The Black Plague manifests itself in one of three iterations of an infection by the bacterium Yersinia pestis: bubonic plague‚ pneumonic plague‚ or septicemic plague. When Y. pestis invades the lymphatic system‚ it inflames lymph nodes that swell into large‚ painful bubos‚ hence the derivation of its moniker. Transmission is via a bite of the rat flea and‚ subsequently‚ the infection spreads to the cardiovascular and pulmonary systems. If contracted from a plague victim by aspiration of aerated
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Vaccinations: Are they important? Forty percent of parents in the United States delay or don’t vaccinate their children (Culp-Ressler). Many parents believe vaccinations have serious side effects‚ but the CDC has not found links between vaccinations and the side effects parents are worrying about. Since some parents believe vaccinations can cause serious side effects‚ they have not been vaccinating their children and are using philosophical exemptions keep their children from having to get those
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APPLICATION NOTE 1002 ISO LINK Isolink Optocouplers vs. Pulse Transformers In isolation applications where one needs to pass signals in presence of transient or continuous high voltages‚ reject extreme noise‚ and break ground loops‚ optical (optocouplers) and magnetic (pulse transformers) coupling isolation are often used. However pulse transformers are much more difficult to design with relative to optocouplers. When dealing with pulse transformers‚ the load becomes more critical than
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be a U.S. citizen. The privileges or immunities clause was first written in Article IV section two. It was then written again in the 14th Amendment after slavery was abolished in order for equal protection guarantee. The federal government wanted to insure that states respected the rights and freedoms of former slaves. In the first section of the 14th Amendment it states‚ “no state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United states.” This
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BB-Legal 7. The doctrine of sovereign immunity provides that only a head of state can make treaties with another nation. ANSWER: F PAGES: Section 1 TYPE: N BUSPROG: Analytic AICPA: BB-Legal 8. Expropriation occurs when a government seizes a privately owned business or privately owned goods for a proper public purpose and awards just compensation. ANSWER: T PAGES: Section 1 TYPE: + BUSPROG: Analytic AICPA: BB-Legal 9. The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act broadly defines
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Introduction The Economic studies have found three main possible market structure : Perfect Competition‚ Oligopolistic competition and monopolistic competition. The neoclassical theory are based on the first market structure‚ the perfect competition‚ where firms have no market power and are defined price taker. Oligopoly and Monopoly constitute the counter case‚ where buyers and sellers have a market power such to influence the price‚ is the imperfect competition. In the modern history manifold firms
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Lesson 7.01 Nervous and Endocrine Systems Neurons: A nerve cell‚ the fundamental unit of the nervous system that conducts electrical signals through the body. Impulses: Electrical signals conducted through the body’s nervous system by neuron cells. Electrical signals called impulses are carried throughout the nervous system by specialized cells called neurons. Neurons cells can vary in shape‚ size‚ and specialized function‚ but they all share some common features. The cell body is the largest
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gastrointestinal tract‚ and are stable at acid pH. Picornaviruses are small‚ ether-insensitive viruses with an RNA genome. There are three poliovirus serotypes (P1‚ P2‚ and P3). There is minimal heterotypic immunity between the three serotypes. That is‚ immunity to one serotype does not produce significant immunity to the other serotypes.The poliovirus is rapidly inactivated by heat‚ formaldehyde‚ chlorine‚ and ultraviolet light. The polio virus leaves its reservoir‚ the feces of the person. The portal of
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Affairs was created‚ and in 1789‚ it was renamed the Department of State. Ambassadors are people that represent the United States in official matters of diplomacy. Diplomats are granted Diplomatic Immunity‚ which is immunity to a nations laws. Diplomatic Immunity assumes diplomats do not abuse their immunity‚ and if a nation deems their actions unsatisfactory‚ the official may be expelled from the country. The Defense Department was created in 1947‚ in order to unify the armed forces‚ which were otherwise
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Lymphatic and Immunity Test--Essay Question #2 Recently‚ the subject of discussion in class was about the lymphatic system and its association to immunity functions. The relationship between the lymph‚ interstitial fluid and plasma is both fascinating and complex. It is an integral part of our bodies’ immune system working as “…a network of organs lymph nodes‚ lymph ducts‚ and lymph vessels that make and move lymph from tissues to the bloodstream.” (https://www.nim.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/ article/002247
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