Molecular biologists have perfected dna fingerprinting so that it is possible to use the technique to provide evidence to solve crimes and even identify a child's parents. recently, a u. s. immigrant asked the u. s. citizenship and immigration services for permission to have her young daughter who was living with grandparents in their homeland join her. her request was denied because there was an apparent mix-up with the child's birth certificate and it could not be used as proof of maternity. proof is required in cases such as this. the mother requested dna fingerprinting to make her case. samples of dna were taken from the mother (mom) and daughter (d1) as well as from another daughter (d2) and a son (s) living in the united states with her. a dna fingerprint analysis was run on the four samples, and the results are shown here.

Afull irb committee meeting is convened and one agenda item is a new research proposal to evaluate how mothers interact with their learning-disabled child. the inclusion criteria require the children to be a minimum of five years of age. the protocol requires the mother of the child to look at the child without any expression and not to talk to the child for three minutes. the committee determined that the mother's required task may upset the child. the irb approved the study with appropriate language in the parental permission form regarding the possibility that children might become upset. after the start of the study, the principal investigator reports to the irb that, as expected, one of the children became upset. the incident was handled according to the protocol and the child is fine. what should the irb do with regard to this report?

Which nims command and coordination structures are offsite locations where staff from multiple agencies come together?

Is when a person has given their consent based on understanding the actions and facts of a study?