rays from the sun‚ microbes in the lake‚ and toxins present in the lake. The body system has its own way of reacting to these threats. Overheating is a result of heat exposure. Heat related illnesses include heat stroke‚ heat exhaustion‚ heat rash etc. Symptoms include elevated body temp‚ headache‚ nausea‚ dizziness‚ fainting‚ seizures and confusion. The body reacts to heat by using perspiration to cool the body. Long periods of heat results in hyperthermia. Overexposure to sunlight can
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For Day One: Describe one of the tools that as a scientist‚ you would use aboard the HMS Challenger. Include how the instrument is used‚ and describe what types of organisms or samples were recovered using the instrument. Day 1: It is January 2‚ 1872. We just passed Cape Verde on this hot sunny day. Today I am going to begin looking more into this new type of algae I found this morning. I will use my microscope to see what unique characteristics this algae has to compare to other types. I believe
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"I have no joy of this contract tonight. This is too rash‚ too unadvised‚ too sudden. Too like the lighting‚ which doth cease to be‚ ere one can say‚ it lightens" (2.2.117-120). The young Juliet even realizes how impulsive and rash they are being‚ but later that night Juliet still agrees to get married‚ a day after they met each other for the first time. Furthermore‚ Juliet is being rebellious
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Borrelia burgdorferi Overview: Lyme disease was first recognized in the United States in 1975 by Dr. Allen Steere‚ following a mysterious outbreak of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis near the community of Lyme‚ Connecticut. The rural location of the Lyme outbreak and the onset of illness during summer and early fall suggested that the transmission of the disease was by an arthropod vector. Adult female Ixodes tick (deer tick) From Brown University In 1982‚ the causative agent
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Virology 4.03.12 ® Dr. Angela Stanic Management of HIV Infection HIV Basics HIV= human immunodeficiency virus causes AIDS Attacks the immune system and causes depletion of the CD4 (white blood cells) cells With time‚ a person progresses to AIDS Testing is available Rapid tests are confirmed by more accurate antibody tests No cure But we have long term therapies available HIV Laboratory Parameters HIV Viral Load (HIV RNA) Number of HIV copies/mL measured in a person’s blood This test tells you how
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|Brand and Generic name |Classification |Action |Side effects |Contraindications |Nursing Responsibility | |GENERIC NAME: prednisone |hormones and synthetic |Prednisone is biologically |sleep problems (insomnia)‚ |Hypersensitivity‚ serious |•Administer once-a-day | |BRAND NAME: Deltasone‚ |substitutes |inert and converted to the |mood changes; |infections (except |doses before
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Lyme disease affects thousands of people every year around the world‚ and it has proved that even celebrities can get it. Authors Amy Tan and Rebecca Wells‚ musicians Daryl Hall and Avril Lavigne‚ and actors Richard Gere and Parker Posey have all been diagnosed with this illness. Lyme disease is caused by a type of bacteria called Borrelia burgdorferi‚ which has several hybrid strains that lead to this illness. These microorganisms are transmitted to humans through ticks that belong to the Ixodes
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Creon and Tiresias of conspiring against him‚ when Oedipus mocks Tiresias’ blindness and Tiresias curses him eventual blindness‚ and when Oedipus blinds himself after his mother/wife hangs herself. Throughout all the Oedipus plays‚ Oedipus makes many rash decisions and he does this especially in Oedipus the King. First off when Oedipus learns the truth from Tiresias‚ he says Creon and Tiresias are plotting against him: "Creon‚ the soul of trust‚ my loyal friend from the start steals against me... so
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need to stay home from school and adults from work‚ until the sores have crusted over. After the disease has run its course‚ the virus lays dominant in the nervous system‚ and reappear as another viral infection called shingles. Shingles‚ is a red rash that turns into painful blisters‚ forming along a nerve path‚ usually on one side. It
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Prior to the invention of the internet‚ the television set‚ and even the postal service‚ the humble messenger played a vital role in the ancient Greek social structure. The messenger carried imperative missives throughout a territory and between neighboring kingdoms‚ literally running the messages from place to place. By simply perusing the acclaimed Greek play Oedipus Rex‚ modern analysts witness the significance messengers play in the ancient world. Composed by Sophocles around 468 B.C.‚ Oedipus
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