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Body Hair Human Evolution
1,701 wordsHuman Evolution: the water theory. Elaine Morgan The crucial question about human evolution is why humans differ so strikingly from the African apes despite their close genetic relationship. Most Darwinists would agree that such differences are usually attributable to differing environmental pressures; and hence that our ancestors at some stage probably occupied a significantly different habitat from the ancestor of the gorilla and the chimpanzee. For the last half-century it has been generally ...
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Blood Sugar Levels Kill Cancer Cells
1,114 words... x-rays are taken. These pictures aid the surgeon by helping he or she plan the operation. The final test is a laparoscopy. A surgeon guides a small camera through a half-inch incision in the abdomen. The organs in the abdomen can then be examined directly. This is done to find out if the pancreatic tumor has spread to other organs or structures. But what happens if your tumor cannot be surgically removed? There are three other forms of treatment other than surgery for pancreatic cancer. One ...
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Fetus Produces Antibodies Fetus Produces Antibodies Specific Toxoplasmosis
1,061 wordsI will be addressing the possible immunological barriers that may be involved with challenge to infection of Toxoplasmosa gondii, the protozoan that causes toxoplasmosis. It is widely known that toxoplasmosis is a devastating disease, with often drastic consequences upon infection. In pregnant mothers, these consequences can be very horrid. Such effects are more felt by the unborn fetus than by the mother. These effects include abortion, premature birth, and severe growth retardation (Creamy et....
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Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Centers For Disease
1,257 words... freshly collected. A technique used to duplicate genetic material for study, called the polymerase chain reaction, is used to detect Ebola viral material in patient blood or tissues. When infection by the virus is suspected, local health officials institute strict barrier nursing procedures (such as the use of gowns, gloves, and masks) and usually call on experts from the World Health Organization (WHO), the Centers for Disease The Ebola virus has been classified by the CDC as Biosafety Leve...
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Stay Healthy Regular Basis
757 wordsFree dive spear fishing is a very enjoyable sport. This great outdoor sport is a perfect way to keep the body very healthy. It can effect the body in many positive ways. It works as a great cardiovascular exercise; a great way to relieve stress; and a delicious way to get the proper nutrients the body needs to stay healthy. The first effect that free dive spear fishing has on the body is the way it allows the body to stay in shape with its demanding cardiovascular work out. Spear fishing require...
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Uv Rays Takes Place
308 wordsThe Integumentary system consists of the skin and its accessory structures and the subcutaneous tissue. The two major layers of the skin are the outer epidermis and the inner dermis. Epidermis- made of stratified squamous epithelium; cells called keratinocytes. 1. Stratum Germanitivum- the inner most layer where mitosis takes place; new cells produce keratin and die as they are pushed to the surface. 2. Stratum Corneum- the outermost layers of dead cells; keratin prevents loss and entry of water...
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Places In The Brain Thought Process Mind
1,130 wordsMy intentions was to return to that rather frightening but nonetheless undeniably intriguing place where I had been on my last trip. A bizarre, brain wrapped around the universe, mode. This time I was equipped with a greater degree of understanding of the place, due in part to conversations I had had, and in part to my own realizations in integrating the details of the last trip. Only a double dose of LSD this time, but it was quite enough. Again, the start time was late at night. I lie in bed. ...
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Fertilized Egg Cystic Fibrosis
944 wordsTransgenic Technology: Cloning Techniques Amanda Kruvand Transgenic Technology Transgenic technology can introduce a gene or genes from one individuals DNA into the DNA of another individual- even when the genes come from different species. The gene or genes are inserted in to a fertilized egg and become integrated in to the DNA of that zygote. Nuclear Transfer Technology It is possible to replace a complete set of genes (called a genome) using nuclear transfer technology. The nucleus, which con...
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Signs And Symptoms Infectious Diseases
1,203 wordsIntroduction to viruses: For centuries submicroscopic organisms, also known as viruses, that grow and multiply at different rates inside of a cell, have been circulating our planet. 1 The cell produces the various, essential components of the virus. These components are: 1) DNA or RNA nucleic acids, which are the genes of the virus. Viral particles posses either DNA strands or RNA strands, but never both in contrast bacterial infections contain both. The amount of DNA/RNA in a virus changes depe...
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Necrotizing Enterocolitis Necrotizing Necrotizing Enterocolitis Necrotizing Enterocolitis Blood
332 wordsNecrotizing Necrotizing Enterocolitis Necrotizing Enterocolitis Necrotizing enterocolitis is an acquired disease, primarily in premature infants or sick newborns, in which intestinal tissue dies. The causes of NEC are unknown, but it is thought that a decreased blood flow to the bowel keeps the bowel from producing the normal protective mucus. Bacteria may also be a factor. Risk factors include small, premature infants, outbreak among other infants in the nursery, the feeding of concentrated for...
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Organ Donation Organ Donor
1,175 wordsINTRODUCTION /ATTENTION STEP A. 1. Imagine that a loved one has just been severely injured in a car accident. 2. The injuries include brain trauma, broken bones, but most notably, a loss of two pints of blood, that your friend is in desperate need of. 3. Coincidentally your blood type matches. 4. Picture yourself at the scene of the accident. 5. Put yourself in the hospital waiting room, anticipating news from the doctors, hoping that your friend will survive. 6. What would you say when the doct...
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Chemical Warfare Chemical Weapons
1,244 wordsHow many people were killed or injured in WWI due to chemical weapons? According to the Chemical Weapons Convention web page 1, 400, 000 people were affected by chemical weapons. The most serious casualties were in Russia with 475, 000 injuries and 56, 000 killed. The problems of chemical warfare are upon us yet again. Saddam Hussein is currently trying to avoid weapon inspections by the United Nations. After it has been discovered that he used weapons during Desert Storm, can we risk confrontat...
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Anti Abortionists Pro Life
825 wordsCarol Everett, a Pro-Life PRO-LIFE Carol Everett, a former abortion provider, confesses that one in 500 women were killed or maimed in her abortion clinics. Approximately 1, 500, 000 abortions are performed in this country annually. If her experience is typical, 3, 000 women are seriously injured or killed by abortion every year (Everett 25). They give a woman the right to control her own body, which is part of her right to her own freedom and life. In this paper I am going to discuss why aborti...
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Anabolic Steroids Mood Swings
1,042 wordsYouve seen them, and you thought you knew what was going on. The muscle-heads at the gym, the all-star basketball player, the amazing offensive tackle, and the lightning fast swimmer. All of them used steroids, and you knew it. They were all unnaturally strong, and looked like gods. But what you could not see is the terrible side effects which come through the use of anabolic steroids. These powerful drugs have both positive and negative results from their use. Along with increased strength and ...
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Nuclear Power Plants Amount Of Energy
1,414 wordsNuclear Power is a very complex subject and deals with a lot of social, scientific and political issues. The scientific side to Nuclear Power is probably the most complex of the three. Nuclear Power can turn you into ash in nanoseconds, render you retarded, or simply power your home. The process of nuclear fission, safety, destruction, will be discussed in the following pages along with history, present and future of this technology. In the process of fission, two major parts are required on the...
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Bodys Immune System Rheumatoid Arthritis
723 wordsRheumatoid arthritis affects an estimated 293, 000 people, or one person in 100. Rheumatoid Arthritis causes inflammation in the lining of the joints or other internal organs. This inflammation separates Rheumatoid Arthritis from other more common forms of arthritis, like osteoarthritis. Rheumatoid Arthritis can affect people of all ages from little kids to old people. It most commonly appears between the ages of 25 and 50. Rheumatoid Arthritis affects women three times more often than men. It i...
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Tissue Paper Large Herbivores Comet
408 wordsHow the Dinosaurs Became Extinct Dinosaurs, as we know are extinct. But the question is how they became extinct. It s a question many scientists and archaeologists have been pondering and many of them have different ideas about it. I have collected and created some of the different hypothesis scientists have came up with. I have chosen the volcano and comet possibilities. Some believed that a volcano killed the dinosaurs. The idea is that when a volcano erupted, it caused a lot of dust and rubbl...
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Ct Scan Brain Tissue
787 wordsIn my report Concussions Concussions In my report I will be talking about concussions. Concussion, by definition, is a clinical syndrome characterized by immediate and transient posttraumatic impairment of neural functions. Some examples include alterations of consciousness, disturbance of vision, and loss of equilibrium. These are just some of the effects of a concussion. A concussion is a serious head injury and is not something people should take lightly. The brain is composed of soft, delica...
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Men And Women Androgenic Steroids
1,096 wordsIn the past three decades, steroids have become a serious problem in the athletic field. The demand for it has increased within recent years and the prices shot up since the mid- 1980 s. The smuggling of steroids into the United States increases every year. The methods have become easy. Simple methods such as stashing it inside a teddy bear, sneaking it across the Mexican border inside shampoo bottles have worked. These type of steroids are anabolic drugs that build growth hormones that include ...
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Male Hormone Testosterone Anabolic Steroids
650 wordsOur group chose steroids because of its longtime popularity among athletes and the such, and our soul goal is to inform the class on its composition, effects, and some statistics on who takes and under what circumstances these drugs are taken. Anabolic steroids are synthetic derivatives of the male hormone testosterone. The full name is androgenic anabolic steroids meaning promoting masculine characteristics, building, drugs. Unlike other drugs, steroids are usually taken for somewhat of a posit...
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