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Classification and Referencing of Documents, 2001.
The following paper discusses the Universal Decimal Classification system which is based on Decimal Classification which was designed for the arrangement and indexing of books on shelves, cards in catalogues and clippings.
1,630 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 53.95
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The following paper examines the way in which the Universal Decimal Classification introduces the idea of auxiliary connections and discusses the way in which this system works by dividing the whole field of knowledge into 10 main classes. The writer discusses the success of the Universal Decimal Classification which is based on it's use of decimal notation.
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"The Universal Decimal Classification has a feature called the synthetic principle. This works by allocating a consistent notation to recurrent series of concepts that are arranged in consistent orders. For example in class 4 which is to do with philology the order of sub-classes and the notation representing them is the same for each language. For example 425 for English grammar, 435 for German grammar, etc.). The geographical location of countries is also consistent. For example British history could be 942, so German history would be 943; and 328.42 is British legislation, with German legislation being 328.43.
The synthetic principle allows for over 200 different languages to share the same in depth coverage that English usually exclusively enjoys. This principle also allows for great increases in the range of subdivision with no printing costs."
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Classifications and Categories: Racial, Sexual, and Twained, 2006.
A look at Michael Omi and Howard Winant's book "Racial Formation in the United States: From the 1960s to the 1980s" and Siobhan Somerville's book "Queering the Color Line".
1,591 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 52.95
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This paper discusses and summarizes Omi and Winant's book on racial differentiation and Somerville's book on sexual categorization. The paper explains that Michael Omi and Howard Winant's work defines racialization while Siobhan Somerville's work take this racial differentiation one step further into gender.
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"In order to differentiate the meaningful from the meaningless, human beings establish categories to limit the overwhelming amount of information with which we are constantly bombarded. While categories are necessary and useful, they also result in stereotyping and profiling. In Racial Formation in the United States: From the 1960s to the 1980s, Michael Omi and Howard Winant describe the process of racialization that provides categories of difference that have an enormous impact on our daily lives and on our society as a whole. Siobhan Somerville takes this racial differentiation to another level in Queering the Color Line and looks at the slotting of homosexuals in the pigeonhole of racialization or scientific racism."
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Wilfred Owen, 2006.
An analysis of the legacy of poet, Wilfred Owen, focusing on the classification of his work.
2,592 words (approx. 10.4 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 78.95
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This paper discusses the legacy of the poet, Wilfred Owen. The paper analyzes Owen's critics with regard to the debate over whether or not Owen should be classified as a war poet, or a poet who writes in a socially provocative manner in order to effect social change, or whether Owen should be classified as an elegist, with his work serving as a memorial for his dead comrades. The paper concludes that if the majority of Owen's work can be shown to be operating as a funeral song or lament for the dead, then Owen may be classified as primarily an elegist.
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"The legacy of Wilfred Owen is one that has grown in the century since his death. While critics pore over his poems, analyzing the significance of the changing of single words, one debate that has blossomed since the 1980s is the critical debate over whether or not Owen should be classified as a war poet, or a poet who writes in a socially provocative manner in order to evoke outrage from his readers and effect social change, or whether Owen should be classified as an elegist at heart, with his work serving as a memorial for his dead comrades. On one side of the debate, arguing for Owen to be considered primarily as an elegist, lies Dominic Hibberd, Owen's biographer. Representing the other side, those in favour of classifying Owen as an outrageous poet, working to shock and stir his audience to action, can be found Jon Silkin, an authority on British War Poetry of the First World War. Also arguing for Owen to be considered as an outrageous poet is Marie Gardett, writing in the contemporary scholarly journal Explicator. The proofs offered by Silkin and Gardett, coupled with Owen's "lists of contents", offer a convincing and powerful argument for Silkin's vision of Owen that Hibberd cannot persuasively counter. The working definition of "elegist" that I will use is to refer to a poet who writes "funeral song[s] or lament[s] for the dead" (OED "Elegy"). This definition, adapted from the Oxford English Dictionary's definition of "elegy", comes from the most authoritative source on the definitions of words in the English Language; also, this definition is specific enough to work practically in this essay. If the majority of Owen's work can be shown to be operating as a funeral song or lament for the dead, then Owen may be classified as primarily an elegist."
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"Giving Things Names", 2004.
A brief analysis of S.I. and Alan Hayakawa's book, "Giving Things Names."
858 words (approx. 3.4 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 30.95
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In "Giving Things Names", S.I. and Alan Hayakawa argue that the words that we use to classify things originate in our reactions to them, but that these classifications can also act to define our understanding. The paper explains how they carefully develop their thesis by using examples and move from the general to the specific in order to create a logical basis for their potentially controversial discussion of 'race', 'nationality', and classification.
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"Hayakawa and Hayakawa take a number of carefully reasoned steps in order to develop their thesis. First, they use a relatively simple example to illustrate how things come to be named based upon what they mean to us. They give the example of a village where a number of animals live. These animals are either large or small, and have round or square heads, or curly or straight tails. One villager notices the small animals eat grain, and names these animals gogo. Another villager notes that the ones with square heads bite, and names these daba, while a third villager notes that the ones with curly tails kill snakes, and names these busa (paragraph 2). Here, each animal is named based on what it means to the person who named it."
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Three Types of Mothers, 2006.
Lists, classifies, and discusses three different types of mothers and their parenting style.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 3 sources, $ 26.95
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Most people can describe their mothers and list the wonderful things they did for them as a child. Other people tell horror stories about their mothers. Parenting does not come with an instruction book so mothers learn by reading, watching, or trial and error. In this classification of mothers, three different types of mothers are discussed: Super Moms, soccer Mothers, and single mothers.
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The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB), 2004.
An analysis of the effectiveness of the ASVAB in predicting vocational success in the military workplace.
3,566 words (approx. 14.3 pages), 12 sources, APA, $ 99.95
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This study assesses how accurately the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) can predict a student's suitability and capability for a particular job. The thesis of the study concerns student aptitude while attending the U.S. Air Force Jet Engine Technical Training School, but is designed to provide an important additional source of data on the level of effectiveness of selection and classification tests across all military services.
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"Historically, the demand for new enlisted recruits by the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force is virtually always high, and runs from about 250,000 young men and women a year during peacetime to several million during periods of mobilizations such as today (Dillon, 1997). The pool from which the military draws its new recruits is overwhelmingly young (generally ranging in age from 18 to the early 20s) and almost all have high school diplomas or GED equivalents; however, the majority of new recruits frequently arrive without any advanced education (i.e., college education) or much previous employment history. According to Zeidner (1986), the factors that have the most serious implications for the available recruitment pool include unemployment, growth, immigration, technology, occupational supply and demand, education and training, standard and nonstandard recruitment age groups, compensation and benefits, households and families, working conditions and attitudes, women in the labor force, migration patterns, and unionization."
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Working Capital at Microsoft and Dell, 2006.
A look at the strategic outlook of Microsoft and Dell through an examination of their working capital.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 0 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper discusses the working capital of both Dell and Microsoft. The management discussion and analysis section in particular is examined in terms of its concentration on particular accounting policies, standards, or estimates that the companies feel they must commit extra effort to comply with. Dell spent considerable energy on interpreting and availing itself of a new federal act that encouraged companies to repatriate international earnings. Microsoft spent much energy on declaring its compliance and interpretation of its software classification expenses that allowed it to decrease its taxable revenue.
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"Microsoft's working capital, or its current assets less its current liabilities, gives a strong indication of its strategic outlook because if a company's working capital is positive it retains many more strategic options vis-vis growth. Working capital is also referred to as net current assets or, alternately, current capital. For 2005 Microsoft continued to amass working capital that has been one of its defining characteristics throughout its operational history. In the software industry, many companies, because of the increasing returns of the life of their products, the ability to amass working capital is characteristic of the industry."
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