Essays on Rift

Britain took Hong Kong as a 99-year lease from the Chinese authorities through a treaty in 1898. This happened at a time when China’s Qing dynasty was at its weakest after the first Sino-Japanese war of 1895 and 1895. Thus, Britain presented the Convention for the Extension of the Hong Kong Territory as a means of gaining a strategic trading post that could give Britain power to operate within the Asia-Pacific region. The lease ended on 1st July, 1997 and Britain handed Hong Kong back to China. As of 1997, there was a completely different China from Qing ...

Virtual Reality

Introduction Technological advancements are essential to the development of any nation. In fact, lack thereof compromises the overall potential of a region being self-sustainable. With this in mind, it is worth mentioning that the progressions in science and technology over the years fostered the development of virtual reality. Popularly referred to as VR, this marvel is a computer technology that replicates realistic human environments and simulates the user’s physical presence to fit the setting presented by the system thus allowing interaction. Currently, most of the virtual reality presentations are conveyed on a computer monitor or a head-mounted display, ...

Abrigo do Lagar Velho is a rock-shelter in the Portuguese valley that is famous for the stratigraphic range of the Upper Paleolithic human occupations within that area.

Absolute dating technique (chronometric dating) refers to the process of revealing the age on a certain time scale.

Acclimatization is the response of an organism to a gradual change in environmental conditions by adjusting and sustaining within these changes. Acheulian (Acheulean) is a tool made of stone that had round cutting edges and was used during the Lower Palaeolithic era.

Adolescent growth spurt refers to the sharp growth in height and weight rates t during adolescence.

Aegyptopithecus refers to the extinct primate of the Oligocene Period, resembling a modern-day lemur, whose fossils were found in Egypt. Afar Triangle is the region that is part of the ...

Virtual Reality in Business

Today the business is 100% dependent on computer applications. It is hard to imagine that it would have existed, let alone prosper in isolation. All business today is based, on the one hand, around users (both internal and external), and on the other hand - around some internal infrastructure. Accordingly, the tendency can be divided into user-related and infrastructure relations (Ducker). Business applications, and especially business infrastructure are influenced by the current trend of consolidation, which involves the centralization of resources - all the intellectual power of the company is gathered in data centers. Secondly, more attention is now ...

Question 1

The three main populations that were studied in the research Successfully employed people with disabilities Employers that have successfully hired and integrated people with disabilities into their workforce Placement providers who have worked closely with employers and also successfully placed individuals with disabilities into the workforce. Question 2 The researchers used qualitative research. That is proven by their use of a small sample size, and the respondents were selected to represent the larger population, and they had to fit into an individual quota. Also, the research was focused on understanding the reasons, opinions as well as motivations of the ...

Segregation in the South during the 1960s And 1970s

Abstract Segregation in the south was mainly by race and resulted to distinctions with regards to income, education, residence, and employment. Segregation in the south brought forth the ancient and even recent societal and organizational segregation. Segregation took many forms including, gender segregation, residential segregation, employment segregation and even educational segregation among other types. Some actions which portrayed the highest degree of these segregation included Africans enslavement in huge plantations, involuntary blacks emigration, forced relocations to reserves, the internment of minorities including the Japanese Americans, setting up of immigrant enclaves and forced displacements among other actions which were inhumane. ...

Introduction

Virtual reality has indeed experienced a revolution in the current decade. Precisely, the technology associated with this innovation has been heightened to newer levels making it more promising than it was in the previous century. According to Ohta and Tamura (2014), virtual reality is a computer generated an environment to replicates an actual setting to enhance an immersive feel to an individual. The sensory experience created involves one’s sense of sight, smell, hearing, and movement. In 2010, the first prototype of the Oculus Rift was created, and it had the ability to generate stereoscopic images that created a ...

The continental landscape features are reflected with analogous features on the ocean basins. Plains, Plateaus, volcanic cones, rolling hills, mountains, and valleys are found underwater in the oceans just like on land. However, research reveals that the largest mountains found beneath ocean waters are higher as compared to those on the continent. Also, the plains found under water are more extensive and flatter than those on the dry land.

The Shape of the Land

The ocean basins can be referred to that surface of the Earth that extends towards the sea from the margins of the continent. Ocean basins are usually submerged in the ...

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Introduction

The history of football may be traced back to China in second century B.C. The sport was introduced in England in 1170 and was banned a couple of times between the 1400s and 1600s because it was associated with peasants and was thought to promote violence and immorality (FIFA, 2000). However, the sport later re-emerged and transcended social divide to become England’s favourite sport. The English have been considered to be very influential in popularizing football across the world. In 1867, the first football match outside Europe was recorded; the idea was initiated by several ...

Established in 1938 by Lee-Bying-chul, Samsung is a multinational company that manufactures electronics. The company initially started as a trading company, but expanded its portfolio into electronics by the 1960's, and has since become one of the most well-known and recognized brands globally. The company is noted for its viability and its powerful influence in its headquartered city, Seoul, South Korea, but is a cultural icon around the world in that it seeks to powerfully make the world better through business diversity. This objective includes creating high-tech electronics, digital media, semiconductors, skyscraper and plant construction and medicine to name ...

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In Kenya, the mortality rate of Rift Valley Fever (RFV) was reported to be 23 % between 30th November, 2006 and March 12, 2007. This percentage is a representative of the overall 684 cases reported and the 155 deaths reported. North Eastern province led with a total of 333 cases while Rift Valley had 183 cases reported. On the other hand, 141 cases were reported in Coast Province while 14 cases were reported in the Central region. The North Eastern part of Kenya had the least number of casualties reported; 13 cases. Out of the 684 cases described, only 234 cases were ...