Genetic explanations for the Initiation of addictions Heritability of addictions such as alcoholism and gambling can be studied through family and twin studies. The presumptions of twin and family studies are that if family members share similar behaviours‚ then the degree to which the behaviours are caused by genetic factors can be examined. There are two types of twins‚ identical and non-identical. Identical twins are monozygotic (MZ) as they came from the same egg‚ and therefore share an identical
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Collective Bargaining Situation: Teachers Take Union Dues to Supreme Court Kimberly Hargrave HRMN 362 – Paper 1 February 1‚ 2015 Introduction. Collective bargaining units are formed within unions to help negotiate the employers’ terms and conditions of employment. Nonunion teachers have been fighting a continuous battle to stand for the right to not pay collective bargaining fees that they have no voice in but can potentially benefit from. This double edged sword of a case has been brought to
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Addiction The Tabers medical dictionary defines drug addiction as a compulsive and maladaptive dependence on a drug that produces adverse psychological‚ physical‚ economic‚ social‚ or legal ramifications(5). In the U.S.‚ the abuse or misuse of prescription drugs has been identified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as a growing problem. In 2007‚ for example‚ the CDC reported that more than 27‚500 Americans died of drug overdose‚ an increase of more than 100% in the preceding
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people who would say addiction is not a disease but a choice. Those people are looking at it in an object manner without even scrapping the surface of the true issue. Daniel Akst‚ a writer from New York’s Hudson Valley‚ wrote that‚ “Addiction is voluntary rather than compulsory” (Akst). While indeed the first act of engaging in drug use is voluntary the spiraling downward effect is caused by addiction taking over a person’s brain. Mr. Netherton implies in this statement‚ "Addiction is a crutch word that
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view regarding abuse/addiction is superficial and during this time I think it’s merely a wrong decision. But as I grew and exposed to this through peers‚ school and church teachings I saw that there are a lot of factors to consider why an individual resort to drug and/or alcohol abuse/addiction. Emotional factors: I learned this in-depth during my college life (a couple of years ago) when I was introduced to Maslow’s pyramid of human needs. There is a high risk for addiction for people who have
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Title of the Study: Computer addiction when it comes to online games Purpose of the Study: To provide additional information of the disadvantages if one is addicted to computer games. To be a reference of one of those future researchers and also can be used by many of the students. The purpose of study is to: 1. Identify the effects of computer addiction. 2. Interview the young people in how they engaged with the computer games. 3. Give the examples of the games where the teenagers
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What are the Effects of Internet Addiction to Large Number of Youth of Today’s Generation? ______________________________ A Research Study Presented to The High School Faculty of Don Bosco Technical Institute Tarlac City ______________________________ In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Academic Subject Research 901 ______________________________ Santos‚ Nathaniel John L. Directo‚ DonsonMcklein C. Borela‚ Carl M. March 2015 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page APPROVAL SHEET…………………………………………………………………………
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CHEM 1660 BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEMISTRY Part III Addiction Dr. Susan Y. LIANG Email: ytliang@hkbu.edu.hk Office: FSC 702B Opium – Catholicon or Toxin • Evidence suggests that more than 5‚000 years ago the properties of opium were known in the Euphrates River (幼发拉底河) delta. • Around 330 B. C.‚ Alexander the Great took opium to Persia and India‚ from where cultivation slowly spread eastward and reached China in about the 7th century (唐朝). 13th century‚ India The opium poppy
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How does the Internet Affect Young People? There is a saying among the baby boomer generation‚ that if you want to learn how to use computers and the internet‚ go ask your grandchildren to teach you. An estimated 100% of all young people use computers with more than 90% regularly using the internet. Much of this internet use is tied to homework and websites needed to do research. However the internet is also the way most kids connect after school using social networks such as MySpace or Facebook
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The Taking‚ by Kimberly Derting‚ is about a girl‚ Kyra‚ who “lost” five years of her life after she disappears one night and wakes up five years later having no clue that any time passed or where she was for all that time. Upon her homecoming‚ she is greeted by a strange man who refused to let her in leaving Kyra outside wondering‚ “His house? Is that what he just said? But that wasn’t right. This was my house. My house. I tried to find something in all of it to cling to‚ something that would clear
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