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    environmental agents in regard to human health, physical, chemical, and biological agents each pose different and great threats. All can have potentially extremely dangerous short term and long term effects. In my opinion, biological agents pose the greatest threat to human health. It is crucial to point out that circumstantially, any of the three could pose the greatest threat, but in general, I believe biological agents do so. I find biological agents to be the most unavoidable with the most severe consequences

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    The Salk Institute for Biological Studies is an independent, scientific research institute located near La Jolla, California. Designed by architect Louis Kahn, the institute began construction in 1962 and finished in 1965. Kahn is regarded as one of America’s most influential modernist architects , as well as one of the master builders of the Twentieth Century. The significance of the Salk Institute is that it promoted the reintroduction of historical architecture into modernism, as well as displaying

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    I agree that biological weapons are more likely to be attained, created, and deployed by terrorist than a nuclear weapon. The government does need to more aggressively to reduce proliferation of weapon availability or mitigate the damage caused by one, whichever is more practical and effective. Several factors make biological weapons more likely for use by terrorist than nuclear arms. Availability of weapon components One researcher determined that a hand full of biologists and

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    attended Purdue and then the University of Wisconsin, Madison where he obtained his PHD. He later became faculty at the college as an agriculture bacteriologist. He wrote an article called “ Chemicals and Pests.” He was also the director of the biological weapons program during World War II. After the war, he became the Vice President of academic affairs at the University of Wisconsin. Someone who has these achievements must be highly respected in their field. As many public issues began to arise

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    The purpose of this essay is to explain why it will be a problem to explain biological warfare with the SCOT theory, actor-network theory and technological systems theory. Social Construction of Technology (SCOT) is a theory that was introduced by Weiber Bijker that explains the link between social and technical processes of a technology or artifact. Bjiker argued that technology is shaped by human engineers, market forces, consumer’s needs and demands. In SCOT, technology is a social construction

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    Biological anthropology can be defined as the science that focuses on a person biological aspect. There are several branches of this type of science which will deal with human being evolution as well as bring out understanding in reference to the behaviors which are often seen in human beings. Biological anthropology in relation to human variation will be based on the biological or physical differences that may be physical and genetic characteristics of a person. The evolution of human being has

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    Biological or non-biological connections between families in all societies are what form kinships. Whether one has been raised in a biological family or non-biological family, kinship means one is still oriented to the family they have. In a story where two babies were born in the same hospital, they were switched at birth. These two women grew up in non-biological families; nonetheless consider their non-biological family a family as if they were biological kinships. There are many disagreements

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    Biological Perspective The biological perspective puts an emphasis on linking an individual’s personality to their biological make-up, including genetics (Corr, 2009). There has been multiple studies done to prove there is a connection between a person’s biology and their personality traits, including evidence that supports the theory that the five superordinate traits, like extroversion, are, at least in some ways, influenced by biology (Haddock, A. D., & Rutkowski, A. P., 2014). According to

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    “Psychologists with a biological perspective seek the links between the activity of the brain, the activity of hormones, and heredity, on the one hand, and behavior and mental processes on the other,” (Rathus, 2012, p. 11). Some biological effects that can happen when you meet someone for the first time can be an increase in sweat secretion, an elevated heart rate, an anxious light headed feeling, or even a nauseated feeling in the stomach. These internal changes with our body can have an impact

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    dependence (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2011). The following sections will review research regarding alcoholism, examining the illness through a biopsychosocial lens. Biological Factors and Alcoholism Research has shown a close link between alcoholism and biological factors, particularly genetics and physiology. Several study designs, including twin, family, and adoption studies, have been used to determine whether relatively common diseases, such as alcohol dependence

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