of other woodlouse families‚ members of this family can roll into a ball‚ ability they share with the outwardly similar but unrelated pill millipedes and other animals. It is this ability which gives woodlice in this family their common name of pill bugs‚[1] doodle bugs‚ or roly polies. The best-known species in the family is Armadillidium vulgare‚ the common pill bug. The Classification of the sow or rollie polys: Kingdom Animalia (Animals) Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods) Subphylum Crustacea
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Lap Report: Pill Bugs Abstract The sow bug‚ also called the pill bug‚ is an isopod that does not have a wide range of items that it likes to eat. In the experiment we were trying to see how the pill bug reacted with certain man made substances and two substances that they would find in their everyday habitat. We tested ketchup‚ orange juice‚ sand‚ baking soda‚ flour and water. The pill bugs did not like the ketchup and orange juice I believe because of the strong acidic smell and it didn’t
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tract can now swallow a tiny camera that takes snapshots inside the body for a physician to evaluate. The miniature camera‚ along with a light‚ transmitter‚ and batteries called capsule cam‚ is housed in a capsule‚ the size of a large vitamin pill‚ and is used in a procedure known as capsule endoscopy‚ which is non-invasive and painless way of looking into the oesophagus and small intestine. Once swallowed‚ the capsule is propelled through the small intestine by peristalsis‚ and acquires and
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Immortality pill (IP). The reason I initially responded this way‚ and still remain set on my belief had plenty to do with the factors involved. First‚ if I were to take the Immortality pill I would already know my horrific demise‚ such as an accident‚ war victim‚ or suicide. Secondly‚ just as suicide effects not only the person committing the act‚ but more so the family and friends in that individuals life‚ yet the same concept is present when making the decision to take this pill. It is just
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Assessment The structural features of the pill bug allows it to have advantages over other organisms. The pillbugs multi-segmented body allows it to roll into a ball if it feels threatened or in danger in order to protect its self. Another advantage of have a multi-segmented body is it allows the pillbug to semi curl to flip its self back over if it is knocked down. The antennae is used to sense the environment around it‚ even if it is in ball shape form. The advantages of this is the pillbug
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Does Bubble Gum Elasticity Affect Bubble Size? John Ruan‚ Ethan Mann‚ Karina Orozco‚ Viraja Alluri‚ and Nathan Ashta Mrs. Brazel Gregory Middle School Team 8-4 PURPOSE The purpose of this experiment is to determine if the elasticity of bubble gum affects the diameter of a bubble blown with the gum. HYPOTHESIS If the elasticity of the bubble gum is higher‚ then the diameter of the bubble blown will be significantly larger because the bubble will be able to stretch farther
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| Microelectronic Pill | | | | | | 1.INTRODUCTION The invention of the transistor enabled the first radio telemetry capsules‚ which utilized simple circuits for in vivo telemetric studies of the gastro-intestinal tract. These units could only transmit from a single sensor channel‚ and were difficult to assemble due to the use of discrete components. The measurement parameters consisted of temperature‚ pH or pressure‚ and the first attempts of conducting real-time noninvasive
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A new platform of an electronic pill with bidirectional communication system for miniaturized and low power biomedical applications Nidal Fawaz‚ Dirk Jansen Institute for Applied Research Offenburg Badstrasse 24‚ 77652 Offenburg‚ Germany Tel.: +49781205128‚ Email: Fawaz@fh-offenburg.de Abstract Electronic pills‚ smart capsules or miniaturized microsystems swallowed by human beings or animals for various biomedical and diagnostic applications are growing rapidly in the last years. This
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interesting facts about the pill bug. The pill bug is also known as sowbugs‚ woodlice‚ or by their scientific name Armadillidiidae vulgare . Some of their physical characteristics include a hard black‚ brown‚ or gray shell (depending on the species being studied)‚ sharply angled antennae‚ seven pairs of legs‚ flattened or round-backed profile and an oval shape. Their head has 4 pairs of mouthparts and is followed by the 7 main trunk segments‚ which bear the walking limbs. Pill bugs only grow from 0.2
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Smart Pill Assignment There are three different forms of pills that smart pills can consist of. Natural vitamins‚ plant derived herbals and synthetic pharmaceuticals. Can these pills have any effect on promoting intelligence? Is intelligence built into our genes? Or is intelligence acquired as we age and gain experience. Intelligence has different levels and everyone believe different things. Some people believe that “smart pills” make you smarter. Plant derived herbals come from different plants
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