Essays on Discovery

Three potential ground for objections to interrogatories are: privilege, relevance, and overbroad. I think that the three stated objections are very commonly used in pending litigation for a variety of reasons. The privilege objection is common because of the sheer volume of communication with an attorney, furthermore, the evidentiary value of a privileged communication is high so something potentially privileged is likely to be asked for. Relevance is a common objection because when attempting to litigate a case, attorneys might take a ‘shot-gun’ approach to discovery in order to build their case and ask for more information than is ...

A. Article title and reference: Drought, River Fragmentation Forcing Endangered Fish out of Water, Biologist Finds. (June 6, 2013) http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130606110013.htm

B. Summary: Long Droughts and eventual fragmentation of North American rivers have threatened the ecosystem of many native fish in Kansas, Arkansas, Red, Gila, Platte and San Juan River according to the research conducted by Keith Gido of Kansas State University (Sciencedaily.com, 2013). Species such as the Silver Chub thriving the aforementioned rivers had an immense drop in its population due to ground water withdrawals and river fragmentation. In 2011, the number of Silver Grubs found in sampling reaches ...

Summary: “The Loss of the Creature” by Walker Percy

Walker Percy was a proficient and renowned writer who contributed in the development of classical literature. He wrote numerous novels and books, which borrowed from philosophy and semiotics disciplines. His literature work remains relevant until today because it aims at understand human lifestyle from an existential and faith based perspective.

In the article “The Loss of the Creature”, the author provides a clear overview on how a tourist and a student strive to internalize knowledge and experience from an experts/planner point of view. The essay is divided into two parts with each part using a different approach in expounding ...

The Middle Ages, also termed as the Medieval Period is an era that lasted between 5th and 15th century. The downfall of the Western Roman Empire marked its beginning as they merged into the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery. It thus makes it the middle period of three ancient divisions of the Western history namely; the Antiquty, the Medieval period (divided into the Early, the High, and the Late Middle Ages), and the Modern Period. Each and every of these stages was characterized by different developments as well as the impact the development had in history (MEIER & MCGEOCH ...

No doubt, creation, annihilation and conservation in Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” provide a background for the exploration of the ruination and undoing of particular human attributes. “The Modern Prometheus,” the subtitle of Shelley’s novel further reinforces this notion. In fact, this notion is further reinforced by the fact that Shelley’s novel can be regarded as a modern version of the classic German legend of Faust. Shelley puts together the idea of the ruination of human attributes as a result of self-discovery as evidenced by Frankenstein, who claims that he has been blasted in hopes, and the same ...

Introduction

Becoming a hero requires competence in what an individual attempts to do. One may lose the title of a hero simply because of their failure to accomplish the right things appropriately as desirable. A hero should develop the courage to face the difficulties presented by certain situations in their life. Based on the two stories in question, the characters fail to become heroes because they are defeated and do not face the situations, as they should. The paper focuses on proving that young Goodman brown and George Orwell fail to become heroes since they do not courageously face the ...

Our life is full of stress. There is a question how many stress one has every day, month or year. Has it negative impact for one’s or not? All her working experience health psychologist, Kelly MCGonigal, made no doubt that a lot of stress is harmful for one’s health. But thanks to the last researches there are few discoveries which open new areas in health psychologist’s studies. First of them is: You will get what you believe in. This means dead rate statistic tell us, people who believe in stress suffer from stress more than people ...

(1) Identify eight to ten of these useful inventions or contributions. The paper was identified to have been invented in 105 A.D.and revealed to have been credited to a certain Ts'ai-Lun, as the inventor. Although, historical documents alleged that the paper was discovered earlier, the attribute to Ts'ai-Lun was rationalized from his ability to show his invention to the Chinese emperor at the disclosed time frame . The compass is another useful invention since it was attested to be crucial in navigating purposes in 1100 A.D. . It is useful, especially during the ancient times when no other instrument was available ...

Facts

In this case, the defendant, who is black, was charged with intentional firearm killing of individuals. The prosecution filed a death penalty notice, however the defendant moved to suppress that notice, alleging that he became a victim of a selective prosecution on the grounds of his race. In his defense, the defendant presented the nationwide statistics which clearly shows that the United States charges African Americans with capital crimes twice as often as it charges white people, and that the United States is more willing to enter into plea bargain with whites than with blacks. The defendant also filed ...

Discovery laws in the Tennessee state have faced some changes in the past two decades comparing it with that of North Carolina. There have been lots of discoveries in criminal felony law for instance comparing North Carolina case mostly personal effects even including phone messages and photos must be turned in for a case prosecution which is not much same as in the Tennessee County which goes even deeper to other personal effects. The following are the other alterations as the two states are compared. Law enforcement Officer will probably stamp together with Bates Stamp numbers. You do not ...

According to Thomas Kuhn, science normally progresses in four stages. The first stage is known as the Pre-Paradigm Science. This phase of scientific advancement is the science practice lacking a core set of methods or propositions. In this stage some the paradigms are somewhat vague and for that reason new observations can be accommodated since the indefinite form of the paradigm does not clearly define what are acceptable or unacceptable outcomes. Discovery takes place as an outcome of the more or less random observations made and employed to create a paradigm view that is more structured. The second stage ...

How were Uranus's rings discovered?

William Herschel was the first observer to mention that Uranus has a ring system in 1789. It was only a speculation since the astronomers that time could not observe any rings around Uranus. The discovery of the Uranian ring system was observed almost 200 years later by James Elliot, Edward, Dunham, and Douglas Mink in 1977. The discovery of the ring system of Uranus was only an accident when they grabbed the opportunity to observe the atmosphere of the planet using the occultation of the star SAO 158687. In their observations, they found out that the star suddenly disappeared ...

Introduction

In 1975, two planetary exploration missions named Vikings 1 and 2 were launched to study the surface and atmosphere of Mars. These two missions were launched with only a few weeks apart from each other; the first on August 20, 1975 while the second on September 9 of the same year. Both of the missions had two parts: a lander and an orbiter. The plan of the missions was that as the orbiter orbits around Mars taking pictures and other data, the lander studies the Martian surface from the ground. With the program’s total budget of a staggering ...

A telescope is a device that makes it possible to view distant and faint objects as though they were near (Telescope, 2009). The discovery of the telescope and subsequent improvement in technology has gone a long way to transforming the way we view the universe. Telescope helps in viewing distant planets, stars, and heavenly bodies. To understand the mechanisms of operation of a radio telescope, it is important to initiate by taking a look at its discovery as well as the events that potentially led to the discovery. The essay will take a look at how the discovery and ...

Prior to the discovery of insulin, diabetes was dreaded as a disease leading to death. It was known that a rise in the sugar level in the body worsened the condition of diabetic individuals and that the sole treatment of diabetes known to people was to restrict the dietary intake of sugars (‘’The discovery of insulin”, n.d., para. 1). During the nineteenth century, examination of patients who succumbed to diabetes revealed that the pancreas was damaged. In 1869, Paul Langerhans discovered that a group of cells called beta cells, whose function was unidentified, existed within the pancreatic tissue and ...

Define what a prosecutor is.

A prosecutor is a person mostly with specialization in law who institutes legal proceedings against a party. A prosecutor is a lawyer who stands the court side that accuses a person of some crime and tries to prove the guilt of the defendant. Within the American criminal justice system, Prosecutors are important officials. Attorneys serve as a bridge between criminals and justice. They respond to various crime problems through the efficient processing of criminal cases. In most jurisdictions whether foreign or local, prosecutors dispense their duties through coordination with different security sectors and the public (Blanchard, Hart, & Blanchard, 2006). ...

The Binary System is the simplest numeration of all positional number systems. The basic of this system is discovered by Gottfried Leibniz, who was also the co-creator of Calculus, in his work Explication de l'arithmétique binaire in 1679. In this work, he was trying to translate verbal statements into mathematical ones. Yi Jing, which was said to be created by the so-called Third millennium father of Chinese writing Fu Xi, depicts yin and yang. It was represented in binary, with yin as 0 and yang as 1, involving eight trigrams and sixty-four hexagrams. Leibniz’s works were ignored ...

In the expansive novel, Cities of Salt, Mudun Al-Milh exemplifies the impact that the discovery of oil has had in the Arabian Peninsula. His outlook is not just limited to the impact on the human landscape in the Arabian Peninsula, but also the physical landscape. The authors take on the environment and the desert in Middle East compares the now and then; now being the period after the discovery of oil and arrival of American and English oil companies and then being the period of simplicity before this vital resource was discovered in the geographical region. From an environmental ...

Annotated Bibliography

Cline, Duane A. Navigation in the Age of Discovery: An Introduction. Rogers, AR: Montfleury, 1990. This book provides an analysis of the tools used by navigators during the early days of the discovery age. These includes the challenges faced by the early navigators in their attempt to understand the rough waters and overcome the challenges of a rough and dangerous voyage.. Koeman, C. Flemish and Dutch Contributions to the Art of Navigations in the XVIth Century. Lisboa: Instituto De Investigação Científica Tropical, 1988. This book provides some of the major contributions of the Dutch to the ...

Part 1 Video Critique

The video chosen for the critique is a video showing the discovery of wooly mammoth carcass in Siberia by scientists (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GQKWQ1t9r0). The wooly mammoth was a big, shaggy and tusked elephant like animal that lived in the ice age period. The animal belongs to the mammoth species which is the common name for the elephant genus Mammuthus which is now extinct. A catastrophic weather event, climate change, disease and human activities may have wiped out these huge shaggy beasts. They lived in Asia, Europe, Africa and North America during the ice age period. The last mammoths may have lived ...

Abstract

The discovery of semiconductor property of a metal began the development of thermistors (Lavenuta, np). Samuel Ruben invented the first practical thermistor (Electrotechnik, np), and since then, the demands of such technology increased because it is considered cheap and reliable. Today, there are many industries, devices and instruments that use thermistors. (Ametherm, np).

History

The semiconductor property of silver sulfide (Ag2S) was the first ever recorded NTC (Negative Temperature Coefficient) thermistor and was observed by Michael Faraday in 1833. However, because of the difficulty to produce thermistors, and its applications were less understood, the manufacturing of thermistors came only during ...

Oil prices were more costly when the industry began compared to today. The methods used to get the oil were very expensive. The oil prices began to fall when other drillers dug more oil wells. The oil prices have been falling and many people find it hard to comprehend given the fact that oil is an exhaustible resource. The Hotelling’s theory argues that the supply of oil has always been seen as vast. Additionally, the date of exhaustion of all the oil supply is perceived to be very far. These perceptions have made it impossible for the oil ...

The discovery of DNA as the genetic material was one of the landmark events in the field of biology. By confirming DNA as the genetic material scientists made a huge leap that has advanced the cause of medical science to a great degree. While discussing the discovery of DNA as the genetic material, we mostly speak of Friedrich Miescher (1871), the man who discovered DNA. After the discovery of DNA a significant number of studies were conducted that proved DNA as the genetic material. Then Griffith, (1928) conducted studies on bacterial transformation and indicated that genetic information can be ...

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Introductory Biology

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Reem A. Alotaibi 2001100196 Introductory Biology

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Dr. Tabassum Ashfaq Study of Compound Microscope Aim of the experiment: Objective of Study: 1- To identify the different parts of the microscope. 2- To know the functions of the different parts of the microscope. 3- To learn the different objective powers of the microscope. 4- To correctly use the microscope to see perfectly clear images of different specimen. 5- To understand the precautions needed while handling a microscope. Materials Required: - Microscope. - Pinus Pollen Grains. - Sand. - Salt. - Hair.

Parts of a Compound Microscope

The various parts of a compound ...

Introduction

The microscope is derived from two Greek words, mikros and skopeo. Mikros means small while skopeo means “look at.” Thus, the two words form the word mikroskopeo that refers to looking or observing small objects. Since the beginning of scientific developments, there has been an interest to look at the smaller details of the world around us. Biologists have taken the lead in the quest to uncover such small details through their desire to examine cells, viruses, bacteria, and colloidal particles. Material scientists have wanted to observe the limitations and inhomogeneities in metals, ceramics, and crystals. Geologists have also ...

With the numerous and rapid technological advancements that have been made in the late 20th century and 21st century, it sometimes becomes easy to get lost in the current realities as well as the future possibilities. Rarely do people stop to appreciate where things have come from, and when they do, it is usually more of resentment towards the inadequacies of the past. For many years, archaeologists have dug through remains with the aim of studying the human past. These are remains that include skeletons, objects that people could have made or used, and artifacts such as decorations, clothing ...

Freud’s discovery of psychoanalysis is a discussion that has been of great interest to me. Prior to this week, I had limited information concerning Freud. From my historical point of view, Freud was a neurologist who practiced his work effectively. He majored on the study of treatment of brain and nervous system. Upon his interaction with Charcot, he realized that the mind could have power over the body (Mc Grath 45). He made this observation as he interacted with Charcot’s patients. This marked Freud’s discovery of psychoanalysis theory. There are important lessons, in relation to psychoanalysis, ...

There are a small number of extremely significant archaeological discoveries that were made by chance without scientists’ intentional efforts and search. Among such exceptional finding are the Rosetta Stone, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and the Terracotta Army, which is situated in the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor Qinshihuang. The significance of the latter has been recognized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in 1987 by way of being inscribed in the World Heritage List as one of the World Heritage Sites to be specifically preserved and safeguarded by the Chinese government, a home for ...

Ultraviolet (UV) light refers to the electromagnetic radiation that possess a shorter wavelength compared to the visible light and longer than that of the x-rays. The wavelength of UV light ranges from 400 nm to 100 nm (NASA, 2013). This corresponds to photon energies that range from 3 to 4 eV. The UV light got its name from the fact that the spectrum that is formed by the light has electromagnetic waves that have a frequency greater that the ones that are identified by humans as violet. The frequencies are not visible to humans other than those who have ...

Felony Case Packet

One of the most essential aspects of a criminal case is the discovery or the information about the case including witness statements, police notes and evidence. From a prosecutor’s point of view, this is the necessary information that will be used to file an indictment and to try the case. On the other hand, for the defendant, this information is absolutely essential in order to fully understand their case and to prepare their arguments against the prosecutor’s charges. Discovery can also describe the process by which information about the case is collected and disseminated between the state ( ...

GlaxoSmithKline Case

Contrast and compare traditional Pharmaceutical R&D structures to the CEDD structure. If we compare and contrast the traditional pharmaceutical R&D structures with the newly developed CEDD structure, we find that the new CEDD structure tried to increase the overall productivity rate of the pharmaceutical R&D structure; it tried to fill those gaps that were left open by the traditional R&D structures. If we analyze the major differences between the two setups, we can infer the following: - The new CEDD structure that Mr. Yamada proposed was subdivided into six distinct “centre of excellence in drug discovery” centres. Each CEDD ...

Problem Statement

Glob-i-FMC is a UK based Financial Management Consultancy Company having its branches in operation over many countries in Europe, Asia and Australia. Recently the company has been successful to obtain the management consultancy of two major national banks in Japan. In line with this, next month the company is going to establish a Tokyo based office consisting of admin, accounts, finance, research department each consisting of 15, 18, 42 and 35 employees respectively. The proposed site consisting of four floors in a multi-storeyed building has already been acquired in the heart of the city: Produce a plan & design document ...

The book “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” is work by Rebecca Skloot and accounts for the life of an African-American woman with the name Henrietta Lacks. The story is not fictional in any way and accounts for actual events that took place. Henrietta had cervical cancer. She was at the Hopkins Hospital as it was the only hospital during her time that could treat people of color. During the tests, doctors discovered that the cells had the unusual ability to stay alive, grow and even regenerate. Consequently, doctor harvested her cells and used to them create a line ...

There exists two distinct forms of discovery systems; the closed and the open discovery systems. In the open discovery system, the prosecution offers a wider array of information to the defence whereas in the closed discovery system, restrictive information is offered the defence (Ferdico, 2013). Based on a personal point of view, the open discovery system is the better approach to ensuring efficiency in the field of criminal justice. It is of essence to note that the open discovery system offers a wider array of information to the defence, which assures that the defence prepared adequately for the final ...

While much has been hypothesized regarding discovery systems in the field of criminal justice, it is crucial to note that the discovery systems offer a platform in which parties involved in case proceedings share information regarding arguments and evidence to be out forward during trial. The prosecution is perhaps the major legal entity that is vested with the discovery information. Evidently, there exists two forms of discovery systems comprising of closed and open discovery systems. In the closed discovery system, restrictive information is offered the defence whereas in the open discovery system, the prosecution offers a wider array of ...

George Emil Palade was a highly esteemed and a well renowned cell biologist of Romanian origin. He was born in 1912, in Moldavia, Romania. In 1974, he won the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine for his pioneering work in Molecular biology. He shares this award along with Albert Claude and Christian de Duve. He was referred to as the "father of modern biology" and "the most influential cell biologist ever" for his innovative contribution to the field of cell biology. While he was a medical student, he was invited by Albert Claude, the noble-winning biologist from the Rockfeller ...

While constructing a road in southern England, road builders’ retrieved remains of what was later established by archaeologists to be 51 Vikings who were mass buried dating back 1000 AD. Based on the archaeological evidences, it is believed that the Vikings mostly teens in their ealy 20s were beheaded in front of spectators (Quinn 2010). Further reports stated that, they came from Scandinavia with one man travelling from north of the Arctic Circle. Archaeologists believe that these is the biggest mass grave of foreigners ever found in Britain, it is further believed that these Vikings were executed by local ...

The discovery of gold nuggets in the Sacramento Valley in the early 1848 contributed to the Gold Rush which was one of the most significant events in the history of America in the 19th century. The news about Gold discovery spread fast and wide across all regions and triggered thousands of prospective gold miners to travel by sea or overland to San Francisco and the areas that surrounded that region. Many travelled from far regions and in large numbers which led to increase in population where, the non-native population was estimated to be around 100,000 by the end ...

The first person pronoun, “I” has been repeated throughout the poem, which indicates Wordsworth’s personal involvement with the area surrounding him and how he was influenced by the nature. When reading this poem alone, readers cannot discern whether or not Wordsworth has portrayed the Abbey and the Wye Valley as it actually appeared in 1798 when he wrote this poem. It is reasonable to assume that he has depicted his version of the landscape, which perhaps a mixture of what he saw in the past and what he saw in 1798. He describes the valley as very peaceful, “ ...

Abstract

Eveslogite, ((Ca,K,Na,Sr,Ba)48[(Ti,Nb,Fe,Mn)12(OH)12Si48O144](F,OH,Cl)14), is a mineral found on Mt. Eveslogchorr in khibiny Massif, Kola peninsula, Russia. It derives its name from this locality, in particular from Mt. Evesglochorr. This mineral occurs as an anchimonomineral veinlet that cross-cuts poikilitic nephiline synite (Hawthorne 2012). This mineral appears to resemble Yuksporite since it forms similar placated fine-fibrous of approximately 0.05 to 0.005mm that aggregates outwardly. The color of Eveslogite is yellow or rather light brown. In addition it is a semitransparent mineral that has a white streak ...

Literature Review on Discovery Based Learning and Student Centred Learning with a Focus in Mathematics at a High School Level

Abstract Mathematics is a logical form of reasoning which involves making of judgments and justifying conclusions. Mathematical behaviour therefore is expressed when we can describe and recognise patterns, manipulate, represent and reflect on ideas while solving problems through the invention of procedures (Battista, 1999). Mathematics, as a subject has never been mentioned as one of the easier subjects – if anything, it is to the contrary as students are more prone to fail mathematics than many other subjects. Many critics have blamed the methods applied in the teaching of mathematics as the reason behind unsatisfactory performance. This essay will look ...

Introduction

There are many techniques that are being used today to examine the functionality of the human brain. Most of the current technologies emerged in early 1990s. Some of the technologies that are used for brain imaging include; computed tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET), Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), event-related potentials (ERPs) and magnetoncephalography (MEG). This paper will look at the history of these techniques used for brain imaging(Katz & Alexander 1994). 1895 – 1900 Early uses of brain imaging The process of imaging human dieses started in 1895 following the discovery of Wilhelm Roentagen. He was a physicist that illustrated ...

King Tutankhamun also known as King Tut was an Egyptian pharaoh who ruled between the period of 1334 and 1325 BC. He is believed to the 12th ruler of the 18th Dynasty of Egyptian history. His precious mummy discovered in 1922 in the Valley of Kings by Howard Carter and George Herbert first brought king Tutankhamun to light. His tomb filling with treasures gathered curiosity from all over the world. Before Howard Carter's discovery of Tutankhamun’s mummy, nothing was known about him. It is the discovery of Tutankhamun’s mummy that first made Tutankhamun and his lineage a ...

On the eve of the European Age of Discovery (Age of Exploration), the transatlantic world was characterized with wars and competition among neighboring countries. There were constant wars between France, Portugal and Spain due to conflicts arising from the quest for control over territories. During this period, there was limited trade since the countries in the transatlantic world had almost similar resources and products and most of these products were consumed locally. However, between the mid fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, a period called the Age of Discovery or the Age of Exploration, European sailors and ships left the coastal ...

1086F Origin and Geology of the Solar System

- Introduction An exoplanet is a term used to describe a planet that is located outside the solar system that includes the Earth (exoplanet, 2013). Astronomer Peter van Kamp made the first announcement of the discovery of an exoplanet in 1963, however, that discovery failed to hold up over time and now has been conclusively disproved (Matson, 2013). The first exoplanet discovery that has stood the test of time was the discovery of two bodies orbiting a neutron star in a system named PSR 1257+12 (Wolszczan and Frail, 1992). Wolszczan and Frail calculated that the masses of these ...

EIGRP (Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol)

SISCO is the leading manufacturer of networking equipments. Its products include switches and routers. A router refers to a three-layer gateway device used in the joining of multiple networks together. The development of the routers has been going on due to the unending research done by the producers. EIGRP is an enhanced version of the routers which has been developed by the SISCO Company. Unlike the previous designs, EIGRP is an improved network protocol that allows the routers to exchange information in a more efficient and cost effective manner (Pete, C., 2012). They are of different types including Distance-vector ...

Discovery consists of lawyers sending to each other lists of questions that are established to get from the other side the facts of the case, witnesses’ names involved and the counsel’s point of view on a number of matters (Rosen, 2007). Furthermore, Rosen 2007 states that discovery may request for production of documents which asks the opposing party of the evidence, records and documents such as tax returns, credit card records, cancelled checks, financial statements, electronic information and emails. Discovery may also involve a situation where a given party asks another party to admit about a fact concerning ...

Discovery of electricity started back in 1746, when Benjamin Franklin discovered static electricity when he was out flying his kite in a storm, but the electricity we use today is different from what he discovered. This was the discovery that nature has energy that man can use and it consequently set in motions the many other inventions that are the after effects of discovery of electricity. After the discovery of electricity, technology started to advance this is because the world had also started becoming industrialized and there was need for a form of energy that was strong enough to ...

The expansions of the US both geographically or environmentally have been contributed by several factors. Amongst the factors that led to the expansion of the US are the 1849 California gold rush and the bowl dust in 1930s. One of the most significant expansions of the US borders westward was the California gold rush. Before the discovery of the gold, the United States was beginning to take shape. With the purchase of Louisiana, the country was stretched all the way to the pacific and the conclusion of the Mexican American war in which California was ceded to the United ...

Abstract

Autism is a disorder characterized by speech disorders, communication difficulties and impaired neurological disorder. This disorder mainly affects children of the age of 8 months to approximately 10 years. This paper discusses the importance of identifying children with autism at an early age. The paper gives a brief introduction, followed by detailed definitions, research, concepts and applications. He research reveals that early discovery is vital for intervention and proper care

Autism in Children Ages 3-5

Introduction Autism is a disorder that is mainly characterized by speech disorders, communication difficulties and impaired neurological development. This disorder is common among people of all ethnicities and age ( ...

Introduction

For many people, the issue of creation or evolution is not a scientific question. Often, the issue becomes an emotional-religious issue which many try to solve through dialogue instead of scientific investigation. Debate has continued to rage between evolution scientists and creationists on the origin of life. While the former hold the view that man has evolved over the years, the latter hold the view that man was created by God. However, analysis of fossil evidence reveals that life existed for more than a million years ago. While Charles Darwin was able to explain natural selection, there was not ...

Health Economics

My View of Medical Practice Health Policy and Law including other health related legislations are created to address the issues of social health needs and one of them is the view of medical practitioners towards health economics. There are suggested theories regarding the issue. However, the theory stating, “medicine is a science and experts will ultimately discover the best means for treating every illness” (Musgrave, 1995) appears to suit the given issue more appropriately. It is apparent that history tells us how medicine was revolutionized by several discoveries. One example of that is the discovery of penicillin. In the ...

The three centuries of colonization of Brazil by the Portuguese empire led to Brazil adopting most of the cultural practices owned by the Portuguese. Among the cultural inheritance that Brazil acquired is their language, the Portuguese architectural styles and the christian predominant religion. However, after gaining independence, a sense of nationalism, which can be defined as the political or philosophical ideology that stresses on the welfare of a nation or state to be regarded paramount by its people, was adopted by the Brazilians. They eventually started experiencing a process of self-discovery both politically, economically and socially. Some of the ...

Arguably, metacognition is one of the critical components of learning, but in most cases it is overlooked. The process of effective learning entails monitoring progress, adapting, planning as well as goal setting. All these activities are mostly metacognitive in nature. Therefore, metacognition refers to the ability of an individual to be aware of own knowledge. Metacognition is a process, which keeps an individual the opportunity to reflect on their personal cognitive abilities (Chambres, 2002). Perhaps, metacognition allows individuals comprehend what they know and to think about their own thinking. It includes the process of monitoring, and planning of one’ ...

The discovery of America is credited by most literatures to Columbus, the great adventurer whose roots is associated with Genoa, having sailed out from Spain on the consent of the King Ferdinand who was persuaded by his Queen Isabella to support the adventure, after releasing a great chunk of her treasure for the discovery to be made. However, latest revelations in the last decades give the credit to Icelandic Norsemen1 who is believed to have discovered America in 1000 AD. The Norsemen of Iceland has not been regarded as the first discoverers of the New World, as America is ...

Self-Evaluation of Resource Material

Various book,online databases, and websites have different sources that effectively capture the socio-economic changes that took place between 1790-1860. One key idea that I have seen in these sources is the idea that the American society was taking its form at this time. This was the time that cultures from all over the world were finding their way into the United States. It is interesting to see that the business opportunities changed the organization of the family unit such that women were allowed to work in industries. I will be expounding on this in the body of the ...

The United States faced rapid socio-political and economic changes between 1790 and 1860. One thing that is worth noting is that the United Stated has had an original number of states. At the time of independence, there were on 13 states. However, by 1860, the 13 states had increased by almost three times adding up of about 33 states. The increase of states was partly caused by the fact the US population was growing steadily during this time. It is estimated, through various censuses conducted between 1790 and 1860 that the US population was increasing 2 times for every ...

Technological advancements in various fields have been consistently apparent in today’s society. Communications, travel, production, and other industries make use of technologically advanced equipment and gadgets every day. Wherever we look, we can see the profound effects of technology and how it changes people’s everyday lives. It is indeed astounding to see the products of technology that people fifty or a hundred years ago thought was impossible. Any technological innovation is a product of a human need that needs to be addressed. Through this constant discovery and conscious effort to answer these human needs, we get to ...

Tourism Business Analysis and Planning

Tourism has today become one of the fastest growing industries. The rapid expansion of the industry globally contributes to economic improvement by creating employment opportunities and especially developing foe host countries like Malaysia. Statistics put it that in 2005 there were 806 million tourists worldwide, and the number of tourists is expected to increase to 1 billion tourists annually by 2010 (Bok and Holland, 2007). Malaysia is a South East Asian country that covers an area of 336,700 square kilometers and has two regions, west and east Malaysia. The Western region shares its borders with Thailand to the ...

World Changing Accomplishments

Introduction As the world grows and matures, it is evident that a lot of discoveries have been made and most of them have had a great impact on mankind. Most of the accomplishments have been brought about as a result of science and in most cases it is clear that science has been able to change the human way of life both negatively and positively. Discovery of things such as atomic bombs has made some people develop certain claims like science is harmful to human life thus forgetting all the good discoveries that it has also brought. In this ...