Hans Berger: Creator of the Electroencephalogram A Research Essay San Francisco State University Author Note This essay was written for English 214: Second Year Written Composition‚ section 08‚ taught by Professor Mark Schleunes Abstract In the early 20th century the invention of the electroencephalogram impacted medicine greatly. After over 20 years of research‚ Hans Berger became the first to ever record human brain waves. Now‚ doctors are able to diagnose many different
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Johannes Vermeer: The Procuress and Woman Holding a Balance Johannes Vermeer was born in 1632 in the Dutch city of Delft where he lived his whole life. His early childhood has not been documented; however‚ he was the son of a silk worker. It is suspected that at an early age‚ Vermeer took apprenticeship under a man named LeonartBramer‚ a local artist. Vermeer created his first painting in 1656called‚ The Procuress‚Oil on Canvas‚which appears hanging on the wall in some of his later paintings(Wheelock)
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Girl with a pearl earring is an iconic oil painting by the painter Johannes Vermeer. A girl wearing a scarf on her head and one pearl earring. She differs from Vermeer’s other works. She seems generic‚ shy and uncomfortable wearing such an out of place‚ valuable pearl earring. Possibly about to speak‚ but forbidden. There is such interesting‚ soft light. The colours are gentle and compliment the irridesence of the pearl. Her skin colour is pale and blends with the soft blues and golds of her
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Group Case Brief Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker (A) Bowling Green State University February 14‚ 2011 Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker Introduction: The Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker is experiencing an exponential year over year growth rate of their premium product. This is a situation that all new businesses strive for and although Scharffen Berger is pleased with their growth‚ they are facing a potential dilemma. The company must consider how they will keep up with growing
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Introduction to Company Berger Paints Bangladesh Ltd. Berger Paints began its painting in Bangladesh since independence. And this has been a footstep to bring more than 230 years of global paint industry experience into Bangladesh. Over the decades‚ Berger has evolved to becoming the leading paint solution provider in this country and has diversified into every sphere of the industry - from Decorative Paints to Industrial Coatings‚ from Marine Coatings to Powder Coating and what not. To give
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In the beginning of Blue Balliet’s Chasing Vermeer‚ Petra Andalee is a weird pear-shaped oddball‚ and Calder Pillay is also a peculiar person. Calder and Petra were both in Ms. Isabel Hussey’s homeroom 6th grade class. Ms. Hussey was a young‚ very joyful teacher who loved to study art. When the story first began‚ a mysterious thief had stolen the famous‚ and in my opinion beautiful painting “A Lady Writing.” Before the theft‚ Calder and Petra had many encounters and mysterious coincidences with
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Scharffen Berger Chocolate Maker Product Quality and Process Quality Product quality “Quality is the measure of excellence or state of being free from deficiency‚ defects‚ and significant variations"‚ (Nader‚ 2009). Quality of a product can be mainly assessed from a manufacturer and a customer point of view. From a customer point of view‚ product quality is perspective as each individual perceives quality differently. Ultimately‚ product quality is the capability of the product to fulfil
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Johannes Vermeer: Girl with a Pearl Earring Johannes Vermeer’s‚ “Girl with a Pearl Earring” was painted in 1665-66. It is oil on canvas painting of an ordinary girl that is turned sideways and appears that she is glancing over her left shoulder. Not too much is known about the girl‚ but there are speculations that it could be one of three people. Some think it is his daughter Maria; while others are torn between the daughter of Vermeer’s benefactor‚ Magdalena and a maiden he hired to help with his
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The book by Jonah Berger is all about how things become contagious‚ go viral in the marketplace in other words. The main factors which drive products to go viral is explained through so-called STEPPS which are defined as Social Currency‚ Triggers‚ Emotion‚ Public‚ Practical Value and Stories by him. These contributing factors to make things become popular are explained in six chapters by Dr. Berger. The very first chapter namely Social Currency explains its term making it similar to the currency
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Justice and Individualism In “Vermeer in Bosnia‚” Lawrence Weschler challenges us to consider the prosecution of war criminals in unusual ways. He describes his observation of the preliminary hearings of The Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal and‚ at the same time‚ discusses many of Vermeer’s paintings. The concept of intersubjectivity is emphasized throughout the essay. The term “intersubjectivity” generally means a condition somewhere between subjectivity and objectivity‚ one in which a phenomenon
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