The Pathway

The current generation of children is completely different than the preceding ones. They are living in the digital age. “Technology has blended in with daily activity to become a way of life and children today take for granted all of which is automated. It is hard for kids nowadays to imagine a world that existed without all of the gadgets, electronics and seamless operations that computer technology provides.” (3) “Children in the United States devote some 40 hours a week to television, video games

Behavioral Addictions: Exploring Internet Addiction Kristi Jo Slavens School of Professional Counseling Lindsey Wilson College Author Note Kristi Jo Slavens, The School of Professional Counseling, Lindsey Wilson College. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Kristi Jo Slavens, 617 Eastern Avenue, Washington C.H., Ohio, 43160. Email: kristi.slavens@lindsey.edu. Abstract Karl Marx believed that technology was the driving force of society. Whether one agrees with

The Inverse Power of Praise: Should We Praise Our Children? Giving praise to our children comes naturally; most of us have done it hundreds of times without even thinking about it. The phrases: “you’re so smart” or, “wow you did a great job” just roll off our tongue. After all who doesn’t like to receive recognition for a job well done? But by praising children, are we setting them up for failure? Telling our kids they are smart does not keep them from underperforming, but instead might be causing

Bipolar disorder (BD) is a severe and chronic neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by alternating episodes of major depression and mania. Episodes of mania are characterized by a distinct period of abnormally and persistently elevated mood and increased goal-oriented activity lasting at least one week. Diagnostic criteria for BD have shown two subsets of BD (BD I and BD II), which are differentiated by the severity of the manic episodes. BD I is characterized by traditional manic episodes while

The significance of this video’s phenomenon is that it assists people learn what kinds of conduct can help protect themselves to acceptably fit in their civilization making them into, “instinctive copycats and for a really good reason: survival… as deep in the brain…we got special cells known as mirror neurons” (H. C. Sinclair, 2013). It also relates to current human behavior for the reason that it echoes the modeling or imitation behavior executed by children and adolescents. For example, individuals

It was recognised by Jevon (2009) that caring for the dying patient can be the most fulfilling whilst also most challenging times for nurses and healthcare professionals. This paper will introduce a case study based on personal experience within clinical placement, exploring and analysing the above statement. In accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council Guidelines (2008) names have been changed to protect patient confidentiality. The paper will seek to address issues relating to the case

Klebsiella pneumonia ATCC 8724 was cultured aerobically in a 250 mL flask covered by cotton with 100 mL of seed medium at 37 °C. After 8–12 h cultivation, the biomass of seed culture was harvested when cell growth achieved 1.2 to 1.5 OD600 by centrifugation at 4 °C, 8,000 rpm for 25 min. Then, the cell debris was mixed with 50 mL sterilized 2.5% (w/v) sodium alginate solution. The spherical immobilized cells were formed by adding the mixture to 4% CaCl2 (w/v) solution. The granules of immobilized

Describe the signalling pathways downstream of the heterotrimeric G proteins Gs, Gi and Gq. Heterotrimeric G-proteins are an important group of proteins involved in signal transduction and are associated with G-protein coupled receptors (GPCR). These proteins bind to guanine nucleotides: guanosine triphosphate (GTP) and guanosine diphosphate (GDP). Gs, Gi and Gq are the three different G-protein families that exists. G-proteins are have three subunits, alpha (), beta () and gamma (), each composed

endocytic pathway for transport, growth, and virulence {Shen, 2010 #5449} that is different from the Pan1-Las17/Bee1 pathway functioning in other fungi. Both Cin1 and Wsp1 display domain structures more similar, but not identical, to human ITSN1 and WASp than to Sc/Ca Pan1 and Las17/Bee1 {Shen, 2011 #5640;Shen, 2012 #5719}. These findings inferred a unique intracellular transport process functioning in Cn and raised several intriguing questions. Does Cn have only one endocytic pathway mediated by

The first article, The rewards of music listening: Response and physiological connectivity of the mesolimbic system, discussed the neurological and neurochemical responses to listening to pleasant and unpleasant music. The experiment was composed of thirteen right-handed individuals, six males and seven females, between the ages of 19 and 23, none of which has any specialized musical training. Each participant was played 20-25 second clips of classical music and scrambled classical music. To scramble