Essay on Controversial Findings

The remains of the Kennewick man are one of the oldest and complete remains ever found. The estimated 9,000-year-old skeleton is described as Caucasoid. After the discovery it was described as one of the most complete male skeletons ever unearthed in America. The Kennewick Man remains were the subject of a court battle between researchers who want to learn all they can about “The Ancient One”, and the U.S. Army Corps. The Corps wanted to return the Kennewick Man to his rightful place so that the American Indian tribes can rebury him without the Kennewick Man being studied on. But under United States law human remains cannot be owned by anyone. Even though the Kennewick Man remains were discovered and recovered from federal land and is now

Scenario 1: You are the healthcare administrator of a nursing home. You are informed by your Admissions Director that a new memory-impaired resident has been admitted into your long-term care unit. The staff is concerned about the involvement of family with your resident. Family members from out-of-town arrived and expressed concern about your resident’s do not resuscitate (DNR) orders which were authorized by the Power of Attorney of another family member. A quarrel erupts in the nursing home with family members voicing their opinions loudly. You arrive on the scene and are immediately told by the visiting family member, “Do you know who I am? I am a supervisor for the Department of Health and Human Services and will not hesitate to have your facility surveyed for noncompliance.” What do you do?

The reason for this essay is to reflect on a critical incident experience during my six week placement as a student nurse on an orthopedic ward. To explore an event as a critical incident is a value judgment, and the basis of that judgment is the significance attached to the meaning of the incident. Critical incidents are created or produced by the way we look at a situation. Tripp (1993)

The study of Native American history makes the discovery of ancient Native American art almost a given. The oldest known engraving art found in North America dates back to approximately 11,000 BC. The carving depicted a mammoth or mastodon and was engraved into a bone of an animal. Using forensic analysis and other technologies, the bone was identified as having once belonged to a mammoth, mastodon or giant sloth, which are creatures that roamed North America during the last Ice Age. The Smithsonian Institution and the University of Florida announced that the engraving was at least 13,000 years old and may be the earliest known example of art in the Americas, as well as the only Ice Age art of a proboscidean, or an animal with a trunk. A cast of the engraved fossil bone has been placed on display at the Florida Museum of Natural

Kennewick Man was found on July 28, 1996 below Lake Wallula, a section of the Columbia River, in Washington. As the owners of the land, the US Army Corps of Engineers (COE) had initial control of the remains. In early inspections Kennewick man was thought to be an early European settler because of the

As children growing up in the United States, educated through our public schools, we learned about the institution of slavery, which was an integral part of life in our country for nearly 300 years. We do not usually question the historical facts we learned about slavery or ask how we know so much about the history of these people (the enslaved Africans in America) who left behind so little written record. In the classroom, archeologists do not receive much credit, but it is largely through their work and research that we have been able to learn about “America’s diverse ethnic heritage” (Singleton 155). In the 1960’s, excavations of slave cabins

g) Biological assets related to agricultural activity that are measured at fair value less costs of disposal

If the assessment task involves group work, marks will be allocated only to students in the group who have completed and submitted a copy of this form.

In 1990, at the Ruth Mason Dinosaur Quarry in South Dakota, paleontologist Susan Hendrickson Ph.D., discovered some fossil bones on the side of a cliff. Her co-worker and one of the founders of The Black Hill Institution, Peter Larson, a paleontologist, helped uncover what was known as a Tyrannosaurus rex. It was named Sue, after Hendrickson. Sue was the only Tyrannosaurus Rex to be completed 80%, compared to the others found, being less then 40% complete (Hendrickson Ph.D. and Larson). Maurice Williams, the property owner of where the excavation took place, was offered $5,000 from The Black Hill Institution. He accepted the offer with hopes of Sue one day being in a museum (Webster). After 17 days of excavating Sue, was taken to Hill City, South Dakota where the Black Hills Institution was located (Hendrickson Ph.D. and Larson).

Kennewick Man has been an ongoing controversy among the archaeologists and Native American communities. Scientists believe that the studying of Kennewick Man is crucial to understanding the earliest of human history on the American continent, as he provides a rare opportunity to look at well preserved, mostly intact, ancient American remains. They feel that repatriation should not occur until they are able to study the skeleton enough to identify which cultural group he belongs to. Native American communities disagree, as they feel that scientists and the public disregard and disrespect the value of their religious beliefs. However, remains should not be repatriated to a Native group of it is unclear what group they belong to. Archaeologists

The Burke Museum presently maintains possession of the remains, as there is the hypothetical necessity for further study which must entail rigorous testing and analysis to preside over a decade. The legal possessor of the remains has thereby vacated the matter leaving the Museum to sustain unlawful possession of the remains as well as the legal and social coup that coincides.

Catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI) is a fairly common complication in hospitalized patients. Nosocomial infection prevention and patient safety promotion has been issued and many researches have been conducted to improve patient’s quality of life. In this article, Saint et al. (2005) hypothesize that using a paper-based urinary catheter reminder can reduce the incidence of urinary catheterization, and consequently this will enhance the patients’ safety.

As a teacher, I aim to instill a sociological imagination in students that encourages critical thinking and evidence-based analysis. My research demonstrates that social context plays a key role in life chances. As a result, an important challenge for me as an instructor is to have students look beyond their own individual experiences and individualistic explanations when they explore social problems. The classroom offers a unique opportunity to accomplish this goal because each student brings a different set of social contexts to the class. I capitalize on this diversity through active learning techniques that place students at the center of teaching. Sometimes this forces students to – at least temporarily – adopt a view they would not normally

In order to write a good and effective literature review, you should be sure to select a specific topic that is not overly broad. If the topic of your paper is not precise, you will end up spending too much time on your research. Choosing a clear-cut topic will make it easier to find articles and other sources to support your thesis.

Skepticism is the Western philosophical tradition that maintains that human beings can never arrive at any kind of certain knowledge. Originating in Greece in the middle of the fourth century BC, skepticism and its derivatives are based on the following principles: