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- 301: Thoeries of Evolution
- ... establishment of the synthetic theory of evolution, the science of heredity underwent another drastic change in 1953, when James Watson and Francis Crick demonstrated the way genetic material is composed of two nucleic acids, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA). Nucleic acid molecules contain genetic codes that dictate the manufacture of proteins, and the latter direct the biochemical pathways of development and metabolism in an organism. Natural selection can then operate to favor or supress a ...
- 302: Viruses: Complex Molecules or Simple Life Forms?
- Viruses: Complex Molecules or Simple Life Forms? Viruses have been defined as "entities whose genomes are elements of nucleic acid that replicate inside living cells using the cellular synthetic machinery, and cause the synthesis of specialised elements that can transfer the genome to other cells." They are stationaryand are unable to grow. Because of all ... of molecules or the simplest life forms. While the definition of living organisms must be adapted, the majority of evidence leads to the classification of viruses as living organisms. Viruses are composed of a nucleic acid core, a protein capsid, and occasionally a membraneous envelope. The nucleic acid core is composed of either DNA or in the case of retroviruses, RNA, but never both. In retroviruses, the RNA gets transcribed to DNA bye the enzyme reverse transcriptase. The protein capsid is a ...
- 303: An Analysis Of Buried Child
- ... secret. Tilden wants it out in the open, wants the closure, even if subconsciously. That s why he finds corn, carrots, and potatoes out in the fields, while Bradley and the others see only the rain. The land represents the soul, and is fertile for Tilden because in his way he is seeking to right this terrible wrong by revealing the child. When Tilden covers Dodge with the corn husks, but ... he wishes Dodge would die, so the secret would no longer matter. Tilden wants his father to live on and tell the secret, and be healed. No one else sees the crops because of the rain, which is a symbol of the secret. For all we know, it has been raining since the day the child was killed. The others can t see through the rain to see the truth, the secret must be revealed. After the secret has been revealed to Shelly, it stops raining and everyone sees the crops outside. They can see that it is better to ...
- 304: David Korten's "When Corporations Rule The World"
- ... these main resources is the polluting of the fresh water and air in the world and the ability to absorb our wastes. One example of this is the amount of damage that has done by acid rain. "At the global level, each year deserts encroach on another 6 billion hectares of once productive land, the area covered by tropical forests is reduced by 11 million hectares, there is a net loss of ...
- 305: Solutions For Trash And Landfi
- ... boxes of software headed straight for our landfills and incinerators. In landfills, diskettes take over 450 years to decompose and will eventually leach oxides into local water supply. As with most plastics, incinerating diskettes causes acid rain. Landfill gas consists of naturally-occurring methane and carbon dioxide, which form inside the landfill as the waste decomposes. As the gases form, pressure builds up inside a landfill, forcing the gases to move. Some ...
- 306: Air Pollution
- ... breathe. The tall smokestacks used by industries and utilities do not remove pollutants but simply boost them higher into the atmosphere. These pollutants may then be transported over great distances, causing adverse effects such as acid rain in areas far from the emission site. The worldwide increase in the burning of coal and oil since the late 1940s has led to increasing concentrations of carbon dioxide. The resulting greenhouse effect has reduced ...
- 307: Steps Towards an Ecosociety: Dealing with Air Pollution
- ... classified as hazardous waste" (Keller, 262). "...the atmosphere will...need to be regulated as a global trust if the human community is to entertain any possibility of addressing the problems of global warming, ozone depletion, acid rain, and air pollution. In June 1988, the prime ministers of Norway and Canada proposed a "Law of the Air" treaty to protect the atmosphere from global warming and ozone depletion.[The end result being]...the ...
- 308: Air Pollution
- ... any possible significant deterioration of our atmosphere's air quality in areas where the air is currently cleaner thand our present standards require. The amendments of nineteen-ninety identified o-zone, catbon monoxide, Particulate matter, acid rain, and air toxins as major air pollution problems. On the international scene, forty-nine countries agreed on the date of March, 1985 on a United Nations conventioon to protect the o-zone layer. this document ...
- 309: Herbal Extracts and Hormones
- ... s, I see a wonderful return to the reality that we must preserve our natural environment. The realization that we must care for the natural drugs and herb that can be found in the shrinking rain forests, which could contain hundreds of thousands of new compounds that could heal mankind. The two major hormones that are being sold to the American public is Melatonin and DHEA. I will discuss the merits of these two hormones starting with Melatonin. Melatonin is an Amino Acid secreted by the Pineal Gland during the night. This hormone plays an important part in the regulation of the sleep/wake cycle. Each night a signal is received by the Pineal Gland to produce Melatonin ...
- 310: Aedes Aegypti
- ... dengue throughout the tropic and subtropic of the Americas (Womack, M 1993). This mosquito along with others are looked upon as pests and nuisances in modern day society because of their attraction to moisture, lactic acid, carbon dioxide, body heat and movement (E.B. 1999) but we can not confuse the Aedes aegypti with any other mosquito for it has a very distinct look to it as well as a specific ... female can live up to a month which allows her to reproduce longer (Womack 1993). They lay their eggs in artificial containers on damp surfaces such as jars, urns, cans or anything that can contain rain water (Womack 1993, Juliano 1998). The eggs hatch when they become flooded by deoxygenated water, except during winter(Womack 1993, Juliano 1998) and after which can only survive in temperatures above ten degrees or below ...
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