CHEM 1660 BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEMISTRY Part III Addiction Dr. Susan Y. LIANG Email: ytliang@hkbu.edu.hk Office: FSC 702B Opium – Catholicon or Toxin • Evidence suggests that more than 5‚000 years ago the properties of opium were known in the Euphrates River (幼发拉底河) delta. • Around 330 B. C.‚ Alexander the Great took opium to Persia and India‚ from where cultivation slowly spread eastward and reached China in about the 7th century (唐朝). 13th century‚ India The opium poppy
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Genetic explanations for the Initiation of addictions Heritability of addictions such as alcoholism and gambling can be studied through family and twin studies. The presumptions of twin and family studies are that if family members share similar behaviours‚ then the degree to which the behaviours are caused by genetic factors can be examined. There are two types of twins‚ identical and non-identical. Identical twins are monozygotic (MZ) as they came from the same egg‚ and therefore share an identical
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Addiction Addiction Abstract Addiction knows no prejudice; it does not care what race‚ religion‚ sex or orientation. You can be addicted to drugs‚ gambling‚ x-box‚ shopping and eating. Addiction is an illness that requires‚ for most‚ professional help and that once you are an addict you are always an addict. Addiction is everywhere‚ from celebrity tabloids‚ to television‚ and possibly to a family member or close friend. There is alcoholism‚ drug abuse‚ and gambling
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Social Media Research Paper March 3‚ 2012 American Digital Media Copyright Issues Introduction Copyrighting digital media is a balancing act for the U.S. government. The digitization of entertainment (i.e. music‚ movies‚ software‚ books‚ etcetera) makes legislating difficult. Copyright owners seek to maintain the intellectual property of their creative works. On the other hand‚ consumers want the freedom to use their purchases—of copyrighted products—in various ways: sometimes in ways prohibited
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Networking Assignment I have established networks with two professionals throughout the course of this assignment: Ms. Ritika Nanwani from the real estate field and Mr. Michael Kydd from the Political Science and Public Relations industry. Summary of Interview Candidates Interview Candidate #1: Ms. Ritika Nanwani Field: Real Estate Mrs.Ritika Nanwani is the owner of Century 21 Island Real Estate‚ St.Maarten. She has been in this field for the last 21 years and has been running the Century
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Social Insecurity Social Security‚ which has been an entitlement program since 1937‚ is in danger of having inadequate funding for future retirees. This iconic program that almost everyone is counting on to help fund his or her retirement is paying out more money than it collects (Sanger-Katz). Opportunities to help Social Security remain a viable entitlement program lie within our abilities to revise existing policies that are currently unsuccessful. Our current Social Security structure requires
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OBJECTIVES After reading the term paper‚ the reader would be able: 1. to define Identity Theft‚ 2. to discuss about Identity Theft in Social Networking Sites‚ 3. to suggest alternative solutions for Identity Theft Crisis‚ 4. to provide information that will help users of Social Networking Sites to prevent Identity Theft‚ 5. to request for rules and regulations in avoiding Identity Theft‚ 6. and to advance knowledge about issues on Identity Theft. INTRODUCTION
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Project Paper for Networking Essential Physical and Logic Network Kan Metropolitan Community College Abstract This paper will explain several differences between a logical network design and the physical design of a network. Most people tend to think of it as the logical meaning the functional part and the physical as the seeing it part. With saying that one must understand that there is more to the logical and physical design of a network than just the functional and seeing
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An alarming fact is that 40% of suicide victims had been bullied at school. Bullying behavior is no longer confined to the school room or playground but throughout adulthood as well. ‘Bullying behavior can be communicated in text messages‚ social networking sites‚ and forums and so on. On September 18‚ 2011 Jamey Rodemeyer committed suicide due to cyber bulling. But bullying cannot just be led to suicide; on April 20‚ 1999 two senior students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold murdered 12 students
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world’s largest social networking service that helps people communicate more efficiently with their friends‚ family‚ and coworkers. In 2012‚ according to The New York Times‚ Facebook has more than 800 million active users around the world. The public favours Facebook as a way to “keep in touch with friends;” however‚ people‚ especially the younger generations‚ have become strongly attached to Facebook without realizing its negative effects. In fact‚ people who advocate the use of the social network are
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