The Blue Brain Project is an attempt to create a synthetic brain by reverse-engineering the mammalian brain down to the molecular level. The aim of the project‚ founded in May 2005 by the Brain and Mind Institute of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland‚ is to study the brain’s architectural and functional principles. The project is headed by the founding director Henry Markram and co-directed by Felix Schürmann and Sean Hill. Using a Blue Gene supercomputer running
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What is it? Baby Blues is quite common and is experienced after giving birth to a child. It can be felt by mothers‚ soon to be mothers and even fathers. Although a new child is a happy and exciting time it is also a time with a large amount of change and this can be very stressful. It is very common for his to be experienced within the first ten days after giving birth. While it is not always very sever it can turn into postnatal depression which can be very serious. What causes it?
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More than Code. More than Design. More than Advertising www.logicgateone.com Logicgateone: Blogger’s Grammar Blues What Really Matters To be or not to be -- that remains the question today when it comes to the subject of grammar. No‚ not the school subject which can be traumatic and nose-bleed-inducing but the subject of applying grammar for blog-writing. And it covers just about all levels since ordinary people write blogs‚ just as senators (or their writers do) and professional writers
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I believe that the biggest change in healthcare because of the technological advances would be from the joys of the internet. Anytime of day‚ anyone can research any type of illness‚ medicine‚ disease‚ or even doctors. It gives us‚ as consumers and patients‚ a better view on the world‚ what we are taking‚ and who we are being cared for by. This technological advance gives us a better grasp on our health and we can have more of a say in what we put in to our bodies and who to trust to take care of
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The Color Purple BSHS 422 May 7‚ 2012 Erik Holmgren The Color Purple Human service specialists need to be proficient in different cultures. By being aware of how different cultures think and react it allows for the delivery of services to be accurate. Cultural competency is described as. “The understanding of diverse attitudes‚ beliefs‚ behaviors‚ practices‚ and communication patterns attributable to a variety of factors (such as race‚ ethnicity‚ religion‚ SES‚ historical and social context
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Color Blind I’ve been privileged enough to grow up color blind‚ and so has the younger generation in my family. That’s what happens when your great-great grandmother is white on your mother’s side‚ and great grandfather is Cherokee Indian on your father’s side. It has been said that if you have one percent of black blood in you‚ you were considered black. Due to the generational gap my father’s birth certificate says Colored‚ my mothers says Negro‚ and mine says African American. When I was asked
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be focused primarily on financial issues and therefore‚ the director of Internal Audits should report to the CFO. Audit committee member: The committee member felt strongly that the Audit Committee as currently constituted is appropriate and no changes need to be made. Although none of the committee members are trained accountants they all have extensive industry experience‚ they have all been associated with Nano Circuits in various capacities for many years‚ and are well qualified to fulfill
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What should be done about the problem of texting while driving? The popularity of smart phones has had some unplanned and sometimes deadly consequences. A frightening number of traffic accidents are connected to driving while distracted‚ including use of smart phones while driving. These days‚ phones have gotten even more complex and we use them as the means for communication. Text messaging has revolutionized the way people interact with one another‚ but people continue texting while driving which
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The Color Purple Eng.: 225 Introduction to Film Instructor: Hannah Martin April 7‚ 2014 The Color Purple Steven Spielberg has a different point of view about the novel The Color Purple. His view of The Color Purple was that it should be made into a movie. The film identifies various aspects of abuse towards women. Spielberg used different women in this movie to help demonstrate the acts of violence‚ among
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Question 1. What are some key factors in diamond retailing? How do Blue Nile‚ Zales‚ and Tiffany compare on those dimensions? All the companies involved in the diamond market want to have a big share of that market. And‚ the bigger the share‚ the company makes bigger revenue. It is very interesting that all three companies (even though they are in the same ‘business’) have different approaches in ‘taking market share’. An important fact is that the companies have a different clientele. The
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