Critical Thinking: 1) Why do you find this career to be of interest? A coroner has to examine a dead body to find out how the person died, what could have been the cause of death. 2) What are the factors that make a career in forensic science appealing? I like how a coroner has to perform autopsies to figure out how a person died through surgeries and tests. 3) Does the average salary of forensic scientist compete with other professions that require equal education?
Clea Koff Author/Forensics Anthropologist Clea Koff : is an amazing woman who spends her life solving crimes and speaking for those who no longer have a voice. Using her skills as a forensics anthropologist she aided in the Rwanda genocide by reassembling the skeletons and identifying individual victims and their cause of death. Clea Koff known as “The bone woman” at the age of 23 in 1996, went to Rwanda, where she was the youngest member of the first United Nations team to exhume and investigate a mass grave. In April 2004, Koff had her book “The Bone Woman” published through Random House, which gives account of her involvement in the 1994 Rwanda Genocide where 800,000 men, women, and children from the Tutsi civilian population were murdered when Hutu extremists from the elite political group blamed the Tutsi minority population as a whole for the country’s increasing social, economic, and political pressures. And were buried in a mass grave.
Radiologist technologist are very important to the society because with the knowledge of taking the x-rays, MRIs, CAT scans, and Ultrasounds we can help in the diagnosis process. From broken bones, to tumors in the brain, to a baby still in the womb, we can look at what is going on in someone if there is a
I could see the catheter bag hanging from the bed which was filling up with blood instead of urine. I thought I was going to bleed to death as I can not accept blood transfusions, due to my religious beliefs. After a week in the hospital, the fluid in the catheter bag started gradually turning yellow. On day seven, the doctor came to my room and gave me the best news that I have heard in a long time. He said “Kerry you can go home but will need to follow-up with your doctor”.
Alice Wilson: Female Geologic Pioneer Quoted as being the “first female geologist in Canada” [1], Alice Wilson has made her mark on this world in more ways than one. From 1881 until her death in 1964, Alice Wilson fought her way through an immense number of difficulties. As a women trapped in a male dominated society, Alice defied the odds when she became a geologist in 1945. Like most women in the early 1900’s, Alice worked very hard through many feminist struggles, even earning a place as Canada’s first female geologist. Born on August 26, 1881 in Cobourg Ontario, Alice developed a passion for fossils, but unlike most girls, this love for rocks and fossils did not diminish, and instead, Alice turned her fascination into a famous career that continued well into her 80’s.
They also uncovered the tomb of Tutankhamen’s mother, whos name is not known. She is known as the Younger Lady. DNA tests show that she was probably one of the five known daughters of Amenhotep III and Tiye. Now that you are informed about King Tut, there is also an exhibit at the Denver Art Museum. The exhibition is filled with information about his life, his family, and the discovery of his
As she was preparing to return to Australia, she was requested to give a presentation at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. [v] Here she spoke of ‘mental alienation’ of the muscles along with spasms and her treatment of ‘muscle re-education’ these terms put the doctors in an uproar and they discounted her as uneducated. However there were a few doctors that believed the treatment might work and let her work with some of their worst cases of Polio in
PSY-111 Introduction to Psychology 13 January 2013 Temple Grandin Temple Grandin is one of the most respected and influential people in the cattle industry today. She was diagnosed with autism at four, yet she has multiple achievements in the industry and with autism awareness. What driving forces and influences helped her to achieve this success and which psychological theories may help in explaining that success? In the early stages of her life, Temple was influenced in her development by her mother’s choice of not institutionalizing her daughter after being diagnosed with infantile schizophrenia. Her mother’s refusal to do this was a perfect example of the humanistic theory.
Four years later, she was admitted to the school clinic, supposedly to have her appendix removed. It was years later that Muir learned that she had been sterilized.” (Unknown, The Sterilization of the Intellectually Challenged) The Famous Five are supposed to be a group that supports and aids others; ironically the Alberta Sexual Sterilization Act, that they helped to pass, was hurting others. If history books do not record everything, both negative and positive, the suffering and agony felt by Muir and others like her, will be forgotten. In doing so, everyone would live a lie; that all famous figures were and are perfect. Plus, Members of the Eugenics Movement saw themselves as nation-builders.
Biotechnology | “Human DNA Can Be Successfully Altered Through the Use of Biotechnology” | Travis Simpson The Rise of Modern Science, 110 | Life is a funny thing. There are tons of diseases that are killing people each day. Some people do manage to survive with the help of painful treatments, but I am sure they wish that the treatments could be easier, work faster, and more effectively. Others want to reverse or stop the aging process all together. They look in the mirror and see the wrinkles and age lines appearing on their once young faces.