The Gap Year The “gap year” has been a common rite of passage in many foreign countries for decades‚ but it has now started to gain significant steam here in America as told by Danielle Wood‚ a parent from Today’s Parenting. This leads to many questions that parents and students want answered‚ such as: “Is the “gap year” a good or bad consideration?” “Will this decision put me behind?” “Does this stop me from ever going to college?” “Will I ever get my college degree?” All of these
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year alone. These students may consider taking a gap year. A gap year (otherwise known as a deferred year or year off) is a period of time in which students take a break from formal education in order to travel‚ volunteer‚ study‚ intern‚ work‚ perform research‚ or any combination of these activities. A gap year can be immensely beneficial to students to gain a sense of identity‚ improve their education‚ and help strengthen their career choice. With a gap year students are able to gain independence‚
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Lynnzie Tompkins December 6‚ 2014 Dr. Jutila Flow Cytometry (BIOB413) A look into Flow Cytometry Flow cytometry is a widely used practice in the biotechnology field; it is mainly used routinely for the diagnosis of health disorders. However‚ flow cytometry is also commonly used‚ as an application for basic research. Simply‚ flow cytometers are automated machines that determine properties of individual cells (e.g. cell size‚ cell granularity‚ and total DNA). Cytometers are similar to microscopes
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greek words: cyto- cell‚ and metry - measurement. So cyto-metry is about making cell measurements. To elaborate‚ flow cytometry is a technique for analysing particles (cells in this case) which are suspended in a fluid stream by flowing the cells past an interrogation point. A light source is directed on to a hydrodynamically focused stream to create a zone for interrogation. As cells flow through this interrogation zone they scatter the light‚ at this point any fluorescent compounds that are inside
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Submitted by: Jewel Lascamana Bsed 3 Communication Gap in the story The Fence by Jose Garcia Villa Communication is the key to any relationship. However‚ it is quite common that most of the couple suffer from communication issues. The problems arising out of communication can be very different ranging from inefficient communication leading to misunderstandings to a gap in the communication. If there is a gap‚ this means that there is no sufficient amount of communication between
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Australian Dollar Analysis History: * The Australian Dollar is the currency of the Common Wealth of Australia‚ including Christmas Island‚ Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Norfolk Islands as well as the independent Pacific Island States of Kiribati‚ Nauru and Tuvalu. Within Australia it is almost always abbreviated with the dollar sign ($)‚ with A$ sometimes used to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies. It is subdivided into 100 cents. * Prior to 1983‚ Australia maintained
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Five Day Forecast‚ by Lorna Simpson depicts a composition of five large black and white photographs cut off at the torso of a woman on each day of the workweek. Simpson illustrates a black woman in a plain ill-fitted shift dress. This woman stands facing the camera‚ arms crossed‚ accentuating the strength and the muscular build of her arms only to emphasis in on the looseness of the fabric hanging from her upper body. This pose portrays a feeling’s of defense‚ rebellion and contemplation. When looking
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This report is made based on the topic “Knowledge Gap between Generations Based on Media Exposure.” What is knowledge gap? It was first introduced by 3 researchers of University of Minnesota that is Phillip J. Tichenor‚ Associate Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication‚ George A. Donohue‚ Professor of Sociology and Clarice‚ and N. Olien‚ Instructor in Sociology in 1970. Based on the title of the research‚ it can be defined as the gap of the information obtained by exposed media for the
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Chapter 25 – Knowledge Gap -The knowledge gap hypothesis presumes that you will know more about these topics than people whose educational level is lower than yours‚ even if the topics don’t directly concern your everyday life. -Stated by Tichenor‚ Donohue and Olien in their 1970 article they said the population is divided into two distinct segments: a group of better educated people who know more about most things and those with low education who know less. -Low Socio-economic status (SES)
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Gender Gaps in Education Not too long ago there have been rising signs of important changes in gender differences on individuals’ experiences in the education system. Even though the results for both genders have improved over the years‚ the girls’ improvement rate has been faster than the boys and an important‚ big gap has opened up. A national survey found that girls scored higher in all tests. The results were that sixty-two percent of girls were able to focus on their work without supervision
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