Aortic aneurysm is a condition in which silent and irreversible focal dilations of aortic wall is occurred due to loos of the wall integrity (1). Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a type of aortic aneurysm that is associated with high risk of mortality ‚ each year in US the AAA causes 4500 death and it is the 14Th cause of death (2). Thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA) is another type of aortic aneurysm that is quiet rare with a prevalence of 5-10 per 100‚000 in UK (3) . Most of the time AAA and TAA
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To understand O’Connor means to be in conflict with one’s self. Critics have praised her work and even contradicted her statements about her own work. She is known for using grotesque violence and death in her stories. In one of her letters to a friend she claimed she used this technique as a way to attain the reader’s attention. Not because the quality of her writing wasn’t worthy of their attention‚ but because she wanted to get a message across. She wanted people to realize the grip of corruptness
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* Civilization Features of civilization: * government * jobs * art/arcitecture * laws * religion * cities * WRITING (very important) * social classes * technology At this time‚ all governments are monarchies. The king usually had divine and unquestionable power until the area over which he rules starts failing. Then people rebel. The earliest writing is in pictures‚ mostly caligraphy and such. The first to develop writing is most
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Paleoanthropology can be defined as the study of the chronology‚ remains‚ physical structure and habitats of early hominids. The fields of anthropology and paleoanthropology have been dominated by one family name since the 1930 ’s‚ the Leaky family. Three generations of the Leakey family have been piecing together the story of our origins for over six decades. The patriarch of the family is Louis S.B. Leakey who was a paleontologist‚ an archaeologist and an anthropologist. He was born
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Part I: Primate Adaptations 1. a) The primates have develop their sense of touch. They developed fingernails on their fingers and toes instead of claws. b) They developed this trait to have better manipulation while holding and gripping things‚ like trees and branches. They can also feel better with the tip of their fingers. This trait helped them in survival. It led to better mouvements in trees‚ as well as holding food and their babies. c) As for long-term adaptive advantages‚ the sense
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World History Notes: Chapter One Intro In 1849‚ William Loftus founded the ruins of the city of Uruk‚ one of the first cities in the world. Loftus found this ancient city in a part of Mesopotamia. Mesopotamia was one of the first places where civilization began. The First Humans The first civilizations began in Western Asia and Egypt. The way we determine how civilization came about is through science. Archaeologists find many signs of civilization in ancient ruins. No records were contained
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like people. They existed in Africa as long as three million years ago. The australopithecines were one of the first nomads to make simple tools. Homo erectus came on the scene around 1.5 million years ago. Homo erectus was the first nomads to leave the country of Africa and moved into the continents of Europe and Asia. 250‚000 years ago‚ Homo sapiens which are the modern human beings emerged. Neanderthals was another
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into your own phylogenetic tree diagram you believe based on their shared characteristics. (a) Drosophila melanogaster (fruit fly) (b) Ectoedemia castaneae (moth) (c) Hyla cinerea (tree frog) (d) Rattus rattus (rat) (e) Danio rerio (zebrafish) (f) Homo sapiens (human) (g) Saccharomyces cerevisiae (yeast) (h) Lumbricus terrestris (earthworm) (i) Sus scrofa (pig) (j) Bos taurus (cattle) (k) Mus musculus (mouse) List the shared characteristics (you may want to review chapters 33 and 34 for identifiable
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Along with a big brain‚ opposable thumbs‚ bipedalism is one of the characteristics that makes the human species unique. The dictionary defines bipedalism as “a condition of using two feet for standing or walking”. Walking on two legs allowed our ancestors to see better‚ have freed up hands‚ and eventually become erect. Bipedalism is one of the initial driving force of the human evolution. It is still being debated to on exactly when did the ancestor of our species began to walk on two legs. One
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Overview Tricuspid atresia is a type of congenital heart defect in which the tricuspid valve between the right atrium and ventricle did not form. Instead‚ there is a solid wall of tissue between the two chambers. When this occurs‚ the blood is unable to flow through the heart and to the lungs to receive oxygen as it normally would do. As a result‚ the baby’s lungs are unable to supply the rest of her body with the oxygen it requires to function properly. In most cases‚ it is not known what causes
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