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    and blessed with two daughters. None of her parents were into medicine but they recognised the value of education and fully supported her. She schooled at Peking University School of Medicine from 1952 till 1955 in the department of Pharmaceutical Science (Edubilla.com 2015). According to her autobiography, she had tuberculosis when she was 16 years which made her stop schooling for close to two years. This event influenced her to want to become a medical researcher. After she finished from Peking

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    The Importance of Dinosaur Discoveries Essay

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    has never been anyway to link them all together. These Dinosaur remains proved to be the key in showing a correlation that could have only been dreamed of. The discovery showed that Titanosaurs and Brachiosaurs are closely related (National Science Foundation).Tyrannosaurs and Brachiosaurs are both species of Sauropod Dinosaurs. These Dinosaurs were both labeled as dominant herbivores of their times. Both were also extremely large Dinosaurs. Tyrannosaurs ranged from being 4 to 25 meters long

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    . This article by the National Sleep Foundation describes how adolescents today are not getting the recommended amount of sleep and in return do not perform appropriately or at their maximum level at school. Through different scientific studies it was discovered that adolescent NATURALLY fall asleep at 11 P.M. or later. One study looked at the melatonin secretion in patients and how it occurred later at night in adolescents. Through research the National Sleep Foundation has urged schools to synchronize

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    Effective Policing

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    Explore Paper #1 Just like any other organization policing is looking to be the most effect and efficient while also maintaining its duties to protect and serve. There are many organizations that are interested in researching how policing can be improved and made to be the best. While some organizations rely on self-reporting type of surveys others are based strictly on the facts and evidence. Below are three different organizations that are all trying to improve policing but each take a slightly

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    Stereotype Threat Essay

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    stereotypically, or with the prospect of conforming to the stereotype” (Steele, 1997, p.614). The biggest stereotype when we talk about STEM fields is “Why so Few [women]?” Then comes the cultural stereotype that boys are innately better than girls at math and sciences, which is inescapable in the U.S. and apparently at the fault. Recent trends in achievements by girls and women compare to their counterparts, as well as years of scientific research, demonstrate that this notion is simply incorrect. Although the

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    Cal Ripken Swot Analysis

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    Mission of Organization: The Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation helps to build character and teach critical life lessons to at-risk young people living in America’s most distressed communities. 13. Summarize current and long term needs of Organization necessary to fulfill Mission (attach additional pages, if necessary): The Cal Ripken, Sr. Foundation’s goal is to provide educational and sports-themed afterschool programming to at-risk youth across the country. Kids residing in underserved communities face

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    a nonprofit organization that provides guidance to the Nation on issues related to biomedical science, medicine, and health and improving the Nation 's quality of care (.AHRQ, 2011). The organization established in 1970 as a component of the US National Academy of Sciences that works outside the framework of government to provide evidence-based research and recommendations for public health and science policy (IOM, 2016). The institute of medicine is well known for its health care quality initiative

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    2016 Artificial Intelligence in Science Fiction and Reality Science fiction has two ways of connecting to realistic science. It either predicts or reflects how the technology works in its current state. Artificial intelligence is a very common subject that is discussed in science fiction. And the fact that it has very plausible representations of artificial intelligence helps show how it may be perceived in the future. In terms of prediction of technology in science fiction that slightly came true

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    This was in large part due to “a greater emphasis on math and physical sciences... introduced to the American school system for the future development of technology” (Taylor). Advanced classes were introduced in schools, which led to the founding of new technologies in order to help improve everyday lives of Americans. Technologies

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    think you need more sleep? According to the National Sleep Foundation, American school age children are not getting enough sleep and it is a chronic health problem. I believe school should start later to make it easier for school age children to get enough rest so they can be healthy and productive. According to the National Science Foundation Sleep Poll, school age children average 9.5 hours of sleep a night. However, the National Science foundation says they should be getting 10 to 11 hrs of

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