Essays Tagged: "University of Kansas"

Law of Inverse Returns. The law of inverse returns states that the better the foreign learner's Japanese is, the worse the reaction of the Japanese native population will be to the learner's use of J

some time, or are living in Japan at the present.Case 1: Brett D. DePaola. Graduate student at the University of Kansas.Scott: Brett, how do you feel about the law of inverse returns?Brett: Nonsense! ...

(8 pages) 89 0 3.7 Dec/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology

A Road Less Traveled.

o the awful fate yet to come. (You wouldn't believe it, however for some reason Marvin Hall, at the University of Kansas, could have, for all intents and purposes, been the center of the sun, even in ... kingly, at the time however, their procedures didn't quite mesh with mine, and, sadly, that pile of University documents went un-noticed underneath an overbearing stack of ridiculously high APR credit ...

(4 pages) 57 0 4.0 May/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Media Violence is not the leading cause of Real life violence.

one have been tested numerous times and show similar results. Aletha C. Huston, a professor at the University of Kansas and chairwoman of the American Psychological Association's Task Force on Televi ...

(14 pages) 500 2 4.1 Feb/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

Scholarship Essay - Full-time MBA Program with International Focus

I graduated from the University of Kansas exactly five years ago this month and thoughts of going back to school to get m ... a focus on entrepreneurship. Now that I have been accepted into the MBA program at Loyola Marymount University my dreams are coming true, I am pursuing my MBA with a focus not only on entrepreneurship ... am) and academic achievement. Please help me be able to take full advantage of everything that this university has to offer by financially making it feasible. Thank you, I truly appreciate your time and effort.

(2 pages) 196 0 3.7 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Placebo effect

s to prescribe this "treatment" to their patients. Dr. Brown, who is a psychologist at Brown University, decided to do a study on the effects of a placebo. A placebo is any treatment or drug wi ... ealize if it really works. One example would be of the experiments led by Edmunds G. Diamond of the University of Kansas Medical Center in the 1950's. His research involved the surgery to treat angina ...

(2 pages) 16 0 1.0 Feb/2008

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

Friends University VS. The University of Kansas

and contrast essay is going to be about the many differences and some similarities between Friends University and The University of Kansas. These Universities take great pride in making their institu ... e arts, financially, athletically, humanity, and religiously. They take great strides to make their University a home away from home. The differences between both Universities, either great or small, ...

(4 pages) 17 0 3.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Research Paper on Language

This is in contrast to its daily use amongst individuals. An Applied Linguistics professor from the University of Kansas writes that "Politicians use language as the site at which they promote, protec ...

(7 pages) 68 0 5.0 Nov/2009

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Linguistics

Aiding In Violence

e will grow up with and admire those they see the most. In a study done by Huston and Wright at the University of Kansas they found that children spend more time watching T.V. than any other activity ...

(3 pages) 1 0 0.0 Apr/2012

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Should College Athletes receive pay for playing a sport for a university

Divine MiracleEnglishOutline10/27/2014Topic: The History of BasketballIntroduction:Hook: Line up, first five players on the court, tip off of the ball and ga ... nfluenced teenage African American's lifestyle and how it boarding to a different race.2. The rules of the game and why they are important3. The communication between the teammates, inter-self and coa ... hey are important3. The communication between the teammates, inter-self and coaches4. The principal of basketball to an individual's lifeBasic Info: Basketball was created by Dr. James Naismith in 189 ...

(2 pages) 1 0 0.0 Nov/2014

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports