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Purpose and the Role of Managers

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From the paper "Purpose and the Role of Managers" it is clear that managers are involved in the planning, organizing, leading and controlling aspects of organizations.... They play a pivotal role because they steer organizations towards the achievement of goals and objectives.... ... ... ... Managers have existed in traditional and modern organizations....

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Business Management of Shaolin Temples

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From the paper "Business Management of Shaolin Temples" it is clear that the commercialization of Buddhism may be acquiring negative publicity from the side of the Chinese press (Fish) because the state wants to discredit it and avoid for it to become a symbol of independence and wealth.... ... ... ...

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Prison Life and Strategies to Decrease Recidivism

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The essay "Prison Life and Strategies to Decrease Recidivism" focuses on the critical analysis of the US prison system, describing its aspects such as prison life, the existence, and effectiveness of programs that reduce recidivism and programs aimed at reintroducing released prisoners into society....

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The Rule of St. Benedict

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This essay "The Rule of St.... Benedict" discusses the Rule of St.... Benedict that was heavily influenced by the society around St.... Benedict, especially in the way that punishment was handled.... Punishment was meted out immediately in proportion to the committed crime.... ... ... ... One of the most visible similarities has to do with the concept of obedience and the punishment meted out on those who did not obey the abbot or, in society's case, the feudal lord....

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Marbury v. Madison and its Effects on the United States Today

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This term paper " Marbury v.... Madison and its Effects on the United States Today" discusses Marbury's major effects on present American society that are the independence of the judiciary, the power of the judiciary review in adjudicating constitutional questions.... ... ... ... Marbury v.... Madison emphasized the limitations of any single government branch in expanding its powers....

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Christopher Columbus and Captain James Cook

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This essay "Christopher Columbus and Captain James Cook" makes a comparative analysis of the voyages of Christopher and Cook with special emphasis upon the excerpts on pages 474 and 544 in the book Traditions & Encounters: a Global Perspective on the past by Bentley and Herbert.... ... ... ... Columbus and Cook share certain traits....

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Customer Relationship Management at Disney-Smile Factory

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The paper "Customer Relationship Management at Disney-Smile Factory" notes that initially, organizations were mainly concerned about the profits that were being accrued from the market.... However, this has changed tremendously.... The attention has now shifted towards customer relationship management....

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The Problem of Death in Buddhism and Christianity

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The paper "The Problem of Death in Buddhism and Christianity" focuses on the critical analysis of the ideas of what happens after death in Buddhism and Christianity.... Every living entity born in the world has to go through the two distinct phases of life and death.... ... ... ... The living entity can be in the form of a minute organism or the highest of all living species known as human beings....

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Break Even Sales and the Margin of Safety

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The author of the paper "Break Even Sales and the Margin of Safety " states that the margin of safety measures how far from the break-even point a company is operating (Eldenburg and Wolcott 2005).... It is measured in units, pounds, and percentages (Horngren et al 2011).... ... ... ... The number of Racey that JxCorp should make in order to break even during the year is shown in Table 1, which is shown in the paper....

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Money Management: a Life Insurance Investment and a Personally Managed Fund

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This essay "Money Management: a Life Insurance Investment and a Personally Managed Fund" discusses planning for retirement which is difficult.... Retirement years are filled with uncertainties especially if the retiree has a medical condition that needs a frequent doctor.... ... ... ... If I invest the KD 500,000 with a life insurance company then I may be able to earn a stable income each year with adjustments for inflation....

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Finance Policy and Practice

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This essay "Finance Policy and Practice" explores the framework of the calculation of the minimum regulatory capital which requires correct estimates of the parameters that are used to determine a bank's credit risk in terms of its loan and other asset portfolios.... ... ... ... A borrower who is considered rational is likely to default when the value of the collateral falls below the value of the loan by an amount that equates to the net cost of the transactions such as relocation expenses, future payments for being deficient, and also the stigma attached to the situation....

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Breakdown of IT during Hurricane Katrina

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The paper "Breakdown of IT during Hurricane Katrina" states that generally, hurricane Katrina has taught both the government officials and those involved in rescue services that communications cannot be brought to a standstill during times of crisis.... ... ... ... It is essential to state that one of the main situations that occur after an extensive natural disaster is the need to restore not only the human elements of existence, such as housing, water, and food; but also the need to restore the operational elements of a community, city or country that has been hit by the disaster....

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Financial Accounting of Enterprise

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"Financial Accounting of Enterprise" paper examines the analysis of capital structure which is undertaken to assess the organization's health.... The objective of the ideal capital structure remains to maximize shareholders' wealth without inflicting risk on the enterprise beyond acceptable levels....

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Human Resourse Planning for Leicester City Hotel

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The paper "Human Resourse Planning for Leicester City Hotel" discusses that businesses are an important foundation in the economic stability of the area in which they reside.... If done poorly, the business as well as the community can be negatively impacted as a result.... .... ... ... For the success of any professional establishment to occur, human resource planning is an integral part of making sure that everything needed is available, and all personnel required is hired, given whatever training they may need, and put to their task(s)....

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Corporate Social Responsibility BMW

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This essay "Corporate Social Responsibility BMW" is about a leading firm in the global automobile industry.... The firm is usually considered as being part of the luxury car industry, due to the quality and the price of its products.... The firm's success has been strongly related to its CSR policies....

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Costco Wholesale Corporation

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This paper ''Costco Wholesale Corporation'' tells that Costco Wholesale Corporation operates a worldwide sequence of membership storehouses, primarily in the name of "Costco Wholesale", that bring extremely high quality, brand name goods at considerably lesser costs than are normally found at usual wholesalers or traders....

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Genetic and Environmental Contributions to Dementia

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The paper "Genetic and Environmental Contributions to Dementia" discusses that conducting early and routine neuropsychological testing with people living with HIV/AIDS is most practically fulfilled with one of several available neuropsychological screening instruments.... ... ... ... Neurologic disease is the first diagnostic HIV infection in about twenty percent of patients while sixty percent of patients with advanced HIV will have clinically evident neurologic dysfunction during the course of their illness....

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Interpersonal Theory of Harry Sullivan

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The paper "Interpersonal Theory of Harry Sullivan" focuses on the critical analysis and examination of the peculiarities of Harry Sullivan's Interpersonal theory.... Harry Sullivan was a psychoanalyst who saw that people are profoundly experienced by others.... ... ... ... He believed that there was not a true self, at least not one that a person was in tune with....

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The Death Penalty Dilemma

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The paper "The Death Penalty Dilemma" shows us that capital punishment or the death penalty is one of the major controversial subjects in the current world.... Capital punishment is prevailing even in some of the most civilized and democratic countries in the world like America, India, etc.... ... ...

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Terrorism Morally Distinctive from War

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The objective of this paper "Terrorism Morally Distinctive from War" is to show that there is nothing that makes terrorism morally distinctive from war.... Terrorism is not morally accepted such that we do not put into mind the political agendas of the individuals who take part in it.... .... ... ...

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Politics, Democracy and the American People

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From this paper "Politics, Democracy and the American People," it is evident that politics is a broad subject that has a bearing in the life of every individual in society.... The way people relate with each other while in pursuit of individual goals is dictated by politics.... ... ... ... The world today comprises many independent nations that claim to be sovereign or independent....

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My Understanding of Environmental Protection in Design

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"My Understanding of Environmental Protection in Design" paper presents a reflection on insulation, windows and doors, and landscaping with a focus on environmental sustainability.... It is estimated that a normal house gains and losses approximately 150 kWh/m2 of heat annually.... .... ... ... Designing is an integral component in any development, and it involves numerous processes and requirements....

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The Aspects of the Performance of the Fire and Rescue Service and the Expectation the Community

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"The Aspects of the Performance of the Fire and Rescue Service and the Expectation the Community" paper defines stakeholders and provides functions of the department, describes environmental changes in the operation and the approaches to be taken and shows an outline of the main objectives.... ... ...

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Fear is Inauthentic Anxiety

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The paper "Fear is Inauthentic Anxiety" tells us about experience of anxiety.... The statement that, 'fear is inauthentic anxiety' highlights that anxiety is a primordial phenomenon that devolves into fear the moment it relates to an object.... ... ... ... The two terms can be easily differentiated: fear makes reference to certain object or situation, while anxiety represents a state of mind (mood) with its object and/or origin is never concise and is a source of anguish for the individual experiencing the emotion....

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Michelle Doveys Paintings

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Looking at painters such as Dovey, it is a fair question to wonder if Dovey's paintings fall within the tradition of English painting.... This paper "Michelle Dovey's Paintings" considers not only the patterns of Dovey's paintings but also analyzes the painter's own thoughts about her paintings.... ...

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Economic Institution and Policy

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This paper ''Economic Institution and Policy'' tells that The manufacturing sector of England had historically been the primary pillaring strength of the nation.... The sector not only accounted for a lion's share of the gross production of the nation but also contributed a huge percentage to the net export revenue of the economy....

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Teaching as an Act of Hope for a Better Perspective and Future

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The paper "Teaching as an Act of Hope for a Better Perspective and Future" states that the challenge for educators is to offer children guidance and support in shaping their vocational dreams, to develop their positive character features and talents, and this way to improve the whole society.... ....

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Government Interference in Managing the General Environment

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The paper "Government Interference in Managing the General Environment" gives detailed information about the main competitors for Facebook.... It would be MySpace and Twitter.... This is because of their popularity and similarity of services like Facebook.... ... ... ... The substitute products that consumers can use besides Facebook are all the social networking sites available for use on the Internet....

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Domestic Waste Disposal and Waste Stream Segregation

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This term paper "Domestic Waste Disposal and Waste Stream Segregation" discusses waste disposal as an action that should be taken with a lot of concern so that it can lead to the reduction of pollution and high income that has to be spending in dealing with the effects that are caused by this waste....

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Applying Functional Behavioral Assessment Approach

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This essay "Applying Functional Behavioral Assessment Approach" presents a rationale for applying the Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA) approach to correct challenging behavior in school children.... It will describe several components of FBA used to identify challenging behavior.... .... ... ...

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Vincent Van Gogh

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This paper ''Vincent Van Gogh'' tells us that Vincent Van Gogh (1853-1890) is a Dutch painter.... He was born March 30, 1853, in the Netherlands in a family of a Calvinist priest.... Three uncles of Vincent traded works of art.... By their example and under their influence in 1869, he joined the company, 'Goupil'....

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Early Years Foundation Stage in the UK Context

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The essay "Early Years Foundation Stage in the UK Context" focuses on the critical analysis of the major issues concerning the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) in the UK context.... EYFS is defined in the British government's Section 39 of the 2006 Childcare act.... ... ... ... A set of Development and Learning Requirements must be followed by childcare providers for children who are below 5 years of age....

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Construction Technology

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This essay "Construction Technology" shows that Cold roof There is a design of the cold roof that has an attic space that is not ventilated.... In this kind of design, the placing of the cold roof insulation is done in the same way as the one with ventilation and the ceiling sealed.... ... ... ... A polypropylene membrane that is breathable is then used as the roof underlay....

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Depression as One of the Major Psychological Diseases

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The paper "Depression as One of the Major Psychological Diseases" discusses that depression is one of the major psychological diseases which prevent people.... Most of the psychological disorders originated from depression.... It is difficult to assess how severely a person is affected by depression....

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Africa and Its People

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This paper ''Africa and Its People'' tells us that Africa and its people have been interestingly portrayed in different kinds of social media.... With its colorful culture, diverse people, and dramatic history, the continent's complex facets have inspired a lot of fiction stories.... ... ... ... Many movies have become noteworthy in presenting landscapes and scenic backdrops....

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Electronic Music - History and Commendable Advancements since the Late 19th Century

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This essay "Electronic Music - History and Commendable Advancements since the Late 19th Century" discusses electronic music that has faced commendable advancements since the late 19th century.... Instruments have advanced from the aforementioned seven-tonne tele harmonium.... ... ... ... Computer technology has particularly aided the development of electronic music because personal computers have developed from the desktops of the 90s to the laptops, PDAs, and tablets of modern computing....

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Apple Computer, Inc. vs Microsoft Corporation

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The paper "Apple Computer, Inc.... vs Microsoft Corporation" focuses on the critical analysis and comparison of the performances of Apple and Microsoft since their introduction.... Apple was founded in Cupertino, California on April 1, 1976, by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne.... ... ...

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All That Heaven Allows

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The paper "All That Heaven Allows" seeks to evaluate three films, namely.... These three films are from different years and decades, and obviously created by different generations, yet there are links, similarities and parallelisms which are evident in all these movies.... ... ... ... It is the inter-textuality among these movies which this piece seeks to establish, as well as the use of the melodramatic genre to tackle adult themes of this type....

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Mass Media and Communication in Great Britain

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This paper ''Mass Media and Communication in Great Britain'' tells us that modernization, urbanization, and industrialization as processes of social change have created the societal conditions that necessitate the development of mass media and communication and produced societies that are greatly dependent on them....

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Memed My Hawk in the Light Of Social Stratification

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This term paper "Memed My Hawk in the Light Of Social Stratification" focuses on a brave, enthusiastic and tenderhearted boy who grows up in a mountain village where people are kept in slavery by the local landlord and the poor and the helpless are expected to live.... .... ... ... The author creates a hero out of the rustic boy of the village....

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The Dichotomous Nature of Corporate Governance

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This paper ''The Dichotomous Nature of Corporate Governance'' tells us that The recent emphasis on corporate governance has made it one of the key strategic variables to be managed by organizations.... It is argued that corporate governance is a multi-faceted subject with implications on different aspects of the organizations....

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The Shawshank Redemption

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This paper ''The Shawshank Redemption'' tells us that Immediately this movie starts with the back-story of Andy Durian being accused of murdering his wife and her lover.... Although Andy maintains his innocence, he is found guilty of the two murders, and sentenced to two life sentences to be served back-to-back....

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The Humes Theory of Knowledge

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This paper ''The Hume's Theory of Knowledge'' tells us that For Hume, cause' is intimately connected to his theory of knowledge.... Causes themselves, are in the 'head' – so to speak.... To understand what Hume means by cause', is similar to understand what he means by understanding, hence the importance of epistemology....

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The Statement: In Tort Law, Pure Economic Loss is Never Recoverable in an Action for Negligence

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This essay seeks to assess the statement 'In Tort law, pure economic loss is never recoverable in an action for negligence.... Negligence in tort law may be in respect of negligence in the duty of care or negligent misstatement which may result in economic loss to a third party.... ... ... ... Negligent misstatement refers to the statement of a fact, which is carelessly made and is relied on by another party to their detriment....

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Domestic Violence in Qatar

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This tmr paper "Domestic Violence in Qatar" answers the following questions: How is the family affected by the domestic violence?... Are families able to deal effectively with domestic violence?... Why yes and why not?... What should be available to assist families in dealing with domestic violence?...

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Fundamental Parameters of Airline Performance

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"Fundamental Parameters of Airline Performance" paper details out and analyses the performance parameters for aircraft.... It offers a description of the parameters and how they influence airplane performance.... It also focuses on Airbus A380 in explaining the performance of the aircraft.... .... ...

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Genius, the Figure of the Artist

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This essay "Genius, the Figure of the Artist" will discuss the differences between the two artists: their works and their words for their works.... It will be focused on Latin Americans Federico Uribe and Doris Salcedo, both 20th-century sculptures.... ... ... ... Many classic artists did not produce their own autobiography and in most cases, even when they are capable of writing well, did not finish probable autobiographies....

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American Cultural Myth - America as a Land of Opportunity

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The myth that America is a land of opportunity is of great importance for the people of America as well as to those who enter America.... In today's scenario, how much this myth still holds true today will be considered in this paper 'American Cultural Myth - America as a Land of Opportunity'.... ...

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Manuscript in Medieval Art

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The paper "Manuscript in Medieval Art" states that embedded in the Neoplatonic tradition, aesthetic responses were intimately associated with metaphysics in the Middle AgesThe lay elite adopted and adapted this metaphysical discourse because such idealism minimized the mercantile value οf art objects....

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Discuss the Evolution of the Concept of Metabolism and Symbiosis in Post-War Japanese Architecture

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This essay "Discuss the Evolution of the Concept of Metabolism and Symbiosis in Post-War Japanese Architecture" shows that the concept of metabolism and symbolism after World War II was attributed to the futurist umbrella through a movement, which was focused on Japanese culture and tradition.... ...

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