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- 2221: Can Genetics Cause Crime?
- ... points about genetics and crime. Sullivan while working for the Bush administration’s secretary of health and human services during 1989-1993 was appalled by the epidemic of violent crimes he saw taking place in American cities. According to Dr. Sullivan, "more than 26,000 Americans were murdered, and six million violent crimes were committed with young men and minorities falling victim most frequently". Sullivan also reported that about one in ... as compared to white women which only 1 in 496 were killed due to violent crimes. This is not surprising that young males commit most of the serious crimes. According to an article in Scientific American, only 12.5 percent of violent crime in the U.S. in 1992 was committed by females. What is also surprising according to W.W. Gibbs the author of "Seeking the Criminal Element," in Scientific American,(1995 March) pp 100-107, is that a very small number of criminals are responsible for the majority of the violent crime. Sullivan who is now the president of the Morehouse School of Medicine ...
- 2222: Movie: Pretty Woman
- ... gives anall new meaning to these words. Now it isn't "just" the title of a song, from when our parents were born. The film has made me understand these words as being something as American as canbe. So, from now on, whenever I hear the song, i will think ofthe film and maybe say to myself: "My god, that's just typical for those Americans". The film and it's ... is the employees of the hotel, who helps Vivian buying clothes, teaching her manners etc. Pretty Woman is a film about love and live values, mixedup with a little bit of everything contributing to "The American Way Of Life". The primary theme of the film is love ®the love between rich and poor, which is shown in the love between Vivian and Edward. The secondary themes are things suchas: prositution, drug addiction, social classes in the U.S. and finally how the rich people of the U.S. see themselves as superior to the remaining U.S. population. Some of the typical American things in this film is:Prostitution (although this is also found in the rest of theworld), Beverly Hills (90210) and the story about the love between "the rich prince, who comes to fecth his ...
- 2223: Iron Absorption from the Whole Diet: Comparison of the Effect of Two Different Distributions of Daily Calcium Intake
- ... was written well. The terms and ideas were easy enough for the layman to understand, while it was also able to discuss complicated ideas. Works Cited Eaton SB, and Nelson DA. “Calcium in evolutionary perspective.” American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 1991;54:281S-287S. Gleerup A, Rossander-Hulthen L, Gramatkovski E, and Hallberg L. “Iron absorption fom the whole diet: comparison of the effect of two different distributions of daily calcium intake.” American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 1995;61:97-104. Hallberg L, Brune M, Erlandsson M, Sandberg A, and Rossander-Hulthen. “Calcium: effect of different amounts on nonheme- and heme-iron absorption in humans.” American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 1991;53:112-119. Rossander-Hulten L, and Hallberg L. “Iron requirements in menstruating women.” American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 1991;54:1047-1058. Voet D, and Voet JG. “Hemoglobin ...
- 2224: Male Circumcision: A Social and Medical Misconception
- ... AIDS was higher for uncircumcised men. Results from similar studies in the United States remain conflicting. Although most of the existing studies do associate a relationship between the incidence of venereal disease and circumcision, the American Academy of Pediatrics found existing reports inconclusive and conflicting in results. (Lund, 1990) There is an overwhelming incidence of STD and AIDS in the United States, where a majority of the men are circumcised. It ... pain. There is no unequivocal proof that lack of circumcision is directly related to the incidence of UTI and STDs. Despite these facts, circumcision is still performed as a routine procedure. As stated in the American Nurses' Association (ANA) Code of Ethics (1985), nurse's are required to have knowledge relevant to the current scope of nursing practice, changing issues and concerns, and ethical concepts and principles. It is the responsibility ... advocate of the rights of the patient. Nurse's need to realistically analyze the data available and decide if they truly are an advocate, or are merely following in the steps of their colleagues. References American Nurses Association (1991). Standards of clinical nursing practice. Washington, D.C.: American Nurses Association. Gelbaum, I. (1992). Circumcision to educate not indoctrinate-a mandate for certified nurse-midwives. Journal of Nurse-
- 2225: Schizophrenia
- ... also known as Abroadcasting@ and even change them. A...hear their thoughts, insert thoughts into their minds, or control their feelings, actions or impulses. Patients might think they are Jesus, Napoleon, or Franklin D. Roosevelt.@ (American Psychiatric Association Annual >90 page 1) Pregnant women who experience an immune reaction that presents danger to their unborn children, this reaction raises sharply the rates of schizophrenia in the unborn child. Severe malnutrition in ... developing schizophrenia as the off spring of one parent with the disease is approximately 13%. The probability of developing schizophrenia as the off spring of both parents with the disease is approximately 35%.@ (Pamphlet by: American Psychiatric Association Annual >90 page 7) Hallucinations another symptom which schizophrenic patients suffer from. Hallucinations may be seen or heard. The most common hallucination are those heard by the schizophrenic. The schizophrenic may hear voices ... for these individuals as a source of friendship, encouragement, and practical advice during this process. Relatives and friends can also assist in rebuilding the person=s social skills. Such support is very important.@ (Pamphlet by: American Psychiatric Association Annual >90 page 1) Schizophrenia, a disease of the brain, is one of the most disabling and emotionally devastating illnesses known to man. But because it has been misunderstood for so long, ...
- 2226: Sudden Infant Death Syndrom
- ... it may lead researchers who study these cases in the wrong direction. However, new research with good counseling offers new hope. Works Cited Ahmann, Elizabeth, et al. "Home Apnea Monitoring and Disruptions in Family Life". American Journal of Public Health. 2 (1992): 719-722. Bergann, Abraham B. The Discovery of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. New York: CBS Educational and Professional Publishing, 1986. Bosma, James F. Development of Upper Respirator Anatomy and ... Defrain, John. "Learning About Grief From Normal Families: SIDS, Stillbirth, and Miscarriage." Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. 12 (1991): 215-232. Gregory, Geoff. "The Discovery of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome." The Journal of the American Medical Association 264 (1990): 2731. Kahn, A., et al. "Problems in Management of Infants With an Apparent Life Threatening Event." Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 533 (1988): 78-88. Limerick, Sylvia. "Family and Health Professional Interactions." Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 533 (1988): 145-154. Malloy, Michael H. "Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and Maternal Smoking." American Journal Of Public Health. 82 (1992): 1380-182. Mandell, Frederick, et al. "the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome." Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 533 (1988): 129-131. Mandell, Frederick, et al. "The ...
- 2227: Watching The Box Watch Peter H
- Watching The Box Watch Peter Hamill The medium of television is perhaps the most prevalent leveling factor in American society today- almost every household in America owns a television set, a device centered around a cathode ray tube which is designed to bring two-dimensional illusionary sights and sounds to its viewers. As seen ... drug climate of the 1960's and later still, must be pushed to the side for now, as there is no conclusive evidence supplied by Hamill to convince me that A) the addictive strain in American society was introduced by television and that B) there are major causes for the changing drug scene which may be found outside of television. His primary claim, that television is addictive, and dangerously so, is ... thought by those who seek to participate in it. It is, quite literally in some respects, a no-brainer. Seeing in the letters much of what he finds wrong with television's role in modern American society, I believe Hamill would have a field day with the three responses The Sun magazine received. Each, consciously or unconsciously, relates in some way to his main theme of television as a bringer ...
- 2228: The Flu
- ... to educate the public to eliminate those beliefs. We have gathered seven resources with information pertaining to the flu and the flu shot. Two articles came from journals of medicine called The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and the American Journal of Nursing (AJN). The last five sources we found on the Internet. Using the search words "flu shot," we found the homepage for the Mayo Clinic. The last four sources came from the Center ... and older at random, to fill out our questionnaires. · We gathered two sources from the Matanuska-Susitna College library using the InfoTrac system. Using the search words "flu vaccine," we found an article from the American Journal of Nursing titled "Flu Vaccine Benefits Healthy Adults Too. We found an article using the search words influenza in The Journal of the American Medical Association titled "Update: Influenza Activity-United States and ...
- 2229: The History, Use, and Effectiveness of Medicinal Drugs
- ... culture, the medicines of our ancestors are now considered to be harmful to oneself and are classified as illegal such as the drugs of marijuana and opium which were key in the Chinese, and Native American medical system. The origin of drugs vary from common plants, (Aspirin, Digitalis, Ergot, Opium, Quinine, Reserpine) to minerals, (Boric Acid, Epsom Salts, Iodine) or synthetic compounds. The difference in a drug from being helpful to ... 41 winter". The first antibiotic to be used in the treatment of human diseases was tyrothricin (one of the purified forms of which was called gramicidin), which was isolated from certain soil bacteria by the American bacteriologist 15"RenT Dubos in 1939". This substance was too toxic for general use, but it is employed in the external treatment of certain infections. Other antibiotics produced by actinomycetes, filamentous and branching bacteria, occurring in soil have proved more successful. One of these, streptomycin, discovered in 15"1944 by the American microbiologist Selman Waksman and his associates", is effective against many diseases, including several in which penicillin is useless, especially tuberculosis. Since then, such antibiotics as chloramphenicol, the tetracyclines, erythromycin, neomycin, nystatin, amphotericin, cephalosporins, and ...
- 2230: World War I and Bringing People Together
- ... the war, still did not have the same rights that the constitution guaranteed. Immigrants who went to America were treated unfairly as the enemy. The Immigrants were treated as spies and were ridiculed by the American government, and the American people. The immigrants rights were violated, because we were at war. Opponents of the war were equally criticized and were called traitors. War in reality showed that America was really a divided nation, still young ... loaned out to the allies. Eugene felt that the poor lacked a voice in Americas decisions. Eugene, like many socialists felt that in time Americas true voice would be heard, and that voice was the American working class. While the rich claimed the war was for peace, and to guarantee that democracy survives, many Americans believed it was for more power. Many Americans believed it was to protect the money ...
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