http://www.studentpulse.com/ Academic articles written by students, published by Student Pulse. en-us Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:12:58 -0500 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:12:58 -0500 http://www.studentpulse.com/articles/202/the-social-media-revolution-exploring-the-impact-on-journalism-and-news-media-organizations Twitter. Facebook. Digg. MySpace. LinkedIn. The list of social media tools could probably run on for paragraphs, and today’s technology changes so rapidly that many industries, including corporations and news media, can barely keep up. In the traditional world, newspapers, corporations, governments... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:29:21 -0500 http://www.studentpulse.com/articles/202/the-social-media-revolution-exploring-the-impact-on-journalism-and-news-media-organizations http://www.studentpulse.com/articles/201/americas-growing-problem-increasing-levels-of-childhood-obesity These ever-increasing percentages have been labeled as reaching epidemic status by the surgeon general. According to Jeffrey P. Koplan, MD, MPH, and William H. Dietz, MD, PhD, in their article Caloric Imbalance and Public Health Policy, “Approximately 60% of overweight 5- to 10-year-old children... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:13:17 -0500 http://www.studentpulse.com/articles/201/americas-growing-problem-increasing-levels-of-childhood-obesity http://www.studentpulse.com/articles/200/raising-titanic-the-world-of-communication--the-creation-of-one-of-the-worlds-most-succesful-films Twentieth Century Fox was right to question the likelihood of box-office success for James Cameron’s $200 million film Titanic: “an Edwardian period piece, a costume film, a romance, a story whose ending was known – and a ‘downer’ so to speak” had grim chances for... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:15:49 -0500 http://www.studentpulse.com/articles/200/raising-titanic-the-world-of-communication--the-creation-of-one-of-the-worlds-most-succesful-films http://www.studentpulse.com/articles/199/using-stem-cell-and-gene-therapy-technologies-to-treat-parkinsons-disease Parkinson’s disease (PD), a progressive neurodegerative disorder most prevalent in the elderly and for which there is currently no cure, selectively targets nigrostriatal Dopaminergic (DAergic) projection neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc), which generates a consequential loss... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:45:01 -0500 http://www.studentpulse.com/articles/199/using-stem-cell-and-gene-therapy-technologies-to-treat-parkinsons-disease http://www.studentpulse.com/articles/198/citizens-united-vs-federal-election-commission-taking-america-from-a-proud-democracy-to-a-privately-funded-corporatocracy Democracy is based on the core principle that the power to govern should be in the hands of the people.  In the United States, the people exercise that power by casting their vote for the candidate they see as most fit to lead. This right is now being threatened: the 5-4 Supreme Court decision... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:17:26 -0500 http://www.studentpulse.com/articles/198/citizens-united-vs-federal-election-commission-taking-america-from-a-proud-democracy-to-a-privately-funded-corporatocracy http://www.studentpulse.com/articles/197/the-resilient-czech-spirit-on-display-in-bohumil-hrabals-closely-observed-trains-and-i-served-the-king-of-england Bohumil Hrabal was born in 1915, and lived through some of the most tumultuous years of Czech history. Hrabal grew up in the time of the First Republic, when literature moved away from nationalism to a more aesthetic view. In this frame, Hrabal likely grew up reading Karel Čapek, Jaroslav Ha&scaron... Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:05:04 -0500 http://www.studentpulse.com/articles/197/the-resilient-czech-spirit-on-display-in-bohumil-hrabals-closely-observed-trains-and-i-served-the-king-of-england http://www.studentpulse.com/articles/196/career-snapshot-the-film-director-a-human-lens The scene is set for another take: the actors and extras are in costume and in place; the set decorator has set the stage just as the vision of the film entails; the director of photography has the lights and cameras ready to capture the action. However, before the scene begins, they all turn their... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:45:39 -0500 http://www.studentpulse.com/articles/196/career-snapshot-the-film-director-a-human-lens http://www.studentpulse.com/articles/195/mitochondria-the-powerhouses-of-our-cells-and-brain-disease Mitochondria are eukaryotic, membrane-enclosed, 1-10um sized organelles, described as “cellular power plants” as they are responsible for the production of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and oxidative phosporylation. Signal transduction (buffering and storage of intracellular calcium), control... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:39:15 -0500 http://www.studentpulse.com/articles/195/mitochondria-the-powerhouses-of-our-cells-and-brain-disease