Done By: Raneem M. Saleh Trial by ordeal is a judicial practice by which the guilt or innocence of the accused person is determined by subjecting him to an unpleasant‚ usually dangerous experience; believed to be under divine control. Classically‚ the test is one of life or death and the proof of innocence is survival. In some cases‚ the accused is considered innocent if he escapes injury or if his injuries heal. * Ordeal of Fire Ordeal of fire typically required that the accused walk
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Vertex Case Analysis Industry Challenges Vertex faced a very difficult decision when the company had to decide which drug candidates they should fund on their own‚ and which ones they should partner up with cooperate alliances who can financial support the projects. The company had revenue from various corporate partnerships and roughly $600 million in cash and short-term investments‚ but the company would not be able to fund more that two of its fours primary development projects. The decision
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In The Crucible‚ many individuals and institutions face moral tests. Characters such as John and Elizabeth Proctor‚ along with Giles Corey‚ faced such tests. During the time of the trials‚ Giles Corey was called by the court to release names of those suspected of witchcraft. Rather than reveal the names of the people significantly he was pressed to death and took the names of the people to his grave. As the claims of witchcraft troubled the town‚ John had hopes of ending the problem by revealing
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the Christian theory of Divine Creation as described in the Bible. This caused many religious fundamentalists to fight against it. They took their battle to the law books‚ and they were challenged by pro-evolution modernists in the Scopes "Monkey Trial" of 1925. The theory of Evolution was developed by Charles Darwin throughout his life and published in 1859 in a book called "The Origin of Species." In brief‚ it states that all living things on earth evolved over time and that natural selection
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The Salem Witch Trials In the modern life we live today‚ with are social class and government‚ I envision that an incident similar to the Salem Witch Trials could not happen again. Over the years‚ our country evolved and matured to a level that could not make a silly mistake of blaming an innocent person for a crime that they did not do. Especially‚ punishing someone with death‚ for example how they solved the case trials in the 1690’s. From the Salem Witch Trials alone 15 innocent men
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What is meant by double-blind‚ randomized controlled trial? Explain why such trials are used in psychological research with reference to one specific‚ published psychological experiment. Randomized controlled trials are considered the gold level standard of proof of many research techniques where treatments and therapies are concerned by the scientific community. A study in which participants are allocated at random to receive one of several treatments testing the effectiveness of psychological
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The Witch Trials and McCarthyism There is little symbolism within The Crucible‚ but‚ in its entirety‚ the play can be seen as symbolic of the paranoia about communism that pervaded America in the 1950s. Several parallels exist between the House Un-American Activities Committee’s rooting out of suspected communists during this time and the seventeenth-century witch-hunt that Miller depicts in The Crucible‚ including the narrow-mindedness‚ excessive zeal‚ and disregard for the individuals that characterize
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The Nuremberg trials were descried as “the best trials I history” by Norman Birkett a British judge who presided over the major war criminals (www.wikipedia.org). In my research paper I will be talking about how the Nuremberg trials were created‚ the main events and the people involved and the first and second parts of the trials. The international military tribunal and the doctor and military trials. The Nuremberg trials were essential in bringing Nazi war criminals to justice
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The Nürnberg Trials began in 1945 and lasted until 1949. These trials were held in Nürnberg‚ Germany. The charges held against those on trial were crimes against humanity‚ crimes against peace‚ war crimes‚ and “a common plan or conspiracy to commit” (www.britannica.com). There were twelve trials with over 100 defendants and several courts. The International Military Tribunal conducted these trials. Representatives from the United States‚ Great Britain‚ the Soviet Union‚ France‚ and 19 other
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New Medication :Clinical Trials Phase I II III IV Requirements Testing an experimental drug or treatment in a‚ small group of people (20-80) for the first time to evaluate its safety‚ determine a safe dosage range‚ and identify side effects The experimental study drug or treatment is given to a larger group of people (100-300) to see if it is effective and to further evaluate its safety The experimental study drug or treatment is given to large groups of people (1‚000-3‚000) to confirm its effectiveness
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