The Human Cost of Unethical Bronx and Tuskegee Experiments

 Unethical human experiments in the United States have been conducted for centuries. Out of several cases regarded human experimentations, there are two notable cases that changed the course of ethical principles of protecting human subject research forever, The Willowbrook Hepatitis Experiments and the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. The Willowbrook Hepatitis Experiments The Willowbrook Hepatitis Experiments … Read more

Equal Representation of Māori in NZ News Media: A Critical Analysis of Abel's Article.

 The term representation describes “the way aspects of society, such as gender, age or ethnicity, are presented to audiences” (BBC Bitesize, 2018). Representation impacts the future behaviours of audiences, as they act in a way, whether consciously or not, that conforms or breaks from how the media has depicted them. With this, the fact … Read more

Mental Health of Pediatric Patients: Its Causes and Risk Factors

 Mental Health and Pediatric Patients Elyssa N Handlen Dakota College at Bottineau NURS 227: Clinical Application 1 Connie Geyer September 16, 2018 Mental Health and Pediatric Patients Social workers in the hospital setting are often forgotten players left on the bench, but when it comes to discharging patients with difficult medical histories and needs, … Read more

Texas Rebellion: Unavoidable War B/c of Cult. Indifferences?

 As much as we hate to admit it, history has shown us that war between countries with conflicting ideas will always occur. When you have multiple countries inhabiting certain lands together, there will always be some sort of differences between them. Whether the differences be in the languages spoken, religious practices, or forms of … Read more

Exploring Race-based Slavery in Colonial America: From Servitude to Slavery and the Need for Labor

 Joe Ferrandino Labor and Work in the US Professor Hayes 19 September 2018 With the discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus in 1492, the new opportunities were endless, and everyone wanted their share of the riches.  Spain, England, Portugal all wanted pieces of the New World and were willing to pay the … Read more

Solving Metabolic Disorders with Exercise and Nutrition: DC Pilot Study Encouraged

 Maternal overnutrition can have long-lasting consequences on fetal development. The Healthy Eating-Healthy Child Task Force needs to allocate more funding toward research on and awareness of the importance of healthy maternal exercise and nutrition to reduce the potential for epigenetic changes that may lead to predisposed type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity among children. … Read more

How Theory, Research and Evaluation Serve Public Folklore Projects

 Historically, there was a tension  between “pure research” and “applied practice”. Sixty years ago, folklorist Richard Dorson (1950) famously dubbed public folklore as “fakelore” participating in heated debates over public folklore and its place. It divided theory and practice and the connection between the two (Baron, 1992, p.309).  Dorson directed his criticism towards Benjamin … Read more

Write an MLA Handbook Summary

  Assignment 03 MLA  handbook for writers of research papers Summary of the chapters Chapter 1: Research and Writing Generally when a research paper has to be written, two things come up. Primary research and Secondary research. Primary research involves personal investigation such as analysis, conducting surveys and experimentation. Secondary research involves looking at what … Read more

Solving Yield Loss with Herbicides: Investigating Bispyribac-Sodium on E. crus-galli and E. colona

 Echinochloa crus-galli and Echinochloa colona mostly grown as weeds in different economic crops and cause losses in their yield. Flooding and Crop rotation ca not suppress these weeds. Herbicides are widely applied to control barnyard grasses. Bisbyric-sodium was applied at FRD (Field Recommended Dose) on both species, the results of preliminary experiment indicated that … Read more

The Accuracy of African Culture in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

 The film Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom produced in 2013 by director Justin Chadwick is centered around portraying the life of Nelson Mandela and his effort to liberate South Africa from Danish control. While the movie excellently portrayed Mandela and stuck to historical accuracy, what is just as impressive is it’s accuracy in regards … Read more

Religious Liberties vs. LGBTQ Rights: Examining the Clash

 When the United States of America was formed along with it came the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. The Bill of Rights contains the first ten Amendments in the Constitution, these rights offer numerous specific limitations on the national governments ability to interfere with personal liberties. Right away the Bill of Rights starts … Read more