The Zika Virus is a rare‚ dangerous and unique disease. Its name comes from the Zika Forest of Uganda‚ where the virus was first found in 1947. Zika virus is related to the disease ‚ yellow fever‚ and West Nile viruses. Since the 1950s‚ it has been known to occur from Africa to Asia. The Zika Virus started in Brazil in 2015 and spreads vastly. This virus spreads very early and can be easily affecting humans if bitten by a mosquito
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especially in America. Many associate the virus with our former president Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)‚ who was bound to a wheelchair due to his diagnosis of poliomyelitis. “Poliomyelitis is a debilitating muscle disorder‚ caused by the enterovirus known as the poliovirus” (Khan Academy‚ 2015). There are three serotypes of the virus that can cause paralysis; “poliovirus is a positive-strand single-stranded RNA virus” (Racaniello‚ 2005). This virus is transmitted through human to human contact
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coverage in the United States of the Avian influenza or ‘bird flu’ virus that has already swept across China and the Far East has been relegated to no more than a few lines in the major newspapers and television programs. However‚ as the threat of the virus entering the United States of America grows increasingly larger‚ many media outlets are stepping up their coverage‚ and attempting to educate US citizens of the dangers of the virus. While these efforts are to be largely applauded‚ it seems that
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Appraise the impact that the rise in networked society is having on different creative disciplines and identify some of the key trends‚ innovations‚ behaviours and emergent opportunities for creative disciplines. The term “networked society” describes the many different phenomena related to the social‚ political‚ economic and cultural changes caused by the increase in connected digital information. In this essay I aim to assess the value of networked society within the creative disciplines
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Name: Mohammad zaid Siddiqui role: 348 Teacher name: sir Sameer ahmad. Asignment effect of studying English literature in Pakistani society. English has been taught in sub-continent before partition. Immigiately after war of independence 1857 when britishers came to india they imposed their language on the people of sub-continent. Many institutions which include government college Lahore and others started teaching English literature few years after this incident. After partition this
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Video Games can be educational‚ non-violent‚ or violent and may have a negative learning impact on youth. Only about half of the Americans today years 8-18 have video games in their bedrooms and about 40 percent play video games. According to a survey from a Kaiser Family Foundation‚ boys spend more time playing video games than girls do (“Video Games” par. 89). The Entertainment Software Association say Americans spend more money on video games each year. Video games had changed from 2004 at
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The Impact of the “Six Languages” in Today’s Society What is language? Is it speaking in different ways or is it doing math equations? Is it both? How many languages are there and where did they come from? What exactly does “language” mean in the twenty-first century? Robert K. Logan‚ a renowned physicist and media ecologist as well as the author of “The Sixth Language”‚ claims he has the answers. In his work‚ Logan claims that six languages form an evolutionary chain of languages: speech‚ writing
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AIM The aim of today’s presentation is to apprise the house about the inception of the cell phone industry in Pakistan and its impact on our society till now A Brief History Of Cell Phones Cell Phone History In today’s world‚ most people communicate through the use cellular phones. It’s hard to believe that fifteen years ago cell phones were a rarity. Below is a history chronicling the dawn of the cell phone to its current state. 1843 - A skilled analytical chemist by the name of Michael
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race or cultural background” (Garrett‚ 2001). On typical late November nights on university of Ghana campus‚ one would find students at various places even in awkward positions cramming obligated to catch up on studies for papers due in December. This is because deadlines and due dates are non-existent for students until the night before their papers. They engage in student activism‚ sports‚ partying and overall good times which lack libraries and study sessions which expel more excitement than the
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Carla Martinez Plants/Microbes Dr. Scwhab TMV Hosts for Tomatoe Mosaic Virus include tobacco‚ tomato‚ and other solanaceous plants. TMV enters the plant cell through minor wounds. The virus can also contaminate seed coats‚ and the plants germinating from these seeds can become infected. Once TMV enters the cell‚ the virus particles disassemble in an organized manner to expose the TMV RNA. The virus RNA is positive-sense‚ or "+ sense"‚ and serves directly as a messenger RNA (mRNA) that is translated
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