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- 811: The Atmospheric Ozone Layer
- ... radiation. As a rough estimate, many experts suggest that the percentage increase in UV-B radiation affecting surface organisms would be about twice the percentage loss in stratospheric ozone from anthropogenic causes. The most immediate effect on human beings would be an increase in various skin cancers and skin cancers are increasing. Increases in the evidence of cataracts and interference with the human immunity system are other possible influences. A more ... Organisation of Meteorology) 3. Lydia Dotto and Harold Sciff, "The Ozone War", Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1978 4. John Gribbin, "The Hole in the Sky", N.Y., Bantam Books, 1988 5. James G. Titus, "Effect of Changes in Stratospheric Ozone and Global Climate" Vol. 2, United Nations Environmental Programme 6. G. Levi, 1988, "Ozone depletion at the Poles", Physics Today 7. P. Bowman, 1988, "Global trends in total Ozone", Science ...
- 812: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Symbolism
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Symbolism Twain uses symbolism to create a certain effect in Huckleberry Finn. Diction, organization, details, and his personal point of view hides all aspects of symbolism in the novel. Twain uses many types of style analysis to connect things from word choice to the ... call me when it was my turn…”(Pg.150). Even the little things like not waking Huck, show more than just an undying friendship. The symbolism of a grown man and a child had more effect instead of having two grown men, because a child needs a father figure. Jim fit the description and perfectly provided that for him. In conclusion, Huck’s point of view always came direct, but never ...
- 813: The Bluest Eye
- ... their anger on their own families and on their own blackness instead of on the white people who were the cause of their misery. In this manner, they kept their anger circulating among themselves, in effect oppressing themselves, at the same time they were being oppressed by the white people. Pecola Breedlove was a young black girl, growing up in Lorain, Ohio in the early 1940's. Her life was one ... to us"(205). The other black people felt beautiful next to her ugliness, wholesome next to her uncleanness, her poverty made them generous, her weakness made them strong, and her pain made them happier. In effect, they were oppressing her the same way the whites were oppressing them. When Pecola's father, Cholly Breedlove, was caught as a teenager in a field with Darlene by two white men, "never did he ...
- 814: Reference Pricing How Effectiv
- ... takes the behaviorist's approach. These researchers (for example Kalramaran & Winer (1995) and Rajendran & Tellis (1994) believe that it is vital to observe whether the reference price influences consumer's actions and then quantify the effect. As is expected, the Cognitivists are trying to determine how reference pricing works, while the behaviorists look at determining the influence of reference pricing. There is also a third interested party, the marketing practitioner. This ... how a theory works or if it is simply enough to know it works. Reference pricing research is further dogged by the fact that it is difficult to determine whether the reference price has an effect on a consumer's decision to purchase. The key concern to marketing practitioners is how they can best put the theory of reference pricing to use in their business. On major flaw in the theory ...
- 815: The Narrator and Sam Cavanaugh: Dolls to Control?
- ... sign that reads "KEEP AMERICA PURE WITH LIBERTY PAINTS" (Ellison 196). Later on, the reader will learn that Liberty Paint is famous for its white paint called none other than "Optic White" (Ellison 201). In effect, the sign advertises to keep America pure with whites and not just white paint. Next, the invisible man must walk down a long, pure white hallway. At this time he is a black man symbolically ... Whites. The Liberty Paint Factory uses Blacks to better the company. In the Brotherhood's cause they want the Blacks to work only for the organization, and not for the individual member's needs. In effect, it is really the Blacks that work behind the scenes to make things flow in all these situations. Blacks are taken advantage of, and controlled by ideas put into their heads. In The Puppet Masters ...
- 816: The Beak Of The Finch
- ... put it in his title, species originate by means of this natural selection. There is also the uniformitarian implication that these changes are subtle and gradual and take a long time to have a visible effect. Hence, the earth is old, and Lyell's "anti-diluvialism" or anti-catastrophism best explains the geological record. We will look at the second clause of the title later. The Beak of the Finch is ... author knows of evidence that I am unfamiliar with, though at least one other author interprets the account the way I do. (Gillispie, 1960, 348; cf. Darwin 1958, 85ff.) It really does not change the effect of the book much at all unless he is suggesting that Darwin is deceiving us in his autobiography. Indeed, one impression from reading Darwin's autobiography is that even though he gradually changed from Christianity ...
- 817: The Awakening
- ... dreams, past experiences, and hopes. For this reason, there is much more depth and symbolic depictions in the novella, The Awakening, by Kate Chopin, compared with the movie version, Grand Isle. Due to this, the effect on the reader is much more potent than the effect on the viewer.
- 818: Gene Therapy 2
- ... of all these vectors is the packaging of the DNA into the viral capsule by replacing part (or all) of the viral genes. By removing the crucial viral genes, the viruses also loose their pathogenic effect. After the manipulation of the viral genome, the virus will be used to deliver the genetic material by viral infection to the target cell. Retroviruses have a limitation because they are unable to infect non ... inviting more controversy such as the abortion issue. Such therapy, however, has improved the well being of the patients. There are many other concerns dealing with gene therapy. For instance, once gene therapy has taken effect it cannot be stopped or in other words, it is irreversible. Unlike drugs, you can't stop producing genes. In addition, the mixed results in delivering genes have raised some concern. Some scientists fear, with ...
- 819: The Chrysanthemums 2
- ... to make herself as attractive as she now feels. Her husband is both surprised and pleased by her appearance, and their conversation is mixed with pleasantries and unexpected delight as they both enjoy the animating effect of Elisa s encounter. Their mood remains distinctly elevated as they head for town, but then Elisa sees a small speck on the road in the distance. Instantly, she realizes that this is the treasure ... to hide her real feeling of pain from her husband. She is anticipating a dreadful future in which she pictures herself crying weakly like an old woman. Clearly Steinbeck s is particularly sensitive to the effect of landscape on a person s life. Because Elisa Allen s sense of her own self-worth is so closely tied to the land, Steinbeck has chosen to connect her psychical existence to the season ...
- 820: Psychological Properties Of Ya
- ... previous research suggested that yawning increased because of arousal; this study implies that arousal increases because of yawning. Furthermore, it is reasonable to question whether the testing methods of this experiment may have had an effect on the results. The study was conducted in a lab, and subjects were adorned with sensors and electrodes, creating an unnatural setting which may have made the subjects anxious (and consequently increased arousal levels). Even ... retiring (thus causing the arousal level to drop), the yawn may be the body s way of resisting fatigue by inducing arousal. Once the subjects went to bed no yawns were reported; they had, in effect, given in to being tired and no longer needed to induce arousal. Finally, since yawning frequency did not change with amount of sleep the previous night, the results of the study suggest that yawning is ...
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