and John K. Hewitt released their study Relationship Between Adolescent Marijuana Use and Young Adult Illicit Drug Use examining a number of components of the gateway theory as it applies to marijuana use and its effect on progression toward use of other illicit drugs. In order for researchers to relate marijuana use to the gateway theory‚ they examined (1) whether adolescent marijuana use predicts young adult drug use‚ (2) whether this association persists when controlling for similar family background
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Teen Drug Use Have you ever seen what drugs can do to a teenager? I will be discussing the statistics and point of view on the teenage drug use throughout the past few years. The drug use has been steady or dropped over the past few years and numbers show more teens are making the right choices to say no to drugs. It is common that peer pressure is a factor of drug use in teens. Throughout my research paper I will go over many of the factors that pressure teens into using drugs. The first
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purposes due to all the effects it gives the user and how some users abuse it. The more that is taken the greater the effects are which can cause short and long term problems. One of the reasons that people use this drug is for the feeling that it offers to them and get some users addicted. The use of marijuana causes THC to flow from your bloodstream to your brain in which gives the user the “high” they feel. “It acts much like the cannabinoid chemicals made naturally by the body‚ according to the
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Wireless Local Area Network Background The first wireless computer communication network ALOHAnet (operational in 1971) was developed by Norman Abramson‚ a professor at the University of Hawaii. At first‚ the wireless LAN was so costly that it was just used as an alternative to the places where the cabling was difficult or impossible. Recent developments included industry specific solutions and proprietary protocols‚ but were replaced by various versions of IEEE 802.11. In 2009‚ 802.11
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Lab 1: Improving performance by LAN Hardware Upgrade Objective In this lab‚ OPNET’s IT Guru Academic Edition advanced modeling software will be used to study performance improvements in LAN obtained by upgrading switch hardware. We will also look at a wireless LAN topology and characterize it by looking at Media Access Delay values. You will learn the benefits of upgrading switch hardware in a congested LAN environment. Lab Project Friendly Care Hospital is one of the biggest hospitals in DC. It
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Lung is introduced to his wife‚ O-lan. Throughout O-lan’s lifetime she has been both a street-beggar and a slave. Having experienced such roles‚ O-lan is equipped with a plethora of skills which benefit the Wang family. O-lan assists Lung in the fields‚ makes the family’s clothes‚ ministers to Lung’s elderly father‚ prepares all of the family’s meals‚ and cares for her own children. Lung relies upon O-lan as he relies upon the land. In this novel by Pearl Buck‚ O-lan symbolizes the earth. Much of
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resource. The absence of a nation’s land use policy‚ against the increasing demand for land for food production‚ housing‚ tourism and industries has led to the irrational use and allocation of the country’s scarce land resource. Prime agricultural lands‚ which supply the country’s food and provide livelihood for millions of small farmers and their families are being converted at an alarming rate. Agricultural lands legally converted to other uses have increased more than eight times from
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inventory suing mobile devices. The management team at Athletes Shack has realized that their success depends on exceptional customer service and efficiency on the floors of the store. To take the next step the company is looking to go wireless and use that technology to separate themselves from other sporting good chains. To continue to have an edge over Foot Locker‚ Champs Sports and other Athletes Shack feel this is a necessary step. Once the WLAN is installed in each of the 10 locations this will
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faster than prevailing technology‚ making it possible to provide services such as high speed access to the Internet and to receive broadcast television programs. A related trend is the growth in use of Wi-Fi (wireless fidelity) and WiMAX (an industry designation for a specific broadband standard). Wi-Fi uses local wireless networks for high-speed mobile access to the Internet and also provides wireless Internet access for laptop computers Homes‚ offices‚ colleges and schools around the world have installed
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consisted of more than 375 companies from around the world. The Wi-Fi Alliance enforces the use of the Wi-Fi brand to technologies based on the IEEE 802.11 standards from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. This includes wireless local area network (WLAN) connections‚ device to device connectivity (such as Wi-Fi Peer to Peer aka Wi-Fi Direct)‚ Personal area network (PAN)‚ local area network (LAN) and even some limited wide area network (WAN) connections. Manufacturers with membership
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