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Overproducing Thyroid Hormone Renders It Incapable Disease
406 wordsGraves' disease is a basic defect in the immune system, causing production of antibodies, which stimulate and attack the thyroid gland, causing growth of the gland and overproduction of thyroid hormone. Similar antibodies may also attack the tissues in the eye muscles and in the pre tibial skin (the skin on the front of the lower leg). There are three components to Graves disease: Hyperthyroidism (overproduction of the thyroid hormone) Ophthalmopathy, especially protrusion of the eyeballs Dermop...
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Amounts Of Alcohol Illegal Drugs
1,106 wordsWhen people hear the word drug, they usually think of an illegal substance such as cocaine, heroin, marijuana, or any other drug that can be found on the street. Most people never consider the fact that consuming alcohol can be just as harmful as illegal drugs, not only on the body, but on the mind and spirit as well (# 1). If constantly abused, alcohol can be even worse for one than taking illegal drugs (# 5) Irresponsible drinking can destroy a persons life as well as the lives of those around...
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Life On Earth H 2 O
726 wordsThe first thing water reminds us of is the clear liquid in our water bottles. However, water is more than a normal substance. Water is the beginning and the continual of life on earth. Because of its many unique properties, water was able to start life on our planet. The simple structure of H 2 O is the source of all water's properties. With two hydrogen atoms sticking to an oxygen atom in a tetrahedron shape, water is considered as a polar molecule. Because oxygen is very electronegative, it pu...
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Biological Warfare Agents Chemical And Biological
542 wordsBiological warfare agents are a unique type of weapons that is actually a living organism. Fungi, bacteria, viruses, and other macromolecules, which are capable of killing, are considered agents of biological war. When comparing equivalent amounts of biological and chemical warfare agents, the biological agent is far more potent. They are particularly dangerous since they can reproduce overtime causing the situation to become more deadly with time. In fact, is estimated that 1 gram of toxin coul...
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Law And Order Turkish Cypriots
1,051 wordsCanadian peacekeeping has been an international saviour to many countries that have struggled to achieve peace. Canada has earned a reputation for giving top quality efforts to preserve or create peace around the world, sometimes putting Canada at a loss. Professor Albert Legal of the department of political science, Laval University, has estimated the financial outlay by Canada to international peacekeeping (excluding Korea) from 1949 - 1980 at 226 million dollars, less than one-half of one per...
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Consequences Of Human Desire In The Scarlet Letter
684 wordsIn The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, many of the characters suffer from the tolls of sin, but none as horribly as Hester's daughter, Pearl. Throughout the novel, Pearl is a symbol of the sin that her mother has committed, and also suffers from this sin. Pearl is portrayed as an offspring of vice, and is even characterized as demonic by her mother. The austere Puritan society isolates Pearl, causing animosity between her and the other Puritan children. Pearl is conceived in sin, is a con...
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Viral Dna Infectious Disease
817 wordsPolio is an infectious disease that has haunted the lives of many for over 3, 000 years. The first record of Poliomyelitis in the human body dates back to ancient Egypt where inhabitants of the area engraved a documented version of paralytic Poliomyelitis into stone. When indoor plumbing came into use, in the 20 th century, and sewage systems began to develop into complicated public works where waste was dumped into towns' water supplies; that is when Poliomyelitis began to spread. The disease c...
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Freedom Of Movement Travel Freedom Of Movement Country
566 wordsAssuming that a relatively open society applies to American citizens, of course there are many advantages to this as well as disadvantages. Some advantages are: the freedom of movement (travel), and the cultural enrichment that will be provided by international travel. The disadvantages are: the exports that US citizens bring in that could be dangerous, if criminals run out of the country too easily. The advantage is that people become culturally enriched, and if people become more culturally en...
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Magical Realism Mama Elena
1,012 wordsMagical realism n. A chiefly literary style or genre originating in Latin America that combines fantastic or dreamlike elements with reality (Dictionary. com). In the novel, Like Water for Chocolate, written by Laura Esquirel, magical realism is used throughout the story to explain the impossible, within the daily life of the fictional characters. This magical realism is a continuous element of story, starting from when the main character, Tita, is born. Magical realism continues to work its mag...
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Management Information Systems Order To Make
627 wordsWhen talking about the vast field of Information Systems there is not just one pressing issue, there are three: Accuracy, Usability, and Time. Without the combination of these three factors a business would go under in the matter of months. The first of these three and probably the most important of these is the accuracy of the information. The information that you provide someone with in order to make vital decisions must be precisely accurate. If one piece of data is incorrect it could mean th...
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Vacuum Tubes Bill Gates
833 wordsComputers are a part of our everyday lives, but about two decades ago, computers were just beginning to enter homes. Many people dont realize what the computer evolved from, and the speed at which computer technology has taken to arrive to what it is today. The earliest know computer is the abacus, invented by the Chinese in 2600 B. C. Not many people consider this to be a computer, but by definition, it is. One of the more recent early computers was built by Herman Hollerith, who invented a mac...
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Side Effects Wide Range
930 wordsCannabis Sativa (marijuana) has been thought to be an illegal and very harmful drug for many years. But as you read this report you will learn that marijuana has been around for many years (most years legal) and isn't as harmful as some people may think. Marijuana has been used for many things in the past, including medicine, hemp rope, crude cloth and enjoyment. Now it is mainly used as a narcotic. Marijuana is an illegal weed that grows up to eighteen feet tall with little or no cultivation. T...
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Light And Dark Heart Of Darkness
1,113 wordsWhen Joseph Conrad composed Heart of Darkness he created a literary masterpiece which embodied the essence of light contrasting with darkness. Throughout the novel Conrad constantly utilizes the images of light and dark and uses them to mold a vision, which the reader is then able to use to decipher the literal and metaphorical meanings of the novel. As Conrad said, " my task which I am trying to achieve is, by the power of the written word to make you hear, to make you feel- it is, before all, ...
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King Of Thebes King And Queen
1,201 wordsOedipus was a good ruler: just, compassionate and sympathetic. When the priests of Thebes approached him, pleading for help on behalf of the people of Thebes who were suffering from death and famine. Oedipus immediately agreed and promised them that he would do his best in solving the problems, saying that his heart bore 'the weight of his own' and 'all of his people's sorrows'. He promised to 'bring everything to light'. Oedipus was also a filial son. When he first learnt about the prophecy in ...
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Adam Smith Intrinsic Value
649 wordsTrade is used as a means of full-filling one's self interest in a certain commodity. Smith states that when there is nothing left that you need, trading becomes some what of a problem because you aren't benefiting from it. Smith makes this seen when he talks about "how the butcher has more meat in his shop than he himself can consume, and the brewer and the baker would each of them be willing to purchase part of it" (WN I. ii. 27), but have nothing to give the butcher in return because he doesn'...
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Tragedy Of The Commons Coral Reefs
998 wordsResearch in the Disciplines First Paper Final Draft Tragedy of the commons invading our environmental rights: Case study Coral Reefs In our world there are many resources, all of which people do not have a choice in sharing such as our air and our oceans. These resources are looked at as infinite, although this is not actually the case. Each time one person does something to pollute or use these types of resources, it affects the whole of society. This is the idea of the tragedy of the commons. ...
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Dh Lawrence Perfect Example
942 wordsMatt Ravaioli ENGL 494. 01 /Spring 2002 March 7, 2002 "Victory Over the Limits" There is no doubt that DH Lawrence's limits of expression are far different than many successful writers before him. These limits were not etched in stone, but writers knew that there were certain boundaries that should not be crossed. Lawrence chooses a number of ways to push these boundaries, and is extremely successful in doing so. His dedication to use the strongest possible language and expressions to describe s...
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Past Ten Years Unconditional Love
919 wordsIn "Up the Coulee, " Hamlin Garland depicts what occurs when Howard McLane is away for an extended period of time and begins to neglect his family. Howard's family members are offended by the negligence. Although his neglect causes his brother, Grant McLane, to resent him, Garland shows that part of having a family is being able to put aside negative feelings in order to resolve problems with relatives. Garland demonstrates how years apart can affect family relationships, causing neglect, resent...
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Capture The Attention Roald Dahl
1,399 wordsIn reading a novel children are often captured by the vivid imagination that the author is able to create in their book. In writing for a child the author must some how capture the attention of the child so that the child has the will to read further. Roald Dahl has written numerous books such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Witches and Matilda whereby imagination plays a key role in capturing the childs attention. How is an author capable of incorporating imagination throughout a nove...
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Doctor Modern Society
982 wordsSaving the Animals? In Buffalo New York on October 23 rd of last year, Dr. Barnett Slepian was murdered. He wasn? t killed because of his financial status or because of a dispute he had with a patient. Someone who never really knew Dr. Slepian, someone who never met his family, a person who didn? t agree with Dr. Slepian? s job, took his life. This is a great example to show how a disagreement in ideology can lead to actions that no one has the authority to take. An animal liberator bombing a me...
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