Assignment Two The news media only provides us with representations of reality. These representations are constructed by media conglomerates to manipulate our views on society; politics, international relations and current affairs. While the media is meant to be an objective source of information, it is important to remember that this information is filtered, watered down and often manipulated before reaching its audiences. After all, “one apprehends reality only through representations of
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Culture & religion for a sustainable future Introduction Culture shapes the way we see the world. It therefore has the capacity to bring about the change of attitudes needed to ensure peace and sustainable development which, we know, form the only possible way forward for life on planet Earth. Today, that goal is still a long way off. A global crisis faces humanity at the dawn of the 21st century, marked by increasing poverty in our asymmetrical world, environmental degradation and short-sightedness
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Peritoneal Dialysis International, Vol. 23, pp. 523–527 Printed in Canada. All rights reserved. 0896-8608/03 $3.00 + .00 Copyright © 2003 International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis IS MEDICAL PROFESSIONALISM STILL RELEVANT? T reestablishing medical professionalism in the new environment (1). PROFESSION, PROFESSIONAL, AND PROFESSIONALISM: DEFINITIONS Profession is a “calling requiring specialized knowledge obtained after a long and intensive academic preparation” (Webster’s
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ISLAM - THE WORLD POWER OF THE FUTURE? Table of Contents In the 19th century Islam had virtually disappeared from view in Europe and America. Only a few Westerners in distant colonies had been exposed to Muslims. Some romantic tales about the Turkish wars survived. However, the rapid technological developments in the West had by-passed the Islamic peoples, making them appear insignificant. But not much time has passed since Europe was last in danger of being overrun by Islam. In the year 1453
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Introduction Would you ever admit to committing a crime that you didn’t actually commit? Of course not, says common sense. Naturally, it is difficult to understand why anyone would confess to a crime they didn’t commit. However, false confessions are one the leading causes of wrongful convictions.1 As the Supreme Court of Canada noted in R v. Oickle, innocent people are induced to make false confessions more frequently than those unacquainted with the phenomenon might expect.2 In North America
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Psychology of Fragrance Use: Perception of Individual Odor and Perfume Blends Reveals a Mechanism for Idiosyncratic Effects on Fragrance Choice ´ ´ ´ Pavlına Lenochova1, Pavla Vohnoutova1, S. Craig Roberts2, Elisabeth Oberzaucher3, Karl Grammer3, 1 ´ˇ Jan Havlıcek * 1 Department of Anthropology, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, 2 School of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom, 3 Department of Anthropology, University Vienna, Vienna, Austria Abstract
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Quezon City Science High School (Regional Science High School for NCR) Golden Acres Rd., Misamis st. Bago-Bantay, Quezon City SY 2013-2014 RESEARCH PROJECT Efficacy of Squash (Cucurbita maxima D) Seed Oil Extract in Lowering Blood Glucose Levels Bancolita, Joseph Albert A. De Leon, Krizia Nicolle E. Ilicito, Mari Norence G. Largoza, Marie Ysabel Beatriz M. Rahayel, Benjamin Nathanael D. Rivera, Rosa Maria L. Sidro, Keith L. ______________________ ______________________
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Papers ................................................................................................................................. Keynote presentation Q Telemedicine support for the developing world Richard Wootton Centre for Online Health, University of Queensland, Australia Summary Telemedicine has been used for some years in the industrialized world, albeit with rather mixed success. There is also a considerable literature on the potential use of telemedicine for the developing
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RESEARCH PAKISTANI SINGER’S EYE ON INDIAN MUSIC INDUSTRY (IMI) FOR EXPOSURE (-research by MADHU VIJHANI) TABLE OF CONTENTS SNo. | Particulars | Page no. | 1. | Introduction | 6-8 | 2. | Problem | 89-10 | 3. | Significance of the research | 11-14 | 4. | Objectives of the research | 15 | 5. | Hypothesis | 16 | 6. | Review of literature | 17-33 | 7. | Methodology | 34-36 | 8. | Data processing and analysis | 37-38 | 9. | Data representation | 39-48 | 10 |
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