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“The Selfish Gene:” a paradigmatic novel in which Richard Dawkins describes evolution in terms of the gene and ultimately depicts the fitness that is maximized by organismal beings on the genetic level. Similarly to the gene, Dawkins implements the term “meme” in his description of societal evolution regarding the spread of ideas throughout civilization. As stated by Scott Atran, a meme is “an element of culture that may be considered to be passed on by non-genetic means, especially imitation.”…

almost impossible example to accommodate for. Even in this example you can find a solution, such as sound cancelling ear plugs, but that can raise the debate of a fair education due to the absence of hearing the sound. However, deaf students have the advent of brail music, so a student might still love to play music even if they had to put in ear…

William Davies, author of "The Age of Post-Truth Politics", writes in the public discourse on account of the current sociopolitical ambiance for the general populace. The intention of this piece is to discuss the trend once again breaking out of spinning the truth to create advantages on behalf of the proponent or disadvantage for the opponent. It is a professional piece critiquing, specifically, political parties for their twisting of the truth instead of relying on data to convince the…

Mission statement “Social spaces for young children refer to the constructed environment and available opportunities for children to interact with family members, friends and others while in hospital.” ¬----------V. Lambert Children often feel frightened, sad, lonely, worried in hospital for the Strange, anonymous, enormous and authoritarian places. To children, hospitals are horrific places where sick people live in, and not so horrific when people get better (Carney et al. 2003; Curtis et al…

evidence-based best practices. Organizations also work to transform the culture of patient safety in their environment by implementing changes and involving all stakeholders such as board members to the front-line workers (Grissinger, 2010). Adverse advents unfortunately happen in all environments, the challenge is finding a strategic plan that will assist the healthcare organization in developing a safety culture. Creating a safety culture encourages healthcare workers to make patient…

In the article “Too Much of a Good Thing,” author Greg Crister debunks old parental advice about obesity and claims that childhood intervention is necessary to curb the obesity epidemic. The author publishes this article in hopes to enlighten people on his take on how to remedy the rising rate of obesity. After he provides background information on the issue, Critser advocates the use of stigmatization towards the behaviors that obese individuals act out, and provides the claim that…

Melanoma incidence has markedly increased in recent decades. It represents 3–5% of skin cancers, but it is responsible for 75% of all skin cancer deaths1. Approximately 10% of melanoma cases report a relative affected with melanoma, and a positive family history is associated with an increased risk of developing melanoma. The heritable (germ line) variants which contribute to melanoma susceptibility vary in terms of risk from common relatively low penetrance genes to rare high penetrance genes1.…

passed down from generation to generation, killing individuals at early ages. For example, Huntington’s disease begins to show symptoms around forty years old, and within a few years, the victim dies a slow and uncomfortable death. However, with the advent of genetic engineering, couples prone to passing down Huntington's can test different embryos in order to see which one carries the gene for Huntington's, and which one does not, and therefore, produce a healthy baby, capable of living long…

In the advent of technology that made everything easier, faster and all in the tips of our fingers, here comes another kind of entertainment, which is popularly known as video games. These are allowing the gamers to command and manipulate the games and all that is in it to fulfill the goal of the game until the winning moments. But, researches are saying that these video games, when played with addiction, can cause bad effects to an individual’s skills in communicating and comprehension of the…

together and actually challenging the system. Throughout his book, A People’s History of the United States, Zinn describes a plethora of government actions and major events that have contributed to this system. I believe that he would point to the advent of the two-party system as the event or series of events that did the most to lead us to our current situation. The American political system has created the idea that there exists a distinction in political ideologies and thus…