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is. There will also be a look taken at some sociological perspectives in order to help explain the need to study the everyday. The sociology of everyday life is a relatively new addition to the sociological fields of study. It looks at the small scale social performances which people carry out on a daily basis, often with little awareness that they are. As with much of sociology there is debate over the value of this range of investigation, and whether or not it is of genuine worth. Through…

PROJECT PLAN 2 Introduction The main objective of the project is to produce the immunosuppressant drug, Cyclosporine from Tolypocladium Inflatum. Patients who undergo solid organ transplantation require an immunosuppressive drug to prevent rejection by decreasing the body's own natural defense to foreign tissues, and Cyclosporin A is one of the most commonly used immunosuppressive drugs in the organ transplantations. Cyclosporin A is a cyclic nonribosomal peptide, consisting of 11 amino acids…

Introduction Brain imaging techniques have been a prominent resource in developing research associated with several cognitive disorders including: Alzheimer’s disease, concussions, MCI, etc. Researchers have been developing novel approaches to help develop solutions and/or gain better insight for what disease, injuries, and impairment have on the brain. One of the more recent techniques that has been developed is fMRI. One of the cognitive issues it can look at is mild cognitive impairment,…

When one looks at the pages of history, it is hard to do so outside the bias of one’s own time and cultural heritage. Due to the preponderance of Western society’s influence in the modern world, it is then unsurprising that the East’s dominance on the world’s stage for much of recorded history is overshadowed by the (relatively recent) European/Anglo dominance. Asia is a complex, rich, and multifaceted region to explore, and is especially enlightening to examine in the time leading up to the…

Music is embedded in every existing culture. There are no boundaries within the music. It varies between times and places. Without any doubts, music is one of the main sources that connect people without any barriers. So what exactly is music? According to the dictionary, music is a form of art that expresses different ideas and emotions through elements of rhythm, melody, and even color. The definition may seem to be easier to categorize music; however, music can be more than just the…

Delinquency has been one of the concerns in the United States because it has been increasing slowly throughout the years. The Journal named Preventing Crime: What Works, What Doesn’t, What’s Promising written by Sherman, Gottfredson, Mackenzie, Eck, Peuter and Bushway will emphasize the main concerns on either solving the deduction of delinquency or not being able to solve them at all. The Journal was published by the National Institute of Justice on July 1998. The Journal is about the programs…

activities as football player may have contributed to biological deficiencies. Due to the physical nature of the sport (head injuries etc.) football players are at greater risk to develop chronic trauma encephalopathy, leading to lesions in the anterior temporal lobe, which in turn affects his emotions and self-control skill and increases the risk of aggression and anger (My Activism, 2016). If the causes of Holtzclaw’s deviant actions are of biological nature, he is likely treated…

The Hare Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) The first psychological disorder to be recognized in the field of psychology was psychopathy, which sometimes is known as sociopathy. Psychopathy is a personality disorder, which refers to individuals who display tendencies of antisocial behavior and traits. Some of the behaviors associated with Psychopathy are grandiosity, egocentricity, deceptiveness, shallow emotions, lack empathy, irresponsibility and impulsivity. They also have the tendency to…

Noted Scholar: Richard Mayer Richard E. Mayer, professor of psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, has actively pursued research in applying the science of learning to education since the early 1970s. With over 500 publications including 30 books ("Richard Mayer," 2015), Mayer is considered the most highly productive and influential educational psychologist of our time (Patterson-Hazley, 2013). His endeavors have earned him the prestigious E. L. Thorndike Career Achievement…

The Catchment Land Use for Environmental Sustainability model (CLUES), designed by the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Ltd (NIWA), provided the data for both the Nitrogen and the Phosphorus concentrations throughout New Zealand. The development of CLUES was through a consolidation of existing mapping procedures and modelling(EnviroLink, 2012), and contributed to by various research organisations (NIWA, 2016). From this collaboration, the models responsible for the Nitrogen…