Category: Science

Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation initiative

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STEPS

To complete Assignment 2, complete all five of the following steps:
Choose a conservation project
Research your project
Assess your project
Write your report

STEP 1) CHOOSE A PROJECT
Possible project include:
Habitat connection projects such as the Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation initiative (https://y2y.net/)

Projects examined in detail in this course that are off limits for this assignment are:
the population recovery project of California Condors, USA
the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone National Park, USA
Anti-poaching and community building actions at Virunga National Park, DRC

STEP 2) RESEARCH YOUR PROJECT
Create an outline* of questions to answer.
Begin to research your project by reading a variety of websites and journal articles.
Create a list of APA references and add to it as you go.
Answer your questions in point form, in your own words.
Be sure to include APA in-text citation(s) for each answer.
Modify your questions and create new questions to better fit your chosen project.
Answer those questions in point form, in your own words with APA in-text citations.

You could use the following structure to create your outline:
In Part 1, introduce the project. Questions that you could answer include:
What is the aim of your chosen project?
What actions are being taken?
Who is conducting the actions and where and when are they occurring?
What actions have previously been taken?
How does the project fit into other current overlapping projects or previous projects?
In Part 2, outline the scientific research guiding the project. Summarize the key scientific research that has been published on the targeted species, habitat, or ecosystem at the centre of this project. Questions you could answer include:
Who conducted the research, and where and when did it occur?
What are the key results of the research?
How were the results determined? What was measured or tested?
How did this research guide the conservation project?
In Part 3, assess the project. Questions that you should answer to assess your project include:
What challenges has the project faced? How have they dealt with those challenges?
What criticisms have been made about the project? Are they valid?
Do you think the project has been or will be successful? Explain your reasoning
What should be the next steps of the project? Explain your reasoning

STEP 3) WRITE AND EDIT YOUR REPORT
Based on the 4-part outline of questions and answers you have developed, write a 1000-word report that includes the following four sections (use subheadings):
The Project
The Science Behind the Project
Assessment of the Project
References (include only those sources you cite, minimum of 8 references required)

Habitat restoration project

Posted on | by Brian Leakey

STEPS

To complete Assignment 2, complete all five of the following steps:
Choose a conservation project
Research your project
Assess your project
Write your report

STEP 1) CHOOSE A PROJECT
Possible project include:
Habitat restoration projects such as Ontario Eastern Bluebird Society (https://oebs.ca/)
Projects examined in detail in this course that are off limits for this assignment are:
the population recovery project of California Condors, USA
the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone National Park, USA
Anti-poaching and community building actions at Virunga National Park, DRC

STEP 2) RESEARCH YOUR PROJECT
Create an outline* of questions to answer.
Begin to research your project by reading a variety of websites and journal articles.
Create a list of APA references and add to it as you go.
Answer your questions in point form, in your own words.
Be sure to include APA in-text citation(s) for each answer.
Modify your questions and create new questions to better fit your chosen project.
Answer those questions in point form, in your own words with APA in-text citations.

You could use the following structure to create your outline:
In Part 1, introduce the project. Questions that you could answer include:
What is the aim of your chosen project?
What actions are being taken?
Who is conducting the actions and where and when are they occurring?
What actions have previously been taken?
How does the project fit into other current overlapping projects or previous projects?
In Part 2, outline the scientific research guiding the project. Summarize the key scientific research that has been published on the targeted species, habitat, or ecosystem at the centre of this project. Questions you could answer include:
Who conducted the research, and where and when did it occur?
What are the key results of the research?
How were the results determined? What was measured or tested?
How did this research guide the conservation project?
In Part 3, assess the project. Questions that you should answer to assess your project include:
What challenges has the project faced? How have they dealt with those challenges?
What criticisms have been made about the project? Are they valid?
Do you think the project has been or will be successful? Explain your reasoning
What should be the next steps of the project? Explain your reasoning

STEP 3) WRITE AND EDIT YOUR REPORT
Based on the 4-part outline of questions and answers you have developed, write a 1000-word report that includes the following four sections (use subheadings):
The Project
The Science Behind the Project
Assessment of the Project
References (include only those sources you cite, minimum of 8 references required)

Invasive species removal

Posted on | by Brian Leakey

STEPS

To complete Assignment 2, complete all five of the following steps:
Choose a conservation project
Research your project
Assess your project
Write your report

STEP 1) CHOOSE A PROJECT
Possible project include:

Invasive species removal projects such as the biocontrol of purple loosestrife (http://www.ontariobeetles.ca/)
Projects examined in detail in this course that are off limits for this assignment are:
the population recovery project of California Condors, USA
the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone National Park, USA
Anti-poaching and community building actions at Virunga National Park, DRC

STEP 2) RESEARCH YOUR PROJECT
Create an outline* of questions to answer.
Begin to research your project by reading a variety of websites and journal articles.
Create a list of APA references and add to it as you go.
Answer your questions in point form, in your own words.
Be sure to include APA in-text citation(s) for each answer.
Modify your questions and create new questions to better fit your chosen project.
Answer those questions in point form, in your own words with APA in-text citations.

You could use the following structure to create your outline:
In Part 1, introduce the project. Questions that you could answer include:
What is the aim of your chosen project?
What actions are being taken?
Who is conducting the actions and where and when are they occurring?
What actions have previously been taken?
How does the project fit into other current overlapping projects or previous projects?
In Part 2, outline the scientific research guiding the project. Summarize the key scientific research that has been published on the targeted species, habitat, or ecosystem at the centre of this project. Questions you could answer include:
Who conducted the research, and where and when did it occur?
What are the key results of the research?
How were the results determined? What was measured or tested?
How did this research guide the conservation project?
In Part 3, assess the project. Questions that you should answer to assess your project include:
What challenges has the project faced? How have they dealt with those challenges?
What criticisms have been made about the project? Are they valid?
Do you think the project has been or will be successful? Explain your reasoning
What should be the next steps of the project? Explain your reasoning

STEP 3) WRITE AND EDIT YOUR REPORT
Based on the 4-part outline of questions and answers you have developed, write a 1000-word report that includes the following four sections (use subheadings):
The Project
The Science Behind the Project
Assessment of the Project
References (include only those sources you cite, minimum of 8 references required)

Science question

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Why would evolution have enabled blind mole rats to synchronize their suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) activity to light, even though they cannot see well enough to make use of the light?
Describe the stages of sleep. During which part of a night’s sleep is REM most common?
Unlike adults, infants alternate between short waking periods and short naps. What can we infer about their neurotransmitters?
According to the neurocognitive hypothesis, why do we have visual imagery?

 

 

An American Sickness

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BACKGROUND:
It is well documented that our healthcare system has grave problems, but how, in only a matter of decades, did things get this bad? Rosenthal spells out in clear and practical terms exactly how to decode medical doublespeak, avoid the pitfalls of the pharmaceuticals racket, and get the care you and your family deserve. She takes you inside the doctor-patient relationship, explaining step by step the workings of a profession sorely lacking transparency. This is about what we can do, as individual patients, both to navigate a byzantine system and also to demand far-reaching reform. Breaking down the monolithic business into its individual industries—the hospitals, doctors, insurance companies, drug manufacturers—that together constitute our healthcare system, Rosenthal tells the story of the history of American medicine as never before. The situation is far worse than we think, and it has become like that much more recently than we realize. Hospitals, which are managed by business executives, behave like predatory lenders, hounding patients and seizing their homes. Research charities are in bed with big pharmaceutical companies, which surreptitiously profit from the donations made by working people. Americans are dying from routine medical conditions when affordable and straightforward solutions exist. Dr. Rosenthal explains for the first time how various social and financial incentives have encouraged a disastrous and immoral system to spring up organically in a shockingly short span of time. The system is in tatters, but we can fight back. An American Sickness is the frontline defense against a healthcare system that no longer has our well-being at heart.
TASKS: Here are this week’s questions for you:
The above is a summary of a book by Dr. Rosenthal. You do not have to buy the book. Use the summary to get you started to think about the topic of the week.
1) What are three major problems in the medical care in the US according to Dr. Rosenthal? Add one or two more issues that you noticed from your own experience, from your work, from your neighborhood, or from the current events. You may agree or disagree with Rosenthal, the author, and write your opinion while answering.
2) Outside of government itself, the largest industry in the United States is the health care industry. Over the past several decades, costs in the health care industry have been increasing at a much faster rate than the rate of inflation in general. What are the reasons of this increasing healthcare cost?
3) The impact of Covid-19 is still around us globally and it placed harsh impacts on the society. Choose three out of the ten economic principles we review this week, and link the three principles with the socio- economic impacts on yourself, neighborhood, and the society and describe each one of them in a few sentences.

Psychology is a contemporary science

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Psychology is a contemporary science. Listed below are several recent papers. For the first part of this assignment, choose two papers to briefly summarize in a paragraph each, focusing on the contribution each makes to psychological knowledge in general.
The second part of the paper should be a discussion of the contributions and limitations of the field of psychology in our general knowledge. In addition, please discuss the follow;
What can we expect to learn in the future?
What are the possible problems we may face with psychology in the future?