Essays on Design & Technology Examples

This paper explores postmodernism through the media.... Postmodernism puts forward the view that truth or reality is not as it actually is but can be shaped to appear to be something else.... Reality is nonexistent and images have little meaning when placed outside their context.... .... ... ... The paper discovers the media in the era of postmodernism....

In the paper 'Personal Construct Psychology by George Kelly' the author discusses George Kelly's work 'Principles of Personal Construct Psychology.... Personal Construct Theory (PCT) represents coherent, comprehensive psychology of personality that has special relevance for psychotherapy.... ... ...

The essay "AIDS Pandemic Issues" focuses on the most prominent issues that have taken center stage in a lot of national, regional, and international forums, the HIV AIDS pandemic, reportedly causing deaths on a large scale especially in sub-Saharan Africa.... ... ... ... The use of the term 'pandemic' or 'epidemic' with regards to a particular communicable disease normally conjures images of large scale infections, and deaths and particularly from the 1980s when reports of outbreaks of HIV AIDS 'hit' the media, such fearful images of death and epidemic have been associated with HIV AIDS....

The author states that substance abuse and addiction are preventable, but this can be done with the cooperation of the patient's family and friends and the community.... Addiction can be treated through scientific means, but this has to be a continuous process or without relapse.... ... ... ... The government is spearheading this campaign but more efforts should still be done....

The author introduces relevant issues.... whether it is appropriate to sterilize a minor without their consent.... The author briefly looks at the relevance of the effect on the carers looking after someone disabled and looks at the nature of the operations.... ... ... ... The parents of the children would argue that this is not the impetus behind their decision, however, in some instances where the child might eventually develop to a level of the majority where she could give informed consent as in Re D, mentioned above, there can be no justification for attempting to have the child sterilized....

that performance assessment is not only important for assessing the level of performance of the employees but also in assessing the performance of an organisation.... Performance assessment is an integral part of.... ... ... Just how important is performance assessment in the context of an organisation?...

The "Differences in the accounts of the Iran Contra Affair between Christopher Andrew and Tim Weiner" paper compares and contrasts the two different accounts of the event by Tim Weiner and Christopher, with other secondary sources being perused for determining the credibility of the accounts.... ...

The paper "Ethics of Sex Education in Public Schools" states that sex education in public schools is important and while most schools in America lack a standard curriculum, the need of the hour is to devise a methodology through which the ethical values of the system can be instilled in the correct fashion....

The essay 'Photochemistry of Ruthenium Complexes' discusses the photochemistry of ruthenium, an element of the eighth group of the fifth period of the periodic system of chemical elements, is a silver metal, and also describes the use of ruthenium in production, medicine.... ... ... ... Plants, through specialized structures called chloroplasts (or chromophores), trap the energy coming from the visible spectrum of sunlight....

This paper ''The Indigenous Culture in Australia'' tells that it has been systematically broken down since white settlement.... This claim is a reality because of European settlers, the Indigenous people of Australia suffered greatly.... Their culture sustained, and a whole generation of Aboriginal people is stolen....

The essay "Outsourcing Pros and Cons" discusses the process of amalgamation of the required skill set from a number of different areas with the eventual aim of benefiting the people in a number of ways by providing them what they really need as well as providing the company with effective organizational and working procedures....

The paper "Patients Confidential Disclosures through the Lenses of Kantian Philosophy" explores moral dilemma of whether to do a certain thing or not.... Different schools of philosophy have come out with different theories on what is moral or ethical and what is not.... ... ... ... The Kantian ethics propounded by the German philosopher Immanuel Kant in the eighteenth century is one of them....

This paper "The Credit Crunch in the United Kingdom" discusses the credit crisis in the United Kingdom that has come about as a result of over-extended consumer credit and a banking system that has exploited the concept of free-market economics.... ... ... ... One fall day in 2008 it was if the world had stopped turning as economies around the world ground to a halt and the flowing taps of credit dried up faster than a beer at a NASCAR race....

The paper "What Problems Does the Jury Face When Science Enters the Courtroom" highlights that in general, Manifold are the bounties of science and science has brought multiple advantages to the West in particular and to the rest of the world in general.... ... ... ... It is essential to state that the jury is one such institution that will and must continue to retain its utility in the contemporary scientific era....

This essay describes corporate social responsibility, which is the concept of companies or organizations performing their own activities in a manner such that the interests of their employees, customers, community, shareholders and the environment are well taken care of.... ... ... ... This discussion talks that there are a variety of ways where corporate social responsibility can be done for the good of society....

This paper "How Does the Parliamentary Act Work" discusses the Parliament Acts that pertains to the two Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom that were enacted in the years 1911 and 1949 respectively.... They constitute a portion part of the Constitution of the United Kingdom.... ... ... ... It could be noted that it would not have an effect on the law on the statute books at present, but it could still lead to the ruling of past actions as invalid or illegal....

The paper "Customer Perceived Value" highlights that a comprehensive study employing a comprehensive approach that would examine both the benefits and the negatives of such relationships, particularly from the customer's perspective has not yet been undertaken.... ... ... ... The numerous accounts and points of view available, it seems like things boil down to one message: There are four fundamental constructs that are central for the development and maintenance of an organization's relationship with its customers or stakeholder groups: trust, commitment, service quality, and customer satisfaction....

This assignment "Negligence in Law" will help to understand the concept of negligence in law better.... Negligence has two meanings in the law of torts i.... .... negligence as a mode of committing certain torts, e.... .... negligently or carelessly committing trespass, nuisance, or defamation.... ...

The paper "The Theory of Knowledge" seeks to discuss the fact that an area of knowledge is not necessarily a collection of facts.... An area of knowledge, be it science or mathematics, is not a mere collection of facts even though the collection of facts constitute an area of knowledge.... ... ... ...

The writer of this report "Human Rights: Cost of Implementation" discusses the problems of inequality and suppression of women rights, as well as the beginning of feminism.... It's well known that The share of women in social construction in the nineteenth century was not acknowledged.... ... ... ...

Nuclear and traditional families experience their fair share of conflicts everyday.... The question of how, why, and what the conflict is all about differ in each nuclear and traditional family.... The nuclear family is made up of the.... ... ... The traditional or extended family on the other hand, is made up of the parents, children, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins....

This paper "Fair Value Measurement" discusses the idea is that 'that fair value of the asset given up be used to measure the cost of the asset received, unless the fair value of the asset received is more clearly evident.... Underactive markets, it is easy to get quoted prices of assets.... ... ...

The paper "Do Human Right Exist and What Is the Purpose of the Rule of Law" discusses that the rule of law is considered a prerequisite for democracy and has served as a common basis for human rights discourse between countries such as the People's Republic of China and the West.... .... ... ... The rule of law is considered as one of the key dimensions that determine the quality of good governance of a country and encompasses the additional requirements of guiding the individual's behaviour and minimising the danger that results from the exercise of discretionary power in an arbitrary fashion....

This report "Hillary's Strong Rhetoric" presents the style of persuasive writing illustrated by Hillary Clinton that is made effective by the clarity she demonstrates and the balance she strikes between multiple points of view on different issues.... ... ... ... Her credibility comes from her experience and her knowledge and understanding of the current events of the world from many perspectives....

The paper "Is Educating Rita a Comedy of Gender or Social Class" discusses that generally speaking, in films such as Educating Rita, Letter to Brezhnev, Rita, Sue and Bob Too, Business as Usual, it is the working-class woman who is the focus of the narrative.... .... ... ... In general, it is essential to state that the film is a 'woman's film' in certain respects that dwell upon the conditions of women's lives and foreground questions of female desire....

The paper "Review of Research Literature" highlights that for encouraging continuity of information support for patient's family members it is suggested for arranging a daily time for family briefing and providing in-service training for staff members of the neurological intensive care unit.... ... ...

Here the author retells the first part of the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf.... The novel is all about finding meaning in this world, the power literature and myth hold over us and about the nature of good.... ... ... It reflects on the philosophical experience of the principal character Grendel....

The essay 'The Social Construction of Sexuality, Homophobia as a Weapon of Sexism, and Masculinity as Homophobia' summarizes the importance of socially constructed sexuality, the connection between society's current construction of sexuality as necessarily heterosexual and homophobic, defines masculinity and femininity....

This study "The Government of Sarbotinia in the EU" discusses the advantages and disadvantages of the European Union for the member countries.... The study analyses some questions such as financial support from the UK government, an issue with losing all money in the current economic difficulties....

The author states that marketing managers and market researchers often fail to take into consideration ethnocentrism in their conceptual frameworks.... This paper describes the market theory, ethnocentrism and critically assesses the involvement of ethnocentrism in the international marketing scenario....

The paper "Art History - Greek and Roman Periods" presents the art from two cultures that shared plenty of fundamental beliefs.... The author discusses how they approached art from two different perspectives.... The paper analyses the development of detail and realistic expression as well.... ... ...

This essay describes the two specific social phenomena, that are slavery and the civil rights movement.... The researcher focuses on comparing of these two issues, covers the main aspects of slavery in the US from 1800 to 1860 and The Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s in the USA.... ... ...

Internationalisation of economics, growth of international economic, scientific and cultural cooperation, creation of information network systems, necessity of.... ... ... int efforts in solving global problems of mankind, formation of universal human values – all these is favourable to overcoming barriers in the international cooperation. ...

The paper "Bill Clements as a Governor of Texas" discusses that it is difficult to view Clements in a non-biased light.... Perhaps the best that can be said of him is that he was not any better or worse than other governors the state has elected in the past.... ... ... ... Clements' focus continued to be devoted to strengthening crime laws, boosting education and improving the economy....

The book review "What to Take from In Cold Blood by Truman Capote " talks about 'In Cold Blood' by Truman Capote which is a classic example of a book that combined story-telling with facts and gave rise to a new trend in journalism; that of New Journalism.... .... ... ... While describing Smith as a murderer, Capote has tried to bring about the indecision and thought to go on in his mind at the time of the murder....

This coursework describes legal and ethical issues regarding the clean needle exchange program.... This paper outlines utilitarianism, deontological, virtue ethics or feminine ethics and features of the clean needle exchange program.... ... ... ... The primary users of the syringe and the clean needle in a non-hospital setting become drug users who need to use the needles in order to inject themselves with illegal drugs....

The author of the "Analysis of Administrative Law Cases" paper explains the denial of the application for the registration of business under the Domestic Improvements Registration Act 2002 by the Bumbling Council.... The author makes an application for judicial review.... .... ... ... The use of garden gnomes is a creative or artistic choice that is not connected to any of the factors listed in the 2002 Act which the BC must take into account....

The fundamental difference between negligent injury is the specific intent to inflict injury.... The Restatement Second of Torts defines intent to mean that 'the actor desires to cause consequences of his act, or that he believes that the consequences are substantially certain to result from it.... ....

The paper "Change Management in the Field of Business Today" discusses that practical implications in relevance to external factors and to hospitals outside Spain have been completely ignored.... This gives a vague picture of the operational efficiency of hospitals with respect to change.... ... ...

This paper "Equity and Trusts" discusses a trust that is created through a will; the terms of the trust must be sufficiently certain in three aspects certainty of the intention to create a trust, which will be inferred from the conduct of the parties and the circumstances.... ... ... ... This must be applied to the provisions of Gretel's will, to determine which of the specified allocations will constitute a valid trust which can be implemented....

This essay 'Ways To Increase Return On Assets' investigates what for management the increase in return on assets, which measure the capacity the company to produce more profits in relation to assets.... he increase in the assets brought by the increasing net profits with no additional investment....

The paper "The Financing Aspect of BabyCare Ltd and It's Business Model" highlights that it is a normal expectation that a venture capitalist would try to protect its interests by requiring returns commensurate with the high risk involved, knowing as he does that the majority of new companies turn out to be failures....

The author of the following case study "Counseling for People with Psychological Problems" casts light on the fact that the most essential factor in the process of therapeutic counseling is the identification of the problems and its causes.... .... ... ... Deciphering the mental state of a person in order to observe his level of adjustment with his surrounding and suggest appropriate interventions so as to bring it at par with the 'socially acceptable' level of adjustment so as to facilitate improvement in the mental state, leading to higher level of self-confidence....

The paper "The Best Care Giving Practices in Northwestern Memorial Hospital" highlights that generally, in the genuine efforts of advancing innovative and quality patient care, Northwestern Memorial launched the Patient Center Model of Care last July 2007.... .... ... ... It is really quite essential to state that in the new post-operative hypothermia measures, post-pilot statistics revealed an estimated 95% compliance with the recommended temperature range....

The paper concerns the occupational therapy which is the use of productive or creative activity in the treatment or rehabilitation of physically or emotionally disabled people and registered nurse which is a professional qualified to perform health care.... ... ... ... While therapists concentrate more on physical rehabilitation, disabilities in learning and improving mental health, registered nurses are widely associated with the care, medication and health maintenance of a patient....

The aim of the current article "Criminology and Social Harm" is to shed light on the underlying relationship between the concepts of crime and social harm.... The point of view that is developed throughout the text is one that suggests that crime is a form of social harm.... ... ... ... There has been many arguments and debate about the relationship between criminology and social harm....

Occupational health and safety regulations are designed to eliminate or at least reduce Risks of injury or illness caused by work related duties.... Some jobs inherently entail more Risk of injury or even death, despite safety measures and workplace procedures that are Designed to reduce risks.... ...

The term paper "Ethical Sourcing in Retail Industries and the Problem of Sweat Shop Labor" states that the fact that Free Trade and Fair Trade are not the same but can co-exist has been covered in the discourse.... The Multinationals have for long exploited the workers of the underdeveloped countries....

In the paper 'Motivating High School Students in Singapore' the author emphasizes that teachers need to prepare the young for future innovations in Singapore.... They ought to keep schools up to their standards and have a passion for their work, in order to keep upgrading the students in what they do....

This paper "Management of Professionals" discusses how is the typical large corporation of today organized in contrast to how that same organization was probably organized in the 1960s, as well as workplace romances that are a natural occurrence in organizations.... ... ... ... In the present times, 'Survival of the Fittest' holds a lot of meaning and value for the individuals who are working within the domains of such an organization....