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Coronary Heart Disease American Lung Association
1,047 words
"According to the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, there were a little over 300, 000
deaths related to AIDS in 1997. That's like taking
half the people in Baltimore county and making
them disappear. Another 75, 000 died from alcohol.
In addition to that, 20, 000 died from illegal
drug use, and 25, 000 died from motor vehicle
crashes. But if you were to add those numbers up,
they still wouldn't equal the amount of deaths
that were related to tobacco. In fact, each year,
smoking kills m...
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Left The Room Vital Signs
1,058 words
I have attended to many deaths in my short career
as a nurse. I guess that is the hardest part of
geriatric nursing. I remember one man in
particular, Joe . He was a veteran of World War
II, and a retired mechanic. He was nearly 90 when
I met him. His beloved wife of 45 years, Sara, had
died only months earlier. He was diagnosed with
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). In
this disease, the lungs lose their elasticity and
begin to fill up with fluid. Eventually, a person
will literally ...
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Skeletal Muscle Muscle Fiber
1,483 words
Mathematics as it relates to Biology Mathematics
and many of its aspects are a major part of
everyday life. We spend the majority of our school
years studying and learning the concepts of it.
Many times, the question of Why do we need to know
these things? has been asked of a teacher by his
or her students. The following will explain the
history and purpose of mathematics in the role of
a biologist. There are various fields that are
found within the subject of biology, so different
kinds of math...
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Petrol Kerosene Mineral Turpentine Kerosene Mineral Turpentine Fire
1,221 words
A fire investigation is a difficult task. The
devastation, charred debris, collapsed structures,
water soaked ashes, along with the smoke and
stench, make an investigation uninviting and
seemingly impossible. There are different types of
fires; in homes, factories, brush, and in the
forest. The best way to investigate a fire would
be to use a trained team of personal. Fire
marshals and private investigators with their
experience of fires along with police officers
skills for determining motives ...
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Coronary Artery Disease Part Of My Life
1,494 words
1. To explain how chemistry is part of my life. A.
An in depth look at heart disease. C. Explanation
on how chemistry is used to treat and in some
cases cure heart A. Recap on how chemistry is part
of my life and everyone's life. B. Elude to the
horrors of a world without chemistry. A merciless
killer stalks the people of this country. No one
can run and no one can hide, but there is a hope.
The application of chemistry in the treatment of
heart disease is the key to ceasing this villain
from cl...
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Public Speaking Famous People
1,195 words
It grabs your gut and makes your hands shake. It
hijacks your saliva glands when you need them the
most. It reduces you to a child, scared to death
that the boogieman lurks somewhere beyond the
stage lights. Stage Fright. According to the Book
of Lists, stage fright is most peoples number one
fear, next to fear of height, insects, deep water,
illnesses and death. This doesnt necessarily mean
people would rather die than do presentations or
perform. By nature death is an once-in-a-lifetime
ordeal...
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Degrees Celsius Sir William
278 words
The element that I have chosen in. The people who
discovered it are known as Sir William Ramsay and
Morris William Travers. Sir William Ramsay and
Morris William Travers were looking for new gases
in the air when the discovered krypton (Kr). They
called it krypton which is Greek for? hidden? .
Ramsay and Travers discovered this gaseous element
in 1898. They discovered it by collecting residues
that were left after their experiment. While
looking for new gases they mainly found oxygen and
nitroge...
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Order To Make Carbon Dioxide
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Today, no matter what you do, you need money to do
it. Right? Right! Shop. Travel. Make a phone call.
You even need to spend money in order to make
money. Money is real. People seem to be under the
assumption that information wants to be free and
that by enabling people to learn and follow their
own interests will benefit society as a whole.
Well, we no longer believe in society as a whole.
We believe in the economy as a whole a black hole!
Why should you be able to think things, and even
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Landing Took Place First Lunar Landing Moon
567 words
The Moon Exploration MOON EXPLORATIO The U. S. has
explored the moon since the 1960, s. The Apollo
Program tells why the United States went to the
moon. The Apollo Spacecraft tells ho we got to the
moon. The First Lunar Landing tells about the
first voyage to the moon. This paper will discus
the lunar landing. The Apollo program was made to
meet the goal set by John F. Kennedy on May 25,
1961. The goal was to land a man on the moon and
return him to Earth alive and well. The program
was a succes...
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Million Years Ago Highest Point
378 words
Bang! 50 million years ago India collided with
Eurasia. The land buckled and crunched upward the
birth of the mighty Himalaya. 100 million years
ago, a vast sea seperated Eurasia and India. Then,
India started drifting north ward at a rate of 4
inches a year. In geological time that is break
neck speed. Like other pikes in the region, Mt.
Everest has long been revered by the local people.
It s most common Tibetan name, Chomolungma, means
Goddess mother of the world. It s identity as the
highest ...
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Plants And Animals Forest Floor
648 words
As you walk Mushrooms Mushrooms As you walk
through a forest or even your backyard you may
take a glance towards the ground and see a
mushroom. Have you ever wondered what may be
causing it to grow? What it is made of etc. ?
Different mushrooms are made of different things,
and different forms of growth allow their
quickness abilities in growth. So what is a
mushroom? A mushroom is the fruit of the mushroom
plant, like the apple of an apple tree. The body
of the mushroom in called mycelium and i...
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Fresh Kills Landfill Municipal Solid Waste
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Waste is a problem, a problem that is on the
increase. Europe produces one hundred and thirty
million tons of household garbage, 324 million
tons of solid industrial waste and 30 million tons
of hazardous waste every year. Disposing of this
waste is becoming increasingly difficult and
expensive, and many countries are considering
burning municipal solid waste to produce energy as
an alternative to traditional methods of disposal
such as landfill. The most important reason for
which landfills are...
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Reduce The Amount Ozone Layer
899 words
Society has been widely addressed with the many
problems that we are having in our environment
today. A major problem is that of CFCs. CFC stands
for Chlorofluorocarbons which are found in many of
the aerosol spray cans. In December of 1973,
Rowland and Molina discovered that CFCs can
destroy the ozone in the stratosphere. In June
1975, the Natural Resources Defence Council (NRDC)
sued the Consumers Product Safety Commission for a
band of CFCs used in aerosol spray cans. United
States fifth larg...
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H 2 O Carbon Dioxide
546 words
Photosynthesis Photosynthesis means putting
together with light. This takes place in
chloroplasts, which have chlorophyll in them.
Chlorophyll absorbs the sunlight. From sunlight,
green plants combine carbon dioxide and water to
make sugar and oxygen. Green plants use sugar to
make starch, fats and proteins. These are tiny
pores called stomata. Stomata are plant spores,
which enable gas exchanges to take, place, and
water to vapor to be lost. This has the benefit of
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Acid Rain Plant Growth
767 words
Phosphates may be Untitled Phosphates may be
created by substituting some or all of the
hydrogen of a phosphoric acid by metals. Depending
on the number of hydrogen atoms that are replaced,
the resulting compound is described as a primary,
secondary or tertiary phosphate. Primary and
secondary phosphates contain hydrogen and are acid
salts. Secondary and tertiary phosphates, with the
exception of those of sodium, potassium and
ammonium are insoluble in water. Tertiary sodium
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Marine Environment Future Generations
1,210 words
Our oceans cover approximately 75 % of the planet
Earth. A distinct percent of our food resources
come from these waters including fish and plants.
The air around us is what keeps the flame of life
from fading and flickering out. Why would anyone
pollute these precious parts of our ecosystem?
Well they are, and pollution laws should be
strengthened and vigorously enforced no matter
what the cost. China, a country with an extensive
coast line, should work harder to protect its
marine environment....
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Dont Drink Enough Water Drink Enough Water Body
261 words
Water retention is the most simplest way to avoid
too much fat, digestive programs, toxins, and
muscle soreness es. Water is found all over the
earth and also about 60 to 70 percent of our body
is made up of water. We can go without food for
more than two months, but we can only survive for
a few days if we didnt have any water. This fact
can tell you just about how important water is to
us. Many Americans these days dont drink enough
water. Dr. Albert Gyorgyi once said There is no
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Aerosol Sprays Ozone Layer
768 words
Ozone The problem which I decided to adress in my
campaign was the problems that are currently
facing our Earths ozone layer and breathable air.
In this report I wish to educate you about the
effects of ozone and hopefully I will motivate you
to change your attitudes and actions to help with
the problem. Ozone is defined as an odorless,
colorless gas made up of three atoms of oxygen. It
exists in our Earths upper atmosphere and at
ground level. In the upper atmosphere, ozone
serves as a protecti...
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Sickle Cell Anemia Blood Cells
253 words
Hemoglobin, an oxygen carrying protein in blood,
is sometime altered in people causing
interruptions in the circulation of blood. This is
known as Sickle-Cell Anemia. In the United States,
Sickle-Cell Anemia is found mostly in blacks.
About 1 in 400 blacks in the United States have
the disorder. In Africa, and parts of the Middle
East, Sickle-Cell Anemia can be found, not just in
the United States. In infants, it only takes about
6 months after birth for symptoms of Sickle-Cell
Anemia to appear....
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High Temperature 5 Lines
527 words
Does Treating Metal Reduce The Effects Of Does
Treating Metal Reduce The Effects Of Weathering In
A California Climate? Does treating metal reduce
the effects of weathering in a California climate?
This experiment deals with the elements of weather
against metal; wind, rain, solar radiation,
oxidation (uniting a substance with oxygen), and
heat (the presence and absence of). My hypothesis
is that the painted protected metal will fare
better than the bare metal during the weathering.
The reason I...
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