There have been 18 confirmed cases of the West Nile Virus in 2015. This Tuesday‚ the first death by West Nile Virus has been reported in Los Angeles County. The San Gabriel Valley man was hospitalized in late August‚ and had pre-existing health conditions besides the virus. His name was withheld by the county Department of Public Health. First Death Confirmed It was also announced Tuesday that the city of Long Beach had its first human West Nile virus infection‚ names and identifying details also withheld
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things. For instance the cultivar ‘maeneene’ was used by the Ngai Tuhoe people of Urewera to weave fine patterned mats. Ngati Porou sought the ‘Takirikau’ cultivar for making piupiu (kilts). The ‘Kohunga’ cultivar produced muka that Ngati Maniapoto used for their finest cloaks. Whanganui tribes chose the ‘Ate’ cultivar for making eel nets and kete (baskets). Each tribe had a native waka (canoe) and these waka where held together by flax fiber. When the flax fiber comes in touch with water it
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West Nile virus caused a huge outbreak in 2013 ;this is called a mass hysteria. Mass hysteria is when people think of imaginary or real threats from rumors and lies. West Nile virus causes fever‚headaches‚body aches and skin rash. The virus is spread by mosquitos which makes it more likely to get infected. People were constantly worried that they or their children will get the virus . This goes along with The Crucible because several people started talking about witchcraft and then it began to spread
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A BACKGROUND STUDY OF KARL MARX A POSITION PAPER SUBMITTED TO DR. WARREN JONES‚ JR. OF SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AT NEW ORLEANS IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COURSE PHILOSOPHY: 211 IN THE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND HUMANITY ALYSIA JOHNSON 03/02/2015 Karl Marx was born in in a Jewish family in 1818. His family ended up switching their religion due to laws banning Jews from high society. Karl’s father became a Christian after turning 35. Karl along with
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1.0 Background of NasionCom Holdings Berhad NasionCom Holdings Berhad (NHB) is an investment holding company. The company is organized into two main business segments: Telecommunication and multimedia services segment‚ which is engaged in the provision of voice and data services broadband Internet access and related services‚ and Wholesale services segment‚ which is involved in wholesale of telecommunication prepaid cards. The company was formerly known as High-Tech Electronics Sdn Bhd. Other operations
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Dengue virus is an epidemic facing many Asian countries. Although the current topic of discussion among health professionals is a possible outbreak of avian flu among humans‚ the dengue virus kills hundreds every year in the same region (ONE). This epidemic is not one that faces easy fixes‚ in fact there is no vaccine for the dengue virus. In this paper I will discuss and explain how the dengue virus poses a great threat to the region and how it plagues the lives of thousands of people in Asia.
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Chapter I Introduction Background of Study This study tackles about the awareness of the Ninth Grade Students‚ School Year 2014 – 2015 of the Philippine Women’s University – Jose Abad Santos Memorial School Quezon City‚ on the Lesbian‚ Gay‚ Bisexual and Transgender Community‚ or the LGBT Community. The first recorded instance of same-sex love and sexuality dates back to the ancient civilizations. *countries* In Africa‚ in the north of Congo‚ there were records of male Azande warriors who routinely
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1.1. History Viruses that have been attenuated are less communicable than viruses that are not. Although the virus in the chickenpox inoculation is generally incompetent of causing an ailment‚ it still encourages a response from the body’s invulnerable system. 1.2. Causes In 1875‚ Steiner demonstrated that chickenpox was caused by a communicable agent by inoculating volunteers with the vesicular fluid from a patient with desperate varicella. Clinical explanations of the relationship between varicella
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Ebola Virus Thesis Statement: The deadly virus Ebola is killing thousands of innocent people worldwide‚ but there are some simple steps that are being taken to prevent this coming tide of deadly parasites Outbreaks 1976 outbreak 1995 outbreak First two outbreaks What is Ebola? The Ebola virus in general Symptoms Transmission What is to blame? Poor facilities are impart to blame Poor governmental operation Chimpanzees are the suspected hosts Prevention and what it helping More money
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The Ebola Virus A virus is an ultramicroscopic infectious organism that‚ having no independent metabolic activity‚ can replicate only within a cell of another host organism. A virus consists of a core of nucleic acid‚ either RNA or DNA‚ surrounded by a coating of antigenic protein and sometimes a lipid layer surrounds it as well. The virus provides the genetic code for replication‚ and the host cell provides the necessary energy and raw materials. There are more than 200 viruses that
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