Quality of life ties into geographic luck‚ which had a lot to do with the shaping the cultures of Eurasia‚ South America‚ and Africa. Geographic luck might have been benefit or a detriment to the natives who inhabited the land. It largely depends on what geographic hand you are dealt. Factors which go into making up an area’s geographic luck are climate and how the natives dealt with the weather. Moreover‚ the indigenous people of the continents must have a stable food source so they can get their
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and Physiology II Breckenridge School of Nursing- ITT Tech 4/11/2014 Elephantiasis is a tropical disease caused by a parasite that enlarges the limbs (arms and/or legs) to elephantoid size. “Three kinds of round worms cause elephantiasis filariasis: Wuchereria bancrofti‚ Brugia malayi‚ and Brugia timori. Of these three‚ W. bancrofti makes up about 90% of the cases. Man is the only known host of W. bancrofti.” (Medical Dictionary) These worms block the lymphatic system from properly draining
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Cited: "African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness)." WHO. World Health Organization‚ 10 2010. Web. 28 May 2011. . Carter‚ Richard. "Evolutionary and Historical Aspects of the Burden of Malaria -- Carter and Mendis 15 (4): 564." Clinical Microbiology Reviews. American Society For Microbiology‚ Oct. 2002. Web. 30 May 2011. . "CDC: West Nile Virus - What You Need To Know." Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC‚ 12 Sept. 2006
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............3 2.2. HIV/AIDS.…………………………………………………………................................3 2.3. Tuberculosis.……………………………………………………………………………..4 2.4. Maternal Mortality Rate.…………………………………………...................................4 2.5. Malaria.……………………………………………………………..................................5 2.6. Lifestyle Diseases ………………………………………………….................................5 2. Snapshot of Pharmaceutical Industry at Global and National Level ………...........................6
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El Niño is a climate pattern that describes the unusual warming of surface waters along the tropical west coast of South America. El Nino has an impact on ocean temperatures‚ the speed and strength of ocean currents‚ the health of coastal fisheries‚ and local weather from Australia to South America. El Niño events occur irregularly at two- to seven-year intervals. However‚ it is not a regular cycle‚ or strictly predictable in the sense that ocean tides are. El Niño has long been recognized
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unit 4222- 265 1 1.1: identify the differences between bacteria‚ viruses‚ fungi and parasites. Bacteria are living things that are neither plants nor animals‚ but belong to a group all by themselves. They are very small--individually not more than one single cell--however there are normally millions of them together‚ for they can multiply really fast.Bacteria are prokaryotes (single cells that do not contain a nucleus). Every species has a great ability to produce offspring and its population
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Dams of India have been built across many perennial rivers since the independence of India. These dams in India are a part of several multi-purpose projects to serve a variety of needs. In a multi-purpose project‚ a river forms a unit and a river valley is developed‚ by exploiting all the resources of the river. Basically‚ dams are built to harness the river water so that it can be utilised according to the needs. A multipurpose project is launched often for storing water for irrigation purposes
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Anu G Agarwal65 (2003) A common bio-medical waste treatment facility (CBWTF) is a setup where Bio medical wastes which are generated by the Health care centres are imparted necessary treatment to reduce the risk which it possesses. The treated wastes are finally land filled in a restricted area. All the Health care units cannot have individual facilities because of the volume of waste generated‚ treatment methods and techniques‚ space‚ investment needed‚ maintenance and availability of qualified
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on the 2006 epidemic of dengue virus at a tertiary care centre in Sindh. The basic reason behind conducting research was to investigate the outcome of a selected group of patients who were either alleged or had been confirmed to be infected with the dengue virus and were being provided treatment at Liaquat Univesity Hospital in Hyderabad. The methodology that was used in this research was that 116 patients were kept under observation as they were being treated for the dengue infection. All relevant
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could have ingested deadly bacteria or toxins. Parasites while very common in tropical regions can cause irreparable damage to the body. Furthermore‚ mosquitoes thrive in tropical regions‚ which could have helped spread other diseases such as malaria and Dengue Fever. The dense population facilitated the spread of these diseases. When the Spanish arrived in the early 16th century‚ although the Mayan Empire had already collapsed‚ some Mayans survived. The Spanish contaminated the remaining Maya with
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