Essays on Symbiosis

Environmental Errors and Developmental Symbiosis

Environmental Errors and Developmental Symbiosis In their book, Hernandez and Blazer (2006) discuss genetic and environmental bases for developmental errors in animals. Although much can be speculated and a great deal is known, the use of animals in the research has allowed greater manipulation of various factors. As such, medical science has been more successful in disentangling the nature versus nurture argument that continues to plague human development. While not all of the information learned through animal study can be generalized to humans, it has opened new pathways for research and understanding. As science has known for some time ...

Immigration Reform in the U.S.: A View Through the

Introduction to Ethics and Social Responsibility Immigration Reform in the U.S.: A View Through the

Introduction

The United States of America, a country so poetically nicknamed to be “a melting pot” of cultures, has always been a more than desirable destination for the immigrants from all over the world. However, as the “times of economic uncertainty and social transformation have complicated American ideas about national and racial identity and have raised moral dilemmas concerning America’s obligations to immigrants from neighboring countries” (Duncan, 2007), the current U.S. immigration policy has started ...

Critical Analysis of the Three Main Theories of Learning and Their Relevance to Adults in Higher Education

Over the years of teaching practice, scholars and researchers from different areas of pedagogy, psychology, and philosophy have revealed the most effective theories and methods of teaching. Behaviorist, cognitive, and constructivist theories are considered to be the most efficient and productive learning approaches. The use of these theories in education helps teaching experience to gain the important ideas that fully meet the objectives of education of an active and mature personality. Hence, the selection of the optimal theory, or their mixing, aims at improving the learning process, making it more effective. This efficiency is due to the received result, ...

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The digital revolution that reached its peak in the second part of the 20th century pervades its influence on every facet of the global society. One of the effects of a society impacted by this evolution is the faster access to data and the availability of the global community to that information. Nonetheless, there is another instance that is changing the operation of contemporary society-extremism. Examining all of its contemporary features, extremism is posing a two-pronged threat; one, it impacts the global community and two, terrorism impacts the changes that society will undergo. It is only after ...

1.0 INTRODUCTION According to Ekelund (2014, p. 76-77), the franchisor-franchisee relationship is far more complex than the traditional supplier-retailer relationship. First, the franchisor retains the ownership of the brand or the trademark, which the traditional supplier did not over its products. Second, the relationship is subject to conflicts, directly arising from the independent power of the franchisor and the franchisee as well as the interdependence of both. These factors create a flash point in the relationship, which if not effectively managed can destroy the relationship and economically impact on each other as a consequence of the relationship. In this ...