Factor IX Essays

  • Alprolix: Innovation in Treatment for Patients with Deficient or Dysfunctional Factor IX

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    long-acting recombinant coagulation factor IX product, that’s intended for use in patients with Hemophilia B (Christmas Disease). Approved under the proprietary name Alprolix, Coagulation Factor IX (Recombinant), Fc Fusion Protein is therapeutically designed to be prolonged in circulation and requires less recurrent injections by users. Alprolix is an innovation that is advancing treatments and the quality of life for patients with deficient or dysfunctional congenital Factor IX. SUBMISSION DETAILS Type

  • Hemophilia, A Bleeding Disorder

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    sight of the cut than it would for a child without hemophilia. Hemophilia also causes joint damage because the built up blood of a bleed inside the body erodes joints. Out of the two types of hemophilia: hemophilia A, which is factor VIII deficiency, and hemophilia B, factor IX deficiency, hemophilia A is more common with 80 percent of cases being this type (Dowshen). Yet what causes this bleeding disorder? How does someone get it? How can it be treated? Since the discovery of the cause of hemophilia

  • The Success of Title IX

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    Education Amendments of 1972, this contains Title IX which was intended to ensure that discrimination based on sex was eliminated.  The area that this has had the most contentious impact is sports.  Has Title IX increased women's opportunities to participate in sports during college equitably and fairly?  Title IX has increased opportunities for women to participate in college sports programs with minimal impact on men's sports programs. Title IX was meant to eliminate discrimination against women

  • The History of Titile IX

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    The History of Titile IX Sex. That one little word has led to a mini-revolution in all aspects of a girl's education, from Kindergarten to Graduate School, all across the nation. In 1972, Title IX was adopted as the landmark legislation for prohibition of gender discrimination in schools, and was signed into law, by President Richard Nixon, on June 23. This legislation encompasses both academics and athletics. Title IX reads: "No person in the U.S. shall, on the basis of sex be excluded from

  • Gender and Diversity Conflict in Teams

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    For a team to be successful there are several factors that have to be addressed in order for a fluent, functioning group of individuals combined to achieve a certain goal. This goal can be a variety of different endings from producing minor results to making decisions that create a major impact on a large scale. Within a team environment conflict is always presence. Conflict is essential to the advancement of teams and must be managed in a proper way to avoid destruction and division amongst the

  • Title IX and the Expansion of Educational Rights for Women

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    Title IX and the Expansion of Educational Rights for Women Title IX legislation, passed in 1972, expanded the rights of an individual in ed ucational opportunities. It equalized academic prospects for individuals by ensuring that males and females must have equal access to educational possibilities. Title IX is traditionally attributed to the growth of athletic programs for women by demanding that programs for women are given the same amount of money and attention as men's teams. However, Title

  • The Power of Title IX

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    Title IX is a law passed in 1972 that requires gender equity for boys and girls in every educational program that receives federal funding (U.S. Department of Education, 2007). No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under any educational programs or activity receiving federal financial assistance. – From the preamble to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (U.S. Department of

  • Addressing Sexual Violence in College: An Interview with VP of HR

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    already have a Title IX coordinator(s)? If so, what is the Name/title, office address, telephone number, and the email address of the Title IX coordinator? If not, do hiring recommendations need to be included in this consultation report? (Yes, the college has nine Title IX Coordinators. There are six who are administrators and three faculty members.)

  • Women in Sports - NCAA vs. AIAW

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    had created 42 national championships and moved from a 276 charter member institution into an organization consisting of 971 institutional members (Hult). In 1979 Title IX was passed, giving female athletes a huge step towards achieving their goals but possibly giving the AIAW it's defeating blow. With the passage of Title IX came funding for women's sports that was not present prior to this. Suddenly women's athletics were more than just a game, they were profitable sports and men took note of

  • Women Are Strong Enough To Overcome The Disadvantages in Sports

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    between unequal collegiate level scholarships. The leap began with the enactment of Title IX in the Education Amendments of 1972, and has greatly progressed from there. Title IX is one aspect of the Education Amendments that paved the way for female athletics. By banning sex discrimination in all aspects of academics and athletics, women were rapidly provided with numerous fresh and new opportunities. Though Title IX endorsed equity in both academics and athletics, most controversy fell under the attention

  • Title IX

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    As part of the Education Amendments of 1972, Title lX states that, “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.” This act has been one the most controversial and most scrutinized amendments to be passed in years and it has never been re-evaluated. It has done a lot during its years by increasing womens sports

  • Women in Sports

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    states boys are not granted the same rights because there has been no such "historical limitation" on their participation in sports, according to the Women's Sports Foundation. While this may seem to defy the motivating spirit behind laws like Title IX, many view it as an "acceptable" situation. Boys who do participate in sports such as synchronized swimming, cheerleading and even ... ... middle of paper ... ...ly equal arena is furthered. The more the current conception of what is permissible

  • We Must Enforce Title IX

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    The Civil right Acts of 1964 was originally written to end discrimination based on race, color, national origin, and along the way came Title IX. Title IX as we all know gave equal opportunity for women to participate in sports starting in Elementary schools to colleges or the universities level and almost all schools and colleges receive federal funding. The original intention was never focused on sports. It wasn’t until 1969 when an emerging activist by the name of Bernice Sandler complained to

  • Title IX’s Lasting Effects on Gender Equality in Federally Funded Sports Activities

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    Civil Rights Act were passed. One of the most influential portions of this amendment still is Title IX. Title IX states: “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participating in, be denied benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal Financial assistance....”(Kuhn, 1977) Since the passage of Title IX, there have been many more opportunities for both males and females in all aspects of athletics (Preist

  • College Sports - Women in Sports and Title IX

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    Women in Sports and Title IX Since the 1972 conception of Title IX of the Education Amendments, the number of women participating in intercollegiate athletics has increased five-fold, from fewer than 30,000, to more 150,000 in 2001. However, more than 400 men’s athletics teams have been dismantled since Title IX, the law forbidding sex discrimination at institutions receiving federal funds, became law. Some would say this is due, in part, to Title IX enforcement standards like proportionality

  • Inequality In Sport Essay

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    Title IX was put in place to help women. This act was supposed to stop situations such as unfair media attention, but has it helped? According to the article Media Coverage of Women's Sport: A New Look at an Old Problem, “There is evidence that these injustices are not diminishing over time, as Duncan and Messner (2000), in their longitudinal analysis, found the amount and type of coverage of women's sport in broadcast media has not changed since 1989” (Cunningham 44). The problem of inequality within

  • Media Coverage Of Women's Sports

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    When it comes to women's sports and popularity in the 21 century it has been little progress made toward gender equality for woman sports, now in the 21 century more kids and adults know who some of these females athletes are but as far as media coverage goes for female athlete are in the shadows of the male athletes dominance and the tradition that males developed in sport due to what gender establish athletics first, because women sports were brought up years after men athletics had been established

  • Title IX and Sex Discrimination

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    United States of America has passed a law called title IX, which has improved women’s rights drastically. Title IX states: “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.”(Office) Within a college/university or any federal financially assisted program title IX is applied. Women are to be treated equally and are given

  • Title IX and It’s Influence on Facilities Access By Scholastic and Collegiate Student-Athletes

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    equal access of facilities by both genders to comply with the policies of Title IX. When President Richard Nixon signed the Title IX of the Education Amendments in 1972, it said “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation, in be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance” (“Title IX Legal Manual”). Athletic administrators have to be careful when it comes to facility

  • Gender Equality: Dr. Morrison

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    of the female gender sporting activities. It was not until the year 1972, when the popular title IX, was passed into law. This title read that “no person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.” The core theme of title IX was to eliminate discrimination in the sporting sector and to promote the status of the female gender