Capital Punishment Mead Shumway of Nebraska was convicted of the first degree murder of his employer’s wife on circumstantial evidence and sentenced to death by jury. His last words before his execution were: “I am an innocent man, may God forgive everyone who said anything against me.” The next year, on his deathbed, the victim’s husband confessed that it was he who had murdered her (hi

Capital Punishment Capital Punishment in America The murderer and rapist of an eight-year-old girl was sentenced to death and then released after an appeal case only to commit nearly the exact some crime again. Is this justice' Why was it so easy for this menace to society to go out and rape and kill again' This is but one of the many tragic stories that have occurred over the last 5

Capital Punishment The harshest and most severe form of punishment of all legal sentences is death. This is referred to as the death penalty, or “capital punishment” in the United States. This form of punishment requires law enforcement officers to actually kill the offender. In the United States, the death penalty is currently implemented in one of five ways: firing squad, hanging, g

Capital Punishment And Our Nation The issue of capital punishment has forever torn our nation. As many plead for the undoubted necessity of it, others pity the cruelty of such an act. Looking beyond this primary disagreement, justice cannot be served until the debate on capital punishment is resolved and all states have come to agree that the death penalty is the best way to stop crime

PAIN Pain is an unpleasant sensory and the emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage. It alerts us to danger and tells us when something is wrong within our bodies. If danger is acute the body may react even before the brain is aware of the danger. For example the reflex action of jumping away from a sharp object or something hot prevents us from being cut o

Pain Amongst Turkish and Kurdish Speakers in London SUMMARY The understanding of experienced pain has recently moved from the biological to the metaphorical. Detailed interviews with twelve Turkish and Kurdish patients in London who had been unsuccessfully investigated medically for chronic pain showed that their understanding reflected local, typically humoural, conceptions of self

Pancreatic Cancer Pancreatic Cancer The pancreas is a large, elongated gland behind the stomach, which plays a key role in digestion. Pancreatic cancer has been know as a "silent" disease, because it usually does not cause symptoms early on. The cancer may grow for sometime before it causes pressure in the abdomen, or pain and other problems. Pancreatic cancer is hard to find earl

Parasites The trematodes Fasciola hepatica (the sheep liver fluke) and Fasciola gigantica, parasites of herbivores that can infect humans accidentally. The adult flukes (Fasciola hepatica: up to 30 mm by 13 mm; F. gigantica: up to 75 mm) reside in the large biliary ducts of the mammalian host. Immature eggs are discharged in the biliary ducts and in the stool. After development in water,

Parenting Abilitiy Parenting Ability Parents that are mentally retarded does not always affect their children genes. Children do not always have the same characters as their parents. There are many different types of mental retardation; it would depend no how serious it is before anyone should consider taking the child away from parents. Parents that were born with t

Photoperiodism photoperiodism Plants and animals in the temperate zones respond in different ways to the amount of daylight in 24-hour periods. This response to day length is called photo periodism. It controls many activities, among them is the flowering of plants. The ability to respond to day length is linked to an inner, light-sensitive circadian rhythm. I

Pediatricians Pediatrician Pediatrics is a branch of medicine that consists of the care and treatment of the diseases of childhood and the study of normal growth. Pediatrics became a specialty in the 20th century. In the 1980s some pediatricians began a subspecialty called adolescent medicine, which deals with the special medical and emotional needs of persons between the ages of t

Plate In geologic terms, a plate is a large, rigid slab of solid rock. The word tectonics comes from the Greek root "to build." Putting these two words together, we get the term plate tectonics, which refers to how the Earth's surface is built of plates. The theory of plate tectonics states that the Earth's outermost layer is fragmented into a dozen or more large and small plates that ar

Air Pollution Introduction Air pollution is nothing new. Ever since the discovery of fire, less-than-desirable substances have been vented into the air. One of the first air-pollution regulations dates back to the fourteenth century, when King Edward I banned the burning of sea coal in lime kilns. U.S. air-pollution regulations have their roots in British Common Law. But regardless of

Peregrine Falcons The Peregrine falcon Falcons are the most streamlined birds of prey. The Peregrine Falcon has been determined to be the fastest moving animal known to man. It has been calculated that a Peregrine may be able to reach speeds of 250 miles per hour in a vertical stoop, or dive.

Photosynthesis Introducing Photosynthesis: What is Photosynthesis' Animals and plants both synthesize fats and proteins from carbohydrates; thus glucose is a basic energy source for all living organisms. The oxygen released, with water vapor in transpiration, as a photosynthetic byproduct, principally of phytoplankton, provides most of the atmospheric oxygen vital to respiration in p

Photosynthesis Photosynthesis All green plants need to be able to make their own food.They do this by a process called photosynthesis.For photosynthesis to occur they need sunlight energy.This energy is absorbed by a green pigment called chlorophyll,which is mainly found in the leaves.This energy then combinEs with water molecules (from the soil) and carbon dioxide (from the a

Ppa Phenylpropanolamine, or PPA, has been on the market for half a century. Each year, billions of doses are consumed across the United States. PPA is included in several hundred non-prescription cough, cold, and allergy remedies and appetite suppressants. More than twenty years ago, case reports began to appear that linked PPA products to hemorrhagic stroke. Now, ppa, fda, years,

Predator And Prey Relationshop Predator and Prey Relationship There is a relationship between every predator and prey, for example the cartoon Tom and Jerry that cat and that mouse have at least one thing in common but they just don’t know it. I’m sure theirs an episode where they get along just for a few seconds then they’re enemies again. W

Physics Of Percussion The Physics of Percussion Instruments All the time during your life, everyday, somewhere, you will hear some sort of percussion. Whether it is the music on a commercial, the music on the radio, or you might catch yourself tapping on your desk. Percussion however is much more than just drumming, tapping, or banging. Percussion is yet another form of physical s

Piezoeletricity Pierre and Jacques Curie initially discovered the piezoelectric effect in 1880. The two scientists observed that when pressure was exerted on a small piece of quartz, it produced an electric potential. It was later found that when an electric potential was applied (via an electric field) to the same material, there was also a change in length. Thus, the name piezoelect

Albert Einstein Albert Einstein Of all the scientists to emerge from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries there is one whose name is known by almost all living people. While most of these do not understand this man's work, everyone knows that its impact on the world of science is astonishing. . Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany on March 14, 1874. Before his first birthday, his f

Planet Puzzle The Planet Puzzle Abstract: To identify the composition of thirteen objects By measuring the mass and volume of thirteen objects and plotting on a graph the four slopes of the lines you can determine the four compositions. It was determined that the composition of the objects were Lucite, Magnesium, Brass, and Aluminum. Procedure: The procedure is as written.

Plant Transpiration Lab Investigation of the Effects of Environmental Conditions on Plant Transpiration of Pinus Strobus Abstract: In this lab we investigated the effects of different environmental factors on the transpiration of pinus strobus braches. Transpiration is the evaporative water loss from a plant that takes place in the leaf. The hypothesis was that increased light,

Plastic Chemistry An Introduction to Plastic The use of plastics is forever increasing from the days in which it was first invented. Not only does plastic now replace materials such as metal, glass, ceramics, wood, and paper in a wide variety of ways, there are new roles which only plastic can fill. Plastics are polymers. These are large, long molecules constructed of smaller, shor

Pollution Pollution is any substance or form of energy in sufficient concentration to harm living things or the environment. Pollution is created by individuals, communities and by industries that collect and dispose of pollutants improperly. Four types of pollutants are air, water, ground and energy. Air pollution can be caused by cigarette smoke, carbon dioxide, automobile exhaust, c

Polymers Tiny molecules strung in long repeating chains form polymers. Why should you care' Well for one thing, your body is made of them. DNA, the genetic blueprint that defines people and other living things, is a polymer. So are the proteins and starches in the foods we eat, the wheels on our skateboards and in-line skates, and the tires on our bikes and cars. In fact, we are surround

Radiologic Mechanical Malfunctions Due To Inadequate Maintenance There are many reports of mechanical failures in raidologic equipment that were caused by inadequate inspections. Because of these mechanical failures there have been injury's and even deaths. These malfunctions could have been avoided if inspections would have been done properly. There have also been information on ma

ALD What is Adrenoleukodystrophy' Adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD) is a rare, genetic disorder characterized by the breakdown or loss of the myelin sheath surrounding nerve cells in the brain and progressive dysfunction of the adrenal gland. ALD is one of a group of genetic disorders called the leukodystrophies that cause damage to the myelin sheath, the fatty covering -- which acts as an

Radiation Safety The Effects of Living Under Electro Magnetic Fields “Power Lines” Electric power is a fact of life in America in the world today. Ever since electric power was introduced society has thought nothing of the harmful effects of electromagnetic fields or electricity as long as they had it at their disposal. I will not be able to answer the question for you about how h

Aldo Leapold Aldo Leopold Aldo Leopold is considered the father of wildlife ecology and a true Wisconsin hero. He was a famous scientist and scholar, great teacher, philosopher, and gifted writer. It is for his book, A Sand County Almanac, that Leopold is best known by millions of people around the world. #The Almanac is about lifetime love, observation, and thought. It led to