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    Decency is a word with many meanings‚ depending in which connexion you use it. I have chosen to enjoin this issue a bit‚ so that it’s about being decent to others‚ and how to prevent having an indecent behaviour. Decency is something we all have. Some less than others. An example could be hosts on TV shows. Especially in talk shows you often see‚ that the host is touching the fine line between crossing the limit‚ or hitting the contest with a really good question/ultimatum. We have read a

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    Counter Radiation and the Greenhouse Effect As well as being warmed by shortwave radiation from the Sun‚ the Earth’s surface is significantly heated by the long wave radiation emitted by the atmosphere and absorbed by the ground. Let’s look at this in more detail. The energy flows between the surface‚ atmosphere‚ and space. Some of this radiation is reflected back to space‚ but much is absorbed‚ warming the surface. Meanwhile‚ the Earth’s surface emits long-wave radiation upwards. Some of

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    and demand from our schools: academic achievement‚ social and emotional development‚ civic engagement‚ and equitable opportunity” (Smith). It is a proven fact that children involved in art make higher grades than children that are not involved. Exposure to the arts provides many important advantages because it affects the growth and progress of children and benefits children in many learning environments. Art is important to children in their developmental years because

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    HE 204 May 1‚ 2013 Sun Exposure References -The Skin Cancer Foundation 149 Madison Avenue Suite 901 New York‚ New York 10016 (212) 725-5176 -World Health Organization Avenue Appia 20 1211 Geneva 27 Switzerland Telephone: + 41 22 791 21 11 Facsimile (fax): + 41 22 791 31 11 getinfo@psoriasis.org 800.723.9166 6600 SW 92nd Ave. Suite 300 Portland‚ OR 97223 Sun Exposure Every day‚ people everywhere live their lives coming into and out of contact with the sun. The sun

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    My major academic and career goal is to attend college‚ and become a Radiation Therapist. My grandfather was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer when I was nine years old‚ and was put through various stages of radiation therapy. This sparked my interest in the medical field. Ultimately due to my enjoyment of working with people facing difficult circumstances and helping them through the rough times I came back to Radiation Therapy. While my grandfather was administered the therapy‚ he met truly

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    ___Katie Hastings___ Blackbody Radiation Lab 11 Go to http://phet.colorado.edu/simulations/sims.php?sim=Blackbody_Spectrum and click on Run Now. 1) In this lab‚ you will use the Blackbody Spectrum Simulation to investigate how the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation emitted by objects is affected by the object’s temperature. In this simulation‚ you can input the temperature and observe the spectrum of the radiation emitted. a) The temperature of stars in the universe

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    The Biological Effects of Radiation Whether the source of radiation is natural or man made‚ whether it is a small dose of radiation or a large dose‚ there will be some biological effects. Radiation causes ionizations of atoms‚ which will affect molecules‚ which may affect cells‚ which may affect tissues‚ and so on. Although most people tend to think of biological effects in terms of the effect of radiation on living cells‚ in actuality‚ ionizing radiation‚ by definition‚ interacts only with

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    Date: 10/20/14 Angineh A. Zohrabi GE150 Unit 5 Assignment 1: Radioactive Tracing Technology Radiation facts and health effects Radiation is a form of energy. It comes from man-made sources such as x-ray machines‚ from the sun and outer space‚ and from some radioactive materials such as uranium in soil. Radiation travels as rays‚ waves or energetic particles through air‚ water or solid materials. Radioactive materials are composed of atoms that are unstable. As unstable atoms become stable‚ they

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    involved. I. Introduction a. Almost everyone has had exposure to X-rays for one medical reason or another‚ but the medical field has come a long way since these important rays were discovered. i. According to Early History of X-rays by Alexi Assmus‚ a German scientist named Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen in 1895 first discovered X-rays. ii. On December 22nd 1985‚ the first X-ray image was captured of the left hand of Roentgen’s

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    (Tarver‚ 2012) Exposure to UV radiation is the leading cause of most skin cancers as it induces DNA damage in skin cells. The effects of UV radiation can be classified based on the amount of exposure as acute or chronic. Acute side effects include sunburns and chronic effects can be mutagenic and also increase aging in humans. (Pacholczyk‚ 2015) The effects of UV radiation are significant

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