Essays on Statistics Literature Reviews

The reporter states that the research on antimicrobial peptides (AMP) has received a lot of scholarly attention with the major focus on the respiratory system.... Since the initial findings in 1996 that epithelia present in the linings of the respiratory airways of patients suffering from cystic fibrosis did not eliminate the bacteria....

The paper "The Psychological Theories of Stress" describes that stress can indeed cause illness and this is proven not only by the cognitive theories of stress but also by the theories that establish the link between stress and biology or physiology.... .... ... ... Stress causes heart attack, eczema and high blood pressure but that the connection is oftentimes behavioral....

This movie review "Inherent Leadership and Followership Styles in the Lion King" discsses a movie that can enrich a student's life in multiple ways and could teach one much about management and leadership.... In The Lion King the leadership skills are taught and expressed through a vibrant and rich medium....

This movie review "Cybercrime, Privacy, and Security Concepts in the Film WarGames" presents one of the films depicting IT/computer networks narrative position, which involves hacking of security systems by a teenager and his accomplices to benefit themselves out of the networks violations.... ... ...

The purpose of this review "The Best Parenting Style" is to conduct a comparative analysis of the various parenting styles in terms of its productiveness.... Specifically, the review will draw a contrast between the benefits of permissive and authoritarian parenting.... ... ... ... 'I cannot be just any parent, I want to be the best one so that my kid will also the best that he can be,' says one parent....

The present report "Struggle for Feminist Equality During the Victorian Period" deals with the gender inequality in the 19th age.... According to the text, as society began to experience radical changes in the realms of industrialization, modernism, and changes in belief regarding the origin of life....

This literature review "News and Construction of Us versus Them" discusses the fact that the news as given by the media has greatly led to the growth of us versus them in the current world.... It evaluated ways through which the media influences this ideology.... ... ... ... In this case, the Western in a way consider them sophisticated while they attribute suffering and poverty to the Third World countries....

The paper "Precious as a Movie About Child Abuse" states that I would want to serve as a guidance counselor, making the healing process of children possible and free them from trauma and fear.... The children are the future leaders.... I want to be part of moulding these children to become good leaders....

This work "Pediatric Physiotherapists Clinical Reasoning and ICF" describes understanding the application of ICF frameworks within the discipline of clinical practice with special attention to pediatric physiotherapy.... The author outlines the ICF presents practitioners with guidelines on decision-making....

The purpose of this literature review is to discuss how the technological advancements in the medical, tourism and automotive industries of Japan have impacted its economy.... Thus, the review examines the causes of the growth and progress of the economy in Japan in the 20th century....

This paper 'Why Evolution is True' will present a review of each chapter in the book, highlighting the main ideas presented by the author.... Prior to the first chapter, the author offers a preface that serves to invite the reader to an intriguing reading experience.... ... ... ... The author appears to have the conviction that the evolution serves to shed light on the human understanding of the world....

The rationale for this report is to analyze Kevin P.... .... Smith's book entitled "City: A User's Guide to the Past, Present, and Future of Urban Life".... The review will discuss Smith's depiction of the development of humankind reflected in the changes to cities throughout history.... ... ... ...

The paper 'One Missed Call' seeks to evaluate the movie which belongs to the new genre of Japanese films known as 'J-Horror'.... It follows the pattern of this genre of films of an apparently innocent piece of technology that turns out to be an evil force.... ... ... ... The author states that Takashi Miike, the director of this movie has almost become synonymous with this new wave of Japanese films....

This paper analyzes the movie 'Man with the movie camera' directed by Dziga Vertov in 1928.... The paper puts the movie into the theoretical framework of documentary filmmaking and analyzes the procedure, techniques, and intentions behind the making of the movie in a political and professional context....

This literature review "The Performance Appraisal" explores the ineffectiveness of performance appraisal.... PA has been defined as "formal evaluation of an employee's job performance in order to determine the degree to which the employee is performing effectively".... .... ... ... The PA system has been criticized in the way it is applied....

The purpose of the study is not to argue about one particular standpoint as to Stem Cell Research but to discuss both the viewpoints and to allow readers to draw their own opinions and conclusions.... The process has been facilitated by providing an integrative review that details previous research....

This literature review describes the peculiarities of gender issues in language.... This paper outlines the relationship between language and gender, the book 'Language and gender: an introduction' written Mary M.... Talbot, the article 'Changing the Language of Fatherhood.... , the role of mother and father....

This literature review "Technical Analysis in Financial Markets" centers around the use of earlier information on price and volume to anticipate or forecast their future values.... Technical analysis involves technical studies, market data, and study of patterns where the main goal is to identify current trend, forecast future trend, and estimate price targets....

The focus of this paper "How Can to Become an Authentic Leader and Be Successful" is on authentic leadership that focuses on whether leadership is genuine; indeed, 'from an intrapersonal perspective, authentic leadership incorporates the leader's self-knowledge, self-regulation, and self-concept"....

Name Professor Task Date Visual Arts and Film Studies Establishing a Definition “Documentary” could be no further simply distinct than “devotion” or “way of life.... ?? Its significance cannot be abridged to a dictionary description in the technique that “heat” or “table salt” could be....

The paper entitled 'Making Friends and Making Them Count' presents making friends which is one of the most important activities that we as humans do.... Making friends and being a friend to others takes a great deal of skill, one that we all need to develop.... ... ... ... As Em Griffin, author of Making Friends and Making Them Count, reminds us, God has created us to be in relationship with one another—in other words, to be a friend and to have friends....

This literature review "Evolution and Adaptation of Cacti" discusses cactus plants that concretely show the utilitarian and functional adaptation of a living organism.... Since the time that the plant has achieved that perfect structure to live in arid environments, it has retained that structure....

An objective of this literature review is to identify the underlying relations between technology and the general development of society.... Therefore, the writer of the document will investigate how technology influences the directions of knowledge development within society.... ...

This review tends to explore the influence of the external environment and internal resources and capabilities on business profitability with a major focus on Robert Grant's findings.... Thus, the review discusses the forces that determine the profitability of a firm.... ... ... ... There is no unanimous opinion among the researchers about the appropriate organizational styles, strategies, structure, cultural convergence; and the range of influence these factors exert on the efficiency of business settings....

The aim of this literature review is to describe the process of the formation of the United Nations, its purpose and goal.... Furthermore, the document is intended to evaluate UN Articles and Charters, International Court of Justice, in relation to UN the Security Council.... ... ...

The paper "Performance of Private Equity Funds" highlights that private funds are outperformers as compared to any other investment in their category, but only on a very long term basis, as a matter of fact, on a short term basis (particularly after the year 2000) they have been underperformers.... ....

This paper "Undue Influence in Mortgages" presents an equitable doctrine, which affords protection to the susceptible against abuse.... In Barclay's Bank v O'Brien, the Court of Appeal had invoked the law relating to misrepresentation and undue influence.... ... ... ... The banks were unconcerned about whether the solicitor had advised the wife in the prescribed manner....

The aim of the document "Theories of Punishment: Determining Conviction and Sentencing" is to evaluate the effectiveness of various forms of punishment adopted in the modern justice system.... Therefore, the writer will investigate the ways of establishing criminal liability on an individual level....

The key point of this paper is to seek unity amongst the Islamic nations, to find out ways and means for repairing such errors.... HRH Prince Abdullah bin Abdulaziz feels that such an introspection is a must for a broader unity amongst the Islamic nations and Gulf nations in particular.... ... ... ...

This paper ''The Citizenship Education'' tells that many researchers attribute the inadequacy of citizenship education because children (young persons aged below 18) are rarely treated as citizens in their rights.... Nonetheless, to the limits that children are educated on citizenship.... ... ... ...

In the paper 'Wind moment design analysis' the author analyzes the issues why the moments induced by wind were assumed to be relatively negligible as compared to plastic moment's capacity of the construction beams.... Wind moments remain as the only simple method design for multipurpose frames.... ...

The review 'Judgment - How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls" by Noel Tichy and Warren Bennis' discusses the book which aims to understand different judgmental areas of leaders, the importance of judgment call and decisive action for leaders that can assist them to make a proper judgment.... ... ... ...

Dwight, a former president of the US, coined the term military-industrial.... It means a conglomeration between US contractors, private ornament manufacturers and high levels of the American.... ... ... According to the documentary, American citizens also invested in the war.... Eugene Jarecki is the director of the film....

The paper "The Power and Influence of the Quran on Islam Societies" reveals a vivid insight on misunderstanding and widespread ignorance of Islam.... According to Ernst, the civilization gap can be bridged by the study of the humanistic tradition and spiritual practice of Sufism.... .... ... ... The recent book of Ernst, Following Muhammad, has received global acclamation for outstanding achievement in the cultural background....

The author of this book report "Analysis of Zen Leader" gives an understanding who is Ginny Whitelaw.... Reportedly, Ginny Whitelaw is an initiative master and Roshi (Zen expert).... She is the creator of The Zen Leader and originator of the Institute for Zen Leadership.... ... ... ... She has taught and instructed in worldwide administration programs for about 20 years....

Liswood gives her take on the issue of diversity at the workplace in her book titled “The Loudest Duck”.... She uses examples from her personal experiences gained while working at reputable, high-ranking international companies, and figurative analogies to explain.... ... ... She opens up with the “Noah's Ark” analogy, which she posits is the perspective predominantly used by companies when tackling the issue of diversity....

This paper ''Critical Analysis of Dissemination Strategy'' tells that Eimear Enright and Mary O'Sullivan carried out a study to find out whether they could develop a proper channel of physical education.... The study had a primary focus on girls in their teenage who tend to have a negative feeling for physical activities....

The author of this particular paper "Analyzing Forces of Change in Shing New Learning" will discuss the forces of change in relation to new tools of learning and globalization.... The term globalization was first applied in the sector of the economy.... ... ... ... Globalization has been perceived as a basic concept in directing social, cultural, and economic policies....

The paper 'Cultural Identity and Intercultural Communication' states that many scholars have studied the aspect of intrapersonal communication and the aspects that are problematic when it comes to intercultural communication.... These aspects include stereotypes prejudices, ethnocentrism, as well as other factors....

This movie review "Battle Star Gallactica: The Plan" discusses a movie titled 'Battle Star Gallactica: The Plan' (2009).... Interaction, including interaction in communication, revolves around the so-called 'cooperative principle', which was first voiced by Paul Grice in his "Logic and Conversation'1....

This book review "The Team Trainer: Winning Tools and Tactics for Successful Workouts by Gorden" presents an economic environment due to new technology, modern information and communication facilities, and globalization necessitate quick response if a business is to prosper.... ... ... ... This is the basic theme of Gorden et al's 'The Team Trainer: Winning Tools and Tactics for Successful Workouts....

The paper 'Grassroots Activism and the Indigenous Social Justice Association' is a perfect example of a literature review on social science.... In this paper "Grassroots Activism and the Indigenous Social Justice Association", the definition and description of grassroots activism will be discussed....

"Documentaries about Famous Sportsmen: Sports Film Hoop Dreams and When We Where Kings" contains critical thinking of these films.... Critical thinking is a method of acquiring the habit of exact thinking it can assist get better the quality of mutually professional and personal decisions.... .... ...

This paper ''Mao Tse-Tung'' tells that Mao Tse-tung was a Chinese leader who led a revolution against the exploitation of the Chinese people by the Japanese.... He used the peasants to fight a war that was called 'the people's war' against the Japanese.... Mao used three strategies to influence the peasants....

The paper "The House I Live In by Eugene Jarecki" states that in the movie it is an intention of America to have the addicts in jail due to the fact that this boosts the economy as a result of fines obtained from the victims.... It is indeed an issue that needs to be checked.... ... ... ... "The House I Live In" is a movie directed by Eugene Jarecki, the movie talks about the war on drugs by the government of America....

This literature review "Recycling and Sustainability" present climate change and the potential contribution of recycling in achieving a sustainable future, details of my involvement with 'Recycle Centre Tour' and communication tool development, collaborative aspects of the work involved....

This literature review "Developing an Effective Plan of Responses to the Problem of Bullying" presents School Board's work with preventing, uncovering, and stopping bullying on an ongoing basis.... The principle entails that problems are solved at the lowest possible level.... ... ...

The paper "The Events That Led to the Ending of the Cold War" discusses that the work can act as a handbook to many ailing nations and continents that do not seem to find solutions to their conflicts.... If the Soviet Union vs.... the United States conflict was solved, no other is impossible.... ....

The author of the "Children and Youth in Disadvantaged Situations" paper aims at analyzing the experiences of these children and youths, the factors that expose them to their experiences, and the efforts made by various institutions to alleviate the experiences.... ... ... ... The Smith family is a nongovernmental and nonprofit making organization that works with the youths and children living in disadvantaged situations....

The paper titled "The Value of Coaching or Leadership" contains a critical review that attempts to make reference to a planned coaching session carried out by Tom Bailey and theories constructed on the study of coaching and leadership styles and strategies.... .... ... ... The correct coaching/ leadership style in accordance with the situation and the individual combined with effective strategies is definitely the way to achieve success in coaching....