Essays on Functional Roles

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 ...

Introduction

In this particular paper, I will comprehensively give a description and also analyze my working experience in a class group project that was on conducting a case study on The Superintendent Directive, from the book, The Leadership Experience by Richard Daft. In the paper, I will focus on and address some of the communication techniques that were used in the group in the course of conducting the case study. I will also comprehensively address the issues that emerged in the group, the functional roles of the group members and I will also be commenting on the effectiveness and the efficiency of the ...

The Judge

The judge in the court plays one of the most fundamental functional roles in the criminal justice system. As a judge, society through the State confers on one the responsibility of administering justice. The duty to administer justice is complex and multifaceted. It involves the dual and usually contradicting function of ensuring the accused and the complainants receive justice. In the absence of caution, competence and diligence, a miscarriage of justice can be allowed either in favour of the accused or the complainant. It, therefore, remains of paramount essence to excise due diligence and caution in the excise of the functional ...