“Earthquakes in Salvador and Seattle”
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A six page paper which compares the recent earthquakes in Salvador and Seattle, in terms of the resultant damage, collateral effects on the economy, and the measures which the respective countries had previously taken to alleviate the potential impact of natural disasters. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: JLearthquakes.wps

“Effects of temperature variation on Saccharomyces cerevisiae"
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A five page paper which investigates the ways in which temperature variation affects the metabolic rate of S. cerevisiae, and ways in which this is relevant in both scientific and commercial applications. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: JLyeast.wps

“Ethical Considerations Relating to Gene-Mapping and Associated Scientific Research”
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A ten page paper which considers the ethical implications of the Human Genome Project and related forms of scientific research including genetic selection and engineering. The writer looks at the relationship of religion and moral philosophy to the parameters of bioethics and the guidelines set out in the UNESCO Declaration on the Human Genome and Human Rights. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: JLgenetics.wps

“Gattaca”: A Review of the 1997 Science Fiction Movie
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A 5 page overview of the plot and underlying message of the Columbia Pictures movie by director-writer Andrew Niccol. Outlines the main events of the movie noting the intense philosophical examination of the potential horrors of genetic engineering. Enticingly presents the questions of whether “perfect” genes indeed make an individual “perfect” and whether the human spirit is stronger than genetic code. Bibliography lists 2 sources. PPgattac.rtf
Filename: PPgattac.rtf

“Genetic engineering and Huxley’s Brave New World”
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A paper which looks at the developments in the current techniques of genetic engineering, the social and ethical issues involved in monitoring such techniques, and the way in which these concerns can be related to the themes of Brave New World.
Filename: JLhuxley.wps

“Inside the Womb”: A Review of the Article by Madeleine Nash
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A 5 page review of an article celebrating the complexity of human life and our understanding of that life. In it author Madeleine Nash traces human development from the point of fertilization of the egg to birth, noting the similarities which exist between human life forms and non-human. Nash’s article, although replete with technical details, manages to captivate the interest of the reader while at the same time instill a scientific understanding of fertilization, cellular development, embryonic maturation, and birth as well as the genetic and prenatal factors which affect those processes. No additional sources listed.
Filename: PPwomb.rtf

“Kankakee Basin Projects”
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A five page paper which looks at the problems of water supply in the Kankakee basin region, in terms of the effect of pollution on local aquifers, the way in which dredging of the local marshlands has caused erosion and flooding, and the various projects which are being undertaken to restore the structure of the marshlands and thereby improve both the local ecological environment and the community. Bibliography lists 4 sources
Filename: JLKan.rtf

“Landscape architecture and geographical concepts”
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A five page paper which looks at the way in which landscape architecture has developed, how it comprises elements of the physical environment as well as socio-cultural factors, and how geographical concepts can be used to demonstrate and account for conflicts and events through dynamic mapping. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: JLgeog.wps

“Life’s Far-Flung Raw Materials” Scientific American, July 1999
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This 5 page report reviews the article published in the July, 1999, issue of Scientific American entitled “Life’s Far-Flung Raw Materials” by Max P. Bernstein, Scott A. Sandford and Louis J. Allamandola. The article considers the idea that life on Earth may owe its start to carbon-rich molecules that once floated in interstellar clouds, then fell to the early earth with comets and meteorites. As the planet cooled, the organics may have linked into amino acids and proteins. Bibliography lists one source (included).
Filename: BWsciam.wps