was a spectacular year thanks to the inventor of the Band-Aid‚ Earle Dickson. That’s what most people think‚ but his clumsy wife was the true reason. It is actually not so bad being accident-prone. It the kitchen‚ Dickson’s wife used to always cut herself‚ and the original bandages weren’t working too well. The brilliant idea by Dickson was to put tape on the bandage to make it stay on your wound much better. Even though the Band-Aid doesn’t seem important‚ it has solved many of the world’s
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AIDS and HIV Introduction Being one of the most fatal viruses in the nation‚ AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) is now a serious public health concern in most major U.S. cities and in countries worldwide. Since 1986 there have been impressive advances in understanding of the AIDS virus‚ its mechanisms‚ and its routes of transmission. Even though researchers have put in countless hours‚ and millions of dollars it has not led to a drug that can cure infection with the virus or to a vaccine
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Aids Epidemic in Africa Over 30 million people worldwide have been infected with the HIV-AIDS virus. With such high numbers‚ the troubling fact is that 95% of those cases permeate Africa. Obviously AIDS cannot be cured or reversed in any sense‚ however with proper insight and treatment it can be controlled. The means for proper treatment is exactly what Africa lacks‚ in comparison to other regions. Nearly 2.3 million deaths occurred in 2003 within the sub-Saharan region of Africa.The efforts
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In 1927‚ a man by the name of Edwin Perkins created the very popular product know today as Kool-Aid. Kool-Aid was a popular drink mix right from the beginning which was sold in 6 different flavors to wholesale grocery‚ candy and other suitable markets (The History of Kool-Aid‚ 2012). In 1929‚ Perkins and his family packaged and shipped the Kool-Aid drink mix to grocery stores across the country using food brokers. The brand name became so popular that production moved to Chicago to become more efficient
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Student of Financial Assistance: This letter is to appeal the suspension of my financial aid for the 2008 spring term. During the academic year of 2004-2005 (Spring and Summer 2005)‚ I was enrolled in a total of four classes‚ Intro to Business‚ African American Life‚ Intro to Psychology and Concepts of Biology but did not meet the minimum standards for academic progress which has cause my financial aid to be denied for my current enrollment for the 2008 Spring semester. During the academic
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What is AIDS? AIDS‚ which stands for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome‚ is a human disease caused by HIV‚ the human immunodeficiency virus. In this disease‚ the immune system gradually becomes less effective‚ which leads to more and more opportunistic infections and tumors. It is transmitted when a bodily fluid‚ for example blood‚ semen‚ or breast milk‚ of an infected individual comes into direct contact with a mucous membrane or blood stream of another individual. Although most commonly thought
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preparedness is key. As you pack the camera‚ the water‚ your map‚ make sure hunting hearing aids are part of the equation. Hearing hunting aids amplify sounds‚ and as you may already know‚ the more aware of your surroundings‚ the better a hunter you will become. Here are 3 things to consider when buying hunting hearing aids. The perfect fit Everyone is built so differently meaning you need to fit in the hunting hearing aids to ensure they are comfortable enough and won’t come falling off just when you’re
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Pollution and its Negative Effects Pollution is the degradation of natural environment by external substances introduced directly or indirectly. Human health‚ ecosystem quality and aquatic and terrestrial biodiversity may be affected and altered permanently by pollution. Pollution occurs when ecosystems can not get rid of substances introduced into the environment. The critical threshold of its ability to naturally eliminate substances is compromised and the balance of the ecosystem is broken.
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It had important economic and social consequences‚ peasants gave up cultivation of food crops deciding to focus on producing silk‚paper‚porcelain‚lacquer-ware‚ or iron tools. Merchants were able to gain a great deal of fortune through the silk trade. Silk Road also let an exchange of culture and transfer of scientific knowledge. Indians and Arabs had developed math to a new frontier. The Silk Road also led to the spread of Buddhism. Change- What accounted for the spread of Buddhism along the
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was diagnosed--AIDS (Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome). It began in major cities‚ such as New York‚ Los Angeles‚ Miami‚ and San Francisco. People‚ mostly homosexual men and intravenous drug users‚ were dying from very rare lung infections or from a cancer known as Kaposi’s sarcoma. They have not seen people getting these diseases in numerous years. Soon‚ it also affected hemophiliacs‚ blood recipients‚ prostitutes and their customers‚ and babies born from AIDS-infected women. AIDS was soon recognized
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