Summary Richard Preston’s Hot Zone is a horrific narration of the origin of filoviruses and their encounter with humans. These viruses include Marburg virus (MARV)‚ Ebola virus (EBOV) and Sudan virus (SUDV). They are also known as Biosafety Level 4 agents because they are extremely dangerous to humans and have no treatments or cure. Section 1: The Shadow of Mount Elgon This section details Charles Monet’s visit to Kitum cave‚ which is located in Mount Elgon‚ Kenya. During this trip‚ Monet
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Maryam Peigahi Merry Caston Writing 115-Writing Blue January 27‚ 2015 ONE HOT DAY: MY BIGGEST FEAR FLEW IN SPARKS As a young child my greatest fear was fire. I am not certain what sparked this fear‚ or even why I would often dream about it only to wake up with my heart pounding and tears rolling down my cheeks. It was a hot Labor Day weekend 1996. My husband‚ children and I lived in a Farm house built in 1864‚ one of the oldest houses in Lane County. The house had large plank floors‚ two front
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emg;kwrn Current Topics In Decision Making LA#2: Current topics in Decision Making/ Value Chain and Structuring Problems / This will be done as a pair or as a group of up to three people. Names__Yiping Ma... Current Topics ABB Drives Application Guide Adaptive Program Adaptive Program Application Guide 3AFE64527274 Rev C EN EFFECTIVE: 08.04.2005 © 2005 ABB Oy. All Rights... Current Topics I like the Bangladesh observer very much. Since newspapers bear the current information‚ we can not do
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Part 1‚ Chapter 1 Something in the Forest Summary Chapter one introduces the reader to Charles Monet. He is a French expatriate working on a sugar plantation in western Kenya. The story begins on New Year’s Day‚ 1980‚ when Charles and a woman take an overnight trip to Mount Elgon‚ a formerly active volcano. During their trip‚ they visit Kitum Cave. After returning to his quiet life‚ Monet becomes ill. The reader knows that he is experiencing a catastrophic illness‚ but Charles and those who
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3.4 Other departments revenue and total hotel net income: The remaining revenue from other departments contains a small percentage of the total revenue for Victoria Hotel. There is a lack of correlation between the net income and other revenue monthly figures. The other income statistic significant increased since August year 2 and decreased on January in year 3. The peak amount of other revenue was reach $64.127 in year 3 and this can be credited towards a noticeable increase in conferences and
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Asset bubbles are some of the worst types of recessions because they take the longest to unwind. The next couple of years will go much like this…. - US Dollar will give a short-term rally in the next 6 months only to continue its long term devaluation. It will include an approximate 50% decline (currently at 37%) by the end of the decade in relation to its 2001 levels. - All commodities (including gas) will continue to rise at around 5% to 7% on average as inflation continues to accelerate
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DBA (HM) IT Individual Assignment A Restaurant management system By Sun Kai Beryl Lecturer: Sunni Date: May 8‚ 2011 Introduction Restaurants are a traditional industry which has a long history; cook’s high skill and innovation are all the basis of hospitality industry. Providing guests with an elegant dining environment‚ warm service and fast rhythm production‚ are all fashionable requirements. Use modern information technology to the whole process of organizing
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Sandra Alexander The Hot Zone: A Scary Truth Richard Preston weaves a true tale about a chilling story of an Ebola virus (A disease-causing agent smaller than a bacterium‚ consisting of a shell made of proteins and membranes and a core containing DNA or RNA. A virus depends on living cells in order to replicate.) outbreak that occurs in a suburban Washington‚ D.C. laboratory in 1989. In this laboratory‚ monkeys being used in scientific experiments quickly sicken and die due to a filovirus
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different concentration levels. There includes a hot‚ 60 degrees‚ and cold‚ 5 degrees‚ temperature and an undiluted and diluted solution for both. The two constant variables in this experiment were the volume‚ 250 mL of water‚ and the time‚ 40 minutes‚ checking every 10 minutes. This experiment was performed to determine the optimal conditions for when osmosis and diffusion occur. Hypothesis: Part A: The potassium permanganate will diffusion more evenly in hot water compared to the cold water because water
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of the dataset Purpose of the case We have to study three competitors (Dubuque‚ Ball Park‚ Oscar Mayer) in the market of the hot dog. We want to know the impact of the variation of the price of one competitor (Ball Park) on the market share of another competitor (Dubuque). Origin of the dataset The dataset comes from "a scanner study conducted at grocery stores located in the western suburbs of Chicago". So we know that the data don’t represent the entire hot dog market. There is uncertainty
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