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- 691: Gun Control
- ... over the past ten years in various types of violent crime, suicide, and accidental death show no dramatic results, "and few suggestions of perceptible effects of the 1977 Canadian gun control legislation". The only positive effect, Mundt, found in the study was the decrease in the use of firearms in robbery with comparion to trends in the United States . Informed law enforcement officers in Canada, as in the United States, view ... of gun control opponents in their slogan `people kill, guns don't '. The introduction of gun control in Canada significantly shows that Canadian gun control, especially the provisions pertaining to handguns, does have the beneficial effect of reducing violent crime, and saving lives. Part IV: Analysis And Conclusions When looking at the 1977 Canadian Legislation of gun control, it is easy to see that there is some bias and assumptions present ... with many sociologists beliefs, is that Canada historically hasn't experienced the problems of crime, that the United States has, because of it's central police force. In addition, Sproule and Kennett view the significant effect of gun control is the method of killing. Although "gun control may be influencing some suspects to kill by other methods, it is less likely for these suspects to kill multiple victims". As witnessed ...
- 692: The Conversation, Directed By Francis Coppola
- ... just as long as he gets a fat recording. This impersonal attitude proves to be false. The fact that he does have a conscience creates conflict of the movie and leads into the cause and effect aspect. The narration being restrictive we see all that Harry sees. When listening to the conversation Harry recorded the viewers are keyed onto certain passages. One is when the two subjects are talking about the ... seem to be innocent lovers nags at Harry. His line where said he didn't care what was said on the tapes becomes null. The simple cause is Harry made the recording. Interestingly enough the effect is that people might die, and another part of the effect is that Harry's conscience kicks and he wants to stop what he started. This is a very interesting idea and shows the complexity of Harry's character and how it ties into causality. ...
- 693: Utilitarianism
- ... in D. MacLean and P. G. Brown, eds., Energy and the Future Totowa, NJ: Rowan and Littlefield, 1983. 2. Danielson, Peter. "Personal Responsibility," in H. Coward and T. Hurka, eds., Ethics and Climate Change: The Greenhouse Effect Waterloo: Wilfred Laurier UP, 1993. 3. Sidgwick, Henry. The Methods of Ethics, 7th ed. London: Macmillan, 1907. 4. World Commission on Environment and Development. Our Common Future Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987.
- 694: David Hume
- ... As Hume built up his reputation, he gained more and more political power. He discarded the possibility of certain knowledge, finding in the mind nothing but a series of sensations, and held that cause-and-effect in the natural world derives solely from the conjunction of two impressions. Hume's skepticism is also evident in his writings on religion, in which he rejected any rational or natural theology. Besides his chief ... their idea of causality arises in the mind when we experience certain relations between objects. This idea states that for all effects there is a cause. Hume said that even though the cause preceded the effect, there is no proof that the cause is responsible for the effect's occurrence. Did you follow along? Hume also thrived on ones self. Hume denied that we have any idea of self. This may seem paradoxical, that I should say that I do not have ...
- 695: The History of Phamaceutical Compounding
- ... now called on to give to their patients and doctors are drug action, the use of drugs in treating certain diseases and drug-induced side effects. Neighborhood Compounding Pharmacy The Industrial Revolution had a major effect on how the art of Pharmacy was practiced. The making of medications by hand almost became extinct when scientific developments through the use of machines developed. Phytochemistry and synthetic chemistry created new derivatives of old ... less combined two or more active ingredients. Another change that has occurred is what the pharmacist now actually knows. Most pharmacists now only know the facts such as the shelf life of the medication, the effect on the drug when exposed to light, and the reliability and reputations of the manufacturer. When in the past, all pharmacists were committed to maintaining the quality of drugs dispensed. All of these changes meant ... must also understand how the human body functions in health and sickness and how it reacts to different medicines. The practice of pharmacy then entails a detailed knowledge of classification, selection, analysis and standardisation, pharmacological effect, toxicity, combination and preservation of drugs. The pharmacist is an expert on medicines, a custodian of drugs and an authority on poisons, and is vitally involved in the spectacular advances in the quality of ...
- 696: Acid Rain 10
- ... books and old art are affected because the ventilation systems arent designed to prevent acidic particles form entering the buildings of such places as libraries and museums, which eventually gets circulated throughout. Finally the effect on humans. The most serious problem that we have with this is when it comes to our respiratory problems. The sulfur oxide and nitric oxide emissions wreak havoc when it comes to asthma, dry coughs, headaches, eye, nose and throat irritations. Also, an indirect effect is when the acid rain is absorbed by plants, such as fruits and vegetables. Toxic metals can be absorbed by animals and have had direct connections to severe brain damage among infants, nerve disorders, and ... an upper furnace. This causes the combustion to occur with less O2 than required, thus slowing down the transformation of atmospheric nitrogen to nitrogen oxide. After combustion, a system of catalytic reductions are put into effect. This system embraces the injection of ammonia gas upstream of the catalytic reaction chamber. Most nitrogen oxide emissions are from cars, so catalytic converters must be installed on cars to reduce the emissions. The ...
- 697: Marijuana: The Legalization
- Marijuana: The Legalization Their Side: After the sustaining vote in November of 1996 and coming into effect the beginning of this year, marijuana is now legal to medical patients in California and Arizona. Proposition 215 reads as follows: The people of the State of California hereby find and declare that the purposes ... enough to mess with it. Of course, others have their opinions and I respect that. Lester Grinspoon states "One of marijuana's greatest advantages as a medicine is it's remarkable safety. It has little effect on major physiological functions. There is no known case of a lethal overdose....Marijuana is also far less addictive and far less subject to abuse than many drugs now used as muscle relaxants, hypnotics, and ... how to reduce marijuana abuse? "Let them smoke it a lot and it will kill those who use it thus reducing the abusers." Seeming how this paper of mine will not have much of an effect if any on the now set laws, perhaps that isn't such a bad idea.
- 698: Clean Coal Technologies
- ... combustors, using the steam raised to drive turbogenerators. The combustion byproducts are sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx) and particulates, which if not controlled contribute to the production of acid rain as well as the greenhouse effect. Clean coal technologies can be grouped in four categories, the first three of which refer to the stages in the combustion process where installation can occur (the fourth bypassing the combustion process altogether). The first ...
- 699: Hydroponic Gardening
- ... Whether you build your own system or purchase a prepared kit, hydroponic gardening can be a very enjoyable hobby. On a larger scale the systems are virtually the same but are set up in a greenhouse. As stated above, due to the high cost of start up and running a large hydroponic operation, it is recommended that only high value cash crops be grown by this method. Types of Media In ... a hydroponic system is free of soil it would also be free of pests and disease, but this is not entirely true. Yes, a hydroponic system is soil free and this reduces the illness that effect many plants, but the garden is still susceptible to some insects, fungal, bacterial, and viral diseases. When dealing with insect pests the gardener should know that these annoying insects can multiply rapidly due to either ...
- 700: Exotic Diseases And The Treat To Humanity
- ... This helps spread the disease. (National center for infectious diseases center for disease control and prevention, P.1-2, 1998) There were experiments done on Ebola, they were not a success, the drugs had no effect on the virus. Civilian virus hunter and Ebola specialist, Gene Johnson's infected monkeys had all died regardless of what medication they were given. He then discovered that the other monkeys that were on ... This is what lead to the conclusion and discovery that Ebola was airborne). (Preston, 32,1994) Research chief for International Center of disease, Rita Colwell, was convinced that the whole ocean crisis was starting to effect the health of humans, The rising sizes of viral populations in the worlds saline soup held out other dangers to marine and, ultimately human health.(Garrett, P. 563, 1995) Cholera epidemics in the 1970 ... virus, which results with the demand for a new vaccine. Cost of producing more and more vaccines is extremely expensive. Society believes that most epidemics only occur in third world countries and that they cannot effect the more developed countries. That is very untrue, many viruses can be spread through travel and the importing of wild animals from other countries, and the wandering of insects from other countries. It is ...
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