These agents are usually found in nature‚ but they can be altered to increase their ability to cause disease‚ to make them resistant to current medicines‚ or to increase their ability to be spread into the environment (Bioterrorism Overview 1). They are usually colorless‚ odorless microorganisms or derived from microorganisms that can be spread in air as aerosols or in food or drink to infect as many people as possible (Nicolson 1). There are three categories of bioterrorism agents. They are
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1. What is the infectious agent (pathogen) that causes this infectious disease? Hepatitis A is cause by the Hepatitis A virus. The Hepatitis A virus causes an inflammation of the liver. 2. How is the infectious agent transmitted through food or water? The Hepatitis A virus is found most commonly in the stools and blood of an infected person about 15 to 45 days before symptoms occur and during the first week of illness. Hepatitis A is transmitted through eating or drinking water that has been
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forward direction‚ 3 Sn4+(aq) + 2 Cr(s) 3 Sn2+(aq) + 2 Cr3+(aq) 4+ a. Sn (aq) is the reducing agent and Cr(s) is the oxidizing agent. b. Cr(s) is the reducing agent and Sn2+(aq) is the oxidizing agent. c. Sn4+(aq) is the reducing agent and Sn2+(aq) is the oxidizing agent. d. Cr(s) is the reducing agent and Cr3+(aq) is the oxidizing agent. e. Cr(s) is the reducing agent and Sn4+(aq) is the oxidizing agent. 2. The following reaction occurs spontaneously. 2 H+(aq) + Ca(s) Ca2+(aq) + H2(g) Write the
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Women as agents of change INTRODUCTION Throughout most of Western and African history‚ women were confined to the domestic sphere‚ while public life was reserved for men. Women were denied the right to own property‚ to education‚ or to participate in public life. Women can change the institutional imbalances in society through advocacy‚ lobbying and activism. This paper therefore seeks to discuss in detail how women can be agents of change in all institutions that govern their lives through venturing
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(s) 3 Hg2 + 2 Fe3+ Hg2+: reduced‚ Fe: oxidized c. 2 As (s) + 3 Cl2 (g) 2 AsCl3 As: oxidized‚ Cl2: reduced Would you use an oxidizing agent or reducing agent in order for the following reactions to occur? a. ClO3- ClO2 reducing agent b. SO42- S2- reducing agent c. Mn2+ MnO2 oxidizing agent d. Zn ZnCl2 oxidizing agent Write balanced equations for the following redox reactions: a. 2 NaBr + Cl2 2 NaCl + Br2 b. Fe2O3 + 3 CO 2 Fe + 3 CO2 in acidic solution
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Jerry Maguire: An Inside Look Reaction Paper Angelica Merlino Jerry Maguire is a sports agent for Sports Management International (SMI). The film begins with Jerry writing a mission statement to guide the agency in the right direction. His goal is to have fewer clients and less money. Ironically‚ Jerry is dismissed from SMI due to his mission statement with only one loyal client‚ Rod Tidwell‚ and one employee‚ Dorothy Boyd. Jerry’s mentor states‚ “The key to this business is personal relationships
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Weapons Approximately 19 million gallons of Agent Orange were used by the US military in southern Vietnam between 1962 and 1971. An aggressive herbicide which defoliates trees‚ it was used on a large scale in Vietnam’s jungles to enable US troops to spot Communist troops more easily. It eradicated around 15% of South Vietnam’s vegetation‚ and gave rise to serious health problems for the soldiers‚ civilians and local wildlife that were exposed to it. Agent Orange contains dioxin‚ a highly toxic substance
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Department of Computer Science Topic: monitoring bandwidth usage based on mobile agents Supervisor: Mr. T. Nyathi Co-Supervisor: Dr. S. B. Mangena This project is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of final year for Bsc. Honors Degree in Computer Science By Dennis Nyoni (N007 1093M) Period 2010/2011 CHAPTER ONE Introduction A mobile agent is a software object that: • Is situated within an executor environment
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many new medicines. When trying to refute my personal claim that Vietnam was a bad war for America to join‚ these are the only two main reasons others say the war was a good event for America’s history. Agent Orange was used during the Vietnam War to destroy thickly forested areas. Agent Orange was a chemical mix and was the most commonly used herbicide and was the most effective for the task soldiers were trying to achieve. In just 9 years
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My Career Path: FBI The career of my choice is to become an FBI special agent in the Counterterrorism Division. Ever since I was little I was infatuated with becoming involved in law enforcement and to serve and protect my country in any way possible. The FBI special agent career has five divisions; Intelligence‚ Counterintelligence‚ Counterterrorism‚ Criminal‚ and Cyber. Counterterrorism is responsible “to detect‚ disrupt‚ and dismantle terrorist sleeper cells in the United States before they act;
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