and simplified versions have been seen with one bead above and four to five below the horizontal bar. Even in today’s world of technology the abacus is still used in many cultures such as China. Tests have shown that performing math problems such as addition and subtraction on an abacus are faster than an electronic calculator. Today’s college student is use to computers and calculators that automatically give us an answer‚ provided that we put in the right information. While working with an Abacus
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Elasticity is the ability of an object or substance to return quickly to its original shape and size after being bent‚ stretched‚ or squashed. When an elastic material is deformed due to an external force‚ it experiences internal forces that oppose the deformation and restore it to its original state if the external force is no longer applied. There are various elastic moduli‚ such as Young’s modulus‚ the shear modulus‚ and the bulk modulus‚ all of which are measures of the inherent stiffness of
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Introduction The Internet is a huge collection of computer networks that can communicate with each other – a network of networks. It is built upon thousands of smaller regional networks spread out around the world. It has emerged as a powerful tool for education. It is a confluence of all kinds of information related to each and every field of education. It also allows teacher and students‚ sitting in far flung areas to interact‚ share and exchange information. This paper seeks to study about
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Steroid use has a bad reputation when it comes to sports‚ however it can also be used to save lives. Steroid‚ short for anabolic steroid is a class of organic compounds with four rings of carbon atoms in its molecular structure. This includes any hormones‚ alkaloids and vitamins. The type athletes frequently abuse are the synthetic hormones. Quantities of these hormones larger than what humans normally create can help improve the body’s ability to gain muscle‚ improve speed‚ and increase endurance
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they are used will help determine whether they should be used or not used. You have to go back as far as Ancient Greece to see where pure testosterone originated from. Steroids did not have a big support system until about the 20th century‚ but the use of them can be traced back to the original Olympic Games. The athletes would eat animals testicles for which all anabolic steroids owe their foundation. (Quinn).
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The Use and Value of Hypnosis Joe Franklin General Psychology 1 Dr. Ralph Sneed July 19‚ 2005 The Use and Value of Hypnosis The practice of hypnosis has been credited to Austrian physician Franz Anton Mesmer‚ whose research in the 1700s became the basis for modern hypnosis. Believing there was a magnetic fluid in the air to be absorbed by the body ’s nerves through breathing‚ Mesmer used magnets‚ and later his hands‚ to increase circulation of this fluid by diminishing blockages caused
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are several disadvantages to DNA testing‚ such as conflicts arising with crime laboratories‚ the costs of DNA testing‚ challenges of accuracy‚ and the possible misuse and mishandling of DNA. In this paper‚ a review of the conflicts and concerns of DNA testing will be discussed and analyzed as to why the Government should not mandate the use of DNA evidence in each felony case. Conflicts Arising with Crime Laboratories Law enforcement has utilized the process of DNA testing to effectively fight
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What is good for you? The use of the Internet offers a variety of benefits to everyone who is willing to use it. The enormous amount of information available and the many uses one can have through the internet have made it the most valuable tool in various settings of a person’s life. The Internet has an enormous amount of publications added on it every day and it’s evolving as the most powerful source of information. Also‚ use of the Internet has made jobs easier and oversimplified tasks that would
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undetected. One example of athletes trying to beat the system is that of the recently publicized performance-enhancing dispute with blood doping in the sport of cycling‚ namely the use of recombinant human erythropoietin (Robinson‚ Mangin‚ and Saugy 2003). The following will discuss the function of erythropoietin‚ its uses in medicine and athletics‚ the benefits and risks of artificial along with testing methods for
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2.1 The Basic Assumption of the Uses and Gratification Theory 3 2.2 Main Theorist behind the Uses and Gratification Theory 4 3.0 Historical Development of the Theory 6 4.0 Content of the Theory 8 4.1 Definition of Uses and Gratification Theory 8 4.2 Application of theory to Mass Communication Issues 8 4.3 The Internet 9 5.0 Strengths & Weakness of the Theory 10 5.1 Strengths of Uses and Gratification Theory 10 5.2 Weakness of Uses and Gratification Theory 11 5.0
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