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Armadillo
<view this essay>.... are active, running with a tiptoe trot. Their trot is as an aged
pony that is tired. They have a varied diet. They hunt by night.
Today's Armadillos are not the biggest armadillos that have ever
existed. The soil of South America is full of larger Armadillo bones from
the past. Some of the past bones were as much as sixteen feet long
including the tail. Some even migrated to Texas.
There are several species of these animals. The Six-banded Armadillos
were good burrowers and massive devourers of insects. They also ate
vegetable matter and were useful for devouring carrion. One specie called
the Peludo was clumsy bet was effective .....
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Lyme Disease
<view this essay>.... phases; and its prevention through the development of an effective vaccine is hampered by the elusive nature of the bacterium.
was first recognized in 1975 after researchers investigated why unusually large numbers of children were being diagnosed with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis in Lyme and two neighboring towns. The investigators discovered that most of the affected children lived near wooded areas likely to harbor ticks. They also found that the children's first symptoms typically started in the summer months coinciding with the height of the tick season. Several of the patients interviewed reported having a skin rash just before developing their art .....
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Chimpanzee Versus Humans: Similarities & Differences
<view this essay>.... using two feet and walking upright. This form of movement lead to
many adaptations within the Hominids skeleton. There are notable changes in the
spinal cord, pelvis bone and legs. The chimpanzee does have the ability to walk
upright and does, but it spends most of the time walking on four limbs. It uses
it’s arms as it’s front legs and walks on it’s knuckles. Our brain capacity is
about twice as large as that of the chimp. Humans have a brain capacity of 1300
to 1500 cc, while the chimps are about 600 - 800 cc. It is though by scientists
that our brain size grew over time as were evolved into making complex tools and
we became increasingly sophistic .....
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Nuclear Power And Its Uses
<view this essay>.... of the nuclear energy can help in medical
tests. Radioactive phosphorus is an important diagnostic aid. It is injected
into the veins of a patient, it concentrates in the cells of certain brain
tumors. Thyroid gland strongly attracts iodine. Radioactive iodine is used both
in diagnosing and in treating diseases of the thyroid. Nuclear power is changing
the face of medicine with new cures and tests that will cure millions..
Nuclear power can be converted into strong and efficient nuclear energy and be
used for many purposes. Nuclear power reactors generates heat that is converted
into steam. The steam can be used directly for energy. This energy is used .....
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Black Holes
<view this essay>.... black hole. It will describe how a black hole is generally formed, how it functions, and the effects it has on the universe.
In order to understand what exactly a black hole is, we must first take a look at the basis for the cause of a black hole. All are formed from the gravitational collapse of a star, usually having a great, massive, core. A star is created when huge, gigantic, gas clouds bind together due to attractive forces and form a hot core, combined from all the energy of the two gas clouds. This energy produced is so great when it first collides, that a nuclear reaction occurs and the gases within the star start to burn continuously. The Hydrog .....
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The Atomic Bomb
<view this essay>.... was headed by six of the
worlds best scientists: Neils Bohr, Joseph Carter, Enrico Fermi, Richard Feyman,
and Robert Oppenheimer, each with their own ideas of what it would take to
construct such a weapon.
From left to right: Neils Borh, Robert Oppenheimer, Richard Feyman, Enrico Fermi
The object of the project was to produce a practical military weapon in the form
of a bomb in which the energy would be released by a fast neutron chain reaction
in one or more of the materials known to show nuclear fission. That goal was to
be completed in 1945 after the U.S.A. spent over 6.7 Billion Dollars on the test
bomb named the "Trinity". I t was dropped on Alagormad .....
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Linux Against Microsoft Windows
<view this essay>.... Linux with other operating systems.
Unlike Windows, Linux is a capable of runnig on large variety of computer systems.One of them is Intel Based PCs.Most of the home users prefer Intel Based PCs.So they can run Linux on their computers(Windows can only run on Intel Based PCs).Digital Alpha systems are used by the huge companies.Linux has the capability of running on the Digital Alpha systems so it can reach the advanced users.Other computer system is Macintosh Power PC that is used by graphical designers,press companies and advertising companies, can be run with Linux. The others are Sun Sparc&Sun Ultra, Amiga, 3Com Palm Pilot which are rarely used. This c .....
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Digestive Disorders (liver)
<view this essay>.... through the blood stream to the liver to where the abscess is
formed. For starters, the collection of pus is the bodies white
blood cells forming to protect the liver. However, it collects too
much and that is how the abscess is formed. When you are
diagnosed with amebic liver you are very likely to also have an
intestinal infection from the disease as well. This is not true for all
cases though. Most cases in which both occur are in places of
high temperatures and poor sanitation. Africa, Latin America,
Southeast Asia, and India have many health problems
associated with the disease. The most common way to get this
disease is from one pers .....
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