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Laws Of Nature Enlightenment Thinkers
835 wordsThe Enlightenment was a movement of beliefs dealing with the ideas of God, reason, nature, and man that attacked fundamental beliefs and practices of European society. Enlightenment thinkers were convinced that with useful knowledge and freedom in their lives they could discover happiness. Thoughts that came from the Enlightenment affected science, religion and the way society thought. The three main aspects of the Enlightenment were improving human life, understanding the laws of nature, and ha...
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Polio Vaccine Pain Relief
1,349 wordsDo we own animals... or do we simply care for them as pets and use them in our experiments and research? What distinguishes a pet from a lab / test animal... What characteristics make them any different from each other? Do the tests we do actually have significance and how far can we take them? These are the debated questions many researchers stray from answering... These tests are supposedly for the better of humanity... but what do the animals get from them? What is it that gives us the right ...
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Brain Stem Considered Inferior
1,274 wordsThe Holocaust was the extermination of the Jews and other people whom Hitler considered inferior. It took place from 1933 to 1945. Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Germany led this effort. About 12 million people were murdered, half of them being Jews. When Hitler took over control of Germany, everything changed. Hitler had a very strong prejudice against the Jews. He wanted to create the perfect race of blonde haired blue eyed Germans. His followers, who were the soldiers in the camps, were c...
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Aluminum Foil Magnetic Force
1,253 wordsSummary of Investigation An investigation was carried out to find out the relationship between the force created in a wire (or solenoid) when current flowed through it and the force from gravity. This was investigated by connecting a solenoid up to a variable power pack and then placing a light ring of either copper or aluminum around the solenoid. When the current flows through the solenoid, a magnetic force created from the solenoid should make the ring 'jump' up or levitate. When carrying out...
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Concentration Camps Jewish Population
764 wordsThe Holocaust had long lasting affects on Jewish people. There are many types of horrible mistreatment that the Jewish people went through. Hitler's rise to power in 1933 he began persecuting the Jews so bad that businesses were boycotted and vandalized by Nazi supporters. By the year 1939 the Jews were not even regarded as a people they could not attend public schools, their rights to own land had been taken away and one of the most terrible they were not allowed to socialize with non Jewish pe...
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Human Embryo Cloning Human Cloning Foundation
1,890 wordsThe announcement of the cloned ewe, Dolly, in 1997 by scientists in Scotland, was a shock to the entire world. The idea of cloning wasnt new, but at the time still seemed farfetched to most. As John Greeney stated We had not, as a species, ever truly considered the likelihood that human reproduction would fall so fully under the hand of technology (1). However, once the reality of this controversial practice set in, scholars and common people alike began to debate the pros and cons of cloning fr...
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Aldous Huxley Lysergic Acid
1,626 wordsAldous Huxley, English novelist, established himself as one of the premiere fiction writers of the twentieth century. Such works as Brave New World and Doors of Perception sparked positive reviews from critics and readers across the globe. He was born on July 26, 1894, in Godalming, Surrey, England. Ever since he was very young, Huxley's peers and family considered him to be different. This was not necessarily a bad thing to anyone. Aldous brother considered this to be a form of superiority. It ...
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Gel Electrophoresis Carbon Dioxide
2,361 wordsPyruvate Decarboxylase There are two functions of the pyruvate decarboxylase. Pyruvate and hydroxythyl converge together while carbon dioxide molecules are eliminated. Than, hydroxy ethyl group transfers and attaches to TPP to the lipo amide from the E 2 component of the complex. The final transfer brings the molecule back to its original form. (Function) The molecular weight of the enzyme was found to be 240, 000 by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (Oba). There are 548 amino acids and very si...
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White Tailed Deer Randomly Selected
2,207 wordsThe Effects of Crude Protein on Antler Growth in White Tailed Deer Introduction White tailed deer go through drastic endocrine and physiological changes during the year. Due to this reason, their requirements for nutritional supplements are changing quickly. However, the requirement for crude protein seems to be very important for antler growth and to allow optimal development. The present study contains proposals to investigate the effects of crude protein in white tailed deer and its applicati...
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Scientific Method Scientific Theories
2,278 wordsScientific Method Compared to Other Ways of Learning in the World The scientific method is the process by which scientists, collectively and over time, endeavor to construct an accurate (that is, reliable, consistent and non-arbitrary) representation of the world. Recognizing that personal and cultural beliefs influence both our perceptions and our interpretations of natural phenomena, we aim through the use of standard procedures and criteria to minimize those influences when developing a theor...
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Cognitive Functioning Significant Amount
890 wordsThe drug MDMA (ecstasy) is very well known, however it? s long term, and cognitive functioning effects are not. The main purpose of this study was to? establish if users and previous users of MDMA exhibit impairments in more basic level cognitive processes such as working memory functioning, information processing speed, anxiety and arousal? (Warning, Fisk, Murphy, May 00, 2). In past studies of MDMA, a lot of information regarding its effects has been established yet so much more is still uncle...
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Cloned Sheep Dna Cloning
870 wordsThe most recent discoveries and researches in the field of genetics: DNA cloning I am a biology major student at Brooklyn College, and of course I am interested in the most recent discoveries in biosciences, particularly in genetics and DNA cloning. A lot of us heard about cloned sheep Dolly and other cloned animals, and I decided to find out, with help of the Internet, how this process was accomplished in general and what is the future of this kind of experiments and researches. Also, I tried t...
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Nucleic Acids Double Helix
1,905 wordsDouble Helix A review of Watson, James D. The Double Helix. New York: Atheneum, 1968. James Watsons account of the events that led to the discovery of the structure of deoxyribose nucleic acid (DNA) is a very witty narrative, and shines light on the nature of scientists. Watson describes the many key events that led to the eventual discovery of the structure of DNA in a scientific manner, while including many experiences in his life that happened at the same time which really have no great signi...
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Social Learning Theory Aggressive Behaviour
2,140 wordsMany children's television programs involve a substantial amount of violence in one form or another. What impact if any, might these programs what impact, if any might these programs have on the development of aggression? Since the advent of television there has been growing concern about the apparent effects of violence on the attitudes, values and behaviours of children. Much of the research has focused on the effects of violence on television and aggression expressed by children. Some researc...
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Heavens Gate Stanley Milgram
797 wordsHeavens Heavens Gate Heavens Gate Heavens Gate and the Branch David ians are a good example of Stanley Milgram? s theories. It shows how people respond and follow what authority says. Heavens Gate was a cult founded by Marshall Applewhite referred to as? Do? by his members. He convinced 39 people that he was dying of cancer and he persuaded them that if they followed him to death, a spaceship in the tail of the comet? Hale-Bop? would come and take them to the New World. To enter the ship they ne...
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Genetic Engineers Nineteenth Century
1,426 wordsEverywhere in popular culture today, one finds deep-rooted anxieties about science, technology, and the fate of the human species. Thus, in recent films such as The Fly, Jurassic Park, Species, Godzilla, and Deep Blue Sea, as well as in shows such as Prey and, of course, The X-Files, the focus is on biological mutations, experiments gone awry, and the creation of monstrosities. Such media texts are responding, in part, to chemically saturated, increasingly synthetic, ozone thinning, global warmi...
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Short Term Memory Long Term Memory
1,673 wordsMemory Is Not A Unitary System. Discuss Memory Is Not A Unitary System. Discuss The Types Of Evidence That Have Been Used To Buttress This What is a memory? Is it a concrete and tangible atom, which, once stored, can be retrieved by a methodical search or can it get lost in the murky recesses of our minds? Are our memories stored in separate areas or as part of one whole? In everyday conversation we regularly refer to memory in ways which suggest it to contain selective processes I have a terrib...
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B F Skinner Operant Conditioning
2,013 wordsB. F. Skinner Running head: B. F. Skinner and His Influence in Psychology B. F. Skinner and His Influence in Psychology Abstract B. F. Skinner was one of the most influential theorists in modern psychology. His work was very important and has been studied by many for years. Skinner was a very straightforward man and a very educated man. His theories have helped mankind in many ways. He has studied the behavior patterns of many living organisms. Skinner was a well-published writer. His work has b...
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Treatment Of Animals Animal Abuse
1,007 wordsSaving Our Fellow Earthlings At the University of Oregon, Barbara Garden-Like, Ph. D. , sewed kittens eyes shut and forced them to jump from a height onto a platform surrounded by water so she could study the effects of sight deprivation on the brain. Cruel and inhumane experiments like this one is an excellent reason why people should recognize the importance of animal right activist groups such as PETA (People of the Ethical Treatment of Animals). Founded in 1980 by Ingrid E. Newkirk and Alex ...
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Central Nervous System Corpus Callosum
4,493 wordsSplit-Brain Psychology A Paper by: David Norelid Imagine being asked to sing Mary Had a Little Lamb and not being able to remember the words but only being able to hum the tune, or knowing the full lyrics, but only being able to bellow out what most closely resembles the cry of an abandoned calf. You cannot sing and remember the words at the same time because your brain hemispheres have been severed from each other. Imagine trying to play the piano, while one hand wants to play Rachmaninov, and ...
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