NATURE VERSUS NURTURE: EPIGENETICS AND THE MICROBIOME

  Explain how microbiome research provides a new perspective on the nature versus nurture debate. Discuss how the infant microbiome is related to future development of a child, including cognition and health. In addition, explain the broader social implications of this type of research. Finally, share your prediction of and rationale for what future microbiome research … Read more

Unit 6 DB

Recent decisions to ban users, including former President Trump, and to block or add disclaimers to certain stories, have raised questions about social media’s power and influence.

discussion

 Restate your research question and methodological approach chosen for your proposed research study. Then, identify and justify which method of measurement and data collection best fits your research question and methodological approach. 

Journal

Select one of these peer-reviewed journal articles and provide a summary of the article. In particular, discuss how the issues of reliability and validity were addressed in the article. If those issues were not addressed explicitly in the article, then you should provide your assessment of any potential reliability and validity issues that should have … Read more

answer the following question

1. Take a look at Extended Data Figure 3 from Huerta-Sánchez et al (2014). How does this figure emphasize that the Tibetan allele for EPAS1 came from Denisovans? (10 points) 2. You are given the following seven aligned sequences from a single population (variants with respect to the first sequence are shown in bold). Justify … Read more

discussion

  Class, This week we are digging into Furman and Gregg. As far as death penalty cases go, these are THE cases that anyone practicing death penalty litigation needs to know. They essentially define our modern approach to the death penalty. Thus, I really want you to try your hand at an IREAC for BOTH of these … Read more

Psych

What are the three most important things you learned this week? What questions remain uppermost in your mind? Is there anything you did not understand? Complete these answer based off of powerpoint, 

Economics

Describe two forms of private spending that represent consumption.  The national income accounts include tuition as part of the consumer spending.  In your opinion, are the resources you devote to your education a form of consumption or a form of investment.  Explain.