Essays on Modern Times

Introduction

The Americans have been proud regarding the relationship of their military sector and the civilians throughout the history. One of the major reasons why United States takes pride to this relationship is the subordination of the military sector to the authority of the civilians. The military-civil relationship in the United States is based on the doctrine about the civilian control over the military. This doctrine states that the control over the strategic plans and decision-making processes which could generally affect the whole nation should be in the hands of the civilian leaders and not the military leaders. It has ...

The human civilization started from the bottom of the hierarchy among the species and becomes the most supreme or influential specie in the modern times. People have greatly changed the world. The grasslands and forests became cities and agricultural lands. The natural environment has been useful for humans and provides people almost everything they need to survive on earth. The natural environment provided the oxygen, water, food, materials and other resources to humans (Muir 37). However, instead of being thankful to the environment, people have been destroying it in order to acquire additional benefits such as additional land use ...

Humanity has developed and flourished over the span of centuries. As civilizations grew and develop, humans learn many things about nature. Ancient people realized the benefits of nature to humanity and began using it for hunting food, acquiring resources to build homes and to protect them from numerous threats from the environment. As humans learned other benefits of nature, they started to interfere with the environment and greatly change the way it was used. People started to change the structures of land and to remove trees from the forest in order to build farm lands and cities. People continue ...

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Several experts have been concern about the effectiveness of recycling in mitigating the effects of pollution and global warming. Some even argued that the recycling process is economically and environmentally ineffective due to the large costs and large amounts of energy required for the process. However, the practice of recycling should be continued and improved since it has numerous potential benefits against its alternatives. First, recycling is not a waste of money since the alternatives to this strategy such as incineration and landfilling has larger costs due to environmental damages. Second, issues and problems associated with recycling could be ...

Facebook is considered as the most commonly used social media site in the modern times. Facebook has two competitive advantages over other social media sites or other digital media for advertisements. First, Facebook uses human interests in order for the users to be engaged more in this social media site. There are many reasons why users are engaged in Facebook. One of the reasons is the large amounts of applications such as games. There are numerous users which created their Facebook profiles in order to get access to these applications. People are also easily engaged in Facebook due to ...

Describe air quality conditions in the US before steep regulations were imposed.

The United States has experienced the worst air quality conditions during the 1940s and 1950s as an effect of the progressing industrialization and urbanization. Another main reason is that the United States has no national regulation and policy towards hazardous gas emission and air pollution during these periods of time. During the 1940s and 1950s, the United States have experienced deadly photochemical smog on major cities including Los Angeles and Donora(Williams, 2013). In addition, the ozone levels in the lower layers of the atmosphere exceed its limit and become dangerous to people as well as the environment. During ...

One of the most famous geniuses in the field of mathematics and philosophy in the history of mankind is a German named Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. Leibniz is a German mathematician and philosopher who lived during the 17th century (Simmons 32). He revolutionized the historical development of the field of philosophy and mathematics through his major contributions. He is widely known as the developer of the integral and differential calculus and he developed it independently with Isaac Newton. He is also known for some of the mathematical equations such as the Leibniz notation, Transcendental Law of Homogeneity and Law of ...

Importance of Nursing Informatics in Healthcare

Introduction One of the key factors for effective decision-making for nurses and other healthcare practitioners is information. It is also integral to the quality improvement of the practice of nursing. In most of the activities of nurses such as from assessing the health care needs of patients up to the developing of health care plans, information acquisition and evaluation is required. Information is also involved in the communication patients regarding the information to and from the other health care practitioners (Canadian Nurses Association np). Lastly, information is also involved in the analysis of the staff’s work as well ...

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Jade has been an important part of Chinese culture since Ancient times, when it was used to make various weapons and tools. The reason for this is because it is believed to have positive powers. Some of the attributes attributed to jade are purity, gentlemanliness, the ability to send one’s soul on a positive journey and to prevent misfortune from befalling a person. This is why jade was used in burial rituals, sacrifices and other religious ceremonies. Nevertheless, despite the importance of jade to the Chinese culture for many centuries only the very wealthy were permitted to own ...

The Early Modern Times brought a lot of innovations into the people’s life. It was the epoch of the great discoveries when Columbus found the way to American and Ferdinand Magellan managed to sail across the Earth. Leonardo Da Vinci’s drawings depicted the possible advancements in the technology. Besides, it was the time for great thinkers and philosophers: Martin Luther, Jean Calvin, and many other participants of the Reformation shed light on the contradictory aspects of the institution of church and change the perception of religion in the whole Europe. The art also flourished during the Early ...

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The theory of predestination proposed and developed by Jean Calvin had an immense impact on the religious beliefs and secular life of Early Modern Times. It states that there are people who were born for salvation and those who were born for destruction and this predestination cannot be changed by the individual’s actions. Calvin in his famous book “Institutes of the Christian Religion” proves that the theory is fair because “we shall never feel persuaded as we ought that our salvation flows from the free mercy of God as its fountain, until we are made acquainted with his ...

There is a wide accepted concept that after centuries of development, the Muslim world began to decline in the 15th century. Did it really decline? In this work I would like to illustrate the main trends of developments of the Muslim world in early 15 – early 20 century. We know that in part of the second millennium, and for five centuries later there were many Asian invasions in other regions of the world, wide expansion (Seljuk, Arab, Turkish). But then the stagnation began. Since the "golden age" of the Abbasid Empire, it has not changed territorially. And large areas ...

There can be no denial of the fact that literature is the true mirror of the society of the world. Indeed, there are innumerous examples of seminal literary works penned by various literary artists that have come to reflect the picture of the individual and the society with utmost perfection and artistic skill. As such, one can take into reckoning the short story A Good Man Is Hard to Find, by Flannery O’Connor that can very well be taken to be an exploration of the degeneration of the individual self and the moral values of life in the ...

Introduction

It’s called a fugue state. A fugue state is characterized by a complete removal from, or interruption of, a person’s identity and a personal history. A fugue state is not always permanent, but during the episode, a person can completely forget who they are, and can assume a completely new identity for themselves. Usually, the fugue state isn’t even diagnosed until a person can recall their identity after the fugue state has ended (Costandi). This is a perfect metaphor for Death Fugue, a novel by Sheng Keyi. In her novel, she explores the events related to ...

“A man's life was a series of transition rites which brought him nearer to his ancestors” (Achebe 122). – One of the impacts of colonization is the disappearance of cultural or traditional practices. This quote shows how a life of an individual is related to his or her culture or origin. “Behind them was the big and ancient silk-cotton tree which was sacred. Spirits of good children lived in that tree waiting to be born. On ordinary days young women who desired children came to sit under the shade” (Achebe 46). – This quote illustrates the richness of the culture of ...

For decades, the tussle between liberals and conservatives continue to exist between people in the political environment. Each side has its values and way of working out certain perspectives of the society, and they would not jump over the fence and join forces with the others. What differentiates the two groups is their moral values and perspectives. The liberal believe solemnly in the government’s action to provide equality and equal opportunities to all its citizens. The government plays a major role in protecting the civil liberties of individuals and groups, their human rights and social ills. Hence, liberals ...

The European society is affecting the world, even from the past. They are involved in most of the historical revolutionary changes. European civilizations became the first nations which still exist in the modern times. They have begun conquests in the areas of Science, Politics and even Religion before the 16th century. The belief in theories and postulates created by the laws of Science and the religious beliefs established by the church is considered a dichotomy nowadays. However, the political powers that rule Europe go hand in hand with religious orders. These conflicts resulted in revolutionary changes and it developed ...

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ASU Introduction In the modern times, natural catastrophes have been one of the major reasons for the destruction of the global environment. Although humanity is experiencing advancements in some of the aspects or fields in the society such as technology, health care and economics, environmental problems are still common due to natural catastrophes. Massive typhoons, earthquakes, hurricanes, and volcanic eruptions created large amounts of damage to our ecosystem. In addition, the world experienced hundreds, or even thousands or natural catastrophes in only a span of several years. Ecosystem fires or forest wildfires are one of the natural catastrophes which ...

In the modern times, the definition of friendship has come to be changed due to the enormous influence of technology and social media. In fact, the technological boom has holistically transformed the nature of communication among people all over the globe. This change in the form of communication has come to reflect its major effect on the inter-personal relationships of people in the modern world. A close scrutiny of the gradual transformation in communication style and its impending effect would enable one to have a much better idea about the metamorphosis of inter-personal equations in the present times. It ...

Introduction

There are environmental chemical processes which require light to react. These processes are called photochemical reactions. Photochemical reaction is commonly initiated due to the absorption of solar energy or light. When molecules absorb energy in the form of light, the atoms are converted in a transient excited state (Larson & Weber, 1994). This transition state or excited has completely different physical and chemical properties with the initial state of the molecule. The excited states also have more tendencies to react since they are considered stronger acids and stronger reductants that the initial state of the molecule. The excited state of ...

People of all ages need to exercise and incorporate fitness into their daily routine because it is a necessary part of a healthy life. Young people need to be aware of the fact that they need to be physically fit on order to be able to perform various roles in life. Mental health is related to physical health because the body needs to receive the energy which is transformed into feeling good and positive about life in general. An average person is supposed to use walking as a form of exercise because that is a natural form of becoming ...

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Essay Our paper examines the practice of polyamory in modern times. The term was coined as recently as the 1980s but the concept has existed in various forms like polygamy and polyandry for several centuries and in various cultures. At a very basic level it involves a consensual relationship between more than two people. It involves the exchange of love, companionship and passion beyond just sex with the implicit consensus of the parties involved. The paper reviews several aspects of polyamory, namely, society’s perception of such relationships, need fulfillment, establishment of trust and loyalty, importance of acceptance, impact ...

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Global warming is a concept which is still developing in the modern times due to the continuing studies and researches regarding its natural cause and effects. Global warming is a term used to describe the rise of the average temperature of the earth which is experienced for only a century. Global warming and climate change could also refer to the current changes in the climate system of the earth as well as its effect on the ecosystem and on humans. The common cause of global warming and climate change is the great increase in the amount of greenhouse gases ...

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Three Dimensional (3-D) scanning is a critical image analysis technology that presents images of an object in three dimensional models and facilitates manufacturing of tangible models. 3-D scanning is used in health care such as image analysis of the artificial teeth and 3-D scanning for surgical purposes. 3-D scanning is used for image analysis of player’s realistic movements and incorporates it to visual 3-D representation of games. In the modern times, 3-D scanning technology is developing in the market. The worldwide sales of three dimensional scanners have increased with the unit sales growth of about 171.4 % for the ...

Introduction

Some actions such as divorce, same sex marriage and other practices were considered morally wrong in the past (Giletti, 2012). However, in the modern times, they have been legally accepted and most people are now thinking that these practices are not morally wrong. This is now the trend in the ethical issues of downloading digital music and videos. People think that downloading digital music and videos from the internet is morally wrong because it is still illegal. However, there are also people thinking that the illegality of this practice is not enough to settle its morality or ethical judgment. ...

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Information technology is one of the most dynamic factors in the world today. New developments in this field are made everyday. The world today may not imagine life without gadgets such as the mobile phone, computers, internet, motor vehicles, and marine equipment among others. All these items have been made available due to influences of technology. Information technology has had many influences in the world today. The most profound impacts that information technology has impacted very much is in the area of communication. This article focuses on the ways in which the telephone has changed communication in the last ...

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This is a comprehensive analysis that compares insurgencies and terrorists movements of post Second World War II and in our times. O’Neill begins this book by looking at post world war II insurgencies that have emerged which are related to terrorism and guerilla wars. He analyzes the nature of insurgency, tactics used in these guerilla wars both military and political “these so called small wars, which can be found on all continents, are often very costly and frequently involve major interest of regional and global powers,”1, and makes us understand both physical and human environment of ...