Response Paper Summary The first article by Thomas Frank talks about the introduction of backscatter x-rays‚ a new threat detection technology that cannot visit the inside of a person’s body‚ thus reducing vulnerability to irradiation. Tests conducted show that backscatter x-rays are more efficient that traditional scanners and metal detectors. Joe Sharkey argues that backscatter x-rays will explicit images of travelers. Homeland security justifies the technology by comparing it to metal detectors
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Radiology Technicians are a special group of individuals who specialize in X-Ray technology. These individuals have been specifically trained to take many types of X-rays. One study states “ Employment of Radiogrophy Technicians is projected to grow by 25% between 2006 and 2016” this means that this profession is in high demand. Therefor the three main reasons that Radiogrophy technicians are important to society is that they go through specialized training for their jobs‚ plus they must have a good
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According to recent studies‚ there are less than two hundred thousand cases of bone cancer per year. There are three varieties of bone cancer which are called chondrosarcoma‚ Ewing’s sarcoma‚ and osteosarcoma. The most dangerous out of the three is Ewing’s Sarcoma‚ which only seventy percent out of one hundred survive after five years of the diagnosis. Chondrosarcoma is also very dangerous if it has progressed further before treatment‚ making it only a twenty-five percent survival rate after five
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Becquerel’s earlier work was surpassed by his discovery of the occurrence of natural radioactivity. Becquerel decided to investigate whether there was any connection between X-rays and naturally occurring phosphorescence‚ after his discussion with Henri Poincaré on the radiation which had been recently discovered by Röntgen (X-rays) and which was accompanied by a type of phosphorescence in the vacuum tube. He had inherited from his father a supply of uranium salts‚ which exhibits phosphorescence upon
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“The Last Night‚” by Ray Bradbury‚ is about the world ending‚ and what the characters do with their last hours alive. This text has many different interpretations. Some say that the story’s message is about the calm acceptance of death‚ others say that it is their complacency that brings about the end of the world. I feel that this story is about the complacency of the character’s lives - how the characters are not shocked by impending doom and go on with their mechanized routine. The characters
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Electrical Safety in the Perioperative Environment There are numerous ways electricity is employed in the operating room environment‚ such as X-ray machines‚ electrosurgical units‚ monitors‚ surgical table and lights‚ endoscopic cameras and monitors‚ lasers‚ and robotics. Each piece of machinery comes with certain safety precautions when using them in the perioperative environment. Since almost all injuries in the OR result in human error‚ it is important to follow these precautions to ensure
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Ray Bradbury is the author of a short story‚ in which the main character‚ Mr. Meed‚ is the only person that goes out to walk‚ rather than staying inside isolated from society to watch television. Mr. Meed encounters a variety of problems with technology
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Ray Bradbury‚ The Illustrated Man‚ “The Veldt” The Parents of two children decide to shut off the automated nursery‚ against the childrens wishes. When the nursery is shut off‚ and the children go into a fit of rage‚ they are allowed to play in there one last time only to lock their parents in so the loins can eat the them. The parents of Wendy and Peter. They are concerned about the childrens dependability on the automated house‚ especially the nursery. Lydia and George Hadley - Distressed
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Ray Bradbury Imagine spending all of your life behind a typewriter in the realm of imagination‚ clicking away to create a sense of feeling on paper for those who are willing to read it. It may sound boring and like a waste of time‚ but this is what Ray Bradbury did as a career. Even through growing up in the Great Depression with all the hardships that arose‚ he created many science fiction works that are enjoyed by young teens across the world. Bradbury’s short stories‚ “A Sound of Thunder” and
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this reaction‚ a large number of electrons reach the wire causing pule of electricity that can be measured by a meter or heard as a click on an amplifier. The Geiger-muller is a hand-held radiation instrument survey that detects alpha‚ beta and gamma rays. However‚ it cannot differentiate between the radiation types‚ it also cannot measure high radiation rates due to dead time of tube resting with quencher
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