Essays on Degradation.

The Pros and Cons of the Oil Industry

Energy availability plays an essential role in the sustainability of any society. In fact, Liu (2015) argues that lack thereof affects the productivity of a nation and could result in mediocre development. 84 percent of the global energy consumption is comprised of non-renewable energy (Sheng, 2013). Precisely, petroleum and other related products. As such, this consumption pattern poses a threat to the environment since the non-renewable sources are harmful to the climate but are also exhaustible. However, the utilization of petroleum has had constructive impacts on the industrial development over the years. Its popularity in the automobile industry has ...

Economic issues of global warming are the most controversial and crucial nowadays.

In the nineteenth century, the volume of CO2 in the air was much less than today. Recently in the world rate of accumulation of this gas in the atmosphere has become unprecedentedly high. The majority of scholars consider that this problem is directly connected with economic growth. The inevitability of a number of difficulties that arise in connection with this process is the main problem along with the need for a relatively short period of time to adapt many economic activities to a rapidly changing climate and other components of the environment. Pessimistic forecasts the possible effects of anthropogenic ...

Abstract

The future of electric cars becomes apparent with progressive increase on environmental degradation due to the excessive use of fossil fuels. Therefore, the need necessitating the use of electrical car is attributed to the new onslaught to use green and sustainable energy in almost all spheres of life. Thus, the need for environmental conservation and sustainability has predisposed world regions to adopt robust measures that would curb the entire globe form adverse effects of global warming generated by poor conservational practices. This article thus, discusses about the predisposing factors behind the design and preference to electric cars, and why ...

As a shortened version of ‘biological diversity’, biodiversity according to World Wildlife Fund (WWF) refers to the variety of life on earth. It comprises of all the species in the natural world from those regarded as common, endangered to those critically threatened (WWF). Like the biodiversity of the Amazon in the Tropics, the local biodiversity of the County of Rock Island contributes enormously to both the economy and well-being of the county especially in sectors such as agriculture, tourism, and forestry. It also assists in less apparent ways in areas such erosion control, climate change mitigation, recreation, and flood ...

The McDonalds Story

A bricks-and-mortar retailing enterprise from the analogy of building and construction materials of bricks and mortar is simply a business that posses and operates within a physical location unlike the technological e-commerce businesses . Bricks-and-mortar retailing enterprises are facing sustainability challenges in an ever changing business environment that is coupled with technological advancements, natural calamities and shift in population patterns. Several businesses are thus forced to devise business strategies that will help them remain relevant in an ever changing and very competitive business environment. The issue of sustainability is centered on core human livelihood attributes. These attributes include protecting the ...

Natural Hazards: Droughts

Drought is a period recorded with less rainfall for a specific region compared to its past rainfall data, which might affect surface water flow, groundwater reserve, crop production and food availability. Impacts of a dry spell vary based on its duration as well as local people’s demand for food and water (National Drought Mitigation Center [NDMC], 2016). If the proportion of vulnerable population exposed to drought conditions were higher, then the impact of drought would also be high even if it lasted only for a short duration. In spite of being a natural hazard, the risk of its ...

Introduction

The capitalist production relies mostly on the scientific application of management principles which entail antagonistic social relations with production being the central focus of managers. This implies that the human point of view is not recognized and the only ideas workers should subscribe to are those of the management. An analysis, therefore, proves that capitalist production leads to adverse social consequences that tend to subdivide workers instead of bringing them together. Capitalist production degrades work since it makes workers behave like machines thereby neglecting the need to consider the human point of view during production. The essay, therefore, draws ...

Espada stresses the value of hope in life. From close analysis of the poem one can see that it is placed in context with the election of a new president of the United States of America. This candidate is peculiar in certain way. The president is the first African American to hold such a prestigious position since independence. Furthermore Espada pays homage to yet another peculiar figure called Frederick Douglas. From what can be inferred from the text is that Douglas was also an African American, though he lived many years before Obama was born. These are two icons ...

Incorporation of Sustainability into Cost-Benefit Policy Analysis

Incorporation of Sustainability into Cost-Benefit Policy Analysis

Introduction

Among the most pervasive/influential concepts in the political and social discourse, sustainability remains one of the fundamental concepts. There are controversial and extensive debates on the extent to which policymakers should consider accountability of environmental and natural resources concerning cost-benefit analysis (CBA). Several views and opinions exist on how sustainable investments, businesses and projects can be carried out. Such opinions follow the fact that CBA needs to be relevant in valuing some of the most sensitive and significant effects on environment and natural resource base. The same is concerned with effects which ...

The theme of Tradition change in “The Lottery” and “The Destructors."

Change in traditions is a topic that both Shirley Jackson's The Lottery and Graham Greene’s The Destructors. Although written in different historical times and using different settings to pass the messages, the two short stories share a common theme of change. While Greene creates his chief antagonist in T (Trevor), who is determined to destroy the only house that reminisces tradition in London after the bomb attack, Jackson uses the event of a village lottery to indicate the changing society, but barbarism is persisting. In both stories, the theme of tradition erosion is presented to the audience. The ...

Introduction

Environmental degradation is not uncommon. In fact, it is one of the most talked about topic in international conventions and forums. Apparently, the degradation of the environment is not only a local concern. Environmental problems such as climate change, deforestation, pollution and many others are perpetrated in a local and national level and yet it has global ramifications. However, despite the fact that there are international agencies that creates environmental policies, the effectiveness of these policies and regulations largely depend on the propensity of a particular nation to implement it. The nation’s territorial powers and sovereignty make it ...

Desertification is a land degradation process of an area that is relatively dry to become progressively drier and eventually to become a desert. The degradation is typically caused by human activities and climatic conditions. The process results in the loss of vegetation cover as well as the wildlife living in the area.

The causes of desertification include the following;

Deforestation- Wood fuel consumption is a leading cause of desertification. A consistent use of wood fuel propagates the cutting down of trees, and since forest regeneration in the dry areas is slow, then reliance on renewable energy sources such as solar and wind should be encouraged. Population ...

ABSTRACT

This paper revolves around the review of related literature involving the robustness of the Environmental Kuznets Curve. This economic theory discusses the relationship turning point of environmental degradation with respect to economic growth. The hypothesis was introduced by Grossman and Kreuger who developed a reduced-form approach to embody the linear correlation of economic growth to environmental quality. Further studies have tested and enhanced this theory by tweaking either or both sides of the equation. Environmental degradation and economic growth are represented by subjective indicators which are based on the findings and beliefs of the various authors. Most of the ...

Abstract

This essay outlined a debatable question associated with humanity which is the greatest threat to global biodiversity. Biodiversity exists abundantly in the form of plants, animals, and organisms that is imperative to satisfy our basic needs. However, it is widely threatened over the years, and many organisms have gone into extinction due to various activities frequently driven by humans. Numerous species and ecosystems are being put to the threat of destruction with a higher rate of extinction. In fact, the technological advancement has transformed the world that leads to deforestation & habitat revolution, food demand, overexploitation, the introduction of invasive ...

Music videos have always been criticized for having huge amount of sexual content, especially to those of the rock videos by the start of the 21st century. It started to go enormous on the sexual side sometime in the 1970s, until it burst in the 1980s and went wild. By the 1990s, almost every music video had sexual content. In these videos, women were being portrayed as sexual objects, with stereotypical attitudes between genders, and the erotic content that, they say, captured the heart of the adolescents. This was seen in the music videos of two rock groups of ...

One of the primary challenges that the world environment is facing in the present times is desertification that seems to have an enormous effect on the lives of people as well as the milieu. Now, it needs to be reckoned that desertification in different places might have different characteristics depending on the respective situations. If one takes into consideration the desertification in India, it would be comprehensible how massive the impact can be. One needs to look into the possible impediments that can emerge owing to the desertification of a country that is so densely populated. Also, the possible ...

The video and the tourism capacity material I went through this week indicates how to improve development in the protected areas. Additionally, the materials show how the introduction of tourism in protected areas can lead to environmental depletion. The thought indicates how remote areas are underdeveloped and bringing tourists into remote areas may lead to the economic development of the areas due to the money brought by visitors to the area. For that reason, the locals will benefit from the development of infrastructure and market creation for their domestic products (Lockwood, Worboys and Kothari, 2006, P 28). Moreover, the ...

Interpersonal Rejection and Human Needs

Interpersonal Rejection and Human Needs Precisely, a human being becomes a personality due to the fact that he or she lives in society and develops capabilities that are inherent in his or her biological nature in interaction with other people. These opportunities cannot be realized outside of society, thus, a human cannot become a full-fledged personality. The process of human adoption of social experience, acquisition of the qualities that allow him or her to be a member of society, is called socialization. Socialization of the individual is one of the most important factors of human existence, as it is ...

I hereby certify that this material, which I now submit for assessment on the program of study leading to the award of BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING HONOURS (MANUFACTURING AND DESIGN ENGINEERING) is entirely my own work and has not been submitted for assessment for any academic purpose other than in partial fulfillment for that stated above.

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Hussein Al-Tuhoo ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I have been indebted in the preparation of this thesis to my supervisor, Dr Maura Kelleher of Dublin Institute of Technology College, whose patience and kindness, as well as her academic experience, have been invaluable to me. I am extremely grateful ...

Introduction

Industrial agriculture is a modern form of farming that incorporates industrialized production of crops, livestock, fish and poultry. Western countries have been on the fore front of practicing industrialized agriculture to feed its population. The methods of industrial agriculture are political, techno scientific and economic. The practices include innovation in agricultural machinery and farming methods, the creation of new markets for consumption, techniques for achieving economies of scale in production, the application for patent protection to genetic information, and lastly the global trade. Industrial agriculture is practiced by more developed nation because of their vast knowledge of technological know-how. ...

Organizational culture refers to the underlying values, beliefs, norms, assumptions, and the mode of interaction existing in a particular work setting of an organization (Lubis & Hanum, 2020, p. 88). A corporate culture with a positive value system is likely to impact positively the local business culture. Cultures with positive feedback to issues such as child labor, corruption, and environmental degradation are likely to influence business firms positively. A successful business organization has tough policies governing its code of ethical standards. Businesses ought to formulate and implement and strong integrity and ethical program to safeguard themselves from deformation due to unethical employee ...

Reflective Statement

Taking the course has brought me to a deeper understanding and appreciation of what nature has given us freely and a realization of what contributions I make in the process of destroying her. It is fascinating to realize that everything we do has an effect on either its preservation or tearing down. This makes our attitude or actions towards her very important and critical because if she is destroyed, its inhabitants will also be destroyed along with her.

The last three months has been like going through an evolution. An evolution of knowing what my lifestyle is contributing to the ...

Introduction

The need for a safe, hazard free and healthy environment cannot be over-emphasized. This need is accentuated by obvious facts such as climate change, acid rain, ozone depletion, species extinction as is characteristic of global environmental trends (Claudio, 2007). The UNEP, (2013) report shows that people everywhere around the world (2 million annual deaths and billions of diseases attributed to pollution) experience the negative consequences of environmental degradation, ecosystem decline and natural disasters due to untoward environmental practices as well as unsafe environmental management and disposal of toxic and dangerous waste materials, leading to worldwide demand for environmental justice and ...

- Explain the significance of the grand challenge that you consider in this assignment. System thinking engulfs the criterion of problem solving that concentrates on the larger picture of all the responsible aspects, as opposed to objective approaches which focus on those agents that are directly linked to the problem only. Taking the challenge of global warming and climate change, this problem solving approach can be demonstrated effectively. What makes it so pronounced is the threat it poses to a large portion of the earth and generations to come. New York City, Norfolk, Va., Venice, Bangladesh, Indonesia, the Philippines, ...

Forewords

Water sustainability is a crucial issue in Nigeria as well as in other developing countries. The significant issues of water sustainability in Nigeria include many factors as desertification; the depletion of critical wetlands, forests and vegetation covers at a fast rate. In addition, it includes the pollution of water sources from point sources such as industrial effluent and urban domestic wastes; unregulated utilization of groundwater for domestic purposes. There is also an issue of unavailability of portable water for citizens in most parts of the country particularly those in the rural areas and so forth (Ajai). These water sustainability issues are ...

Better communication means using the same definitions. The words that are used by the petroleum industry to describe the amount of production, waste and loss are not clearly defined. Transparency is absolutely needed and communication with the IOCs must be improved. The petroleum industrial sector must be held responsible for what they say and what they do. Unravelling the doublespeak in written and spoken messages from the IOCs needs to be a serious goal. The people of the Niger Delta can be involved in translating the dialogue and regulatory intentions of the IOCs. They live in the reality and involving ...

Introduction.

Definition: Technology is the is a division that majorly focuses on creation, usage and the familiarity of machines, tools, techniques or modes of organization in an effort to unravel a lingering problem or execute a specific task. It is also an entity of knowledge and skills that deals with the design and the application of technical methodologies and their interrelation with the existence, the surroundings as well as, the social order. It brings in disciplines such as industrial arts, pure and applied sciences as well as engineering.

Technology has with time considerably affected the human and animal ability to adapt and ...

Introduction

The field of medicine and pharmacy has over the recent past experienced tremendous growth with technological improvements making pharmacy and the analysis of drugs and characteristics of drugs much simpler. Drug analysis is a fundamental aspect of drug development. It is not confined to making improvements to drug but also assessing quality to ascertain their fitness for human consumption. Drugs are chemical compounds that are affected by a number of factors including temperature, moisture and contaminants among others. For this reason, technology has provided an analytical tool for analyzing the drugs.

Following the introduction of spectroscopy about half a century ago, ...

1. The HS2 Railway Network

On November 2013, the Government passed a hybrid bill to Parliament supporting the launch of Phase One of the High Speed Two (HS2) project (DfT 2013). Consultation ended in February 2014 and the Parliament is in the process of appointing an independent assessor to provide an outline of all issues surrounding the project. The HS2 project is a railway network that is part of the Coalition Agreement and the Department for Transport’s (DfT) business plan from 2010 until 2015. HS2 has two phases, which will be launched separately and thus, will be subjected to ...

Introduction

The lotus plant has a number of uses. One of the commonly applied uses is for religious purposes. For instance, the seeds of the lotus plant normally are used to create strings of prayer beads. Each bead has its own spiritual meaning. This is very widespread in the Asian countries such as India, China and Japan. The plant offers extraordinary purity and significant beauty [2]. Other applications of the Lotus plant include aesthetics and temperature regulation where the leaves are used as hats.

Restaurants are common places where waste generation is frequent. The type of surface present forms an ...

Lysine

Amino acids are organic molecules, the monomers of proteins that contain both amino and carboxyl groups. Proteins of a cell mostly contain 20 types of amino acids that differ in the side chain known as R group. Therefore, the properties of the amino acid in protein fully depend on the characteristics of the side chains.

Lysine is an essential amino acid, that means it cannot be synthetized in the human organism. The side chain of the lysine molecule contains an additional amino group attached to the carbon skeleton. Because of the positive charge in the side chain, the charge ...

The process of DNA replication at biochemical level

DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid is a biopolymer that encodes all the structures needed for the organism’s lifespan and development. In a cell it is located in the nucleus, mitochondria and chloroplasts. DNA consists of four types of deoxyribonucleotides, the sequence of which is used to store the data.

The essential characteristic of DNA molecule that allows it to pass the stored information to the next generations of cells or organisms is the way of self-reproduction known as replication. The molecule consists of two complementary chains that are held together with the help of hydrogen bonds between the complementary bases. ...

Introduction

A shoe is just shoe a shoe and a car is a car. In the same line, Ron Sim, the founder of OSIM knows a chair is a chair. However, how that car, shoe or OSIM chair is marketed makes all the difference. OSIM has been in the market for the last 35 years, and the company has grown from local household to an internal brand. The phenomenal growth has not been the lack of fair share of challenges. The recession that hit Singapore in 1985 was the first propeller for the company to seek international markets. In Singapore alone, the company has no ...

INTRODUCTION

The wider population and the government are aware that prompt action is necessary to lessen the human impact on the environment, which is the means to turn around the global climate changes as well as lessening the demands on natural resources. Much has been done concerning this issue but a lot more needs to be done in order to decrease consumption of resources and get better environmental management if we want to repeal the global climate change and spare some resources to the future generations. Humanity is running out of natural resources and the global climate change is not something ...

In physics, energy is loosely defined as the ability to do work. This definition often takes into assumption that energy can’t be directly observed but only its effects can be observed. Therefore, energy can only be defined by what it does not what it is. From this definition, it is clear that energy is used to do some work. From the definition of work, it is also clear that energy is the ability to exert a certain force on a body or particle of mass. Sources of energy can be broadly divided into two categories. The major categories ...

Corridors and Population Dispersion

Part I. Introduction and Review of Relevant Biology

1. Energy transfer becomes inefficient in higher trophic levels in a food chain. Predators utilize more energy in obtaining food than their prey. The number of organisms and the amount of biomass defines energy relationships among organisms in trophic levels. Most top predators are huge in size but their population is lower because there is not enough energy to support a large population of these predators (Odum and Barrett).

2. A population of infinite size is seen less likely to evolve since it would be almost resistant to random fluctuations within the environment. Small populations on the other hand are prone ...

Multinational organisations present serious challenges in complying with international and domestic ethical norms. Particularly, multinational organisations currently experience various complications in assuming full responsibility of their actions to the society and environment. The manner in which an organisation can effectively foster a culture of ethical code in all its countries of operations, how to education employees on the importance of complying with the set regulations, and the most effective means of meeting the intricate legal and compliance obligations are some of the main challenges that face most multinational organisation. Even though all these challenges are independent, the solution to these ...

Environment is the surrounding natural manifestations, which are an integral part that enhances the life of all living things. It is the platform on which live thrives hence the need for human attention thus leading to environmental studies. This discipline is charged with the responsibility of addressing all issues pertaining to the surrounding natural life. Environmental studies involve a wide view; therefore, this paper gives short answers to questions on various dimensions pertaining to the environment.

- The two major environmental worldviews are the deep ecological and the Western world environmental views. The western world environmental view holds that the ...

Protein degradation is a regulatory process of all living beings that helps to weed out proteins that are faulty in nature. The fault maybe in their sequence or folding. The proteins are degraded via ubiquitin-proteasome system (UPS). The proteasome is made up of an outer activating module and an inner core particle (CP), which in turn is made up of outer α subunits and inner β subunits. The α subunits guard a N-terminal gates pore, which open up when proteasome activators (PA) binds to it. The β subunits have the active sites that can broadly accommodate different faulty proteins for degradation. ...

Abir, L. M. (2013, March 11 ). Impact of tourism in coastal areas: Need of sustainable tourism strategy. Retrieved October 20, 2013, from http://www.marbef.org/wiki/Impact_of_tourism_in_coastal_areas:_Need_of_sustainable_tourism_strategy

This article provides a discussion on the issues and impacts of coastal tourism evaluating the current environmental related affairs and issues regarding the future of tourism. In the conclusion, the article provides suggestions for the management of coastal tourism in the future. The article begins with the recognition of the increased awareness for improving sustainable forms of tourism. The coastal regions provide transition points between the land and the sea featuring high biodiversity and the most volatile and fragile ecosystem on earth. For example, the coral reefs and mangroves present a very fragile environment. Rapid urbanization has also led to increased ...

The experiment aimed to show that Blm10 protein elevates the turnover of proteasomal substrate through an active gating mechanism. This was to be done by showing that Blm10 enhances degradation that is proteasome-mediated in vitro using hypophosphorylated unstructured tau-441 as the substrate.

The objective was achieved using various stains such as BY4741, yMS63, yMS94, yMS122b, yMS131, yMS152, yMS159, and yMS476 among others. To start with, the proteasomal activity was assayed by determining gate opening in yeast CP/20S proteasome by the C terminal peptides. Phenotypic analysis was also done by growing the stains overnight in YPD and diluted to a density ...

INTRODUCTION.

The 21st Century represents a culmination of human development in different respects. In the natural resource sector, there have been massive establishments of modern petroleum industries, and the subsequent development and expansion of these industries are certainly among the significant success stories of this generation. Another significant development observed in this generation is the development and change in the environmental front, first observed in America then Western Europe in between late 1960 and early 1970’s. The environmental front poses unprecedented threats and challenges to the petroleum industry.

Exploration and extraction of petroleum causes detrimental impacts on water, soil, ecosystems, ...

- Barro, R.J. (1997) Determinants of Economic Growth: A Cross-Country Empirical Study. MIT Press: Cambridge, MA. This book gives a lot of information on the factors which determine economic growth. It can help in doing this research as an invaluable resource. - Galor, O. (2005) From Stagnation to Growth: Unified Growth Theory. Handbook of Economic Growth, Elsevier. In this book, Galar explores the importance of economic progress in the society. It explains that people can only realize economic growth if right decisions are made to change the status quo. It can be great if used in this ...

1. When placed on an agar slab and incubated at 30°C for 2 days, a single yeast cell proliferates into a colony with a diameter of 2 mm containing 108 yeast cells. If the cell has a functional Ade2 gene (Ade2+), the colony will be white; if Ade2 is non-functional (Ade2–), the colony will be red. You take a strain with a mutant Ade2– at the regular chromosomal position (red colonies) and insert a second, functional Ade2+ gene near the telomere. You find that the colonies are a mixture of red and white patches or sectors. Figure 1 shows some colonies; the black regions represent the ...

Environmental ethics is a discipline that studied the concepts of moral relationships between human beings and the environment (Keller, 2010). It is a philosophical disciple that involves a study of moral relationships, values and status of environment, and its non-human contents. In the recent past, the literature behind environmental studies, the distinction between intrinsic and instrumental values has gained significant importance. This is as a result of massive human activities, which pose adverse effects to the environment (Carnegie and Griffith University, 1996).

Instrumental values, in environmental ethics, can be explained as the valuation of things or activities, which form means to further some ...

The human body is constituted in about 20% by protein. Proteins, on their hand, are constituted by amino acids. Therefore, the intake of proteic food is very important so that the proteins of such foods may be metabolized and the amino acids and energy gathered to maintain the body’s protein levels.

The existence of correct amounts of amino acids in the body is essential for several functions:

- the body’s skeletal muscle constitution; - for transport of nutrients to the same cells; - cell repair; - cell communication: - influence on organs’ good function; - eliminating residues from metabolism; - amino acids are also nutrients in itself, ...

A natural disaster occurs as the effect of natural hazard. The UN office for co-ordination of humanitarian affairs, defines natural disaster as the “consequences of events triggered by natural hazards that overwhelm local response capacity and seriously affect the social and economic development of a region.”. According to the UN office definition, not all natural phenomenons that occur on planet earth can be termed as natural disasters. A natural phenomenon becomes natural disaster when it proves uncontrollable during its occurrence. For instance, when hurricanes strike an uninhabited island, such a phenomenon cannot be termed as a natural disaster. In this case, ...

PROJECT PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT REPORT ‘BRAZIL ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION OF RIPARIAN FORESTS IN SÃO PAULO’ (TF-55091) April 16, 2014 (http://wwwwds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2014/04/25/000442464_20140425103812/Rendered/PDF/871050PPAR0P0880090Box385188B00OUO090.pdf) What was the problem the World Bank loan addressed - summarize it in your own words, don't copy and paste from the report. The city of Sao Paulo is home to two critical environmental biomes, the Atlantic Rainforest and the Cerrado. Since the city is very populous and has a lot of agricultural activities, these two ecosystems are threatened by both large scale agriculture (15% of national agricultural produce) and small scale agriculture. The aim of this project ...

Introduction

The uncontrolled forces of Globalization have brutally invaded the Amazon by challenging the natural habitat and damaging its most precious eco system. In the previous 3 decades, more than numerous people have lost their lives in land wars while there are countless numbers who are living in a state of fear and uncertainty. The life of natives is under serious and constant threat by the timber theft and that of land grabbers. It has become a Wild West frontier loaded with bulldozers, chain saws, and guns (Arezki and Selod 1–27). The government agents are normally ineffective and corrupt or in ...

Abstract

Factor V Leiden is a genetic mutation that confers resistance to the action of activated protein C and thus predisposes to venous thromboembolism. It’s inherited as an autosomal dominant trait and is prevalent amongst Caucasians with a carrier rate of 4%. Deep venous thrombosis and pulmonary embolism are the most common clinical manifestations of FVL related VTE although it can also affect other sites. Genetic testing for FVL is used for diagnostic as well as predictive purposes. Diagnosis of FVL is based on protein assays and

DNA analysis technology. Familial genetic testing for FVL is generally not recommended except in ...

Innovation in our life activities should be tailored towards sustainability of our environment. This can only be achieved by taking into consideration, all other living organisms around us. Sustaining the global population now depend so much on production and consumption habits and activities of humans. Having our activities and plans supported by the consideration of other plants and animals around will create an enabling environment that is harmless to both humans and other living species. Several human activities and habits have been found to be destructive as regards to the maintenance of the ecosystem. Those habits contributed greatly to ...

Introduction

Pollution of the environment is one of the oldest problems in the history of civilization. Man has long been considered the environment primarily as a source of resources, seeking to achieve independence from it, to improve the conditions of its existence. While population and the scale of production was small, and very extensive natural spaces, to achieve the goals we were willing to sacrifice some of the untouched nature, exactly as some degree of purity and water. This process in our relatively closed, not unlimited world cannot continue indefinitely. For example, it is estimated that each year for every person ...

3. What are the main factors we need to take into account to ensure that the curriculum is relevant to the needs of students in the 21st century?

Introduction

There is a major challenge for policymakers, educators and the general public to respond to the paradigm shift of education for students in the 21st century (Kellner, 2009). The community of the students is expecting better quality education due to the fact that, technology has been incorporated into the field of education. Today, even the tutors are required to provide education through technological resources and devices. Hence, it becomes difficult for them ...

Maya and Khmer Collapse

Maya and Khmer Collapse How do the Aimers and Buckley readings differ from Jared Diamond’s presentation in their impressions of what happened at the time of the abandonment of Mayan and Khmer cities? The readings focus on the gradual decline of the civilizations. This is generally attributed to a general degradation of the environment due to the expansion of the societies, while political and economic instabilities gradually led to the loss of their ability to sustain themselves. In this way, the collapses occurred due to a variety of issues that they were unable to address or to resolve. ...

Introduction

Water degradation is the contamination of water (inland water that’s not saline) with materials or substances that result in the water being unfit for human, plant or animal use. Pollution may occur from chemicals, fecal waste, pesticides, sediments, petroleum or heated substances. Water sources that have been polluted are unfit for fishing, swimming, and the water is unfit for human consumption. Water quality degradation is, as a result, diffuse contaminants at the source with the spatial as well as the temporal variability that’s associated with the sources (Intergovernmental Panel on Climatic Change, 2007). It is more difficult to ...

Abstract

Proteins are made up of amino acids and have major structural as well as functional roles in the body. Amino acid chains are synthesized from DNA sequences through transcription and translation. Proteins become fully functional only after co-translational or post-translational modification of the amino acid side chains and folding into appropriate three-dimensional conformations. Even slight changes in the DNA code could drastically alter the protein folding, alter its functioning, and eventually lead to certain diseases. Inherent cellular repair mechanisms, protein degradation pathways and molecular facilitators such as chaperones try to keep proteins in their native, stable conformation by acting ...

Final Project Draft

Final project Article’s URL: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/satellites-find-less-groundwater-left/

Review

Storage of groundwater, one of the main sources of water worldwide, in the major aquifers appear to be measured not enough precisely. A set of two studies found that methods used up till now for evaluating the total storage of groundwater in world’s largest basins do not possess sufficient precision and are too rough and uncertain for future use. One of the researches, carried by Jay Famiglietti and his fellow researchers, used NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment satellites to measure the gravitational pull of water masses. They estimated total ...

Islamic Environmental Ethics

Introduction The new technological developments increase mobility as well as comfort, but might have major harmful effects to the environment besides risking human health. The harmful effects of technological developments to the environment have resulted in what many have termed as environmental crises. The environmental crises are a threat to human beings as well as other living organisms. The existing evidence shows that the technical solutions have essentially not been resulting in outcomes that are satisfactory. Thus, it is critical for us to know how we should behave towards the environment. It is worth mentioning that, among the theoretical ...

An Honest View on Academic Integrity Essay Outline

I. Introduction A. Studies affirm that many students engage in academic dishonesty such as plagiarism. 1. Students attain academic success through plagiarism 2. Academic dishonesty became a norm in the academic community B. There is a conflicting view on whether plagiarism, copying, or collaboration on student’s work is ethical or not. 1. Students and faculty have different views and justifications for this behavior 2. A Christian student should view the issue in light of God’s word C. Thesis Statement: Regardless of any justification such as situational and intellectual conditions of students, the ...

In the book, Urban Sprawl, Global warming, and the Empire of Capital, Gonzalez places all the faults on the Government and American business leaders. He says that they are responsible for the global climate change. He opposed all the efforts used in the account of global warming problem. The definition and explanation were based on transnational factors such as the greenhouse effect. The core researchers expounded and affirmed that global climatic change was due to economic transition and development. They also argued that it was due to enter border development of goods and services. Others argued the global climatic ...