Detection of Zika virus Introduction: Zika Virus, also referred to as ZIKV, has become a global health epidemic. The World Health Organization declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern earlier this year due to the increase of areas affected by Zika. Originating in the Zika forest of Uganda, ZIKV was predominantly found in areas of Africa and Asia. However, there have recently been reports of more than 36 countries with cases of the virus. (Chen, 1), (CDC) ZIKV is a single…
1. Antibiotic resistance is a big problem and one that is getting worse. Use the CDC site or other sources to answer these questions about antibiotic resistance. Please site your sources. Answer each part in 2-3 sentences. (2 points) CDC site: http://www.cdc.gov/drugresistance/about.html a. Briefly describe practices that are contributing to antibiotic resistance. First, it must be understood that antibiotic resistance happens to some degree no matter what since bacteria are constantly…
Many of the appalling injustices of sexism in America are not always against women. Several are also in opposition to men in the form of reverse sexism. One example includes how multiple girls are allowed to participate in boy’s football while boys are not allowed to play girl’s sports. Various reasons might cause this from saying that boys are too aggressive in sports, that boys are usually bigger and stronger than girls at this stage, or it also might be that schools view boys as athletically…
Pojman believes that Strong Affirmative Action is a form of “unjust reverse discrimination against young white males or any other group of people” (Pojman 434). Pojman uses the term “Strong Affirmative Action” which can be defined as “preferential treatment on the basis of race, ethnicity and gender, discriminating in favor…
legislation was enacted. However, by doing so, reverse discrimination against Caucasian citizens in the eyes of employers and admissions offices of colleges began. America is a land where all citizens are guaranteed equal opportunities to succeed; therefore, affirmative action should no longer be used for college admissions or for hiring employees because it violates the 14th amendment and Title VI of The Civil Rights Act of 1964 through reverse discrimination, causes tension between…
time, these are the roles each person is in, reverse racism is a problem too. Reverse racism is when a Caucasian is the victim in the situation. Generally, this kind of racism is found a community without many Caucasians. A lot of the time, the people of other races do not accept them because of previous racist acts by other Caucasians. Racism in its most common sense is a problem that people are very aware of, but not many people are aware that reverse racism is going on in the world around…
Louis P. Pojman argues in his article, The Case against Affirmative Action, that even in extreme cases reverse racism and strong affirmative action are wrong. Pojman differentiates between strong and weak affirmative action and in his article he focus on strong affirmative action. Pojman defines strong affirmative action as preferential treatment to someone based on race, ethnicity, or gender in favor of the under represented groups to get equal rights. The first argument made for affirmative…
Residential reverse osmosis systems have been around for the last thirty years or so. When people first started to realize that their drinking water might be contaminated, they turned to existing reverse osmosis technology to treat their water. At first it seemed like a great way to purify your water. Yet, over the years, the popularity of residential reverse osmosis systems has steadily decreased. There are three reasons for this. The first reason is the recognition that reverse osmosis strips…
diversity on college campuses by providing equal access to education for women and minorities. While affirmative action does sound good on paper, some believe that the affirmative action program is outdated and needs to be abolished because it causes reverse discrimination “by favoring one group over another,…
This is a heated age and the policy of affirmative action is a controversial topic. Ever since it was first introduced in the 1960s, the court has affected the use of affirmative action significantly because its rulings upheld the policy’s constitutionally and made it more acceptable to the public. To begin with, it is important to acknowledge that the court was not the only arena in which affirmative action policies have been challenged. It has also been challenged in arenas such as college…