Chapter 20: The Immune System The immune system has two intrinsic systems: 1. Innate (nonspecific) defense system 2. Adaptive (specific) defense system The immune system is a functional system rather than structural; there are no specific immune system organs Pathogen: a disease-causing agent; anything foreign in our body that causes disease Three lines of defense: 1st: external barriers 2nd: several non-specific defense mechanisms 3rd: immunity‚ specific resistance to disease
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Chapter 20: Political Realignments 1890-1900 Compare & contrast the democratic & republican parties in terms of supporters & policies: The republicans took up 16 Northerns states and the democrats took up 14 southern states. However‚ Elections were always close because support for either party was close. States that are on the fence were the ones that determined the winning party are called “swing states.” During the civil war‚ the democrats offered state’s rights party‚ decentralization‚ and
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Crash Course World History Video Notes Russia‚ the Kievan Rus‚ and the Mongols 1. Most historians now believe that the settlers of Kiev were ____________ people who migrated from around the ____________ ______. 2. But there’s an older theory that the settlers of Kiev were actually _________ who came down to Kiev from rivers like Dnieper and founded outposts. 3. ______________ was hugely important to Kiev. Almost all of their __________ ended with trade concession treaties‚ and their _____ ______
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Ch 20 Packet Africa and the Africans in the Age of the Atlantic Slave Trade Part 1 1. Describe the characteristics of the “Atlantic System”. The Atlantic System was a major catalyst in the growth and development of the Atlantic slave trade‚ which boosted the world economy significantly. The Atlantic system a link between Africa and the rest of the world. It simply was the destiny that Africans were going to face‚ being shipped to the Middle East‚ Europe‚ and especially across the Atlantic
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Top 20 Interview Questions 1. What were your responsibilities? - Best Answers 2. What did you like or dislike about your previous job? - Best Answers 3. What were your starting and final levels of compensation? - Best Answers 4. What major challenges and problems did you face? How did you handle them? - Best Answers 5. What is your greatest strength? - Best Answers 6. What is your greatest weakness? - Best Answers 7. How do you handle stress and pressure? - Best Answers
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Lymphatic System consists of 2 semi-independent parts: 1. Lymphatic vessels—network that carries lymph from peripheral tissues to the venous system 2. Lymphatic tissue and organs—found throughout the body *Lymph system cells—lymphocytes‚ phagocytes and other immune system cells What is Lymph? Fluid derived from plasma/interstitial fluid. Does not have plasma proteins What does the Lymphatic System do? Returns interstitial fluid and leaked plasma proteins to the blood stream It produces‚
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The 1920’s was a big start to the changing of the U.S. cars are becoming more and more popular as they have been around for 15 years now and people are beginning to trust and afford them‚ During the 20’s and for the first time in history more people are living in cities than living on farms in the country. The nations economy is booming and the its wealth will have doubled from 1920 to 1929. Chain stores are becoming more popular and for the first time in history people on the west coast are buying
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The National University of Advanced Legal Studies‚ Kochi Narco Analysis and Protection Under Article 20(3) Medical Jurisprudence Project Alok Padman Roll No 508 VIII SEMESTER Medical Jurisprudence Project Narco Analysis and Protection Under Article 20(3) ACKNOWLEDGMENT I would like to take this opportunity to offer my acknowledgement to all those who helped me during the course of writing this article. First of all I thank God Almighty‚ without whose blessings this article
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List of top 20 Websites for Kids in INDIA 1. Chandamama.com Chandamama.com is the website of India’s favorite children’s magazine and one of the best Indian websites for children in terms of content and interactivity. It is a multilingual site‚ with content available in seven languages including English‚ Hindi‚ Kannada‚ Marathi‚ Sanskrit‚ Tamil and Telugu. The site has forums where registered users can post stories‚ jokes‚ riddles and poems that they have written as well as their own
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Top 20 Most Active Viruses Conficker.C • Conficker.C is a worm. Designed to spread by exploiting a vulnerability in the Windows Server Service which allows remote code execution. It is the vulnerability MS08-067. • It disables the following services: • Windows update‚ disabling the Windows updates. • BITS (Background Intelligent Transfer Service)‚ which is a service to transfer Windows files. • Error reporting service‚ which allows to send Microsoft information about errors occurring in the
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