... Corners area. In a dry area, the disease’s incubation is somewhat longer, making the chances of contracting it somewhat higher. In places such as woodpiles and sheds where there is little air circulation to move off the virus, it can linger for a sizeable duration of time. The best method of fighting the hanta virus is prevention. By controlling the rodent population and preventing them from entering houses and sheds, the risk of infection can be lowered. Furthermore, educating those in high-risk areas of the signs of the disease and what to do about them significantly lowers the likelihood of death. The virus cannot spread from human to human even during ...
... are about 150 known asteroids that travel in a path near the earth, and they are actually called, "near-earth" asteroids. About 10 percent are bound to hit earth eventually. Asteroids ranging from fine dust, to house size rocks make up the belt around Saturn, and the belt on the outside of the orbit of Mars. These are pieces of larger rocks that were crashed into the remaining pieces after millions of years of crashes. Each ring system has distinctive features. Jupiter's rings are tenuous and made mainly of dark particles the size of those in cigarette smoke. The bright rings of Saturn are made of mainly frozen water in the form of snowballs and chunks of i ...
... causes include the death of a loved one, an abortion or miscarriage, a move to a new home or job, the end of an important relationship, financial problems, a chronic illness, or any other traumatic event. For many people, these incidents produce a mild to moderate case of the blues. They feel "down" for a while, but they are able to continue functioning and performing everyday tasks. Although these people may experience the chemical imbalance that is the hallmark of depression, the brain abnormality typically corrects itself within a few weeks. However, in some critical cases, the chemical alteration lasts for a much longer time, this is when mild to modera ...
... to point out it's flaws, disregarding what they can't prove wrong. They will often use emotions to control the public to their side. They spend their time trying to discover false evolution rather than teaching their beliefs to the general public. The theory of evolution removes humans from the center of the universe, and religious followers can't believe that their God, who created us in his image (Bible, 2), would allow that. The creationist arguments can be summed up in one example from the Morris -Parker book. They state "Evolution is claimed to be 'scientific,' and still going on, so it seems like it should be observable and measurable. Yet after 150 years o ...
... Comparative immunologists studied the immune defenses of past and current creatures. They gained further insight into how immunity works. The most basic requirement of an immune system is to distinguish between one's own cells and "non-self" cells. The second job is to eliminate the non- self cells. When a foreign object enters the body, several things happen. Blood stops flowing, the immunity system begins to eliminate unwanted microbes with phagocytic white blood cells. This defensive mechanism is possessed by all animals with an innate system of immunity. Innate cellular immunity is believed to be the earliest form of immunity. Another form of innate im ...
... or an Arctic voyage through glaciers and icy waters are the journeys that most would consider essential to life. Colin Fletcher was one to claim that wilderness is needed: “And when at last I walked on past the two juniper trees toward the far side of the plateau I found I was feeling sorry for any man who was not free to abandon whatever futility detained him and to walk away into the desert morning with a pack on his back.” Such experiences allow for one to gain a sense of who they are, not as a superior being, but as one living creature in an expansive world. This is a sense of appreciation for what there is to discover in the wilderness. The ...
... for concern to many, are that all the regeneration that has occurred due to the closure of these waters will all be for nothing if re-opened because the same problem will happen again. Another concern is that the equipment that is used by the fishermen to catch the scallops not only do just that, but they also pick up everything else in their path. This has an impact on all marine life, particularly species such as sponges and barndoor skate which were almost forced to extinction because fishermen can't control what is being caught in the nets. The final concern is that reopening the waters that have been closed would set a bad example, by showing those ...
... from which the nucleus has been removed (Wertz, 1998b). The change in phenotype, the observable physical and biochemical characteristics of an organism, of livestock is accomplished by bombarding embryos of livestock with genes that produce “super” livestock traits; however, this technique is not efficient because only five percent of the offspring express these “super” traits that would guarntee a more productive industry. Scientists can easily genetically alter adult cells; therefore, cloning from an adult cell would make it easier to alter the genetic material. The goal of transgenic livestock1 is to produce livestock with ideal characteristics for the ...
... to a few kingdoms, each containing large assemblages of organisms, many of which are only distantly related. Carolus Linnaeus is probably the single most dominant figure in systematic classification. Born in 1707, he had a mind that was orderly to the extreme. People sent him plants from all over the world, and he would devise a way to relate them. At the age of thirty-two he was the author of fourteen botanical works. His two most famous were Genera Plantarum, developing an artificial sexual system, and Species Plantarum, a famous work where he named and classified every plant known to him, and for the first time gave each plant a binomial. This binomial s ...
... asking and palpating, all of which contribute to a full and accurate diagnosis of the patient’s condition. By looking at the patient’s face, body and movements, the practitioner is already beginning to create a diagnosis. Another major diagnostic tool is the tongue. It is said that the state of the internal organs is reflected in the tongue, and the practitioner will note the color and shape of the tongue as well as its coating. All patients can expect their pulse to be taken. Unlike a Western doctor, the acupuncturist is not feeling merely the speed of the patient’s pulse. The practitioner will feel for changes in the quality of the pulse under their fingers. ...
