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Science & Nature Essays and Term Papers
Simple MachinesDefinitions:
Machine- A device that makes work easier by changing the speed , direction, or
amount of a force.
Simple Machine- A device that performs work with only one movement. Simple
machines include lever, wheel and axle, inclined plane, screw, and wedge.
Ideal Mechanical Advantage (IMA)- A ...
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How Low Self-esteem Effects AnorexiaHow Low Self-Esteem affects Anorexia
I. Anorexia has no certain causes, but it has been
determined that psychological, enviromental, and
physiological factors play a role.
A. Self-esteem is both a psychological and
physiological factor of low self-esteem.
B. Girls and young women are most ...
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Bipolar Disorder 2The problem of bipolar affective disorder has been a mystery since the 16th century. It has shown that this affliction can appear in almost anyone. Even the great painter Vincent Van Gogh is believed to have had bipolar disorder. It is clear that in our society many people live with bipolar ...
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Knee SurgeryIt was my first practice for the 1994 wrestling season. Even after the long football schedule, I felt at home down in the wrestling room. The familiar scent of stale sweat filled my nostrils as I began to practice. I had been drilling for thirty minutes when "POP" my knee buckled; I dropped to ...
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Lsd 3On October 27, 1906, a child by the name of Albert Hofmann was born(Albert, 1). This child would grow up to change the world forever. His research would create of subcultures of both the 1970’s and 1990’s. His discoveries would cause both grief and delight. His work in pharmacology ...
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Depression..a Deadly Disease" 'A symptom of the bad times is that you think that they will never abate. You convince yourself that you are doomed forever to a state of half-life. You awake to a sighing gloom and an inordinate effort of will is required to leave your bed. You know that you should get up to arrest the feeling ...
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The Year 2000 BugAs the millennium approaches we come closer and closer to what some say could mean the end of civilization as we know it. What is this great event that would have such an impact on the world that it could end civilization? The problem is a simple computer bug refereed to as the Y2K bug but its ...
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Gulf War SyndromeThe was identified after the Gulf War in 1991. Thousands of troops from the US, British, and Canadian developed symptoms after the war. This Syndrome has been researched since the end of the Gulf War and still not all the answers have been found. Not only have thousands of troops suffered from ...
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Mimicry In NatureTHE GREAT IMPOSTERS
Finding good day care can certainly pose a problem these days, unless,
of course, you're an African widow bird. When it comes time for a female
widow bird to lay her eggs, she simply locates the nest of a nearby
Estrildid finch and surreptitiously drops the eggs inside. ...
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CanabisCannibis Sativa Throughout history marijuana has been used to serve various purposes in many different cultures. The purposes have changed over time to fit in with the current lifestyles. This pattern is also true in American history. The use of marijuana has adapted to the social climate of the ...
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Disaster Spills Across BhopalImagine a world without chemicals. Even though they sound so horrible, we use them in all most everything. Like the saying goes, �can�t live with them, can�t live without them,� chemicals are involved in our everyday lives, yet they are so forgien to the human body. When people interact with ...
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Alternative MedicineThe health care industry has a variety of policies and
standards regarding coverages for
modalities. From a sociological standpoint, unconventional,
alternative, or unorthodox therapies refer to medical practices
that are not in conformity with the standards of the medical
community. The New ...
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DroughtsDrought, condition of abnormally dry weather within a geographic region where some rain might usually be expected. A drought is thus quite different from a dry climate which designates a region that is normally, or at least seasonally, dry.
Athough the quantity of the worlds freshwater resourses ...
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Mescaline(3,4,5-trimethoxyphenethylamine), most commonly known as
Peyote, is a Schedule I Controlled Drug and is classified as a hallucinogen.
The chemical formula is [(CH3 O)3 C6 H2 CH2 CH2 NH2 ], and it effects the
brain by interfering with the normal functions of such neurotransmitters as
serotonin. ...
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Earthquakeshave plagued our lives for as long as people have inhabited
the earth. These dangerous acts of the earth have been the cause of many deaths
in the past century. So what can be done about these violent eruptions that take
place nearly with out warning? Predicting an earthquake until now has ...
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Hepatitis B VirusHBV is a mostly double-stranded DNA virus in the Hepadnaviridae family. HBV causes hepatitis in human and related virus in this family cause hepatitis in ducks, ground squirrels and woodchucks. The HBV genome has four genes: pol, env, pre-core and X that respectively encode the viral ...
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Deep Ocean TrenchesA trench is any long, narrow, steep-sided depression in the ocean bottom. The deepest known depression of this kind is
the Mariana Trench, which lies east of the Mariana Islands in the western North Pacific Ocean . Of the Earth's 20 major trenches, 17 are found in the Pacific. The only Atlantic ...
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MononucleosisInfectious -- known popularly as "mono" or "the kissing disease" -- has been recognized for more than a century. An estimated 90 percent of cases are caused by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a member of the herpes virus group. Most of the remaining cases are caused by certain other herpes ...
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Push/pull TheoryPlants need much more water to survive than animals do, a sunflower must take in 17 times more water than a human of comparable weight. At least 500 pounds of water must be lifted from the roots to the leaves to make a single pound of organic tissue. This tremendous amount of water is required to ...
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The WolfDestiny, perhaps from the very beginning, claimed as a symbol. Has any
other animal stirred human passions the way has? Its haunting howl, its
incredible stamina, its brilliant eyes, and its superiority as a predator all
have been reviled as nefarious, and even demonic, traits. Ironically, these ...
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A Fabulous Analysis Of The Flamboyantly GayHave you ever heard a heterosexual talking about a homosexual, saying things like �Jake would be a cool guy if he wasn�t such a flamer� or �I don�t have a problem with gays, but I just want to know why he has to act so gay�? Perhaps you have even said something similar yourself. Unfortunately ...
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Human Evolution, the biological and cultural development of the species Homo
sapiens, or human beings. A large number of fossil bones and teeth have been
found at various places throughout Africa, Europe, and Asia. Tools of stone,
bone, and wood, as well as fire hearths, campsites, and burials, also have ...
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Computer Mediated EvnvironmentCHOICE IN COMPUTER-MEDIATED ENVIRONMENTS
In the last several years, the increased diffusion of computer and telecommunications technologies in businesses and homes has produced new ways for organizations to connect with their customers. These computer mediated environments (CMEs) such as the ...
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Human CloningEarly in 1997 Dr. Ian Wilmont a Scottish scientist revealed to the world that he had completed a clone of an adult sheep named Dolly. With this huge step in science the world realized that cloning was no longer the plot of a science fiction movie but rather a realistic look into the future of ...
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Carbon Dioxide PoisoningImagine that it is the first really cold night of the winter season. You begin to feel a chill in the house so you decide it's time to turn on the furnace. So you get up out of your chair and adjust the thermometer. After a while you notice that it has not really warmed up much in the house. ...
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