The Vikings were mostly medieval Scandinavian seamen in the VIII-XI centuries, who made sea trips from the Caspian Sea to North Africa and from Vinland to Bjarmland. In the bulk, these were free peasants, who resided in what is today Scandinavia and were pushed outside their home countries by overpopulation and the thirst for easy money. By religion, the vast majority were nations. The Swedish Vikings and the Vikings lived on the Baltic coast, usually traveled to the east and were presented in ancient and Byzantine sources under the name of Vikings. Norwegian and Danish Vikings were moving mostly to the west and were known by the Latin name Normanni.…

Recidivism is a model of repeating antisocial or criminal behavior. Most first time offenders took the path of crime as a minor or in the first years of adulthood. There is the following relationship between the age of criminal at the time of the first violation and subsequent recidivism. The earlier the first crime was committed, the more intense and virulent is the recidivism. 70% of offenders committed their first crime at the age of 18. The older the person, who commits the offense for the first time, the less the probability of recidivism. There are almost no recidivists among individuals, who committed their first violation in old age and…

The main social purpose of small business development in India is not the middle class expansion, but the poverty reduction through employment. As the cornerstone of the middle class expansion, it is not a small business that has been chosen, but a small-scale industry as an important component of industrial development, as well as the employment and export increasing. Thus, depending on the nature of the small industrial units, and, respectively, the problems they encountered, small-scale industry have been divided in two sectors. The first sector is traditional (usually home-based) village and cottage industries and handloom industry, which is seen primarily as a large reservoir of employment, and in some…

Jackie Robinson (born Jack Roosevelt Robinson; 31 January 1919 Care, Georgia, USA – 24 October 1972, Stamford, Connecticut, USA) – American baseball player, the first Afro-American player in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the XX century. Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born in Cairo, Georgia and grew up in Pasadena, California, where he became famous thanks to the outstanding athletic performance in high school and college. During his learning years in the University of California at Los Angeles (1939-1941), he won a good reputation in baseball, basketball, football, track and field. Jackie had to left the college to support his mother. However, in 1941, he became professional player with the Los…

Neonatal nursing is an activity providing nursing care to children from birth to adolescence. It provides the expertise to assess the physical, psychological development and health state of a child in the family and environmental context. Neonatal nursing assists parents and families to exercise their parental duties and carries out treatment and special care for ill or premature infants. It provides support in the situations when children need social and health diagnostic, which is important for the implementation of a health care and education project leading to the autonomy of the child and his family. The mission of a neonatal nurse is to contribute to the development of the child,…

Home loan is a long-term loan provided to natural or legal person by banks for mortgages: the land of industrial and residential buildings, facilities, structures. The most common example of such operations is obtain a loan either for buying or securing against the property from a credit union, bank, investment company, mutual fund, savings and loan association, or other financial institution, either directly or indirectly using intermediaries. Home loan features such as its size, maturity, interest rate, method of paying off, and so on, may differ significantly. In most countries, however, not all (Indonesia and Bali being an exception), it is usual for home buying to take a home loan.…

Salt Research Paper: Salt (sodium chloride, NaCl; also known as rock salt or table salt) is a mineral, which is most widely used as a food product. Salt is a crystalline free-flowing odorless mineral (except iodized salt) with salty taste without aftertaste. Salt has been known since prehistoric times for its characteristics suitable for food seasoning and preservation. There are evidences that salt was used in early religious rites. Such rites were known in the Hebrews, Greeks, and Romans antiquity. This natural element has been of great strategic and economic importance and was a very important object of trade, sometimes over great distances. The salt roads were the major routes…

Marine biology is a science discipline, which studies all life forms populating seas and oceans. Marine biology is a vast discipline that includes a set of various sub-fields, so the term has several definitions, depending on who uses it. Marine biologist can be considered as a specialist that determines the samples of marine animal and plant brought to the museum, a physiologist, who studies the functioning of the squid nervous system, an ecologist investigating the alteration of marine life, etc. Often, under the term “marine biology,” are meant biological oceanography and marine ecology. However, biological oceanography studies mostly organisms that live in the open sea, i.e. more or less away…

Interior design describes procedures that deal with all aspects of the interior, room layout, form, light (both artificial and natural), and equipment. Interior design combines art and industrial design. Designer optimizes interior decoration, improves navigation in large premises, and designs the decoration of specialized facilities (such as recording studios, film editing rooms, photo labs, water parks, etc.) according to customers’ requests. Designer manages the entire process of interior design, from space planning, lighting, ventilation, acoustics, wall finishing, to the furniture arrangement and installation of navigation marks. Today, the interior designer training is equivalent to the training of architects, urban or landscape architect and is a Master’s degree program. Previously, the…

Laptop is a portable personal computer with the size of an A4 paper folder or smaller, and the weight within a few pounds. Most laptops battery life varies from one to four hours. Laptops functionality is similar to that of desktop computers, although at equal prices laptop will have significantly lower performance. Laptop case is usually made of high-strength plastic and inside is covered with a thin layer of metal foil aimed to protect laptop electronics from external electromagnetic emission. Laptops components differ insignificantly from the components of conventional desktop computers, but are smaller and have better power consumption efficiency.