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Reference: Chiu A., Mequit M. Gehringer T., Heizenburg J. Welch and Brett A. Neilan (2011). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Does α-Amino-β-methylaminopropionic Acid (BMAA) Play a Role in Neurodegeneration?, 19.
WHO
What do you know about the person who created this source?
The authors of this document are biostatisticians and have had experience in understanding concepts of ALS and Cyanobacteria by completing various experiments recording their results in a table which discovered that the symptoms of ALS were the same of ALS patients, therefore their results can be trusted.
WHEN
What was life like when this source was created? Is this source reliable
The information was recorded in a scientific journal article in 2011, which was three years ago. This means that the information included in the article is of a base knowledge in comparison to the other sources obtained. This is because adaptations in discoveries have been made.
WHY
What is the creator’s purpose? Why did they create this work? Have they referenced and cited back to their claims?
The document was created to alert other scientists and the community of further progress of the cause foe ALS which would mean closer discovery to the cure of the neurodegenerative illness. They have referenced their document using more than sixty sources and have cited back to their claims throughout the document.
Is this source reliable?
This source is reliable source, including valuable data or other scientists and biostatisticians to adapt on their results and elaborate for further discovery into the cure for the disease.
Source Analysis
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What do you know about the person who created this source?
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• age
• gender
• occupation
• position in society
• religious background.
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What was life like when this source was
Reference: Chiu A., Mequit M. Gehringer T., Heizenburg J. Welch and Brett A. Neilan (2011). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Does α-Amino-β-methylaminopropionic Acid (BMAA) Play a Role in Neurodegeneration?, 19.
WHO
What do you know about the person who created this source?
The authors of this document are biostatisticians and have had experience in understanding concepts of ALS and Cyanobacteria by completing various experiments recording their results in a table which discovered that the symptoms of ALS were the same of ALS patients, therefore their results can be trusted.
WHEN
What was life like when this source was created? Is this source reliable
The information was recorded in a scientific journal article in 2011, which was three years ago. This means that the information included in the article is of a base knowledge in comparison to the other sources obtained. This is because adaptations in discoveries have been made.
WHY
What is the creator’s purpose? Why did they create this work? Have they referenced and cited back to their claims?
The document was created to alert other scientists and the community of further progress of the cause foe ALS which would mean closer discovery to the cure of the neurodegenerative illness. They have referenced their document using more than sixty sources and have cited back to their claims throughout the document.
Is this source reliable?
This source is reliable source, including valuable data or other scientists and biostatisticians to adapt on their results and elaborate for further discovery into the cure for the disease.
Source Analysis
Reference:
WHO
What do you know about the person who created this source?
Think about:
• age
• gender
• occupation
• position in society
• religious background.
WHEN
What was life like when this source was