Applied Science

Requirements for a single reading: 1) A summary should be approximately 300-500 words, and it should be submitted prior to class each week. 2) A summary should consist of two paragraphs: One paragraph should summarize the reading and the second paragraph should provide a reaction/analysis to the reading. 3) At the end of your summary, please include at least one discussion question that we can take up in class. Your discussion questions should also be posted online through the Course Site discussion board so that the whole class can read and think about the questions prior to class. Guidance: A single paragraph of summary should explain what the reading is about. If the author is making a theoretical argument, the summary should include an explanation of what the argument is, how the author makes it. If the author is providing an answer to an empirical question, you should explain how the question is being answered, what evidence is being used, what the findings are. If the author is telling an historical story, you should briefly describe the time period covered, what the author seems to think is important about the time period, or any other important theme the seems to want to bring out in the text. A single paragraph of reaction/analysis should involve a deeper probing of some important point in the text. It requires that you reflect on the text and connect it to something important in environmental policy. As the course evolves, you may develop your own questions that shape this part of the reading assignment. For example, I’m generally interested in how environmental policies distribute environmental protection or access to environmental goods across different groups of people, so when I react to a reading, if often is a reflection on what the reading tells me about issues of equity and distribution, or the lack of concern about such issues. If there is not some probing question that emerges for you, that’s fine too. Another way to approach the reaction/analysis component of this assignment is to probe a particular concept, assumption, question, or argument the author is addressing. Why does a concept seem especially important? What assumption(s) is the author making and do you agree with it/them? Why is a question an author raises important (to society, to you, to a field of scholarship, to addressing environmental problems, etc.)? Is the author’s argument, evidence, or findings, convincing? Why or why not? 

the impact of video  game on behavior

A suspected terrorist is arrested in connection with an imminent terror threat.  A bomb has been discovered at a local shopping center.  The timer shows that the bomb will detonate in 2 hours.  The man in custody is believed to be the bomb maker and the only person who knows how to disable/detonate the bomb.  You and your partner are police officers assigned to this case.  You both have been brought in to interrogate the suspect.  An hour passes, and you haven’t made any progress.  Your partner unplugs all of the recording equipment and asks you to leave the room.  Twenty minutes later the officer exits the room with the code to deactivate the bomb.  You look inside the room to find the suspect unconscious and his face covered in blood.  Your partner asks you to back up his story that the suspect became aggressive during the interrogation and that he was simply defending himself.  There is no tape to challenge your version of the events.  It would be the terrorist’s word against yours.  With the deactivation code received, the bomb was deactivated potentially saving thousands of lives. QUESTIONS: Would you follow your partner’s instructions?  Why or why not?  Is the use of police interrogation torture ever justified for a greater good?  You should present both sides to this argument and then indicate what you ultimately believe.  Be sure to include in your answer the ethical and legal consequences of your decision.

Cite from the Sources for the Cultures of the West reader any work of literature from chapters 19-23 and answer the below question in at least 150 words. Remember: proper syntax and two replies of the same length are required for full credit.What role did religion play in the modern world leading up to the beginning of the Twentieth Century? Was it as relevant in pushing the narrative of Western Civilization as it was during the Renaissance and Enlightenment? Did it win or lose most of its ideological battles during this time? Why? How does your selected source show this?I will send you chapter readings in Few hours…And students post in few hours… you need to reply to 2 students..

Huntsville Station, Directed by Jamie Meltzer and Chris Filippone Description:Description:• Make a list of everything you notice in the film. What you see, what you hear. Just state the facts. For example, describe the opening shot in detail, who is in it, what time of day is it, light, screen direction – are people walking toward the camera?Analysis:• How is everything you described above related to each other. How are things organized, complement one another, create harmony or discord? Think about movement, composition, rhythm, repetition. What stands out the most and why? How do these elements support the story?Interpretation:• How does the piece make you feel? What does it make you think of? What is communicated to you? How do you know that? What in the piece helps you understand that? How was the filmmaker influenced by his/her surroundings? These should be feelings backed up by observations.Evaluation:• Did it accomplish what it intended? Why or why not? Make a decision about the work. This is the place for personal opinion.

Use this Hunter-Gatherers resource page as a starting point. There, you will find an in-depth examination of the hunter-gatherer society as well as additional sources to explore. Make sure you use and refer to at least two sources in your presentation. Use this template to create a presentation of 10–14 slides, with speaker notes. A title and reference slide should be included. PowerPoint help is available through Smarthinking. Be sure cover the following in your presentation:What are 2 examples of contemporary hunter-gatherer societies?How do hunters and gatherers view rights to land?How do hunters and gatherers view rights to property, such as tools or personal possessions?What evidence suggests that hunter-gatherer societies have a conservationist ethic?What can an industrial, modern society learn from hunter-gatherer societies?

Initial prompt: Research common rocks and minerals in your region. In your 200-400 word initial post, describe at least 3 rocks that are found in your region, including their classification (igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary), the minerals that compose each rock, and the type of location that each rock can be found (near ocean, mountain, valley, etc).

Please answer any five questions from the list below using a short essay format. Your answers should be around 300-500 words and should ideally use materials from the Slides as well as ideas from the lecture and readings (no citation necessary).1.What were some of the major causes of the break-up of Yugoslavia? (List and briefly explain at least three.) Which cause do you find most convincing and why?2.What is cultural syncretism and how is it reflected in Balkan music and culture? In what ways has cultural syncretism been historically denied in this region and why?3.How does punk challenge “respectable” and “normative” presentation of femininity and masculinity? What symbolic resources did early British and American punk use to challenge gender and sexual norms and forms of public presentation? Do you find similar strains of “queer” and “feminist” punk in 1980s Yugoslavia? Provide at least two examples from songs/music videos referenced in the readings or the slides.4.What can album covers of Yugoslav punk and rock bands tell us about Yugoslav punk and its historical context? Provide at least two examples.5.How did punk and rock bands engage or challenge issues of unified Yugoslav identity and authoritarian nature of the socialist state during the 1980s? Provide at least two examples from songs/music videos referenced in the readings or the slides.6.With what sort of values/ideologies and communities was turbo-folk associated in 1990s Serbia? Is Eric Gordy in his article, “The Destruction of Musical Alternatives,” arguing that turbo-folk is inherently violent and backward? Why or why not?7.How has turbo-folk transformed since the 1990s vis-a-vis representations of national identity and gender? Provide at least two examples from songs/music videos referenced in the readings or the slides.8.What was the role of popular music in Croatia in the 1990s during the Yugoslav breakup and the Croatian War of Independence? How did Croatian popular music try to represent a unique Croatian cultural identity and what were some of the features of that identity?

The backlash against the fallen woman films of the late 1920s and 1930s was representative of a larger social panic over changing sexual mores and Hollywood’s role in glamorizing female aggressiveness, delinquency, and prostitution.We often hereabout “cancel culture” mostly in relation to sexual misconduct or racist behavior, does “cancel culture” affect men more than women?Compare and/or contrast the social panic about “fallen women” films to more recent ones in your lifetime (ex: the “wardrobe malfunction” of Janet Jackson during halftime of the 2004 Super Bowl).How are these events indicative of much larger concerns and anxieties circulating in society?

According to the American Heart Association, heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. For example, Coronary Artery Disease (CAD) is the most common form of heart disease, affecting an estimated 15.5 million Americans. Other forms of heart disease include rhythm disorders, heart muscle diseases, infectious and inflammatory conditions, and heart malformations.Research your chosen heart disease and provide the following:1. Disease Etiology: Description of the disease and some background information.2. Causes: what increases the chance of a person developing such disease.3. Risk Factors: what increases the chance of a person developing such disease.4. Signs and Symptoms: are abnormalities that can indicate a potential medical condition. A symptom is subjective, that is, apparent only to the patient (for example back pain or fatigue), assign is any objective evidence of a disease that can be observed by others (for example a skin rash or lump).4. Treatments: the management and care of a patient to combat disease or disorder.5. Complications: unanticipated problem that arises following, and is a result of, a procedure, treatment, or illness.6- Must have 3 citations in APA format.