...Research paper on Stem Cell Research Legislation and the related legal issues: What is the history of Stem Cell Research Legislation in the United States? How does it compare to comparable statutes in the rest of the world? In this paper talk about what the current legislative state of affairs is and where the law on stem cells in the United States should go in the future and why. Make sure you use ample research and cited sources to support your arguments but make sure to state your own opinion on the issues as well. Stem Cell Research TJ AS OF: 2/4/2009--Introduced. Stem Cell Research Improvement Act of 2009 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to conduct and support research that utilizes human embryonic stem cells, regardless of the date on which the stem cells were derived from a human embryo. Limits such research to stem cells that meet the following requirements: (1) the stem cells were derived from human embryos donated from in vitro fertilization clinics, were created for the purposes of fertility treatment, and were in excess of the needs of the individuals seeking such treatment; (2) prior to donation, it was determined that the embryos would never be implanted in a woman and would otherwise be discarded; and (3) the individuals seeking fertility treatment donated the embryos with written informed consent and received no financial or other inducements. Requires the Director of the National Institutes of...
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...by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010. Together with the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, it represents the most significant regulatory overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system since the passage of Medicare and Medicaid in 1965 (Wikipedia 2012). The main focus of Obamacare is to leave no person without health coverage. The majority of US Citizens struggle or can simply not afford health care thus not having proper treatment for illness for themselves or their children. The Obamacare policy is a reform of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that was passed by Senate in December, 2009. Shortly after in 2010, the house abandoned this reform bill and amended it into the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. Obamacare has many pros and cons and is so controversial that it makes headlines constantly. The pros to Obamacare I could go on about but I will hit a few. The major one is this unbelievable and rather sad...
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...Be sure to have a buddy around to help, as hanging the cabinet itself is certainly a two person job! Mirror Medicine Cabinet – Pros And Cons Depending on your particular situation, there are a few different pros and cons that come along with a mirror medicine cabinet. If you have found yourself debating whether or not these types of medicine cabinets are right for your particular situation, you will want to go over the various pros and cons that we have outlined below. Pros 1. Serves A Double Purpose – Having a recessed mirror medicine cabinet is a great way to store the items that you need access to most often. From your shaving supplies to your medicines, you will be able to know exactly where the thing is that you need. You also get to use the mirror during shaving and getting ready to go out which helps the mirror pull double duty. 2. Adds To Your Decor – Because there are so many different styles and designs of mirror medicine cabinets, you do not have to worry about it sticking out from your decor. Purchasing one that...
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... In this short essay I will discuss the pros and cons of pubic real property zoning regulations as well as the effectiveness of this policy as it relates to Houston, Texas’s overall real estate market. I will then relay my thoughts as to whether this is a model that other municipalities should adopt or not. Before we dive into the pros of public real property zoning regulations, first lets answer the question, what is the purpose of zoning? The main purpose of zoning is to use the land or a property for the common good of society. Zoning is also used to maintain the unique characteristic of the society, to protect and conserve the value of buildings, and to prevent new development from meddling with the existing uses. So what are some pros of these zoning regulations? One of the more important benefits of zoning is that it can give a community some control over its land uses, appearance, and quality of life in the future. This may help with implementing community goals and objectives such as allowing potential nuisance uses to be located away from residential neighborhoods or other sensitive areas as well as preventing the mixing of incompatible land uses (such as erotic dance clubs and schools). Zoning can also protect and enhance property values, recreational spaces and open space as well as help conserve existing neighborhoods, structures, and environmentally sensitive areas. A few other pros of property zoning regulations are that...
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...What is the Tragedy of Commons? Who came up with the theory? The tragedy of the commons is the tendency of a shared, limited resource to become depleted because people act from self-interest for short-term gain. Garrett Hardin came up with the theory. Explain how the Tragedy of the Commons could apply to the ocean. The fishermen overfish marine animals from the ocean. It will cause the number of marine animals to decline quickly. It eventually will upset the balance of entire marine ecosystems What is an externality? Who pays for the costs of externalities? Describe one positive externality and one negative externality of living near the ocean. An externality is a cost or benefit of a good or service that is not included in the purchase price of the good or service. Human...
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...Unit 8 Assignment 1: Mutations and Cancer GE150 Date Due: May 17,2016 Elaine Leppert Lung Cancer Lung cancer, the most common killer cancer in the world, is largely caused by smoking. New results suggest that amongst smokers, some people may be as much as 80% more at risk than others because of their genes. By scanning the entire genomes of lung-cancer patients and healthy controls, research teams identified a region on chromosome 15 that seems to influence the likelihood of developing cancer. People possessing a certain set of mutations at this genetic location are more likely than others to have the disease. Research suggests about 50% of the general population carries a single copy of this cancer gene variant, while another 10% of the population is likely to carry two copies of this set of mutations, raising cancer risk by as much as 80% relative to people with equivalent lifestyles without the cancer-linked gene variant (Hopkin,2016). The most relevant genes in lung cancer include the following: EGFR, KRAS, MET, LKB1, BRAF, PIK3CA, ALK, RET, and ROS1 (El-Telbany & Ma,2012). Lung Cancer and the effects of smoking A typical smoker who refuses or fails to give up has a roughly 15% risk of lung cancer over their lifetime, but with two copies of the genetic variant, this rises to 23%. Researchers disagree over whether non-smokers who possess the genetic risk...
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...1.Strategy for innovation Innovation: applications of new ideas to the products and processes that increase commercial values. Five techniques for innovating by using existing resources (inside the box): Subtraction: generating a new innovation by removing the existing components. Division: separate an object or service to multiple parts and rearrange the parts into something new. Multiplication: duplicate a current components and innovation by removing the existing components. Task unification: unifying unrelated functions or tasks. Attribute dependency: make previously independent attributes dependent on one another. Generating new ideas is easy, but making them into innovation is hardneed innovation strategy. Innovation strategy: long-term plan that improves firm’s innovation success rate. A good innovation strategy invests in innovation projects that align with company’s resources and capabilities and satisfy customers’ needs. Why important? It enables firm to introduce innovations to marketplace and thus remain competitive. It helps enhance the existing products and services so that improve customers’ utility. It improves the efficiency and output of the process of innovation. It helps to understand and manage the risk associated with innovation. 2.Inspiring innovation Internal sources of innovation * R&D: investment in basic researches (researches that advance knowledge) Investment in applied researches (researches for specific problem or...
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...The multi-layer design of this product, along with the in-house Avena development, is responsible for many great reviews. Another remarkable thing about its design is that it can fit all users, regardless their size. Made in the USA, the Lessa Mattress is produced and shipped only after the order gets placed. This is a very distinguished service perk we should not overlook. We can say that this company is in the same segment as Tuft & Needle, trying hard to innovate in the mattress industry. The result? This fantastic product that’s currently taking off. With a 100-night trial and 10-year warranty, most shoppers feel confident enough of giving it a shot. Pros A unique design that provides highly interesting perks Appealing finish with a lycra/cotton cover Most customers agree on the quick adjustment to the body it enjoys 100-night trial and 10-year warranty for those in...
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...Frequent Shopper Program | Part 1 | | Jason J. Kral BSA/385 December 9, 2013 Andrew Carpenter Development Methodologies A development methodology is the framework that a developer or team uses to structure, plan, and control the process of developing a system or application. There is a wide variety of methodologies to choose from, each with its own strengths and weaknesses. Two of the more common and most used methodologies are the Waterfall method, and the agile method. This paper will focus on these two methods giving detailed descriptions, as well as advantages and disadvantages. Testing for each method will also be covered. The Waterfall Method The Waterfall Method of development is a linear-sequential life cycle model. This method is very simple to use and understand. In this model, each phase needs to be completed before the next phase can begin, phases cannot overlap, and once you finish a phase you cannot go back. A good example of this process is a literal waterfall flowing down the side of a mountain. "Once the water begins to flow over the mountain, it will hit each rock and continue down. The water can never go in the opposite direction." (Rouse, 2007) This is displayed in the following chart: The waterfall method allows for departmentalization and easy managerial control. "A schedule can be set with deadlines for each stage of development and a product can proceed through the development process like a car in a carwash, and theoretically...
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...Pros and cons of divorce Pros and Cons: Effects of Divorce on Children “Research shows that about 40 to 50 percent of married couples in the United States divorce, the divorce rate for subsequent marriages are even higher”(Apa.org, 2013). With divorce there comes pros and cons, especially if children are involved, ranging from different ages. Some people do not believe in divorce, and rather just stick it out for the children, but in some cases it is better to divorce then to stay together. Pros of a child having divorced parents is that they don’t have to hear arguments between the parents or if abusive is going on they won’t see it, they can spend more individual time with each parent, and they will feel less tension in their household. As for cons for divorce, there are plenty when children are involved. Some children may think they are the reason for the divorce, children feel like they have to choose between parents, can cause them to have issues when they get older, and the parents start dating someone new, which means the child would have to get used and adapt to that person. Whenever a child lives in a house with parents who constantly argue or are abusive to each other, it may cause stress and bring much fear to the child. Any child who sees hears or witnesses abusive, it is possible that they can pick it up. Therefore, the parents should take themselves and the child out of a situation like that, and it will take the fear and...
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...Tankless Water Heaters In the past 10 years, tankless water heaters become more common in the United State. In order to understand why the tankless water heaters become more prevalent, it is important to understand the disadvantages for the tank- type water heaters. These traditional heater systems have a large tank that will be holding approximately 40- 80 gallons of water and continuously keep heating the water in 120 to 140 degree Fahrenheit. The energy used to keep the water in a certain of temperature even when the owner is not using is called the standby heat loss. Installing a tank-type water heaters will not taking away the usable area, but also increasing your utilities bills. Instead of heating the water 24 hours, tankless water heaters generate hot water when you need to use it, and that can help minimize the utilities bills, as well as the environmental impact. Tankless systems are using natural gas, propane or electric to operate the system, and the system will generate heat by using an extremely powerful heat exchanger. The heat exchanger will activated once there are incoming flow water and will transfer the heat that has generated by the burner to the water that is coming out from the faucet. In this way, when the owner turn on the hot water tap, the supply water will be circulate through the activated exchanger by the copper coil, which will able to provide hot water as an output. Tankless water heaters...
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...and whether or not it’s going towards a helpful and productive cause? Thesis: Today we will break down the pros and cons of enforcing welfare recipients to be drug tested. Preview: Our group will inform you all about what welfare actually is, as well as reasons as to why some people believe it is a violation of their rights to be drug tested in order to receive welfare. More importantly, you will hear the opposing side of this issue, which is in favor of drug testing, along with reasons we believe it will benefit the welfare system. (First let’s get a better understanding of what welfare actually is.) Body I. Usually when one hears the word welfare, he thinks of public assistance. A. According to the welfare info website, welfare can also be characterized as a financial assistance to needy individuals, which is supplied through the taxes paid by the working society. (welfareinfo) 1. It also improves the quality of life and standards of living for the poor. II. Now that we all understand what welfare is, let’s look at the pros and cons of enforcing drug testing to receive this assistance. A. As said by Florida’s Governor Rick Scott, “the most important benefit to this is that it would show that we do not want to waste tax dollars, as well as give people an incentive not to use drugs.” (Drug testing for welfare recipients pros and cons) B. A major benefit of requiring financial aid recipients to pass a drug test is that it would help people...
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...Pros & Cons of Cutting the Phone Line Other Things to Consider Pros: Cost: Most wire line phone companies charge more than what you'd pay for most alternatives, and they are taxed more as well. There are some locations where getting new wired phone service is prohibitively expensive or even impossible. Long Distance and extra features like Call Waiting are normally included with alternative phones. These calling features aren't regulated so they can be very pricey. More Features: Cellular and broadband phones normally include Long Distance, Voice Mail, Caller ID, Call Forwarding and more, usually at no additional charge. They also have Text Messaging and various forms of data service which are unavailable with most landlines. Portability: If you move your home more than average (or if it's on wheels), your phone and your number can stay with you. There are no "installation" charges. Temporary Usage: You can have phone service for the season in a vacation home or cabin or on an extended stay at a hotel or home of a friend or relative without installing a separate line. Fewer Telemarketers: Nuisance calls are reduced because telemarketers want to target customers in certain geographic areas. With cellular and broadband phones they won't know where you are. Most Telco’s provide your landline number to telemarketers. With cellular it's illegal...for now. With broadband, it depends on the carrier who sets up your number. Internet Access: Your wireless...
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... * New developments in social science (4) * Progressive education reformers and proposals (9) * Temperance and prohibition (12) * Social Gospel (13) * Teddy Roosevelt and American popular culture (15) * AMERICA IN THE WORLD: * GEOGRAPHY & ENVIRONMENT: * T. Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson, and conservationism (17) (Note: don’t mistake “conservationism” with “conservatism.” Students confuse the two words often because they look similar, have common roots, and pop up in stories about Republicans.) * PEOPLING: * Peopling of the U.S. during the Gilded Age (6) * Hull House and other aid efforts for immigrants (10) * IDENTITY: * Theodore Roosevelt and race (16) * Woodrow Wilson and race (21) * POLITICS & POWER: * Muckrakers, their publications, and famous works (5 and throughout) (Note: it’s “MUCK-ray-kers,” not “MUCK-crackers.”) * Political machines: definition (including understanding the metaphor); famous examples; pros/cons; political and journalistic reaction (7) * Examples of local progressive reform in the northeast (8) * Progressive legal and political reform at national and state levels (11) * Civil Service reform (13)...
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...certification on green cleaning products and high certification cost • Blue-green algae crisis effects • Inevitable “spring cleaning” of industry consolidation in the eco-cleaning products • International brands held 95.3% of market share of household cleaning products; They have invaded into green products market Uncertainty in this industry; highly susceptible to new regulations; increased competition from multiple-size competitors External analysis & issues • Customers’ shifting preference towards green products for their minimal environment effects and less health concerns • Confusing information in the media surrounding green cleaning products impeded consumers’ abilities to make informed purchasing decision • Stereotype towards common green cleaning products regarding inferior effectiveness/performance • “ value-action gap” • Media advocated for green products • Environment products were “not yet in fashion” Customers’ perception decides the future of green cleaning products Internal analysis & issues • Products: Differentiated from competitors in the market for “EcoLogo” certification and superior product efficiency; recommended by Quebec-based consumer protection organization • Positioning: local small manufacturer which lacked the economies of scale • Price: Very competitive price in the market • Cost: Increasing operating cost • Place: Quebec ; carried by many of Canada’s major pharmacies, grocery chains and “big box” stores ; weak presence outside of Quebec...
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