ADHD affects African-American School-age Children: Exploring my Experiences and Dialogues

 Attention Deficit Hyper-Activity Disorder (ADHD) affects 11% of the American children population (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2018). That means that the average person will work with a person who is ADHD, birth one, or even fall in love with one. Our brains make all of our decisions, so of course, our behavior … Read more

Buczacz’s Genocide: How History of Occupation Led to WWII Ethnic Cleansing

 War and Occupation The only way to understand the 20th century is to understand what happened during World War II. Why are people instrumented to hurt human beings? What kind of reasons and excuses will entire societies and nations find for murders without any mercy? To understand these questions, we don’t need to look very far. … Read more

SSRIs: From Chlorpromazine to Prozac – Benefits, Risks and Discontinuation Syndrome

 Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) are used widely in the treatment of major depressive disorders and anxiety disorders. The first antipsychotic drug (chlorpromazine) was discovered in the early 1950s, which then led to the development of a range of drugs to treat depression and other mental illnesses. (Healy, 2003:43-48). Fluoxetine (Prozac) was the first … Read more

Unveiling the Cultivation & DNA Sequencing of Potato for Food Security Potential

 Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.), is the third most important crop and the most important non-cereal crop for food security in the world in 2016. (FAO, 2018) The genus Solanum also includes important crops such as, tomato, pepper, aubergine and tobacco along with potato. Potato was domesticated 10,000 years ago in Andean highlands of southern … Read more

The Ethics of War and Peace in the Islamic Tradition

 Within the Muslim community, the ethics of war and peace are a widely discussed topic; although some have declared concrete approaches to just war and peace, there is no universal or agreed upon ideology. When interpreting such ideologies, the influence of the Qur’an and the Hadith collections should be considered. It is also important … Read more

The History of Treg Discovery & Explore How It Impacts Immunology

 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 History of Treg discovery The adaptive immune system of higher invertebrates has facilitated a more efficient and specific defence against pathogens than that afforded by innate immunity alone. The hallmark of adaptive immunity is the generation of antigen receptors capable of developing lymphocyte clones through somatic cell gene rearrangement. This gives … Read more

Megan’s Law: Federal Law Requires Sex Offender Registration

 Priya Babbar Prof. Elizabeth Kramer English – 1A 9th October’ 18 Megan’s Law Megan’s Law is a federal law that requires law enforcement authorities to notify communities of the whereabouts of convicted sex offenders. It was first enacted by the state of New Jersey in 1994, named after a seven-year-old girl, Megan Nicole Kanka, … Read more

Explore Beijing's Journey from Capital of PRC to Global City

 In 1949, after Communist Party of China won the Chinese civil war, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) was founded and Beijing was established as the capital city of the People’s Republic of China. Planning history of PRC can be categorized into two time periods (Wang, 2016): first, urban development during the planned economy … Read more

Explore Primary Sources to Learn the Difficult History of the Holocaust

 Immediately after WWII, the world was in disbelief: no one could believe that more than six million men, women, and children were mercilessly slaughtered as part of a racial “cleansing”. This is what makes the Holocaust museum’s Experiencing History project, a compilation of primary sources from Holocaust victims and survivors, important. The resource offers … Read more

Discover How Aboriginal Ways of Living Changed During the Contact Era

 The Aboriginal ways of living changed drastically during the contact era. Such as their social, political, economic, cultural and continuities. For example, Hernan Cortez entered the Aztec capital city of Tenochtitlan in 1519. He thought that what he was seeing was almost unbelievable since it was much bigger and stronger than Granada and even … Read more