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    every 100 drugs that pass animal tests fail in humans. In one case‚ surgeons thought they had perfected radial keratotomy by using rabbits. However‚ the procedure blinded the first human patient‚ because the human cornea can only regenerate on the surface‚ unlike how the rabbit cornea is able to regenerate on the underside. This one of many other failure‚ comes to show how people and animals can be affected negatively because of inapplicable and money wasting experiments. People don’t realise that

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    enzyme in the bio refinery process of producing green chemicals (Ponnambalam et al.‚ 2011). In screening for the cellulolytic fungi‚ several qualitative display of cellulolytic such congo red clearing zone assay‚ gel diffusion assay and dyed congo red filter paper clearing zone assay can be used. In this screening‚ congo red clearing zone assay is performed on 9 unknown fungi isolates on CMC media. Cellulose degradation and its subsequent utilizations are important for global carbon sources (Ponnambalam

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    Kingsolver‚ one of the major symbols was the American style garden that Reverend Nathan tries to plant in the Congo. Nathan price is a Southern Baptist missionary whose goal is to bring salvation to the Congolese people through the christian faith. The symbol of the garden is a metaphor for the irony where Nathan believes he is enlightening the Congo when he is actually learning from the Congo‚ while also containing biblical significance‚ which together‚ ultimately shows Nathan’s ignorance and one of

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    1959 move from the U.S. state of Georgia to the village of Kilanga in the Belgian Congo. Kingsolver’s purpose in the text was to tell a story of destruction‚ not only of the Price family but also of the Congo. The parrot‚ Methuselah was used in ‘The Poisonwood Bible’ as a symbol to best shed light on the darker or deeper messages of the text. In the text the parrot is a symbol for the future ruined republic of Congo. Methuselah is initially described by Adah as ‘a man drowning in his cage’ which

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    Why Is The Lens Flexible

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    produce a clear image on the retina. What do you think happens if any of them do not work correctly? What do you think one might need to correct it? The three main parts of the eye that regulate light and allow the eye to process images are: the cornea‚ which works as both a protective layer and a window to focus light; the pupil‚ which expands and shrinks in order to filter the amount of light it absorbs; and the lens‚ which is made up of flexible tissue‚ and helps your eye to focus light and

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    Pancasila‚ Anwar Congo‚ had a different reaction. “I’ve tried to forget all this with good music…dancing...feeling happy…a little alcohol…a little marijuana…a little…what do you call it? Estasy. [Ecstasy] Once I’d get drunk. I’d ‘fly’ and feel happy.”

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    where it came from. In 1878 Stanley and Leopold met to discuss the things Stanley had found in Africa. Stanley told Leopold that the Congo held the potential of a powerful transportation system‚ that there was no military threat from the tribal people‚ and that there was no central political state there. Stanley agreed to work for Leopold for five years and explore the Congo. They agreed that Stanley would create a base at the Congo’s mouth and construct a road. Stanley would use porters to carry steamboats

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    glasses.But‚there is a solution that can solve its which is LASIK surgerry. Initially‚LASIK surgery were developed in Columbia by the Spanish ophthalmologist‚Jose Barraquer.In his clinic‚he would cut thin flaps in the cornea to modify its shape.We also exemine how much of cornea had to be left unaltered in order to provide stable long-term results.This work was followed by the Russian‚scientist‚Svyatoslav Fyodorow‚who developed the Radial keratotomy in the 1970s.In 1980‚ Rangaswamy Srinivisan discovered

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    Poisonwood Bible The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingslover is a novel of a family that experiences hardships and renewal. Their journey to the Congo is told by a wife of a minister and their four daughters. Nathan Price is a God fearing Baptist who takes his family to the Belgian Congo on a mission. The Congo is at a critical point in both its religious and government views. The Price family is coming from Georgia and has no real sense of the experiences that will forever change their

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    Bryan Duong Clarke English IV AP Poisonwood Bible Essay The trip to the Congo has changed all of the Price women permanently. They were all affected in some way by this exile from the material items in their previous cherished world. It has affected them in both enlightening ways as well as unfortunate ways. This journey has scarred the Price women forever. Perhaps most affected by this exile was Orleanna Price. The mother of four was forced to provide for not only herself but her children

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