Immunological memory

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Immunological memory develops in early childhood to protect us from diseases in adulthood. This can be acquired by both active and passive immunity.

Visit the CDC website regarding vaccines at: https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/hcp/imz/child-adolescent.html (Links to an external site.). Select a vaccine to use for your discussion post and answer the following related to your vaccine choice:

Describe the immunity whether active or passive, is it natural or artificial? Why?

What is the routine time frame for immunity? (i.e. series, booster, catch-up)

What body system could it affect? Why and how? (i.e. stress-related response)

Regulating and criminalization of sex

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A central theme in this course considers how the regulating and criminalization of sex are embedded in other interlocking forms of oppression.

Drawing on course readings, write a response to the following question: How can we use intersectionality to respond to the various ways that sex is regulated and criminalized?

You can take up the perspective of the criminal justice system [e.g., police, courts, corrections] or the perspective of activists and social movement actors

The social-integration techniques

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Share one scholarly source explaining loneliness in the United States today. Briefly summarize the source you find, and include an APA-style parenthetical in-text citation and a full APA-style reference entry citation for the source you locate.

Next, choose one of the social-integration techniques described in the textbook that is used by tribes and/or in chiefdoms and explain why that technique successfully encourages solidarity and social connection between people.

Finally, analyze whether or not such techniques or similar approaches might encourage social integration in your own community.

Could such techniques address the loneliness concerns you identify in your scholarly research? Why or why not?

Could such techniques address the loneliness you and your peers may experience in this course/program?

Research on climate change

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The way climate change is discussed in the media and by politicians directly impacts the funding of research on climate change. A company called The Ocean Cleanup goes around the world to clean the oceans and help wildlife. This company would want to spend money on media advertisements to gain funding for the technology needed to help clean the oceans in a way that causes the least harm to marine life and how oil spills impact the oceans. However, the big oil companies would not want that. These companies can spend money on advertisements, lobby policymakers, and perhaps even try to put information out in the media that makes the opposition’s mission look like it is the villain in the story. All these things contribute to how we look at global and even local topics. What we see and hear from the world around us, if we like it or not, helps shape how we see the world. The bias of the companies mentioned above influences how those companies would be able to get research done and what kinds of research are published or out to the media. Smaller organizations do not have the same connections or resources as bigger ones, like the big oil techs, to get the word out about their research. This can develop a bias towards one point rather than the other. These two topics go hand in hand.

Primatology and the evolutionary process

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Using the information provided in the film Alexander Street: “Primates Like Us” and in your textbook, discuss why the study of primates is important in anthropology. Explain any misconceptions that you may have had prior to watching this module’s film about primatology and the evolutionary process. Also, go into detail about other elements of primatology that you will like to explore in this course. How do you think the study of primates can impact/influence non-anthropological topics?

Ethical considerations for conducting ethnopharmacological research

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“The Shaman’s Apprentice” Film Questions What does the field of ethnobotany study? How does it differ from the field of ethnopharmacology? Who is considered to be the father of the science of ethnobotany? What are alkaloids? What function do they serve in plants? In people? How do shamans learn therapeutic knowledge of plants? Why can combinations of medicinal plants be more powerful than single plants alone? Why can using a whole plant for medicine differ from using singular medicinal compounds found within them? What are herbaria? Extra credit: In the film, the ethnobotanist Mark Plotkin discusses ethical considerations for conducting ethnopharmacological research. Summarize his view and discuss your own on this matter.

 Theories and Techniques of Group Counseling

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Theories and Techniques of Group Counseling (answer all three questions ho less than 150 words) i. What steps might you take to ensure the equitable use of group time for each member? What responsibility, if any, do you see yourself as having to draw out silent members or control monopolizing members? 2. How would you take into consideration the diversity of values that likely exists in a culturally diverse group of clients? 3. How would you determine which theoretical approach to use in a particular group? Give an example of the type of group, approach, and reason for use. Reference Corey, M. 8., Corey, G., & Corey, C. (.2017). Groups: Process and Practice (10th ed.). Cengage Learning.

The common heritage of humanity

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In accordance with the idea that the common heritage of humanity and its common resources are the fundamental concepts that certain places belong to humanity and that their resources be available for the use and benefit of all, why is the Horn of Africa is, the richest region of the world in these mentioned resources.
Give multiple ideas considering these things, not only natural resources but as well as human heritage (cultural) resources such as UNESCO sites, etc.

Genes that control colorblindness

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For this set of questions, we’re going to simplify things a little bit. Humans have three genes that control colorblindness, but we’re going to pretend that there’s only one. Imagine that there is a Homozygous woman with color vision and sex chromosomes: X X Imagine that there is a male with colorblindness, whose sex chromosomes are: XC Y If these two people were to have children, there are two potential sex chromosome combinations. I’ve filled in a couple of the answers for you.

what % chance an offspring will be XC X (female carriers of the color-blindness gene)

what % chance an offspring will be

Why is the concept of race so prevalent in modern society

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Why is the concept of race so prevalent in modern society when anthropologists refute its use in virtually all instances? 2. Where race is used by anthropologists, what is the context? 3. What is the rationale for its use within those situations? 4. How is the concept of population similar to, or different than, race? 5. How does using the statistical concept of ‘population’ to group people instead of race change how you think about human variation – or does it change it at all? 6. Are we just substituting one word for another?