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- 391: Tropical Africa: Food Production and the Inquiry Model
- ... resisting easy developmental solutions. Rainfall reliability is closely connected to rainfall quantity. The rainfall in the equatorial heart is very plentiful and reliable. However, there is much less rainfall towards the outer edges of the rain belt. Periodic and unpredictable droughts are a characteristic feature of these border zones. There are three climatic zones in Tropical Africa: 1. a region of persistent rain at and near the Equator, 2. a region on each side of this of summer rain and winter drought, and 3. a region at the northern and southern edges afflicted by drought. All the climates listed in the previous paragraph are modified in the eastern parts of Tropical Africa by ...
- 392: Roman Mythology
- ... He is also known as Zeus to the Greeks. He became ruler of the gods through him drawing that lot from his brothers after they overthrew the Titans. He was the god of sky and rain. He was the keeper of the thunderbolt which he hurled at anyone that displeased. That is how he is portrayed through the Greeks, but through the Romans; he was still the ruler of the gods ... He is also known as Zeus to the Greeks. He became ruler of the gods through him drawing that lot from his brothers after they overthrew the Titans. He was the god of sky and rain. He was the keeper of the thunderbolt which he hurled at anyone that displeased. That is how he is portrayed through the Greeks, but through the Romans; he was still the ruler of the gods ... He is also known as Zeus to the Greeks. He became ruler of the gods through him drawing that lot from his brothers after they overthrew the Titans. He was the god of sky and rain. He was the keeper of the thunderbolt which he hurled at anyone that displeased. That is how he is portrayed through the Greeks, but through the Romans; he was still the ruler of the ...
- 393: Effects Of Drugs On Adolecents
- ... factor to suicide. Using drugs may reduce inhibitions and impair judgement, suicide is a possibility. As one statistic illustrates 70% of all young people who attempted suicide used drugs. Illegal drugs, for example, weed, speed, acid, or ecstasy has always been a problem among the teen youth, the problems gets even more serious if it involves additive substances such as cocaine. The most common seen illegal drug around teens in BC ... and sweating. The tablet changes every week and counterfeits are always around, it is not addictive. It is illegal to buy, sell, produce or posses any amount of E. Another popular drug is LSD (Lysergic Acid Diethylamide), which is a little similar to E. It alters a person's perception of sights, sounds, and touch etc, a person that has taken LSD might see or hear things that don't exist. Known as "acid", this drug is extremely powerful, once teaspoon can contain up to 25'000 doses. Only 200 micrograms is needed for one trip. The danger of LSD is that the effect of LSD is extremely ...
- 394: Angina Pectoris
- ... better, but overloaded blood actually does not give up oxygen as easily, therefore the amount of oxygen available to the heart is reduced. Carbon dioxide is present in the blood in the form of carbonic acid, when there is a loss in carbonic acid, the blood becomes more basic, or alkaline, which leads to spasm of blood vessels, almost certainly in the brain but also in the heart. ATHEROSCLEROSIS The coronary arteries may be clogged with atherosclerotic plaques, thus ...
- 395: Human Genetic Engineering
- ... big of a problem as the chicken pox. Works Cited California State University, Chico. Internet. CSUC Library. 21 Nov. 1998. Available http://www.cwrl.utexaas.edu/~rouzie/e306fall/proj4/genetics/genetics(1st_pg).html “Deoxyribonucleic acid.” Taber’s Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary. 1989 Dillow, Gordon. “Toward A More Perfect Human?” Orange County Register 2 July 1995: 1 “Evolutionary Wisdom of Genetic Roulette?” Science 31 Oct. 1997: 882 “The Need To Regulate And ... Jay, Bruce A. Carns, and Douglas Grahm. “Confronting the Boundaries of Human Longevity.” American Scientist Jan./Feb. 1998: 53-61 Rifkin, Jeremy. “God In A Labcoat.” UTNE Reader May/June 1998: 66+ Rubenstein, Irwin. “Nucleic Acid.” The World Book Encyclopedia. 1986
- 396: Permeability of Hydrophilic
- ... glutamine, 200 mg/ml geneticin, 1 mg/ml BSA, 2 mg/ml dexamethasone, 20 ng/ml EGF, 50 ng/ml IGF-I, 10 mg/ml insulin, 10 mg/ml transferrin and 10 ng/ml selenic acid (ITS premixTM, Collaborative Research), with 5-6% CO2 and 95% humidity. The cells were seeded on Transwell polycarbonate filter inserts (Ř 6.5 mm) coated with ECL extracellular matrix (entactin-collagen IV-laminin; Promega, Madison ... mM Hepes, 2 mM L-glutamine, 200 mg/ml geneticin, 1 mg/ml BSA, 2 mg/ml dexamethasone, 20 ng/ml EGF, 10 mg/ml insulin, 10 mg/ml transferrin and 10 ng/ml selenic acid. Transport studies Paracellular markers of different size and molecular weight labelled with 14C or fluorescein were used: mannitol (MW 182), fluorescein (MW 376), lucifer yellow (MW 450), polyethylene-glycol 4000 (MW 4000), and dextran (MW ...
- 397: Analysis Of Similes In The Ill
- ... invasion of the Trojans. These two imposing characters "stood before the gates like two high oak trees upon the mountains, that tower from their wide-spreading roots, and year after year battle with wind and rain." This simile lends to the characters of the two, Polypoetes and Leonteus, along with the resolve of the Greeks at that time. The defenses are brought out to be as long-standing and strong as ... from the evidence of their existence in such an inhospitable condition as the mountains. Going back, Book Three starts with: "the Trojans advanced as a flight of wild fowl or cranes that scream overhead when rain and winter drive them over the flowing waters of Ocean." The cranes bring to mind large, pure, graceful characteristics, qualities befitting an efficient army troop. The screaming of the cranes would duly apply to the ...
- 398: Chernobyl Revisted
- ... control, for the simple reason that they were afraid of massive panic. 135000 people were then evacuated form nearby towns and cities. The soviets had more luck, rather then the blast happen in time of rain ar heavy wind it happened at a time when the weather was somewhat calm. This meant that instead of having a mushroom cloud affect due to wind or soaked up by the rain it rose 2/3 of a mile straight into the air. The affects of Chernobyl are still being studied and the number of estamated cancer caused by Chernobyl ranges form 2,000 people to 500 ...
- 399: Zeus, a Good God
- ... respected ruler of all. Zeus was king of the Olympians and his supremacy was never challenged. He ruled with love and kindness. Zeus was ruler of all, and lord of the sky. He was the rain God and cloud gatherer. The winds obeyed him, and the clouds scattered at his command. Zeus ordered the alteration of day and night and the seasons succeeded at his command. Most of all, the burst ... food and winter as the death of the crops. This death was always a reminder that all things mortal die, thus telling the people to live with joy through their lives. Zeus bid the gentle rain to fall and fertilized the fields and meadows. Zeus was a life barrier to the Earth and its inhabitants and a necessary part of their every day lives. Zeus was the life giver to the ...
- 400: Green Fluorescent Protein Purification
- ... beta-can (characterized by Yang, et. Al.); the fluorophore is situated on the interior of this structure making it inaccessible to solvents. This fluorophore is believed to be stabilized by hydrogen bonding with surrounding amino acid residues; this bonding serves to delocalize charge. In emitting light, the GFP fluorophore undergoes a cycle in which it absorbs a photon, deprotonates to form a phenolate which then emits a photon (at 509 nm ... T3 is essential for the trafficking of TRb1 protein, but also to also show which region of the TRb1 protein was essential in this interaction between hormone and protein. An analysis of TRb1’s amino acid sequence indicated a possible nuclear localization signal in domain D (Lys184-Arg185-Leu186-Ala187-Lys188-Arg189-Lys190). So two mutants of TRb1 in which domain D was altered were subjected to the same studies as ...
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