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Stem Cell Research and Human Cloning – Complementary Or Unrelated Policy Issues?
Taken together, stem cell research and research on human cloning comprise the field of regenerative medicine. These two areas of inquiry are often linked in the minds of those who support such activities and those who roundly condemn them. There are many commonalities, but it is important to stress the differences.
Stem cell research focuses on deriving various types of specialized tissues from pluripotent cells. SCs are found in bone marrow, small localized collections in the brain and gastrointestinal tract, and umbilical cord blood. The most primitive SCs are extracted from the inner cell mass of four- or five-day-old embryos. Embryonic SCs are pluripotent – they can differentiate into all types of tissues. Research with SCs might lead to effective treatment for a range of severe disorders, including Parkinson’s disease, diabetes, muscle wasting diseases such as Duchenne dystrophy, arthritic conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, and a variety of cancers.
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The Difference Between Being Smart, Educated, and Intelligent
I’ve always been intrigued by the subject of intelligence. As a child my mother would refer to me as “smart,” but I quickly noticed that all parents refer to their children as smart. In time I would discover that all children are not smart, just as all babies are not cute. If that were the case, we’d have a world full of beautiful, smart people – which we don’t.
Some of us are smart; but not as smart as we think, and others are smarter than they seem, which makes me wonder, how do we define smart? What makes one person smarter than another? When do “street smarts” matter more than “book smarts”? Can you be both smart and stupid? Is being smart more influenced by genetics or one’s environment?
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Reproductive Health Education on Disadvantaged Adolescents in Thailand and India (case Study in Northern)
NEED AND CONTEXT
It has been observed that the recent economic growth in the Asian cities indicate that there has been a breakdown of traditional support systems such as the family because of rapid urbanization and modernization. Moreover, a large number of people are living below the poverty line in impoverished environment in urban and rural communities. Their acute needs for housing, food, health, education, and incomes are the very forces that push adolescents to look for a means of livelihood on the streets, engage in prostitution, be hooked up with crime/drug syndicates, or become victims of sexual and physical abuse. It is a battle of bare struggle for daily survival and contributes in every ways they can. Any measure to penalize parents of such children will only result in further abuse and oppression of people who are already disadvantaged. Such children struggle hard in getting the most essential requirements to meet the basic needs of life and such children need special attention and educational intervention. These disadvantaged adolescents are generally malnourished and often anemic; many of them physically stunted, suffer psychologically from undue family pressures and abuses and are neglected at home. They tend to develop low self-esteem from broken families, single-headed households because of the death, separation, or labor migration of one of their parents. Moreover, they live in slums and squatter communities, sub-human conditions and are susceptible to crime syndicates and gang conflicts, substance/drug abuse, and gambling.
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Scs and Sts: Educational Realization
SCs and STs: Educational Realization
- Ramaiah Bheenaveni*
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The world of today, by and large, is comparatively a rapidly changing one and the changes have been in a variety of directions. Not long ago society was through of as a reality sub-generis far beyond the control of individuals to change it –and education as a process of inducting new entrants into society. The idea that societies can be changed and, that too, education can be vital instrument of social transformation is increasingly felt. Geared to the preservation and perpetuation of tradition in the past, education is now being used to bring about social transformation in a large scale. This represents a kind of dilemma in respect of the social role of education in traditional societies.
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Educational/school Psychology in the Pursuit of Human Well-being
Educational/School Psychology in the Pursuit of Human Well-Being
Introduction
Now we are living in the technological modern world. With the help of science and technology we have developed in all fields. India is a developing country. We have lot of human resources after China. But the literacy rate is very low when compared to other developed and developing countries in the world. India is a rich country, but Indians are poor. With the help of science and technology and by utilizing all sources in the proper way it is possible to India to become a developed country in the world. In the modern world people living with high tension. The student in schools and colleges are also living with high tension because of heavy competitions. It is necessary to introduce psychology as a general subject in all the classes both at school and college levels. Yoga and meditation is also necessary for each and every one in the world.
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