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Fluorocarbons as Aerosols and Refrigerants
Fluorocarbons are a class of chemicals commonly identified as organofluorine compounds. These compounds are organic and contain a carbon-fluorine bond that is represented by the formula Cx Fy. Fluorocarbons are applied in a variety of fields ranging from industrial to consumer and medical applications. More precisely, they are used for production r...
Asian Americans
Immigrants from Asia and the Pacific Islands include Chinese, Japanese, Filipinos, Koreans, and several other nations. They vary greatly in their cultural level. In the book Asian American Communities and Health, it is noted that “Asian American are an extremely heterogeneous population varying by country of origin, culture, language, and faith�...
Endangered Species
Introduction The Amur tiger is one of the rarest predators on the planet. It is considered the largest tiger in the world and the only large cat able to live in the cold weather and winter snow. According to Schneider (2012), the habitat of the tigers is located in the southeast areas of Russia. Today, about 90% of the total population of Amur tige...
How Social Network Sites Affect or Change our Lives
Introduction Social networks are a trend towards the development of the Internet integration, combining features into a single, multi-user web-based platform. These platforms allow users to chat with friends, read the news, watch movies, listen to music and share it with other members, to take part in the discussions, create communities; moreover, ...
Climate Change
The world’s climate is changing for the worse. It is not the way it used to be in matters of quality, heat concentration, and carbon concentrations scientists and scholars claim it was in past. Indeed, due to natural and anthropogenic factors, the world has experienced some adverse episodes of climatic disruptions caused by its consequent deterio...
Movie Piracy is a Killer
Piracy is very popular in the world culture today. People are fond of downloading software, films, magazines, books, and music among others without paying anything. After the free downloads, the individuals actively share the context through social media platforms and any other media platform as well as share physical copies of such downloads with ...
DNA and Human Migration
Introduction The human genome is identical in people up to nearly 99.9 percent all over the world, and the remaining difference of 0.1percent can be accorded to DNA, which is unique in every human being. It gives a characteristic eye color or rarely a mutation that is passed on to a person’s descendants. Thus, on the basis of these characterist...
Incarcerated Heroin Addicts
It is estimated that almost 15% of people entering jails in America every year are heroin addicts. This situation indicates the necessity for effective and immediate detoxification or offering opioid agonist treatment for these persons. Studies have, however, revealed that those services are rarely available. Many jails in the United States have gi...
The Role of Nature and Nurture in Prenatal Development
The role of heredity and environment in the human development (the ‘nature versus nurture debate’) has been a subject of serious scientific discussion. Scientists used to consider either genetics (nature) or environment (nurture) as a determiner of individual differences. Currently, developmental psychologists recognize that they both interact ...