24Oct 2018 by Reese Bannister

What is the Relationship between “Politics” and “Sociology”? – Explained!

Government
There is a deep relationship between Political Science and Sociology. In fact, there is so much interdependence between the two that the study of one essentially demands some knowledge of the other. Modern Political Scientists have used the knowledge of Sociology for developing several approaches, concepts and theories of Politics.All of us know that the State in its early stages was more of a social than political institution. The political is still embedded in social. The study of State and other political institutions requires knowledge of the social system in which these are at work.As such Politics has to take the help of Sociology. Likewise, since political institutions play a deterministic role in the social system, Sociology needs knowledge of Political Science. Image Source: ce85d19d27bcd4580648-f08455577a10cebd8677ed53887ae045.r1.cf2.rackcdn.com ADVERTISEMENTS: Politics is the science…
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24Oct 2018 by Reese Bannister

Essay on Desertification (620 Words)

Management
Desertification means a process of degradation of the environment that usually is a product of climate and human activity and involves the spread or extension of desert-like conditions in a hitherto fertile area.Most of the vegetation in arid and semi-arid regions is threatened with man-made desertification, a result of excessive, indiscriminate, and archaic land-use practices. Forest grazing is the most serious cause of desertification in arid and semi-arid areas, and shifting cultivation is likewise important in the humid tropics and N.E. Himalayas. Increasing population pressure has greatly accentuated the adverse impacts of the above causes.Desertification used to be an issue of considerable concern during the 1970s and 1980s, but not much credence is now given to the theory of deserts advancing and swallowing up adjacent savanna landscapes (Warren and Agnew,…
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24Oct 2018 by Reese Bannister

Short Essay on the Consequences of Forest Destruction

Budget
Forests are important regulators of ecosystems. They exert significant effects on the water budget and the hydrological cycle.In areas of heavy rainfall, a large fraction of the rain is intercepted by the tree crowns and other forest plants. This water evaporates quickly and returns to the hydrological cycle. Some of the water reaching the forest floor pene­trates into the soil through the litter and the loose soil surface, and there is little surface run-off. It is only after some period of time that the seeped water reaches the streams and rivers.This time lag is an important device to regulate the water discharge into rivers, and in this way, flooding is prevented or minimized. On the other hand, in dry periods also the forest soil continues to supply water slowly to…
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24Oct 2018 by Reese Bannister

Short Essay on Tropical Deforestation

Essays
In tropical forests as much as 50% of the original extent may have been lost to deforestation in the last two decades, primarily as a result of agricultural expansion. Global estimates of tropical deforestation range from 69,000 km2 year in 1980 to 165,000 km2 year in the late 1980s; 50 to 70% of the more recent estimates have been attributed to deforestation in the Brazilian Ama­zon, the largest continuous region of tropical forest in the world (Skole and Tucker, 1993).Tropical deforestation is a major component of the carbon cycle and has profound implications for biological diversity. Deforestation increases atmo­spheric CO2 and other trace gases, possibly affecting climate. Conversion of forests to cropland and pasture results in a net flux of carbon to the atmosphere because the concentration of carbon in…
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24Oct 2018 by Reese Bannister

What do you mean by “Secondary Production”? (Biomass)

Ecosystem
Secondary production is generally defined as the elaboration of new tissue that is added to the standing crop biomass of animals. Though technically correct, this definition is inadequate since it does not specify the levels of ecological organization used, and the concept is not identical at various levels of organization. The above definition is really valid only for an individual animal.For a population, secondary production is the increase in biomass of the individuals concerned; in other words, it is the sum of the growth of the individuals minus their loss of weight together with the population’s nationality, mortality, immigration, and emigration. Similarly, at the level of the ecosys­tem, the secondary production of the ecosystem is not the sum of the produc­tions of the populations since one population may feed upon…
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24Oct 2018 by Reese Bannister

Why some Species are more Vulnerable to Extinction?

Biology
Some species are more prone to extinction than others. Simberloff (1986) and Caughley (1994) have reviewed this matter and drawn some conclusions. Processes that, make populations rare in the first place [the ‘ultimate causes of extinction’ (Simberloff, 1986) and ‘the declining population paradigm’ (Caughley, 1994)] should be distinguished from those that may finally cause extinction, once populations are small (Simberloff’s ‘proximate causes’, and Caughley’s ‘small population paradigm’).Small populations still die out, even when protected, because of proximate causes. These causes include demographic and environmental stochasticity, genetic deterioration, and so­cial dysfunction (Lawton, 1994). It is the ultimate causes of extinction that make species rare in the first place.Historically, formerly widespread and abundant species have become rare and vulnerable to the proximate causes of extinction because of hunting, habitat destruction and pollution.…
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24Oct 2018 by Reese Bannister

Essay on the Competition between Species in the Environment

Strategy
This occurs whenever species overlap in their utilization of resources so that any increase in the density of one species produces an adverse effect on the others. The observed persistence of many species in nature is really due to environmental heterogeneity; laboratory studies of competition in a uniform environment with a single resource lead to the elimination of all except one species.Competitive interactions have been shown to profoundly influence the distribution patterns of birds (Diamond, 1972).In some cases competition between species is difficult to demonstrate as several mechanisms may operate to decrease competition. Several cases are known where even similar species can have different food or feed at different times or occupy different habitats (Schoener, 1974). Image Source: aaacharters.net ADVERTISEMENTS: Several work­ers have attempted to model these differences in terms…
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24Oct 2018 by Reese Bannister

7 Most Important Characteristics of Our Ecosystem (by Smith)

Ecology
Smith (1966) emphasized the following general characteristics of most eco­systems:(1) The ecosystem is a major structural and functional unit of ecology. ADVERTISEMENTS: (2) The structure of an ecosystem is related to its species diversity; the more complex ecosystems have high species diversity.(3) The function of the ecosystem is related to energy flow and material cycling through and within the system. Image Source: texasponds.com(4) The relative amount of energy needed to maintain an ecosystem depends on its structure. The more complex the structure, the lesser the energy it needs to maintain itself.(5) Ecosystems mature by passing from less complex to more complex states. Early stages of such succession have an excess of potential energy and a relatively high energy flow per unit biomass. Later (mature) stages have less energy accumulation and…
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24Oct 2018 by Reese Bannister

Essay on the Globalisation of Indian Business

Business
The Indian corporate sector has to take a proactive role in bringing globalization of business. Every business entity has to pass through different stages. Firstly, Indian business has to develop exportable surplus for foreign customers.The exporting company should set up its manufacturing unit abroad. It may also set up sales offices and send its own personal staff to those offices and who would work along with countrymen of those countries. But sales personnel’s should be recruited from foreign country.Most of the Indian firms have not adequate capacity to be global. Firstly, they are content with home market, Secondly, many of them are dishonest, who would not be agreeable to foreclosure of information. Image Source: spanish-translation-blog.spanishtranslation.us ADVERTISEMENTS: The outlook of Indian business community is conservative, Businessman lack innovative ideas, many of…
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24Oct 2018 by Reese Bannister

7 Essential Elements of a Contract (Indian Contract Act)

Law
The essential elements of the contract are:(a) Proposal and acceptance(b) Consideration ADVERTISEMENTS: (c) Capacity of parties to contract competent parties(d) Writing and Registration if so required(e) Legal relationship ADVERTISEMENTS: (f) Certainty(g) Possibility of performance and enforceability by Law. Image Source: thebsixlegalconsultancy.comThe initial steps towards a contract are that one person shall make a proposal or offer to the other, with a view to obtaining the acceptance of the person to whom the offer is made. A proposal when accepted becomes a promise.According to Section 2 (b) of Indian contract Act is “When the person to whom the proposal is made signifies his assent thereto, the proposal is said to be accepted”. A proposal when accepted becomes a promise. The person making the proposal is called promisor. ADVERTISEMENTS: The second feature…
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