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Biodegradable Plastics For Better Agricultural Productivity And Reduction In Water Consumption

7/6/2016

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By ASHWIN RAMACHANDRAN, Manama, Bahrain
International finalist:
​1. SWEEEP, Houston, USA 2015 – own invention project
2. Golden Climate International Environment Project Olympiad Kenya 2014 – own invention project
3. International Young Inventors Project Olympiad, Georgia 2015 –
4. Golden Climate International Environment Project Olympiad Kenya 2015 – Senior Division
5. International Environment Scientific Project Olympiad (INESPO), Netherlands 2015
The proposed method of agriculture as in this paperwork uses bio-degradable plastics in agriculture and is aimed at increasing agricultural productivity by 37.5% per annum while simultaneously reducing the total water input for agriculture by 65% per annum making it a highly appropriate option for sustainable development which is as well very practical and economically viable. The proposed method is also intended at reducing the time interval between two successive crop plantations so as to improve efficiency by development of manure, which can result in reduction in usage of chemical fertilizers, ultimately reducing bio-magnification.

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Soundless Overtaking Vehicle Alarm System

6/4/2016

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By RISHABH GOSWAMI, New Delhi, India
Previous publication details: International Journal of Electrical and Electronics Research  ISSN 2348-6988 (online) Vol. 3, Issue 4, pp: (162-165), October - December 2015. Available at: www.researchpublish.com
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Gender Differences in STEM Interest and Class Participation: A Middle School Case Study

6/3/2016

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By EMMA DRAKE, the USA
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​While women make up nearly half of the general workforce, they represent only a quarter of the STEM workforce (Beede et al. 2011). While there are undoubtedly many reasons for this bias, this research is looking to determine causes at the beginning of the path, in students, and their math and science development within this stage.

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The Coevolution of Language and Technology: Does Language Play a Role in Shaping the Evolution of Humans?

6/3/2016

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By MEHDI BAQRI, Orlando, Florida, the USA
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Questioz high school research coevolution of language technology
There is an apparent incompatibility between both ends of the spectrum concerning the study of language: both the strictly Darwinian framework as well as the strictly semiotic view assume language as either an exclusively biological or cultural phenomenon.
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However, approaching language in one way or the other disregards its multifaceted nature. Rather, treating language as a composite biocultural complex interlaces the networks populating the biosphere with the threads tying together the semiosphere (Sinha 3; Markoš 312; Lotman 209). Situating language as an artifact within a biocultural niche enables its unification with a rigid evolutionary framework, thereby allowing for the elision of supposedly independent biological and cultural evolutions into a single co-evolutionary process (Sinha 3; Gong and Shuai 22). Language, then, can be understood as both a distinctive part of the biological human being and the foundational human social institution, and through analyzing the relationship between biology and culture within the context of language, one can determine the role of language in shaping the evolution of humans.


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Plastic Surgery in South Korea: The Race-Based Sensation That Transformed the Beauty Industry

6/1/2016

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By VALERIE WU, USA
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In the year 1954, an American plastic surgeon by the name of Ralph Millard entered the country of South Korea as part of the United States Marine Corps. With him, he brought decades of knowledge in the plastic surgery field, as well as a strong interest in the cosmetic potential of the Asian face--an interest that would quickly develop into a racial obsession.
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Originally designed to treat victims who had been severely injured during the Korean War, plastic surgery was deemed as a medical necessity when it was first established in South Korea. With the assistance of Millard, the procedure soon became more aesthetically based.


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Correlation Between Music Preferences and Career Plans

5/25/2016

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By RAPHAEL MORALLO, The Philippines
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The Socioeconomic Effects of Name Choice: A Literature Review

5/24/2016

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By MAYA DRU, USA
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​In 1995, a New York high school dropout decided to name her baby daughter Tempestt after her favorite actress, Tempestt Bledsoe. She misspelled the name on the birth certificate, and girl entered the world as Temptress. At fifteen, Temptress had lived up to her namesake, becoming rebellious and sexually promiscuous. At her juvie sentencing, Judge Duggan asked her mother, “Is poor Temptress just living up to the expectations of her name?” (Spurlock) Names are a form of language, but are they deterministic in determining someone’s future? The plight of Temptress begs the question: how much will a child’s first name influence his or her future socioeconomic status? First names are often social markers of race, but names on their own are not proven determinants of socioeconomic destiny.


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A Process of Learning: Distributing Literature, Cartonera-Style

5/24/2016

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By LUCAS DAVIS, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Mentor: Corralu Buddenbohm (Paper advisor); Ms. Mary O’Rourke, Lausanne Collegiate School
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What does the Cartonera have to offer in weathered economies? How is it effective in teaching and distributing literature?    ​
Questioz High School Research Cartonera Movement 1
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(Fig. 4) Fig. 1 - Eloisa Cartonera’s creatively painted books are all made out of cardboard bought from Cartoneros. (Eloisa Cartonera) Fig. 2, 3, 4 - David Santos’ book, produced in conjunction with La Maestra Cartonera, features animals classified and drawn by David himself. (David Santos)

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A Novel Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation Based Navigator For The Blind

5/24/2016

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By SAURAV KHARB, New Delhi, India
​Under the guidance of IIT Delhi Assistech Lab
Originally Published In: International Journal of Emerging Trends in Electrical and Electronics (IJETEE – ISSN: 2320-9569), Vol. 11, Issue. 5, Sep-2015. 
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Sight, or visual sensory is undoubtedly the most important source of information that a human requires for mobility and navigation. Without this, humans become passive and dependant on others. The major problems faced by the visually impaired while walking are tackling short distant obstacles, and planning long distance trajectory. Technology today has devised a plethora of short distant obstacles detection systems like the Electronic Travel Aids, but the problem of planning long distances, i.e. keeping up with the intended bath to travel and not deviating from it, still remains unsolved. This project aims to solve this problem using the phenomenon of Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation as a means to subconsciously guide the visually impaired.

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History is a Weapon: The Crusade for Equality “by any means necessary”

5/10/2016

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By ALEX CHUNG, New York, USA
​The Stanford Summer Humanities Institute, 2015
Course: Revolutions
Professor: Dan Edelstein
​Graduate TA: Dylan J. Montanari
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Questioz High School Research Marxism Civil Rights Alex Chung
I. Introduction
As Karl Marx wrote in the Communist Manifesto, “A spectre is haunting Europe —the spectre of communism.”[1] For the Civil Rights Activists during the 1950s and 1960s in America, a similar specter was haunting the United States - communism. The Civil Rights Leaders turned to communist ideology for inspiration. Leading figures and organizations involved in the Civil Rights Movement such as Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Black Panther Party found profound relationships between Marx’s theories of alienation and revolution and the state of racial inequity in the United States. Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Black Panther Party each applied Marx’s theories in their speeches and in support of their views. Their application of Marx's theories, however, was done in a selectively self-serving manner and in very “broad-strokes” as necessary in order to fit the doctrine to the practicalities of their plight, rather than literally. In addition, when considering the socioeconomic climate within which the Civil Rights Movement was occurring, the Civil Rights activists used the readily apparent demarcation of classes in their fight for racial equality.[2] First, they understood that race inequality was connected to class inequality. Second, they used the ideals of Marxism. Given the Cold War efforts to contain Communism, this ideology was feared by the general public and the American Government as a threat to the social order in the United States.[3]


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Electric Vehicles Powered By Friction: A Feasibility Study

5/10/2016

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By RAPHAEL MORALLO, Muntinlupa City, The Philippines
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In a constantly changing and progressive world where the supply of non-renewable resources such as fossil fuels is at high risk, proper action must be taken for the transportation industry to compensate for such a phenomenon. however the reliance on the hybrid-electric and full-electric automobile model still poses a large carbon footprint. One alternative is to utilize the rotatory movement of the wheels of an automobile to produce enough triboelectric energy to eventually power a vehicle. This research develops and constructs one possible prototype model for such a system and derives its possible current output when used alongside existing 120V and 240V electric car batteries. Although the design succeeds conceptually as a power source, its theoretical outputs will be unable to power an electric vehicle safely. Nevertheless, this research aims to initiate further studies on triboelectric power generation for commercial applications.


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Artistic Revolution: Delacroix, Goya, and Romanticism

5/10/2016

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By CATHY YANG, Pennsylvania, the USA
​The Stanford Summer Humanities Institute, 2015
​Course: Revolutions
​Professor: Dan Edelstein
​Graduate Teaching Assistant: Dylan J. Montanari
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​"In the end, true art is not about a beautiful view, but what it says about the artist, what it does to the viewer."
Questioz High School Research Eugene Delacroix Art History Cathy Yang
Fig. 1 Delacroix, Eugene. Massacre at Chios. 1824. Oil, 13' 9" x 11' 7" (4.2 m x 3.5 m). The Louvre, Paris. Accessed July 2, 2015. www.louvre.fr/en/routes/eugene-delacroix
Questioz High School Research Francisco Goya Art History Cathy Yang
Fig. 2 Goya, Francisco. The Third of May 1808. 1814. Oil, 8' 9" x 12' 4" (2.66 m x 3.8 m). Museo Del Prado, Madrid. Accessed July 3, 2015. www.artstor.org
Questioz High School Research Theodore Gericault Art History Cathy Yang
Gericault, Theodore. The Raft of the Medusa. 1819. Oil, 16' 1" x 23' 6" (4.9 m x 7.2 m). The Louvre, Paris. Accessed July 4, 2015. www.artstor.org
​Art is said to be the signature of civilizations. Throughout history, artists have served as both chroniclers and commentators of important events. During the 19th century, with the emergence of radical political revolutions across Europe, Romanticism became the dominant artistic style for depicting revolutionary events. An examination of two prominent Romantic paintings reveal that Eugene Delacroix’s Massacre at Chios (fig. 1) and Francisco Goya’s Third of May 1808 (fig. 2), though seemingly alike in subject matter and style, are in fact radically different perceptions of similar events.

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Crony Capitalism Examined: Focus on the United States of America

4/22/2016

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By ANAYAT SEKHON, New Delhi, India
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​Crony capitalism is a phenomenon wherein the government colludes with market players and intervenes in an economy in their favour, by doling out grants, tax breaks, subsidies and other sops. This manipulation of market forces results in an “uneven playing field”, reducing competition and stifling innovation, in contravention to the guiding principles of free market capitalism wherein economic gains are solely merit-based. While market interventionism and monopolisation has been a characteristic feature of socialistic welfare states, capitalist economies are by no means bereft of oligopolies due to a myriad of factors—some are natural, such as the economies of scale—while others include weak or absent anti-trust legislation, regulatory capture and crony capitalism itself.


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Hamlet as a Foreshadowing of the Modern Consumerist Psychology

4/22/2016

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By RAPHAEL MORALLO, Manila, Philippines
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​As a highly valued literary work of William Shakespeare, Hamlet has been a focus of many literary analyses that reveal the underlying messages that the text has that may shed light on the creative genius behind the writer, the significance of such pieces of literature in the age that they were written, and its effect on potential readers today. One possible link between the modern age and the Shakespearean classic is how the portrayal of psychologically troubled individuals in the story represents and foreshadows how the obsession over consumerist ideas leads to mental instability. This is shown through the various psychological aspects of the characters that, in turn, contribute to character and plot development as well as the central theme of the play. At the same time, these aspects may be linked to similar conditions that may be seen in today’s consumerist-driven society since the circumstances that affect both the play and modern society may have close similarities. Displaying how consumerism may be found within the internal and external conflict points of the characters creates a comparison that allows Hamlet to continue its recognition as an exemplary piece of English literature.


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Delaware Detox: Lessons From Our Past and Nonpoint Source Pollution in the Delaware River Basin Today

4/22/2016

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By MICHAEL CHENG, USA
​Finalist, 2016 MIT INSPIRE Competition in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences (History Category)
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In order to successfully tackle nonpoint source pollution, policymakers will need to look to the Delaware River’s past, where the combination of public outcry and a new interstate organization dedicated to cleaning up the Delaware River would successfully regulate and control point source pollution, leading to the significantly cleaner river that Americans living in the Delaware River Basin region take for granted today. Examining the factors that led to the control of the Delaware River’s 20th century point source industrial pollution will help policymakers and concerned citizens develop a plan to successfully control the nonpoint source pollution that threatens the river today.
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A Cinematic Revolution

3/26/2016

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By CHELSEA SHU, USA
​Stanford Summer Humanities Institute, 2015
Course: Revolutions
​Professor Dan Edelstein
​Graduate TA: Sarah Grandin
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From clips of the red sun to full-length feature films about the perilous class struggles, films are known for their involvement in many revolutions. They were viewed as vessels of propaganda in the eyes of the revolutionary leaders and sources of education to the common people. Despite the fact that films hold a substantial importance in almost every modern revolution, it was most significant in the Cuban Revolution and the Chinese Cultural Revolution. Not only did the industry manipulate the minds of the  people in favor of the revolution, but it also underwent major changes itself throughout the process. Although the film industry played a major role in both the Cuban Revolution and the Chinese Cultural Revolution, it inaugurated more of an impact, both socially and politically, in the Chinese Cultural Revolution than it did in the Cuban Revolution.
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Manuscriptology of Southern India – Palm Leaf Manuscripts

3/26/2016

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By S. MANAS BHARADWAAJ, Chennai, India
​KS Research Institute - Mylapore, Chennai, 600004
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The palm leaf manuscript is one of the oldest media of writing in India especially in Southern India. It is also the major source for writing and painting in South and Southeast Asian countries including Nepal, Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, Indonesia and Cambodia (Agrawal 1984:24). Though palm leaf writing has been practiced since the ancient times, its precise origin is still unclear.

​Image Courtesy: Government Oriental Manuscript Library, Chennai, French Institute, Pondicherry, Kuppuswami
Research Institute, Chennai and Pulavar Chockalingam, Tanjore

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Decolonization and Revolution as Brother and Sister for the People

3/22/2016

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By ELISABETH SIELGEL, California, USA
​Stanford Summer Humanities Institute, 2015
Professor Dan Edelstein
​Graduate Teaching Assistant: Dylan J. Montanari
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Questioz Research High School Decolonisation
"Just as the citizens of America had to reinvent their methods of political thought in order to dream of possibilities besides a Monarchy, the colonized individuals of Algerian society had to rethink their humanity."
Dale Yoder in his article, 'Current Definitions of Revolution' claims that revolution must involve “abrupt, violent social change” with a shift in sovereignty from one place to another. He wrote, “It is the change in the attitudes of the citizenry toward the underlying basis of the institutions or customs which have come to stand in the way of a tolerable life-experience” (441). As evidenced in comparisons drawn between the American Revolution and the Algerian Revolution from 1954 to 1962, decolonization, as it happens, involves many of the elements also integral to a revolution, making the two terms almost inseparable in their synonymy.​

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Integrated Agricultural Device (IAD)

3/2/2016

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By SAUMYA PAREEK and SILADITYAA SHARMA
New Delhi, India
​The CBSE Science Fair
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The IAD has moisture sensors fitted in it, which would detect the level of moisture in the soil of the field and if it is low according to the crop, then it would act as a trigger and turn the drip irrigation system on, but if the levels are high then it would not turn the system on, thus saving more water than usual. Solar panels attached to it would harness the solar energy and store it in photoelectric cells. If it were cloudy, then the solar energy would not be harnessed. So, an external power source would power everything. The basic principles used are that of drip irrigation and harnessing of solar energy, and combining these with other activities like testing the soil pH, sensing the light in the environment and sensing the temperature.



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Angela's Ashes and Paramilitary Groups

3/2/2016

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By RAUL GARCIA, ESTEBAN MANTICA and VALERIA ZUÑIGA
​Managua, Nicaragua 
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​              This research studies the paramilitary groups mentioned in Frank McCourt’s book “Angela’s Ashes”. It draws mainly upon second hand sources and historic documentation, including books and songs, to explain the rise and fall of the three main paramilitary groups: the Red Branch Knights, the Fenian Men, and the Irish Republican Army. Most prior research focuses on the common purpose of these groups - a free Ireland.


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The Significance of Stresemann in the recovery of Germany after 1923

2/29/2016

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By SARTHAK GARELLA, London, United Kingdom​
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Questioz, High School, Research, JournalStresemann
​Stresemann was a politician of the Weimar republic after Ebert. When Stresemann came into power, Germany was still under the influence of the effects of the treaty of Versailles. Germany was in economic peril, owing 6600 million pounds to the victors of the First World War, militarily crippled as the armed forces were reduced to only 100,000 men and no battleships, no armored vehicles and no aircraft or submarines as well as no troops in the Rhineland. The war guilt clause, article 231, also left Germany hating the allies and the treaty of Versailles as they thought it was unfair. Stresemann entered Germany when it was in a state of peril, however, one could argue that his successes outweighed his limitations and he was very significant in the recovery of Germany after 1923 until his death in 1929.


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Stonewall Riots and The Boston Tea Party

2/8/2016

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By, TYLER HELMS, Shelby, North Carolina, USA
Stanford Summer Humanities Institute, 2015
​Course: Revolutions
Professor Dan Edelstein
​Graduate Teaching Assistant: Sarah Grandin
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"It is the duty of the people, the basis of society, to determine when it is acceptable to revolt. Both the Stonewall Riots and the Boston Tea Party occurred when the people felt that their government no longer represented their interests."
​In the case of all oppression and civil rights violations, there comes a point of explosion, a point where the people refuse to be suppressed and decide to make their voices heard. This is the case for the Stonewall Riots and The Boston Tea Party. While they are distinctly different social and political events, they are held together by three parallels: a similar trajectory of events, suppressed people who wanted their voices heard, and long lasting political influence. Both events followed the path of oppression, explosion, suppression, and long standing impact.

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“Macedonia Is All We Have”: Re-thinking the Contemporary Macedonian Master Narrative

1/15/2016

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By ANDREJ KUCULOVSKI, Skopje, Macedonia
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​"Most Macedonian history textbooks, particularly those intended for the national history curriculum, cast the body of work associated with former president Kiro Gligorov in the most positive and romanticized of lights. And most textbooks base their ‘findings’ on Gligorov’s now well-known literary legacy, namely his 2001 memoir, suggestively titled 'Macedonia is all we have.'"
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In this paper, I will attempt to explore the following question: If we accept the premise that master historical narratives are shaped by “great people”, how can we truly know about the past? Are there enough sources to know the truth? By looking at contemporary Macedonian history (since 1991) and its master narrative (post-Yugoslav, sovereign), particularly focusing on one key stake holder, namely former president Kiro Gligorov, I plan to examine the Gligorov biography using available sources: web sources, Kiro Gligorov’s memoir Macedonia is all we have,  TV and newspaper sources. In this text, Kiro Gligorov’s biography is represented using available, revealed resources.

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Rousseau and Marx: A Utopia to Lose, a Utopia to Win

1/14/2016

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By NAIMA K. GUPTA, New Delhi, India
Stanford Summer Humanities Institute, 2015
​Course: Revolutions
Professor Dan Edelstein
​Graduate Teaching Assistant: Sarah Grandin
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Questioz Marx High School ResearchA Statue of Marx
“Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité” was the motto of the French Revolution. Revolutions have often been about restoring liberty and fighting for freedom. Freedom has always settled well in the minds of the people. However equality as a concept has had a colder reception. The rich don’t want to be equal to the poor; the educated not to the illiterate; the men not to women; and the white not to the coloured. In today’s supposedly “modern” society, inequality is still hidden in every corner. Philosophers, political theorists, revolutionaries, dictators, and many others have struggled to define, to fight for, and to understand equality. What does it mean to be equal? Are all men really born equal? Are we morally obliged to treat everyone equally? Two different sets of answers to these questions can be found in the writings of Jean Jacques Rousseau and Karl Marx.


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Decision Making In Adolescents: Effects of Sleep and Stress

1/13/2016

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By MING ZHANG, Guangzhou, China
Pioneer Research Program, 2015
Professor Jagmeet Kanwal
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​"Adolescents are often associated with the negative image of staying wide awake at midnight, unable to get up in the morning, and sleepy in class. While adults tend to criticize such “unhealthy” sleep behavior, studies have shown that the adolescent brain is programmed to have unique sleep patterns."
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​Adolescence is characterized by impulsive and risky decision making. Considering that the brain continues to develop throughout adolescence, the author of this paper hypothesized before researching on the topic that different developmental paces of different brain regions cause risky decision making in adolescence, which are exacerbated by stress and sleep patterns in this period. During research, it is found that the prefrontal cortex, a brain region associated with cognitive functions, is less developed in adolescence than the striatum and amygdala, which play important roles in reward and emotion processing...(continued)

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