Essays Tagged: "University of Utah"

An Insight Into Virtual Reality

r into and react with spaces generated by computer graphics.In 1969-70, a MIT scientist went to the University of Utah, where he began to work with vector generated graphics. He built a see-through he ...

(5 pages) 118 1 3.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science

Strategic Analysis of Jet Blue Airlines: Executive Summary, Financial, Internal and External Industries, Competitors, Substitutes, and Stategies.

ofit to whomever chooses to invest in this airline industry success.From his humble beginnings as a University of Utah drop-out, CEO David Neelman shorlty became a self-taught airline industry guru - ...

(31 pages) 2506 4 3.3 Feb/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Multiple Sclerosis and exercising.

sability from MS, conducted under the supervision of Jack Petajan, MD, PhD, an MS specialist at the University of Utah, demonstrated the payoffs. Regular aerobic exercise--exercise vigorous enough to ...

(15 pages) 95 0 2.1 Mar/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Case Study about a merger between Kennecott and Carborundum.

oal Company. In the years preceding the acquisition, Kennecott had experienced wide swings in its profitability, which it was looking to offset by diversification. Investing in another company in a di ... ligent decision; however, Peabody was the wrong company to do this with.Although Peabody had been profitable and stable over the past few years leading up to the acquisition, the internal rate of retu ...

(4 pages) 504 3 2.9 Mar/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Cold Fusion: Possibility and Potential Use.

old FusionPossibility and Potential UseIntroductionIn March 1989 electrochemist Stanley Pons of the University of Utah and his colleague Martin Fleischmann of the University of Southampton in England ... colleague Martin Fleischmann of the University of Southampton in England made an announcement. At a University of Utah press conference they claimed they had discovered a way to achieve nuclear fusion ...

(9 pages) 95 0 4.2 May/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

"The Creepy Creations of Professor Shock" by R.L. Stine.

June 9, 2003Book ReportBook- The Creepy Creations of Professor ShockAuthor- R.L. StineCopyright- 1997If you haven't heard the news, you must have been ... another planet. On the way home from school, three young elementary students found a sign in front of a very old house that said "Please Come In". When entering the house the found Professor Shock cl ... aboratory. Being helpful the children insist on helping out, that's when George stumbled onto the professor latest invention the Universal Remote. Joining me is George.1.Ashley- How did you first find ...

(3 pages) 33 1 4.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Career Interest Paper.

es cited in my bibliography, I have interviewed Dr. Cynthia Thompson, an assistant professor at the University of Utah specializing in artificial intelligence, especially the fields of machine learnin ... ntelligent Machines (the basis for his 1992 book of the same title), Professor Roger Schank of Yale University says that the question was not "Can machines think?" but "Can people think well enough ab ...

(7 pages) 279 0 3.3 Dec/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Ethical Decision Making Paper Charles M. Krolick

g but trouble. Example: Enron, the decision that the CEO and others made regarding the manipulation of financial records is just unethical. They chose to mislead investors no matter the consequences. ... the consequences. Sometimes the decisions we make may affect hundreds, maybe even thousands of people. Decisions we make may only affect our family, so be careful to think about what you are d ...

(2 pages) 207 0 2.0 May/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Telemeres and the aging effect

is cellular activity to the larger aging process are just beginning.A group of researchers from the University of Utah recently advanced this topic a step further by showing for the first time an asso ...

(3 pages) 31 0 4.6 Aug/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Genetics & Genome Projects

America Driving to Distraction Statistical Essay.

of a cell phones while driving without an earpiece. One reason for this is a study conducted by the University of Utah that measured how much of a distraction cell phones can be. According to the rese ...

(2 pages) 24 0 3.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues

Today's Driver.

their heads. Perhaps this is why they are one of the leading causes of accidents. A study from the University of Utah found those using hands free phones were eighteen percent slower in braking and s ...

(2 pages) 28 0 0.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Some people believe that university students should be required to attend classes. Others believe that going to classes should be optional for students. Do you agree?

it had been hoped. In fact, today, this system seems to be one of the reasons for the corruption of university education. In my opinion, compulsory attendance is better than having no requirement to a ... the lessons on-campus.There are two points of view to this question. First, one side will say that university students are adults and should be able to manage their time as they see fit. This point o ...

(2 pages) 32 0 3.0 Aug/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Pornography in America: How Bad Is It?

r viewing doesn't impair them from leading a normal lives. Dr Victor Cline is a psychologist at the University of Utah that also has a private practice. In his booklet Pornography's Effects on Adults ... hemselves before the act of finding a victim to rape. (Federal Department of Justice, 1983). At the University of Los Angeles conducted a study in which college males were shown sadomasochistic adult ...

(9 pages) 75 3 4.3 Apr/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues

History Of The Internet

cessor (IMP) to the UCLA. The four-node network consisted of UCLA, Stanford, Santa Barbara, and the University of Utah. Upon testing this system a few things went well, but in the end it failed. The p ... hich they would build the switch. The physical network was constructed in 1969, linking four nodes: University of California at Los Angeles, SRI (in Stanford), University of California at Santa Barbar ...

(3 pages) 17 0 0.0 Oct/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Jackson Hole

h for a weekend getaway at a nearby resort in the Tetons. They were both freshman in college at the University of Utah and were looking forward to a relaxing weekend, if they only knew what was in sto ...

(4 pages) 8 0 0.0 Nov/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Shut Up and Drive (Cell Phones and Driving)

zard to himself and anyone who is misfortunate enough to venture near him. Studies conducted by the University of Utah have shown, drivers holding conversations on cell phones suffer from a state of " ...

(2 pages) 22 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Choosing the Right Bible Colleges

Bible Colleges, Which one shall I go to? I think I will go to Vanguard University. I believe Bible colleges, like Vanguard University, are better than secular colleges lik ... gion.I think there are some good points out going to a college that is a secular college, like Utah University. One good reason is because it is close by in distance and in time to you main home. The ...

(1 pages) 9 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler.

d in colleges and universities all over the country one instance in particularly has to do with the University of Utah Valley. This is the fifth consecutive year they perform The Vagina Monologues as ...

(6 pages) 14 0 0.0 Dec/2008

Subjects: Art Essays

Motivation

HistoryFrederick Herzberg (1923 - 2000) spent the last half of his life as a professor at the University of Utah. Prior to that, he had served in the United States Army, later joining the staff ...

(8 pages) 57 0 0.0 Jan/2009

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Gun Control

en by a CNNU campus correspondent, Molina addressed issues about concealed weapons on one of Utah's university campuses. One such student on campus started carrying a gun to class right after the Virg ... not part of the problem of campus shootings and could instead be part of a solution (Molina, 2008). University of Utah spokeswoman Coralie Alder says that Virginia Tech has become a poster child in re ...

(4 pages) 25 0 0.0 Dec/2009

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science