Short
Essays

This review briefly explains neurotransmission and then moves on to discuss how neurotransmission abnormalities have been linked to psychological disorders, more specifically Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD).

Radon is a radioactive gas that results from the natural radioactive deterioration of uranium in the Earth's soil, and can cause cancer when exposure (caused by breathing in air with excessively high levels of the gas)…

To prevent errors from occurring, argues Hare, we need the critical reasoning that has to be directed according to broad ethical principles, and it would be advisable for society and for ourselves not to deviate from these broad ethical principles. Such broad principles should be structured in such a way that inter-generational and universal experience informs us of that which experience has shown to be generally conducive in producing the best consequences. These would involve many of the standard moral principles such as telling the truth, not harming others, and abstaining from arbitrary manslaughter. Hare's theory of the need for broad rules supplied justification for the prohibition against euthanasia in the States, but some issues such as manslaughter in the case euthanasia, life-destructing disability, or self-defense are sot so simple.

A review of the difference between retrograde amnesia and other forms of amnesia, especially anterograde amnesia. The thesis of the paper is that differences in the brain regions affected are only part of the issue. Recent research suggests that individual differences in relation to the regeneration of nerves and the relative strength of memories prior to amnesia are equally important to understanding retrograde amnesia.

This paper examines voluntary manslaughter in England. It begins with a comparison of voluntary and involuntary manslaughter. Next, it looks at the defense of loss of control, and how that may relate to battered women syndrome. Finally, it considers diminished responsibility and suicide pacts.

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It is a widely embraced certainty that harmony, civility and amicable cooperation in the workplace are highly desirable goals for any company in any industry. And albeit those goals are difficult to achieve even in the…

The philosophy of Total Quality Management (TQM) offers contemporary managers a battery of techniques to increase organizational productivity and to minimize production defects. Yet, since the height of its popularity…

Implicit Factors and Love: Change in the Intensity of Love Over Time

Toni Morrison's Eva Peace and William Faulkner's Addie Bunden, present a clear portrait of the complexities of identity in the post-Civil War south for the African-American s. To describe these books as "complex" does…