Essays Tagged: "umbrella term"

Genetic Engineering

engineering. Consider the advantages and disadvantages of this approach."Genetic engineering is an umbrella term that can cover a wide range of ways of changing the genetic material -- the DNA code - ...

(12 pages) 273 1 4.1 Dec/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Genetics & Genome Projects

Global Financing & Exchange Rate Mechanisms Paper

Soviet oil for another country's vehicles.After researching I have learned that countertrade is an umbrella term covering a wide range of commercial mechanisms for reciprocal trade. Reciprocal tradin ...

(3 pages) 1114 0 2.5 Jun/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Countertrade

CountertradeCountertrade is an umbrella term covering a wide range of commercial mechanisms for reciprocal trade. Barter is probabl ... ces continue to be prevalent albeit at government-to-government levels mostly.So countertrade is an umbrella term for all types of reciprocal dealings and linked transactions. What then are the object ...

(3 pages) 315 0 2.5 Jun/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Critically examine a health promotion activity that had been observed in a practice setting, which was intended for a patient that required mental health promotion

Health promotion is defined by Simnett (1995) to be "an umbrella term for a very wide range of activities which enhance good health and well-being and preve ...

(10 pages) 407 0 5.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health

Why the 1920s in America was considered the "modern era" and "modernism."

attached to this decade, this essay focuses on the broader context of all those movements under the umbrella term "modernism."First, what is modernism and why did it apply to the 1920s (as opposed to ...

(4 pages) 119 0 4.4 Apr/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Voice over IP.

ost savings in making long distance phone calls. That application is called Voice over IP. It is an umbrella term for a set of technologies that allow voice traffic to be carried over the Internet.Thi ...

(9 pages) 233 0 5.0 Sep/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Global Financing and Exchange Rate Mechanisms.

e sticky sales project that might not otherwise happen due to currency barriers. Countertrade is an umbrella term for a variety of unconventional reciprocal trading arrangements. It often occurs betwe ... enterprises with lots of assets and worldwide networks of contacts.Conclusion.So countertrade is an umbrella term for all types of reciprocal dealings and linked transactions. What then are the object ...

(4 pages) 862 1 5.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Define identity, social counstruction and society

rs to the capacity for self _ reflection and the awareness of self. Johnson (1986) defines it as an umbrella term used throughout the social sciences for an individual's comprehension of him or hersel ...

(1 pages) 91 0 5.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Explain the main aspects of queer theory. Present a queer analysis of one or two films on the course. Discuss possible limitations of this approach.

for strange or abnormal, recently, it is rarely used in that context. Now, queer is intended as an umbrella term that argues for no fixed meanings in relation to gender and hence, a general term that ...

(10 pages) 120 0 3.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Is Totalitarianism an essentially Enlightenment phenomenon? This essay will argue that it is an economic and political model born from the modern European experience using Soviet model as an example.

ontext, is defined in comparison and in contrast to 'traditional'.Modern culture or Modernity is an umbrella term for a number of cultural developments that took place primarily in Europe and North Am ...

(9 pages) 25 0 3.0 May/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Political Theory

On Mary Wollstonecraft 'A Vindication of the Rights of Woman' (1792)

women's rights.It is first necessary to define the term 'modern'. Modern culture or Modernity is an umbrella term for a number of cultural developments that took place primarily in Europe and North Am ...

(7 pages) 94 0 5.0 May/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors

Alzheimers

considered rare, research has shown that it is the leading cause of dementia.DementiaDementia is an umbrella term for several symptoms related to a decline in thinking skills. Common symptoms include ...

(7 pages) 68 0 3.8 Aug/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

VoIP Research Problem Analysis

ost savings in making long distance phone calls. That application is called Voice over IP. It is an umbrella term for a set of technologies that allow voice traffic to be carried over the Internet.Thi ...

(8 pages) 149 0 5.0 Nov/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

Supply Chain B2C Site versus B2B Site

ite.B2BAccording to Haig (2001), "B2B, or more specifically Business-to-Business e-commerce, is the umbrella term used to refer to transactions between businesses conducted online, and the business ne ...

(4 pages) 743 0 4.9 Jun/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Bilingualism Facilitates the Ability to Compete in the Globalized World

languages (Merriam-Webster). For the purpose of this essay the term multilingual will be used as an umbrella term referring also to bilingualism. This essay will debate the importance of being multili ...

(7 pages) 42 0 0.0 Apr/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies

Globalisation - A literature review

ges that connect individuals, communities, businesses, and governments around the world. This is an umbrella term for the complex series of economic, technological, political and as increasing interde ...

(5 pages) 61 0 3.0 May/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

International Market Entry for the Mobile Telecommunications Market in the Russian Federation

ks in general terms in this country. Speaking of themobile telecommunications market is actually an umbrella term for several sub-markets (or sectors)including wireless-carriers and cellphone operator ...

(15 pages) 60 0 0.0 Dec/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

HRM and Industrial Relations in The Health Sector in Trinidad and Tobago

the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex as a public sector entity. This particular issue is the umbrella term covering the deficiencies and overall mismanagement of human resources and industrial ...

(32 pages) 187 3 4.7 Feb/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Human Resource Management

Human Cloning

zine" as the "breakthrough of 1997", also generated uncertainty over the meaning of "cloning" -- an umbrella term traditionally used by scientists to describe different processes for duplicating biolo ...

(14 pages) 34 0 0.0 Mar/2009

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Theories of Motivation

tivation theory, no single recognized theory of motivation exists. Rather, motivation is used as an umbrella term for a number of theories that describe factors, traits, or situations that result in p ...

(9 pages) 75 0 0.0 May/2010

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Human Resource Management