Vitamin D is a fat-soluble vitamin that can be found in food but significant amounts of vitamin D can also be produced by the body. It can be obtained from sun exposure‚ food‚ and supplements are biologically inert and must undergo two hydroxylations in the body for activation. The two major forms of which are vitamins D2 (ergocalciferol) and vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol). This paper not only looks into the essential function of vitamin D on the subject of bone health‚ but also other non-calcemic
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Tembusu at Botanic Gardens The Tembusu tree is one of Singapore’s 161 heritage trees native to Singapore. It is also featured on the back of the Singapore $5 note. At more than a hundred years old‚ it has stood the test of time‚ a war‚ pests and the demands of generations of visitors to the Botanic Gardens. With a long bow branch upon which adults rest and children perch‚ it has also become a favourite photographic haunt for wedding couples‚ tourists and families alike. A hardy and long-lived tree
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John Smith Professor Stephens Speech 140 10 December 2010 Rhetoric Analysis of Dwight D. Eisenhower Speech plays a huge role in the world today and has greatly impacted the world in the past. Speech is not as easy as it may seem. Many tactics are combined to make a speech and the message delivered is far more than just words. Of these tactics rhetoric plays a huge role. Rhetoric is defined as the study of how messages effect people. This study has given speakers more ways to address their
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Summary A&D High Tech is a US medium size company that started to operate in the business of computer systems products and services in 1988. Due to fierce competition and decreasing profit margins‚ the company founder and CEO was seeking other growth opportunities by adopting two new strategies‚ namely: * Increasing sales nationally * Utilizing modern technology to increase operational efficiency The company online store was the answer that would enable A&D High Tech to realize
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editbeta] Born on May 7‚ 1921‚ in Junction City‚ Kansas‚ Ehlers joined the Army from the city of Manhattan in October 1940.[1] He and his older brother Roland served in the same unit and participated in the fighting in North Africa and Sicily.[2] By D-Day on June 6‚ 1944‚ Ehlers was a staff sergeant and squad leader in the 18th Infantry Regiment‚ 1st Infantry Division. His squad‚ part of the invasion’s second wave‚ waited off shore in a Landing Craft‚ Infantry‚ while the first group of soldiers landed
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Medicare Part D Drug Plan was created by Congress in 2003 to aid the elderly‚ disabled‚ and sick persons in affording their medication. Coverage for the drug plan went into affect January 1‚ 2006. This plan was called the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (MMA) (Cassel‚ 2005). The final bill that passed‚ was influenced by drug-company and health insurance lobbyists and focused mainly on the needs of those industries instead of the seniors it was meant to serve
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Olive Garden Evaluation Essay Cooking at home or having a homemade meal is a very good thing‚ but sometimes‚ we like to try different kinds of food. A lot of people come from different countries and they may have never had certain types of foods that are commonplace here. I once discovered that I enjoy Italian food‚ so the first Italian restaurant I went to‚ and I still visit‚ is Olive Garden. Olive Garden is not the greatest restaurant in the eyes of some‚ but for me‚ it’s simply the best! They
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“Explore The Secret Garden’s representation of illness and recovery.” The Secret Garden‚ written by Frances Hodgson Burnett‚ is a children’s story that has endured enormous popularity since its publication in 1911. The novel centres round a young and lonely protagonist‚ Mary Lennox. Mary’s journeys in The Secret Garden- both physical and spiritual- have been followed by child readers and often remembered long into adulthood. The text communicates to readers themes such as death‚ sickness‚ and
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Axia College Material Appendix D Psychological and Psychophysiological Stress Disorders Respond to the following: 1. Stress can be the root cause of psychological disorders. Name four symptoms shared by acute and posttraumatic stress disorders. a) Nightmares‚ or even re-experiencing events that had occurred through flashbacks b) Avoiding situations that the person perceives as traumatic c) Feeling alone and less responsiveness to what was once
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Have you ever looked at your neighbors’ lawns and wondered how they keep their grass so green? Is it because your neighbors have some kind of secret serum that they are sprinkling on their lawn late at night? Or maybe you think aliens are sneaking around and zapping your neighbor’s lawn into good health. Well‚ however you think your neighbors are maintaining that prize winning lawn‚ the truth is to have a gorgeous lawn you have to understand how grass grows. Grass type‚ growth‚ proper maintenance
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