DEFINITION: NORMAL adjective 1. conforming to a standard; usual‚ typical‚ or expected. 2. noun 1. the usual‚ average‚ or typical state or condition. 2. adjective 1. conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal;regular; natural. 2. serving to establish a standard. 3. Psychology. a. approximately average in any psychological trait‚ as intelligence‚personality‚ or emotional adjustment. b. free from any mental disorder; sane. What Do We Mean by ’Normal’? It is time to rethink
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Philosophy emerged as an alternative or innovative type of thinking that harbored a path towards logical reasoning rather than following stories of religions and deities. Greek philosophers began to contemplate the world and the ideas behind it which led to experimentation‚ discovery‚ and further questions and understanding. Greek philosophers such Pythagoras‚ Socrates‚ Plato‚ Aristotle‚ and others paved the way for advances in science‚ logic‚ reasoning‚ mystic beliefs‚ mathematics‚ moral and ethical
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Medicine Among the Slaves The conditions that the slaves lived in bolstered the epidemic of diseases among them. Slaves lived in squalor and vileness on plantations in the South. Illnesses were often caused by these conditions. A slave’s condition has been described as‚ . . . the health of plantation slaves was far worse than that of whites. Unsanitary conditions‚ inadequate nutrition and unrelenting hard labor made slaves highly susceptible to disease. Illnesses were generally not treated adequately
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Harry S. Truman had to make some of the most difficult choices that any president has ever had to make. He was president from April 12‚ 1945 to January 20‚ 1953‚ he took over just before World War 2 ended‚ went through the Korean war‚ and went through part of the Cold war. When Truman took office Franklin D. Roosevelt died about three months after and close to the same time he had to make the choice of dropping the atomic bombs on Japan to end the war. Which to date are the only atomic bombs used
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The first civilizations that appeared on earth all shared humble beginnings. Their initial development of agriculture that worked with their local landscapes and geography‚ the creation of local community systems for education‚ health and rudimentary forms of government seemed to be borne out of a desire to make our lives far more comfortable and secure than they had been as nomadic tribes. In each civilization of the world‚ it seems that after initial gains in the overall well-being of the populace
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deviation 6.4. (a) Find P(166 < X < 185). (4) It is suggested that X might be a suitable random variable to model the height‚ in cm‚ of adult males. (b) Give two reasons why this is a sensible suggestion. (2) (c) Explain briefly why mathematical models can help to improve our understanding of real-world problems. (2) Jan 2001 3) A fair six-sided die is rolled. The random variable
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Semester : Spring 2015 Fast food restaurants have permanently altered young people’s eating habit Fast food is a term given to food that can be prepared and served very quickly. These foods are usually very high in cholesterol‚ animal fat‚ protean and lack fibers and essential nutrients . In recent times‚ fast food is gaining astonishing popularity worldwide due to its soothing taste and less time-consuming preparation method. The eating habit s of young children have drastically changed from those of
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1 Marks: 1 Assume that X has a normal distribution‚ and find the indicated probability. The mean is μ = 60.0 and the standard deviation is σ = 4.0. Find the probability that X is less than 53.0. Choose one answer. a. 0.5589 b. 0.0401 c. 0.9599 d. 0.0802 Question2 Marks: 1 Use the given degree of confidence and sample data to find a confidence interval for the population standard deviation. Assume that the population has a normal distribution. Weights of eggs: 95%
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What is considered normal? Everyone today yearns to be considered normal‚ but what exactly are they striving for? Found in the dictionary‚ the definition of normal is: an adjective; usual; conforming to the usual standard‚ type‚ or custom. But‚ how can anything be considered normal if no two people are exactly the same? Norms form a society. They are the standards by which people live by. Growing up in Rhode Island‚ my experience has been with the American contemporary society. Our society
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Normal cells undergo cell division in an orderly process known as the cell cycle. In this process‚ normal cells send chemical signals to pass between neighboring cells. This keeps the rate of cell division equal to the rate of cell death. Cancer cells break free from normal constraints and follows it’s own pattern of cell division. Cancer cells divide much more often than normal cells which produces a mass of cells‚ also called a tumor. Proto-oncogenes makes proteins that encourage cell division
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