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Ebola A Deadly Virus
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Life is a biological internet in which viruses
travel like messages, moving at high speed from
node to node and from city to city. They are
diverse and wild spread in every plane on the
surface of the earth. Ironically, such invisible
creatures have a substantially enormous effects on
human life and health. In most cases, Viruses are
harmful and sometimes deadly. One of these deadly
viruses is the Ebola virus, a highly contagious,
deadly and mysterious microbe, known to be the
most lethal virus ...
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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Parts Of The Body
1,111 words
Ergonomics involves designing workplaces and work
tools to be used easily, efficiently and
effectively by people. The overall goal is to
promote health and productivity in the workplace.
Where ergonomic principles are not applied,
chronic musculoskeletal disorders such as
tendinitis of the arm and hand, eyestrain injury
and back injuries may be common. Most people are
concerned when they cannot use parts of the body
like they know they should be able to use them.
People are often unaware of ways...
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Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Ebola Reston
1,212 words
In the year 1976, Ebola climbed out of its unknown
hiding place, and caused the death of 340 people.
Fear gripped the victims' faces, and uncertainty
tortured their minds. The people of Zaire waited
outside clinics, churches and in their homes for a
treatment of the horrible disease, but there was
no cure. They were forced to watch people die,
hoping that they would be saved from the violent
death of the Ebola virus. From the year of 1976 to
the present date of 1996, researchers have
searched fo...
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Time Period B C
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Several weeks ago I visited the Museum of Man-
specifically the exhibit of Egyptian artifacts. I
observed the Funerary Stela of Menthuhotpe. This
piece is obviously from the early Egyptians,
probably during the Old Kingdom Dynasty, which
spanned several thousand years around 2000 B. C...
The pieces resemblance to the reliefs during this
time period is striking (one example of similar
work is the relief in Tis mastaba which shows him
watching a hippo hunt created between 2450 and
2350 B. C. ). Th...
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Canine Parvovirus Common Dog Virus
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There are many diseases and viruses that come in
conflict with the average dog today. If no
precautions are taken to prevent these viruses,
chances are the dog is more than likely to
contract one. One of the most common among these
viruses is called canine parvovirus. Since the
discovery of the canine parvovirus in 1978, the
number of dogs infected has increased rapidly and
tremendously (Welch). Canine parvovirus has
appeared worldwide making it one of the most
common viruses to dogs. It can be ...
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Life Or Death Effects Of Steroids
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The Silent Killers Outline (Abstract) This report
will deplore into the nature of steroids, as well
as many problems and hazards they pose for various
groups that are affected by them. The major
purpose of this report would be to explain and
prove that while there are both positive and
negative effects to steroid usage, the negative
ones far outweigh the positive ones, and steroids,
therefore, not the best choice for professional
and young athletes alike. Various types of sources
will be utilize...
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Heart Rate Finish Line
1,431 words
On The Right Edge Anyone can do good when the
going is good, but only someone special can do
good when the going gets tough. Be that special
person Someone who was on the edge BuzzzzzzThe
noise was getting closer and finally I opened my
eyes. Red neon lines flowed together, making 4: 00
am. I went downstairs to the kitchen to make
coffee. Sipping caffeine I was enjoying every drop
of the brown liquid, because it was my first cup
of coffee for 45 days. Being very nervous in the
evening, I had sle...
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Vice Versa Back Pain
1,011 words
Back pain Back pain has become something we got
used to. 35 % of 46, 860 respondents had used
alternative therapies for a variety of problems,
40 % of whom had chiropractic treatment for back
pain (Consumer Reports, 18). Modern medicine
offers many ways to cure the disease. Lets examine
two main approaches: medical and chiropractic
treatment. First of all, lets compare these
professions. Chiropractic medicine is, first of
all, a philosophy. It is a science, the art of
health. It is a new branch ...
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Feet Per Second Blood Vessels
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Gunshot Wounds The handgun is the primary weapon
in law enforcement. It is the one weapon any
officer or agent can be expected to have available
whenever needed. Its purpose is to apply deadly
force to not only protect the life of the officer
and the lives of others, but to prevent serious
physical harm to them as well. When an officer
shoots a subject, it is done with the explicit
intention of immediately incapacitating that
subject in order to stop the subject poses.
Immediate incapacitation i...
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Bone Tissue Blood Vessels
391 words
2 a) Functions of: skeleton: To provide support
and protection of body parts. It acts as sites for
muscle attachment, blood cell production, and
calcium and phosphate storage. Cartilage: Serves
as structural models for bones that replace them.
It maintains the shape of the nose, outer ear, and
other body parts. It also serves to custom joints
between adjacent bones of the vertebral column,
limbs, hands, and elsewhere. Ligaments: These
bridge the gap between bones Tendons: Cords or
straps of conn...
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Causes Muscle Spasms Brown Recluse Spider Spiders
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Spiders My essay is on spiders. I have chosen a
few spiders to report about. I also have some
basic info about spiders in general. Spiders
comprise a large, widespread group of carnivorous
arthropods. They have eight legs, can produce
silk, and usually have poison glands associated
with fangs. More than 30, 000 species of spiders
are found on every continent except Antarctica in
almost every kind of terrestrial habitat and a few
aquatic ones as well. Spiders range in body size
from about 0. 5 mm...
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Cerebral Palsy Nerve Fibers
777 words
Cerebral Palsy is a range of neuromuscular
disorders caused by injury to an infants brain
sustained during late pregnancy, birth, or any
time during the first two years of life. People
with cerebral palsy have a wide range of
difficulties, from a clumsy walk to an inability
to speak or swallow, caused by faulty messages
sent from the brain to the muscles. In the mid-
1800 s, William Little, an English physician,
first described cerebral palsy in connection with
birth injuries. Approximately 2 pe...
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Central Nervous System Years Of Age
655 words
CODEINE (C 18 H 2, NO 3 H 3 PO 4 1 / 2 H 2 O) Our
team researched the drug Codeine. We used several
different sources to gather our information. We go
information from Jay Moser and Sue Peterson, our
two local pharmacists. We researched medical
encyclopedias, journals, and magazines. Codeine is
known medically as methyl morphine. It is a drug
derived from opium, a poppy plant. It was
discovered in 1832 by French chemist Pierre-Jean
Robiquet. Codeine constitutes about 0. 5 to 2. 5
percent of this...
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Lean Body Mass Body Fat
460 words
From reducing risk of heart attack to simply
providing more energy, weight training plays an
important role in one? s life. One very popular
method of weight training is to increase mobility
and build strength and stamina. This method is
known as circuit training. Circuit training has
been around for decades and offers a wide variety
of applications and benefits. This workout is
performed both mentally and physically. The weight
training participant performs one set of an
exercise then immediate...
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Vena Cava Blood Vessels
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The Circulatory System The circulatory system in
anatomy and physiology is the course taken by the
blood through the arteries, capillaries, and veins
and back to the heart. In humans and the higher
vertebrates, the heart is made up of four chambers
the right and left auricles, or atria, and the
right and left ventricles. The right side of the
heart pumps oxygen-poor blood from the cells of
the body back to the lungs for new oxygen; the
left side of the heart receives blood rich in
oxygen from th...
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Increase The Amount Muscle Mass
236 words
In todays society, a lot of emphasis is placed on
how you look. Almost everybody wants that perfect
body. But with all the things people have to do,
not many are willing to put in the time to get it.
So there must be an easy way to get it. Right? Not
too long ago people were experimenting with
anabolic steroids. They injected horse
testosterone into their veins to increase the
amount of muscle mass produced from lifting. But
after a while, some professional athletes and high
profile people start...
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Deadly Disease 1 Html
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Hand Virus As A Deadly Disease Hand virus is a
dangerous and often deadly disease that must be
guarded against. If proper precautions are not
taken, hand virus could lead to a nationwide
outbreak causing many deaths. While there are a
few cases of hand virus reported each year, the
consequences of coming down with the disease
dictates that the U. S. set up certain safeguards
to educate the population on how to protect
themselves. Even though research is being done on
hand virus and its related i...
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Heroin On The Streets Opium Poppy Drug
1,287 words
It was a Heroin Heroin It was a sunny June morning
in 1996. Jimmy Chaimberlin walked into Jonathan
Melvoin s hotel room. He found him lying
unconscious in his bed and rushed to dial 911.
Despite his quick reaction, when the paramedics
arrived, they pronounced Melvoin dead at 4: 00 a.
m. on June 20, 1996. This is just one of the many
fatalities that heroin causes every year and it
could happen to you. In fact, heroin controls the
lives of over 70, 000 people in the US alone.
Heroin is three times...
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Test Animals Molecular Level
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Herpetological Neurotoxins A herpetological
neurotoxin, more commonly known as snake venom, is
essentially modified saliva. It s primary
functions are to slow down (or kill depending on
the potency of the venom) the prey of the snake,
and to help in the early stages of digestion.
Three types of venomous snake: Opisthoglyphs,
Proteroglyphs, andSolenoglyphs; and many types of
snake venom: hemotoxic and neurotoxic venoms are
some of those that will be discussed in this
paper. The first type of veno...
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Second Stage Sex Partners
784 words
Syphilis Sexually Transmitted Disease Syphilis
Syphilis is an STD caused by a bacterium. Anyone
having unprotected sex with an infected person can
get syphilis. Syphilis is passed from person to
person through direct contact with the syphilis
sore, lesion, or moist rash. It can be passed
through sexual contact, which includes vaginal,
anal and oral sex. Kissing can pass the disease if
one of the people has a sore on the lips or in the
mouth. Pregnant woman can pass the disease to
their babies be...
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