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    N.Vanicek Human gait analysis during walk and run 1-ABSTRACTION When human travel by foot from point X to point Y and they are not in rush‚ they walk but when they rushed they run. Although human legs can have a wide range of movement and locomotion pattern but when people travel on foot‚ in most cases they use walk or run. There are many items effect on this selection like the optimum energy consumption. So walk and run are two most important locomotive patterns for human. The aims of this

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    Classification of Living Things Classification of living things is called "Taxonomy." This is when scientists put organisms into groups when they have things in common. The first groups they use are the Kingdoms. There are five kingdoms: ➢ Animal Kingdom ➢ Plant Kingdom ➢ Fungi Kingdom ➢ Protist Kingdom ➢ Moneran Kingdom Each Kingdom is then split into smaller groups‚ called Phyla. Each Phylum is split into smaller groups called Classes‚ each Class is split into

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    prehensile hand. There are a few other animals‚ mostly other primates‚ who have hands with a similar structure to that of a human and who do make some use of tools as well‚ but not quite to the extent that humans are able to (3). Comparative research on the hand of several species with those of the human hand have not been able to pin down any particular morphological feature that would explain the difference in abilities between humans and other primates (3). Whatever the case may be‚ it has nevertheless

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    Damn Near Everything There Is To Know About Cells: Biology Cell Report There are many parts of a cell‚ they all have specific duties‚ and are all needed to continue the life of the cell. Some cells exist as single-celled organisms that perform all of the organism’s metabolism within a single cell. Such single-celled organisms are called unicellular. Other organisms are made up of many cells‚ with their cells specialized to perform distinct metabolic functions. One cell within an organism may

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    1992. Lewin‚ Rosh. "Look Who’s Talking Now." New Scientist 130 (1991): 40–52. Cantfort‚ 269–79. Albany: SUNY Press‚ 1989. Patterson‚ Frances‚ and Elton Linden. The Education of Koko. New York: Holt‚ Rineheart & Winston‚ 1981. Rumbaugh‚ Deborah. "Primate Language and Cognition: Common Ground." Social Research 62 (1995): 711–730. Terrace‚ Haley S.‚ et al. "Can an Ape Create a Sentence?" Science 206 (1979): 891–902.

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    Animal experimentation‚ also known as animal testing refers to the action when scientists test any chemical or drug in animals for human-oriented purposes. The most common animals that are used are mices‚ rats‚ and primates. Animal are tested for cosmetic products research and medical advancements. The first federal law issued in the U.S. was the Animal Welfare Act‚ which regulated animal use in research. Most of the tests that are made on animals‚ failed or have failed in humans. Animal experimentation

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    Jane Goodall is one of the most recognizable zoologist in the world. Her contributions to this field has revolutionized how we look at animals. Her best work is in the field of primates. Ms. Goodall studied behavior characteristics which helped us realized that animals are not so different than us. She defied all odds‚ inspired many‚ and is a big part of zoology. Jane Goodall was born April 3‚ 1934 in London‚ England. Animals were always a big part of her life When she was 2 years old‚ she was gifted

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    contain rings of DNA called plasmids. • The cytoplasm is enclosed by plasma membrane that lies beneath the cell wall. • The plasma membrane is made up of lipids and proteins. • Some Monera have hair like pilli for adhesion or tail-like flagella for locomotion. • The source of nutrition for these organisms is usually photosynthesis or chemosynthesis. • The characteristics also include the shape of the cell that includes round (cocci)‚ rod-like (bacilli) or spiral (spirochetes or spirilla). • Reproduction

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    One of the first people Alan goes to see is a person who believes chimps have more similarities than dissimilarities with humans. To explains one of their similarities as a type of politics. He believes that like humans chimps also develop a type of politics. He shows this by giving the chimps to watermelons and observing what the group of chimpanzees does with them. The two watermelons are taken by the two biggest males in the group while the females are left with nothing. The females begin to pester

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    of the cell. * Pilli - Hair-like structures on the surface of the cell that attach to other bacterial cells. Shorter pili called fimbriae help bacteria attach to surfaces. * Flagella - Long‚ whip-like protrusion that aids in cellular locomotion. * Ribosome’s - Cell structures responsible for protein production. * Plasmids - Gene carrying‚ circular DNA structures that are not involved in reproduction. * Nucleiod Region - Area of the cytoplasm that contains the single bacterial

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