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Positive and Negative Responses
It is well documented that people have positive responses to some words, such as “kind� and “wonderful,� and negative responses to others, such as “evil� and “nausea.� Recently, psychological experiments have revealed that people also have positive or negative responses to many nonse...
- by komal
Tue Mar 09, 2010 9:51 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Positive and Negative Responses
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1309
Here's the OE Answer choice (A): If anything, this answer choice may hurt the argument by showing that the cravings do not always lead to choosing fatty foods. But, since the author uses the phrase “consistently chose� to describe the choices of the rats, an answer stating that rats did not “...
- by komal
Tue Mar 09, 2010 9:29 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Galanin
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3672
Car Safety Requirement
Provinces and states with stringent car safety requirements, including required use of seat belts and annual safety inspections, have on average higher rates of accidents per kilometer driven than do provinces and states with less stringent requirements. Nevertheless, most highway safety experts agr...
- by komal
Tue Mar 09, 2010 9:20 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Car Safety Requirement
- Replies: 43
- Views: 25476
Serotonin Level In The Brain
In humans, ingested protein is broken down into amino acids, all of which must compete to enter the brain. Subsequent ingestion of sugars leads to the production of insulin, a hormone that breaks down the sugars and also rids the bloodstream of residual amino acids, except for tryptophan. Tryptophan...
- by komal
Tue Mar 09, 2010 9:12 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Serotonin Level In The Brain
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2471
Here's the OE Answer choice (A): The argument is about the independent discovery of calculus; the author makes no assumption that Leibniz did not tell anyone else, and indeed the fact that Newton did tell Leibniz is not accepted by the author as undermining the conclusion. Answer choice (B): Negate...
- by komal
Tue Mar 09, 2010 9:07 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Newton calculus
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3177
Theory Of Continental Drift
According to the theory of continental drift, in prehistoric times, many of today’s separate continents were part of a single huge landmass. As the plates on which this landmass rested began to move, the mass broke apart, and ocean water filled the newly created chasms. It is hypothesized, for exa...
- by komal
Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:53 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Theory Of Continental Drift
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3769
Hypertensive Personality
People with high blood pressure are generally more nervous and anxious than people who do not have high blood pressure. This fact show that this particular combination of personality traits—the so called hypertensive personality—is likely to cause a person with these traits to develop high blood...
- by komal
Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:42 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Hypertensive Personality
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5457
Cognitive Faculties
Human beings have cognitive faculties that are superior to those of other animals, and once humans become aware of these, they cannot be made happy by anything that does not involve gratification of these faculties. Which one of the following statements, if true, most calls into question the view ab...
- by komal
Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:27 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Cognitive Faculties
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1469
Marketplace Of Ideas
Journalist: A free marketplace of ideas ensures that all ideas get a fair hearing. Even ideas tainted with prejudice and malice can prompt beneficial outcomes. In most countries, however, the government is responsible for over half the information released to the public through all media. For this r...
- by komal
Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:19 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Marketplace Of Ideas
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3211
Environment & Environmentalists
Some environmentalists question the prudence of exploiting features of the environment, arguing that there are no economic benefits to be gained from forests, mountains, or wetlands that no longer exist. Many environmentalists claim that because nature has intrinsic value it would be wrong to destro...
- by komal
Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:10 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Environment & Environmentalists
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6295
Technical Articles
The increasing complexity of scientific inquiry has led to a proliferation of multiauthored technical articles. Reports of clinical trials involving patients from several hospitals are usually coauthored by physicians from each participating hospital. Likewise, physics papers reporting results from ...
- by komal
Tue Mar 09, 2010 7:48 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Technical Articles
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2093
- by komal
Mon Mar 08, 2010 9:26 am- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Happy Women's Day to all Smart Ladies over there!!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1819
My query is : "have swept" is present perfect but I suppose we should use "past perfect"(had swept) in that place. Here's my take : Present Perfect tense shows something that has happened in the PAST, that may or may not yet be completed. It often suggests that the past action is...
- by komal
Sat Mar 06, 2010 4:45 am- Forum: Sentence Correction
- Topic: Have swept or Had swept from OG12/4
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5627
Transnational cooperation among corporations is experiencing a model renaissance among United States firms, even though projects undertaken by two or more corporations under a collaborative agreement are less profitable than projects undertaken by a singly corporation . The advantage of transnation...
- by komal
Wed Mar 03, 2010 10:31 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: Transnational Co-Op
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2778
To allay fears whether they had misjudged the fractures even in patients with stable femur injuries, and thus do not require surgery, orthopedic surgeons often prescribe follow-up x-rays. Nevertheless, when a number of follow-up x-rays were reviewed, all the fractures that were initially screened a...
- by komal
Wed Mar 03, 2010 9:57 am- Forum: Critical Reasoning
- Topic: x-rays
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2252