Discussion- Testicular feminization syndrome also known as Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome, is an X-linked recessive disorder of sexual differentiation. Baby born at birth is genetically male with 46 XY but phenotypically present as female. At puberty they attain secondary sexual characteristics with cryptorchidism. It is due to mutation in AR gene present on X-chromosome which is unresponsive to androgen stimulation leading to failure masculinization of external…
This means that males have a higher chance of getting the disorder as they only have one x chromosome. Due to this, females can carry DMD over many generations without having someone with it. It can also be caused by a random mutation as this is the case with Vivek.…
- caused by a MECP2 mutation. This gene is found on a person’s X chromosome…
In “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Nicholas Carr argues that the Internet is changing the way that we think and that it diffuses our focus and our ability to comprehend information. Throughout his article, he makes use of Ethos, Pathos, and Logos to persuade the reader to his point of view on the Internet in a negative way.…
It is made more appealing by introducing shortcuts. These shortcuts enable people to grasp a short summary of the article, without wasting time by reading the entire text. The advancement of the Internet is comparable to Frederick Winslow Taylor’s model, which broke down jobs into smaller steps to maximize efficiency. Taylor’s ethic is prominent on the Internet, and tries to establish the single most efficient method to carry out “knowledge work”. Taylor’s concept of breaking down tasks is exactly what Google is doing by systemizing everything for the intellectual mind. This goal is evident in Google’s attempt to make vast quantities of information, accessible at a quicker rate, in order to increase the productivity. Google aims to turn their general search engine into an artificial intelligence, which is comparable to HAL from Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. They hope to do this, because they believe that if a person has all the world’s information attached to his or her brain, the person would have the capacity to be more productive. The idea of being replaced by artificial intelligence is unsettling, because the human brain is so imperfect, yet a computer can be adapted to meet these…
Today, the Internet has become a big part of our lives. We rely deeply on it to obtain information, but it makes it harder for us to retain information. In “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Nicholas Carr uses allusion, metaphor, and an appeal to logos in order to explain that the Internet is making society less smart and more reliant on technology.…
In Nicholas Carr’s article he expresses how the Internet is changing our brains and making us think differently. When he is reading a novel he experiences himself not fully opening up the book and being easily distracted. Instead of reading he is simply skimming and not delving into the text. He explains his trouble as “ I get fidgety, lose the thread, begin looking for something else to do. I feel as if I am dragging my wayward brain back to the text” (2). By Carr’s observations he realizes that what used to be natural is now a struggle. Instead of really researching a topic people are allowing search engines like Google, to make their lives easier and research for them. Although you are still learning and searching the links are pushing you towards an answer instead of allowing your brain to think for itself.…
As stated before this disorder has genetic origins as it is transmitted by parents to the children; that’s why it is called X-linked Adrenoleukodystrophy or X-ALD. It only affects males while females are carriers with the chance of develop a mild form of this disorder. As a neurological condition, we could say that…
Search engines such as google are making our society’s IQ go down faster every year. An everyday human being relies on google to help them find simple answers that most people should already know. Nicholas Carr makes various points on how google or other programs are making people stupid. Carrs essay “Is Google Making Us Stupid” shows us how search engines are in fact making us dumb.…
Nicholas Carr’s essay, ‘Is Google making us stupid?’ proposes the idea that the human mind is undergoing another big change. He ponders how the intake and response to information we collect and how we process that information is changing, which he leads to question how will it eventually lead to an impact on us as individuals. Irony however is not lost on the author as this work was published on the Internet and does not conform to what he knows people will look at or how they will read it.…
Fragile X Syndrome (also known as FXS) is created by gene mutation. Gene mutation is the growing or enlargement of FMR1 (fragile-X mental retardation) gene on the X chromosome. The X chromosome is the common chromosome between male and female rather than the Y chromosome. When the FMR1 gene grows, it turns of the construction of a protein…
primarily effects girls only, but there has been reported cases of males with the disorder. The…
The gene causing fragile X, FMR-1, is located on the X chromosome at the so-called “fragile” site that gives the syndrome its name. The protein it produces is believed to play a role in brain development. The FMR-1 gene was found to contain repeats of a particular 3-base CGG sequence. When the length of this repeat becomes too long it causes Fragile X syndrome.…
Fragile X Syndrome, FXS, is a condition in the brain that makes difficulties in developing. Both genders can be affected but males seem to be more affected by it. On the X chromosome, a gene called FMR1 is mutated. The mutation on the FMR1 gene prevents the gene from creating protein. It can affect the way you learn or think. Processing problems, speaking, everyday things are different from an average person. Some symptoms that could occur is anxiety, hyperactive behavior or attention disorder.…
GHR (Genetics Home Reference). 2015b. Fragile X syndrome. [Internet]. [cited 2015 Sep 15]. Available from: http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/fragile-x-syndrome…