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- 611: The Death Penalty: To Be or Not to Be...
- ... offense. Until recently it did not exist in New York State but after new governor, George Pataki was elected he managed to bring it back. Since September 1, 1994 the death penalty law was in effect. And even though, as far as I know, there is no strong statistical evidence that the death penalty lowers the murder rate, many people were very happy with that decision. What they probably though was ... rates down? The answer is in the statistics: it turns out that the violent crime rates in New York State did not go down for the past year since the death penalty law was in effect. Another thing that would surprise those who support death penalty is it's price. The fact is: each death penalty case costs about 2.3 million dollars. That is three times more than a price ... death penalty : " Is it described in a Holy Bible that a death penalty is required for a wide variety of crimes, such as murder, rape, etc. Another reason why the death penalty should be in effect is that many people feel that killing convicted murderers will satisfy their need for justice and / or vengeance. Deterrence is another fact that speaks for the capital punishment: many people feel that the death ...
- 612: Healthcare And Coranare Heart Disease
- ... bloodflow through the valves. This procedure is an inevasive procedure that doesn t require any special conditions. It is not possible to see the blockage with this procedure; however, it is possible to see the effect of blockage. Managed care and other economic factors have caused patients to have long delays in waiting for diagnostic tests to be run. One reason for this is that, Over the past two decades there ... the difference as profit. If they are unable to provide the service for that price, they must book a loss for that procedure. The prices are dictated by the networks not the hospitals. So, in effect, insurance companies determine what treatment we get. This problem is of particular importance to the cardiologists, which are the primary physicians for heart problems. They have to give diagnostic tests and perform surgeries in accordance ... smoking. In addition, they suggest that diet and exercise also contribute to survival of coronary heart disease. It is widely accepted that a choosing a healthy lifestyle is good for us. These lifestyle choices can effect how long we live, and if the right decisions are made we can extend our lives. It is known that smoking has a direct relationship to heart disease. Some studies indicate that smoking doubles ...
- 613: Discourse Analysis
- The effect of the recorded word is colossal. It has altered the course of history forever. It triggered the start of the progressive era with the birth of mass religious belief. This was just the start of ... up the text. For each purpose of a text, there is a balance of literary styles which is most effective. For example, kids' books must express ideas as simply as possible. To achieve the maximum effect, simple vocabulary, short paragraphs, as well as casual style are used. Likewise, each purpose has a literary style that is established for its maximum effectiveness. The majority of the writing that we are familiar with ... an entertaining way. Even though the IS document exists solely to convey information, it does a very good job of it. It is very important one to understand the differences in writing styles and their effect on the audience so that one's writing will always be appropriate for the purpose and audience.
- 614: Women And Body Image
- ... and the control sample (Murray et al., 1996). The results found that when examining the perceived influence of social pressure, the most common response (70 percent) was that the ideals portrayed in magazines had an effect of making them want to look like the ideal. Clearly showing that social pressure concerning weight and body shape had an influence on females. Significant percentages of the females commented that body shape ideals for ... education intervention that focused on critiquing popular fashion advertisements and creating more inclusive fashion advertisements would affect females’ belief and behaviors about their own body image. Fashion advertisements have been found to have a negative effect on body image attitudes and behaviors among American women. 70 percent of the teenage women who regularly read fashion magazines consider the magazines an important source of beauty information. The portrayal of “ideal” female bodes ... one’s health and well being. The media has been responsible for promoting a standard of beauty that in most cases is unattainable to many woman and unhealthy to most people. However, due to the effect of poor body image influenced by several factors women fall prey to this cultural ideal of thinness. The impact that the media has on women’s body image is generally poor and often detrimental ...
- 615: Building Effective Teams
- ... framework of a higher organization such a league. The overall objective of a work team is to exercise control over organizational change (functionally, this involves increased decision-making and problem-solving efforts), although a side effect may be to increase the productivity of individual members. A primary objective of team building is to increase awareness of group process. In essence, the group members will learn how to control change externally by ... to be an effective member of a democratic group. A team member is one of a group of mutual followers. Observation of individuals functioning within teams leads to the following list of characteristics of an effect team member. Such a person: „h Understands and is committed to group goals; „h Is friendly, concerned, and interested in others; „h Acknowledges and confronts conflict openly; „h Listens to others with understanding; „h Includes ... have. A leader should also guide them through each step and verify the expected need of each member. A team will be formed efficiently. All of the teams ideas and goals will have a positive effect in the organization. The second stage, Norming, is characterized by cohesion within the team. Team members recognize each otherˇ¦s positions and benefits and are willing to change their preconceived ideas to achieve common ...
- 616: Landfills - Fact Is More Ominous Than Fiction
- ... and bananas, decades old, have been recovered from landfills, still recognizable in their mummified splendor [Rathje 111-12]. What little decomposition does occur in landfills generates vast amounts of methane gas, one of the significant greenhouse effect gasses. Some landfills have built-in processes to reclaim the methane. The Fresh Kills landfill pipes methane gas directly into thousands of homes, but in most instances, the gas is either burned off or leaked ...
- 617: Global Warming A Serious Threat
- ... in warm places. But not only is it that "warm temperatures can increase air and water pollution, which in turn harm human health" (ESP Health 1). The hot temperature, which could be the most direct effect of climate change, causes the heat problem. Because their cardiovascular system has to work harder to keep the body cool during hot weather. The temperature causes harmful effects to human health and another is cause ... of the melting of the northern continental ice sheets between 15,000 and 7,000 years. And there are some other reasons too. "Some have suggested that global warming due to increased atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases could lead to disintegration of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, most of which is grounded below sea level" (Policy Implications 25). There has not been big changes yet but global warming can rise about ...
- 618: Women of the Civil War
- ... emptied their chamber pots on Yankee soldiers whenever they got the chance. Because these women were of the upper class, the officers were reluctant to punish these ladies. General Order No. 28 was put into effect by Benjamin Butler, the Union major general in charge of keeping peace in New Orleans. The order said that women who insulted Yankee soilders would be “treated as a woman of the town.” This terrified ... her book. She was buried with full military honors and her coffin was draped with the Confederate flag. Few women in the Civil War went to the extreme that Belle Boyd and Rose O'Neal Greenhouse did, but many still used their gender to escape punishment for their treasonous deeds. Mary Lee was proud of all that she accomplished under Federal scrutiny. She collected clothing, boots, food, and other supplies for ...
- 619: Discourse on the Origin of Inequality
- ... to prevent another from being injured by some one else. Rousseau also defends animal rights, classifying animals not as moving toys for us to use as we desire, but as conscious beings. ‘It seems, in effect, that is I am obliged not to do harm to my fellow man, it is less because he is a rational being than because he is a sentient being; a quality that, since it is ... origins of inequality and language in the first part of this discourse, Rousseau turns to an issue that many other philosophers have attempted to tackle: the origin of the concept of property, and its consequent effect on the development of government. From the 'original, natural' state at man's beginning he somehow developed into the materialistic individual we know today. To Rousseau, at least, this must have begun with some 'person ... in developing the idea that any one man could own more than he needed for immediate use, man then developed ideas such as jealousy, greed, hate, and the like, for 'these ills are the first effect of property and the inseparable offshoot of incipient inequality.'(880) Man in the pure, original state had the same worries as any other animal, immediate needs that he had to fulfill. Primitive man 'finds ...
- 620: Growth Dynamics of E. coli in Varying Concentrations of Nutrient Broths, pH, and in the Presence of an Antibiotic
- ... growth rate (Atlas 330). Drugs/Antibiotics are another very common tool in molecular biology used to inhibit a specific process. Chloramphenicol, used in this experiment, inhibits the assembly of new proteins, yet it has no effect on those proteins which already exist( ). The growth dynamics of E.coli were evaluated in individual media trials. By using only one variable the results can be directly correlated to that particular variable. For example ... greater final value on the growth curve. The average k values for each media were found and the values for 1/k, the mean doubling time, were computed (Chart 5). These results clearly exhibit the effect media has on the growth dynamics of E.coli. The control sample had an average doubling time of 69 minutes while pH 7.0 doubled in only 30.4 minutes and chloramphenicol has a calculated ... the growth rate reaches the stationary phase at time 120 when there are 57,000 cells/mL(experimental). This is due to the fact that chloramphenicol inhibits the assembly of new proteins, yet has no effect on those proteins which already exist. Therefore, in the presence of chloramphenicol, translation was inhibited preventing the cells from growing and dividing (Atlas 371). The growth curve produced by graphing the Log number of ...
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