RADIATION DETECTION IN VEGETABLE LEAVES: A COMPARATIVE CASE STUDY IN COASTAL AND HINTERLAND REGIONS OF AKWA IBOM STATE BY Godfrey T. Akpabio‚ Ime E. Essien And Bassey E. Bassey. Department of Physics‚ University of Uyo‚ Uyo. ABSTRACT Radioactive radiation level was detected for five samples of vegetable leaves namely: Water leaf‚ Fluted Pumpkin‚ Editan Lasientera africana and Afang Gnetum africanum. These vegetable leaves were collected from Uyo (interland region) and Ibeno
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Abstract This paper will discuss the Wireless Ethernet product produced by Cisco‚ the Aironet 3500 wireless access point. The Aironet 3500 access points are designed for installation into areas of wireless frequency saturation. They are an ideal solution for businesses‚ hospitals and universities plagued by interference devices such as microwave ovens‚ rogue devices such as phones and digital tablets. Universities can take advantage of the technology by deploying the APs on dorm floors knowing
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Global Cosmetics Industry The cosmetics industry represents one of the most profitable and fast growing market segments in the United States in the past 50 years with cumulative sales of over $32 billion in 2005. The top players in the industry are L’Oreal followed by Procter & Gamble‚ Unilever‚ Shiseido‚ Johnson & Johnson‚ Avon‚ Revlon‚ Estee Lauder‚ Coty Inc‚ and Elizabeth Arden. The industry product categories are identified as cosmetics‚ hair care‚ skin care‚ sun care and perfume‚ which are
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As Autumn approaches maple leaves start to lose their green color and then turn red‚ yellow and brown. In observing my first set of maple leaves I noticed a high concentration of black spots in the yellow areas of the maple leaves. This observation brought mine to the question of‚ Do the dark brown spots appear mostly in the yellow area compared to the red areas on the leaves? The first set of Red Maple leaves I observed black spots that seemed to appear in higher amounts on the yellow areas rather
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Was HIV Man Made? Before we get into this topic‚ I’d like to give you all a brief understanding of HIV. HIV - the Human Immunodeficiency Virus - is a virus that attacks the immune system‚ resulting in a chronic‚ progressive illness that leaves people vulnerable to opportunistic infections and cancers. When the body can no longer fight infection‚ the disease is known as AIDS‚ which stands for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. So this brings us to‚ is HIV a man made disease to control the population
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What is hairspray made of? Hairspray is a solution of long‚ chainlike molecules (called polymers) in a very volatile solvent. Spraying deposits a stiff layer of the polymer on your hair after the solvent evaporates. The solvent used was once a compound of carbon‚ fluorine‚ and chlorine (a chlorofluorocarbon‚ or CFC). CFCs are nontoxic‚ nonflammable‚ and make almost ideal aerosol propellants. But when it was learned that they causedestruction of stratospheric ozone‚ they were replaced with other
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Background of the Study Tea is created by using the leaves of a plant known as Camellis sinensis. This plant is native to mainland China‚ South and Southeast Asia‚ but it is today cultivated across the world in tropical and subtropical regions. It is an evergreen shrub or small tree that is usually trimmed to below 2 m (6.6 ft) when cultivated for its leaves. It has a strong taproot. The flowers are yellow-white‚ 2.5-4cm (0.98-1.6 in) in diameter‚ with 7 to 8 petals. Tea-drinking can be traced back
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Academic essay - Business Ethics Abstract In 1956‚ the Mondragón Cooperative Corporation‚ or MCC‚ made a small start in Basque region of Spain‚ at the initiative of five young engineers‚ inspired by a Catholic priest by the name of Jose Maria Arizmendiarrieta. Today it has emerged as a truly multi-billion dollar international enterprise with a highly integrated network of 100 MCC cooperative enterprises and competes quite successfully with conventional capitalist corporations both locally and
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organisations used similar stylistic devices to attract the attention of the general public. The Leave campaign‚ as well as the Remain campaign‚ have used the popular literary device of “repetition” over and over again. To demonstrate‚ an analysis collected the three most frequently used words for each organisation: the Remain campaign mainly used “jobs”‚ “trade” and “businesses”‚ whereas the Leave campaign predominantly made use of “controlled”‚ “NHS” and
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role outside the home‚ to pursue full-time careers or education and to participate more widely in society generally. At this moment‚ employers find that they employ large numbers of women and are dependent on their skills‚ thus liberal maternity leave provisions can help with long-term recruitment and retention. It enables employers to attract qualified women and be a very useful and cost-effective policy in areas of professional skill shortage. As spoken by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Najib
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