Positive and Negative Impacts Genetically Modified Food Has on the World The term ‘genetically modified food’‚ also known as ‘genetically modified organisms’‚ is most commonly used to refer to crop plants created for human or animal consumption using the latest molecular biology techniques. The reason these plants are being modified today is to enhance desired traits such as increased resistance to herbicides (pesticides used to kill unwanted plants) or improved nutritional content. In order
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The Positives: • Instant messengers such as MSN‚ Skype and many others allow text‚ sound and video to be transferred worldwide instantly as well as sharing images and other data. • The Internet has allowed people to send and receive information in seconds rather than days or weeks using E-mail. There is no barrier to doing business or collaborative research across continents. Families can use email to keep in touch in a way that was never possible before. • As a research and learning tool‚ the
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manipulating of reproductive processes to produce a specific outcome (Class discussion). There are type types of eugenics‚ negative and positive. With negative eugenics the technology is used to prevent a genetic flaw (Class discussion). An example of this would be altering a fetus’ gene to make sure the child does not have diabetes even though it runs in the family. Positive eugenics‚ on the other hand‚ would be using the technology to create a child that has specific treats or features desired by
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1. POVERTY: According to different surveys conducted by different organizations 40%of a country’s population is earning their life below the poverty-line in which the people are deprived of basic necessities of life such as clothing‚ shelter‚ food‚ education and health. 2. ILLITERACY: Majority of the people are almost unaware of technologies and technical education. People are poor and they can’t afford fee of private schools and the condition of Govt. schools is miserable and majority of
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Mental Capacity Act The Mental Capacity Act is designed to protect people who can’t make decisions for themselves or lack the mental capacity to do so. This could be due to a mental health condition‚ a severe learning difficulty‚ a brain injury‚ a stroke or unconsciousness due to an anaesthetic or sudden accident. The act’s purpose is: * To allow adults to make as many decisions as they can for themselves. * To enable adults to make advance decisions about whether they would like future
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SOCIO-ECONOMIC-POLITICAL FOUNDATIONS OF NURSING Learning Objectives: * Describe the origins of socio-economic-political foundations in nursing education as a discipline. * Describe the academic focus on socio-economic-political aspect of nursing education. * Consider the relevance of socio-economic-political foundations on healthcare works. SOCIOLOGICAL FOUNDATION OF NURSING EDUCATION Sociology * Comes from the Latin word ‘socius’ – social or being with others; and Greek
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Nowadays‚ people are able to travel everywhere in the world. The interest of tourism has risen every year. There are many positive aspects of tourism. However‚ development of tourism has caused many problems as well. The big problems are traffic‚ stressful life for the local people and environmental effects. The positive side is that the tourism is the source of money for the local economy. First of all‚ tourism impacts the people and the culture of particular places. There are places where tourism
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anti-social behavior. But many scientists and psychologists find that video games can actually have many benefits – the main one is making kids smart. Video games may actually teach kids high-level thinking skills that they will need in the future. Positive Effects of Video Games: • When you play video games‚ it gives the brain a real workout. In many video games‚ the skills required to win involve abstract and high level thinking. These skills are not even taught at school. Some of the mental
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much harder to achieve the dream when you start lower on the socio-economic hierarchy. The American dream is not necessarily dependent upon your economic status or even your IQ rather it is your work ethic and some of your upbringing. Much like the American Dream‚ one’s upbringing can be heavily impacted by one’s socio-economic status through their childhood. Both influence your ability to achieve your American Dream‚ your socio-economic status affects this negatively as the you get close to the poverty
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Factors that influence learning Health Bad health can have a negative impact on a person’s learning. If a person is unwell they are unable to attend school‚ college or courses. For example‚ if a person has the flu‚ they could be unwell for two weeks. In those two weeks they could miss a substantial amount of learning time‚ leaving them behind with work & unable to move on with their learning at the same pace as their peers. Employment If a person is employed it can have a negative effect
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