Low birth weight is considered to be less than 5.5 pounds when a baby is born. Low birth weight is one of the major leading causes of infant death in the United States. Through education and awareness‚ the United States has dropped infant mortality rates dramatically. In 1980‚ infant death averaged twelve percent due to low birth weight (Reichman‚ 2005). Infant mortality dropped to seven percent in the early new millennium (Reichman‚ 2005). So what factors influence a baby to be
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Causes and Spread of infection Q 1.1 - Identify the differences between: bacteria‚ viruses‚ fungi and parasites. * Bacteria are unicellular‚ prokaryotic microorganism found almost in all kinds of habits. Some bacteria are beneficial like those involved in nitrogen fixation and some pathogenic‚ which cause diseases. * Viruses are unicellular‚ tiny organisms which is mostly composed of DNA (DeoxyriboNucleic Acid) and protein. Its body
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Gun Control Gun Control is a topic that has been talked about for many years now especially after many tragic deaths and other instances that have happened in past. Gun control has become one of the most important battles of 2013. In a press conference last month‚ President Obama pushed Congress to ban “assault” rifes and weapons‚ setting a limit for magazines to 10 bullets‚ and to introduce universal background checks for the buyers of firearms.”The debate over gun control and gun ownership
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potential. Yes‚ the troubles I dealt with at birth‚ did transpire into lifelong struggles of mine‚ but why let those struggles define me? When I tell people I was born so small‚ and with cataracts because of it‚ a common response is: But don’t only old people get cataracts? I sigh and continue to tell them the story of my uncommon birth defect. They start to ask the same questions over and over again about how does it affect my everyday life with sports‚ school‚ driving‚
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Self-Control Self-control is one of the components that I need to improve on and in this paper I am going to share some specific development activities that helped me improve on it. Most of the problems that plague modern individuals in our society — addiction‚ overeating‚ crime‚ domestic violence‚ sexually transmitted diseases‚ prejudice‚ debt‚ unwanted pregnancy‚ educational failure‚ underperformance at school and work
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the owners or transferred to dangerous people through theft or unregulated sale. Whether the social costs of gun ownership are positive or negative is arguably the most fundamental question for the regulation of firearms in the United States. Gun control laws and policy vary greatly around the world. Some countries‚ such as the United Kingdom‚ have very strict limits on gun possession while others‚ such as the United States‚ have relatively modest limits. In some countries‚ the topic remains a source
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The Birth of Venus‚ Sandro Botticelli Before writing this review of a painting‚ I asked myself several times of what should I choose‚ what is my favourite or the most peculiar masterpiece for me? After a short dilemma I figured out that I am fond of Italian Renaissance‚ especially Early Renaissance. Most of all I enjoy and admire the Florentine School‚ brightly represented in the paintings of Sandro Botticelli. The painting of his that attracts me most is The Birth of Venus. The work on it was
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The Birth of Chicano Studies I was wondering how the birth of Chicano Studies started and reading the “The Birth of Chicano Studies” had given me a better understanding of the history of Chicano history. As I was reading‚ I figured that Chicano Studies wasn’t implemented in the public or college schools because at that time Mexican-Americans weren’t given equal right. While reading this article I started question myself and asking questions; what caused the great movement for us to Chicano Studies
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Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into a natural environment that causes instability‚ disorder‚ harm or discomfort to the ecosystem i.e. physical systems or living organisms.[1] Pollution can take the form of chemical substances or energy‚ such as noise‚ heat‚ or light. Pollutants‚ the elements of pollution‚ can be foreign substances or energies‚ or naturally occurring; when naturally occurring‚ they are considered contaminants when they exceed natural levels. The major forms of pollution
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The Birth of Venus is a painting created by Sandro Botticelli in the mid 1480’s on canvas using tempera‚ it was and still is a marvelous piece of art. The way Botticelli created the painting‚ was he put emphasis on Venus’ nudity as the focus point of the painting. Every detail in The Birth of Venus depicts major meaning‚ and can be described in depth. The Roman mythology behind the painting describes a birth of a Goddess in Roman and Greek Mythology. Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus was created with
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