5a. Dracunculus medinensis‚ commonly known as the Guinea worm‚ is a human parasite. It enters the body through water fleas‚ but when the fleas reach the digestive tract‚ the fleas are killed and the worm larvae are not. Over the course of about a year‚ the larvae grow and develop into full-fledged worms carrying thousands of new larvae. The worms travel to the skin and expel acid to burn their way out. The burning sensation causes human hosts to feel the urge for cold water to ease the pain. However
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In the luscious gardens of Queen Hera‚ where the birds sing and flower bloom‚ there were two God‚ one as obese as the jolly fat man‚ and the other as skinny as a stick. They were Coluso and Hermes. Coluso had the strength of a wrecking ball‚ completely destroying anything in his path. His strength was put to waste‚ because Coluso‚ with his mighty axe‚ was a procrastinator. On the other hand‚ Hermes‚ Coluso’s partner‚ was a complete opposite of him. The only thing the two had in common was that they
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Vertebrates are animals that are members of the subphylum Vertebrata /-ɑː/ (chordates with backbones). Vertebrates include the overwhelming majority of the phylum Chordata‚ with currently about 64‚000 species Vertebrates include the jawless fish‚ bony fish‚ sharks and rays‚ amphibians‚ reptiles‚ mammals AND ‚BIRDS 20 Main Characteristics of Vertebrates Main Characteristics of Vertebrates are given below: 1) Well developed brain. 2) Brain lodged in to box or cranium. 3) Notochord‚ forms
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Influence of Surrealism on the artists and cinema. Every movement under the avant-garde era is an important corner stone for the awakening of new ideas leading to revolutionary movements relating to the politics and social changes. Surrealism movement is significant and its success in cinema shows its influential and important role in society. Surrealism opened up a new way of viewing the reality by bringing out the unconsciousness as part of people’s life and thus connecting irrationality of
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Cams Drop/Snail A snail/drop cam has a slow rise and then a sudden drop. This is a one-event-per-turn cam with a slow build up to the peak and a rapidly decreasing edge. This cam has one direction only‚ which is counter clockwise. Pear A pear shaped cam that is made from a circular disc of material‚ which is then elongated to create its shape. This cam will provide a steady rise and fall in the in the follower followed by a period where the follower does not move. Eccentric An
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soil‚ water‚ temperature‚ weather Sunlight‚ soil‚ water‚ temperature‚ weather Sunlight‚ soil‚ water‚ temperature‚ weather Sunlight‚ soil‚ water‚ temperature‚ weather Heterotrophs Macroheterotrophs None Microheterotrophs 1. Snail
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Biology Fieldwork Report Tioman Island Kevin Kam 11W Biology Fieldwork Survey 2013 Date: 15th April – 19th April 2013 (Monday – Friday) Site location: Tioman Island‚ Malaysia Type of habitat surveyed: Located 32km away from the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia‚ Tioman Island is a small island is surrounded by the South China Sea and has a sheer size of 20km long and 11km wide. Tioman Island bears constant humid conditions and hot temperatures due to its close proximity to the equator. The
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Notes on Great Barrier Reef Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Barrier_Reef Earth snapshot coral reef: http://www.eosnap.com/tag/coral-reef/page/2/ Size: The Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest coral reef system composed of over 2‚900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2‚600 kilometers (1‚600 mi) over an area of approximately 344‚400 square kilometers (133‚000 sq. mi) Location: The reef is located in the Coral Sea‚ off the coast of Queensland‚ Australia. It
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An unknown Girl Moniza Alvi was born in Pakistan .Her father was Pakistani and mother English. She left Pakistan when she was a baby for England. The poet is thus caught between two worlds and her poems exemplify her quest for her cultural identity. The prescribed poem appears to be set in India. Pakistan was a part of India before the partition‚ therefore the setting may be a symbolic thirst for her motherland. The title of the poem is “The Unknown Girl”‚ though it may refer to the girl in the
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there are many different changes in the way we read and the material that we read. A stone tablet is no longer required because we have other ways to read. Second‚ communication has changed a lot in the past 100 years. We no longer have to send snail mail nor wait on it. Last‚ the way kids play games has been changed due to technology advancing. Board games are a thing of the past. As can be seen‚ daily life has changed drastically in the past decade because of evolution in technology.
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