Essays Tagged: "catalyst"

JAIL SUICIDES PREVENTION

the already existing complexity.Many factors involved with arrest and incarceration only serve as a catalyst ofsuicidal tendencies. Suicide is the primary cause of death in this country's jails.In 198 ...

(5 pages) 176 2 4.4 Dec/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

The Role of the Supernatural in Shakespeare

amlet and Macbeth, the supernatural is an integral part of the structure of the plot. It provides a catalyst for action, an insight into character, and augments the impact of many key scenes.The super ... , or to the dreadful summit of the cliff".The conversation between the ghost and Hamlet serves as a catalyst for Hamlet's later actions and provides insight into Hamlet's character. The information th ...

(3 pages) 86 0 3.7 May/1992

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Executive Women: Substance Plus Style

en in comparable managerial roles have discovered more similarities than differences across sexes' (Catalyst, 1986). A test bank from 'thousands of managers and professionals in management development ...

(3 pages) 77 0 3.5 Feb/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

"Is Science Nessesary" with refrence to Mary Shelleys Frankenstein

ce is not necessary to our lives. Science is not necessary to our future and will ultimately be the catalyst for the destruction of the human race.Dr. Frankenstein was a scientific genius and ambitiou ...

(3 pages) 112 0 4.2 Apr/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

The Rise and Fall of Prohibition in Canada

nce groups' support forprohibition grew. A need for grain for the armed forces wasviewed as a major catalyst for Canada's Prohibition Law.Although Canada's Prohibition Era only lasted two years from19 ...

(11 pages) 119 0 4.3 Mar/1995

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > Canadian History

Manipulative power. Refers to Ayn Rand's ideas

ther unmoderated activities, raging amibition for power uncontroled could wreak havoc and acts as a catalyst in the breakdown of a society. Similar to politics which deals with the static physical com ...

(11 pages) 141 0 4.5 Jan/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Modern Philosophy

Lady Macbeth, A Wife in Support of Her Husband. Speaks of "Macbeth" by Shakespeare

who gives incentive to Macbeth, as well as one who supports him through difficult times. She is the catalyst who starts Macbeth's thinking. She possesses an aspect which cares for the future of her hu ...

(5 pages) 104 0 3.5 Jan/1997

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

The Foreshadowing of the Spanish Civil War: The Years before the Spanish Civil War.

he 1934 revolts in Catalan and in the Asturias. The assassination of Calvo Sotelo simply acted as a catalyst, a signal for what was needed to purge the country.While the Spanish civil war officially r ...

(14 pages) 145 0 3.9 Jun/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Harriet Jacobs The Life of A Slave Girl book review

istress, Margaret Horniblow, taught the young slave to read and sew. These important tools were the catalyst on her mission to freedom.After the death of her mistress, Harriet was bequeathed to the ni ...

(3 pages) 187 0 3.5 Jul/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Role of Catalyists in Industry

ificate Examination - Advanced LevelChemistry (Salters') - Paper 3 mock.ROBERT TAYLOR U6JW.THE ROLE CATALYSTS IN CHEMICAL REACTIONS, THEIR IMPORTANCE IN INDUSTRY,PROBLEMS AND NEW DEVELOPMENTS.A Cataly ... STRY,PROBLEMS AND NEW DEVELOPMENTS.A Catalyst is a substance that alters the rate of a reaction.The catalyst remains unchanged at the end of the reaction. The processis called catalysis. In this repor ...

(4 pages) 50 0 4.0 Oct/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Catalytic Converter

verter is to decrease pollution emitted from a vehicles exhaust.The concept behind this is to add a catalyst and force a reaction between the automobile'sexhaust and oxygen in the converter. To see ju ... ous, heat-resistant materials coated with either platinum or palladium. Thesematerials are known as catalysts. A catalyst is an element which although causing areaction to occur, does not change at al ...

(2 pages) 42 0 3.0 Nov/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Who was to blame for the Cold War?

Stalin's policy of Soviet expansion. It is necessary, therefore, to examine the role of Stalin as a catalyst to the Cold War.Stalin's foreign policies contributed an enormous amount to the tensions of ... Cold War cannot be placed on a single man, Stalin's expansionist policy was clearly an ever-present catalyst in the war. Certain Truman was not blameless, but the U.S. was not expanding its empire -- ...

(6 pages) 268 1 4.3 Jun/1994

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > The Cold War

"The Hubris of Albion" is a brief attack on common historical stereotypes of Aficans as savages who were brought to civilization by American slave traders.

r slave trade, or merely its by-product. It is this fledgling historian's view that neither was the catalyst for the other; rather, they were mutually beneficial perceptions. An overwhelming number of ...

(3 pages) 71 0 4.4 Oct/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History

Asymmetric Epoxidation of Dihydronaphthalene with a Synthesized Jacobsen's Catalyst

Asymmetric Epoxidation of Dihydronaphthalene with a Synthesized Jacobsen's CatalystJustin Lindsey12/08/96Chem 250 GGProfessor Tim HoytTA: Andrea EgansAbstract. 1,2 diaminocycl ... dene)-1,2-cyclohexanediamine, which was then reacted with Mn(OAc)2*4H2O and LiCl to form Jacobsen's catalyst. The synthesized Jacobsen's catalyst was used to catalyze the epoxidation of dihydronaphtha ... (3,5-di-tert-butylsalicylidene)-1,2-cyclohexanediaminato-(2-)]-manganese (III) chloride (Jacobsen's Catalyst).(R,R) Jacobsen's CatalystJacobsen's catalyst opens up short pathways to enantiomerically p ...

(9 pages) 69 0 3.7 Dec/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

The Exiting World of Water

with certain salts to formhydrates. Water also reacts with metal oxides to form acids. It actsas a catalyst in many important chemical reactions.OccurrenceWater is the only substance now known to man ...

(2 pages) 41 0 4.3 Dec/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

This biology experiment was conducted in order to see if the change in environmental factors had any effect on enzyme activity.

ture do in fact have an affect on enzyme activity.IntroductionAn enzyme is a protein that acts as a catalyst; a substance that speeds up a reaction. Each enzyme is specific meaning that if the enzyme ...

(3 pages) 134 0 4.5 Dec/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Was Hamlet crazy?

y the new King, Claudius. This propels Hamlet even further into depression, which may have been the catalyst to his mental breakdown. "The root of it is a warped reaction, including rejection, to the ...

(2 pages) 101 2 4.3 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Hamlet

Italy's debt to France: The meeting at Plombieres.

the French spa of Plombieres between Camillo Cavour and Louis Napoleon III was most definitely the catalyst that sprung the Italian unification. In this paper I plan to dissect the occurrences of the ...

(6 pages) 31 0 4.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Lab report on enzyme activity.

INTRODUCTIONEnzymes are a protein serving as a catalyst, a chemical agent that changes the rate of the reaction without being consumed by the react ...

(4 pages) 566 0 4.6 Apr/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Macbeth and Jerry(Chocolate War) related to the quote by British author Aldous Huxley "Experience is not what happens to a man. It is what a man does with what happens to him."

ed with choices about what to do with conflicts that confront them. A character's choice sets off a catalyst of events that mold him or her, changing them drastically. Other literature with characters ...

(2 pages) 36 0 3.5 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare > Macbeth