... depends on that species' needs to adapt to environmental challenges." He also suggested that certain aspects of sleep were intended to achieve specific behavioral outcomes, for example, he suggested that the paralysis associated with REM stage sleep was attributed to an animals need to remain immobilized during the night to avoid predation. However evolutionary theories ... essay have attempted to provide us with plausible explanations regarding the functions of sleep, and have presented a number of findings from research which supports their respective assumptions. For example, case stu...

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... we are successfully teleporting photons into space. Through the years, physicists have made technological advances in all aspects of physics, from quantum physics and astrophysics to quantum mechanical physics. One example would be from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory where they are currently building a satellite that will not only measure the weather's temperature, but also how the behavior of the oceans ... but also for the average genius. Even scientists today, who claim to have studied quantum physics throughout their whole career, have stated that quantum teleportation is beyond hum...

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... regard to the practice of counseling process. There are usually set standards by which the members of the associations should abide to throughout their term of service as counsellors. For example, the counselor should offer professional services to clients with respect to individuality of each client, establish helpful relationship with the client so as to uphold dignity and integrity and ... excellent performance by giving standards of practice to be followed in the counseling exercise (Cathrein, 1909). According to Sanders (1997), there are various aspects that a counselor should adher...

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... active. Grandpa's active routine is portrayed through the use of props that are used to reflect the technology of that particular era. For example, props such as the bicycle, revolving door, manual typewriter and use of stairs are all used to represent a more physically demanding day ... the brand. Coca-Cola has successfully used personification in previous marketing. This idea can be identified in Coca-Cola's previous advertising campaigns. For example, personification of the Brand's core values can be seen in the marketing of their interpretation of a jolly, red Santa Claus; this ......

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... for periods of time. By having a strong dynasty, Napoleon would have the Bonaparte name remembered just like that of the Hapsburgs as an example, leaving Europe in control of the Bonaparte family in the future and lead to high levels of power. This also links to Napoleon's early ... 817 million francs. Frequently, Napoleon's imperialism and desire to create an Empire led to military conquests which paid for these campaigns, with an example being after the battle of Jena in 1806, where the Prussians were forced to pay the French 311 million francs. By using conscripts from ... country, s...

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... . These are the moments when we can believe in utopia"28. Dolan's highlighting a fluid notion of utopian intersubjectivity can be seen on stage between performers in Futurist plays, an example of which is encapsulated in Marinetti's 1916 play The Communicating Vases, in which the stage was divided into three partitions, in each of which three independent performances occurred simultaneously with ... key to national renewal and unity"43. While both of these notions combine in the 1909 Foundation Manifesto's emphasis on mechanisation and "the beauty of speed"44, the first theatrical exampl...

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... be argued to have contributed to the collapse of the European Empires was a new sense of nationalism in colonised territories. After World War II for example, with the defeat of the tyrannical and imperialistic enemy, Nazi Germany, nations like India gained a new outlook on their place within the world, ... all its major territories with nationalism emerging throughout this period. The French Union (the new name for the Empire) of 1946 is a clear example of desperation to keep the Empire together with its indissoluble unity.1 The matters of France, its overseas territories, and associated...

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... given set of circumstances. It does not seem possible to determine a definite number of virtue traits that counselors need to have because it seems to depend on specific situations. For example, Tarvydas (1998) determined that reflection, balance, collaboration, and attention to context were counselor-essential virtues working within the framework of the Integrative Model. Freeman (2000) emphasized other ... about their own cultural identity, acculturation, and role socialization may affect their view of the dilemma and the extent to which they perceive a situation as a dilemma. For exam...

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... given set of circumstances. It does not seem possible to determine a definite number of virtue traits that counselors need to have because it seems to depend on specific situations. For example, Tarvydas (1998) determined that reflection, balance, collaboration, and attention to context were counselor-essential virtues working within the framework of the Integrative Model. Freeman (2000) emphasized other ... about their own cultural identity, acculturation, and role socialization may affect their view of the dilemma and the extent to which they perceive a situation as a dilemma. For exam...

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... types of systems are the most useful. Of course, this question will depend to a great extent on the type, size, and scope of the nonprofit and its core mission. For example, an organization that deals with large amounts of clerical data concerning clientele, mass mailings, and financial records would most likely benefit from a network of PCs which would allow the staff ... of the not-for-profit cannot be changed at the drop of a hat as that of your standard for profit counterpart. Mr. Drucker illustrates his premise using a typical police management example; in this scenario computers a...

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... level than a slave. Franklin was a primary instigator in this ethos shown in various writings, which became widely quoted by other such motivational writers. His example of working hard and thus achieving was the first signs of the American Dream' we are all familiar with today. So to this end we might see ... trade at this point, in America) by twenty-four, soon using this to publish the Pennsylvania Gazette, which Franklin also edited. He used his own example ( A good example is the best sermon' ) to encourage others to work hard for the good of themselves as well as society, and to be...

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... responsibility through smaller organizations, closer attention is able to be paid to each goal and task, thus making action easier to take. For example, one of their stated goals is to "promote economic and social progress- in Europe. The treaty states: The Community shall develop and pursue ... especially from developed Western nations employing labor in countries and regions that have less social standards and therefore lower costs of labor). An example of this situation was the very public move made by the Hoover vacuum company in moving its labor plants from Dijon to Scotland; ... t...

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... than theoretical. The methodologies involved in early studies were weak, and when theoretical explanations were offered, they often entailed unsophisticated notions of individual prejudice and racial discrimination. For example, Thorsten Sellin (1935) conducted simple comparisons of the average length of sentences given to black, native-born and foreign-born white male prisoners within very broad offense categories. ... question whether they have reduced disparities at all (Tonry, 1995). While it seems that the most overt forms of racial and ethnic discrimination have been reduced-for e...

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... strategic avenues toward attaining this goal. Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) contains several clauses that are inserted to protect humans against slavery and unfair work. Article 4, for example, protects the basic human right not to be subjected to slavery and servitude. These provisions hold significant implications for the standards that labourers and humans are entitled to in ... and the government of Canada. While the Charter sets a minimal declaration of rights, provincial governments have the ability to extend upon the basic freedoms outlined in the Charter. For examp...

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... on buying the rice that they would have produced and still have money left over for other things. Comparative advantage (a state's most efficient production) varies from state to state (for example, Argentina may be better at beef farming than textiles). Allowing free trade sends price signals that encourage people to work at what they are best at, a strategy that benefits everyone ... increased competition giving people incentives to keep becoming more efficient. Liberals argue that multinational production works in a similar way. Many products are now made in more than one state. For ...

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... and the environmental ideal, it is time to examine existing evidence of whether or not these two ideals have met, and under what conditions. Cuba's case is taken as an example of communism and environmentalism meeting for communism requires either total isolation from, or total domination of the entire globe, for it emphasizes centralization with no outside interference. Cuba forms a ... took place, with much aid from other communist countries, and mass imports of unavailable goods began. The industrialized countries established this trend, and more specifically applicable to Cuba was th...

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... of, or perfectly transparent window to, the "real" is fraught with contradictions. Realism in this simplified sense must assume a one-to-one relationship between the signifier (the word, "tree" for example) and the thing it represents (the actual arboreal object typically found in forests). Realism must, in effect, disguise its own status as artifice, must try and force language into transparency ... literary and ideological conventions which have been invested with a kind of truth value. The use of an omniscient narrator who gives us access to a character's thoughts, feelings and motiva...

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... more deeply embedded in Roman society, and there were no longer calls for a return to the republic, emperors were more willing to flout their power and ignored the facade, for example Gaius, Nero and most notably Domitian who made no attempt to mask his power and wished to be referred to as 'Lord'. Under emperors who failed to honor the facade ... became opposed to Claudius as they watched a new governing class arise which had more influence over the emperor than themselves. The senate resented Claudius' gradual encroachment of its rights, for example the transferring of financial cases...

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... , identified that managers have various different perceptions about health promotion. It was identified that the majority of the managers considered health promotion at a very basic level, like for example flyers regarding the harmful effects of smoking. Even though the managers did not fully understand workplace health and safety problems, they did acknowledge that it was their responsibility, and ... handle emergency situations and workplace hazards (Osha.gov, 2014). The guidelines also particularly assist the companies which have employees working in potentially dangerous and hazardous...

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... a case of all powers and local economies eventually coming to benefit from neo-liberal economic planning. Instead, it is known that some sectors will benefit and others will not. For example, the experience of a Third World raw material exporting country is not going to resemble at all the experience of a wealthier industrialized country whose gross national product is more connected to ... warned just before the term Globalization began to be familiar to people throughout the world, America's economic history is one which has encouraged what Engels referred to as, "the purest example o...

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... work which has been developed so recently that it would have been impossible to write this essay thirty years ago. Feminist Theory and Patriarchy Although " patriarchy is arguably the oldest example of a forced or exploitative division of social activities" and clearly existed before it was ever examined by sociologists, the features of patriarchy had been accepted as natural (biological) in ... reference to the patriarchal framework, many radical feminists looked for ways to identify and develop a female culture and way of being which was free from the influences of patriarchy. For exam...

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... export . In response to this, American manufacturers have moved much of their production abroad to countries such as Mexico, where the labour costs are a fraction of those at home, for example the clothing giant Guess moved 70% of its production to Mexico in 1997 . Mexico has now outstripped China as the major exporter of apparel goods to the United States. Although ... are found in the position of employer and business owner, occupying positions within the international financial community, there are some disparities in entrepreneurial ability among the Asian group though, for example ...

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... -cultural" society. However, that alone requires further qualification, by multi-cultural, I refer to the legalistic approach, and the development of a society of ethnic minorities in co-existence. In Germany for example there are approximately 2.5 million Turkish immigrants, after a movement of "guest-workers" in the 1960s, the population of which in Berlin is 180,000 and over 40% of which are unemployed ... defended by the collective Union with which it belongs. This has economic benefits as a whole, but ethically, if Europe is defined as a Union it must defended in such a way. For exa...

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... people when there is no rational justification for doing so. Despite seeking pride in being the "multicultural capital of the world", Canada has taken draconian measures against minority groups. For example, the attack on Pearl Harbour in 1942 caused evacuation of Japanese British Columbia residents to road camps and detention centres. Similar discrimination occurred with the mid-20th century head tax ... the courts making a decision by which the majority of the population disagreed and the probability of legislature to respond by means of enacting the notwithstanding clause is very low...

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... particles emitted by radioactively labeled substances that have been injected into the body. This radioactive substance, a radioactive pharmaceutical that closely resembles a substance naturally made by the body, one example being FDG 2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-Glucose, this is similar to a naturally occurring sugar glucose with the addition of a radioactive fluorine atom (Scientific Services Group). Gamma radiation produced from the ... concept of MR spectroscopy is not foreign to anyone with some knowledge of chemistry and chemical analysis. Briefly stated spectroscopy depends on Chemical shif...

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