Golden mean

Greek religion was a consistent factor in all areas of life for those who practiced and believed in it. The gods were given human form and faces with each with a power to interact with a certain aspect of human life such as love, weather, music, or healing. The gods portrayed human characteristics and lived in a similar society. However, they were depicted as having the perfect human form with great beauty or strength. Most significantly, the gods were immortal and held the power to intervene in…

Genetically modified foods, or GMO’s, are, “A genetically modified organism or crop containing genetic material that has been artificially altered so as to produce a desired characteristic.” (Oxford University Press (2016), oxforddictionaries.com) The seven most common GMO foods are corn, soy, yellow squash and zucchini, alfalfa, canola, sugar beets, and milk. About 85% of all corn is genetically modified to resist herbicides, which are used to kill weeds. We consume corn in many different…

Medea’s Rage Throughout many stories we always see the males at a powerful position and the women tend to be the over bearing crazy type. Whenever something goes wrong we as the audience are always quick to blame to female or say it’s because she having a mental break down. The tragedy of Medea is no different. We all assume that Medea took her rage and acted out in an awful way due to no fault of anyone else. But the truth is that if it wasn’t due to Jason’s selfishness and betrayal to Medea,…

modification has been around since the beginning of time, but it occurred naturally. Plants and animals both over millions of years have naturally modified themselves by Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection or “survival of the fittest” which means, in reference to food, that the plants and animals with bad or harmful traits die off while the strong ones reproduce, passing good, helpful traits to offspring. This all would happen…

To understand why people are allies and opponents of labeling genetically modified organisms a deeper look would have to be taken to figure out the history and current events that are taking place right now with the issue. To many people labeling these organisms would just be sticking another label on the back of a box. Although this is true for most, some people actually want this label to expand the knowledge of what is inside of the daily foods that are consumed. The opponents and allies then…

There is some effects on politics due to this issue. Certain governments are getting involved and trying to help with the issue in order to introduce GM crops and show how helpful they can be. Golden Rice, which is genetically enhanced with beta carotene, was invented in order to prevent blindness in children. It was meant to be used in poor countries where the main part of citizens’ diets is rice(Mayer). This certain crop was designed special…

Simultaneous Optimization of Arithmetic Average Roughness (Ra), Geometric Average Roughness (Rq) and Ten Point Height Average Roughness (Rz) Using TOPSIS The present work is to explore the effect of EDM process parameters on the surface roughness characteristics Ra, Rq and Rz. For the experimentation, twenty seven alternatives of EDM process parameters, Pulse on time (TON), Pulse off time (TOFF), Wire Tension (WT) and Wire Feed (WF) were considered as per the Taguchi’s standard L27 Orthogonal…

At each time point, a T-test statistic is calculated by comparing the mean values before and after this time point. The maximum T-test statistic value and the time is picked up. Then the probability of observing a maximum T-test statistic less than the observed maximum T-test value in a randomly drawn time series is calculated…

Differences between the Actions of Squirrels in an Urban and a Natural Environment Introduction: In this research project the actions of the Easter Grey Squirrel () was observed in two different environments. The Eastern Grey Squirrel was chosen to be observed because it is one of the most common types of Squirrels in the Midwest. The Eastern Grey Squirrel has a number of predators including humans, foxes, hawks, and even owls. This is why it remains vigilant during the day, keeping a close…

Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, scientists working to add more nutrients to these modified crops may accidentally cause antinutritional factors such as allergens to arise in the new crop. An example of this is in a generation of the golden rice there was an increase in the protein prolamin, which can be an allergen. This is a risk because although they may be adding more nutrients, more people may be having adverse reactions towards it. Another risk is that some farmers are…