vision). The rods however‚ reach their maximum density slightly peripheral to the fovea and both cones and rods start to diminish towards the retinal periphery. (Physic Lab.‚ 2002) To understand how colour vision works we need first to understand what is colour and where does it exist? Does it exist within an object or within the light? Colour is a sensory perception‚ which is caused by the interaction of light with our visual perception equipment (eyes and brain). We need to understand the
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How does a family work as a system in promoting health Families are a natural social structure. The widely accepted definition of family is “a group of two or more people related by blood‚ marriage‚ or adoption” (Medalie & Cole-Kelly‚ 2002‚ p. 1277). This definition is inclusive of the many different structures of families to allow for big‚ small‚ single parent‚ dual parent‚ gay and lesbian‚ heterosexual‚ adoptive‚ and biological. The family plays an integral part in the health of its members
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probation and parole were abolished completely‚ it would affect the prison system population throughout the United States. The prison population increased each year steadily until 2009‚ with 1‚617‚478 behind bars. (Latessa & Smith‚ 2011) Therefore‚ offenders are put on probation and parole in the United States because it’s an alternative to incarceration for eligible offenders. (Latessa & Smith‚ 2011) Probation and parole reduce the prison population from overcrowding; however‚ if probation and parole
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Like much of the Internet‚ the World Wide Web operates on a client/server model. You run a web client on your computer—called a web browser—such as Microsoft’s Internet Explorer or Firefox. That client contacts a web server and requests information or resources. The web server locates and then sends the information to the web browser‚ which displays the results. When web browsers contact servers‚ they’re asking to be sent pages built with Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) / Hypertext Preprocessor
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How Does The Constitution Work and How Does it Affect You? The president is the chief executive and is charged with enforcing the laws. The heads of all the government departments report to him. He is responsible for managing the government and spending the money that congress appropriates. He is the commander in chief of the armed forces but is a civilian. He can‚ with the advice and consent of the Senate‚ negotiate treaties and appoint justices of the Supreme Court and judges of lower courts
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for modern air travel. To truly appreciate just how far we’ve come‚ it is important for one to understand how a modern jet airplane works. All airplanes rely on three separate systems—Wings‚ Propulsion and Control Systems. (lect 1/31) For flight to take place all three of these systems must be functioning properly at the same time‚ but more importantly‚ they must work in tandem to accomplish two things. First‚ the airplane must generate an amount of thrust that is equal to or greater than the amount
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municipal authorities‚ and typically hold offenders for short periods ranging from a single day to a year” (BJS‚ 2016). Prisons are the types of facilities where criminals are held for much longer sentences because the crime the suspect committed was much worse than one being in a community corrections facility. The prisons get ran by each states government and also the federal Bureau of Prisons. All of the other correctional facilities whether they are private or not fall into this category such as the U
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was supposed to happen. Theoretically‚ the tap water would work the fastest because there was no environmental factors affecting the outcome. As the temperature of the hydrochloric acid was raised‚ the enzyme’s speed should have slowed. In the results‚ the ice water worked the fastest and the 50° of HCL was the slowest. But the result of the 38°C was off by at least 90 ml/min in comparison to the tap water when it was supposed to work slower. These results could have been from many different
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Controlling gangs in prison is not and has never been an easy task. No strategy is possible to eliminate the vice totally. However‚ some strategies have proved to control prison gangs to a large extent. The main strategy is the one that was applied in the state of Texas in 1990s. In the strategy‚ confirmed gang members were isolated in separation wings and/or prison units‚ along with other intransigent inmates who balked at the institutional regime. Through intelligence-gathering and suppression
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Do prisons deter crime? Considering the recidivism rate‚ the percentage of former prisoners who are rearrested for a similar offense‚ of the United States‚ no‚ prisons do not deter crime. The recidivism rate of prisoners in the US is 60%‚ one of the highest rates in the world. Prisons take criminals off the street‚ but fail to cure their need to commit crimes. Prisons‚ in a sense‚ add fuel to the fire. I believe prisoners leave prison in a worse state of mind than they were before they were locked
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