GEC 007 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Impact Of Nanotechnology, Smartdust, Precautionary Principle

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2 Nov 2021

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Technological Institute of the Philippines

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Engineering

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GEC 007

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Being a relatively new industry, nanotechnology and the people behind it should pick a lesson or two from history, and never ignore public policy and issues. Such issues may include possible health and environmental hazards from genetically modified foods - which may invite potential public backlash. Industrial revolution",1 then it also must raise a host of important social and ethical questions that we need to consider now. The following are some of the issues in "nanoethics" cited by patrick lin, a research director for the nanoethics group, a nonpartisan organization based in santa barbara, California, that studies the ethical and social implications of nanotechnology. The precautionary principle seems to require that if the impact of our research is unclear, but catastrophe or other undesirable events are possible, then we should pause to conduct more investigation to avoid these scenarios. For instance, if some people are enhanced to become smarter or to see in infrared, that may create a.

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9. Who are "the gods" referring to in this passage from the story?

"The house was an altar with ten thousand attendants, big, small, servicing, attending, in choirs.

But the gods had gone away, and the ritual of the religion continued senselessly, uselessly."

a. the mother, father, and children who lived in the house

b. politicians who began a war and then fled to safety

c. the inventors responsible for creating the house

d. scientists who developed the nuclear bomb astonishment

10. The dog frothed at the mouth, lying at the door, sniffing, its eyes turned to fire is an example of $a(n)$

11. What is the significance of the line, "The dog was gone."

a. This is the beginning of the takeover of the home

b. It represents the end of the last truly living thing in the house

c. The dog has finally left as have all the people

d. It symbolizes the total abandonment of the home

12. Why is it ironic that the house chooses the poem "There Will Come Soft Rains"

a. The poem is Mrs. McClellan's favorite, but she is not there to hear it

b. The house, like nature in the poem, is unaware of the demise of mankind

c. It is raining outside as it is raining in the poem

d. The house is mistaken about the poetry Mrs. McClellan liked

13. Why does the marking of time change at 10:00p.m.?

a. The damage has changed the home's operating system.

b. The home now realizes the family is no longer there.

C. The house is now dead and no longer announcing the time.

d. The home is set to change the marking for time at 10:00p.m.

14. Which line best represents the climax of the story?

a. The nursery walls glowed. (paragraph 24)

b. Today is August 5, 2026, today is August 5,2026, today is ... (last line)

c. A dog whined, shivering on the porch. (paragraph 14)

d. At ten o'clock the house began to die. (paragraph 31)

15. Based upon the story as a whole, the reader can conclude that Bradbury believes

a. more technology should be used in every home

b. technology can be useless, impractical and even dangerous

c. all technology should be monitored closely by the government

d. technology has the ability enhance the lives of individuals

16. What is the effect of the story's point of view?

a. The first person narration reveals the thoughts/actions of the family members.

b. The omniscient narrator reveals details not available since there are not characters.

c. The 3rd person narration provides an objective perspective of the events in the story.

d. The omniscient narrator reveals the carelessness and destructive behavior of the family since they would not.

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Research different fields and professions within biology, choose one that you find most) interesting, then complete the following prompts

Write an essay about your chosen job and the field of science it belongs to. Describe what that field of biology studies and how the job fits into that field.

Hint:

- Be sure to include any important facts about how the job makes an impact in science and describe some of the significant discoveries that have been made in its field.

Questions to Consider:

- What is a typical day in this job ike?

- What are the responsibilities and tasks of people in this profession?

- Why did you choose this profession?

What type of education is needed to get this jobs?

Write at least 150 words,

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Write a critical response

France: The country’s first ‘saviour sibling’ is a ‘double-hope baby’
By Annick Chapoy on July 18th, 2011
The birth, in France, of its first baby to be conceived by artificial insemination on top of the selection of an embryo based on its blood, has sent new flames into the hot parliamentary debate over the reform of bioethics law.
The child’s deliberate embryonic selection rested on it not having the gene for beta thalasaemia, and its birth potential to help cure beta-thalasaemia suffered by two older siblings. Theoretically, the use of ‘saviour siblings’ has been allowed since 2006, when the 2004 Bioethics Law and associated decrees was passed. The USA has utilised this for about ten years, but such a birth is rare in Europe – and, depending on the results of a current debate, might become even rarer in France.
Umut-Talha, a name meaning 'our hope' in Turkish, entered life this February in Clamart, south-west of Paris. He weighed 3.65kg and was pronounced ‘very healthy’. His birth resulted from in vitro fertilisation after a double pre-implant genetic diagnosis that enabled doctors to choose an embryo that would not carry the disorder beta-thalasaemia, and whose blood and tissue would be compatible with that of his brother and sister. This type of technique was legalised in France with the Bioethics Law of 2004, but is still the source of great controversy in the public.
It is the first successful birth resulting from this type of pregnancy in the country. The practice is legal in numerous other European countries, including Spain and Belgium where, in 2005, the first two 'medicine babies' in Europe were born. The first birth of this type took place in the USA in 2000.
France’s first so-called ‘saviour sibling’ was born to parents of Turkish origin and he was conceived under circumstances that would have been unthinkable only a generation ago. Umut Talha’s parents had approached the hospital in Clamart just over a year ago. They had a serious problem - their two youngsters were both afflicted with the inherited blood disorder beta thalasaemia, which requires monthly blood transfusions. The parents knew the hospital was one of only three in France that was developing a treatment for their children's illness.
An embryo was screened and genetically selected from an original group of 12 embryos. It was chosen to ensure it did not carry the Beta thalasaemia gene and also due to its compatibility with the sick siblings. Besides selecting an offspring that would be spared from the disorder, the parents hoped their future baby could also become a donor of the right kind of treatment cells.
Born disorder-free, the baby’s cells also proved compatible with his two-year-old sister. Doctors feel confident that she will be cured with the cells from his discarded umbilical cord, and her monthly blood transfusions will be discontinued.
The family have since returned to their home in southern France, but plan to return to Clamart to undergo the same procedure to cure their other child, Umut’s four-year-old brother.
Following his birth, French newspapers spread ‘Medicine baby’ headlines across their pages. However, Professor René Frydman, a fertility pioneer and the ‘medical father’ of the first French test-tube baby in 1982, oversaw Umut’s case, said he preferred the term ‘double-hope baby’.
‘Medicine baby is a media term invented by people who are against this kind of procedure,’ said Prof. Frydman. In English-speaking countries, the terms ‘donor baby’ and ‘saviour sibling’ have been widely used in the media.
Umut certainly presents a double hope for his parents: the hope of having a new, healthy baby, and the hope of curing one of their sick children.
However, other scientists, religious groups and parents beg to differ. The issue of saviour babies has raised complex ethical debates, and renewed fears of a move towards ‘designer babies’, or babies whose traits – e.g. intelligence, eye-colour and height – have been predetermined.
Thus, Umut’s birth has raised questions among medical, political as well as religious circles in France. Christine Boutin, President of the Christian-Democratic party, denounced an ‘instrumentalisation of the human being, conceived in the sole purpose of being used’, while the head of the Bishop’s Conference said he was ‘totally opposed to a procedure by which somebody is being used exclusively to serve somebody else’.
The timing of Umut's birth was also significantly timely - just as the very law that allows for cases such as this to be revised. Observers say that the existing legislation guiding biotechnology in France might be tightened and restrict research in certain fields, including stem cells.
The country’s standing bioethics law allows for cases like Umut’s. In fact, the government has earmarked €800,000 per year for Clamart to practice and develop the procedure.
Nonetheless, Prof. Frydman and colleagues say a lot more needs to be done, complaining of endless hurdles to launch further research and access funds. They regret that France has started a decade after the USA and that the government is still reluctant to give them full backing.

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