Weapons Approximately 19 million gallons of Agent Orange were used by the US military in southern Vietnam between 1962 and 1971. An aggressive herbicide which defoliates trees‚ it was used on a large scale in Vietnam’s jungles to enable US troops to spot Communist troops more easily. It eradicated around 15% of South Vietnam’s vegetation‚ and gave rise to serious health problems for the soldiers‚ civilians and local wildlife that were exposed to it. Agent Orange contains dioxin‚ a highly toxic substance
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Department of Computer Science Topic: monitoring bandwidth usage based on mobile agents Supervisor: Mr. T. Nyathi Co-Supervisor: Dr. S. B. Mangena This project is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of final year for Bsc. Honors Degree in Computer Science By Dennis Nyoni (N007 1093M) Period 2010/2011 CHAPTER ONE Introduction A mobile agent is a software object that: • Is situated within an executor environment
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many new medicines. When trying to refute my personal claim that Vietnam was a bad war for America to join‚ these are the only two main reasons others say the war was a good event for America’s history. Agent Orange was used during the Vietnam War to destroy thickly forested areas. Agent Orange was a chemical mix and was the most commonly used herbicide and was the most effective for the task soldiers were trying to achieve. In just 9 years
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THE RELEVANCE OF LAW TO AN ACOUNTING STUDEN? Law is relevant to an accounting student because it helps the student to understand the laws that governs Trusteeship‚ Executorship and Bankruptcy. In the area of Trusteeship it helps the student to understand the roles of the settler‚ trustee and the beneficiary. To understand who can appoint a trustee and what is required to make a Trust valid. It also helps the student to understand the difference between Trusteeship and other concepts. It helps
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Chemical Warfare works. Last we will discuss how to protect against Chemical Warfare. Use II. What is Chemical Warfare? A. Definition of Chemical Warfare Chemical Warfare? B. Types of Chemical Warfare (Agents) 1 Harassing Agents Tear Agents Vomiting Agents 1. Incapacitating Agents Psychological Agents Others (Kolokol-Tranquilier) Transition: Now since we explore the different types of Chemical Warfare and what is chemical warfare. Let’s explain and understand how chemical warfare
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1. What is the infectious agent (pathogen) that causes this infectious disease? For example the name of the bacteria‚ virus‚ or parasite. Giardia is protozoan and also flagellated. Flagellated means using appendages in a whip-like movement to propel. Giardia attaches to the host through the lining of the upper intestines. Once it attaches itself‚ it begins to feed and reproduce causing the giardiasis to commence. Giardia reproduces by dividing itself‚ which defines it as a trophozoite. This process
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The significance of the Vietnam War to New Zealanders The Vietnam War was a highly controversial war that attracted severe international criticism towards the US and its allies. New Zealand’s direct involvement started due to the international pressure exerted on us by Australia and the USA‚ and the increasing threat of the spread of communism this created huge divisions throughout New Zealand and questioned our reasoning to commit military forces there in the first place. The Vietnam War was significant
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needs an advantage. “[The military] sprayed more than 19 million gallons of herbicides over 4.5 million acres of land in Vietnam...Agent Orange‚ which contained the chemical dioxin‚ was the most commonly used of the herbicide mixtures‚ and the most effective‚” (“Agent”). In total‚ this agent accounted for 11-13 million gallons of the total herbicides released. Agent Orange was later found to be the origin of various health problems; these include tumors‚ birth defects‚ skin irritation‚ psychological
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in correct sig fig 11. log(8.9790 x 1021) 12. antilog(0.1) 13. 0.34589 + 0.30 14. (1.310 x 102) x 0.350 15. 0.040500 / 0.030 II. REDOX REACTIONS Balance the following redox reactions and indicate which chemical species is the oxidizing agent and the reducing agent ACIDIC CONDITION 1. BrO3- + N2H4 → Br- + N2 2. UO2+ + NO3- → UO22+ + NO(g) 3. S2O42- → S2O32- + HSO3- BASIC CONDITION 1. Ag(s) + CrO42- → Ag+ + Cr(OH)3 (s) 2. ClO2 → ClO3- + Cl- 3. CH3CH2OH + MnO4- → CH3COO- + MnO2 (s) What is the oxidation
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April Goodson CHEM 242L-002 February 20‚ 2013 Oxidation of Cyclohexanone to Adipic Acid Abstract The cyclic ketone cyclohexanone was oxidized to adipic acid using the oxidizing agent nitric acid. The experiment yielded 0.2667 grams of adipic acid‚ giving a percent yield of 113.97%. Although the product was allowed to dry for one week‚ residual moisture was still present in the sample and a melting point could not be obtained. This error in the experiment either resulted from adding too much
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