especially in America. Many associate the virus with our former president Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)‚ who was bound to a wheelchair due to his diagnosis of poliomyelitis. “Poliomyelitis is a debilitating muscle disorder‚ caused by the enterovirus known as the poliovirus” (Khan Academy‚ 2015). There are three serotypes of the virus that can cause paralysis; “poliovirus is a positive-strand single-stranded RNA virus” (Racaniello‚ 2005). This virus is transmitted through human to human contact
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Biological weapons include any organism (such as bacteria‚ viruses‚ or fungi) or toxin found in nature that can be used to kill or injure a person. The history of biological weapons starts back way before many people realize. Biological weapons have quite a few advantages and disadvantages. Biological weapons have been used as agents of terror and will continue to be used as such. Biological weapons are extremely dangerous and shouldn’t be used because they have the potential to wipe out entire
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Waveform capnography to today’s paramedic is what it felt like with the invention of the washing machine becoming available to generations of people who grew up using a wash board. Now that people have a machine to do the work for them‚ they cannot imagine going back to hand washing. The same holds true for capnography. Now having real-time feedback of patient conditions‚ providers cannot conceive going back to the delayed readings of pulse oximetry. The hope for medical professionals is that “60
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these terms‚ they connect them to education. The next discussion will attempt to shed some light on these two concepts by defining mathematics as a language. First‚ it will define these two terms with examples. It will then point out various differences between mathematics and mathematizing while giving examples. Finally‚ it will elaborate the importance of both concepts to humans and how they have affected people over time. Mathematics is a science that deals with logics‚ quantity and arrangement
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Biology Virus Essay A virus is a microorganism that cannot reproduce without a host. As a result of this‚ there has been a lot of controversy on whether or not a virus is a living or non-living organism. The dictionary.com definition for life is‚ “the condition that distinguishes organisms from inorganic objects and dead organisms‚ being manifested by growth through metabolism‚ reproduction‚ and the power of adaptation to environment through changes originating internally.” Viruses have characteristics
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Biological Psychology Amanda Serrano PSY/340 September Fourth‚ 2010 Dr. Giselle L. Gourrier Biological Psychology Psychology touches many areas of life including such areas as memory‚ stress‚ therapy‚ perception‚ learning‚ and personality‚ to name a few. Psychology is the scientific study of human behavior and mental processes. Because there is a vast variety of research areas to be studied the field is divided into several subfields. The field of biological psychology‚ also known as biopsychology
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snickers after a long day of restless work. You will often hear about the nutrition differences when listening to the opposing side’s argument. They will state how twix is more “healthy” than snickers‚ but does it really matter? Even though Twix is a little bit “healthier” it is still unhealthy. Twix and Snickers have such similar nutrition facts so it would be silly to pick one over the other just because the difference of a few calories. Chances are that if someone is going to be perfectly fine eating
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IDPs 1. Difference between IDPs and refugees There are 200 million IDPs in the world‚ there is growing concern that despite the magnitude of the problem there exists no legal regime for it. Challenges which are there are Of providing material assistance And ensuring the protection and respect for the fundamental rights of the IDPs. It is important to distinguish between the IDP and the refugee. The first element which distinguishes the refugee from IDP is that: the claimant must
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an agreement among members to start a social contract was driven by fear and the desire to change the world for self-interest. Social contract theory‚ is the view that a persons’ moral or political obligations rely upon a contract or agreement between the people of a state and the government to form the society they live by. This voluntary agreement among individuals exists to serve the people and the government with mutual
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Language/linguistics: About 99% of languages spoken in Pakistan are Indo-Iranian (sub-branches: 75% Indo-Aryan and 24% Iranian)‚ a branch of Indo-European family of languages. All languages of Pakistan are written in the Perso-Arabic script‚ with significant vocabulary derived from Arabic and Persian. Punjabi‚ Seraiki‚ Sindhi‚ Pashto‚ Urdu‚ Balochi‚ Kashmiri‚ etc. are the languages spoken in Pakistan. About 69% of languages spoken in India are Indo-Iranian (sub-branch: Indo-Aryan)‚ 26% are
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