Epilepsi

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This study focuses on the main mechanisms behind epilepsy, a collection of diseases that gives the patient spontaneous seizures such as partial unconsciousness, hallucinations etc. Furthermore this study examines and gives an example on how to convey scientific information, such as the information in this research, to a specific, non-scientific, target audience in a popular scientific article. The study shows that amongst the approximately 50 million people with epilepsy in the world, it is estimated that amongst these 60 % are struggling with temporal lobe epilepsy, whilst a third of these are suffering with refractory epilepsy. This means that the market for inventing and using new treatment methods in the fight against epilepsy is huge. This study examines some of the more viable and promising treatment options and weighs them against each other, using parameters such as how invading the treatment is and how successful the treatments are as of yet, to determine which treatment option seems the most promising. The results suggests that even though cell therapy may seem to be the most viable treatment in the future, it is recommended that every patient receives their own personal treatment program. This is determined on the grounds that not enough information on neurological diseases and mechanisms of the brain is known which makes it almost impossible to predict how each patient responds to treatment.

When expressing scientific information to non-scientific people using a popular scientific article, it is important to make sure that the article is entertaining as well as relevant to the audience. Many instruments can be used to make the article both more credible and more entertaining, such as choice of colour, and linguistic tools. One of the most important aspects of writing an article such as this is to remember who the target audience is and, as author, adjust to this information. [Læs mere…]

Ebola-udbrud og SIR-modellen

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This paper accounts for the Ebola outbreak and the mathematic model SIR. It provides a description of the Ebola virus and Ebola's pathogeneses. In brief, Ebola virus infections are characterized by; immune suppression and a inflammatory response that causes impairment of the vascular system and immune systems, which leads to multi-organ failure and shock. Additionally, the paper provides a description of the mathematic model SIR. Based on the attached material, an analysis of the future prospects of Ebola has been carried out. The analysis suggests that one year after the outbreak, the population of Sierra Leone will be decreased to two million people, from an initial population of six million. Furthermore, the SIR-model's ability to provide a prediction of the outbreak has been discussed, including calculations on how much the SIR-model diverge from the provided data. Finally, an evaluation on whether or not Ebola can become airborne, and which consequences such scenario would have on the SIR model has been made. From a biological perspective, a small possibility of Ebola becoming airborne exists, since RNA replicates often, which can cause a mutation that makes Ebola airborne. However, the odds of this happening are very poor. [Læs mere…]

Islamisk stat opståen og samfundets reaktion

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The object of terror is, with use of violence or threat of violence to scare a population, either with a politic or religious motive. Islamic State, or IS, is at current time the most referred terrorist group, and that is why Islamic State it the topic for this assignment.

There has been given an account for how Islamic State is a fundamentalist group, with use of the term fundamentalism as a theory. Furthermore, there has been analysed how the international world have acted towards the raise of Islamic State, with the use of international theories. At last, there has been discussed, how a possible solution of the conflict could come to action.

My conclusion on the project is that you can argue for Islamic State as a fundamental group, as they interpret the 1400 year old Koran in their own way. At the same time they wish to fight enemies both close and far with weapons as means. Moreover, the international world has reacted with focus in own national interest and with a realism point of view. I have also concluded that a solution within a five-year frame is possible. This does demand co-operation on both a regional, international and global basis, where the different countries and organisations bury previous as well as current internal conflicts internal, with the exception of the Sunni and Shia conflict. This is also applies between the great powers of America and Russia who have been trying to maintain the balance of power between them since the Cold War ended. [Læs mere…]

Illegal immigration fra Afrika til Spanien

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Millions of illegal immigrants from the West African countries live in Spain. They have crossed the Mediterranean Sea in small, fragile boats hoping to put the poor living conditions and the poverty in their native countries behind them. They wish to start over in the high developed Europe. This paper will expound the living conditions of Senegal, Ivory Coast and Spain by using theories about welfare models and by economic parameters. The study comprises of a new critical analysis of a Spanish poem and short story with focus on the representation of the African immigrants and their encounter with Spain. The studies show that the texts try to propagate the poor living standards of the illegal immigrants; that they are living a hard and poor life with few opportunities, with their lives at stake and with crushed dreams. This assignment examines how the living conditions of the illegal immigrants of Africa are being represented in the Spanish texts, and whether these texts are with or without foundation. The facts show that the texts very much give a realistic depiction of the lives of millions of illegal immigrants in Spain. [Læs mere…]

Modeller, funktioner og radioaktivitet

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Modeller, funktioner og radioaktivitet

This paper explores the various kinds of radioactive decay, with focus on nuclides that can be found in the nature. This paper explains the importance of a nuclide table when dealing with radioactive decay, for the reason being that over 3000 nuclides known today have different decay types. This paper illustrates a real world problem, and thereafter translates it into a model from the mathematical world in order to explain the problem. On the basis of this it describes the importance and flaws using a model when trying to define radioactive decay for the reason being that decay can never be precisely predicted . A exploratory trail is in this paper analyzed for the purpose of reviewing the models used and the limitations it has. The paper demonstrates the analysis by holding the results from the trail up against theoretic values, and on the basis of these confirm the model and the limitations the model holds. At last the paper explains and discusses the use of intrgral in order to calculate the number of decays in a time period, and how integral can be used to review the model and its flaws. [Læs mere…]