Essays Tagged: "environmental factors"

Tropical Africa: Food Production and the Inquiry Model

he use of more fertilizer and the planting of high-yielding.varieties of cropsThere are a number of environmental factors, related mostly to.climate, soils and health, resisting easy developmental sol ...

(2 pages) 85 0 4.3 Jan/1996

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

Marketing in China Everything you would want to know about how to do business in China

st important and influential elements (the monetary policy, currency system, market agreements, and environmental factors of the country) must be further examined.Monetary Policy:A brief history of Ch ... na's stake in the stability and prosperity of East Asia as well.Economic Environment:Looking at the environmental factors of China, the economic development it has undergone in the past 15 years is of ...

(42 pages) 1391 1 4.1 Apr/2002

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

Nature plus Nurture, an argumentative subject in the scientific world

e psychologists and scientists share the viewthat our behavioral aspects originate only from the environmental factors of our upbringing.While other opposing specialists argue the outlook in sci ... reatly reinforced the sourceof nurture by studying learned and adaptive behavior patterns in our environmental surroundings(Rathus p.13). During this same time of revolutionary ideas in psycholo ...

(8 pages) 507 1 4.5 Dec/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

The nature/nurture controversy and the extent to which an individuals intellectual level is determined

extent to which an individuals intellectual level is determined either by inborn intelligence or by environmental factors.The relative powers of nature and nurture have been actively pursed by psyc ... nce and the controversy that exists between the different schools of thought regarding inherited or environmental issues we must have an understanding of what intelligence really is.2Of all the ...

(10 pages) 531 2 2.7 Jan/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Why Are Individuals Aggressive

the total destruction of others. Is aggression biological determined or the product of learning and environmental influences.? This essay, will consider instinctive theory, the frustration - aggressio ... theories discussed are the cause of aggression. Brain disorders, hormonal and chemical imbalances, environmental factors, such as heat, noise, air pollution and overcrowding, although contribute to t ...

(9 pages) 313 0 3.5 Oct/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Analysis of the soft drink industry within the U.K

1Introduction2Market segmentation3Governmental and environmental factors4Economic indicators5Capital requirements6Proprietary Product Differences7Absol ... rade/impulse3020Total concentrates/RTD100100RTD -- ready-to-drinkSource:Key Note3. Governmental and Environmental Factors, etc.Globalisation has affected many drinks, producing two-way traffic in most ... brewing groups.The soft drink industry currently has had very little impact on the environment. One environmental issue of concern is that the use of plastics adversely affects the environment due to ...

(22 pages) 698 0 3.5 Oct/2002

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

A basic overveiw of what Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)is and its effects.

e, more boys are affected than girls (DSM IV, 1994).Some potential risk factors include genetic and environmental. Research has suggested that a child may inherit the gene from a parent, without the i ... the gene from a parent, without the individual ever knowing he has the disorder or being diagnosed. Environmental factors can exacerbate the disorder, by stressor's such as familial discord or divorce ...

(3 pages) 311 1 3.7 Oct/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Common Disorders

Leadership is really just about influencing other people's behaviour.

t control, no matter how astute, insightful, and influential the leader may be, e.g. Labor markets, environmental factors, and policies...2 To my point of view, even though there are external factors ... er general factors will influence the leadership effectiveness: Subordinate contingency factors and environmental contingency factors.Figure 1 shows the connections among these variables:Figure 1: Pat ...

(6 pages) 927 0 3.7 Oct/2002

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Leadership and Communication

Case analysis of the Soft Drink Industry

e of ContentsIntroduction 3Description 3Segments 3Caveats 4Socio-Economic 4Relevant Governmental or Environmental Factors, etc. 4Economic Indicators Relevant for this Industry 4Threat of New Entrants ... rs.3. There was no data available to determine over capacity.Socio-EconomicRelevant Governmental or Environmental Factors, etc.The Federal Government regulates the soft drink industry, like any indust ...

(18 pages) 1036 3 3.2 Feb/1997

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

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

re on Enzyme ActivityAbstractThis biology experiment was conducted in order to see if the change in environmental factors had any effect on enzyme activity. I tested the effects of the environment of ... ng three different temperatures' affects on milk and its glucose levels. The end result proved that environmental factors such as temperature do in fact have an affect on enzyme activity.IntroductionA ...

(3 pages) 134 0 4.5 Dec/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Lung Cancer

oking.2 The next section covers the etiology of lung cancer and looks at the role of smoking, other environmental factors and genetic influences.Smoking is the single biggest cause of preventable illn ...

(2 pages) 91 0 4.4 Jan/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

The "Gulf War Syndrome".

swered in order to identify some of the mysteries surrounding the Gulf War Syndrome, such as:1)What environmental factors posed a principal threat to the neurological and musculoskeletal systems?2) Di ... rs is committed to a thorough investigation of the health consequences of the exposure to potential environmental hazards, including chemical warfare agents, during the Gulf War through carefully cont ...

(5 pages) 98 1 4.6 Jan/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

"Why Do Boys and Girls Behave Differently"

ins. One expert believes the differences in behavior can be attributed to "genetic, biological, and environmental factors." (Mednick and Russo 696) Another scientist, Richard M. Restak, has studied ma ... e are experts who feel that gender behavior is controlled by the brain, and experts who think it is environmental.In addition, each side thinks the answer to behavior differences would change society ...

(2 pages) 77 0 2.1 Feb/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters

Why people gravitate towards evil.

es for what makes people behave as they do and they are nature (biological factors) versus nurture (environmental factors). The nature theory would suggest that certain people would gravitate towards ...

(1 pages) 52 0 3.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics

"A Study On Agriculture Systems" A study of four typical agricultural systems, with example. focused on the efficiency and feasibilities. Report format with sub-sections, not really an essay.

, where the land may be fertile but unsuitable for extensive agricultural activities due to adverse environmental factors like a mountainous terrain or economic factors such as high land value.The irr ... y low and only enough to sustain local population. Intensive subsistence operations rely heavily on environmental factor like temperature, humidity and length of growing season because farmers are fix ...

(7 pages) 126 0 3.8 Apr/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Agriculture

Elie Wiesel's novel "Night" through the critical lens of Coleridge's poem "The Dungeon".

the way that the book Night by Elie Wiesel makes a statement on how people become numbed to various environmental factors when they are surrounded by them on a daily basis, most especially those that ...

(4 pages) 49 0 4.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Habitat Selection of Terrestrial Isopods.

Introduction:To achieve experiments that determined the role that the environmental factors play in the habitat selection, we used terrestrial isopods (Crustacea), Armadi ... doubtedly one of the oldest aspects of biology." (Campbell 1999) The behavior is due to genetic and environmental factors that interact with the creature. Behavior are "the actions or reactions of per ... form t-tests and graphs for better illustration, was successfully finished. One can realize how the environmental factors play such a big role in habitat selection for practically every animal. We now ...

(4 pages) 56 0 3.5 Sep/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy and the Model of Human Occupation.

AND THE MODELAbstractHuman behavior can be explained by a variety of biological, psychosocial, and environmental factors interacting on a person over time. The values, beliefs, and goals that determi ... hrough interaction with the environment. Behavior is an expression of psychosocial, biological, and environmental factors interacting within the system. Biological factors may predispose someone to a ...

(14 pages) 518 0 4.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Dendrochronology (tree ring dating).

n between their wood and the bark. The thickness of each of the tress rings varies depending on the environmental conditions from year to year. A thick ring will indicate lots of growth, telling you t ... nt of growth, informing us that it was a dry year.If the size of a tree's rings varies depending on environmental factors then we can conclude that trees in a similar region will have similar rings. T ...

(4 pages) 46 0 3.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology

Alcoholism.

n Alcoholism best defines alcoholism as a primary, chronic disease with genetic, psychological, and environmental factors influencing its development and manifestations. This disease is often progress ...

(4 pages) 107 1 5.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology