Essays Tagged: "long periods of time"

Computer Crime, discusses the proposition that computer crime has increased dramatically over the last 10 years.

ch criminal acts. Examples of these types of crimes are complex embezzlements that might occur over long periods of time, or when a computer operator uses a computer to steal or alter valuable informa ...

(6 pages) 356 1 4.4 Apr/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Computer crimes need to be prevented and halted through increased computer network security measures as well as tougher laws and enforcement of those laws in cyberspace

rime when used to plan or control such criminal acts as complex embezzlements that might occur over long periods of time, or when a computer operator uses a computer to steal valuable information from ... via electronic bulletin boards. The manager's telephone account had been charged with thousands of long-distance phone calls, and his driver's license had been issued with hundreds of unpaid tickets. ...

(13 pages) 688 6 3.6 Nov/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Review of Article "studies of sleep in strange places"

r homes. All three of these studies are being done to help determine several things. What would the long term effects of long term space travel or life in space be on a humans? How are submariners aff ... l or life in space be on a humans? How are submariners affected by lack of non-artificial light for long periods of time as it pertains to sleep? What common health concerns can be addressed when we k ...

(2 pages) 71 0 4.2 Mar/1997

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology

Pete Hamil talks about how TV and drugs are related

Pete Hamil in "Crack and the Box" argues that looking at television for long periods of time has made million of Americans vulnerable to becoming addicted to drugs. Through ... nd drug addicts. I believe that there is no correlation between the people who watch television for long periods of time and people who do drugs.Pete Hamil developed his thesis by one day talking to a ...

(3 pages) 36 0 5.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

This pursuasive essay shows the downside of the Welfare System.

o need to limit the amount of time a family can stay on it. By letting families stay on welfare for long periods of time, we are only creating a lazy culture. People figure that the welfare check will ... sing welfare in more ways than one. The most common form of welfare abuse is just staying on it too long, and using it as an income, instead of help. There are worse cases, though, which clearly show ...

(2 pages) 142 2 4.7 Jan/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

The Agricultural Revoltion.

orced humans to settle in areas where they could produce more from the land.Staying in one area for long periods of time allowed people to accumulate personal possessions. Since societies were no long ...

(2 pages) 93 1 4.6 Jun/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences > Geography

"To Build A Fire by Jack London.

realized his unprotected cheekbones would freeze, but he did not pay it much attention. He walked along a creek trail, mindful of the dangerous, concealed springs; even getting wet feet on such a col ... gly begins as an adventure by foot. It indulges the reader into considering the temperature and the long journey the man has to encounter, knowingly, according to our reality, that it is unsafe to wit ...

(4 pages) 114 1 1.0 Jul/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

How to deal with divorce.

dependent, and overall be a stronger person.I grew up in a military family that moved a lot and had long periods of time where I rarely saw my father. I came to depend on my brother and sister for pla ... children.Since I am older I realize that material things are not as important as others and I am no longer ashamed of what I do not have. I am proud that I can say that I am paying my own way through ...

(5 pages) 51 0 0.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

My experience as a little kid building a igloo during a heavy winter snowfall

of snow and glazed ice. The extreme cold followed by rain prevented anyone from going outside for long periods of time. At night the wind howled and made the windows rattle, like a banshee. The ic ...

(3 pages) 25 0 5.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays

Stem Cell Research: Moral or Immoral.

them apart from other types of cells. First, they are unspecialized cells that renew themselves for long periods of time through cell division. The second is that under certain experimental conditions ...

(2 pages) 116 0 3.7 Dec/2003

Subjects: Science Essays

Joseph-Marie Jacquard (1752 - 1854)

Lyons, France in 1752, was born into a family of weavers. The weaving profession at that time was a long and tedious process, often taking long periods of time to produce the fine woven fabrics. When ...

(3 pages) 31 0 5.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: Art Essays

Define and explain Declarative, Psychodynamic, and Cognitive psychology

r the evolution of all organic life. While these ideas (brought about my Darwin) required extremely long periods of time to take effect on the organism, the theory was applied to Man with the idea tha ...

(6 pages) 219 0 4.4 Feb/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Organ Transplantation. This essay deals with what organ transplantation is, what can be transplanted, how it is, etc.

ortageThere is a severe shortage of organs around the world and this means many people have to wait long periods of time for an organ transplant. It has been said in the UK, patients waiting for trans ... se, for example, a person on an Outer Hebridean island is going to be waiting for a transplant much longer than a patient in the centre of London.Should donation be made compulsory?In some countries, ...

(3 pages) 102 0 3.4 Mar/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology

Rheumatoid Arthritis

RA affects hand joints, elbows, shoulders, neck, knees, hips, and ankles. It usually persists over long periods of time, but some people go into remission, usually within two years of the diagnosis o ... juvenile arthritis. 1.5 million women have rheumatoid arthritis compared to around 600,000 men.The long-term prospects of rheumatoid arthritis vary. Statistics indicate that in less than half of all ...

(2 pages) 77 0 4.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

The Study of Archaeology

eologists concentrate their studies on past societies and changes in those societies over extremely long periods of time.Archaeology covers such an enormous span of time that archaeologists specialize ...

(3 pages) 87 0 3.7 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Archaeology

Research Paper that explains child abuse, and the effects of it on the victim

rre forms of punishment, such as confinement in a closet or dark room, or being tied to a chair for long periods of time, or threatening or terrorizing a child. Less severe acts, such as belittling or ... ns to feel that what the parent did to them is ok.Child abuse has been around in our society for as long as any one can remember. The link between substance abuse and child abuses has strengthened ove ...

(4 pages) 208 2 5.0 Apr/2004

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

Discuss: Factors that determine what kind of objects and artifacts survive over long periods of time

one and ceramic artifacts, on the contrary, are very durable. Relatively few artifacts survive over long periods of time. Usually, only durable artifacts, those made of stone, bone, pottery, or metals ...

(1 pages) 37 0 3.4 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Archaeology

The Cycling of Chemical Elements In The Ecosystem

e Earth (the poles, glaciers on mountaintops, etc.) as snow or ice, and may remain as such for very long periods of time. Lakes, ponds, and wetlands form where water is temporarily trapped. The oceans ...

(6 pages) 63 0 3.0 May/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

The Theory of Evolution

volution, as set forth by Charles Darwin in 1859, stated that all plant and animal life evolvedover long periods of time from simple to more complicated forms through mutation and adaptation. Healso t ... Bryce found 2,000 feet above thetimberline on Mount Ararat, a piece of hand-tooled wood, four feet long, which he thought was from theArk. In 1883, a group of Turkish commissioners came upon the Ark, ...

(10 pages) 157 3 4.7 Jun/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Stem Cell Research

becoming knowledgeable on stem cells. Stem cells are unspecialized cells that renew themselves for long periods of time through cell division. Researchers discovered stem cells in the tissues and org ... d researchers spent the last decade absorbing information on embryonic stem cells. They have come a long way, but still have much more to learn and experiment with before society sees the effects of t ...

(6 pages) 86 0 5.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: Science Essays