How can science and technology help to resolve or prevent conflicts and thus help the cause of peace? We may now ask in what way have science and technology‚ the scientific method‚ scientific knowledge‚ and technological advances‚ developments‚ helped or can help resolve conflicts arising on account of the factors mentioned above‚ or prevent such conflicts from arising ? We describe below‚ in brief‚ the role that science and technology have played and can play as determinants of peace in respect
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DNA FINGERPRINTING Background Reading - Nelson Biology and Campbell Biology Purpose - To understand the basics of DNA fingerprinting used in the Canadian courts for crime convictions and paternity suits. Introduction The process of DNA fingerprinting was developed by Professor Alec Jeffreys at Leicester University in 1984 as a form of genetic analysis. It was first used in the law courts of England in 1987 to convict a man in a rape case. It has now been used successfully in many crime and paternity
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The Role of Technology in Quality Education Quality education is a universal goal. It is common to hear arguments that instructional technology will be the key to educational quality as we enter the new millenium (cf. Fiske and Hammond‚ 1997). Investment in educational technology is urged upon policy-makers as the path to educational quality (Mergendollar‚ 1996). In fact‚ enthusiasts for educational technology argue that quality has and will continue to increase rapidly‚ creating a "new
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Technology is transforming policing in important ways. New and emerging technological devices are playing an important role in the daily work of frontline police officers‚ giving them an advantage in becoming better informed and more effective by using improved investigative tools. Technology is changing the way police departments operate. Technologies funded today were not even common knowledge just a few years ago. It does not matter which area of law enforcement is considered‚ technology will
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During an undercover investigation‚ Officer Cline witnessed Defendant #1 purchase a bag of what appeared to be marijuana and LSD. When Officer Cline approached the dealer (Defendant #2)‚ he was given a similar bag. Following the purchase‚ officers approached and arrested both defendants on narcotics violations. Forensic tests later revealed that the contents of the bag were nothing more than honey and dried leaf matter and rolling paper coated with lime extract. The defense attorneys for both defendants
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and treaties such as North American Free Trade Agreement have been enacted to set the rules for international commerce. These new initiatives are driven by international trade and business concerns‚ and global high-tech giants often play a dominant role. Environmental labor and human rights issues have taken a back seat. What is Globalization? Globalization refers to the shift towards a more integrated and inter-dependent world economy. Globalization has two main components: globalization of markets
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life (1). Significant developments have been made in gene monitoring techniques specifically in DNA microarrays which only very recently revolutionized genome expression analysis (1). Despite continuous improvements and modification to the technique‚ DNA microarrays are still no more than a glass microscope slide studded with individual immobile nucleotide fragments (1‚ 2). The fundamentals of DNA microarrays are set on complementary base-pairing (3)‚ and because the exact sequence and position
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the characters of the show‚ even if it was role playing. This aspect of being a devoted viewer is always the barrier between a well written TV show and wanting to escape the real world to fight crime and help put the bad guys away (even if it is fake). This scenario got me thinking this week about the possibility of “NCIS” and the future of the show. It is possible that this famed CBS show will ever get a fan attraction like “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” has in Las Vegas? Called “CSI: The Experience”
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How are the young people in DNA affected by the crimes they commit? How does Kelly show the ways they are affected? [30 marks] DNA is a contemporary play dealing with the modern issues faced by youths. The group in the play is portrayed as alienated and cut off from society other than their immediate surroundings. Though there is no definite place or time it is clearly contemporary through the speech and references made by other characters. In the play DNA Dennis Kelly shows the different ways
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wide world of technology has developed at such an astounding pace‚ there are many problems for victims as well as investigators of cyber crime and computer-related crimes. First‚ we must familiarize ourselves with the definitions of cyber crime and computer-related crime. For this paper‚ we will define cyber crime as the use of a computer as a tool to commit a crime or as a crime committed where a computer is the target. We will define computer-related crime as a traditional crime where a computer
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