Descartes’s Dream Argument This would all be well and good‚ were I not a man who is accustomed to sleeping at night‚ and to experiencing in my dreams the very same things‚ or now and then even less plausible ones‚ as these insane people do when they are awake. How often does my evening slumber persuade me of such ordinary things as these: that I am here‚ clothed in my dressing gown‚ seated next to the fireplace – when in fact I am lying undressed in bed! But right now my eyes are certainly wide
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The Holocaust’s Effect on Child Survivors of Concentration Camps and Following Generations Dominique Rudisel Psych 2 Gavilan College A brief history of the Holocaust: "Holocaust" is a word of Greek origin‚ "Holos" meaning "whole" and "kaustos" meaning "burned". The Holocaust was the systematic‚ bureaucratic‚ state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million European Jews‚ but an estimated 1 million people as a direct result‚ by the Nazi regime and its collaborators
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Adding Value Scorecard Contrary to popular opinion‚ the world is not flat. In fact‚ as this author writes‚ a company must understand that there are differences between and among countries. In this context‚ a manager will come to see globalization as an option to be considered rather than an imperative to be automatically taken up. The author offers the ADDING Value Scorecard‚ which managers can apply to assess the option. Most managers - 88 percent in a recent online survey I conducted - think of
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Hierarchical and relational databases are two different manners in which to store and organize data that also allow management and utilization of that data. There are essential aspects that any database should be able to provide‚ those of creating‚ reading‚ updating and deleting data. Upon becoming familiar with how each database is set up‚ it is important to look at the advantages and disadvantages of each model in determining which type of database one would want to utilize. The hierarchical
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domestic animals will mean farm animals like cows‚ goats‚ pigs‚ and chickens. Consciousness will be little more difficult to define than domestic animals. In a scientific definition “Non-human animals have the neuroanatomical‚ neurochemical‚ and neurophysiological substrates of conscious states along with the capacity to exhibit international behaviors… Non-human animals‚ including all mammals and birds‚ and many other creatures‚ including octopuses‚ also possess these neurological substrates” (Bekoff)
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for the betterment of the humans and very beneficial for the society. As I feel that these stem cells have been used to save human lives and has enormous benefits. This stem cell therapy is used for the treatment of various dreadful diseases like Parkinson disease‚ diabetes‚ Alzheimer etc which does not have any cure even in the recent days. This stem cell therapy is considered to
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The Great White Shark‚ immortalized by the Hollywood film Jaws‚ is at the midst of an international controversy. The shark‚ despite its notoriety‚ is in danger of extinction. A conflict over the fate of these sharks has existed for decades‚ but with recent attacks the debate has come to the forefront. The environmental conflict over the Great White Shark has yet to reach a conclusion‚ as many factors exist that hinder resolution possibilities. The purpose of this paper is to provide background information
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Uncertainty in Task Duration and Cost Estimates: Fusion of Probabilistic Forecasts and Deterministic Scheduling Downloaded from ascelibrary.org by GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY on 04/08/14. Copyright ASCE. For personal use only; all rights reserved. Homayoun Khamooshi‚ Ph.D. 1; and Denis F. Cioffi‚ Ph.D. 2 Abstract: A model for project budgeting and scheduling with uncertainty is developed. The traditional critical-path method (CPM) misleads because there are few‚ if any‚ real-life deterministic
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Alain de Botton in his essay “On Habit‚” presents the concept of a traveling mindset. A traveling mindset means seeing every day plaices like a great opportunity for adventure. De Botton argues that by paying attention to de details around‚ people can fight against the boredom of their routine. Also habituation can be reverse by developing a traveling mindset because it helps discovering how things really look and work. De Botton does not go into how this can affect science but it can be related
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Parkinson’s disease Parkinson’s disease is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that often impairs motor skills‚ speech‚ and other functions‚ and has no known cure (Wikipedia). It affects about 100‚000 Canadians and 1.6 million people worldwide (Parkinson’s Society Canada). Diagnosis can be difficult especially in the early stages due to symptom overlap with other diseases. Early signs are often dismissed as signs of normal aging‚ in Michael J Fox’s case his twitchy finger was
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