Radioisotopes are radioactive isotopes of an element. An isotope is an element’s atom that has the same number of protons and electrons‚ but a different number of neutrons‚ causing the atom to be unstable. With radioisotopes‚ they can occur naturally‚ but most often are formed artificially by altering the atom. Scientists measure the rate of which radioisotopes decay at by using the term half-life. This refers to when one-half of the radioactive material has decayed. When the word radioactive comes
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Immigration: An Opportunity Abused Immigration. It has been an area of serious dispute lately‚ and many people are questioning the thoughts and decisions of leaders both past and present. Many politicians‚ including our current president‚ Barack Obama‚ believe that more immigrants can only bring more prosperity to America. However‚ that is not the case. Not only are they at least partially incorrect in their reasoning‚ but they also disregard enormous dangers to the country as a whole‚ in the
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While the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 restricts people without legal status the right to work or live in the United States and subjects them to removal‚ current estimates of the total of undocumented immigrant range from 11.4 to 11.7 million.1‚5 The strategy of this administration had been to deport criminal undocumented immigrants and leave alone the law-abiding majority.1 In 2014‚ President Obama issued an executive action to expand his Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
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Abortion 1 Abortion: Pros and Cons Abortion means the termination of pregnancy before birth. Abortion results in the death of a fetus. Some abortions occur naturally because the mother has an injury or disorder that prevents her from carrying the pregnancy to the full nine months. Other pregnancies are terminated by choice‚ resulting in an abortion. Those pregnancies are induced‚ which is intentionally brought on‚ because a pregnancy is unwanted or is a risk to the mother’s health.
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Executive Summary The introduction of financial sector reforms in India has led to innovations in financial markets and instruments. One of the most prominent developments in the international finance in recent times that is likely to assume even greater importance in future is ‘securitisation’. Securitisation is the process of pooling and re-packaging of homogenous illiquid loans into marketable securities. Increased pressure on operating efficiency‚ on market niches‚ on competitive advantages
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HIPAA‚ or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act‚ was created in order to help those people who are in between jobs maintain the ability to have good healthcare. The act also helped keep health information secure and private while also handling personal information with impudence. HIPAA was first introduced in the late 90s and during the early 2000s it was finally fully enacted. The act ensured a person did not have to pay an exorbeiant fee to keep their care if they needed to
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Pros and Cons of Utilitarianism Utilitarianism is a philosophy in which the ends justify the means‚ or in which the morality of an action is determined by the function that follows the action. Although Utilitarianism has many good principals that are both logical and appealing‚ the contradictions of the philosophy make it incompatible with Christian ethics. The moral standards that utilitarianism is supposedly based on only work when a person doesn’t consider the personal emotions that might
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In both cases the Commission received strong support from industry lobbying groups and business associations‚ which represented a number of powerful key players in the respective fields. However‚ business interests did not unanimously support the Commission’s proposals in either case. Major firms from the European telecommunications industry opposed the Enforcement Directive‚ and a large number of mostly small and medium enterprises (SMEs) opposed the Software Patents Directive. Civil society and
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Environmental Issue Paper 07/31/12 Biofuels: The Pros and Cons A hot topic all over the world today is whether or not biofuels should be implemented to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Biofuels are defined as “liquid fuels derived from biological materials; can be made from plants‚ vegetable oils‚ forest products‚ or waste materials” (Dale‚ Kline‚ Wiens‚ 2). Currently in Europe‚ the European Commission (EC) is committed to reducing the total green house gas emissions 20% by 2020‚ and
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ObamaCare Pros ObamaCare Cons Tens of millions of uninsured will get access to affordable quality health insurance through the marketplace. In order to get the money to help insure tens of millions there are new taxes‚ mostly on high-earners. The taxes that may affect you directly are the individual mandate and employer mandate. Over half of uninsured Americans can get free or low cost health insurance using their State ’s Health Insurance Marketplace The individual mandate says you have
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