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Anabolic Steroids: And the High School AthleteAnabolic steroid abuse has become a national concern among high school athletes. There has been a dramatic increase in the number of athletes using these performance enhancing drugs in high school almost double the number using since the 1980’s. These athletes feel that steroids gives them the competitive edge…

The Qing Dynasty, also called Manchu, was the last Chinese dynasty ruling from 1644-1911. During this nearly 300-year period, China witnessed a pinnacle of power and influence. The Qing dynasty not only enlarged China’s territories but also refined its imperial system. Nevertheless, in the 19th century, a multitude of factors including crop failures, conflicts, uprisings,…

Born on July 4, 2010 in Philadelphia, Meyer R. Scholnick, also known as Robert King Merton, came from a Jewish family from Russia who immigrated to the United States. During his time in High School, Merton took advantage of the nearby cultural and educational venues, which greatly influenced his theory of social structure. In the…

Experiment #1-Density Aim: Learn how the process of distillation occurs. Observe how distillation separates alcohol from wine. Method: Distillation is based on the fact that the matter can exist in three phases – – solid, liquid and gas. As the temperature of a pure substance is increased, it passes through these phases, making a transition…

Alexander Lucero AP English 12 Yu 5. 17. 12 Homosexuality Portrayed in Literature: Threat To Yourself and Those Around You The Victorian era and Elizabethan era had many homophobic attributes, just as today’s society does. Gothic writers of the Victorian Age played off of the fear and immorality of homosexuality and used those feelings as…

There are different kinds of spreadsheets. The spreadsheets fulfill the same requirements but have different ways of ensuring that what is supposed to accomplish is accomplished. Examples of spreadsheets that are common and have certain difference in the way that they operate are the Excel and Lotus 1-2-3. One of the common differences that exist…

Unsolved problems in chemistry tend to be questions of the kind “Can we make X chemical compound? “, “Can we analyse it? “, “Can we purify It? ” and are commonly solved rather quickly, but may Just as well require considerable efforts to be solved. However, there are also some questions with deeper Implications. This…

Introduction Acid rain is precipitation that contains higher levels of nitric and sulfuric acids. This type of rain occurs as a result of pollution caused by human activities, such as factories, power plants, and cars. The main pollutants that contribute to the formation of acid rain are sulfur dioxide (SO2) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2). When…

Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England By William Cronon William Cronon is a scholar from Rhodes who has a doctorate in philosophy from Oxford.  He taught history of the American West and American urban history at Yale. The main argument forwarded by Cronon in the book “Changes in the…

This paper will examine and compare the ideas of absolute threshold and difference threshold. Absolute threshold is the lowest level of stimulus that our sensory receptors in organs like the eyes, ears, nose, and mouth can detect. These receptors are vital in detecting stimuli from the external environment and sending them to the brain for…