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Forensic Pathology
Number of Words: 1249 / Number of Pages: 5
... sketches and notes.
There are numerous ways a person can die. A forensic
pathologist's main role is to figure out how a victim died. First they
look at the proximate cause of death. That is the initial injury that led
to a sequence of events which caused the death of the victim. Second they
look at immediate cause of death. That is the injury or disease that
finally killed the individual. Next they look for the mechanism of death,
which is the altered physiology by which a disease or injury produces
death. And finally they look at the manner of death. There are four
manners of death. ...
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Strep Throat
Number of Words: 691 / Number of Pages: 3
... strep, a throat culture is needed.
There are a few symptoms of . First, a significant fever of about 101 degrees Fahrenheit or higher. Second, pus, or white spots, on either or both the tonsils and throat area when the tonsils have been removed. A third symptom is swollen, tender lymph nodes in the throat area, just below the ear, where the jaw bone and neck meet. One final symptom is a feeling of being sicker than you normally would be with a cold. If you have one or more of these symptoms, you should see a doctor for treatment.
is the most common sore throat to get. It cannot be treated at h ...
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Human Nature
Number of Words: 544 / Number of Pages: 2
... punished for it. The child might then not do anything similar from
then on, because he knows that it is socially unacceptable. The child
might also continue to do bad things, because he doesn't realize that what
he did was wrong.
Another way evil may be introduced into a person can also be from a
movie or the media. The first time a person sees a movie with violence and
killing, the person might copy what he sees in the movie, and choose to
murder.
Aristotle says "Every act and every inquiry and similarly every
action and pursuit is thought to aim at some good." This idealism is
strongly di ...
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Antibiotics And Their Role In Society
Number of Words: 939 / Number of Pages: 4
... To perform either of these functions, antibiotics must be brought into contact with the bacteria.
It is believed that antibiotics interfere with the surface of bacteria cells, causing a change in their ability to reproduce. Testing the action of an antibiotic in the laboratory shows how much exposure to the drug is necessary to halt reproduction or to kill the bacteria. Although a large amount of an antibiotic taken at one time might kill the bacteria causing an illness, such a dose usually would make the person suffer from illness caused by the drug. Therefore, antibiotics are given in a series of sma ...
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Braces: A Pain In The Ass
Number of Words: 483 / Number of Pages: 2
... left-
over remains of Taco Bell in-between molars.Braces become a constant source of
embarrassment.
Braces are three years of physical torture beginning with the very first
office visit. The application of the brackets itself is long, tedious, and
uncomfortable. First, cold, polydent flavored clay is thrust into the crevices
of the mouth, forcing imprints. Jagged metal squares are glued to the enamel,
forcing hot, burning, glue to drip down the pink of the gums. Braces also cause
everyday aches and pains in the mouth. Metal spokes, guiding teeth to a new
shape, stab the inside of the mouth cau ...
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The Circulatory System
Number of Words: 1389 / Number of Pages: 6
... In its passage through the lungs, the blood is oxygenated, that
is, then it is brought back to the heart by the four pulmonary veins, which
enter the left auricle. When this chamber contracts, blood is forced into the
left ventricle and then by ventricular contraction into the aorta. The bicuspid,
or mitral, valve prevents the blood from flowing back into the auricle, and the
semilunar valves at the beginning of the aorta stop it from flowing back into
the ventricle. Similar valves are present in the pulmonary artery.
The aorta divides into a number of main branches, which in turn divide
in ...
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Abortion: Freedom Of Choice
Number of Words: 357 / Number of Pages: 2
... lose
their right to choose abortion they may start performing them illegally.
This may do serious harm to the mother and her body.
Aborton is a woman's choice. Woman accepted the definition that a
womans prime role was as wife and mother and control of ones own body. Once
they had choices about life roles, they came to feel they had the right to
choose abortion to run their own lifes. Any woman should have the ability
to choose when to have a child in their marital and sexual freedom. Many
woman feel if they didnt have the right to choose an abortion in there life
they would have passed by man ...
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Nutrition In Schools
Number of Words: 2003 / Number of Pages: 8
... from a piece of pizza served at his school! Other students complained about canned vegetables being drenched in butter(Norvell, 1995).
Many of the school meals sacrifice taste and appearance. When this happens it leads to the children to neglect their main course and go to class hungry. In a study conducted for The American School Food Service Association and sponsored by Sabetasso Foods, taste of food was the number one variable influencing the decision to eat school lunch (Meyer&Conklin, 1998).
Without education about the benefits of quality nutrition, many students lack the knowle ...
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The Ebola Virus
Number of Words: 1574 / Number of Pages: 6
... the surface of the virus. The average length and diameter of the virus is
920nm and 80nm. The virons are highly variable in length (polymorphic), some
attaining lengths as long as 14000nm. The Ebola virus consists of a helical
nucleocapsid, which is a protein coat and the nucleic acid it encloses, and a
host cell membrane, which is a lipoprotein unit that surrounds the virus and
derived form the host cell's membrane. The virus is composed of 7 polypeptides,
a nucleoprotein, a glycoprotein, a polymerase and 4 other undesignated proteins.
These proteins are synthesized by mRNA that are transcribe ...
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Mental Disorders
Number of Words: 1524 / Number of Pages: 6
... For official record-keeping purposes, most countries follow the International Classification of Diseases of the World Health Organization (WHO). For clinical use in the U. S., the American Psychiatric Association in 1980 adopted a third edition of its Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-III); an extensive revision (DSM-III-R) was issued in 1987.
Most classification systems recognize childhood disorders (including mental retardation) as separate categories from adult disorders. Most distinguish between organic, somatically caused states and non-organic (sometimes referred to as functional) c ...
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