...Scientists are one of the many overlooked heroes in today’s society, yet they are crucial to how we live. They shape how we think and act. One area where science has had an immense impact is the judicial system, specifically regarding forensic science. Forensic entomology is a relatively new part of the forensic sciences, which studies how bugs can be used in criminal investigations. Dr. Gail Anderson is a world leader in the field of forensic entomology, and was also the first full time forensic entomologist in Canada. She is currently a professor and the associate director at the School of Criminology at Simon Fraser University. She is an inspirational person because of her dedication, the fact that she is female, and the impact of her research....
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...As science becomes more advanced, there are more concerns about the ethics of scientific experimentation, which begs the question of whether or not scientific discovery falls in line with the morals of society. The simple answer is that it does not. Unrestrained scientific exploration is unable to stay within the confines of what society considers moral. Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde explores this concept through the ways Dr. Jekyll’s transformation potion affect society. The issue of how science interferes with morals is also illustrated in an article which explains the controversy surrounding the ethics of human cloning, taken from Project Muse which was published by the Johns Hopkins University Press. Science...
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...bands used by radio astronomers in Europe to keep them free from interference. This task will remain indispensable for astronomical science in the foreseeable future. The committee’s pursuit of this goal is becoming increasingly difficult because of the steady increase in global use of the electromagnetic spectrum for both terrestrial and space-borne communications such as mobile telephones. CRAF is working to address this issue by coordinating a common policy on spectrum protection for the European research communities in radio astronomy, passive remote sensing and related sciences; representing this policy and these communities in interactions with the relevant national and supranational entities at the European and international level; and initiating and encouraging scientific studies aimed at reducing interference and the effects of interference at source. At the European level, the committee plays a key role in defining, coordinating and articulating the frequency needs of the radio astronomy community. CRAF is an Expert Committee of the European Science Foundation (ESF). The ESF is an independent organisation, owned by 79 Member Organisations among which are funding organisations and research organisations, academies and learned societies from 30 countries. ESF promotes collaboration in research itself, in the funding of research and in science policy activities at the European level. Radio Sky at 408 MHz. The map has 0.85 degree resolution and has been compiled from measurements...
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...ADMISSION PROSPECTUS 2012 UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS Prof. Dr. Pirzada Qasim Raza Siddiqui Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Shahana Urooj Kazmi Pro-Vice Chancellor Prof. Dr. Nasiruddin Khan Pro-Vice Chancellor 99261336 99261300 Ext: 2210 vc@uok.edu.pk 99261396 99261300 Ext: 2531 shahanaurooj@uok.edu.pk 99261340 99261300 Ext: 2532 drnasirkhan@uok.edu.pk DEANS OF FACULTIES Prof. Dr. AbuzarWajidi Faculty of Management & Administrative Sciences Prof. Dr. ZafarIqbal Faculty of Arts Prof. Dr. Darakhshan J. Haleem Dean Faculty of Science Prof. Dr. Ghazala H. Rizwani Faculty of Pharmacy Prof. Dr. HisamuddinMansoori Faculty of Islamic Studies Prof. Dr. S. M. Abbas Faculty of Medicine Prof. Khursheed A. Hashmi Faculty of Law Prof. Dr. Darakhshan J. Haleem – Dean Faculty of Science (Caretaker) Faculty of Engineering Prof. Dr. ZafarIqbal – Dean Faculty of Arts (Caretaker)Faculty of Education University of Karachi Page 3 ADMISSION PROSPECTUS STUDENTS’ STUDENTS’ AFFAIRS o look after students affairs, in general, and to supervise their extra-curricular activities in particular, an office of Advisor Students’ Affairs is situated at the first floor of the Administration block. Teachers and the staff are available for the students’ guidance. 2012 M.Phil./Ph.D theses to students of various departments of the University. LEJ Digital Library is also available at the campus that can be used by all the students to access a large number of books or journals on-line. T Transport: Over...
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...British Literature Is Dr. Faustus a Magician or is he a scientist? Dr. Faustus is a fascinating character, mainly because he is easily misunderstood. He makes lots of astonishing things happen throughout the text but leaves the reader wondering whether these mysterious acts are rooted in science or magic. Throughout my reading, I changed my mind constantly on whether these strange occurrences were a result of magical powers or just scientific discoveries. There are three specific things he does that made me feel like it was more than science behind his actions. First, he uses trickery throughout the story. Second, there are numerous magical events presented throughout the story. And lastly, he sold his soul to Lucifer that helped him gain the powers of which he uses, so that especially makes me feel that it is not science behind his actions. This last example ultimately helped me to come to the decision that Dr. Faustus is a magician and not a scientist. Dr. Faustus sells his soul to Lucifer in exchange for the assurance that the devil will continuously be at his beck and call. Now, with this newfound power that he obtained, he began to travel. His first stop was the Pope’s court in Rome. After he makes himself invisible, he plays a series of tricks! The invisibility, as well as the tricks, were both sheer signs of magic, and not science! He does this as a sort of prank; he is trying to aggravate people using his tricks. Another occurrence in the text that helped me make...
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...Yet perhaps one of the greatest juxtapositions in Dracula is the juxtaposition between science and superstition, seen through the shortcomings of both, where the other succeeds, and the balance between them seen in the character of Professor Van Helsing. Throughout the novel there are many evident shortcomings of both science and superstition. For example When a young woman, named Lucy, is bitten by a vampire, named Dracula, which is where the book gets its title, she is cared for by a doctor, Dr. Seward, but despite his science and medical knowledge he...
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...single handedly changed the field of science. Not long before she passed away, a doctor took a sample of her cancer cells, the cells from her cervix were later on named HeLa cells, and these cells helped pave the way to numerous experiments and research all over the world. Even though HeLa brought along many achievements with its discovery, it also brought disappointments to some researchers, and pain for her family. You see, she nor her family consented to her cells being sampled, or the amounts of experiments and research that occurred after. Her family was never aware that such actions even took place. Even so, on February 1st, 1951, the day Henrietta Lacks walked in to John Hopkins Hospital, was the day we started looking at cell research a lot differently. Ethical Principles On August 1st, 1920, Henrietta Lacks, a black woman from Virginia, was born. When she was just 21 years old, she moved to Baltimore, Maryland. February 1st, 1951; Henrietta entered the John Hopkins Hospital to see a gynecologist, complaining of irregular bleeding. It was then that Dr. Howard Jones discovered a purple lesion on her cervix. As per routine a sampling of the lesion, which was purple and bled easily when touched, was collected and taken to Dr. George Otto Gey. Mary Kubicek, laboratory assistant of Dr. Grey, then cultivated the sample; it was that very moment when science would be changed forever (Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2012). When Henrietta Lacks’...
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...Accomplishments of Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson I chose to research Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson because he has been an extraordinary role model for many people, both young and older. He has helped make learning about astronomy appeal to a much bigger audience than most have previously been able to do. He is a very intelligent man and has made many contributions to this world in his lifetime thus far. Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson was born October 5, 1958 in New York City, New York. He graduated from the Bronx High School of Science and went on to earn his BA in Physics from Harvard University, his MA in Astronomy from the University of Texas at Austin and his PhD in Astrophysics from Columbia University. Dr. Tyson is the recipient of eighteen honorary doctorates and the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal, the highest award given by NASA to a non-government citizen. His contributions to the public appreciation of the cosmos have been recognized by the International Astronomical Union in their official naming of asteroid “13123 Tyson”. He was a postdoctoral research associate at Princeton University from 1991 to 1994, when he joined the Hayden Planetarium as a staff scientist. His research dealt with problems relating to galactic structure and evolution. He became acting director of the Hayden Planetarium in 1995 and director in 1996. From 1995 to 2005 he wrote monthly essays for Natural History magazine, some of which were collected in Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries...
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...Empowering the Kanawan Ayta Community To commemorate the Father of Modern Public Health in the Philippines the UP Manila College of Public Health held its annual Dr. Hilario G. Lara Memorial Lecture on Tuesday, June 29, 2010 at Room 407, College of Public Health, Lara Hall. This year’s lecture, “A Framework for the Development of the Ayta Community in Morong, Bataan”, was presented by Dr. Lourdes J. Cruz, a national scientist and former Professor of the UP Diliman Marine Science Institute and a recipient of the 2010 L’Oriel-UNESCO Award for Women in Science. Dr. Cruz is also president of the Bataan Center for Innovative Science and Technology, Inc. (BCISTI) since 1999. Through the years, she has led her team in alleviating poverty in areas of Bataan populated by indigenous Aytas, specifically Kanawan. BCISTI works as a technology incubator to Science and Technology for economic development. It has taken on the task of developing mechanisms to mobilize Science and Technology resources for direct mitigation of poverty. As basis of development, Dr. Cruz presented the concept of 4-Helix Model as an alternative approach for Science and Technology-based economic development. Developing countries use the Triple Helix Model that identifies three institutions, the Academe, Industry, and Government, as major constituents in socio-economic development. However, she points out that the situation in the Philippines vary in that a greater part of the population in rural areas do not belong...
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...Hawthorne essay Hawthorne’s short stories “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment” and “Rappaccini's Daughter” both discuss his personal scientific views. Hawthorn does not agree with the idea of trying to play god during the course of natural events. Nathaniel Hawthorne believes that human life should not be sacrificed for the use of science. Throughout these two short stories Hawthorne illustrates how Dr. Heidegger and Rappaccini have misused science, and how they both lose something valuable. In the short story “Dr.Heidegger’s Experiment”, Dr. Heidegger sacrifices human life in order to obtain more knowledge. As Hawthorne mentioned, “I rejoice that I have so well selected the subjects of my experiment”(506). Just as the experiment is about to begin...
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...PROFILE NORTH SOUTH UNIVERSITY (Centre of Excellence for Higher Education) JULY 2009 DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AT A GLANCE Chairman, Department of Public Health Dr. GU Ahsan, PhD Teaching Staff FULL TIME : Professor – 1 Associate Professor – 1 Assistant Professor –1 Senior Lecturer – 1 Lecturers – 1 Junior Lecturers – 2 PART-TIME : Professor – 4 Associate Professor – 1 Assistant Professor –3 Senior Lecturer – 2 Lecturers – 2 Non-Teaching and Support Staff Program Officer Office Secretary Teaching: Graduate Assistants (TAs/ GAs) Office Support Service Staff (OSS) Masters of Public Health Program: Started in 2006 Students are mostly doctors and health planners (e.g., High and mid label Officials from DG Health, DG Family Planning and others), health managers, public health workers and researchers, etc. Number students enrolled till date: 550 Number of students graduated: 50 Introduction and Background of the Department of Public Health This is our intense gratification to introduce North South University (NSU), Dhaka, Bangladesh as “The Center of Excellence for Higher Education” which is committed to provide high quality education and training in public health and in various emerging and reemerging health issues. In addition NSU is providing education in Business, Computer Science, Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering, Microbiology, Economics, English and others which is highly recognized at home and abroad. Moreover, North South University is having academic...
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...Escarzaga, M.D., provides care and education to women of all ages Bailey Escarzaga, MD has been busy lately. She recently gave birth to a precious baby boy and is settling into her new practice at Women’s Partners in Health. As one of our highly-qualified Austin ObGyns, Dr. Escarzaga is looking forward to meeting new patients and providing preventive care and treatment to everyone from...
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...You have a friend who thinks psychology is all that stuff they see from people like Dr. Phil and others in the media. Based on what you have read in chapter one, how would you convince your friend that psychology is a science? First of all, I will tell you about science. Basically, science refers to a system of getting something (esp. knowledge) based what they call a scientific methods. With scientific method, we can prevent possible biases from leading to faulty observation. Based what I’m studying until now, science allows for precise and careful measurement. Isaac Newton in his book “Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica” , says that scientific method refers to the body of techniques for investigating phenomena, acquiring new knowledge, or correcting and integrating previous knowledge. It is based on gathering observable, empirical and measurable evidence subject to specific principles of reasoning. So, we can also say that a scientific method consist of the data that we get from the observation and experimentation. The data that we get from the scientific method also must be tested whether it is appropriate with hypotheses or not. Therefore, if we get a conclusion through the steps from scientific method, we said it is science. Now, move on to the Psychology. You said that psychology is all that stuff you see from people like Dr. Phil and others in the media. Let me tell you how Dr. Phil deals with psychology. Before that, I will tell you the definition of psychology...
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...University Co-patron Dr. Muneer Ahmed Qureshi PVC, Indus University President Dr. Gobind M. Herani, Dean, Indus University Organizing Secretary Dr. Aisha Ishrat Rizvi Dean, Social Sciences, IU Joint Secretary Mr. Usman Ali Warraich Chairperson, BA, IU Mr. Javed Iqbal Coordinator, BA, IU Ms. Sughandh Kumari, Faculty, KASBIT ADVOSORY BOARD Dr. Dora Marinova Curtin University of Technology, Australia Dr. Xiao Yin Jin Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA Prof. Danilo Ardia University of Paduva, Italy Dr. Ghirmai Kefela (USA) Dr. Junaid Ahmed Zubairi State University of New York at Fredonia, USA Dr. Muhammad Khalique Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia Dr. Abu Hassan bin Md. Isa Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia Dr. Ahmad Shuib Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia Dr. J.A Nassir bin Shaari Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia Dr. Khairil Annuar Mohd Kamal Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia Dr. Hammad Akbar University of East Anglia Norwich NR47TJ, UK Dr. George Tovstiga University of Reading, Greenlands, Henley, UK Dr. Nita H. Shah University of Gujarat, India Dr. Siddhartha Sarkar Dinhata College West, Bengal, India Dr. Falendra K. Sudan University of Jammu and Kashmir Dr. Jotirmayee Kar ICFAI Business School, India Dr. Mansoor-uz-Zafar Dawood Ector, BIZTECK Dr. Stephen Miti Kapunda University of Botswana Dr. Ravinder Rena Eritrea Institute of Technology, North East Africa Dr. P. Malyadri Government...
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...interview with a Penn State faculty member, I chose to meet with Dr. Pavel Azalov. My intended major is computer science, so Dr. Azalov seemed to be the best option for myself. When I was coming up with questions to ask during the interview, I wanted to focus on my future at Penn State and what I should expect when it comes time for me to take courses related to computer science. By doing this, I hoped to gain a better understanding of the process of getting a degree in computer science. My first question I asked was to see if I was personally ready to begin taking college level computer science courses. I was not sure of the level of experience with computer programming was recommended for entry level classes in the field of study. As I would come to learn, there is no experience required for basic programming classes, and this came to me as sort of a surprise. Almost every major subject, whether it is math, writing, history, or science, usually requires some sort of background knowledge of the subject. Some people may not think of it that way, though. These...
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