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Central Nervous System Bodys Immune System
752 words
Multiple Sclerosis is a disease of the central
nervous system, the nerves that make up the brain
and spinal cord. This disease is commonly known as
MS. Its cause is unknown, it cannot be prevented,
and neither a cure or a safe and effective
treatment has been able to halt its progression so
far. It is not fatal, and much progress is being
made in treating symptoms and identifying
mechanisms that trigger this disease. Sclerosis
comes from the Greek word skiers, which means
hard. Multiple sclerosi...
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Skin Color Average Person
1,226 words
What do you think of when you hear the word hacker
-- a leather-clad, mohammed, teenager with a
malicious grin on his face just itching to destroy
your computer? This is what the average person
will picture in their head, but they fail to truly
understand what it is that hackers do, and how it
can actually be helpful to them. The reason this
stereotype of hackers has not gone away is because
the media shows only the bad. If a hacker has been
stealing credit card numbers CNN reports it
instantly,...
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Music Cds Home Page
716 words
Your web page is more popular than you. When given
a choice, you look at Computer Shopper instead of
Playboy. Your computer has its own phone line. You
have dreams involving your computer. You try to
pick up women on chat lines. You can talk to a
woman about your hardware and not mean anything
sexual. You spend Friday nights with your
computer. You ask a woman for her email address
instead of her phone number. You " ve never
actually met many of your friends. You think Bill
Gates is "a cool guy....
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Occurs Within A Week Date Of The Most Current Animal
611 words
a infection transmitted to humans and certain
other mammals by the saliva of an infected animal.
Infection is through a bite or by skin or mucous
membrane contact with infected saliva. The period
of the disorder can be as short as ten days or as
long as one year; the usual time is one to two
months. A victim who is vaccinated shortly after
the animal bite will be protected against rabies.
If a victim is not vaccinated, death usually
occurs within a week of the onset of symptoms.
Animals that mai...
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Operating System Internet Browser
858 words
PROCESS BASED SECURITY, WHAT IS IT AND HOW IT WILL
CHANGE YOUR COMPUTERS LIFE This note is for the
purpose of explaining a new way to implement
operating system security called process-based
security. First, an explanation of traditional
operating system security is given. Next, an
explanation of process-based security is given.
Finally, there are presented three examples of
failure on the part of traditional security with
how process-based security would not have allowed
such a problem. Before ...
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Clotting Factor Defective Gene
1,144 words
Hemophilia is the best known of hemorrhagic
disorders. When a person has hemophilia, the blood
does not clot properly and bleeding persists. The
people who have hemophilia are called hemophiliacs
or bleeders. Bleeding disorders, such as
hemophilia, result from a disruption of the bodys
process of how blood clots are formed. The
coagulation process involve platelets as well as
plasma proteins called clotting factors. Clotting
begins when platelets stick to the site of an
injury to a blood vessel....
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Hepatitis C Higher Risk
559 words
Hepatitis C, a relatively new disease that is not
commonly know about as much as disease like
Hepatitis A or B. However, this disease is very
serious. Hepatitis C is an infection of the liver.
This report will set some facts straight about
Hepatitis C and try to give a better understanding
of the potentially deadly disease. As stated
before, Hep C is an infection of the liver. More
precisely it is a single strand RNA virus that
replicates in the liver, causing the liver to
become severely infect...
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Loss Of Appetite Disease
212 words
HISTORY OF CHICKEN POXChicken pox, a highly
contagious disease that strikes many people, is
caused by the herpes zoster virus. The virus is
transmitted by the respiratory system and carried
in the bloodstream to all parts of the body. The
main symptom is a rash that appears on the face
and torso, but also on the extremities. The rash
turns into blisters that itch like crazy (I know
from personal experience), that go away in a few
days. The other symptoms are loss of appetite,
fever, and headache...
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Aids Epidemic Hiv Infection
836 words
Since the first Hiv HIV Since the first AIDS cases
were reported in 1981, through mid- 1994 more than
402, 000 AIDS cases and more than 241, 000 deaths
have been reported in the United States alone.
This is only the tip of the iceberg of HIV
infection, however. It is estimated that nearly 1
million Americans had been infected with the virus
through the mid- 1990 s but had not yet developed
clinical symptoms. In addition, although the vast
majority of documented cases have occurred in the
United ...
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Rest Of The World Racial Discrimination
606 words
How USA differs from the world in discrimination.
Discrimination may be defined as a treatment or
consideration which is based on class or category
rather than individual merit. People around the
world discriminate between classes to their own
certain extents. Certain cultures / countries
discriminate to such an extent that it sometimes
becomes impossible for certain people to live
there. United States of America, however has very
little discrimination as compared to the rest of
the world. Discr...
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Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Network
684 words
Hacking has become a major issue in today s world
of technology. Even software giant Microsoft has
been affected. Recently hackers broke into
Microsoft s computer system. The hacker or hackers
created new accounts so that they could gain
access to parts of the software giant s computer
network. Some accounts were being created that did
not match or normal audit logs, Mr. Schmidt the
corporate security office for the Microsoft
Corporation, said (Schwartz, 2000). According to
The New York Times, t...
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Information On The Internet Writing
747 words
In his essay, ? Picking Nits on the Net, ? John
Oughton reminds Internet users that information on
the Net does not have a guarantee of authenticity,
so it must be carefully evaluated. Oughton gives
some examples and also provides some useful advice
on evaluating information on the Internet.
Oughton? s writing is well supported by reasonable
arguments, informative and very useful, and the
examples that he uses are commonly encountered by
most Internet users; however, sometimes he
understates the...
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Nausea And Vomiting Muscle Spasms
1,199 words
Marijuana: How can its Medical Use be Denied?
Although marijuana may be an illegal drug, it has
many medicinal values. However the federal
government and the FDA agree that legalizing it
for medical use will only cause problems in
society. If legalized it will be easier to obtain,
resulting in a rise of the recreational use. This
may be true, but research and studies prove that
marijuana has a great medical value. Its use is
advantageous to people with certain illnesses.
Marijuana can ease side ...
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T Ask Don T Men And Women
1,304 words
Mayday: Against Gays In The Military Ever since
President-elect Bill Clinton promised to end the
military s ban of admitting gays and lesbians into
the armed services the question whether or not it
should be banned became a very hot and
controversial issue. Despite the conclusion by the
Pentagon that homosexuality is incompatible with
military service, the famous don t ask, don t tell
policy was put into action to allow homosexuals to
serve if they keep their lifestyles private. Since
then, ther...
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Infected With Mono Blood
314 words
Mononucleosis is an infectious virus caused by the
Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV), one of the
Herpesviruses. Mononucleosis is also called mono,
the kissing disease, and glandular fever. It
usually strikes people in the ten to thirty-five
year old age group, but it can also infect younger
people. Mono is spread by exchange of saliva. Some
examples of this are, kissing, sharing drinking
glasses, and sharing silverware. You can avoid
getting infected by washing your hands, avoiding
infected people, and n...
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Natural Born 1 St
526 words
Men, what are we? Men, is described as a mammal, a
vertebrates. Rabbit, cow, are also mammals but
they follow a rule. They exist with the ecosystem
in a unique balance, food web that is determined
from producers to 1 st order consumer, to 2 nd. 1
st orders being the herbivore like rabbit. 2 nd
the predators, fox. Because of the food web the
population of a species are well balanced. They
now how and when to stop, in growth of a
population. But men deny the term mammal. We cry
havoc into the worl...
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People Around The World Aids Epidemic
551 words
Abstract: A new process in bio-chemistry involves
the manipulation of molecules to defeat diseases,
viruses, chemical warfare, and to reduce the cost
of bio-chemical engineering. This new process is
refined in that the researcher utilizes new
computer technology to model the behavior of
certain molecules to insert a slot for discarding
unwanted foreign objects. These unwanted foreign
objects are discarded by fixing the slot to fit
the objects. This slot can be customized, through
manipulation an...
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Versailles Treaty Adolf Hitler
1,333 words
Weimar and the Rise of Hitler After World War I
the allies intended to permanently cripple
Germany. Through the Versailles Treaty they would
do this. The document stole Germany s nationalism,
pride, and power. It left Germany helpless and
lost. Many believed that Germany had been
absolutely exploited and cheated under the terms
of the treaty. At the time nobody knew, but the
Versailles Treaty would be the very seeds of the
next world war. The end of World War I shocked
many people. Most of these...
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Today Society Sexual Orientation
1,253 words
Sexual Orientation in Today? s Society In Today? s
society, we can brag about our sexual orientation.
There are many role models today who are
centerpieces for the gay community. These leaders
helped get homosexual people to the level that
they are on today. ? Taboo? was the word that was
used for any discussion on this matter. Thirty
years ago, it was unheard of to have a gay
character on television, or in politics or even as
your co-worker. Now within the last fifteen to
twenty years. People h...
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Cerebrospinal Fluid Spinal Cord
806 words
Guillain-Barre Syndrome, (also called acute
idiopathic polyneuritis, and Landry s ascending
paralysis) is a disorder in which the body s
immune system attacks part of the peripheral
nerves, those outside the brain and spinal cord.
Symptoms of this disorder include weakness or
tingling in the legs, sometimes the weakness or
tingling spread to the arms and upper body. These
symptom s then increase in intensity, until the
muscles cannot be used at all and the patient is
almost totally paralyzed, mo...
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