"Support and resistance" Essays and Research Papers

Sort By:
Satisfactory Essays
Good Essays
Better Essays
Powerful Essays
Best Essays
Page 6 of 50 - About 500 Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Slave Resistance

    • 1895 Words
    • 8 Pages

    many forms; some of these were passive while others were more outright and violent. This essay will discuss forms of resistance used by slaves during their journey to America‚ as well as common forms of resistance slaves used while living on plantations. These forms of resistance were running away‚ slave revolts‚ and subtle day to day resistance. Regardless of the form of resistance used‚ slaves were not content living a life of bondage and used all means available to resist no matter the consequence

    Premium Slavery Atlantic slave trade

    • 1895 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    Resistance of a Wire

    • 4052 Words
    • 17 Pages

    Introduction The resistance of a wire depends on certain factors. Some of these variables are listed below: • Length of wire • Diameter or thickness of wire • Temperature at which wire is kept • The material of which wire is made out of. • The potential difference or voltage. • Humidity • Cross sectional area. • Voltage across circuit All these factors will have to be kept constant except the diameter of the wire whilst doing the experiment to ensure that the investigation is

    Premium Electrical resistance Electric current Ohm's law

    • 4052 Words
    • 17 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    Resistance Training

    • 1884 Words
    • 8 Pages

    Often they chose resistance training to be their way to push themselves. In recent history this push to become improve a person’s skills has started to happen with younger and younger children. Now children as young as four or five years old have started resistance training to make themselves better‚ faster and stronger. This change has brought up several questions‚ the main one being: Is resistance training safe for children? The major of the research shows that resistance training is safe for

    Premium Obesity Exercise Physical exercise

    • 1884 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Good Essays

    Civil Resistance

    • 650 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Civil resistance is political action that relies on the use of nonviolent resistance by civil groups to challenge a particular power‚ force‚ policy or regime. Civil resistance operates through appeals to the adversary‚ pressure and coercion: it can involve systematic attempts to undermine the adversary’s sources of power‚ both domestic and international. Forms of action have included demonstrations‚ vigils and petitions; strikes‚ go-slows‚ boycotts and emigration movements; and sit-ins‚ occupations

    Premium Democracy United States Political philosophy

    • 650 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Jewish resistance

    • 551 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Jewish Resistance We must first realize that resistance was in no way a survival strategy. Yet‚ even when it seemed obvious that death was near inevitable‚ why did they not put up a fight? This argument is still puzzling to many holocaust historians‚ yet the arguments of Raul Hilberg and Yehuda Bauer offer insight to possible reasons why they did not fight and that resistance was more widespread than most people think. First of all we will look at Raul Hilberg’s “Two Thousand Years

    Premium The Holocaust Nazi Germany

    • 551 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Resistance of Wire

    • 766 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Factors Affecting The Resistance Of Wire Aim: To investigate the factors that affect the resistance in a conductor.   The main factors that affect the resistance in a conductor are: · Length · Temperature · Cross sectional area · Material · Magnetism The factor that we are going to change is the cross sectional area. Hypothesis: I think that the higher the cross sectional area‚ the lower the resistance in the conductor will be.   This is because the Resistance in a metal conductor happens

    Premium Electronic engineering Digital signal processing Integrated circuit

    • 766 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Antibiotic Resistance

    • 1975 Words
    • 8 Pages

    Antibiotic Resistance Nicholas J. Ciotti Nova Southeastern University Biology 1510 Professor A. Hirons March 28‚ 2011 Abstract Antibiotic resistance is when microorganisms‚ such as bacteria‚ are able to survive an exposure to antibiotics and these bacteria are now resistant to the effects of these antibiotics. Antibiotic resistance in bacteria has been an issue since antibiotics were discovered. The fact that bacteria can become resistant to our medical treatments such as antibiotics

    Premium Antibiotic resistance Bacteria Penicillin

    • 1975 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Electrical Resistance

    • 644 Words
    • 3 Pages

    2012 CYNTHIA C. GONZAGA Date of Submission INSTRUCTOR: ENGR. JAY S. VILLAN‚ MEP-EE Introduction A multitester or multimeter is a device which can be used to gather data about electrical circuits. A basic multitester can measure resistance‚ voltage‚ and continuity; while more advanced versions may be able to provide additional data. This tool can be very useful to have around the house‚ and anyone who plans on doing electrical repairs should most definitely use a multitester for safety

    Premium Electrical resistance Multimeter

    • 644 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    Insulin Resistance

    • 844 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Insulin Resistance “Insulin resistance is a silent epidemic that increases the chance diabetes and heart disease” according to the insulin resistance and pre-diabetes article; the causes and treatments are confusing and not always effective. According to Gerald Reaven‚ M.D.‚ Sixty to Seventy-five million Americans have insulin resistance; however‚ they do not know it. The endocrinology system is still a mystery to most average Americans today. They are not well-informed between the differences

    Premium Glucose tolerance test Diabetes mellitus Insulin

    • 844 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Antimicrobial Resistance

    • 319 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Antimicrobial resistance takes a place when a microorganism develops the ability to resist the action of an antimicrobial. (AVMA) In other words‚ the microorganism progress‚ ways to stay alive and reproduce in the presence of an antibiotic that used to prevent these actions. At this time‚ the process of resistance development is a very difficult process and researchers do not know for sure about what can make a resistance happen. (AVMA) Antimicrobials are spread through the food production systems

    Premium Bacteria Vaccine Immune system

    • 319 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 50