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Sedimentary Rocks
<view this essay>.... and chemical . Clastic are formed by the gathering of individual grains of loose sediment, such as gravel and sand. Chemical are formed by chemical precipitation from solution. These two categories are not exclusive because most clastic carry some chemical sediment, and most chemical also contain some loose sediment material.
All are in general characterized by the parallel arrangement of their mineral layers or beds, which are distinguished from each other by differences in thickness, the size of the grains, or color.
All rock disintegrate slowly as a result of mechanical weathering and chemical weathering. Mechanical weathering is the breakdown of roc .....
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How Humans And Fish Obtain Oxygen
<view this essay>.... closes for food and opens for air. It is used to keep food and other materials from entering your trachea. The air then passes down the trachea which is a long “windpipe” that is lined with constantly moving cilia. These cilia whip back and forth and trap foregin objects and keep them from entering the lungs. The air completes its path down the trachea when it reaches the bronchus which is a speration of the trachea into the two different lungs it is used to carry oxygen to different parts of the body. These bronchus break into many bronchioles which then branch into many many microscopic tubs that cary the oxygen to every part of the lung till they meet the .....
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Mitochondrial Dna
<view this essay>.... called adenlyl cyclase, which in turn produces a second messanger, cyclic AMP. The cyclic AMP triggers the activation of adrenylyl cyclase. This communication would not be possible if not for the guanine nucleatides that allow the binding of the enzymes to occur. Not only does epinephrine trigger the chemical reactions by bonding to the guanine nucleotides, but they also trigger the production GDP by reducing GTP to its subserviant level.
Not all effectors are triggered by simply hormones. Cells in the retinal area of the eye are triggered by photons that strike rhodopsin. When the rhodospin it activates the G protein, transductin, to travel to the .....
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Bipolar Disorder 4
<view this essay>.... 30 times greater than that of the general population. Research suggests that people who commit suicide, whether depressed or not, tend to be more impulsive in their behavior. Manic-depressives, due to their spontaneous nature, are more likely to commit suicide than depressives.
Manic depression involves alternating episodes of serious mania and depression. An affected person’s mood can swing from excessive highs (mania) to deep hopelessness (depression), usually with periods of normal mood in between. Some individuals may display mixed symptoms of both mania and depression at the same time, while others may have fewer symptoms of mania (also referred to as .....
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Asthma And How Medication Allows For Increased Performance
<view this essay>.... person's performance.
There are many medications that can be taken to control the onset of asthma attacks. Anti-inflammatory drugs such as steroids, steroid inhalers, and steroid tablets are used as perverters and controllers of asthma. These drugs reduce the inflamation in the airways and reduce the need for other drugs. Steroids though take a few hours to have an effect and therefore ineffective if needed for immediate relief.
Other treatments include allergy shots and Antihistamines which can be used as a preventer of asthma. These reduce allergic reactions in patients and therefore reducing the chance for allergies to trigger inflammation in the asth .....
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Human Genome Project
<view this essay>.... new members
1. New members who want to join but have unwanted traits
People switching jobs that need insurance but can’t get it
Governments
Benefits to people with unwanted traits
Will government protect people with a predisposition to recklessness
Will governments provide benefits for people with predisposition to genetic disorders?
Welfare
Will welfare be provided to people with genetic predisposition not to work
Will the government try to alter people on welfare
Military
Will the military attempt to genetically alter persons to become greater soldiers or officers?
Will the newly found technologies be used to engineer biological weapon .....
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Diabetes 3
<view this essay>.... vessels of the retina become damaged leading to decreased night vision and ultimately blindness. Poor kidney function and kidney failure may also arise due to thickening of the blood vessels in the kidneys. Protein leaks into the urine and the blood is not filtered normally. Skin is greatly affected by diabetes Mellitus. There is poor blood flow to the skin which causes loss of feeling. Sores and deep infections called diabetic ulcers occur because of this.
Pregnancy is affected by diabetes Mellitus. Many changes that take place during pregnancy make controlling blood sugar more difficult for a woman who has diabetes. Changes in the levels and types of h .....
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Uranium
<view this essay>.... oceans but we do
not have the technology to mine it at a cheap cost.
Chapter 2
Mining
When uranium is extracted, pitchblende is broken up and mixed with
sulfuric and nitric acids. It then dissolves into uranyl sulfate. With the
addition of sodium hydroxide, uranium is precipitated as sodium diuranate
which is known as the yellow oxide of uranium. To get uranium from
carnotite, the ore must be finely ground and treated with a hot solution of
caustic and potash to dissolve out the uranium, radium, and vanadium. And
after the sandy matrix is washed away, the solution is treated with
sulfuric acid and barium chloride. A caustic alkali solution is then added
to .....
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