Crustaceans (Crustacea) form a very large group of arthropods‚ usually treated as a subphylum‚ which includes such familiar animals as crabs‚ lobsters‚ crayfish‚ shrimp‚ krill and barnacles. The 67‚000 described species range in size from Stygotantulus stocki at 0.1 mm (0.004 in)‚ to the Japanese spider crab with a leg span of up to 12.5 ft (3.8 m) and a mass of 44 lb (20 kg). Like other arthropods‚ crustaceans have an exoskeleton‚ which they moult to grow. They are distinguished from other groups
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INTRODUCTION - SOME HISTORY about ROMANIA Before World War II‚ Romania was Europe’s second-largest food produce. In 1938‚ per-capita national income reached $94‚ surpassing other present-day developed European countries such as Greece ($76) or Portugal ($81). However‚ the Romanian economy still lagged behind its Western European counterparts. The GDP of Romania between 1870 and 2008 in dollars. After World War I‚ the application of radical agricultural reforms and the passing of a new constitution
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Abby Cole Biology Summer Essay The human brain is extremely hard to understand; however‚ there are people in the world dedicated to understanding it. A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness‚ written by Dr. Vilayanur S. Ramachandran covers many topics regarding the brain‚ one of the more thoroughly covered topics is how the human brain works. This leads to the question‚ are humans set apart from other life on earth because of their brains? Although there is not as much knowledge of animals brains‚
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Psychology in the Schools‚ Vol. 46(3)‚ 2009 Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com) C 2009 Wiley Periodicals‚ Inc. DOI: 10.1002/pits.20370 CRISIS COUNSELING: AN OVERVIEW JONATHAN SANDOVAL‚ AMY NICOLE SCOTT‚ AND IRENE PADILLA University of the Pacific Psychologists working in schools are often the first contacts for children experiencing a potentially traumatizing event or change in status. This article reviews basic concepts in crisis counseling and describes
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The social comparison theory was initially proposed by Leon Festinger in 1954. This theory states how we tend to compare ourselves to others as we develop‚ and learn more about ourselves. Festinger stated that‚ “Social comparison theory proposes that people have a drive to evaluate their progress and standing on various aspects of their lives and‚ in the absence of objective standards‚ people compare themselves to others to know where they stand” (Fardouly‚ Diedrichs‚ Vartanian‚ Halliwell‚ 2015)
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How to Brief Cases To fully understand the law with respect to business‚ you need to be able to read and understand court decisions. To make this task easier‚ you can use a method of case analysis that is called briefing. There is a fairly standard procedure that you can follow when you “brief” any court case. You must first read the case opinion carefully. When you feel you understand the case‚ you can prepare a brief of it. Although the format of the brief may vary‚ typically it will present the
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HEADPHONES are a pair of small loudspeakers that are designed to be held in place close to a user’s ears. They are also known as ear speakers‚ earphones or‚ colloquially‚ cans. The alternate in-ear versions are known as ear buds or earphones. In the context of telecommunication‚ a headset is a combination of headphone and microphone. Headphones either have wires for connection to a signal source such as an audio amplifier‚ radio‚ CD player‚ portable media player‚ mobile phone‚ electronic musical
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The Sustainability of Over Fishing Area A Hi‚ I’m Taylor and my sustainability project is on over fishing. Over fishing means “situations where one or more fish are reduced below their normal populations because of fishing activities”. This means that fish or fish’s population may be so over fished that it may not recover. So I am going to talk about ways we can still fish but in a more sustainable way. Area B Science‚ Math‚ and Technology can help my issue by leading up to it and possibly
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Computer is an electronic machine or device which is available of receiving information(data) in an unread form and of perfoming a sequence of operations in accordance with a predetermined but variable set of procedural instructions (program) to produce a result in the form of information or signals. Input is a hardware component that allows users to key in or enter data /instruction to a computer.A computer has many types of input devices‚ for example : keyboard‚ pointing devices‚ voice input‚
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Minilesson Essay- Aposiopesis 9/4/12 In writing‚ authors usually do things for a specific reason‚ to invoke a reaction from their readers. They use descriptive language so the reader can see clearly; they form metaphors to make readers think. Why they name literary terms crazy things like aposiopesis? That’s beyond me. However‚ once I found out what aposiopesis meant‚ I found some interesting things. In Greek‚ the word “aposiopesis” means “maintaining silence” (Nordquist). This has been adapted
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