New Yam festival is the annual festival celebrated in Nigeria in West Africa by the Igbo people and the festival is associated with collecting crops. The Igbo people organize this harvest festival in the end of August having fun and being grateful to the gods and ancestors for food and the appropriate weather. The festival is called Yam, because this culture is the most important one in the region providing many people with food for the whole year. The holiday is closely connected with old traditions and customs and the local tribes connect the quality of the harvest with the will and help of gods and ancestors. The festival begins…
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Term Paper on Progeria
Progeria is one of the most seldom genetic disorders. Progeria is characterized with the alteration of the structure of skin and organs, which are caused by the premature aging of the human body. The disorder is divided into two types – the child and adult progeria, which cause harm to the people of different age groups. There are only no more than 80 registered cases of progeria, including the disorder among 6-, 13-, 12- and 7-year-old children. The child progeria happens because of the mutation of the gene LMNA, and the disorder is most often the inborn one and the clinical symptoms occur on the second and third years of…
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Term Paper on Balance of Trade
Balance of trade is the difference between export and import of the country during the definite time period, most often one year. Balance of trade includes the goods and services which have been sold and purchased instantly; bought in credit and provided by the state in the form of the governmental aid for free. If export of the country is higher than import, its balance of trade becomes active, if vice versa – passive. Balance of trade defines the approximate condition of the country’s economy and the majority of the serious economic decisions should be made according to the condition of this indicator. It is quite natural that if the…
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Computer Design Language Term Paper
Computer design language is the formal sign system used for the writing of computer programs. Programming language defines the set of lexical, syntactic and semantic rules which define the general view of the program and the set of actions which can be fulfilled by the computer under its assistance. Since the origin of the first computers, the humanity has invented more than eight thousand of programming languages (including abstract and non-standard languages). Some languages are used by the narrow circle of programmers and developers, while other languages are so popular that are used by millions of programmers all over the world. A common professional programmer uses more than ten computer…
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Term Paper on Decompiler
Decompiler is a computer program which translates the executable file into the equivalent source code on the programming language of the highest level. Decompilation is the process of reconstitution of the source code with decompiler. Decompilation is most often applied in reverse engineering when it is important to find out about the source code of the program. The purposes of this process are different. Most often it is conducted to find the source code and create other similar improved programs on its basis. The success of the work of the decompiler depends on the quantity of information stored in the decompiled code. The bite-code which is used in the majority…
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Term Paper on Executive Compensation
Executive compensation is the financial award given to the employees who occupy the highest positions in the company and have the strongest influence on its activity and strategy. It is natural that every big company has its board of officers and presidents who fulfill such duties as decision making, solution of the most urgent problems, creation of the ways of the company’s development, creation of the strategies and policies which would increase the company’s success, popularity and profit. Being on the highest positions of the corporate ladder the board of the executives and other influential employees receive the highest salary, take advantage of various bonuses, financial benefits, etc. The attitude…
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Term Paper on Market Failure
Market failure is the situation characterized by the fact that the market can not fulfill its one or more functions. The result of this failure is the total collapse of the market. Specific groups of goods and services disappear or become sold for the increased prices. Market failure is also associated with the imperfectness of the market and the shortage of the fair competition between the participants of the market. The market failure can occur because of various factors. First of all, the manufacturers of the particular product fail to inform their clients about the actual quality of their product. In simple words, they cheat and lie about the quality…
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Term Paper on Family Violence
Family violence is the physical and psychological abuse of the members of the family. Family violence is one of the most widespread forms of violence because everything starts with family. Family violence is the result of numerous negative factors, which influence the human behavior negatively. First of all, family violence is caused by the effect of alcohol and drugs. When the family member is drunk, he starts to act inadequately and causes harm to other members: wife, children, and other relatives. It is evident that anyone must not tolerate such behavior, but very often the police do not pay attention to the calls connected with the family violence thinking that…
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Term Paper about Facebook Addiction
Facebook Addiction Term Paper: Facebook addiction is the process which is characterized with the enormous quantities of time spent in Facebook and treatment of Facebook like the integral part of one’s life. Facebook is the world famous social network which has conquered the Internet. The network was designed to connected people from different countries of the world and enable people communicate, share information, spend virtual time entertaining one another and learning something new about the cultures of different countries. Facebook is not only the source of making friends and entertainment but the source of useful information about everything (sports, art, music, science, etc). Finally, Facebook is the means of marketing…
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Term Paper on Community Service
Community service is the type of the criminal punishment for the people who have committed a crime, but they are not imprisoned but fulfill the community work for the good of the society. There are many types of crimes punished differently. If someone has committed a crime (not a serious one), he can pay the debt to the society, fulfilling the community service. It is a definite solution to the problem of crime and criminals have the chance to prove that they are useful for the society and do community service for free. Nowadays, the majority of the ‘light’ criminals are involved in the community service, because simple imprisonment will…