This document provides instructions for an assignment to write a 3 paragraph response on an innovation in biology or technology topic. It includes a list of 5 potential topics: (1) vaccines, (2) personal genomics, (3) bioprinting, (4) human-caused climate change, and (5) CRISPR/gene editing. For the assignment, students are asked to search for 3 reliable sources on their chosen topic, write a reference and short description for each, and create an outline for their response.
Reference Summary Worksheet
Reference 1 – Cross-cultural reference
Citation in APA format (2 pts)
Houghton, S., Hunter, S. C., Rosenberg, M., Wood, L., Zadow, C., Martin, K.,
& Shilton, T. (2015). Virtually impossible: limiting Australian children
and adolescents daily screen based media use.
BMC Public Health
,
15
(1),
1. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-15-5
Key findings (6 pts)
In 2-3 paragraphs, summarize the main findings in your source.
The use of screen based media use (SBMU) has seen a steady increase over the years. Research conducted by American, Australian, and Canadian Health departments have cited concerns on the increasing use of SBMU in children, more specifically children under the age of two. It is recommended by many health professionals that children limit their exposure to SBMU to two hour or less per day. However, today this is proving more challenging as SBMU is not just on television, it is a part of schools, afterschool activities, and at each child’s fingertips with the advancements in smartphones.
Healthcare experts warnings about SBMU have not been heeded. To the contrary, children today, even after the recommendations have been put out, are using SBMU more then ever. For example, over a ten-year period SBMU data was collected on children and the findings showed in increase in screen viewing of all types from 3 hours and 45 minutes to 4 hours and 30 minutes. Other studies from the USA, UK, and Canada, show a similar trend regarding SBMU and children. All three countries have conducted research targeting the percentage of children who accede the two-hour SBMU recommended threshold. In all three countries the research clearly showed that over 50 percent of the children studied regularly used some form of screen-based media more then the recommended two hours.
How do you know that this is a credible/scholarly source? (2 pts)
I retrieved this article from the UMUC Library database searching scholarly articles. The authors and reference list is comprised of subject mater experts in a variety of fields related to this topic of discussion.
Reference 2 – Policy reference
Citation in APA format (2 pts)
Rowan, C. (2010). Unplug—Don’t drug: A critical look at the influence of
technology on child behavior with an alternative way of responding other
than evaluation and drugging.
Ethical Human Psychology And Psychiatry:
An
International Journal Of Critical Inquiry
,
12
(1), 60-68.
doi:10.1891/1559-4343.12.1.60
Key findings (6 pts)
In 2-3 paragraphs, summarize the main findings in your source.
Technology use by children has led to alarming statistics showing obesity and psychiatric disorders on the rise. Today, children’s distractions or medical conditions related to technology use are misdiagnosed and subsequently these children are overly medicated. There are many factors that contribute to kids obesity and psychological issues, but the major contributing factors are less one-on-one time with parents doing out.
Introduction to Gene Mining Part A: BLASTn-off!adcobb
In this lesson, students will learn to use bioinformatics portals and tools to mine plant versions of human genes. Student handout and teacher resource materials are available at www.Araport.org, Teaching Resources (Community tab). Suitable for grades 9-12 or first year undergraduate students.
Justify Your Conclusions
Hiv Aids Conclusions
Essay on Hypothesis and Conclusion
Sampling Methods Essay
Conclusion Of Solar Energy
Titanium Essay
Research Methods Essay
Dental Hygienist Conclusion
Conclusion Of Globalization
Reference Summary Worksheet
Reference 1 – Cross-cultural reference
Citation in APA format (2 pts)
Houghton, S., Hunter, S. C., Rosenberg, M., Wood, L., Zadow, C., Martin, K.,
& Shilton, T. (2015). Virtually impossible: limiting Australian children
and adolescents daily screen based media use.
BMC Public Health
,
15
(1),
1. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-15-5
Key findings (6 pts)
In 2-3 paragraphs, summarize the main findings in your source.
The use of screen based media use (SBMU) has seen a steady increase over the years. Research conducted by American, Australian, and Canadian Health departments have cited concerns on the increasing use of SBMU in children, more specifically children under the age of two. It is recommended by many health professionals that children limit their exposure to SBMU to two hour or less per day. However, today this is proving more challenging as SBMU is not just on television, it is a part of schools, afterschool activities, and at each child’s fingertips with the advancements in smartphones.
Healthcare experts warnings about SBMU have not been heeded. To the contrary, children today, even after the recommendations have been put out, are using SBMU more then ever. For example, over a ten-year period SBMU data was collected on children and the findings showed in increase in screen viewing of all types from 3 hours and 45 minutes to 4 hours and 30 minutes. Other studies from the USA, UK, and Canada, show a similar trend regarding SBMU and children. All three countries have conducted research targeting the percentage of children who accede the two-hour SBMU recommended threshold. In all three countries the research clearly showed that over 50 percent of the children studied regularly used some form of screen-based media more then the recommended two hours.
How do you know that this is a credible/scholarly source? (2 pts)
I retrieved this article from the UMUC Library database searching scholarly articles. The authors and reference list is comprised of subject mater experts in a variety of fields related to this topic of discussion.
Reference 2 – Policy reference
Citation in APA format (2 pts)
Rowan, C. (2010). Unplug—Don’t drug: A critical look at the influence of
technology on child behavior with an alternative way of responding other
than evaluation and drugging.
Ethical Human Psychology And Psychiatry:
An
International Journal Of Critical Inquiry
,
12
(1), 60-68.
doi:10.1891/1559-4343.12.1.60
Key findings (6 pts)
In 2-3 paragraphs, summarize the main findings in your source.
Technology use by children has led to alarming statistics showing obesity and psychiatric disorders on the rise. Today, children’s distractions or medical conditions related to technology use are misdiagnosed and subsequently these children are overly medicated. There are many factors that contribute to kids obesity and psychological issues, but the major contributing factors are less one-on-one time with parents doing out.
Introduction to Gene Mining Part A: BLASTn-off!adcobb
In this lesson, students will learn to use bioinformatics portals and tools to mine plant versions of human genes. Student handout and teacher resource materials are available at www.Araport.org, Teaching Resources (Community tab). Suitable for grades 9-12 or first year undergraduate students.
Justify Your Conclusions
Hiv Aids Conclusions
Essay on Hypothesis and Conclusion
Sampling Methods Essay
Conclusion Of Solar Energy
Titanium Essay
Research Methods Essay
Dental Hygienist Conclusion
Conclusion Of Globalization
DRUGS New agreement to tackle pharmaceutical pollution p.1AlyciaGold776
DRUGS New agreement to
tackle pharmaceutical
pollution p.164
WORLD VIEW Vaccination
the best way to measure
health care p.165
DUNG OVER Rolling beetles
fooled by look-alike
seeds p.167
Let’s think about cognitive bias
The human brain’s habit of finding what it wants to find is a key problem for research. Establishing
robust methods to avoid such bias will make results more reproducible.
“Ever since I first learned about confirmation bias I’ve been see-ing it everywhere.” So said British author and broadcaster Jon Ronson in So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed (Picador, 2015).
You will see a lot of cognitive bias in this week’s Nature. In a series
of articles, we examine the impact that bias can have on research, and
the best ways to identify and tackle it. One enemy of robust science
is our humanity — our appetite for being right, and our tendency to
find patterns in noise, to see supporting evidence for what we already
believe is true, and to ignore the facts that do not fit.
The sources and types of such cognitive bias — and the fallacies they
produce — are becoming more widely appreciated. Some of the prob-
lems are as old as science itself, and some are new: the IKEA effect, for
example, describes a cognitive bias among consumers who place artifi-
cially high value on products that they have built themselves. Another
common fallacy in research is the Texas sharp-shooter effect — fir-
ing off a few rounds and then drawing a bull’s eye around the bullet
holes. And then there is asymmetrical attention: carefully debugging
analyses and debunking data that counter a favoured hypothesis, while
letting evidence in favour of the hypothesis slide by unexamined.
Such fallacies sound obvious and easy to avoid. It is easy to think that
they only affect other people. In fact, they fall naturally into investiga-
tors’ blind spots (see page 182).
Advocates of robust science have repeatedly warned against cogni-
tive habits that can lead to error. Although such awareness is essential,
it is insufficient. The scientific community needs concrete guidance on
how to manage its all-too-human biases and avoid the errors they cause.
That need is particularly acute in statistical data analysis, where
some of the best-established methods were developed in a time before
data sets were measured in terabytes, and where choices between tech-
niques offer abundant opportunity for errors. Proteomics and genom-
ics, for example, crunch millions of data points at once, over thousands
of gene or protein variants. Early work was plagued by false positives,
before the spread of techniques that could account for the myriad
hypotheses that such a data-rich environment could generate.
Although problems persist, these fields serve as examples of commu-
nities learning to recognize and curb their mistakes. Another example is
the venerable practice of double-blind studies. But more effort is needed,
particularly in what some have called evidence- ...
1a. Discussion—Environment and Public Health A Direct Link By .docxvickeryr87
1a. Discussion—Environment and Public Health: A Direct Link
By
Saturday, February 13, 2016
,
It is globally acknowledged that a link between the environment and public health exists. This topic has grown to be so important that various world organizations hold annual, international meetings for scientists to gather and discuss the latest research findings, breakthroughs, issues, and technology. Some of these organizations are as follows:
World Health Organization (WHO)
The Paris Appeal International Congress
The International Federation of Environmental Health’s Congress
In this assignment, you will gain a better idea of where scientific research is headed by reviewing the published abstracts presented at such meetings.
Begin this assignment by searching the Internet for the most recent gathering of one of the organizations listed above. You may also search for another major organization that is currently focused on global health and the environment.
Once you locate your organization and the meeting (often called a Congress) of interest, find the published program for that meeting. Do note that this may take a few clicks. However, every organization always publishes a list of talks presented at the meeting somewhere on its Web site.
Find a topic that interests you and address the following questions based on this selected example:
Cite the example you have selected and describe it. Include the title of the presentation, the authors, and a synopsis of their research and what they found.
Explain how the example you found relates to the environment and public health—both directly and indirectly.
Identify the geographical areas or countries where you see this particular environmental issue as a threat to public health and support your findings with evidence-based research.
State whether or not you think some countries are more affected by this issue than others. If so, provide at least one example and support this finding with evidence-based research.
Identify the processes that are currently in place that aim to address these issues affecting public health. State whether these processes focus on the environmental issue or the resulting public health issues.
Consider how you would approach the issue if you were given the task to improve or mitigate it—whether it is related to the environment or public health. Briefly describe your short- and long-term improvement or mitigation plans.
Write your initial response in approximately 350 words. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.
1b. Managing World Health: Technology and Limitations
By
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
There are several independent governmental organizations that monitor public health around the world including the WHO and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Each of these organizations maintains a Web site that publishes assessments of the most urgent public health problems.
In this assignment, you will summarize information on a public health is.
BIOL 101 Comprehensive Final Exam – Essay Portion U.docxAASTHA76
BIOL 101
Comprehensive Final Exam – Essay Portion
University of Maryland University College
Directions: Please complete the AnswerSheet file electronically and submit it via Assignments by March 6th
at 11:59 PM ET. Save your AnswerSheet in the following format: “LastName FINAL” (e.g., SmithFINAL).
Sources: You may use any electronic or print source from BIOL 101. When appropriate, you may use the
internet to locate additional supporting evidence (look for questions requiring it). AS ALWAYS, BE SURE TO
CITE ANY EXTERNAL RESOURCES YOU USE NEXT TO THE APPROPRIATE QUESTION.
Note: you may not consult any “living” resource in or out of this class, so do not seek assistance from your
peers or any other person. All essays will be run through the anti-plagiarism website, TurnItIn.com, and any
plagiarized material will be given a zero.
This exam is worth 200 points or 20% of your total grade. This section of the exam is essay, which is worth
100 pts (or half of the total points for the final exam). The other half of the final exam is a series of multiple-
choice questions, which is a separate link in our LEO classroom. Read the directions carefully below—you
have some choice in the Essay section. If you have any questions, e-mail me.
SHORT ESSAY QUESTIONS:
Complete all three. Answers should not exceed 1-2 paragraphs for each question. Worth 10 points each.
1. A population of grasshoppers in the Kansas prairie has two color phenotypes, green and brown.
Typically, the prairie receives adequate water to maintain healthy, green grass. Assume a bird that
eats grasshoppers moves into the prairie. How will this affect natural selection of the grasshoppers?
How might this change in a drought year?
2. Using material from this class, support the following statement with at least five pieces of evidence: a
plant-based (or vegetarian) diet is good for your health and the planet. Be sure to cite any external
evidence you use.
3. DNA and RNA are similar yet distinct components of the cell. Describe three differences between
RNA and DNA with respect to their chemical composition and structure. Provide a detailed
description of each characteristic you chose in your response.
ESSAY QUESTIONS:
Pick FIVE to answer—ONE FROM EACH PAIR. Each answer should be approximately 3-4 paragraphs in
length—maximum. Worth 14 points each.
4. Molecules of life and Cells (PICK A OR B TO ANSWER)
A. Pick three animal organelles and compare each one to a department or feature in a grocery or
department store. In other words, the organelles in a cell are analogous to various machines
and/or features in a store.
B. List the four “large molecules of life.” Identify their composition and structure, and describe one
function they perform in the cell.
5. Combining Micro and Macro concepts (PICK A OR B TO ANSWER)
A. Water is crucial for life as we know it. One of the most important char ...
Crowdsourcing platforms are revolutionizing research by providing a way to collect clinical and behavioral data with unprecedented speed and efficiency. This seminar explores another digital platform called TurkPrime that is designed to suuport research participant recruitment. TurkPrime is a relatively new panel service that allows researchers to target specific demographic groups. If you watched our previous webinar on Amazon’s Mechanical Turk, also known as MTurk, you may find it interesting that TurkPrime offers a proportional matching sampling approach rather than MTurk’s opt-in, convenience sampling approach. Tasks that can be implemented with TurkPrime include: excluding participants on the basis of previous participation, longitudinal studies, making changes to a study while it is running, automating the approval process, increasing the speed of data collection, sending bulk e-mails and bonuses, enhancing communication with participants, monitoring dropout and engagement rates, providing enhanced sampling options, and many others.
DRUGS New agreement to tackle pharmaceutical pollution p.1AlyciaGold776
DRUGS New agreement to
tackle pharmaceutical
pollution p.164
WORLD VIEW Vaccination
the best way to measure
health care p.165
DUNG OVER Rolling beetles
fooled by look-alike
seeds p.167
Let’s think about cognitive bias
The human brain’s habit of finding what it wants to find is a key problem for research. Establishing
robust methods to avoid such bias will make results more reproducible.
“Ever since I first learned about confirmation bias I’ve been see-ing it everywhere.” So said British author and broadcaster Jon Ronson in So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed (Picador, 2015).
You will see a lot of cognitive bias in this week’s Nature. In a series
of articles, we examine the impact that bias can have on research, and
the best ways to identify and tackle it. One enemy of robust science
is our humanity — our appetite for being right, and our tendency to
find patterns in noise, to see supporting evidence for what we already
believe is true, and to ignore the facts that do not fit.
The sources and types of such cognitive bias — and the fallacies they
produce — are becoming more widely appreciated. Some of the prob-
lems are as old as science itself, and some are new: the IKEA effect, for
example, describes a cognitive bias among consumers who place artifi-
cially high value on products that they have built themselves. Another
common fallacy in research is the Texas sharp-shooter effect — fir-
ing off a few rounds and then drawing a bull’s eye around the bullet
holes. And then there is asymmetrical attention: carefully debugging
analyses and debunking data that counter a favoured hypothesis, while
letting evidence in favour of the hypothesis slide by unexamined.
Such fallacies sound obvious and easy to avoid. It is easy to think that
they only affect other people. In fact, they fall naturally into investiga-
tors’ blind spots (see page 182).
Advocates of robust science have repeatedly warned against cogni-
tive habits that can lead to error. Although such awareness is essential,
it is insufficient. The scientific community needs concrete guidance on
how to manage its all-too-human biases and avoid the errors they cause.
That need is particularly acute in statistical data analysis, where
some of the best-established methods were developed in a time before
data sets were measured in terabytes, and where choices between tech-
niques offer abundant opportunity for errors. Proteomics and genom-
ics, for example, crunch millions of data points at once, over thousands
of gene or protein variants. Early work was plagued by false positives,
before the spread of techniques that could account for the myriad
hypotheses that such a data-rich environment could generate.
Although problems persist, these fields serve as examples of commu-
nities learning to recognize and curb their mistakes. Another example is
the venerable practice of double-blind studies. But more effort is needed,
particularly in what some have called evidence- ...
1a. Discussion—Environment and Public Health A Direct Link By .docxvickeryr87
1a. Discussion—Environment and Public Health: A Direct Link
By
Saturday, February 13, 2016
,
It is globally acknowledged that a link between the environment and public health exists. This topic has grown to be so important that various world organizations hold annual, international meetings for scientists to gather and discuss the latest research findings, breakthroughs, issues, and technology. Some of these organizations are as follows:
World Health Organization (WHO)
The Paris Appeal International Congress
The International Federation of Environmental Health’s Congress
In this assignment, you will gain a better idea of where scientific research is headed by reviewing the published abstracts presented at such meetings.
Begin this assignment by searching the Internet for the most recent gathering of one of the organizations listed above. You may also search for another major organization that is currently focused on global health and the environment.
Once you locate your organization and the meeting (often called a Congress) of interest, find the published program for that meeting. Do note that this may take a few clicks. However, every organization always publishes a list of talks presented at the meeting somewhere on its Web site.
Find a topic that interests you and address the following questions based on this selected example:
Cite the example you have selected and describe it. Include the title of the presentation, the authors, and a synopsis of their research and what they found.
Explain how the example you found relates to the environment and public health—both directly and indirectly.
Identify the geographical areas or countries where you see this particular environmental issue as a threat to public health and support your findings with evidence-based research.
State whether or not you think some countries are more affected by this issue than others. If so, provide at least one example and support this finding with evidence-based research.
Identify the processes that are currently in place that aim to address these issues affecting public health. State whether these processes focus on the environmental issue or the resulting public health issues.
Consider how you would approach the issue if you were given the task to improve or mitigate it—whether it is related to the environment or public health. Briefly describe your short- and long-term improvement or mitigation plans.
Write your initial response in approximately 350 words. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.
1b. Managing World Health: Technology and Limitations
By
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
There are several independent governmental organizations that monitor public health around the world including the WHO and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Each of these organizations maintains a Web site that publishes assessments of the most urgent public health problems.
In this assignment, you will summarize information on a public health is.
BIOL 101 Comprehensive Final Exam – Essay Portion U.docxAASTHA76
BIOL 101
Comprehensive Final Exam – Essay Portion
University of Maryland University College
Directions: Please complete the AnswerSheet file electronically and submit it via Assignments by March 6th
at 11:59 PM ET. Save your AnswerSheet in the following format: “LastName FINAL” (e.g., SmithFINAL).
Sources: You may use any electronic or print source from BIOL 101. When appropriate, you may use the
internet to locate additional supporting evidence (look for questions requiring it). AS ALWAYS, BE SURE TO
CITE ANY EXTERNAL RESOURCES YOU USE NEXT TO THE APPROPRIATE QUESTION.
Note: you may not consult any “living” resource in or out of this class, so do not seek assistance from your
peers or any other person. All essays will be run through the anti-plagiarism website, TurnItIn.com, and any
plagiarized material will be given a zero.
This exam is worth 200 points or 20% of your total grade. This section of the exam is essay, which is worth
100 pts (or half of the total points for the final exam). The other half of the final exam is a series of multiple-
choice questions, which is a separate link in our LEO classroom. Read the directions carefully below—you
have some choice in the Essay section. If you have any questions, e-mail me.
SHORT ESSAY QUESTIONS:
Complete all three. Answers should not exceed 1-2 paragraphs for each question. Worth 10 points each.
1. A population of grasshoppers in the Kansas prairie has two color phenotypes, green and brown.
Typically, the prairie receives adequate water to maintain healthy, green grass. Assume a bird that
eats grasshoppers moves into the prairie. How will this affect natural selection of the grasshoppers?
How might this change in a drought year?
2. Using material from this class, support the following statement with at least five pieces of evidence: a
plant-based (or vegetarian) diet is good for your health and the planet. Be sure to cite any external
evidence you use.
3. DNA and RNA are similar yet distinct components of the cell. Describe three differences between
RNA and DNA with respect to their chemical composition and structure. Provide a detailed
description of each characteristic you chose in your response.
ESSAY QUESTIONS:
Pick FIVE to answer—ONE FROM EACH PAIR. Each answer should be approximately 3-4 paragraphs in
length—maximum. Worth 14 points each.
4. Molecules of life and Cells (PICK A OR B TO ANSWER)
A. Pick three animal organelles and compare each one to a department or feature in a grocery or
department store. In other words, the organelles in a cell are analogous to various machines
and/or features in a store.
B. List the four “large molecules of life.” Identify their composition and structure, and describe one
function they perform in the cell.
5. Combining Micro and Macro concepts (PICK A OR B TO ANSWER)
A. Water is crucial for life as we know it. One of the most important char ...
Crowdsourcing platforms are revolutionizing research by providing a way to collect clinical and behavioral data with unprecedented speed and efficiency. This seminar explores another digital platform called TurkPrime that is designed to suuport research participant recruitment. TurkPrime is a relatively new panel service that allows researchers to target specific demographic groups. If you watched our previous webinar on Amazon’s Mechanical Turk, also known as MTurk, you may find it interesting that TurkPrime offers a proportional matching sampling approach rather than MTurk’s opt-in, convenience sampling approach. Tasks that can be implemented with TurkPrime include: excluding participants on the basis of previous participation, longitudinal studies, making changes to a study while it is running, automating the approval process, increasing the speed of data collection, sending bulk e-mails and bonuses, enhancing communication with participants, monitoring dropout and engagement rates, providing enhanced sampling options, and many others.
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This presentation provides a briefing on how to upload submissions and documents in Google Classroom. It was prepared as part of an orientation for new Sainik School in-service teacher trainees. As a training officer, my goal is to ensure that you are comfortable and proficient with this essential tool for managing assignments and fostering student engagement.
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In Odoo, the multi-company feature allows you to manage multiple companies within a single Odoo database instance. Each company can have its own configurations while still sharing common resources such as products, customers, and suppliers.
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Synthetic fiber production is a fascinating and complex field that blends chemistry, engineering, and environmental science. By understanding these aspects, students can gain a comprehensive view of synthetic fiber production, its impact on society and the environment, and the potential for future innovations. Synthetic fibers play a crucial role in modern society, impacting various aspects of daily life, industry, and the environment. ynthetic fibers are integral to modern life, offering a range of benefits from cost-effectiveness and versatility to innovative applications and performance characteristics. While they pose environmental challenges, ongoing research and development aim to create more sustainable and eco-friendly alternatives. Understanding the importance of synthetic fibers helps in appreciating their role in the economy, industry, and daily life, while also emphasizing the need for sustainable practices and innovation.
How to Make a Field invisible in Odoo 17Celine George
It is possible to hide or invisible some fields in odoo. Commonly using “invisible” attribute in the field definition to invisible the fields. This slide will show how to make a field invisible in odoo 17.
The Indian economy is classified into different sectors to simplify the analysis and understanding of economic activities. For Class 10, it's essential to grasp the sectors of the Indian economy, understand their characteristics, and recognize their importance. This guide will provide detailed notes on the Sectors of the Indian Economy Class 10, using specific long-tail keywords to enhance comprehension.
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Ethnobotany and Ethnopharmacology:
Ethnobotany in herbal drug evaluation,
Impact of Ethnobotany in traditional medicine,
New development in herbals,
Bio-prospecting tools for drug discovery,
Role of Ethnopharmacology in drug evaluation,
Reverse Pharmacology.
Welcome to TechSoup New Member Orientation and Q&A (May 2024).pdfTechSoup
In this webinar you will learn how your organization can access TechSoup's wide variety of product discount and donation programs. From hardware to software, we'll give you a tour of the tools available to help your nonprofit with productivity, collaboration, financial management, donor tracking, security, and more.
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What is the purpose of the Sabbath Law in the Torah. It is interesting to compare how the context of the law shifts from Exodus to Deuteronomy. Who gets to rest, and why?
This is a presentation by Dada Robert in a Your Skill Boost masterclass organised by the Excellence Foundation for South Sudan (EFSS) on Saturday, the 25th and Sunday, the 26th of May 2024.
He discussed the concept of quality improvement, emphasizing its applicability to various aspects of life, including personal, project, and program improvements. He defined quality as doing the right thing at the right time in the right way to achieve the best possible results and discussed the concept of the "gap" between what we know and what we do, and how this gap represents the areas we need to improve. He explained the scientific approach to quality improvement, which involves systematic performance analysis, testing and learning, and implementing change ideas. He also highlighted the importance of client focus and a team approach to quality improvement.
Thesis Statement for students diagnonsed withADHD.ppt
Possible Even Popular.docx
1. [From 10$/Pg] Possible – Even Popular
[From 10$/Pg] Possible – Even PopularStep 1: Innovations in Biology and Technology –
Finding Information Sources and Outline (1%) Choose one of the provided topics (see list
below, a-e). Search the library and/or the internet to locate 3 reliable information sources
that you may use for this assignment. The purpose of this step is to get the research process
started; you are not required to use these information sources in the final version of your
assignment. Write 1-2 sentences for each information source explaining why you believe
these sources are reliable Write references to the 3 information sources in APA
format Create an outline for the writing assignment. The outline should be in a bullet list
format and include the major topics that you plan to include in your assignment, with some
supportive detail for each topic. It should not be a draft with full sentences and
paragraphs.Please review the grading rubric, and ask your professor if you have questions
about this assignment. Topic Choices: Choose one of these topics for your assignmenta)
Vaccines. Your friend is worried about the many vaccines that his newborn son is scheduled
to receive and asks you for advice since you are taking a biology course. Start with an
explanation of how vaccines work. Briefly contrast the traditional methods used to create
vaccines with more recently used biotechnology techniques, including the COVID 19 mRNA
vaccines. Explain how the mRNA vaccines work based on your knowledge of the Central
Dogma of Molecular Biology. What are some of the diseases that infants and children in the
US are routinely vaccinated against? How have vaccinations impacted the frequency of
these diseases over the past 100 years? Why are some people worried about giving their
children vaccines? Why do some people believe that the MRR vaccine can cause autism? Is
there scientific evidence to support these concerns? Conclude with advice to your friend in
regard to getting the recommended vaccines based on what you learned from reliable
information sources. b) Personal Genomics. Services like 23andMe and Ancestry have made
it possible – even popular – for the average person to obtain in-depth information about
their genome, including details like food allergies, drug sensitivities, and disease
risks. There are even add-on sites that will take this information and generate elaborate
reports, such as Promethease. Describe how this data is obtained, and what it actually
includes. Start your explanation with a basic description of DNA and how genes control our
traits (the Central Dogma). Use information from the course readings, at least one service
provider (e.g., 23&Me, Ancestry), and additional information resources. What are the
advantages and disadvantages of this easy, rapid, and affordable access to genomic
data? What are the social implications, in terms of benefits and risks? Is Genome Privacy
2. (restricting access to an individual’s private genomic data) a potential issue, and if so,
how? If you, or someone you know, have had your own genome analyzed, discuss the
thought process that led you (or them) to do so, and share how you felt when you found
your results. If you haven’t, discuss why or why you would not want to have this
information. c) Bioprinting. Your father has been on a waitlist for a new kidney for several
years, but no match has been found. You hear about bioprinting on the news and decide to
do some research so you can tell him about it. Start with an explanation of what bioprinting
is, and how the process works. Relate it to what you have learned about cells, tissues, and
organs. What are the benefits of bioprinting? What are the current challenges? What are
stem cells and how can they be used for bioprinting? What is bioink and how is it used for
bioprinting? Include a least two examples of current research in this field, and conclude
with predictions for the future. Finally, do you believe that your father could benefit from
this technology in his lifetime? d) Human-caused global climate change is the biggest
environmental challenge we are faced with today. Your aunt is a climate skeptic and you
have decided to use your understanding of science to explain to her why the earth’s climate
is changing, describe the major biological effects of climate change, and discuss how
technology can be a solution to this problem. You should start with a brief description of the
greenhouse effect and how carbon dioxide is a natural part of the carbon cycle. Then explain
how our use of fossil fuels is disrupting the carbon cycle and enhancing the greenhouse
effect. You may want to look ahead to the Week 7 readings for this information. What are
the major ecological effects associated with climate change? What are the human health
concerns associated with climate change? Describe at least one example of each. And finally,
what can we do to reduce our impact on the climate through technological innovation?
Include a description of a minimum of two technological solutions.
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Finding Information Sources and Outline (1%) Choose one of the provided topics (see list
below, a-e). Search the library and/or the internet to locate 3 reliable information sources
that you may use for this assignment. The purpose of this step is to get the research process
started; you are not required to use these information sources in the final version of your
assignment. Write 1-2 sentences for each information source explaining why you believe
these sources are reliable Write references to the 3 information sources in APA
format Create an outline for the writing assignment. The outline should be in a bullet list
format and include the major topics that you plan to include in your assignment, with some
supportive detail for each topic. It should not be a draft with full sentences and
paragraphs.Please review the grading rubric, and ask your professor if you have questions
about this assignment. Topic Choices: Choose one of these topics for your assignmenta)
Vaccines. Your friend is worried about the many vaccines that his newborn son is scheduled
to receive and asks you for advice since you are taking a biology course. Start with an
explanation of how vaccines work. Briefly contrast the traditional methods used to create
vaccines with more recently used biotechnology techniques, including the COVID 19 mRNA
vaccines. Explain how the mRNA vaccines work based on your knowledge of the Central
Dogma of Molecular Biology. What are some of the diseases that infants and children in the
US are routinely vaccinated against? How have vaccinations impacted the frequency of
these diseases over the past 100 years? Why are some people worried about giving their
children vaccines? Why do some people believe that the MRR vaccine can cause autism? Is
there scientific evidence to support these concerns? Conclude with advice to your friend in
regard to getting the recommended vaccines based on what you learned from reliable
information sources. b) Personal Genomics. Services like 23andMe and Ancestry have made
it possible – even popular – for the average person to obtain in-depth information about
their genome, including details like food allergies, drug sensitivities, and disease
risks. There are even add-on sites that will take this information and generate elaborate
reports, such as Promethease. Describe how this data is obtained, and what it actually
includes. Start your explanation with a basic description of DNA and how genes control our
traits (the Central Dogma). Use information from the course readings, at least one service
provider (e.g., 23&Me, Ancestry), and additional information resources. What are the
advantages and disadvantages of this easy, rapid, and affordable access to genomic
data? What are the social implications, in terms of benefits and risks? Is Genome Privacy](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/possibleevenpopular-230522183220-2940ddd1/85/Possible-Even-Popular-docx-1-320.jpg)
