“Three civil brawls‚bred of an airy word By thee‚ old Capulet‚ and Montague‚ Have thrice disturbed the quiet of our streets and made Verona’s ancient citizens Cast by their grave beseeming ornaments”. (1‚1‚80) These famous lines were spoken by Prince in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet‚ these lines demonstrate how the feud between the Capulets and Montagues and how the drama between these two families prevented the forbidden love Romeo and Juliet from getting married. The feud was started centuries
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THE DRONES CONTROVERSY IN TODAY’S CONFLICT In today’s battlefield unmanned aerial systems (UASs) also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)‚ remotely piloted vehicles (RPVs) or drones are the United States Department of Defense’s most controversial defense weapon to date. Many US top commanders and expert in military history‚ intelligence‚ and international security‚ says that unmanned aerial systems or UAS‚ as experts call them‚ are the most important new military technology in the twenty-first
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A Right to Her Genes by Susannah Gal Department of Biological Sciences State University of New York at Binghamton and Jessie W. Klein Science Department Middlesex Community College “But‚ doctor‚ what should I do?” Michelle was sitting in her OB-GYN’s office‚ having just confronted him with the dilemma she was facing. “My mother died of breast cancer when I was little and now I find out that her mother‚ my grandmother‚ has bone cancer and my grandmother’s brother and my grandfather both have lung
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Gene therapy is being currently developed in labs across the world‚ with the goal of eventually being able to alter a person’s genetic make up effectively and consistently. If the subject has a missing or defective gene‚ scientists are able to inactivate the mutated gene and transplant a normal healthy one. Should the mutated gene be responsible for the lack of production to a particular protein‚ gene therapy may be able to restore normal function of the polypeptide and essential save the cell and
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PERSONALITY What is more important in determining your behavior - your personality or the siltation in which you are in (the environment)? Are you a "nice" person? If you said yes‚ are you always nice? The answer‚ if you are being honest‚ is no. The question then is‚ if you are a "nice" person (and thus that is part of your personality)‚ why aren’t you nice all the time; how can you be every not be nice if that is your personality? According to personality theorists‚ the human personality is
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Rap’s Controversy The most popular new music to emerge from the 80’s was rap music. It first developed in the mid 70’s in New York City‚ and soon in other urban areas‚ primarily amongst African-American teen-agers. It became very popular with the urban public that it soon began to spread throughout the United States and much of the world. It replaced rock music as the creative force in music of the 80’s and 90’s. However‚ as popular as it was then and it is now‚ the lyrics of many rap songs
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IDENTIFYING STRENGTHS AND AREAS TO IMPROVE I found the result of my Personality Test to be a very insightful and accurate description of myself. I must use my strength as an advantage‚ and I believed that my strength would help‚ and benefit my other team. As my ESFP personality code strengths generally have the following traits: Genuine warmth and interest towards people. I get along with all sorts of people. Practical and realistic. Cooperative and quick to encourage people. I managed
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CHAPTER 4 Personality and Values LEARNING OBJECTIVES After studying this chapter‚ students should be able to: 1. Define personality‚ describe how it is measured‚ and explain the factors that determine an individual’s personality. 2. Describe the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator personality framework and assess its strengths and weaknesses. 3. Identify the key traits in the Big Five personality model. 4. Demonstrate how the Big Five traits predict behavior at work. 5.
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Gene therapy is a tool which uses nucleic acids to replace or complete damaged genes (1). However‚ there are risks associated with gene therapy that prompt the discussion of whether or not the risks are worth the outcome. Humans are such a heterogeneous species that it is difficult to predict a universal outcome of a certain gene in all people(2). This can result in immune attacks resulting in death or at best‚ no impact on the patient (2). This was seen in the case of the 1990s where a virus entered
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of it. It is‚ quite literally‚ the foundation of our existence. The academic pursuit to understand the messy and complex logic of life‚ at the molecular‚ cellular and organismal level‚ deeply appeals to me. I am particularly interested in Biomedical Science‚ as it delves deeper into human biology‚ and applies the scientific knowledge gleaned to help with disease understanding and treatment. I was piqued by what I had studied in biology class‚ on gene function and the problems associated with its dysfunction
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