Essays on Tourism Literature Reviews

This literature review "Concepts of the Abject and Psychoanalytic Concepts" discusses the concept of abjection coupled with the monstrous-feminine concept that contains interlinked themes.... This includes mothering, life, and death, corpses, birth as well as mortality.... ... ... ...

The review "Heart Attacks in Elderly Population" focuses on the critical analysis of the study on heart attacks in the elderly population.... Heart attack is a sudden severe instance of abnormal heart function also known as coronary failure or myocardial infarction.... ... ... ... When blood vessels become choked or clogged, the blood supply to the other parts of the heart gets ceased and that part awaiting nutrient and oxygen-rich blood becomes depraved and begins to die....

is a good example of a literature review on macro and microeconomics.... Spicker (2010: p11) describes the welfare state as involving the transfer of funds from the state to provide services for its citizens, as well as directly to individuals in form of benefits.... Welfare eligibility is dependent on various factors, including net and gross income,....

The paper 'Opening Doors to Conflict Resolution' is a meaty example of human resources literature review.... Often, conflict is related with the violent dispute or agreement between two individuals or two groups, which increases instability within the environmental setting.... In precise, when concerning....

The paper "The Last Neighborhood Cops by Gr Umbach" presents a book named "The Last Neighborhood Cops the Rise and Fall of Community Policing in New York Public Housing".... Its author is the assistant professor of history at John Jay College of Criminal Justice of the City University of New York....

The paper "Making Sense of State Incentives for Small Firms" highlights that generally, Talley reports that although the IMF has not quantified the probable impacts of the failure to raise the debt ceiling, figures from economists indicate a worrying drift.... .... ... ... his study of the trend, Schoenberger carried out an interview with Mr....

The paper "Nothing Much Has Changed: Days of Glory, Days of Indignity" is a good example of a movie review on social science.... The movie Days of Glory directed by Rachid Bouchareb highlights the forms of institutional racism by focusing on the discriminatory treatment of the colonial North Africans by the white French (Days of Glory, 2006)....

This literature review "Current Context of Higher Education in Saudi Arabia" focuses on universities in Saudi Arabia that are making attempts to use new technologies such as blended learning and learning to cater to the growing number of students and changing needs of the education system....

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 "Clinical Trial by April Christofferson" highlights that generally speaking, Christofferson has described the fine line that is between morality and wrong, and further states that it is the choices of the people that truly define who they are.... .... ... ... Isabel McLain's husband, a former doctor and now the CEO of a huge mining corporation was trying to take away the land of the tribe in order to exact revenge on his wife who had ruined his career by exposing his medical malpractices....

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....

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 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....

This work "Fortune at Bottom of the Pyramid" describes Dr.... C.... .... Prahalad's book, innovative strategies that interdependently assisted in harnessing the hidden aspects of the humanitarian/socially responsible.... It is clear about development that can be attained through the collaboration of work between the private enterprises, governmental and non-governmental organizations....

This review ''Cosmetic Surgery'' investigates how the notion of gender shapes technology and investigate different ways in which technology (cosmetic surgery) has influenced lives of women.... Technology and gender have a focal place in the history of man.... ... ... ... Recently, women, the largest percentage of human population, have been increasingly conspicuous via their absence in the technology history in the world....

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 paper "Community Policing" discusses the meaning behind the words: 'searching for a definition of community policing is a will-of-the-wisp' used by Brogden and Nijhar (2005) since the definition of community policing differs from community to community.... ... ... ... There are some general commonalities for the functions of a police officer, the exact definition of what a community police officer or a police officer really is may not be that clear....

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.... ... ... ...

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.... ... ... ...

The aim of the study was carried out to look at sociological, psychological, biological, effects of smoking in women to the prevailing smoking habit in young women.... It is important to look into the researches, legislation, and education used to understand the adoption of smoking in young men.... ...

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....

This paper overviews Singapore's open cross-border transaction conditions and explains in detail the effect of corporations and government on the development of this economy.... In the essence of Singapore global business strategy, dependence on trade relations creates the core of its economy.... ...

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....

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....