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- 631: Gulf War Syndrome
- ... and as a matter of fact, the Food and Drug Administration adopted the Interim Rule, which permits military to use experimental drugs on troops without their consent. According to Overbeck, the rule is still in effect (Overbeck 1-2). According to Peter Kawaja, of the International Gulf War Illness Coalition, the MD Anderson Cancer Center gave an order to destroy blood samples taken from veterans of the Gulf War veterans just ... that the military might have not been prepared for chemical exposure ( OP Nerve Agents : A Biography 44). To furthermore support these causes, Kurt Kleiner finds that the syndrome might have been caused by a combined effect of pills that was suppose to protect our troops from nerve gas and an insect repellent. To back up his finding he also stated that two separate studies were conducted on chickens and rats, and ... DEET made chicken s walking difficult and sometimes caused paralysis. And the Department of Defense indicated that in rats the same combination proved to be more toxic than any one used separately. Does the same effect happen with humans? Could this be the cause to Gulf War Syndrome for the reason that the chickens and rats proved to have related symptoms of our troops suffering from this syndrome (Kleiner 5)? ...
- 632: Periodical Review Of Human Com
- ... deception is really associated with a movement decrease.7 The last three articles in this volume deal with the Behavioral Adaptation Explanation (BAE) in deceptive transactions and whether or not it accounts for the probing effect (probed sources rating as more honest than non-probed sources).8 Following is a defense of the BAE and then a defense of the critical analysis. A disagreement over methodology arises and is briefly discussed ... both verbal and non-verbal as well as communication styles within and across cultures. Other articles of interest included the effects of pornography on aggressive behavior, predicting television extreme viewers and non-viewers, the cultivation effect (biasing of social reality perceptions on viewers), attachment styles and reactions to nonverbal involvement, and the role of language in interpersonal and inter-group settings. Many of these are likely part of the general interest ... proposed in the editorial. Articles concerned with methodology are also contained in this volume. The model for the study of CSS s was one. The disagreement on the BAE as an explanation for the probing effect (last three articles) was another. The authors of the rejoinder included an outline of proper methodology because they believed that the heart of our disagreement derives from fundamental differences in opinion regarding what constitutes ...
- 633: Legislative Proposal for New Indecency Language in Telecom Bill
- ... the age element. Letter from Kent Markus, Acting Assistant Attorney General, to Sen. Leahy (June 13, 1995), 141 Cong. Rec. S 8344. The Justice Department stated its concern that “this subsection would consequently have the effect of regulating indecent speech between consenting adults”. Such a holding by a court could render the indecency standard constitutionally unenforceable. The indecency standard is counterproductive. First, it ensures that rather than effectively protecting children on ... indecent” communication to a minor). The October 16 proposal provides no comparable Title 18 safeharbor, rendering the Title 47 safeharbor worthless. Second, the proposal prescribes restrictions with which companies must comply until FCC regulations take effect, but the restrictions, lifted wholesale from FCC dial-a-porn regulations, are inapplicable to most companies and would be impossible to comply with. The interim restrictions require companies to block or restrict access to any ... the proposal restricts constitutionally protected indecent speech, could take a decade or more. The dial-a-porn regulations on which the interim restrictions are based took ten years for constitutionally sustainable regulations to finally take effect. Thus, companies could be left without a defense for a decade or more, while the FCC attempts to fashion constitutional regulations -- which may be nevertheless prove useless to companies. Indeed, if the FCC regulations ...
- 634: Creatine Supplements and Athletes
- ... The accelerated resynthesis of ATP would allow individuals in athletic events that use the high intensity ATP-Pc energy system to perform longer. Short and long-term studies of creatine ingestion, has found one side effect; weight gain in fat free mass. Other theories of side effects stemming from creatine supplementation have been proposed. These side effect, most all be negative, have never been documented in scientific literature. Athletes ranging from high school to the Olympics have reported tremendous improvements in anaerobic events and gains of fat-free mass from creatine supplementation ... say about side effects of taking this supplement. In studies of untrained subjects and trained elite athletes of dosages of 1.5 to 25 g per day for up to a year, the only side effect has been weight gain in fat-free mass. This is probably due to higher training intensity and/or increased recovery time. Theoretically, gains in strength and body mass may place excessive stress on bones, ...
- 635: "Clay Beats Liston: February 25, 1964"
- ... themselves, secondly that the newspapers probably did not make enough money to send their own reporters down to Miami Beach, and finally the localization of the newspapers' audiences. Another aspect of the fight is the effect it had on Kentucky society, especially the sports scene. I primarily noticed that almost all the papers used reports from the Associated Press and the United Press International, even the (Louisville) Courier-Journal, one of ... learning about the world that surrounds them, especially from affairs of other towns. For example, if the Lexington Herald only wrote reports about the events effecting the city and a few major events that would effect the entire state, it would be possible that something occurred in Paducah that might not be reported in Lexington for several days, even months. The localization in rural areas such as Paducah and Bowling Green ... not surprising, but when urban places like Louisville and Lexington localize their news many important events in other areas of the state could not be reported for an extended period of time. The most important effect of Cassius Clay defeating Sonny Liston is the placement of Kentucky, and specifically Louisville on the map of boxing. For many years there were numerous boxing gyms in and around Louisville that produced great ...
- 636: Landfills
- ... 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 ...
- 637: Atomic Bomb 9
- ... in this amount of time a great deal of damage is done. A fireball is created by the blast, which consists mainly of dust and gasses. The dust produced in this fireball has no substantial effect on humans or their environment. However, as the gasses expand a blast wave is produced. As this blast wave moves, it creates static overpressure. This static overpressure then in turn creates dynamic pressure. The static ... atomic bomb s damage. Thermal radiation can come in one of three forms: ultraviolet radiation, visible radiation, or infrared radiation. The ultraviolet radiation is absorbed so rapidly by air particles that it has no substantial effect on people. However, the visible and infrared radiation creates an enormous amount of heat to be produced, approximately ten million degrees Celsius at the hypocenter. This heat has two main effects. The first is known ... begin to see the effects that an atomic bomb s thermal radiation had. Approximately sixty thousand in Hiroshima, and approximately forty-one thousand people were either killed or injured from the thermal radiation. The final effect that an atomic bomb caused is the nuclear radiation produced from the fission process. The nuclear radiation comes in the form of either Gamma rays or Beta particles. Gamma rays are electromagnetic radiation originating ...
- 638: As You Like It: Rosalind as Ganymede
- ... and feelings can be beautiful, but she is also saying it in terms he can understand. While Rosalind’s disguise was not needed with Touchstone, there are three other major characters that she has an effect on in the play, and one of them is a shepherdess called Phoebe. Phoebe has a man that is head over heels in love with her, yet she gives him hardly any sympathy whatsoever when ... the same sort of things that Sylvius has said to her. For example, Phoebe writes, “if the scorn of your bright eyne/ Have power to raise such love in mine/ Alack, in me what strange effect/ Would they work in mild aspect!” and later on in the speech refers to death, just like Sylvius did earlier on (4.3: 51-54). Rosalind reads the letter so that Sylvius can hear, and ... eyes to his own problem. He asks Rosalind if she really thinks that Phoebe is “railing,” and then asks if what Rosalind is doing is really “chiding” (65). The last character that Rosalind has an effect on is Orlando. Not only does she help to balance his views out, but through him she also learns more about herself and what she wants out of a relationship. Pretending to be someone ...
- 639: Performance Management
- ... The views of the other stakeholder groups must be thoroughly considered when drawing conclusions here. When these factors have been considered a conclusion can be drawn regarding how the project's adoption or rejection will effect electability of both national and local politicians. It is important to remember that the opposition politicians will adopt views contrasting their counterparts in the hope of increasing their own electability. The local council would have ... of the previously separate elements may take them further away from the educational centres. If this were the case it would be expected for the group to oppose the move due to the negative educational effect. As you can see there are mixed opinions on the development, but this is to be expected as not everyone can have what they want, but the local council must use the views intertwined with ... Similarly revenue/income can be considered as a performance indicator, based on collecting the £1million running costs. This again can be monitored routinely to see if the assumptions were completed, what the time of year effect is etc. Excessive use of Performance indicators, particularly those published externally, may encourage particular actions by public sector managers: 1)Tunnel Vision - refers to the idea of managers being so concerned with reaching performance ...
- 640: Our Secret
- ... essay uses fragments throughout the essay to symbolize all the topics and people that are involved. The fragments in the essay tie together insides and outsides, human nature, everything affected by past, secrets, cause and effect, and development with the content. These subjects and the fragments are also similar with her life stories and her interviewees that all go together. The author also uses her own memories mixed in with what ... to relate to subjects farther down the essay which makes each fragment relate to the content. Fragments that are used help to explain human nature, insides and outsides, everything affected by past, secrets, cause and effect, and development. All of these factors can go with the stories of Heinrich Himmler, Gebhard (Dad of Himmler), Laura (story in beginning), Heinz, Wernher von Braun (rocket scientist), Helene (author met at Metro station), and ... destructive, complex, conveys images of strength, outcome unpredictable, inside guides outside, and that it has a target or destination which shows that in some way each fragment can relate to torture, human nature, cause and effect, parents and family, and many others. For example, Himmler is complex, conveys images of strength, his outcome is unpredictable, and he is potentially dangerous to the jews. In some way, all of the topics ...
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