PT-CRIS aims to ensure the creation and sustained development of an national integrated information ecosystem to support scientific activity developed in Portugal according to the best international standards and practices
Business Writing Solutions (BWS) is a marketing and consulting firm launched in 2010 that provides various services including email marketing, content design, analytics, and innovation consulting. BWS has delivered successful email campaigns for clients across industries with open and click through rates far above industry averages. They offer a range of content and email solutions designed to drive traffic, conversions, and sales. BWS prides itself on creative problem solving and providing customized strategies and support to help businesses breakthrough with their marketing.
The document provides notes on vectors, matrices, and coordinate transformations. It defines vectors and vector operations such as addition, subtraction, scalar multiplication, dot product, and cross product. It explains how to express vectors and vector operations using component form in a given coordinate system. It also discusses differentiating vectors with respect to time and how vector differentiation follows similar rules to scalar differentiation.
Recent advances in ophthalmic genetics and gene therapy were discussed on February 3-4, 2010. Gene therapy clinical trials are currently underway for several medical conditions, including age-related macular degeneration, pulmonary emphysema, prostate cancer, painful diabetic nephropathy, hemophilia B, thyroid tumors, oral and maxillofacial malignant tumors, head and neck malignant tumors, Alzheimer's disease, non-small lung cancer, Tay-Sachs, rheumatoid arthritis, cystic fibrosis, HIV, Huntington's disease, muscular dystrophy, Parkinson's disease, severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome.
The document discusses golf course development in Vietnam and debates the environmental and social impacts. It notes that the Vietnamese government aims to build 144 golf courses by 2020 to attract tourism, but this could damage the environment through deforestation and pollution from chemicals. Locally, it may displace farmers and cause social problems. While golf tourism provides economic benefits, the document argues the project should be banned and funds used instead to reform education and reduce inequality.
The document discusses IASAS Softball, an interscholastic sports event between schools in Southeast Asia. It summarizes the author's experience playing softball for their school in the 2009 and 2010 IASAS competitions, where their team won as champions in one year and runners up in another. The author reflects on developing teamwork skills like listening and paying attention to teammates, as well as managing emotions around competing and their eagerness to win.
PT-CRIS aims to ensure the creation and sustained development of an national integrated information ecosystem to support scientific activity developed in Portugal according to the best international standards and practices
Business Writing Solutions (BWS) is a marketing and consulting firm launched in 2010 that provides various services including email marketing, content design, analytics, and innovation consulting. BWS has delivered successful email campaigns for clients across industries with open and click through rates far above industry averages. They offer a range of content and email solutions designed to drive traffic, conversions, and sales. BWS prides itself on creative problem solving and providing customized strategies and support to help businesses breakthrough with their marketing.
The document provides notes on vectors, matrices, and coordinate transformations. It defines vectors and vector operations such as addition, subtraction, scalar multiplication, dot product, and cross product. It explains how to express vectors and vector operations using component form in a given coordinate system. It also discusses differentiating vectors with respect to time and how vector differentiation follows similar rules to scalar differentiation.
Recent advances in ophthalmic genetics and gene therapy were discussed on February 3-4, 2010. Gene therapy clinical trials are currently underway for several medical conditions, including age-related macular degeneration, pulmonary emphysema, prostate cancer, painful diabetic nephropathy, hemophilia B, thyroid tumors, oral and maxillofacial malignant tumors, head and neck malignant tumors, Alzheimer's disease, non-small lung cancer, Tay-Sachs, rheumatoid arthritis, cystic fibrosis, HIV, Huntington's disease, muscular dystrophy, Parkinson's disease, severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome.
The document discusses golf course development in Vietnam and debates the environmental and social impacts. It notes that the Vietnamese government aims to build 144 golf courses by 2020 to attract tourism, but this could damage the environment through deforestation and pollution from chemicals. Locally, it may displace farmers and cause social problems. While golf tourism provides economic benefits, the document argues the project should be banned and funds used instead to reform education and reduce inequality.
The document discusses IASAS Softball, an interscholastic sports event between schools in Southeast Asia. It summarizes the author's experience playing softball for their school in the 2009 and 2010 IASAS competitions, where their team won as champions in one year and runners up in another. The author reflects on developing teamwork skills like listening and paying attention to teammates, as well as managing emotions around competing and their eagerness to win.
The document discusses two theories: self-interest theory and utilitarianism. Self-interest theory argues that people are inherently selfish based on four arguments: it is true by definition, evolution has programmed people to pursue self-interest, hidden benefits motivate seemingly altruistic acts, and fear of punishment deters wrong acts. However, each argument has criticisms like empathy contradicts inherent selfishness. Utilitarianism holds that actions should maximize the overall happiness of all. It was developed in the 18th-19th centuries and supports judging acts as good if they increase net happiness. Benefits are said to include its simplicity, democracy, rationality, and egalitarian nature.
The document discusses two theories: self-interest theory and utilitarianism. Self-interest theory argues that people are inherently selfish based on four arguments: it is true by definition, evolution has programmed people to pursue self-interest, hidden benefits motivate seemingly altruistic acts, and fear of punishment deters wrong acts. However, each argument faces criticisms like not accounting for empathy. Utilitarianism holds that actions should maximize the overall happiness of all. It was developed in the 18th-19th centuries and is a seemingly simple yet rational, democratic, and egalitarian theory, though it also faces criticisms.
The document discusses animal testing, which involves using animals in scientific research and testing, particularly to determine the safety of drugs, foods, and other substances for human use. It notes that while animal testing aims to improve human health and medicine, it raises ethical issues as it involves experimenting on and killing large numbers of animals. Alternative views are presented, with some arguing animal testing is necessary and has advanced medical research, while others believe it is inhumane and the data unreliable due to physiological differences between animals and humans. Statistics are provided on the millions of animals, predominantly rats and mice, that are used annually in testing worldwide.
The document discusses golf courses being developed in Vietnam and debates their environmental and social impacts. While golf tourism brings economic benefits, the author argues that the Vietnamese government's plan to build 144 golf courses by 2020 will damage the environment through deforestation and pollution, and harm farming communities who lose access to land. Alternative solutions proposed include improving golf course sustainability practices or redirecting funds towards education reform to reduce inequality.
Animal testing involves experimenting on live animals to test products like drugs, chemicals, or consumer products. It is commonly used in scientific research and development but raises ethical issues regarding animal welfare. Alternatives to animal testing are being explored but most scientists still believe some level of animal testing is necessary for advancing medical research to treat human diseases and ensure product safety.