Are Viruses Alive? 1. Describe how a virus differs from bacteria. Most Viruses are harmful and their only purpose is to invade a host cell‚ reproduce and destroy the host cell in the process. Close to 99% of bacteria are beneficial with only a few that cause diseases. Life on earth could not exist without bacteria. Bacteria produce nearly half of the oxygen found in the atmosphere. Viruses have no cells‚ nucleus‚ cytoplasm or cell membrane. Viruses consist of tiny particles of nucleic acid
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Helen Threet SCI/151 April 20‚ 2015 Telescopes in Astronomy Telescopes have proven to be one of the greatest inventions in the science of astronomy. This instrument‚ which makes far-away objects more visible has facilitated both learning about and understanding our universe. This paper will discuss the importance of telescopes‚ their three major designs‚ and the strengths and weaknesses of different locations for telescopes. In addition‚ this paper will discuss the frequencies of light and the
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Diabetes and the risk that comes with it Carl L. Tabb SCI/163 August 2‚ 2011 Diabetes and the risk that comes with it 23.6 million Americans have diabetes in all ages ranges says The National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse. Diabetes occurs when your body’s sugar levels are abnormally high or the body is not responding to insulin. . Insulin is produced by our body’s to regulate our blood sugar levels. In Greece the word diabetes means “to flow through” and in the Latin culture is means
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How do kids reason? (Piaget’s preoperational thought) According to Piaget‚ “he called cognitive development between about 2 and 6 years preoperational intelligence‚ a time for symbolic thoughts‚ especially language and imagination.” Children do not use logical operations-reasoning processes during this time. In other words‚ things do not have to add up in order for it to make sense to them. An example would be that a child is able to use an object to represent something else‚ such as pretending
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Mental health is a state of the well-being in where a person realizes what their abilities are. It determines what how a person handles the stress‚ work and how to take part in the society. The main factors are how a person thinks‚ emote‚ interacts with one another. The determinants of mental health are multiple social‚ psychological and biological factors. These factors help determine the mental health of a person. Examples are a persistent socio economic are pressured into risks of mental health
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Four Realms of Causality The diagram above shows the four realms of causality. The outer ring involves the physical real—the realm of science or the karma of nature. Inside that is the realm of social dynamics—politics‚ group psychology‚ cultural forces and so on. Inside that we find the causal dynamics of the individual mind‚ their developmental history and internal workings of their personality. Usually the task of explanation stops there‚ but inside this‚ at the very core we find the spirit or
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The constraints of truth commissions A truth commission is supposed to not only investigate and publicize the truth‚ but also help emancipate the people‚ both the victims and perpetrators‚ in a post-violence society from the traumatic past. To achieve this goal‚ there must be sufficient funding‚ a robust institution‚ a sound legal system as well as active civil participation. Unfortunately‚ truth commissions are often faced with a number of intrinsic constraints that make it impossible to provide
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The seven sins of memory describes the seven major categories of memory that have failed (Murray‚ 2003). These seven sins of memory were investigated by psychologists. The memory can be good or bad for short-term and long-term memories‚ since it can recall every detail from childhood. The brain is a very special to carry the memories to determine the flaws in the architecture of memory (Murray‚ 2003). Also‚ it can benefit people to learn the seven sins of memory to help them to understand what the
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Assignment 1- Hierarchy of the court system The hierarchy of Civil Courts include both First Instance courts (the first time the case is heard) and Appeal courts (any court of law that has the power for appeals from courts of first instance). The First Instance courts include the Tribunals‚ the Magistrates Court and the County court. Whereas the Appeal courts include the Court of Appeal‚ the Supreme Court‚ and the Court of Justice of the EU. However two levels of the hierarchy appear in both the
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The four processes of silencing that are presented are the following: ridicule‚ ritual‚ control‚ and harassment. The first of the four processes is ridicule. Ridicule can best be defined as when we use language to make fun of someone with the intention of them feeling less than or small. An example of ridicule would be men the dominant group-labeling women as nagging. They also convey through ridicule that women the marginalized group has nothing important to say. They hold an extreme double standard
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