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    muscles. Cholera is caused by a bacterium called Vibrio Cholerae which is a prokaryotic organism. It infects the small intestine and produces a toxin that disrupts osmosis in the intestinal cells. This results in vomiting and diarrhoea. This is spread through contaminated food and water and is very common in developing countries as they have very poor sanitation and is affected by overcrowding. If cholera is left untreated it results in severe dehydration and even death. The cholera toxin causes

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    The 19th Century was the century of the industrial revolution. There were numerous developments in scientific fields‚ including Physics‚ Chemistry‚ Biology and Mathematics alongside the invention of useable electricity and steel production. These all led to the growth of railways and steam ships as a means of transportation‚ and improved methods of communication. These developments led to a sharp explosion of new factories hoping to utilise the new technology and knowledge in order to make products

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    Unit 4 Lab questions

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    HYPERLINK "http://eduweb.com/portfolio/artofcrimedetection/" \t "_blank" The Art of Crime Detection <- your first lab link What do the left and rights sides of the brain do? Which side of the brain does a police sketch artist use when creating a suspect sketch? The left side sees and interprets the world in symbols and languages. However the right side interprets it in terms of space and shape. In the activities‚ you are asked to help draw a sketch of the suspects. How did you do? Was it easy

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    Oregon Trail

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    Outline Question: What did the pioneers on the Oregon Trail face and what history was made and is still known today? Thesis: The Oregon Trail was not an easy trip. The pioneers faced many problems along the way such as Cholera and dysentery. The Native Americans did not make the trip and easier for them either. Introduction A) Over 300‚000 immigrants attempted to travel the route of the Oregon Trail‚ and only approximately 140‚00 made it to the other side. The trip across the

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    “The Industrial Revolution was another of those extraordinary jumps forward in the story of civilization.” Stephen Gardiner succinctly describes the Industrial Revolution with this quote as a phenomenal turning point in the world. Between the 1700s and the 1800s‚ Britain’s onset of The Industrial Revolution forever changed life for humanity throughout the world. There were several negative and positive effects of The Industrial Revolution on society. Living conditions‚ mass production‚ and public

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    to the modern flush toilet system was designed in 1596 by John Harington‚[5] such systems did not come into widespread use until the late nineteenth century.[6] Thomas Crapper was one of the early maker of toilets in England. Diseases‚ including cholera which still affects some 3 million people each year‚ can be largely prevented when effective sanitation and water treatment prevents fecal matter from contaminating waterways‚ groundwater and drinking water supplies. Infected water

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    Introduction to Epidemiology

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    Aug 17 2011 Introduction to Epidemiology Epidemiology is considered the basic science of public health‚ and with good reason. Epidemiology is: • • • A quantitative basic science built on a working knowledge of probability‚ statistics‚ and sound research methodology A method of causal reasoning based on developing and testing hypotheses pertaining to occurrence and prevention of morbidity and mortality A tool for public health action to promote and protect the public’s health based on science

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    who they really are. That is the ‘painted veil’ that is in front of our vision of the truth and when those illusions get torn away it can be process of disenchantment and pain.” Edward Norton • Romantic tales set in 1920s China • Cholera epidemic + civil uprising against British colonization (tensions running high) • Forgoing sugar for pungent truths • Steeped in the painful emotions of betrayal‚ resentment and the realities of marrying for the wrong reasons • A visually

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    The Ghost of Duffy's Cut

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    The Ghosts of Duffy’s Cut depicts a period in history in which Irish immigrants migrated to America with the hope of being able to take advantage of the opportunities that living in a new world had to offer. However‚ upon arriving to U.S. shores‚ many immigrants were subject to social inequality‚ exploitation‚ and living in harsh conditions. The tragic deaths of the fifty-seven Irish men on Duffy’s Cut exemplify how the causes and effects of immigration‚ industrialization as well as disease were

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    curable. When the toilets were full the soil men would take the human waste away and heaped the human waste in a large pile near the houses‚ the waste would seep into the river and this caused germs to the water they drank and the disease called Cholera was identified‚ some believe the disease was caused by the miasma (bad smells). In 1839 Edwin Chadwick began his research on sanitation and he provided his report which included the living conditions in Britain during the nineteenth century. The report

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