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    The psychology of serial killers is a very intriguing yet a frightening topic‚ which has caused an abundant amount of interest. The thought of a human committing such atrocious crimes without feeling remorse has puzzled the average human being for centuries. There have been many theories surrounding the cause of killings‚ including the biological trait theory‚ criminological theory‚ and the psychodynamic theory (Blair‚ 2003; Yang‚ Raine‚ Colletti‚ 2005). An emphasis upon abuse during pre-adolescent

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    Memory: Void

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    Modern Architecture + the Modern City | 03 By Morgan Christina Strickland Memory: Void World War II marked an era of loss: loss of human lives‚ loss of human dignity‚ loss of home and country and culture. No matter what is lost‚ loss carries with it an endless emptiness‚ echoes of an existence never to be completely regained. It is a living vacuum‚ varied in scale and lacking in a physical‚ material presence‚ yet a memory can re-materialize anything for the mind that yields it. Although “void”

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    Experiment on Memory

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    Abstract The aim of the study is to discover the effect caffeine has one ’s short term memory. The method used was a mixed design‚ a combination of the repeated measures and independent measures designs. The participants used were chosen from a sample opportunity‚ and all were twelfth grade Biology students. The results indicate that the lowest average score was that of the experimental group‚ after

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    Where Do Serial Killers Come From? It was January 1974‚ and the people of Wichita‚ Kansas were staying up all night‚ with their guns in their hands‚ ready for the unthinkable to happen. Four members of the Ortero family had just been brutally murdered in their own home‚ in the middle of the day. Julie and Joseph‚ the mother and father‚ had been found tied at the hands and wrists‚ strangled‚ in their bedroom. Beside them lay their nine year old son Joey‚ who had been murdered the same way. Even

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    Sleep and Memory

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    Running head: SLEEP AND MEMORY Sleep and Memory Maria del Rocio Gutierrez University of Texas at Brownsville Sleep and Memory We can define sleep as a period of rest and we can define immediate memory as an organism’s ability to store‚ retain‚ and subsequently retrieve information. Therefore if the organism rests for a period of time the ability to store‚ retain and retrieve information will be improved. This study will focus on how sleeping a minimum of 7 hours a day will reflect a notorious

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    Flash Memory

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    Flash Memory‚ Inc. Investment in New Product Line University of Waterloo Prepared for Jim Gray October 11‚ 2012 TO: FROM: DATE: SUBJECT: Introduction The Board of Directors‚ Flash Memory Inc. The Finance Team October 11‚ 2012 Investment in New Product Line Flash Memory Inc. (herein referred to as “Flash” or the “firm”) is in the critical stage of planning for future operations and expansion. Competitive pressure‚ rapid market growth‚ continuous technological developments and high

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    Smell and Memory

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    Smell and Memory Donnell Brown PSYC304 American Military University Erica St. Germain Smell and Memory What is the best way to commit something to memory? Memory is a combination of the processes used to acquire‚ store‚ retain‚ and retrieve information (Cherry‚ 2012). Students‚ professionals‚ children‚ and researchers would all benefit from knowing how to best encode information and ensure that information remains imbedded in one ’s long-term memory banks. The study of human memory has been

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    Artificial memory

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    GDSC 1017 Science and Technology Behind the Movies    Group Project Topic: Artificial Memory    Group 2:    Chan Shirley 12021717 International Journalism    Fong Wing Yee 12204684 Media Arts    Tang Nga Ting 12210773 International Journalism    Zhang Xinge 12252034 Government and International Studies                                  1    Abstract of the project report:    We  are  going  to  discuss  about  the  elements  of artificial memory through the three movies: Total  Recall‚  ​ Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and Inception

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    International Conference on Computing and Control Engineering (ICCCE 2012)‚ 12 & 13 April‚ 2012 VLSI Implementation of Serial-Serial Multiplier based on Asynchronous Counter Accumulation Y. Arun Benjamin Francis Abstract—Multipliers are the fundamental and essential building blocks of VLSI systems. The design and implementation approaches of multipliers contribute substantially to the area‚ speed and power consumption of computation intensive VLSI system. The objective of the project is

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    Memory and Forgetting

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    Memory Human memory‚ like memory in a computer‚ allows us to store information for later use. In order to do this‚ however‚ both the computer and we need to master three processes involved in memory. The first is called encoding; the process we use to transform information so that it can be stores. For a computer this means transferring data into 1’s and 0’s. For us‚ it means transforming the data into a meaningful form such as an association with an existing memory‚ an image‚ or a sound. Next

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