History of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Sexually Transmitted Diseases‚ or commonly known as STDs‚ are the most common diseases known to man and it is one of the largest growing issues not only in the United States of America but around the globe. Sexually transmitted diseases are primarily spread through sexual contact from individual to individual‚ whether it is oral‚ vaginal‚ or anal sex. It can also be passed on by skin to skin contact such as through skin lesions‚ sores‚ sharing needles
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Joseph Castaneda Miami High School Abstract Over 50 million years ago‚ the creature that we know as the dolphin today was a land based animal. It would venture into the sea‚ or water to eat. Over time though the evolutionary process would see to it that this once land based creature would become a part of the water‚ evolving in such a way that it would never again see the land. Along the way there have been numerous changes that have taken place to the animals physiological
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Anatomy Outline Notes Exam 1 Developmental Anatomy – is the way anatomy changes over time in a single species -somites are segmental blocks found in embryos that form muscles & vertebrae etc. Comparative Anatomy – is the comparison of anatomies between different species. -all known vertebrates have common feature (skull & vertebrae): this leads to evolutionary theory. Hierarchy of Structural Organization -Body -> System -> Organ -> Tissue -> Cells -> Chemical/Molecular
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Chemistry Ozone Depletion Ozone depletion describes two distinct but related phenomena observed since the late 1970s: a steady decline of about 4% per decade in the total volume of ozone in Earth’s stratosphere (the ozone layer)‚ and a much larger springtime decrease in stratospheric ozone over Earth’s polar regions. The latter phenomenon is referred to as theozone hole. In addition to these well-known stratospheric phenomena‚ there are also springtime polartropospheric ozone depletion events. The
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unpleasant sensation that induces a desire to scratch"‚ it is considered one of the frequent manifestations that occur in many systemic diseases such as biliary obstruction‚ neurological diseases and endocrine disorders.(1) The origin of itching can be cutaneous‚ neurogenic‚ neuropathic‚ psychogenic or mixed.(2) Uremic pruritus is common in patients with end-stage renal disease receiving haemodialysis.(3) The incidence of uremic pruritus in patients with end-stage renal disease on haemodialysis ranges from
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Article #1 A study conducted by Capewell‚ Ford‚ Croft‚ Critchley‚ Greenlund‚ and Labarthe (2010) studied coronary heart disease risk factors trends and mortality in the United States. The purpose of this study was to look at cardiovascular risk factors in the United States since coronary heart disease is among the leading causes of death in the world. It is not only the leading cause of death‚ but coronary heart disease is also costing the United States a lot of money. Since much of the population
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BSC 215 Spring 2014- Exam 2 Required Reading and Study Guide. The ‘required reading’ sections below include material that will be covered on exam 2. Here is an effective way to approach your required reading: BEFORE EACH CLASS: Read the assigned text for the chapter that is listed in the “required reading” Sections below. For this first read‚ it is not necessary that you attempt to understand everything in the required reading. It is more important that you read for the “big picture” concepts
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Impetigo Being a member of a sports team‚ it is common that you hear about skin conditions like Impetigo. The bacterial infectious disease is very common in contact sports such as football and wrestling. Because I have seen cases of Impetigo and know many people that have had it‚ I wanted to learn more about the different aspects of the disease. One of the people that I knew that had it was my cousin Chris‚ who I got to interview and gain some more insight from. Impetigo is a highly contagious
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respiratory disease that in most common in the lungs. (World Health Organization‚ 2014). Other parts of the body are affected by TB is the brain which causes tuberculosis meningitis‚ genitourinary TB‚ gastrointestinal TB‚ tuberculosis lymphadenitis‚ cutaneous TB‚ Uterus ovarian TB and Osteo articular skeletal bone and joint TB(articles base‚ 2008). It is curable and preventable. TB is contagious and is transmitted through the air from a person with the active respiratory disease and then another person
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The efficacy of sunscreen of different protectant levels to protect bacteria from ultra-violet (UV) light Ben Mitchell‚ Brigette Geniusz‚ Tylor Holcomb‚ Mark Kendrick June 16‚ 2014 Abstract: The efficacy of sunscreen is important because it blocks potentially harmful UV light‚ which may be a primary factor in skin cancer. Different levels of sun screen were tested alongside lotion and no treatment to see how well they protected Escherichia coli strain K-12 (Ecoli K-12) from UV light. The group
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