Essays on Alameda

Framingham Heart Study

The Framingham Heart Study was first conducted in 1948 in the small town of Framingham, Massachusetts under the direction of the National Heart Institute. The objective of the study was to identify the common factors that contributed to cardiovascular. The disease at the time was the leading cause of death and serious illness in the United States yet little was known about it. Researchers recruited 5,209 men and women residents of the town between the ages of 30 and 62 years and began a detailed physical examination and lifestyle interviews (World Health Organization, 2007). The participants in the ...

Egocentrism is simply a heightened degree of self-consciousness and self-awareness. David Elkind’s work was mostly focused on adolescent psychology. Therefore, his version of egocentrism was mainly in adolescents. According to Elkind, adolescents have the inability to perceive the difference between what they think of themselves and what people think of them. His theory traces its roots from Piaget’s theory of cognitive development, which presents an argument that due to the changes adolescents undergo, they can conceptualize their thoughts and conceive those of other people. This is a buildup of what Elkind provides in that he brings in ...

Diabetes is among the key health problems and one of the most widespread chronic illness in Alameda County that affects a conservable number of individuals. According to Alameda County Public Health Department (2014), about 6.4 adults in the county were diagnosed with the disease in 2014. Although, the disease is reported across all populations, various populations are at a higher risk in regard to the illness. In regard to this, American-Indians, African-Americans, Asians and Hispanics are among the key populations at risk of having the disease mainly due to genetic predisposition. In addition, individuals older than forty five years ...

The First Amendment guarantees freedom of speech by restricting legislations that curtail this freedom. U.S. Supreme Court decisions reinforce respect for the freedom of speech against legislations by the federal and state governments. However, some forms of communication are exempt from First Amendment guarantees. Obscenity is one such exemption. In Roth v. the United States, the U.S. Supreme Court cited a series of cases dating back to 1877 to demonstrate the Court’s consistent regard of obscenity as an expression that is not protected by the First Amendment right to free speech. Since obscenity does not form part of ...

The First Amendment guarantees freedom of speech by restricting legislations that curtail this freedom. U.S. Supreme Court decisions reinforce respect for the freedom of speech against legislations by the federal and state governments. However, some forms of communication are exempt from First Amendment guarantees. Obscenity is one such exemption. In Roth v. the United States, the U.S. Supreme Court cited a series of cases dating back to 1877 to demonstrate the Court’s consistent regard of obscenity as an expression that is not protected by the First Amendment right to free speech. Since obscenity does not form part of ...

The First amendment guarantees freedom of speech by restricting legislations that curtail this freedom. U.S. Supreme Court decisions reinforce respect for the freedom of speech against legislations by the federal and state governments. However, some forms of communication are exempt from First Amendment guarantees. Obscenity is one such exemption. In Roth v. United States, the U.S. Supreme Court cited a series of cases dating back to 1877 to demonstrate the Court’s consistent regard of obscenity as an expression that is not protected by the First Amendment right to free speech. Since obscenity does not form part of protected ...

Generally, it is assumed that mothers are very loving and they bond with their small children since the time of birth. At times, it can be assumed that this bond is natural since it starts right from pregnancy when the mother starts touching the child while still in the womb. After all, the child grows inside the mother and this is an automatic way to bonding (Palmer 1). However, I have come to realize that there is a kind of bonding that exists between a mother and her daughter (Johnson 64). This phenomenon is quite interesting and there is the need ...