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Papers On Biology
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Examination of Journal Articles on Cells
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A 5 page paper which examines and
analyzes two separate articles dealing with cells. The articles, both originating from
Scientific American, are “A ready-made controversy. (SA Perspectives). (cloning and its
controversies)” and “What clones? Widespread scientific doubts greet word of the first
human embryo clones. (Stem Cells).” No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAcells.rtf
Exotic and Invasive Plants
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A 10 page discussion of the attributes of certain plants which give them an advantage over other plants. This paper notes the deleterious impacts on biodiversity which are associated with the arrival of exotics. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
Filename: PPplntEx.rtf
Extinction and Genetic Diversity
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This 5 page paper considers the question of whether extinction is a necessary part of the survival of the species. The question of whether extinction of certain species will inherently reduce genetic diversity has been at the center of recent debates. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: MHExtin2.rtf
Factors Affecting Stomatal Opening
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This 14 page paper looks at the different factors that influence stomatal opening and how these factors are seen as a biochemical level. The paper outlines the environmental factors that create or inhibit the stomatal opening and then examines the role of guard cells and the way they may open and close the aperture and the way that the actions of the guard cells may be adjusted. The bibliography cites 7 sources.
Filename: TEstomat.rtf
Faith & Science/Human Need for Religion
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A 10 page research paper/essay that discusses current scientific research into the genetic basis for spiritual belief. The research of Dean H. Hamer is summarized and its implications are discussed. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: khhamer.rtf
Feeding response in crosses between geographical races of the garter snake, Thamnophis elegans: A Critique of the Article by Stevan J. Arnold
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A 5 page review of this article exploring the geographic variance of food preference. Arnold’s article represents one of just a few studies which have explored geographic variation from a behavioral standpoint. Arnold chose to investigate the slug-eating behavior which typifies garter snake populations in mollusk-rich environments, asserting that his study “represents the most thorough documentation of geographic variation in behavior in the vertebrate literature”. Arnold crosses individuals from inland and coastal populations of garter snakes to test the food preference of the first generation offspring. He concludes that there is no perfect intermediacy in regard to the feeding preferences tested. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPgarter.rtf
Fertilizing Woody Ornamentals
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This 5 page paper discusses fall
fertilization programs for trees, shrubs and vines defined as woody
ornamentals. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: KTwdshrb.wps
Fingerprint Analysis and the Scientific Method
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This 4 page paper discusses the formation of friction skin; it also defines the scientific method and how it is applied to fingerprint analysis. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: HVfinanl.rtf
Firefly study
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A 3 page research paper that looks into the topic of firefly flashing and its purposes. The writer focuses on the species Photinus Pyralis, the most common firefly in the Eastern US, but also discusses general behavior for the species, hypothesizing that the female flash response increases with the male flash duration. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: khfifly.rtf
Fish Evolution: Agnathans (jawless fish) to Gnathostomes (jawed fish)
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A 5 page discussion of the evolutionary advancements which propelled fish from their primitive jawless forms to the more advanced jawed forms. Distinguishes between the lamphreys and hagfish and identifies the hagfish as the most primitive vertebrate known to have ever lived. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PPfishEv.wps
Food Colorings
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A 5 page paper discussing the use, origins and controversy of food color additives. The visual appeal of attractive food is too well established to believe that the FDA will make any real effort to remove food coloring agents from its list of approved additives. The product class can be expected to continue to be important, particularly in prepared foods. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: KSfoodColor.rtf
Frog Muscles
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In this 6 page essay, the author examines several factors inhibited and/or facilitating a frog's ability to jump using certain key muscles. Beginning with an introductory overview of amphibian/frog muscle structure, various idiosyncratic elements in the jump are explored. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: Frogmusc.wps
Functions of Serotonin
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This 5 page paper reviews two articles that examine the role of serotonin, one looks at the implications of depressed serotonin levels and depression, the other looks at impulsive traits related to the polymorphism in the serotonin transporter gene-linked polymorphic region. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
Filename: TEserotonin.rtf
Fungi and SBS
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A paper which looks at the Kingdom of Fungi, with particular reference to mycotoxins and their impact on human beings in the context of Sick Building Syndrome. Bibliography lists 4 sources
Filename: JLfungi.rtf
Gender Roles
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A 17 page paper which examines various aspects of gender roles. Some
of the topics discussed in the paper are how women are still the nurturers and
homemakers despite their working roles, how mothers and fathers differ in child rearing
practices, and how children are taught gender roles through toys. Bibliography lists 14
sources.
Filename: RAboygrl.rtf
Gene Therapy
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This 12 page paper provides an overview of gene therapy, its history, and its potential. Controversial aspects of this research are explored.
Bibliography lists 13 sources.
Filename: SA631gen.rtf
Genetic Analysis Of A Short-Petjolule Type Soybean
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5 pages in length. In this particular scientific analysis, the researchers sought to either prove or disprove the incidence of short-petjolule type soybean plants relative to that of a recessive gene that exists within the hereditary composition. Bibliography lists 1 sources.
Filename: TLCsoybn.wps
Genetic Diversity and the Origin of Life
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A 4 page overview of three theories on the origin of life, the extraterrestrial theory, the heteroph theory and the autotroph theory. This paper explains how natural mechanisms such as mutations, sexual reproduction, and even such aspects of the natural behavior of various species as migration and population size work to maintain genetic diversity. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PPgenLifeOrigin.rtf
Genetic Engineering: A Necessity For Feeding the Masses
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A 5 page discussion of the need for genetic engineering in order to improve our agricultural crops. Emphasizes that an ever-increasing population coupled with a shrinking agricultural land base is a recipe for disaster if alternative methodologies such as genetic engineering are not utilized. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: PPgenEng.rtf
Genetic Engineering; Boon or Bane
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This 5 page paper looks at the facts surrounding the advantages and disadvantages of genetic engineering and genetically modified crops. The issues of pest and virus control are examined and the emphasis is on the positive aspects of this new science. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
Filename: TEgeneng.wps
Genetically Engineered Foods: An Interdisciplinary Perspective
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A 7 page paper discussing this topic from social, geographic and anthropological perspectives. Many are fearful of using genetically modified foods, but there is no real evidence assessing long term effects either good or bad. However, loss of the natural form is the functional equivalent of extinction, and we can never know when new insights or new technological advances will reveal benefits of natural life forms crucial to human survival. If the natural form disappears before those capabilities come to be, then we can miss out on benefits that can be integral to our ultimate survival. This is the point at which interdisciplinary considerations converge. Each has a different perspective, but each ultimately is concerned with loss of the natural form. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: KSgenEngFood.rtf
Genetically Engineered Foods: Process, Controversy and Environmental Concerns
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This is a 9 page paper discussing genetic engineering in food. Genetic engineering (GE) or biotechnology in food involves the process of inserting genetic material into plant or animal breeds in the hopes to develop certain positive characteristics within that breed; characteristics which may have previously taken generations to propagate in the breed. In addition to accelerating the breeding of certain characteristics in plants and animals, GE also involves the introduction of new genetic material within breeds in the hopes for developing new characteristics in breeds. Genetic engineering in food mainly involves the processes of disease and pest resistance in addition to increasing yield. While GE in food may appear to be a positive step toward increasing food yield and decreasing loss of breeds to disease which perhaps could be extended to decreasing world hunger and increasing farmers’ productivity, the manufacturing of genetically engineered food has come under a great deal of controversy. One of the major areas of concern is the “release” of new crops into the environment which have not been tested and little is known of the long term effects of any of the GE crops. Another area of concern is that larger corporations retain the patents on the GE processes which does not allow for the introduction of these processes on a global basis. GE foods have become very expensive and their manufacturing is restricted to a relatively few large corporations and countries in which profit seems to have become the major incentive for the production of GE foods. Lastly, many of the same companies which produce GE pesticide resistant crops are the same companies which also produce pesticides bringing into question the motivation and type of development of GE foods.
Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: TJgenfd1.rtf
Genetically Modified Food
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A 6 page discussion of this technology. This paper defines this technology, lists some of its applications, and discusses the controversy surrounding it. Bibliography lists 5 sources
Filename: PPgeneFood.rtf
Genetically Modified Plants: A Molecular Genetic Milestone
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This 5 page paper provides an overview of the molecular genetic milestone, the milestone of the genetic engineering and genetically modified plants. This paper integrates a view of the transformation of cellular research and genetic splicing related to genetically modified plants, and the implications of this kind of change. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: MHGenet3.rtf
Germination; The Effects of Light and Temperature;
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This 5 page paper considers the process of germination, how it occurs and the environmental conditions needed for its' success. The writer then goes on to consider the impact of light and temperature on germination rates and speeds. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
Filename: TEgermin.wps
Germs on Human Hands
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This 3 page paper looks at the problem with germs on human hands. How germs are transmitted is explored. This paper focuses on statistics and examines various forms of transmission as well as locale. Specific information is expressed regarding health care professionals and the use of gloves.
Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: SA538grm.rtf
Global Spatial Patterns of Mammal and Bird Diversity
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This 10 page paper provides an overview of biodiversity and pays special attention to endemic species diversity. Why certain birds and mammals are found in particular parts of the world is discussed. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: SA246bio.rtf
Global Warming: A Discussion of the Natural Processes Encapsulated by the Milankovitch Theory and the More Deleterious Manmade Influences
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A 10 page discussion of global warming as it is influenced by natural processes determined by the earth's rotation around the sun, natural processes encapsulated by the theories of Serbian astrophysicist Milutin Milankovitch. The author of this paper asserts that the actions of those natural processes have been added to by pollution and activities such as deforestation. The result is an escalated scenario of global warming, a scenario with potentially disastrous results. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: PPglblW2.rtf
Glutamine; Chemistry, Role and Use in Treatment
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This 10 page paper outlines the biochemistry and role of glutamine and the way in which different organs react to changes such as infection creation a nutritional depletion on various cells disrupting different biophysical functions. The paper then considers how nutritionally supplements may or may not help to reduce the impact of glutamine. The bibliography cites 8 sources.
Filename: TEglutamine.rtf
Heart Development In Vertebrates, Chicks and Zebrafish
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8 pages in length. The writer technically discusses heart development in chicks, zebrafish and vertebrates. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: TLCheartdev.rtf
Heredity v. Hormones
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A 3 page research paper that discusses this topic. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: khhvh.rtf
History and Uses of Aloe
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A 10 page paper which presents an examination of the history and the uses of the aloe plant. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
Filename: RAaloe.rtf
Hornets / A General Overview
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A 3 page overview, covering items similar to "Hornets : A Sub-species of Social Wasps" (hornet.wps)- only with lesser attention to detail and no bibliography.
Filename: Hornets.wps
Hornets / A Sub-species of Social Wasps
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A detailed, 5 page overview of hornets in which the writer analyzes the species from a biological perspective. Reproduction, hibernation, metabolism, and pursuit of prey are some of the many items explored. Bibliography lists 2+ sources.
Filename: Hornet.wps
How the Theories of Charles Darwin Relate to Morality
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This 5 page report discusses Charles Darwin (1809-1892) and his studies which established the foundation of modern evolutionary theory. The question considered is how morality fits into the evolution of humanity. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: BWdarmor.rtf
Human and Animal Cloning: Implications
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This 4 page paper discusses a number of issues relating to human cloning. Bibliography lists 17 sources.
Filename: HVcloimp.rtf
Human Beings Should Not Be Cloned
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This 5 page paper provides an overview on cloning, focusing on the negative ramifications, biologically, socially, and politically. Positive and negative aspects are discussed, but the paper concludes that human cloning can potentially do more harm than good. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: SA131cln.rtf
Human Cloning
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A 3 page paper which presents a brief proposal for human cloning.
Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: RAclone.rtf
Hypoxia in the Ocean
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Hypoxia is the serious phenomenon of water bodies suffering depletion in oxygen levels. This 7 page paper explains what hypoxia is, how it occurs including the impact of issues such as water mix, temperature and pollutions with nutrients before looking at the results of hypoxia. The paper is made up of 4 pages of text followed by three pages with PowerPoint slides for a presentation on the subject. The bibliography cites 2 sources.
Filename: TEhypoxia.rtf
Identification Methods For A Burned Body
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5 pages in length. Canadian forensic science is an integral component to the overall nature of victim identification. No matter the situation, Canada's forensic scientists are one of the first to arrive on the scene in order to collect pertinent clues for body cataloging. Basic identification is not so difficult a task for the most part, however, when the victim is burned beyond recognition, more complex methods must be utilized as a means by which to establish positive identification. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: TLCfire2.wps