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    The number 1.618:1 is the golden ratio that defines beauty and the number 1.681 is called the phi (Marquardt). Everything must be proportioned by this ratio to be considered beautiful according to the mathematical formula. The Marquardt Beauty Analysis website mentions that there are two components contributed to the ideal beauty, and they are symmetry and harmony. After resizing the mask to the subject’s face, the result was nearly perfect. However, the subject has some problems fitting into the

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    Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), the agent causing AIDS, is arguably the deadliest infectious disease to affect humans. Not only because of the affects it has on the body by the eventual collapse of the immune system, but because it is a master at evading and escaping the immune responses and antiretroviral drugs by constantly mutating and maintaining genetic variation. Vaccines are designed to recognize specific viral antigens which makes it almost impossible to develop one against HIV. Recent

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    The Berlin Patient Timothy Ray Brown, gained his title as “The Berlin Patient” after being the first man successfully cured of HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) in 2008, Berlin. Brown has been battling with HIV for 11 years with antiretroviral drugs since 1995 when he was diagnosed. Then in 2006, he was being diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia, another disease that would put his life in danger. Acute myeloid leukemia is a type of cancer that attacks the bone marrow and spread to blood.[9] To

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    INTRODUCTION Nature Vs Nurture centers on how much of a person’s biological, cognitive, personal and social development can be attributed to either the genetic (hereditary) determinism i.e. nature or the environmental determinism i.e. nurture. Charles Darwin (1809-1882) noted that “Physical characteristics that promote survival of the individual are more likely to be passed on to offspring because the individuals with these characteristics are likely

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    INTRODUCTION: The Sex chromosome(X and Y) originates from a pair of autosomes (H.J. Muller, 1914) about 350million years ago in reptile-like ancestors (Charlesworth, 1991; Graves, 1995). Environmental factor like temperature determines sex in some species e.g. crocodiles and turtles (Bull et al, 1975). In humans, there are 22 pairs of chromosomes called the Autosomes and one pair of sex chromosome (X-Y) which makes a total of 23pairs of chromosomes. These 23pairs (46) chromosomes are contributed

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    theory that these vaccines are the cause of autism was a main reason to stay away from vaccines, but this theory has since been disproven. on Oct. 6, 2015, the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) found that infant rhesus macaques (monkey species), whose physiology is the closest to young children, was injected with childhood vaccines which contained thimerosal, and from 2008, without the thimerosal, was discovered that there were no neuropathological changes in either

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    The turnout was larger than expected for the South Carolina HIV/AIDS Council Project PrEPlan Community Summit: “Taking Action—Changing Our Destiny”. The Summit was hosted by Benedict College in Columbia, SC. Participants were from many different walks of life: from seropositive and seronegative patients, to social workers, pharmacists, and doctors. Dr. Divya Ahuja from USC School of Medicine gave an overview of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). His platform was followed by multiple panel discussions

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    According to the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle (Aristotle, 1944), “Man is by nature a social animal… Anyone who either cannot lead the common life or is so self-sufficient as not to need to, and therefore does not partake of society, is either a beast or a god. ” Was he right? Are humans meant to communicate with one another on a daily basis and if so, what happens to us if we don’t communicate with people for days on end? In this essay, I’ll be attempting to uncover the effects that solitary

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    Human capital theories consult with the education information training revel in or skill of someone which makes them doubtlessly valuable to an employer. This has traditionally been understood as a cause of the gendered wage hole but is now not a foremost cause as women and men in positive occupations generally tend to have comparable education tiers or different credentials. Even when such traits of jobs and workers are managed for the presence of girls within a positive career ends in lower wages

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    Compare and contrast research by Harry Harlow and Mary Ainsworth on understanding attachment This essay is looking at the similarities of two researchers into attachment. The aim is to present their work so as to compare and contrast the different approaches and techniques used by both Harry Harlow and Mary Ainsworth. Even though they both had their different techniques in carrying out their experiments, the conclusion of their findings was very similar and this essay will be showing these findings

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