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    Inability to control/Knowledge: The aspect of man’s inability to control his creation is influenced by his quest for greater knowledge. In Shelley’s Frankenstein‚ biblical references and archaic language are used to heighten the severity of transcendental undertones; “thou hast made me more powerful than thyself…I will be mild and docile to my natural lord and king.” This alludes to Victor as the divine creator and questions his motives in his attempt to conceive life. Victor has lost power over

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    Murderers often have their loss of innocence pegged entirely on themselves‚ particularly if they kill out of ambition. In William Shakespeare’s play Macbeth however‚ it is Lady Macbeth who is the catalyst for her husband’s doom. In the play‚ a war-hero is confronted by three witches who give him a prophecy that he will become king. The only way for this to happen however‚ is if the current king dies and he usurps the throne. This idea horrifies him‚ and he immediately pushes the thought out of his

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    Author’s Name Instructor’s Name Course Name Date Obesity in Western Societies Statistics show that obesity has risen in tremendous numbers over the last couple of years. All over the world‚ it has become an issue of wide discussion and worry‚ more so in the western society‚ where a third or more of the population has obesity (centers for disease control and prevention‚ 2011). Obesity can be defined as having excessive fat in the body and therefore contributing to a higher than recommended body weight

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    Western Blot Analysis

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    The western blot analyze what proteins and how much of the protein are in a gel. A western blot is very sensitive to proteins with histidine or HIS tags. Anything that contains histidine will show up in the gel. The western blot is evidence to whether or not if IL-8 is in the gel. The importances of the western blot is to show how well the proteins reacts to a disease. The first step for a western blot is to run an unstained PAGE gel. Western blot uses gel electrophoresis or electrical to arrange

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    Western civilization is the civilization of modern societies living in countries of Western Europe‚ Central Europe‚ North America‚ South America‚ Australia and New Zealand. It is a civilization with distinct culture‚ religion and traditions. The essay will try to convince you that contact with Western culture and opportunity for ancient civilizations. My first argument is the fact that getting to know the culture of other civilizations‚ we know its habits. It can be something interesting

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    and diversified culture makes us unique from other country. The multi-ethnic social construct of different races from Malay or Bumiputras‚ Chinese and Indian are the 3 main prominent races that dominate the society. There are also other ethnic groups called the Orang Asli‚ which means aboriginals of the land. In Sarawak and Sabah‚ the largest aboriginal tribes are the Ibans and Kadarzan. With multi ethnic group living together in society‚ we learn and understand others’ culture‚ values‚ belief

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    Non Interest Income

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    Overview Of Banking Project Title: Comparative study of non interest income of the Indian Banking Sector Submitted by: Gaurav Sharma BBA(Finance‚ Gold Medal)‚MBA(Finance) gksindia1@gmail.com Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1431288 Index Introduction Methodology SBI& Associates Nationalized banks(Public sector banks) Private sector banks Foreign banks Findings Conclusion Literature review References 1 3 5 10 15 20 25 26 26 26 Electronic copy available at:

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    WHAT IS NON-ALIGNMENT MOVEMENT?? The NAM can be defined as: The international forum of the people of the third World who openly attack and cancel out the desire for creating the spheres of control by the super powers and thus is an important and effective organ against Colonialism and imperialism." HISTORY: De-colonization The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) was created and founded during the collapse of the colonial system and the independence struggles of the

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    The "Soul" According to Eastern & Western Religions The idea of the soul varies widely in religious tradition. While these variations exist‚ its basic definition is unvarying. The soul can be described as the ultimate internal principle by which we think‚ feel‚ and will‚ and by which our bodies are animated. The soul is seen as the core principle of life or as the essence of a being 1. Views on the permanence of the soul vary throughout religious tradition as well. While some view it as a mortal

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    EASTERN AND WESTERN PHILOSOPHY The subject of philosophy has always been divided along two lines of thinking – the eastern and the western. Though each line is concerned with finding the right path to follow‚ the methodology and teachings of the philosophers from either line of thinking has been distinct and different. This paper aims to examine the ideas of one eastern and one western philosopher – Confucius and Socrates respectively and compare the two for similarities and differences. One

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