A bacterial virus‚ named WO‚ was discovered to contain spider-like DNA. WO is a bacteriophage (phage)‚ a virus that infects and replicates within bacteria. It’s usual target is a bacterial parasite named Wolbachia. Wolbachia is found in 40% of arthropods and has recently been used to fight the Zika-carrying mosquitoes. Now‚ scientists realize they can use the virus to insert whatever gene they wanted into Wolbachia and then that would modify the mosquito from within. Animal genes were also found
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There are many reasons why enzymes have such a high specificity. The first variable is an enzyme’s primary structure. A primary structure is just a combination of amino acids. There are twenty different amino acids that the primary structure can be created from. Every enzyme has a different order that the acids are placed in and each one has a different number or amino acids. The slightest change in this structure can affect a protein’s conformation and function. The secondary structure is a regular
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Implementation of a standardized reporting tool to be utilized during a patient triage visit required the masters prepared nurse to develop and design the communication tool. After obtaining approval from the Clinical Nurse Supervisor‚ a collaborative literature review was conducted on the most recent research on nurse to provider SBAR documentation. The masters prepared nurse determined SBAR documentation would improve communication between nurse and provider during a patient triage visit. Engaging
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There is this boy and he is separated from his father and his father is in the demon land. The boy lives in the middle kingdom with his mother and grandmother. the boy’s father so he lives in the demon world. the boy always wanted to know about his father but his mother was too busy to answer any of his questions. They own a little farm to grow vegetables‚ his mother did not like talking about the golden mountain the boy thinks that might be a bad place he says. the boy finally runs into his father
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Nicole Akukoro Nguyen PAP Geometry‚ per. A2 28 April 2016 Flatland Report In the book written by Edwin Abbott titled‚ Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions‚ Abbott creates a fictional‚ two-dimensional world‚ which he calls Flatland‚ that is inhabited by two-dimensional beings described as polygons. Abbott sets the scene in the first part of the book‚ titled “This World”‚ by describing the society‚ physical environment‚ and the various ways that the Flatlanders interpret and understand their surroundings
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In the speech delivered at the Harvard Book Store Nicholas Carr‚ an American writer interested mainly in technology and business‚ presented his new book “The Shallows. What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains”. The writer explained also the main thesis of his work‚ which seems to be the following: Using the Internet has an impact on our brain and the way it is functioning. His arguments‚ not against the Internet in general‚ but against overusing it‚ are the result of his personal experience as well
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In Blink‚ Malcolm Gladwell makes a number of arguments that call a bigger one: the human mind and all its various functions process at such a fast speed that its body can’t react quickly to render those processes physically. Gladwell introduces the concept of “thin-slicing” in Blink‚ the innate ability to gauge an environment and draw out conclusions at almost lightning-fast speeds. This ability leaves some humans concluding certain points that they can’t initially explain why or how. Through this
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Trevor Sherman ENGL 1023 Dr. Lee 3-6-13 HW #3 “My Papa’s Waltz” The smell of whiskey on her dads breathe made her dizzy‚ but she still clinched to him like death even though it was not easy. They danced around until the pans on the kitchen cabinet slid off making mom very unhappy to where she could not unfrown her face. She was held by her dad’s hands that was battered on one knuckle‚ still continuing the unique waltz her ear was scrapped by a buckle on every missed step. She was still clinging
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Reading Response One Newark also known as “The Brick City” is a city that is located in New Jersey. It is one of the five largest cities in New Jersey. Newark is a racially diverse city that is divided into the central‚ north‚ west‚ south and east ward. The Central‚ North and South are based on housing and business areas while the East ward is the downtown area that includes all the action with tourists like restaurants and shopping centers. Then there is the West ward‚ an area with homes with very
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In October 1988‚ Paula Perry‚ a research analyst for the brokerage firm Alexander and Ferris‚ was tasked to analyse the financial condition and performance of MiniScribe Corporation. The latter was a manufacturer of disk-drives for personal computers‚ and was rumoured to be experiencing cash flow and inventory problems. The objective of Paula’s analysis is to help her manager decide if MiniScribe Corporation should remain in Alexander and Ferris’ ‘Buy’ recommendation list or not. The case was therefore
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