Abstract
This paper discusses Sharon Pollock's play, "Blood Relations" which is a depiction of Lizzie Borden who was famous for allegedly brutally murdering her father and stepmother in 1892. The paper analyzes the play's concern with the idea of inequalities within gender, class and society in general. It shows how the main focus of the play is Lizzie's subordination to the men that control her life and her opposition to this control.

From the Paper
"Blood Relations is a fictional look into the story behind the media story surrounding Lizzie Borden. Sharon Pollock centers the play on the various inequalities that Lizzie faces within a patriarchal context, and her frustration as a result of them. Pollock is able to demonstrate that Lizzie's extreme frustration, caused mainly by the social, class, and gender struggles, could most definitely have caused Lizzie to commit the murders. By focusing on Lizzie's struggles leading up to the murders, and the extremity of her social subordination and oppression, Pollock bestows incentive upon her character in relation to the brutal crimes. Although both in the play, and historically, Lizzie Borden was acquitted from her murder charges, Pollock does force her audience to question the outcome of social inequality."

Tags:oppression, murder, media

Abstract
This paper investigates the probability that without effective intervention, umbilical cord banking will no better serve certain population groups, particularly minorities, any more effectively than existing bone marrow technology. It looks at how umbilical cord banking is more and more becoming a 'hot topic' among medical communities the world over and how recent technological advances have enabled scientists to bank umbilical cord blood as a source of hematopoietic stem cells for both pediatric and adult patients with certain blood related disorders.

Outline
Introduction
Significance of the Study
Literature Review
Benefits Cord Banking
Cord Blood Vs. Bone Marrow Transplantation
The Effects of Intervention
Summary of Preliminary Literature Review
Methods
Possible/Anticipated Results

From the Paper
"Ballen, et. Al (2002) performed a study comparing the racial composition of five member cord blood banks of the National Marrow Donor Program. The study examined cord blood and bone marrow donors using self reported racial designations and questionnaire, and showed that cord blood banks in California, Florida and Massachusetts recruited a lower percentage of minorities than the bone marrow centers in the same areas. However in New York and Colorado the recruitment for minorities was the same in both cord banks and marrow centers. However, the study also showed that in all of the centers examined, cord blood banks generally recruited a lower percentage of minorities than "those delivering at the respective hospitals" with the authors concluding that the problems of insufficient minority recruitment with regard to cord blood banking "Has not yet been solved" (Ballen, et. Al, 2002:1247)."

Tags:stem, cells, hospitals, donor, registries

Abstract
The paper relates that in 2007, an international team of scientists-led by Henrik Clausen, a professor at Denmark's University of Copenhagen-published a groundbreaking article in Nature Biotechnology. The paper discusses how the article described the team's success in discovering a process that could convert any type of human blood into the equivalent of Type O. The paper explains that Type O is the most versatile blood type, and is tolerated well by almost all humans in cases of blood transfusion, and thus the Clausen discovery anticipated the obsolescence of blood shortages, promising to revolutionize transfusion medicine. The paper discusses how at the same time, the discovery highlighted troubling questions of technology and privatization in healthcare, creating yet another ethical dilemma for patients, policy makers, researchers, healthcare administrators, and intellectual property holders such as ZymeQuest, the owner of the blood type conversion patent.

From the Paper
"In 2007, an international team of scientists--led by Henrik Clausen, a professor at Denmark's University of Copenhagen-published a groundbreaking article in Nature Biotechnology. The article described the team's success in discovering a process that could convert any type of human blood into the equivalent of Type O. Type O is the most versatile blood type, and is tolerated well by almost all humans in cases of blood transfusion. Thus, the Clausen discovery anticipated the obsolescence of blood shortages, promising to revolutionize transfusion medicine. At the same time, the..."

Tags:blood, enzymes, type o

Abstract
This paper looks at many factors relating to blood,including different cell types, Rh factor, serum constituents, how it circulates throughout the body and blood tests. The paper also looks at the average lifespan of red cells and explains the implications of higher than normal red cells.

From the Paper
"The average adult male has between five and six liters of blood and the average female has between four and five liters. The color of blood is determined by the state of oxygenation of its red cells. When blood leaves the heart it has been oxygenated in the lungs and therefore arterial blood is bright red. When blood has passed through the tissues oxygen has been removed from the red cells so the blood appears dark red in the veins. Nutrients carried in the blood include..."

Tags:blood cells, serum

Abstract
Lack of sufficient interest among western psychologist in blood type theories of personality has left the topic to be influenced by traditional belief. This paper shows that although this belief is widespread in Japan, where research findings do not support a relationship between blood types and personality traits, western evolutionary psychologists have given a new dimension to it by linking blood types with evolution of human civilization and dietary practices. Future research on relationship between blood type and personality needs to consider individuals' expectation, prejudice, and attitude to discrimination.

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This paper looks at the different types of blood vessels and relates their structure to their function. The paper defines blood pressure and looks at blood flow dynamics and the function of capillaries.

From the Paper
"Capillaries are the smallest and most numerous of the blood vessels and connect the arterioles, which carry blood away from the heart, with the venules, which carry it back towards the heart. They are a continuation of the smallest arterioles but the walls of capillaries consist of only a single layer of endothelial cells overlying a basement membrane. This thin wall permits the exchange of materials between the blood in the capillary and the tissue cells. This is the primary function of the capillaries, an exchange system..."

Tags:capillary beds, arteries

Abstract
"Nurses can prevent conflicts and deal with ethical situations once they understand all the beliefs and values involved. In order to resolve an ethical dilemma, a framework must be used (CNO, 2008). The ethical dilemma to be discussed was resolved by nurses. The case related to three family members who were involved in a serious motor vehicle accident in Ontario. The issue centered on consent and involved both ethical and legal issues. "

From the Paper
"Introduction * General introduction to paper and issues Case: blood transfusion and Jehovah's Witnesses Ethical values * Values for nursing care supported by Ontario law. Priority nursing value as client wellbeing; other pertinent values for the case. Ethical principles * Main issue is consent; principles of respect for persons, autonomy and..."

Tags:transfusion, beliefs, ethics

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This paper explains that, in Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood", there are two literary voices. One voice is the detached reporting the factual details as a journalistic reporter; the other voice is of a gifted and creative writer inventing images, which breath life into the reality. The paper further relates that, in addition to Capote's innovative writing style, the book is an intriguing masterpiece, which provides the crime enthusiast with the highest level of intrigue. The paper hypothesizes that the fact that Capote never completed a work after "In Cold Blood" might suggest that this book drained his ability to ever again be so inventive in telling the truth.

From the Paper
"It is, however, somewhat disturbing that Capote resorts to other heinous crimes and the details of those crimes almost as filler, to sustain the length of the novel. As if the story he is telling and the lives and destruction wrought on the lives of everyone involved in the story is not enough to lengthen the novel and to sustain the reader. Yet Capote's journalistic instinct, nor his own ego, allow for him to be upstaged or outdone by the bold and elegant oratorical of another wordsmith."

Tags:darkness, fiction of truth, story telling, journalism horror blend

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This paper explains that, when Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood" was first published in serialized form in 1965 in "The New Yorker", it created a sensation, which catapulted the young author to the forefront of the literary world, and, according to the author, created a new genre called the non-fiction novel, an artful blending of facts and fiction. The author stresses that Capote's practice of simply listening to his subjects without the aid of recording devices or written notes was decidedly unscientific and, due to the unpredictable idiosyncrasies of the human mind, susceptible to corruption. The paper relates that, following the enduring success of "In Cold Blood", other authors have indulged in Capote's penchant for exaggeration, sometimes crossing over into outright fabrication such as the cases of Stephen Glass, Jayson Blair and James Frey.

From the Paper
"Capote's colorful treatment of the Clutter family's murder and the careful yet fanciful examination of their killers showed the world the value and power of presenting a story with a theatrical flair, but questions about Capote's methods and the accuracy of his "true account" have existed since In Cold Blood's publication. Capote seemed to argue that the point of the story was more important than the details presented to illustrate it, but that sentiment has not helped Stephen Glass or Jayson Blair to regain their credibility or James Frey in the defense of his book, nor should it be acceptable when history looks back on Capote's work."

Tags:transparency, inaccuracies, unscientific, exaggeration, scandal

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This paper takes a look at capital punishment and issues surrounding the death penalty. The paper then relates these issue to the novel, 'In Cold Blood' by Truman Capote. The paper concludes with the argument that in the upcoming years, courts will be challenged to restrict this form of capital punishment since it is racist, barbaric and inhumane.

From the Paper
"Research studies have examined why murderers commit killings, which are due to "passion, malevolence, and/or because they are under the influence of alcohol or drugs" (Bedau 170). In other words, the offender doesn't realize or don't plan out any killings due to mental instabilities. For example, a man is convicted of murdering another man because the other man was sleeping with the man's wife. The man did not think of the consequences before committing the act because he was in a rage to hurt the man who was violating his household and may not think that he could get caught. What ethics could be considered in this case--a crime of passion--should the death penalty be imposed? "

Tags:robbery, American, Civil, Liberties, Union, (ACLU), litigations, offenders, crime, justice, criminal