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    Information literacy is an important skill, and unfortunately one that many people lack. Recently, I evaluated the website www.DHMO.org. Although most of the information available on the website has merit, it was created as a hoax to bring light to the subject of information literacy in todays’ society. My evaluation of the website will prove that the website masks itself as a reputable source of information, but by researching the website itself, it becomes evident that it is in fact nothing more

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    The Worst Miracle Drug Scientists from the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Italy studied Ibuprofen, which originated as an anti-acidic drug for gastrointestinal patients. The purpose of the study was to assess the “safety of non-inflammatory drugs ” to treat cardiovascular disease (BMJ 2016, pg.1). Accordingly, of this study 's 10 million participants, 92% had cardiovascular disease caused by painkillers, and those who stopped using Ibuprofen reduced risk of worsening cardiovascular

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    I used this website because it looked very trustworthy/credible since there was a lot of information and a lot of details to back it all up. I understood all of the information because I have seen it in textbooks and other sources. There is also a lot of information on it about my topic, and the author had written it to be very well understood. Also, it has .org at the end, which is usually better than .com and more reliable than .com websites. Commercial websites usually aren’t the best for researching

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    IBA 150 Plagiarisms Module One The students were wrong for copying the articles without acknowledging the source. When writers take content from another source, it’s essential to give credit to the author, thus avoiding plagiarism. Students who plagiarize are doing themselves to disservice and the author by not giving her or him the credit they deserve. Students who copy from the articles either exhibit laziness or lack the ability to think critically. These deficiencies can hinder a person’s ability

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    beetles feast on a variety of food sources (Lovei & Sunderland, 1996). The reason we are studying this is because we believe that the type food source plays a dynamic role in flour beetle behavior. One question that lead us to perform this study is that food is a vital resource that beetles must have to survive. We wanted to see what food sources is most influential and why. This study was focused on how beetle behavior is influenced by a variety of food sources. We conducted two test in this study

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    Plagiarism is defined as an act of fraud. Commonly, terms such as “copying” or “borrowing” can be used to describe the offense but at the same time it makes something very serious seem less important. According to US law, the expression of original ideas is considered intellectual property and is protected by copyright laws, just like original inventions. Almost all forms of expression fall under copyright protection as long as they are recorded in some way, which includes a book or computer file

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    of information Source of information How is the information communicated 1 Customer name and address Primary: it’s about the hotel’s own customers gained directly from the original source in an unedited format. Quantitative information: because it’s facts and figures about the customer. Internal The bookings database of the hotel Via the online booking form 2 Staff hours worked Primary information: because it’s about the hotel’s own staff gained directly from the original source in an unedited

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    To gain clicks and attract the attention of readers, publishers and authors have either taken quotes or actions out of context in order create enticing articles or cherry-picked evidence to match an article’s agenda. “Cherry picking” refers to the act of “only select[ing] evidence [that] is presented in order to persuade the audience to accept a position, and evidence that would go against the position is withheld” (Bennett). A very recent incident that perfectly illustrates the use of cherry picking

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    provided the source data. The data cleaning process required downloading two text formatted files in the subject area of Accident/Incident data: the source data file and a document describing the layout of the source data file. The website download process appeared similar to the figure below: Figure 2. FAA Data Download Web Page On first inspection, the downloaded source data file appeared to only contain text characters similar to as shown below. Figure 3. Aircraft Series Source Data File

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    This year I watch Lars and the Real Girl directed by Craig Gillespie which is about a guy who gets very lonely and has to buy a rubber doll from the internet because … When I saw this I asked what is loneliness. For me loneliness is being away from home, family , friends and living in another country. I’m interested in loneliness because I wonder why do we get so lonely when there are many people around us sp I have come up with 2 questions. My questions are why do people get lonely and who is the

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