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    Network and Telecommunication Concepts May 14‚ 2005 FIBER OPTICS IN OUR SCHOOLS Fiber optic refers to the medium and the technology associated with the transmission of information as light impulses along a glass or plastic wire or fiber‚ about the thickness of a human hair. Fiber optic wire carries much more information than conventional copper wire‚ and is far less subject to electromagnetic interference. A single glass fiber can carry the equivalent of 100 channels of television or 100

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    Dieting Makes People Fat

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    Dieting Makes People Fat A lot of people strongly believe that they have to starve themselves in order to reduce their weight. In fact‚ it is true that it may help them to reduce some ounces in a few days. However‚ dieting with an expectation of getting quick results is most likely to have serious consequences as rapid weight loss is not sustainable (FoodTalk‚ n.d.). The outcome of dieting is not just weight loss alone. Several other things also happen in the body when the energy intake of a person

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    because people have different genetics and metabolisms‚ it might not be as easy for some as it is for others‚ but the laws of physics demand that if you input less energy then you output‚ your body will have to make up for it with stored energy (ie: fat). This problem that is plaguing America is not an easy problem to solve and putting the fork down can be very hard for some people. Despite the abundance of scientific evidence‚ there are the people who refuse to accept the facts that their obesity

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    of children and adults has diabetes (American Diabetes Association‚ 2012). American Indians and Alaska natives have a higher percentage of adults with diabetes than other ethnicities (Collazo-Clavell et all. 2009). Diabetes is a serious life-long illness caused by high level of glucose in the blood. This condition is when the body cannot produce insulin that is located in the pancreas. Insulin is a hormone that moderates the blood level. Diabetes affects the process of how the body uses blood sugar

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    Body Fat and Eating Disorders Deywalla Street SCI/241 August 2‚ 2012 Shelba Levins Body Fat and Eating Disorders Individuals with excess body fat or obesity put themselves at risk of developing a number of serious diseases‚ which range from digestive problems to heart attacks. According to Heyward and Wagner (2004)‚ obesity is not only about an increase in body fat‚ but also contributes to changes in body composition‚ namely water‚ mineral‚ and protein content. The researchers added that it

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    Three-Dimensional Structure of Proteins Rotation around the -Carbon in a Polypeptide A Sterically Nonallowed Conformation The  Helix and  Pleated Sheet Conformationally allowable structures where backbone is optimally Hbonded (linear Hbonds).  Helix (3.613 Helix): •3.6 residues/turn •Rise = 0.15 nm/ residue •13-atom hydrogenbonded loop Linus Pauling and Robert Corey‚ 1950  Pleated Sheet: •Anti-parallel or parallel •2.0 residues/”turn” •0.34 nm/residue (anti-parallel) or 0.32 nm/residue

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    High-Fat Diet Hypothesis

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    High-fat Diet Contributes to Aggressive Behavior Hypothesis: High-fat diet contributes to aggressive behavior. Introduction: Aggression is a behavior that is destructive‚ hostile or violent and is intended cause harm‚ injury or damaged to the target person or object. Aggression and violence are the major problems in our society and one of the main contributions of this behavior is socioeconomic status (SES). According to the American Psychological association (APA)‚ socioeconomic status is

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    Minority Mental Illness

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    Mental health is essential to overall health as well as efficiency. It is the foundation for thriving contributions to family‚ district‚ and culture. All through the lifespan‚ mental health is the source of thoughts and communication skills‚ knowledge‚ pliability‚ and self-esteem. It is all too easy to dismiss the worth of mental health until troubles emerges (Brager‚ G. & Holloway‚ S.‚ 1978). Mental health troubles and illnesses are factual and disabling conditions that are experienced by one in

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    Mental Illness Paper Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) is real illness that can be treated with medicine and therapy. When have OCD‚ you have recurring‚ upsetting thoughts (called obsessions). You repeat doing the same thing‚ over and over again (called compulsions) to make the thoughts go away. And‚ you feel like you cannot control or stop these thoughts or actions. The obsessions‚ or upsetting thoughts‚ can include things like a fear of germs‚ a fear of begin hurt‚ a fear of hurting others

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    Understanding patterns and trends in health and illness among different social groupings Measuring health Statistics regarding health and illness levels are generated by three main groups. These groups are: * Government: These provide a wide range of current statistics; The Office of National Statistics provides this. They have a hard and electrical copy of such things as GP appointments from surgeries‚ infant mortality rates‚ hospital admissions‚ suicide rates and many other statistics. They

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