Advice From DNA? Journal: Internet Marketers claim that a genetic test can give you a personalized diet. Are they advertising cutting-edge science or a high-tech horoscope? Date: December 2007 Volume: Current Issues in Biology‚ Volume 6 Page: 52~57 Summary: Since the discovery of the Human Genome Project‚ we have been very successful with the use of this magnificent map. However‚ the commercialization of the genetic science is ahead of the real genetic science nowadays. People want to
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I do not agree with the article " Why communism" written by Max Berry and published by the Nation States in 2013. I am writing a response to this because apparently the millions of deaths under communist regimes do not speak for themselves. U.S.S.R.: 20 million deaths; China: 65 million deaths; Vietnam: 1 million deaths; North Korea: 2 million deaths; Cambodia: 2 million deaths: Eastern Europe: 1 million deaths; Latin America: 150‚000 deaths; Africa: 1.7 million deaths; Afghanistan: 1.5 million
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In the article “A Good Education”‚ the author poses the question of whether a good education is a broad one‚ with traditional subjects‚ or a specialized one‚ providing practical skills. The author states that in the XVIIIth and XIXth century a good education was a broad one‚ which provided men the possibility to pursue any career. However‚ he/she contends that since the latter part of the XIXth century‚ workers were required to have a more specialized training because the world was more complex‚
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Bryson‚ Gabriel Mr. Fogarty Expos September 8‚ 2013 Animal Testing Animal testing is cruel and barbaric. In the article "A change of heart about animals" by Jeremy Rifkin‚ featured in the los Angeles Times‚ Rifkin discussed how scientists have discovered that animals are not far different from humans. The studies show that animals have similar emotions and reactions when experiencing such emotions in times of distress or fear. Despite these finding‚ animals are still continually tested on for
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The author of The New York Times article “The Campus Crusaders” David Brooks discusses students high sensitivity level in education today‚ Professors must be cautious of what they say during lectures‚ so they aren’t accused of violating students personal or emotional feelings. The reason is campus activists are reacting emotionally to their idea of fighting for a moral cause or issue. According to the author‚ the theory is ”... the ultimate source of authority is not some hard-to-understand truth
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This archive file of PSY 325 Week 2 Assignment Article Summary comprises: Factors Impacting Domestic Violence Psychology - General Psychology Article Summary . For your Final Paper you will identify three to five quantitative research studies from peer-reviewed sources which were published within the last ten years and that investigate a particular social science problem or topic. The Final Paper will focus on critiquing the varying statistical approaches used in each of these studies and assess
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General insecurity across the country‚ portends great danger’ On January 26‚ 2012 · In Law & Human Rights 12:12 am 0 By Abdulwahab Abdulah Prince Adetunji Orisalade‚ a lawyer of over 25 years is the Deputy Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly. Orisalade‚ a former Chairman‚ Lagos State Valuation Court in Badagry division between 1995-2000 in this interview spoke on the state of the nation‚ arguing that President Goodluck Jonathan did not carry Nigerians along before the increase
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gadgetry that the company hopes will catapult it into a market of smart portable devices that leave cellphones in users’ pockets. Named the Samsung Galaxy Gear‚ the so-called smartwatch will join Google Glass as the latest example of wearable technology. The watch is synced to a cellphone‚ allowing users to answer calls and receive text messages from their wrists. The timing of the release could also give Samsung a leg up over Apple‚ which has yet to unveil a similar device but has long been rumored
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American Dream. The Horatio Alger myth states “each of us is judged solely based on [one’s] own merits‚ we each have a fair opportunity to develop those merits and ultimately‚ merit will out” (304). On the contrary‚ Harlon L. Dalton’s Horatio Alger article contends that myth and that racism still exists. Racism involves the belief in racial differences‚ which acts as a
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Is Technology Making Us Stupider? The two leading and opposite views on the effect of the technology revolution on the human mind are from Nicholas Carr and Steven Johnson. While the former claims that the internet has a very dysfunctional effect on human cognition‚ the latter believes that the evolution of more complex games and technologies has enriched the average human mind. This essay takes a look at both the schools of thought and draws conclusions from the respective arguments made. Nicholas
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