Essays Tagged: "University of Pittsburgh"

This essay is about Jonas Salk, so the title is "Jonas Salk."

soon became interested in medical science in 1934. When he was attending medical school at New York University, the Great Depression was in full swing. His parents had to borrow a lot of money to pay ... d the epidemic of 1919 did not recur.In 1947, Salk became the head of the Virus Research Lab at the University of Pittsburgh. He worked on improving the flu vaccine and had the opportunity to begin to ...

(5 pages) 46 0 4.8 Jan/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

The Dangers of Atomic Weapons and Nuclear Energy

an the radiation at the out core of a nuclear reactor! (According to Professor Bernard Cohen of the University of Pittsburgh)II. Effect on the human bodyA. A person's exposure to radiation is measured ...

(3 pages) 83 1 3.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

False memories

University of SouthamptonDepartment of PsychologyYear 3 Dissertation'Misconceptions and inaccuracies ... whose commentary and supply of articles was invaluable. Thanks as well to Jonathan Schooler of the University of Pittsburgh for his supply of invaluable articles. All in all this has been a good expe ...

(27 pages) 263 0 3.3 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Critical Academic Analysis of a Media Article

d. Thus, depression is relevant to life span developmental psychology.According to Dr. Kemp said in University of California, Irvine, and depression is a 'Syndrome' that has no true underlying illness ... and behavior. (630).At this point, the media article Los Angeles Times focus on investigator at the University of Pittsburgh found 19 portions of DNA containing genes responsible for the disease. Stud ...

(7 pages) 62 0 0.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

My Modernization of Poe's Cask of the Amontillado. Creative Writing

n Miami Beach, ending their great week off with a bang. The five guys were all floor-mates from the University of Pittsburgh and flew down to Miami Beach for a quick end of the year bash, just to get ...

(7 pages) 23 0 5.0 Sep/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Recruiting high school students to solve the nursing shortage.

a career in nursing. Viola Benavente, RN, MSN, assistant professor at the school of nursing at the University of Texas-San Antonio Health Sciences Center states "Middle school is when they start form ... nursing while they are young", added Mary Ann Hogan, RN, MSN, a clinical assistant professor at the University of Massachusetts School of Nursing. Let the kids try out the stethoscopes and other equip ...

(6 pages) 97 2 4.1 Jan/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Organ donation

n for us to offer our bodies to others, then organ donating should be seen as a Catholic's duty.The University of Pittsburgh transplant center proposed a different protocol to obtain profused organs. ... ilated to support the continued profusion of organs. Renée Fox, a medical sociologist at the University of Pennsylvania, denounced this procedure as bordering on the ghoulish. In her view this ...

(3 pages) 35 0 0.0 Apr/2007

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Not Your Parents

arge Polish population, but no disco." Oscar Swan, a professor in the Polish studies program at the University of Pittsburgh, said he is a bit perplexed by the clubs' popularity, noting that Polish im ... was, a history professor who holds the endowed chair in Polish studies at Central Connecticut State University. "I think you are seeing a lot more college students who come from Poland to go to school ...

(5 pages) 1251 0 0.0 Dec/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Issues

--------------------------- THE FACULTY 'UNDERSTANDING EQUANIMITY' A new institute at West Virginia University examines the roles of consciousness and thought in nonstressful living; some professors s ... change their teaching accordingly -- writes William E. Becker, a professor of economics at Indiana University at Bloomington.'UNDESERVEDLY HIGH GRADES': A Colgate University professor has sparked a f ...

(7 pages) 35 0 0.0 Aug/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Communication Problem Project

onferencing, and newsletters do not effectively inform employees. A recent survey, conducted by the University of Pittsburgh's Katz Business School, found that recruiters with companies employing over ...

(14 pages) 324 1 4.2 Jul/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Leadership and Communication

development of a child

uestions.In the second age group 3 to 5 years, children go through many changes. According with the University of Pittsburgh in a document titled 'You and Your Foster Child' published by The Office of ...

(10 pages) 1 0 0.0 Jul/2014

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education