(this is one of many FAQ files found at Terry) You hear sustainability mentioned everywhere these days, but what does it actually mean? In 1983 Norwegian Prime-Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland was commissioned by the United Nations to undertake a study into “sustainable development”. The study entitled “Our Common Future” was published in 1987. It has been referred to more popularly as “The Brundtland Report”. It is in this report that the most agreed upon definition of sustainability can be found. “Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet…

(this is one of many FAQ files found at Terry) 1. CLIMATE CHANGE? HUH? Climate Change is the measured long-term shift or change in the climate of a certain location, region, and on a larger scale…the whole planet. These changes are seen in weather, temperature, rainfall, humidity and various other ecological features of our biosphere and are caused by both natural and human factors. In addition, the study of climate change engages atmospheric science and meteorology, but the subject is so complex that it involves many other areas of the earth sciences, as well as different disciplines, such as physics,…

1. Claim CA005: Evolution promotes racism. 2. Claim CA010: Homosexuality is considered acceptable and even desirable by most evolutionists, who point out that homosexuality is common in many species. 3. Claim CA041: Students should be taught all sides of a controversial issue. Evolution should not be taught without teaching the controversy that surrounds it. 4. Claim CB301: The eye is too complex to have evolved. 5. Claim CE010: NASA scientists, using computers to track planetary motions, discovered that a day of time was missing, corresponding to biblical accounts of the sun’s standing still for Joshua for almost a day, plus…

1. Claim CA005: Evolution promotes racism. 2. Claim CA010: Homosexuality is considered acceptable and even desirable by most evolutionists, who point out that homosexuality is common in many species. 3. Claim CA041: Students should be taught all sides of a controversial issue. Evolution should not be taught without teaching the controversy that surrounds it. 4. Claim CB301: The eye is too complex to have evolved. 5. Claim CE010: NASA scientists, using computers to track planetary motions, discovered that a day of time was missing, corresponding to biblical accounts of the sun’s standing still for Joshua for almost a day, plus…

Most people exhibit hand preference for their daily activities and object manipulations, but it has long been a mystery to scientists as to how and why human handedness exists. Studies from different areas of science, including neurobiology, psychology, developmental biology, anthropology, evolutionary biology, genetics, and other fields, have all come together to try and solve the puzzle behind human handedness. Yet, there is not a single model that is sufficient to provide an universally accepted explanation. Interestingly enough, human handedness has been reported to exist since the Upper Palaeolithic, for more than 10,000 years; however, the proportion of left-handers in…

Introduction The islands of the Caribbean account for less than 0.03% of the world’s landmass and are enriched with a wide variety of flora and fauna. More than 2% of the world’s total number of plant and vertebrate species are endemic there [1]. Due to the regions rich diversity of flora and fauna, there is increasing interest in the isolation of natural products which have been found to possess a wide range of interesting biological activities. Hypoglycin A, an unusual amino acid, was initially isolated from the ackee fruit and has been the focus of many years of research due…

Introduction The islands of the Caribbean account for less than 0.03% of the world’s landmass and are enriched with a wide variety of flora and fauna. More than 2% of the world’s total number of plant and vertebrate species are endemic there [1]. Due to the regions rich diversity of flora and fauna, there is increasing interest in the isolation of natural products which have been found to possess a wide range of interesting biological activities. Hypoglycin A, an unusual amino acid, was initially isolated from the ackee fruit and has been the focus of many years of research due…

A review of research by Dr. John Gottman at the University of Washington: “A General Systems Theory of Marriage: Nonlinear Different Equation Modeling of Marital Interaction”. J. Gottman, C. Swanson, K. Swanson. Personality and Social Psychology Review: 6(4), 326-340, 2002. ABSTRACT: This article describes a new mathematical approach for modeling the prediction of divorce or marital stability from marital interaction using nonlinear difference equations. The approach is quite general for modeling social interaction, and can be applied to any time series data generated over time for two individuals. We pursued a balance model in selecting the dependent variables of this…