been an eminent health problem for the people in the modern times. The modern life has provided us many things that make the life easy for us, however, we face new issues with it such as a fast life, rush, higher competition in the job market and work, psychological problems, not enough time for exercising, and obesity. Nowadays, people are consuming more calories than they burn and as a result of this we are having obesity problem. This paper explains how we face obesity problem by providing some information of background of obesity.

Each part will give ...

Zhenhua Liu (2003) Sustainable Tourism Development: A Critique, Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 11:6, 459-475

This paper presents a critique of the weaknesses evident in past literature on sustainable tourism. The paper explores six crucial issues; forms of sustainable development, the role of tourism demand, the imperative of intra-generational equity, the measurement of sustainability, the role of tourism in promoting socio-cultural progress and the nature of tourism resources. The paper concludes by stating that a systems perspective and application of an interdisciplinary approach are necessary in order to transform research on sustainable tourism to a more scientific level. This source ...

Williams, Eric. "Capitalism and slavery." Chapel Hill 215 (1944).

This interesting book compares modern-day capitalism to slavery. It is a different look on slavery, instead of the standard view, it offers an insight on how people are slaves to modern capitalism, seemingly working foot-to-mouth just to buy products that they cannot afford. It compares the history of slavery and gives some details on how the two can be related. It connects everything throughout society in order to give a bigger picture, and helps people understand what is happening in the global economy. The book explains how this type of ...

Cantu, R.c.. "Concussion in Professional Football: Morphology of Brain Injuries in the NFL Concussion." Yearbook of Sports Medicine 2010 (2010): 23-24. Print.

In this article the author starts by trying to bring into light what very few aspiring footballers want to hear. In this piece of writing the author categorically describe the concussions and all the other injuries that happen as harzardous. The reason of the author carried out this whole experiment is because he wanted to show the real impact of the concussion on the brain. The demonstration was conducted using a Winstar rat ...

Introduction

This paper demonstrates in detail on the outcome of divorce on a child. It entails that as a result of divorce, it brings about insecurity on the child, and it can also cause a child to become vulnerable when dealing with relationships of their own. A child tends to have a desire to be wanted, and hence this shows that children go through negative implications as a result of divorce (Das, 2011). Furthermore, divorce contributes to unhappiness among children as they are exposed to a high level of discrepancy from their co-parents before and after separation. This is so ...

Thesis: Consisting of more than 70% of the surface of the earth, water is without a doubt the most valuable natural resource, which subsists on earth. Without this precious resource, life on the planet would essentially be non-existent, since it is crucial for everything on the earth to grow as well as prospering. Although as humans we recognize this reality, we ignore it through polluting our lakes, oceans, and rivers. The pollution of water causes numerous problems such as killing of fishes and diseases. Water pollution is harmful to animals as well as human beings. Nevertheless, there are numerous ...

Beattie, K. (1998). The scar that binds: American culture and the Vietnam War. New York: New York University Press.

Daum, A. W., Gardner, L. C., & Mausbach, W. (2003). America, the Vietnam War, and the world: Comparative and international perspectives. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Hagopian, P. (2009). The Vietnam War in American memory: Veterans, memorials, and the politics of healing. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press.

Hagopian, in his book, records the history of how the veterans and those who were seriously involved in the war, were affected. He recounts the ordeals that the veterans went through, and ...

Abed, G., and Davoodi, H. “Challenges of Growth and Globalization in the Middle East and North Africa.” International Monetary Fund. 2003. Retrieved

The Middle East and North Africa are made up by a wide variety of countries whose economies and resources vary greatly. Because of this, until recent years this region has not felt the need to become globalized with the rest of the world as other regions have. However, in recent years this region has felt a push toward globalization. Part of this push is led by access to new technologies and media outlets.

In the Middle East.” ...

- Huesmann, L. R., J. Moise-Titus & L.D. Eron. “Longitudinal relations between children’s exposure to TV violence and their aggressive and violent behavior in young adulthood.” Developmental Psychology.39 (1977-1992): 201-221. American Psychological Association. Web. 28 Mar. 2014.

The study talks about the effects on children of their early exposure to media violence. the researchers particularly looked into the long-term effects of media violence on the development of aggression on both males and females. The author draws on social-cognitive observational-learning theory, desentization theory and social comparison theory in order to examine the said effects. The study is important in ...

This project will identify the similarities and differences between Constantinople in the 6th century and the Baby Boomer Generation of Nashville in the 1960s. Both cities, although separate in terms of geography and time, represent key events in their respective periods. The discussion of these events as manifested in their arts, music, and literature would be interesting subjects of study.

This project will compare Constantinople in the Dark Ages and Nashville in the 1960s and focus on their arts, music, and literature. The inhabitants of these cities will also be described. In Constantinople, the Christians resided, as the city ...

Melissa Nasiruddin, Monique Halabi, Alexander Dao, Kyle Chen, and Brandon Brown. ‘Zombies—A Pop Culture Resource for Public Health.’ A Pop Culture Resource for Public Health Awareness - Volume 19, Number 5—May 2013 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal - CDC wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/5/AD-1905_article.htm 2/10/2013

This article was written by Melissa Nasiruddin, Monique Halabi, Alexander Dao, Kyle Chen, and Brandon Brown. It discusses about the dangers of modifying viruses in the laboratory. They say that when viruses are modified, they can pose a very great threat because they can undergo mutation, multiply then spread at a very faster rate to cause ...

Bradley, Erica. "Modern Technology the Internet Demise Newspapers the Rocky Mountain News." By Erica Bradley. 10 Mar. 2009. Inside technology 360. 27 Oct. 2013 <http://www.insidetechnology360.com/index.php/modern-technology-the-internet-demise-newspapers-the-rocky-mountain-news-26204/>.

Erica brandley tries to bring set back on those days when development in technology is not as it is now. In the article he outline the days when one had to go for a newspaper to get information or buy stamps to send information. He continues to compare this situation with the present day. He explains that according to another blogger cited in the text, there is even no need to leave the ...

Alesina, Alberto, James Mirrlees and Manfred JM Neumann. "Politics and business cycles in industrial democracies." Economic Policy, (1989): 57--98. Online.

This particular article, while somewhat out-of-date for the current time period, compiles evidence to suggest that business cycles have a tendency to follow political cycles closely. Economic fluctuations are commonly consistent with political instability or perceived political instability, as postulated by the researchers. Alesina, Mirrlees and Neumann suggest that political cycles with economically-undesirable outcomes will have a negative effect on the economy in most sectors, while other political events will have a bolstering effect on an economy.

This ...

John F. Kennedy: Annotated Bibliography

Dallek, R. (2003). An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963. New York: Little, Brown and Company. In this book written by renowned biographer Robert Dallek, he takes another look at what kind of person President Kennedy was, tackling issues such as his health, love life, presidential appointments and even his policies. Dallek had also expounded in an excellent narrative how JFK grew as a person people have admired even at the present day. The scope Dallek provided in the book would be used in two different ways. One, it would be used to provide ...

Annotated referencing

Hollis, N. (2013). The meaningful brand: how strong brands make more money. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan. The book tries to identify how the brand of the product has been used by the marketers to unlock the financial development and growth in value. The meaningful and differentiated strategy has been the order of the current market hence making it a hypercompetitive. The book tries to point out the best strategies employed to cater and in fetching high prices. Brands of the products are differentiated in a manner of finding the appropriate large market share. This is in the objective ...

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Baek, Misook. (1999). The Internet and Pornography: In the Search for Regulatory Alternatives in a New Technological Environment. Cyberspace Law Seminar: School of Journalism and Mass Communications by Professor Nicholas Johnson. [found at] http://www.uiowa.edu/~cyberlaw/cls99/sempaper/baek416.html. Retrieved on May 18, 2014.

Misook focuses on defining one particular danger of internet usage in this write-up. It is understandable that the process by which the internet serves as a portal for connection among different individuals around the globe has already been used and abused by several individuals and groups to be able to gain benefits for themselves.

People have become ...

Population action international, why population matters to food security? 2011, Washington.

As the name of the article states, the entire article is meant to highlight the high impact that population growth has on the state of food security. According to the article, a rising population leads to a direct rise if the demand for food which in turn dictates the use of additional water and arable land especially in the absence of adequate food production technology and integrated programs. The projection by the Food and Agriculture organization that the population and economic growths could lead to a doubling effect ...

Primary Sources

Connell, T. (2002). America's Japanese Hostages: The US Plan for a Japanese Free Hemisphere. Westport: Praeger-Greenwood.

De Nevers, K. (2004). The Colonel and the Pacifist: Karl Bendetsen, Perry Saito, and the Incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press.

Karl Bendetsen who was an army major during these times gives us a clear account of what transpired in the camps that the Japanese hostages were being kept after the president had directed that they be held there. Americans were dreaded as a ...

Khoo, A. “eSocial Networking and eSports”, in More or Less Democracy & New Media. Future Leaders, 2012

According to Khoo, lives have changed a lot due to the development of the internet, making it easy to reach and work with people both in the vicinity and international. It has also contributed to an inactive way of life leading to heart diseases, obesity and diabetes. Among the popular leisure’s or jobs one can do online are electronic sports. Khoo argues that Koreans have adopted professional gaming to the point that it is referred to as a mode o social expression. ...

Derickson, Alan. Health security for all: dreams of universal health care in America. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005. Print.

Derickson tries to explore the options of inventing or reinventing one fundamental goal of the American social policy-universal health care. In Health Security for All, the author examines the coming up of diverse ideas for all-encompassing health reform since the early twentieth century. This study discovers not only a number of imaginative arguments for extending health services but also an unexpectedly wide array of passionate advocates for universalism. A new move to one of the great unresolved political and ...

Introduction

The article focuses on how to make biofuels, the advantages of biofuels over other sources of fuel and how the biofuels are important to economies of different countries. Biofuels is a very important source of fuels used in propelling vehicles. It is an alternative source of fuel, which is environmental friendly. Scientists have demonstrated that biofuels can be made from organic materials. The organic materials can be converted into liquid biofuels. The organic materials, which are converted into biofuels, include the shrubs, trees, seeds, fungi, algae, grasses and even animal fats. The biofuels generated from these organic materials power ...

W, W. Plush and unusual punishment. 28 07 2011. 08 12 2013 <http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2011/07/norwegian-v-american-justice>.

The article talks about the relative comforts of Norway’s Halden prion, which is considered to be the “world’s most human prison”. It states that Americans in general are appalled at the thought of Anders Brevik, a serial killer, spending time in its comforts. Even the American media is bogged down that a prison can be anything but an overcrowded place like theirs’. The article raises an ethical question about Norwegian justice system, which offers a maximum life sentence if 21ys for criminal like ...

The traffic jam is one of the main problems that many drivers encounter. Driving amid a flood of cars, all scrambling in the streets makes all drivers, angry and eager to try to escape the torment of waiting and sitting for a long time inside the car. This problem of traffic jamming leads to physical stress, and tension. Is there any real solution to traffic jams? That’s what many people ask themselves when they are late for school or meeting with a friend or even work. Traffic jams are anyone’s worst nightmare. It makes us frustrated and ...

Introduction

Personality psychology is a diverse field that examines the variation in personality between people. In essence, this theory leads to the formation of a coherent picture of a person, as well as, how it shapes his or her major psychological processes. Personality determines a person’s behaviors, emotions, cognitions and motivations under various circumstances. There are different personality theories, but this paper will focus on social cognitive theories. These theories stress on cognitive processes. Focus will be on the social learning theory. This theory holds that learning is a cognitive process, and it occurs through not only observation, but ...

Introduction

The term “ecological problems” is nowadays used to define a number of environmental problems. Given the modern environmental mess and the truth that the world has many environmental problems than before, it is no surprise that a lot of emphasis is actually put at this negative ecological context. This is the reason why no difference exists between ecological and environmental problems in everyday talk. Environmental problems are also ecological problems since environment is essentially a center of all the ecological research. All sorts of pollution, climate change, endangered animals, deforestation, are all problems of ecology since ecology uses the ...

Describe how NBC’s programming, economic incentives, business strategies, foreign and domestic distribution, and use of technology changed from 1980-2010.

Sherman, Ryland & Waterman David. “Technology and Competition in U.S. Television: Online vs Offline.” Indiana University (2013). Retrieved from: http://www.indiana.edu/~telecom/people/faculty/waterman/Technology%20and%20competition%20in%20U.S.%20Television-Sherman-Waterman.pdf

This source tells about the technology use and how it has evolved during the years in television broadcasting. It would help in getting to know about what changes took place and how internet and advancement in technology improved the broadcasting.

Schechner, Sam. “No Longer ‘Must-See TV: Drop in Thursday's Prime-Time Viewing Could Cost Marketers Weekend Shoppers.’ Wall Street Journal (2010). Retrieved from: http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303864404575572313787373070

This source would be helpful in providing the information about how ...

A small business is a partnership corporation that is privately owned or a sole proprietorship. The factors that govern a small business that may involve tax policies and the government support systems may differ between different countries. According to the definition of a small business in Australia, it should comprise of not more than 15 employees. Small businesses can also be identified according to the business net profit, the amount of assets and the amount of sales that the business makes. Many countries in the globe have different types of small businesses, which are commonly determined by the economic ...

Annotated Bibliography

Daniel, Barbara. “Classics of English Literature: Essays by Barbara Daniels. M.A., Ph.D.” n.d. Web. 23 Nov. 2013.

This is described as a free website which appreciates significant writers in English Literature. The owner of the website is the author (Barbara Daniel) who states that the website targets advanced students and the general readership. It contains a link of how students can write literature essays especially for examinations. The writer also provides a link to a blog in which technical terms are defined. Moreover, the website lists the texts that have been covered including those written by Chaucer, Shakespeare, John ...

Art and architecture

As an art form, surrealism was an art form that was invented in the 20th century to release the creative potential of the artist’s subconscious mind. Surrealism used many forms of Freudian Psychoanalytic Theory, a theory that was made up by Sigmund Fred. This theory was centered on three main facts; the structure of the personality, defense mechanisms and stages of psychosexual development.

Freudian Psychoanalytic Theories influenced surrealist artists largely. One of the artists that were greatly influenced by these theories was Clifford Bayliss. Clifford Bayliss was an Australian artist whose works and acknowledgement comes from the Australian ...

Fast Foods: Annotated Bibliography

Viola, Deborah, Arno, Peter, Maroko, Andrew, Schechter, Clyde, Sohler, Nancy, Rundle, Andrew, Neckerman, Kathryn, and Maantay, Juliana.

“Overweight and Obesity: Can we Reconcile Evidence about Supermarkets and Fast Food Retailers for Public Health Policy?”. Journal of Public Health Policy 34.3 (2013): 424-438. Print.

This peer reviewed article is based on a primary research that was carried out with the sole intent of establishing is fast food outlets and supermarkets have a role to play with regards to the occurrence of obesity and overweight. The results from the research indicated that indeed fats food outlets ...