THE ADVERSE EFFECTS OF POPULATION GROWTH Some observers attribute nearly all of the world ’s maladies to excessive population growth. They claim that rapid population growth has at least three adverse effects on human well-being. First‚ it increases poverty--the number of people that are impoverished‚ the proportion of the community that is impoverished‚ and the severity of the impoverishment. Second‚ it increases environmental degradation--the misuse of natural resources--with adverse consequences
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civilization down. "Raising science to the status of godhood carries with it inherit risks that demand careful consideration." Developmental experiments such as cloning have been successful‚ but they bring along with them some very negative results‚ for example‚ in some early experiments in animal cloning some potential dangers had been encountered‚ cloned cows developed faulty immune systems‚ other projects which created cloned mice‚ grew obese‚ and in most studies‚ cloned
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Without Love? What is love? How does one know they are in love? Is love real? These are questions that scientists and mankind have been discovering and questioning for years. Some people feel as if they need love to survive because it gives them a sense of self-worth. Others feel as if there is no such thing as love. People are simply infatuated with one another or they are just in lust. In the novel A History of The World in 10 ½ Chapters‚ the chapter Parenthesis‚ Julian Barnes discusses his differing
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Obsessive-compulsive disorder also known as OCD is a brain disorder that affects millions of people worldwide. In the United States alone‚ one 1 in 40 adults and 1 in 100 children are faced with the negative effects of OCD. The average age of diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder is 19 years of age. As a mental disorder‚ OCD can cause people to contemplate suicide. Around 5 to 25 percent of people with OCD have had the thoughts of killing themselves because of how much it controls their life
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Negative Effects Of Classism Have you ever been judged by the way you look or act? How about just for your income? Social classes have existed for many centuries‚ whether you are rich or poor‚ there has always been a large group of people who share a similar economic and/or social position. In society‚ citizens are put into classes based upon their income‚ wealth‚ property ownership‚ and job status. When citizens are put into a “class” whether it is high or low‚ it affects their way of life. For
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"In a new study published in Pediatrics‚ researchers at Tulane University provide the strongest evidence yet that children’s short-term response to spanking may make them act out more in the long run. Of the nearly 2‚500 youngsters in the study‚ those who were spanked more frequently at age 3 were much more likely to be aggressive by age 5"(Kovac). According to the Bing dictionary‚ spanking is an act of slapping‚ especially on the buttocks as a punishment for children. It is also known by the name
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Rape survivors who speak out about their assault experience are often punished for doing so. They are subjected to negative reactions from support providers. These negative reactions may thereby serve a silencing function‚ leading some rape survivors to stop talking about their experiences to anyone at all. For example‚ Courtney Ahrens (2006) examined the impact of negative social reactions on the disclosure of rape. The study focused on the qualitative narratives of eight rape survivors who initially
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The number of newly diagnosed HIV cases among drug users has decreased to 13.4 cases per million in 2009 but that is still high above the European average‚ at 2.85 cases per million. There were 2000 new cases a year‚ in a country of 10 million people. 45% of HI reported AIDS cases recorded in 1997 originated among IV drug users‚
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Young people and the Internet Nowadays‚ technology and the Internet have become a really important part of our daily life. We use it everywhere for everything‚ we are surrounded by all kinds of electronic gadgets‚ and it makes our life easier. However‚ a serious problem of this great invention it’s how it can influence on young people. It’s a well-known fact that the Internet has experienced an enormous development during the last years‚ and now it has become a really powerful and necessary
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progression of literacy skills is a vital aspect of development and learning. Without the ability to read‚ write and listen children and young people may not be able to function effectively in school‚ college‚ university or at work or communicate with others about their ideas and participate fully and safely in the community. Literacy enables children and young people to express themselves creatively and productively. The majority of jobs and careers rely on an element of basic literacy (and numeracy)
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