Essays on Autism

Introduction

The ancient and classical periods in the Chinese history made a great change on the production of multi-tons of iron when no one in Europe could melt a single ounce of iron. The Chinese later understood on how to reduce the excess carbon content to a low level such that the metal became strong and very resilient instead of brittle (Ward 181). They called the final item steel.

Papermaking was the second most pleasing contribution that led to the increased spreading of civilization. Tortoise shells, bones, and bamboo slips were ‘the main article used for writing before china developed ...

This can be simply put as communication between different cultures. It is used to describe the wide range of communication barriers that exist after interaction of people with different cultures. As the word is growing into a global village, interactions between people of diverse culture are increasing as the world becomes smaller. People are travelling from their birth places to seek to start life in different places hence the result of intercultural communication. In USA for example, people from the US can be found in different parts of the world as they are seeking new environments as well people ...

In the context of modern internal system, the history of relations between countries was basically based on the dependence of countries on the agriculture as a tool of wealth creation. The countries therefore depended on each other for production of specific agricultural commodities in order to sustain their economic activities. In the end of eighteenth century, certain distinct prominent features of modern international system were clearly elaborated with help of alternate groups of peace among people. Over the years war has been prevalent all through making it a prominent feature of the modern international system. The characteristics of this ...

How does the human conscious and unconscious mind and the external bio-social forces adapt in the process of development? What then is the role and significance of psychoanalysis? Researchers in the field of neuroscience have made great findings on the effect of the biopsychosocial perspective on child development. They have already accentuated on the fact that the interaction of infants with their neurobiological predisposition and interpersonal social and environmental experiences influences the development of the psyche, a concept earlier on stated by Freud in his ‘Project for Scientific Psychology’ (Sasso 2009). The development of consciousness is evidently ...

The communication plan will first and foremost encompass the development of a class website. A website will make it easy for the instructor to effortlessly and in a very timely manner communicate with students. It will also be useful in disseminating useful information to students as well as getting to hear their concerns. In addition, external persons who may wish to get information about the class can simply do so by accessing the class website. The plan will also advocate for the use student websites which will be particularly important in facilitating the exchange of ideas between ...

This essay describes Asperger’s Syndrome (AS) using the case of Jake, a 2 year old AS patient. It will attempt to use the case in demystifying the experiences and symptoms of AS in children. Rudy (2008) defines Asperger’s Syndrome as a form of autistic disorder that causes its victims serious deficits in their interpersonal skills. The article further relates children that suffer from AS to those that lack the ability to resolve conflicts, manage their anger, participate in teamwork, and communicate effectively and assertively. It implies that such individuals would not only dislike ...

There is no universally accepted definition for the term personality among different psychologists. This is why they have developed different unique theories about personality. However, the term personality can be defined as a given pattern with relatively permanent and unique features which provide individuality and consistency to an individual’s life. It is prudent to note that different psychologist have come up with different theories of personality. However, the father of personality theory still remains to be Sigmund Freud. This is because he was the first person to develop the theory of personality and that other psychologists just borrowed ...

Qn. 1. The interaction is among the determinants of the findings drawn from the test of the prediction, mainly because those that are higher PDI scorers are likely to be affected by their personal differences like distress, conviction and preoccupation. Therefore relating the levels of obesity as a relation to aggression levels will help increase the accuracy of the inferences drawn, mainly because it demonstrates that the influence of natural traits like obesity can influence the outlook of the members of the sample, on the information given after the study, which is the primary determinant of the outcomes from ...

Introduction

Human beings have a certain threshold within which they can withstand stressful and traumatic situations. When this threshold is surpassed, then they develop psychiatric conditions. Post traumatic syndrome is one of the resultant problems in this case. In light of current research, physical abuse, emotional problems, child abuse, environmental toxins, extended combat and terrorism are some of the main causes of this syndrome. Post- traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a recurrent disorder. This is a syndrome that people develop after experiencing aberrantly distressing, traumatic and threatening events. This is a psychological issue that has been present in the world ...

The dynamics of the world today are intense. Technology is changing and the human interest in discovery is growing in an encouraging manner. Just like the cave man, the normal human being is trying to rediscover and discover his surrounding and his environment. Among the ways that he does this is through the media. Television and articles have become the rule of the day. These materials have served a great deal in the life of a knowledge- hungry population, the people of the world. Great amount of scientific knowledge is being extracted from these sources and becomes a law ...

Introduction

Personality can be defined an individual’s unique consolation of consistent behavioral traits. Personality is both biologically acquired and learned. Some aspects of personality that determined certain behavioral characteristics are biologically acquired such as a person’s manner of speech, walking style or temperamental traits. Others such as coping with certain situations or manner of behaving when in certain situations or places are leant or acruired through social interaction or with reinforcement.

Some people have fixed qualities like intelligence and thinking. Others believe that their intellectual’s traits are acquired through education and practice. These qualities aids in such ...

Introduction

CD4 is a cellular immune response co-receptor that raises the avidity of relationship between an antigen-presenting cell and a T-cell through interaction with non-polymorphic parts of the complex between T-cell receptor and major histocompatibility class II molecules. It directly contributes to transduction of signal via cytoplasmic relationship with the lymphocyte kinase. CD4 also plays a role as the high-affinity receptor for attachment of cells as well as entrance of HIV. The CD4 extracellular part consists of domains that resemble immunoglobulin D1 to D4. This component of the CD4 has been qualified as a recombinant soluble protein, and crystal structures ...

There are various motivational strategies which Captain Strong could consider adopting. The first strategy she could consider adopting would be empowerment. Empowering the patrol division officers would entail giving them the trust, authority, autonomy and encouragement to complete a task. This will be an important strategy given the fact that among the complaints of the officers is the fact that they hardly ever get to complete their tasks due to the many orders they receive. In short, they lack the necessary autonomy and encouragement to complete their tasks.

Captain Strong could also consider the implementation of an effective reward ...

A syndrome relates to a blend of signs and symptoms that show that a person is suffering from a particular ailment, disease or disorder. A syndrome based defense is thus where a defendant uses an ailment or disorder to escape criminal liability (Schmalleger et. al, 2010). In such case, though they admit doing the offence, they argue that either they lacked criminal intent or that the action was involuntary. An important aspect of a syndrome based defense is that the disease complained of must either be a disease of the mind or affect the mind.

Syndromes may thus be ...

- Telemedicine

Telemedicine refers to a diverse concept that entails the utilization of telecommunication media for the transfer of medical information. Telemedicine can be categorised on the basis of the type of type of information exchanged between patients and the interaction between these two parties. Telemedicine has its merits and demerits. The merits include: research has shown that telemedicine is an adequate tool for follow up visits in up to 99% of the cases. Follow up done through telemedicine is cheaper than face to face clinical visits which is particularly beneficial. Given the ease with which patients can currently ...

Abstract

This essay covers the questions regarding accepting and raising a special needs child, such as adjustments, accommodations, challenges and strengths that parents of a child with special needs might have to deal with. During the course of writing this paper and the previously conducted interview with parents of one such child, I have gained an immense amount of experience, the results of which can be found in the following essay.

Parents with special needs children are like on a journey that takes them into a life, often filled with powerful emotions, difficult choices, interaction ...

I am an employee of the Oxfam Pvt. Ltd organization presently working in my home city i.e. Chicago. I am an assistant marketing manager at the regional office of Oxfam Pvt. Ltd. My annual pay (about $52,000) has been stagnant for four years now and just recently I found it hard to cope to with the rising inflation rates. So, one day I decided enough is enough; I need a raise in my salary and made up my mind to approach my boss and voice my demands.

After finally deciding to raise my opinions to the boss I ...

1. One particular experience in a virtual environment is working through oDesk. The first and foremost virtual team skill required of the remote workers is the capability to work competitively with the technology available in oDesk. Although there are some limitations – such as lack of face-to-face interaction – and advantages – like greater convenience – both managers and workers should adopt to the technology. Besides, selecting virtual team members may be based on technical expertise and experience (Gibson and Cohen 103). Moreover, workers need to have significant things: collaboration, socialization, and communication skills/behaviors. Collaboration skills are behaviors that make both parties – managers/employers ...

1. Compare and contrast Du Bois's theory as to the oppression of African Americans with Gilman's theory as to the oppression of women. What similarities do you see in their arguments? What are the differences in these two theories of oppression?

Gilman followed the Marxist’ theory and described economic and political factors of gender inequality. She pointed out that the traditional family role distribution make women dependent. Differential socialization sustains inequality – when girls are taught differently from the early age capabilities of both girls and boys are the same. The scientist also stated that core women’s abilities (to ...

Autism spectrum disorder is not only one disorder, but a combination of disorders, that affect an individual. There are three main features of a person who suffers from autism: a lack of social engagement, difficulty with language, and a lack of imagination. There may be numerous other factors that the person struggles to overcome as well. There is an increase in the number annually of people who are being diagnosed with autism. There is no known cure for this lifelong disease (Comer, 2011).

When describing a lack of social engagement, there are several factors that occur. A person with ...

Nearly 133 million Americans live with chronic illnesses and conditions such as autism, arthritis, lupus, and diabetes. Their numerous symptoms are always not visible to the naked eye. In addition, family, friends, and even co-workers still find it hard to recognize any sense of loss, isolation and loneliness. Despite these difficulties, all patients must strive to overcome these hurdles, as experts agree that people living with chronic illnesses can live full and meaningful lives regardless of their conditions.

The biological and communication/cognitive features of Autism are often attributed to as the major reason to explain how children with Autism ...

Thomas Davies filed a civil suit in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County against Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) in august 2001 under Federal Employers' Liability Act, 45 U.S.C. §§ 51-60 (1986) for the injuries that he received during his service as a locomotive engineer for SEPTA. The two issues that were in question are the issue of limitation and local rules for litigation proceedings. Contending SEPTA’s negligence he pleaded that he was not provided a safe work place which is a mandatory prerequisite under the provisions of law. To be very precise Davies put before the ...

Scenarios are informal narrative descriptions, which are used to describe human tasks or activities that allow for the discussion and exploration of requirements, needs, and contexts (Rogers et al., 2007). They do not provide an explicit description of the way that a technological support or a software application is used to complete a task. However, they make use of the stories told by users, which describe the tasks that they need to ...

The field of the sociology of sport can be considered to have no actual boundaries, as it is affected by and affect broad social structures, determining cultural values, social changes observed in long- and short-term perspectives, as well as social interaction. This science started getting considerable amount of attention since 1970 and today it is constantly widening its horizon. It poses controversial and critical issues, as it can be considered as a macrocosm of society, having practically the same issues as in the larger societies.

So, the scope of the sports sociology can be defined in the following way: ...

In the early days, a person is required to go to the bank personally and withdraw his money manually from his account. He would have to wait for countless hours in turn before he could have his money. He has to fall in line, fill-up forms and wait for the teller to count the money. However, this method of getting money from the bank can become a hindrance especially in certain instances such as in emergencies, trips or even in purchasing items. Today, ATM cards are issued to allow clients to access their bank accounts wherever they are and ...

Telephones, fax machines and email have all made office communication faster and easier. At the same time, they have dealt a big blow to interpersonal, informal forms of communication. Email tends to be formal, telephone calls are normally short, perfunctory and scripted and opportunities for informal conversations over projects are rarer. Meetings cannot be held daily to facilitate brainstorming, and many companies are realizing that something valuable may be lost.

Informal interactions give opportunities for people to bounce ideas off of each other and solicit for personal opinions in a low pressure environment. Outside of formal meetings, outside of ...

Diversity and Inclusion

Cultural diversity refers to the existence of various kinds of people with different cultures within a given shared environment. Cultural diversity can be looked at from various points of references. This in most cases would come on the basis of interaction and sharing of common goals by people of different cultural backgrounds (Cooley & McEwan, 2004, p.37). Cultural diversity identifies differences based on behaviour and guided by ethnic based backgrounds, which gives individuals a sense of belonging to a given group. This means that my behaviour can be measured based on the group I identify with them all the time ...

English is a language which is spoken by billions of people worldwide. The vast majority of people can speak, at very least, a smattering of the English language and as such, it has begun to gain a reputation for being the ‘lingua franca’ of the world of academia. The growth of the English language exploded during the prime years of the British Empire – at its height, the Empire consisted of almost a quarter of the planet and held control over millions of people (Luscombe). This was unavoidably likely ...

Introduction

I. Description of Theories Applied II. Application of Social Penetration Theory

B. Application of Economic Aspect of Social Penetration Theory

III. Application of Uncertainty Reduction Theory

A. Virtual Communication and Uncertainty Reduction

B. Benefits of Virtual Interaction and Theoretical Explanation Conclusion

Introduction People tend to interact with the help of various social networks more frequently. USA Today reported that more people entrust the choice of their mates to Internet. Statistics represented in the article showed that 22% of men and 12% of women surveyed experienced “a romantic, sexual or erotic relationship online, even some of those over 65 (7%)” (Marcus, 2011). I. Description of Theories Applied Online relationship development support several concepts of ...

Soft tissue injuries of the handCarpal tunnel Syndrome. Carpal tunnel syndrome is an arm disorder that causes tingling, numbness and other indications. Carpal tunnel syndrome is associated with a pinched nerve in the wrist. Factors that can contribute to the carpal tunnel syndrome are; patterns of hand use, anatomy of one's wrist or certain health risk factors. Bound by tendons and bones, carpal tunnel is a thin pathway that is situated on the palm flank of the wrist. That passageway protects the main nerve from the hand and tendons that bend the limbs. The compression of the nerve is ...

Russia is the country with a long history. It has the largest territory in the world and unites a large amount of people. The climate is different, but the most part of the territory has a cold and dry climate. All these particularities are reflected in the rich culture of the country. Russia originates from the Kievan Rus. Until 1917 Russia was a monarchy named Russian Empire. During that period Russia faced several wars against Mongol-Tatars and against France, which was headed by Napoleon Bonaparte. In 1917 the October Revolution took place, resulting the appearance of the Union of ...

Autism is a mental disorder that influences the ability of various parts of brain functioning in normal ways. It is diverse in range, varying from patient to patient. Individuals who suffer from mild autism have less mental disrupt, they are independent, can develop social links, can acquire superior jobs and may possess some ability to face challenges. While, others who suffer severe autism have extreme impairment, they depend on others to fulfill their basic needs and require assistance in standby. Due to this extensive range in disorder, detection and therapy plans are still being investigated and modified. Advance monitoring ...

Belief is defined as a psychological condition whereby a person holds a thought to be true (Collins, Randall 34-36). There are different types of belief including religious ones which are thought to be trusted in the supernatural being. With structures of belief, there are other topics related to it and each of the worldviews has different approaches when it comes to dealing with beliefs. Mankind’s creation in the image of God is believed by many but in the study of sociology this belief concentrates on the primary social institutions of humans. This essay aims at using sociological views ...

Introduction

A motion detector refers to a device that is used to detect objects on motion, specifically people. This device is sometimes integrated as a system component that performs a task automatically or alerts the user of any motion detected in an area. In addition, motion detectors are very important component of home control, security, energy efficiency, automated lighting control, and other vital systems. There are four different types of detectors/sensors that are used in a motion sensor spectrum, and they include passive infrared (PIR), Ultrasonic, Microwave and Tomographic motion detector.

The earlier designs were very unreliable. For example, the ...

What I think about the workshop?

I think the workshop is effective for the students with Autism as it helps them to concentrate on other things other than the school work. Their inability to have proper co-ordination like other children is improved through the instructions and rules of the Yoga workshops. It is helping them learn more in life and feel relaxed outside their classrooms and books. It is also helping them be confident in themselves by assuring them that they can do other activities that other normal children do, which is good for their self-esteem. The workshop is also important for them as they ...

The Bubonic Plague was arguably one of the most historically tragic and monumental times in human history. It managed to change everything we understand about ourselves physically while changing the social and cultural landscape around it. An upheaval of power followed the plague, as did a religious revolt. Ironically, an issue today that is causing many social and cultural changes centers around something meant to keep the plague, and many other deadly diseases, from reemerging: vaccinations. In the wake of falsified research that left the world believing vaccinations caused autism, some parents still believe vaccinations are bad. This belief ...

Communication Issues for Children with Autism

Introduction Autism spectrum disorders are a collection of developmental disorders that have been increasing over the past decades. Autism affects every aspect of the child’s development, especially verbal and speech development (Parr, 2010). The communication challenges facing a child who has been diagnosed with autism is an important topic. Millions of parent with autistic children long to have normal communication with their children and the whole experience of having simple conversations with this child can be an overwhelming experience. Parents with the autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnosis report in their hand already are well aware of the differences ...

Executive Summary

“Be Different: My Adventures with Asperger's and My Advice for Fellow Aspergians, Misfits, Families, and Teachers”, is written by John Elder Robison. This is a bestselling memoir of the author, who was born with Asperger, when there was no mechanism to diagnose this condition. By that time he got to know about this condition, he had developed some unique strategies to deal with this condition. He identified his strengths and turned them into opportunities for himself. This book is unique in a way because it has been developed with a positive thought. It does not consider this syndrome as ...

Sociology aspects play a vital role of enabling people to comprehend the family and how it operates under different theoretical structures. This indicates that the work of the sociology mainly lies with the fact that it enables us to explain the social behavior by different individuals in the real world. In order to advance the theory, various sociologists have identified ways to come up with answers concerning the relationship as well as how these families operate. Sociologists utilize three main theoretical approaches, which may include structural-functional approach, social-conflict approach, and symbolic-interaction approach in explaining how various people understand a ...

Erving Hoffman (1922-1982) embodied in the sociological theory of Shakespeare's verse:

"All the world's a stage,And all the men and women merely players:They have their exits and their entrances;And one man in his time plays many parts" (Shakespeare) Socio dramatic approach is a version of symbolic interactionism. E. Hoffman understood social "I" as the property is not an actor, but as the product of theatrical interaction between performers and audience. As well as in the theater, in the social life are important suits in which we play a role, scene props, scenery. However, the main role, of course belongs to our partners on the stage and the audience. ...

Social stratification may be viewed as the ways in which individuals are groups of people are placed against social statuses. These may be in terms on one’s social class, gender, age, sexuality or even ethnicity. It has been a concern of social psychologist to study how the stratification being applied in am certain society affects the individuals and how these individuals in return affect the development and maintenance of stratification in the society. Interactionists view the development and maintenance of stratification in three ways. For them, the basic stratification processes are: 1) The existing social structure in a ...

Art therapy is therapy that channels deep emotions with people, and easing stress, pain, and loss through a process. Therapists use it as guidance in order to communicate and support their patients. Art therapy now is a new realm, people still don’t quite understand why and how therapeutic art making actually works for its patients. It is now being widely used in clinical, educational, human service and private practice settings. There is no doubt the therapy is effective since it brings positive results for people with stress, traumatic experiences, and relationship problems. Autism spectrum disorder-ASD is a complicated ...

Exam III Due: Friday March 21st, 2014

Total Points: 100 Since this is a take home exam, you may use notes/references. Cardiovascular & Congestive Heart Failure (Total points: 58) - Which lipoprotein normally returns most of the cholesterol to the liver for disposal? (2pt)

High-density lipoprotein (HDL) is involved in eliminating excess cholesterol via the liver.

- Which nutritional factors contribute significantly to the rise of total serum cholesterol over time? (4pts) - Dietary cholesterol - Total fat - Saturated fat - Trans fat - Excess calories - Omega-6: - Omega-3:

Seafood

Meat - What is C-reactive protein and how does it relate to cardiovascular disease? (4pts) C-reactive protein (CRP) is a protein that can be measured in your blood. ...

Scimitar syndrome

Scimitar syndrome is a very rare congenital heart disease. It is also referred to as phylogenetic lung syndrome, pulmonary venolobar, mirror-image lung syndrome, vena cava bronchovascular syndrome, Halasz’s syndrome and, epibronchial right pulmonary artery syndrome .This disease is characterized by anomalous right pulmonary venous return into the inferior vena cava. Normally, the pulmonary vein carries oxygenated blood to the left chamber of the heart that is then pumped to the systemic circulation. However in this case, there is shunting of blood back to the inferior vena cava through an anomalous vein. This vein connects the pulmonary venous circulation ...

Communication

Communication is a process through which information, ideas, thoughts, feelings and emotions are exchanged from one party to the other . Communication is an important part of human life that facilitates interaction and give a sense of understanding To be effective in communication, the communicating parties must be aware of the various forms of communication like the words, vocal tones, and body language, how to use them effectively, and overcome the barriers to the communications process . However, while most people are born with the physical ability to talk, not everyone can communicate well unless they make extra efforts to develop ...

Application of Neural Networks in Medicine

Artificial Neural Networks are extremely parallel, distributed processing systems that using new computational technology founded on the analogy of human information processing system. Artificial neural networks exhibit the propensity to save previous knowledge and after learning it make it available for use for future computations. Artificial Neural Networks have been defined as extraordinarily connected network of simple processing elements known as neurons. ANN has been applied in a number of fields including pattern recognition, classification, function approximation and testing (G. Schaefer).Predicting drug-target interactions using restricted Boltzmann machines In silico prediction of drug target interaction is an important study ...

The article “Dream Machines”, by Will Wright deals with how video games are unbridling human imagination and creativity. He says that video games are shaping the way in which the current generation interacts with others by treating the world “as a place for creation, not consumption” (Wright 1). Wright further opines that society mostly sees the negative aspects of technological breakthroughs like video games by ignoring the positive side. In this respect, he is in line with a part of the present article’s main thesis: YouTube’s most important advantage is that anyone can unleash their imagination through ...

The concept and ideology of diverged cultures in the world have come into the limelight with the increased philosophy of globalization, and internationalization. The stated issues have led to increased human interaction from across the world in many aspects that touch on social, political as well as economic matters. In the recent times, there has been the observed increase in terms of technological, and innovation’s improvement across the world. This has facilitated and enhanced the observed increased human interaction. However, this paper analyzes the importance of cultural studies and diversity in the contemporary times. It is important for ...

Introduction

The film titled ‘I am Sam’ directed by Jessie Nelson is a story of mentally retarded and autistic man called Sam Dawson who fathers a child, Lucy, with a homeless woman. Lucy’s mother ran away soon after her birth leaving her in the custody of her developmentally retarded father. Sam is considered to have a mental ability of a seven year old, but, has a determination of a mature adult. He works at a coffee shop and is obsessed with beetle. Despite his developmental challenges, Sam manages to raise her daughter with the help of friends that include ...

Introduction

Impact energy has been used to drill rock formations for many decades now. The various tools that have been used for this purpose include percussive drills, percussive hammers, down hole hammers, and so on. Percussive drilling dynamics has been possible using drifting oscillator models. This has been used to characterize the optimum conditions of the applied forces (both static and dynamic). And in this case, the sliders provide the contact force required during interactions. This force acts on the drill-bit, and the model accounts for contact geometrics in the crashing phases of the interactions. A series of experiments were ...

Introduction:

Suchman argues that plans are an important component in computer science and Artificial Intelligence research. According to Suchman, plans are understood best not as determinates of action but are explained as rhetorical devices for explaining the action. This helps her to explain the aspect of human-machine interaction. She recommended methods like conversation analysis and ethnomethodology for studying the relation between machines and human beings in reality. Suchman used methods and theories from different fields or disciplines in order to understand fully the concept of human –machine relationship. The examples of the real world problems dealing interacting with human beings ...

George Braque understood art in terms of lines, mass, volume and weight used these elements to create subjective beauty. The purpose of art was to create rapport between him and the art piece (Mical, 2003). Braque yearned to not only see but touch artwork and so he created pieces that bridged the manual space and later incorporated other materials like sand and paper onto the canvas. He fragmented his subjects into pieces as a way of getting close to the subject like an artistic surgeon. Fragmentation allowed him to achieve space and movement in his pieces. In the Violin ...

INTRODUCTION

This project is undertaken to find out how natural user interfaces can enhance the use of devices for illiterate people. This is given the fact that the rate of illiteracy is an issue of concern in South Africa and the world over. This chapter will focus on previous research which have been carried out and the gap that is lacking in this field. It is important to understand the work that has been carried in order to research on what is still lacking in this field.

What is Natural user interfaces?

A natural user interface (NUI) is a system for human-computer interaction that the ...

Numerous studies have been conducted that try to explain factors that determine and shape the society to be how it is, and the impact that such interpretations have to people. Various scholars have come up with models and theories that explain different sociological developments and happenings in society, and forces behind such developments. As a result, it requires proper analysis for one to comprehend the different issues that happen in the society daily not only in the past, but to the present times, as well. However, my goal in this paper is to present a sociological analysis in real ...

• Introduction

This section introduces the study; it discusses what the paper would entail giving a brief description of what is contained in the contents of the research paper. Among the issues, it tackles are the incidences of suicide that have been on the rise with much blame on this trend being directed on social, societal problems. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention in the year 2010, there were 38, 364 deaths that were as a result of suicides; roughly 105 deaths daily (CDC, 2012). This project will investigate the relationship between suicides and social problems. In essence, ...

A Summary of “Childhood Physical Abuse is Associated with Incident Metabolic Syndrome in Mid-Life Women”

A Summary of “Childhood Physical Abuse is Associated with Incident Metabolic Syndrome in Mid-Life Women” Finding the effects of childhood abuse is one of the most important aspects of psychology. The article “Childhood Physical Abuse is Associated with Incident Metabolic Syndrome in Mid-Life Women”, by Midei, Matthews, Chang and Bromberger, aims to test the association between childhood abuse and Incident Metabolic Syndrome in mid-life women. This study was conducted on participants that enrolled in the Mental Health Study at the Pittsburg Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation site; they had to be women between 42 and 52 ...

An interface is the point of contact between two systems. This paper deals with the dynamics involved in the contact between human beings and computers. Human-computer interface concerns itself with the multifarious methodologies and the numerous processes which are involved when designing computer interfaces. It also involves the methods used in implementing, evaluating and comparing the various human-computer interfaces . One of the long term goals of the human computer interface is to design a wide range of systems which either do away with or minimize what humans intend to cognitively achieve by interacting with the computer and the computer’ ...

Autism is a mental condition that becomes evident when a child is one to three years. Early detection of the disorder may minimize the symptoms as compared to discovering the condition when one is an adult. Autism is characterized by various degrees of difficulty in social interaction, memory, verbal and non-verbal communication. People suffering from autism have an intellectual disability, low motor coordination and health issues such as sleep disturbances. A number of environmental factors have been found to increase a child’s risk of becoming autistic. This includes maternal illness during pregnancy, oxygen deprivation during birth and the ...

Robots are automated or simulated agents that are normally electro-powered technologies operating under the guidance of computer databases or electronic integrated circuits. They can be either semi-independent or autonomous ranging from such humanoids as ASIMO (Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility) of the Honda company. An ever-growing amount of robots are being built and created for interaction with human beings in particular settings (Dautenhahn, 2003). In the industrialized world, the population of the elderly is projected to grow appreciably in the course of the next twenty years. With this growth, countries such as Japan and the United States of America ...

According to Lilienfeld (2011), there are six principles of scientific thought that must be applied when utilizing scientific thinking. It is commonly believed that scientific thinking need only be applied to scientific concepts; however, this is not the case. These six scientific principles can be applied to any type of claim, regardless of subject matter; these principles are methods for analyzing claims in any realm of study. The six principles of scientific thinking, according to Lilienfeld (2011), are as follows: first, that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence; next, that a claim must be falsifiable if it is to be ...