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Tutorial on Deductive Reasoning, Inductive Reasoning, and DNA Testing

In five pages this tutorial considers 4 newspaper articles on DNA testing and examines them from deductive and inductive reasoning...

Patau's Syndrome: Trisomy 13

of their facial expressions are indicative of the condition, although the public often looks upon them as being somewhat unusual. ...

Contemporary Evolution Theory

separate newspapers, "I dont believe there is any real contradiction between the theory of evolution and the creation of the world...

Barry Scheck's Innocent Project and DNA

of an individual in a criminal trial. Perhaps even more fascinating, however, is the use of DNA to prove the innocence of an indi...

Cancer and the Mutation Role of the p53 Gene

In five pages this research paper discusses how DNA damage causes p53 gene mutation when various cancers develop. Four sources ar...

Overview of Nucleic Acids, Structure, and Function

acid determines the information that is carried by the molecule. In other words, the nucleotide bases provide a "genetic alphabet"...

Case Analysis of The People of Colorado v. Michael Eugene Shrek

must be collected and processed in a carefully documented scientific manner. DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is a molecular c...

Analysis and Collection of Forensic Evidence

This paper addresses common questions in the field of forensic evidence. The author covers polygraphs, fingerprints, DNA typing, ...

Constitutional Rights, Early Arrest Phase, and Mandatory DNA Testing

To tackle the question of the rights or wrongs of DNA testing at the point of arrest, it must be acknowledged up front that DNA ev...

Evidentiary Value and Protocol At a Crime Scene

scene log is started and this is used to record entry and exit from the site by all authorized personnel as well as to record othe...

Human O6-Alkylguanine-DNA Allkyltranferase and Zinc Occupancy's Effects

transition metals, including zinc, the researchers asserted that the zinc found in the comparative view of hAGT might in fact play...

Society and the Impact of Technoloyg

potential ramifications of cloning: "He believes that while it is impossible to accurately forecast what the psychological and soc...

Ethical Dilemma Pertaining to a Do Not Resuscitate Order

disagree with his wife could disrupt their marital relationship at a time when he needs this support, which is undoubtedly one of ...

An Analysis of an Article on Fingerprints by Gregg Easterbrook

testing since its available and relatively inexpensive-why would we not want to make sure that the people who are in prison actual...

Process of Aging and DNA

the cell divides the telomeres (outer sections of DNA) are cut off; in the young cell, these sections are superfluous and their lo...

Jefferson and Hemmings, Fiction or Fact

conception for the birth of all of those six children. There are no records that she was elsewhere during those times, or records ...

DNA in Terms of Reliability and Accuracy

For instance, in RFLP analysis, probabilities range from "one in tens of thousands to one in hundreds of thousands, or even a mil...

Courtroom Admissibility of DNA Evidence

majority of people believe that Simpson is a murderer. In fact, the majority expresses this sentiment after watching testimony. La...

Investigation of the Green River Serial Killer Gary Ridgway

decomposed and hard to identify. Although Ridgway had always been considered one of the top five suspects in the case, County sher...

The Many Applications of DNA Fingerprinting

outbreaks (Feedstuffs, 2010). An even more fascinating application of DNA fingerprinting is the use of biological material added ...

Position Paper Opposing the Concept of DNA Databases

were barely able to keep up with the amount of DNA information that was being generated, and so a government committee suggested t...

Jack the Ripper and His Impact on History

mostly prostitutes - were savagely murdered and mutilated by an unknown assailant, but after November 1888, the slayings stopped a...

DNA Evidence and the Daubert Test

such evidence, "crime lab scientists from the Illinois State Police testified that lip prints are as unique to an individual as ar...

Modeling and Simulation

molecule through the digestive process and accompanies it to its destination cell, waiting with it after it receives its instructi...

Watson’s DNA

this puzzle. While the article appears overall to be accurate, in that the author quotes reliable sources, Begley (2007) does not ...

Scared Straight

other programs are designed to be more educational with interactive discussions between the inmates and the youth" (Schembri, 2006...

Elements in Plato's Republic

fundamental importance in the Republic of the metaphor of descent and its connection to the two great themes of birth and death, a...

Tan's First Novel

all sorts of unsettling events. This is a fictional account but it brings into play very real issues faced by todays population. ...

Criminology and Risk Theory

institutional influence and power) and the emergence of a risk-fixated consciousness (Beck, 2006). Under such conditions, it becom...

Marijuana Decriminalization

bankruptcy of all marijuana prohibitions. Paper: Purpose Statement: The purpose of this speech is to provide the listener with ...