India is home to more than 12.6 million children who are forced to work in order to survive. These children are working as domestic help‚ on streets‚ in factories and farmlands silently suffering abuse. Save the Children works to end exploitative Child labour. Many children all over the world do some kind of work. You might have an after-school job‚ or maybe you help out with chores around the house. This kind of work can be great: you build skills and earn extra cash. It’s not child labour
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EXPERIMENT 5 REDOX TITRATION: TITRATION USING SODIUM THIOSULPHATE Objectives 1. 2. To prepare a standard solution of potassium iodate for use to determine the concentration of sodium thiosulphate solution accurately. To acquire the proper techniques of carrying out a titration. Introduction Redox titrations using sodium thiosulphate as a reducing agent is known as iodometric titration since it is used specifically to titrate iodine. The reaction involved is: I2 + 2Na2S2O3 I2 + 2S2O322NaI + Na2S4O6
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Drug Abuse in America In one month‚ it will be the 100th anniversary of America’s war on drugs‚ implemented with the Harrison Narcotics Act of 1914. A full century of headstrong battle against countries held responsible of breaching our borders with drugs‚ as well as the 1.53 million American citizens annually held legally accountable. When averaged throughout the span of a year‚ a drug arrest is made every 21 seconds according to the FBI. That puts 1 in 99 adults behind bars‚ the highest incarceration
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Divorce has become prevalent‚ but what are its effects on children? Many researchers began studying this question in the 1970s‚ and they have learned a great deal about children and divorce. One thing researchers have learned is that we must distinguish between children ’s initial or short-term reactions to marital disruption and their long-term (more than two years) adjustment. Children ’s long-term reactions vary greatly‚ depending on how the parents respond to the child during and after the breakup
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Does Media Violence Cause Aggression in Children? Amber Holmberg Psych 204-01 March 23‚ 2011 The debate whether violence in the media increases aggression in children has been going on for decades. There have been hundreds of studies‚ experiments and articles supporting and opposing both sides of the argument. This essay is going to examine an article supporting and an article opposing the debate. The articles include “The Influence of Media Violence in Youth” which supports media violence causing
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piece “My Children‚ the Food Experiment‚” Sandra Steingraber offers a glimpse into her five-year experience feeding her children without commercial influences‚ while living in a cabin in the woods. Free from child-directed mass marketing‚ Steingraber observed that her children enjoyed fruits‚ vegetables and other food to which they had been exposed. While not an experiment as much as an experience‚ Scientific Investigation Steps 1-8 and 12 are wholly absent‚ the idea that not all children desire high-fat
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production of safe foods and the manufacture of safe and effective drugs and medical devices. The FDA has responsibility for protecting the rights and safety of patients in the clinical trials of investigation medical products. The FDA also has to review and approve in a timely manner the safety and efficiency of new drugs‚ biologics‚ medical devices‚ and animal drugs. They have to monitor the safety and effectiveness of new medical products after they are marketed and acting on the information
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How do drugs affect the brain? When drugs get into the bloodstream they are carried to all parts of the body and some reach the brain. The quicker the drug reaches the brain‚ the more intense the effects. The quickest way to get a drug into the brain - and also the most dangerous way of using any drug - is to inject it intravenously‚ or into the vein. Almost as quick is smoking a drug. followed by sniffing or snorting and then by mouth. Eating or drinking a drug is the slowest route‚ because the
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According to Webster’s New World™ Medical Dictionary‚ 3rd Edition‚ Addiction is a chronic relapsing condition characterized by compulsive drug-seeking and abuse and by long-lasting chemical changes in the brain. Addiction is the same irrespective of whether the drug is alcohol‚ amphetamines‚ cocaine‚ heroin‚ marijuana‚ or nicotine. Every addictive substance induces pleasant states or relieves distress. Continue use of addictive substances induces adaptive changes in the brain that lead to tolerance
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Are Trigger Warnings Actually Helpful? “Basic human decency means professors like myself should be aware of students’ traumatic experiences‚ and give them a heads up about course content”( Levinovitz 1). Trigger warnings are statements at the start of a piece of writing‚ video‚ etc.‚ that alerts the viewer of the fact that it could potentially contain emotionally stressful material. These warnings are important to include in colleges and even high schools because of the insight they give the teens
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