Essays on Social science Annotated Bibliography

Edmund's article on History of the Siege of Lisbon by Jose Saramago is an important piece of a primary source which can be used in retelling this story.... White recounts about a humble clerk who decided to rewrite Portuguese history.... The author provides a plot summary and themes.... ... ... In the process Edmund includes some important primary pieces of information which can be used in retelling the story. ...

The paper 'Gun Control Laws' states that the United States has the largest number of people with guns globally with about 270, 000,000 guns in the hands of its citizens.... The paper will argue for the need to have stricter gun control laws in America.... ... ... ... The gun culture that is rampant in that country comes from it revolutionary roots, colonial history, the frontier expansion, as well as the Second Amendment which gives the American citizens the right to bear and keep arms....

The paper "The Prevention of Pressure Injuries" is a worthy example of an annotated bibliography on health sciences and medicine.... The main aim of a study is study clinical and economic improvements in pressure injury care at Ballarat Health Services by implementing proactive Wound Care Improvement program....

The perception was influenced by the general social perception of the Otaku.... The subculture requirements and beliefs dictate the consumer perception of the products in the market.... Different from this perception, the subcultures share.... ... ... Major subculture in Japan are controlled by the older population under the perception that they understand the cultural requirements of the community (Niu, Yung-Sung & Hsien-Tang 712)....

The author's main aim is summarizing data on people exposed to secondhand smoke focusing on the number of children cases among those that are healthy and those that are already at risk.... The information is the basis of the discussion that focuses on the different pediatric.... ... ... The author's core research methodology entails a review of past interventions based on reducing the exposure of secondhand smoke on children....

The following is an annotated bibliography of six sources "Cross-Cultural Effectiveness - Expatriate Training" that analyze the culture gap between the USA and China.... The bibliography considers the kind of training offered to breach this gap for expatriate managers.... .... ... ... There always exist cultural differences between the two nations....

Focault maintained that the traditional power holders laud down the law and established social structures and norms.... The paper contains an annotated bibliography of articles about Kate Chopin's works, such as 'Kate Chopin's Realism in 'At the Cadian Ball' and 'The Storm' by Robert Arner, 'Kate Chopin's Lyrical Short Stories' by Bert Bender, and "Kate Chopin: The Inward Life That Questions" by Joan M....

The author adds that movement towards economic, political, cultural and social liberalization has resulted in some form of instability in the region thus impacting negatively on sustainable growth.... The paper "Good Leadership in Countries and Organizations" describes that Wenta talks about the changes which have been witnessed in Asia in terms of sales, production and finances and how the internationalization of the three has impacted economic growth and development....

Presented diverse managerial concepts deemed essential for students studying organizational management and behavior, with major topics such as the four functions of a manager's job, cultural diversity, ethics and social responsibility, and enhancing personal productivity.... Presenteddiverse managerial concepts deemed essential for students studying organizational management and behavior, with major topics such as the four functions of a manager's job, cultural diversity, ethics and social responsibility, and enhancing personal productivity....

Hence, the ability to eradicate age discrimination in employment often contributes to considerable attack upon social attitudes and relations of ageism.... This annotated bibliography "Sociology and Age Discrimination" focuses on how age discrimination has affected the employment opportunities of those aged above 30....

Moreover, they hold conception that the society is culturally diverse in terms of background, religion, social wellbeing, beliefs, and language.... This annotated bibliography "Culture, Identity, and Education" presents educational institutions with essential information on how to design instruction curricula that integrate Islamic culture and identity....

Issues like madness/sanity and inside/outside the asylum are discussed, along with themes of social control, masculinity and femininity, and violence as a solution to oppression.... The paper "One Flew over the Cuckoos Nest by Kesey" states that according to Zubizaretta, the narrative voice of the Chief is an absolutely essential part of the novel....

The paper "Chronic Obstructive Airways Diseases and Pre Hospital Care Treatment and Management" believes the success of such treatment measures depends on the fine capability of the healthcare providers to give the best possible procedures to make sure the patients fast recovery.... ... ... ... The primary care given to patients undergoing difficulties of breathing and other matters concerning airway diseases involves serious focus upon the process by which the patients are taught how they should deal with the difficulties and how they are assisted to do so....

This bibliography "social and Political Position" looks about political and social events that had influence on education.... The National Council for the social Studies explains in their article 'Decision: Pierce v.... social and Political Position Paper affiliation social AND POLITICAL POSITION PAPER Today within the society, parents, teachers and students have an issue on the type of school that is appropriate for pupils and students....

Mike and Smith write the journal based on research on 25 primary schools.... From their research, they discovered that many factors caused bullying in schools and among the major causes is.... ... ... However, they also note that martial art skills can be a result to solving the problem if training is accordingly....

Their research notes that one of the primary factors that contribute to the glass ceiling is the fact that social role theory, as exhibited within management, helps to stymie the progression and development of women in their respective occupations.... This brief annotated bibliography helps to shed light on the glass ceiling as experienced by women in corporate America....

Benson, J.... & Littler, C, 2002, Outsourcing and Workforce Reductions: An Empirical Study of Australian Organizations, Retrieved August 31, 2012, from Asia Pacific Business Review: http://www.... agepub.... om ... ... utsourcing, human resource is a strategic move by organizations to improve.... ...

He was member of the Israeli Academy of science and Humanities.... In this paper "The Issues of Law and Democracy in the Framework of social Contract", Mistry has examined the concept of free will as put forth by Rousseau and pointed out pitfalls in them.... He has shown that even when Rousseau tries to put so much importance on the will of the individual or society in his work, The social Contract, the identity of that will is unclear and contestable....

The paper contains the annotated bibliography of articles about American popular culture such as "Excessive Texting, social Networking May Be Linked to Teen Health Concerns' and 'Marketing on social Networks: Twitter, MySpace, and Facebook Demystified' .... The author discusses how the popularity of social networking websites like Facebook and Twitter has made advertisers change how they market their products and ideas to people.... More and more advertising and marketing are happening on these websites because marketers are able to reach more people and are able to do so for a much cheaper price social Networking in America: Annotated Bibliography ...

Since it is the latest installment in its series, the cases and issues covered are relevant to current studies on subjects like corporate social responsibility communication, leadership communication, and image development.... new section on social media and more information on new media in current chapters.... ew, latest information on novel corporate social responsibility standards, corporate citizenship, and global governance.... It makes a huge contribution to organisations' internal and external activities and the development of strategies related to these aspects, particularly in important areas like reputation management, corporate image, stakeholder engagement, corporate branding, corporate governance, corporate identity, social responsibility, and trust (Podnar, 2014:43)....

Employment law: The dangers of social networking ... he article discusses the use of social networking sites among dissatisfied employees, especially in posting negative comments about their employers on social networking sites.... The authors of the article contend that the possibility of uncontrolled spread of derogatory comments in social networks may affect the overall performance of the business.... On this note, Cain and Jones suggest that it is better for employers to conform to standards concerning the use of social networking sites during working hours....

The D/HH students performed poorly in science and mathematics courses.... "Analysis of Articles about Deaf Education" ppaer contains an annotated bibliography of such articles as "Reorganizing Teacher Preparation in Deaf Education" by Humphries, "Meeting the Challenges of Deaf Education Teacher Preparation: Innovative Practices in Online Learning" by Allman....

This paper is a perfect example fo the annotated bibliography on the topic: Communication of corporate social responsibility (CSR).... This annotated bibliography includes nineteen articles that consider the topic of communication of corporate social responsibility.... These bibliography include: "A cross-cultural examination of corporate social responsibility marketing communications in Mexico and the United States" and others.... opic: Communication of corporate social responsibility (CSR) Becker-Olsen, K....

McWhorter School of Building science, 1-11. ... The paper "Building Information Modeling - Benefits, Risks and Challenges" discusses that NHS should adopt certain innovative IT solutions.... This technological solution is best for the NHS to achieve their goals.... It can be apparently observed that new technologies have emerged in this business setting....

The journal also describes the details of professional learning by surveying over 1000 science and mathematics teachers.... The author of the paper under the title "What Makes Professional Development Effective" clearly outlines the appropriate background of professional development....

The paper "The Trends in the Performance of the Monetary Sector" highlights that economics is a social phenomenon that is responsible for capitalism, division of labor, capital acquaintance, as well as sector performance in the monetary system of any economy.... ... ... ... Generally, economics studies began in the early ages of industrialization in Europe, and the intention was to explain as well as provide economic solutions to the trends in the performance of the monetary sector....

The paper "Human Spaces: Life-Enhancing Designs for Healing, Working, and Living" is a worthy example of an annotated bibliography on architecture.... Bibliographies and Space: Placing the Subject in Art and Architecture - This is a book by an author who decided to focus on how one places a subject on architectural designs....

The site shows that for one to hold the position he or she must hold Bachelor of science or Bachelor of Engineering.... Furthermore, if one is a holder of bachelor of engineering or that of science there is added advantage (Gibb, Haskins, & Robertson 2013).... The department as well fosters external territories administration to boost the countries' economy as well as social dividends.... The department offers help to all people in regardless of their social backgrounds....

The mental breakdown extends to the social aspect, affecting both [negatively].... lderly people often live in shrinking social networks, which of them might be a manifestation of near or certain death.... Concisely, a shrinking social context means their dying time is nigh, and they should not receive any special care from others.... egative mental/ emotional perceptions such as feelings of worthlessness which many elderly people believe in extending to affect their social sides in negative ways as well....

The evidence indicates that the social platforms aid in sharing data, for example, Whatsapp helps in creating data and sharing them with peers.... “Teens, social Media & Technology Overview 2015.... rg/2015/04/09/teens-social-media-technology2015 ... he article covers the technological overview, teens and social media.... qually, the Smartphone is mostly used in visiting the social media platforms.... Ideally, the teenagers and the adolescents under the age of 18 use the smartphones using social media....

International Computer science Institute, Berkeley, California, USA.... Information Technology reporting and metrics has two issues that are paramount: regular reporting and effective IT security metrics.... A formalized IT security reporting framework is necessary for adoption by a regulated institution....

arly childhood development differs with different cultures and social settings, some of these cultures and settings actually undermine human progress in general as a result of poor life skills such as communication and interactions.... The focus of the analysis shades more light on the challenges that the indigenous children face in their early childhood as a result of their shortcomings in economic, social, cultural and general life perspective.... The quality of life of the aborigines is therefore compromised by these findings and hence imposing a major challenge to the transition of these less privileged children in the same condition as the non-indigenous people who experience less social and life problems....

The team was made up of one part-time consultant, one part-time clinical assistant, one psychologist, one full-time and one part-time occupational therapists, two G grade and two E grade nurses, one part-time art therapist, two social workers, two support workers and one secretary.... 2008, ‘ Duration of untreated psychosis and social function: 1-year follow-up study of first-episode schizophrenia', The British Journal of Psychiatry, vol.... The main theme in this study was the evaluation of whether the relationship between longer duration of untreated psychosis (DUP) and outcome resulted from direct causal reasons or the association between symptoms and/or cognitive functioning and social functioning at the same time, through the assessment of symptoms, social and cognitive functioning in 98 subjects with first-episode schizophrenia at the time of presentation and after a period of one year....

The latter two aspects being crucial to social practices of the society play an integral role in determining the wellbeing of the society as well as in tackling such detrimental practices as prostitution.... In This paper, Bloom (2012) identifies prostitution and sex tourism as prominent social problems in Philippines and in extension the entire South Asia region.... Such, as noted by Clarke (179), was the trend in 1998 where the Estrada administration labeled progressive NGOs and social movements that seemed to support the emancipation of women in the country as friends of the poor, and subsequently limited their operations....

When compared to the science Direct's "Waste Management," it appears that they dif deeper into the concept of waste management.... This paper "Problems of Recycling in the Modern World" focuses on the fact that since its establishment, the League of Women Voters has been vocal in advocating for the right of the women....

Zulfiqarali G Abbas is a MBBS, DTM&H, MMed Consultant Physician, Muhimbili University College of Health science/Abbas Medical Centre, Dares Salaam, Tanzania.... Her key responsibilities include directing the Master of Health science Program within Community Nutrition and the Master of science in Community Health Program in Public Health Nutrition and she coordinates these programs, teaches and participates within practice-based research projects....

Psappp rra points out her main claim that the Victorian architectures have a lot to tell regarding the art of designing buildings and other spaces that can be experienced through movements and usage because of the pspatial, social narrative and conceptual ordering.... The pspatial, social narrative and conceptual ordering constitute the most important ways of shaping, using and perceiving buildings.... She further adds grounds to support her claim and sub-claim by explaining that the spatial, social narrative and conceptual ordering show that the Victorian architecture is perceived in an almost similar manner....

In addition, the change in values that are conventional, the change in the prevailing economic structures plus the transformation in the current social arrangements will be crucial in creating a significant impact.... Besides, the apprehension of the education system brings about creative as well as imaginative thinking especially about the social environmental problems that face the society.... Education, Globalization and social Change.... The writer illustrates that even Karl Marx saw that it is time wasting in establishing the social classes as put forward by the bourgeoisie....

Therefore, it is apparent that continued uncontrolled industrialization can lead to unsustainable development, which is characterized by numerous social, political, economical and environmental problems.... Furthermore, there is increased environmental political social and economic growth (Spilsbury & Spilsbury 2012).... (2013) postulated that political, social, environmental, and economic factors of populace living in the polluted areas are negatively affected....

Nursing education does not entirely rely on classroom education to serve its learning needs.... Nursing interns and practitioners altogether need coaching and mentoring that will aid their professional development.... ... ... ... Their professional development, in turn, can improve the quality of different health care variables, such as nurse and patient satisfaction....

The paper "Advances in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology" states that the 10 research papers present various findings and insights.... One of the main findings is the potential of various treatments including preventive strategies and drugs such as statins in the treatment of CVD.... .... ... ... The study focused on several outcomes associated with CVD risk factors including blood pressure, BMI, WC, smoking status, and weight....

Springer science. ... Progress in Polymer science, 36, 813–843. ... Journal of Vacuum science & Technology , 80, 1053–1065. ... The key objective of the researcher, Vishnyakov is to provide a brief overview of the fundamental science regarding PEMFC and to illustrate a feasible strategy of implementing the cells, including the feasibility of applying them in vacuum-based system during PEMFC manufacturing....

Curley's House" focuses on the castle as a symbol of the evolution in social, cultural, and political presence of the immigrants of the 19th century and their descendants.... The castle has acted as a symbol of the evolution in social, cultural and political presence of the immigrants of the 19th century and their descendants.... he construction of the house rendered its proponent a social elevation from a cottage residence to a bungalow household....

She also discusses Hampson's concern that her book provides discussion on soft and social skills by stating that her focus on research set within a historical perspective provides evidence as to the impact that the change in requirements of soft and social skills has made, such as the fact that pure technical skills have been upstaged by social, communicative and customer service skills....

It also discusses all the different kinds of communal and social thoughtfulness related to leadership.... The article explains that for leadership not only social theory but also the critical social theory are important for the correct assessment of leadership role in the society....

Population Distribution is influenced by factors such as climate, natural resources, work opportunities, social services, density, culture.... Population Distribution is influenced by factors such as climate, natural resources, work opportunities, social services, density and culture.... The writers claim that there are several factors that substantially contribute to the distribution of the population in an unbalanced manner, which include the economic and social development, natural condition, together with the transportation infrastructure....

The paper contains the annotated bibliography of sources about human resources development such as "Human resource development (HRD) for performance management" and "The influences of organizational culture and human resource development on R&D organizational effectiveness" .... ... ... The source draws our attention to the history of Human Resources Development that relate to early apprenticeship training programs, early vocational educational programs, early factory schools, and early training programs for semiskilled and unskilled workers for purposes of understanding the modern definition of HRD Annotated Bibliography on Human Resources Development ...

The main focus of the paper "The American Revolution" is on detailed bibliography of such authors like James Thatcher, Harry M.... Ward, Robert Middlekauff, John Ferling, Woody Holton, Todd Andrlik and their books which concerns Revolutionary War in 1775-1783.... ... ... ... The book by Harry M.... Ward is an excellent research work by the author that offers facts from the history of the famous American Revolutionary War....

This annotated bibliography "Elderly Women's Health Care" focused on a study on whether or not elderly women could meet the recommended level of physical activity when heavy housework was allowed to be counted.... This study concentrated on women aged 60-79.... ... ... ... It was concluded that the majority of elderly women participating in the study, met the recommended level of physical activity when housework was allowed in be included....

This annotated bibliography "Factors That Affect the Likelihood of Further Attempts to Overcome Caffeine Addiction" focuses on the cognitive and motivational consequences of dieting, the issue of identity in the popular discourse of addiction and getting clean in a drug rehabilitation program.... ...