CYBER ASPECTS OF ASYMMETRIC WARFARE “Keystroke is mightier than the sword” THEME The present age is witnessing the evolution and growth of a new form of warfare‚ consistent with the developments in the global geo-strategic environment‚ called ‘asymmetric’. Asymmetric warfare has been described as – strategy‚ tactics and tools a weaker adversary uses to offset a stronger adversary by attacking his vulnerabilities‚ using indirect approaches against his vital functions
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Discuss biological approaches to addiction (9+16 Marks) The genetics of addiction: * People who have an addictive personality are likely to be predisposed to it because of their genes. * Family and twin studies have demonstrated that genes contribute towards the development of alcohol dependence‚ with heritability estimates of between 50 and 60 % for both males and females. McGue‚ 1999 * Fowler et al‚ 2007 – found that in a study of 1‚214 twins genetic influences played a role in the
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Biological Effect Mechanisms of Damage Injury to living tissue results from the transfer of energy to atoms and molecules in the cellular structure. Ionizing radiation causes atoms and molecules to become ionized or excited. These excitations and ionizations can: * Produce free radicals. * Break chemical bonds. * Produce new chemical bonds and cross-linkage between macromolecules. * Damage molecules that regulate vital cell processes (e.g. DNA‚ RNA‚ proteins). The cell can repair
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Biological Predispositions at Strife Genetic engineering‚ or genetic modification‚ is the direct manipulation of human and animal genome using biotechnology in hopes of procreating its masses. What happens: DNA or RNA is prepared and inserted into a host of the organism or a cell that is hybridized into the host. By manipulating its genome‚ scientists (who are so obsessed with “playing god”) are able to produce more desirable or efficient traits in humans and animals. The organism that is newly
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Eros and civilization: Xi Break fatal union of productivity and destruction‚ liberty and repression.rational for continued acceptance of domination‚ scarcity artificially perpetuated. Strengthened by even more efficient forms of social control: very forces that rendered society capable of pacifying struggle for existence served to repress in the individuals the need for such liberation. High standards of living reconcile people with their life and rulers + social engineering of the soul and science
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1. Biological psychologists are gaining a better understanding of our experiences of sights and sounds‚ meanings and memories‚ pain and passion. Franz Gall invented phrenology‚ a popular theory that claimed that bumps on the skull reveal our mental abilities and our character traits. Although wrong‚ this information revealed that various brain regions have specific functions. 2. A neuron consists of a cell body and branching fibers:The dendrite fibers receive information from sensory
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"gas" (actually an aerosol or vapor) was used effectively on numerous occasions by both sides to alter the outcome of battles. A significant number of battlefield casualties were sustained. The Geneva Protocol‚ prohibiting use of chemical weapons in warfare‚ was signed in 1925. Several nations‚ the United States included‚ signed with a reservation forswearing only the first use of the weapons and reserved the right to retaliate in kind if chemical weapons were used against them (the United States did
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Dialectical Reasoning Essay Class: History 20 Submitted To: Miss Hardin Submitted On: January 26‚ 2013 Submitted By: Brett Berezowski In this day and age‚ many may acknowledge the very controversial issue of technology for peace. This subject is so debated because nuclear weapons have the ability to destroy the world as we know it. However‚ they are essential if we are to protect ourselves. We need to have them‚ because almost anybody can gain control of them and become
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Epitome of humanity’s greatest enemy Enemy. When one hears this word‚ people tend to automatically relate this to negative emotions such as sorrow‚ despair‚ anger and hatred. By definition‚ an enemy is a person we feel hatred for‚ foster harmful designs against‚ or engage in antagonistic activities against; an adversary or opponent. Most people think that an enemy must be someone you foster a great deal of hatred for‚ but that is not necessarily the case. While saying that the person you hate the
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The Biological Approach One of the most perplexing issues in psychology is understanding the relationship between the mind and the brain. We all recognize that we have conscious awareness of our surroundings‚ and also of ourselves (self-awareness). It is this experience which has normally been described as the mind. But what is the basis of the mind? Is it the expression of a non-physical soul‚ or is it a product of physical processes within our body? Philosophers and scientists have been pondering
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