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- 5081: The History, Use, and Effectiveness of Medicinal Drugs
- ... may be helpful but administered with another could cause adverse side effects preventing recovery for the patient. ASPIRIN 1"Acetylsalicylic acid, commonly known as aspirin is one of the most widely used analgesics in the world". Used by Ancient Greeks and Native Americans it was used to reduce fever and pain and could also be used as an anti-inflammatory agent. It interferes with tissue contractions of the prostaglandin's which ... the damaging of the kidneys. Another problem between aspirin and ibuprofen is price. 5"A 30 day supply of aspirin could cost $3.95 where a 30 day supply of ibuprofen could cost $22.95". New studies prove that aspirin also has effect over migraine headaches, cataracts, gallstones, diabetic eye problems, insomnia, weight loss for women, wheat intolerance, leprosy and even hip replacement complications. Aspirin plays an important role in keeping ... penicillin as an effective bacterial assailant and some bacteria becoming resistant to sulfonamides physicians have been less likely to prescribe them since the late 1940's. The combination of sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim have given a new usage for sulfa drugs, now they can be used for such ailments as middle ear infections, shigellosis and recurring urinary tract infections. 7"Paul Gelmo in 1908 discovered the first sulfa drug" accidentally while ...
- 5082: The Byzantine Empire
- ... Encarta) Constantine the Great had established a criterion for the empire to follow throughout its history. It included the harmony of the church, the leaders and the teachers of the empire. Constantine created a successful new monetary system based on the gold solidus, or nomisma which lasted well into the middle of the 11th century. Because of the commercial thriving throughout the 4th, 5th, and 6th centuries, many ancient cities flourished ... Hunnic raids in the 5th and 6th centuries. They were also able to stabilize a reasonably secure eastern frontier against the Sassanid Persian Empire but they could not recover, hold, and govern the entire Mediterranean world like they had. Warfare and the nations insecurity inhibited agriculture and education. With their limited resources, the empire could no longer maintain the full dimensions, foundation, and complexity of the late Roman Empire. It barely ... the 10th century, the lands that had been lost to the Slavs were reconquered and reorganized. As well as the recovery of old land, the recovery of learning occurred. Intellectual life was revived in many new fashions. Ancient manuscripts were summarized and recopies, encyclopedias were compiled, and mathematics, astronomy, and literature received new attention. Art and literature also returned to the regained Byzantine. The greatest Byzantine emperor seemed to be ...
- 5083: The Importance of Planning For A Stereo Manufacturer
- The Importance of Planning For A Stereo Manufacturer There have been a continuously developing process of recording, prepare & process, and playback equipment during the last century. This has placed the music in a totally new position in our society. Prior to the 20'th century music was only related to special occasions like concerts and the high festivals. This has changed. Nowadays we listen to music wherever we are, in ... spectre of different manufacturers, which often link to each other and to other participants in the music/audio industry. Sale of records became the modern audio industry's launch. Because all record players around the world were standardised, the sale of records had an enormous take off. This made it possibilities to earn a good profit in the music/audio industry, and many different equipment manufacturers arised. The market was, and ... must be able to change its plans and it is (normally) this plans that must be changed. In Sonics case there are no plans to be changed, thereby no chance to respond fast to the new range of audio equipment from the Asian producer. Much of the components an audio manufacturer use in their production are imported. That the engineering change and updates are meticulously defined is then important. This ...
- 5084: Antibiotics
- ... Fleming. He detected that a substance he called "penicillin" destroyed bacteria. Then in the late 1930's, two British scientists invented a method of extracting penicillin from the mold. This was the start of developing new drugs to treat diseases and bacteria. Over the years, numerous thousands of antibiotic material have been found in nature as well as produced chemically but, there are few that are safe and useful. However the ... bad ones. When they are both alive, they are competing for the food. However, antibiotics could kill more good microbes than bad ones, resulting in a higher level of multiplication. This could also cause a new infection called a suprainfection. In this case, the doctor will usually prescribe a secondary drug to clear up this infection. The last side effect that an antibiotic could have is that it could damage the ... to antibiotics has grown more common in recent years. Resistance can happen in two ways. One is, when the reproduction of cells is occurring the genetic material may get changed causing a mutation in the new cells. These cells then become immune to the antibiotic. New research shows that, in mutation, the cells can become immune to germs that they have never faced. The second way is, the resistance microbes, ...
- 5085: The Assassination of John F Kennedy
- ... questions still remain. "Who did it?" "Why did they do it?" "How was it done?" "Was there a cover up" The official answers complied by the Warren Commission have never satisfied the majority of the world's population. In this following essay I will try to show who was responsible for the assassination of John F. Kennedy. I believe the only way to prove that there was a cover up, is ... men told Rose Cheramie that it was common knowledge in the underworld that Kennedy was about to be killed. Mafia-CIA man David Ferrie was very probably involved in framing Oswald while he was in New Orleans, and Ferrie engaged in highly suspicious activity shortly after JFK was shot. And, as mentioned, a Mafia courier named Eugene Hale Brading was arrested in the Dal-Tex Building overlooking Dealey Plaza immediately after ... that Harrelson was given the contract to kill Judge Wood after he claimed to have participated in the JFK assassination. Indicted along with Harrelson in the plot to kill Judge Wood was the brother of New Orleans crime boss Carlos Marcello, who was one of the Mafia figures identified by the Select Committee as possibly having been involved in the assassination of President Kennedy. The photos of the tall tramp ...
- 5086: Computers in Schools
- ... learn. Our classrooms should no longer be confined to four walls and a few teachers who are considered to be experts in knowledge. Our classrooms need to keep up with a changing society and a new world that is dependent on technology. As students graduate, they need the technological skills needed to thrive in a world in which technology sets the pace. Society expects the school system to produce functional citizens who have the skills to gain profitable employment, and not be a drain on the system. Computers have been ...
- 5087: Julia Roberts
- ... her dancing shoes. Julia’s homes vary across the United States from an apartment in the East to a house in the West to a retreat in the South. She owns a duplex apartment in New York, a house in Hollywood Hills and a fifty-acre retreat near Taos, New Mexico. Your first thoughts may be that Julia Roberts was always an actress, but you are a bit off. Roberts’ first dream was to become a veterinarian but after she graduated from high school, she moved to New York to pursue a career in acting. While in New York, Julia sold sneakers at an Athlete’s Foot until her career picked up. In the late 1980’s, Roberts had a modeling contract ...
- 5088: The World Without Cars
- The invention of the automobile in the early 1900's was one of the many great inventions during that time. Cars have enabled our nation to grow and develop. Life without cars would cause the world to be a completly different place. The loss of cars would affect transportation, the economy, health, cultural development and the environment. Transportation would greatly be affected if we did not have cars. Especially in America ... as big of a threat to skin cancer due to the loss of the o-zone by polution from our cars. This polution also affects our water. In conclusion, the loss of automobiles in the world today would greatly affect the world. Many bad things would result from this such as transportation, the economy, cultural development and health. Although, not having cars would be hard, it would be very good for our environment.
- 5089: Operation Barbarossa: A Good Plan?
- "When Operation Barbarossa is launched, the world will hold its breath!" -Adolf Hitler OPERATION BARBAROSSA: A GOOD PLAN? On the night of June 22, 1941, more than 3 million German soldiers, 600 000 vehicles and 3350 tanks were amassed along a 2000km ... some 17 years earlier where he stated: 'We terminate the endless German drive to the south and the west of Europe, and direct our gaze towards the lands in the east...If we talk about new soil and territory in Europe today, we can think primarily only of Russia and its vassal border states'i Hitler wanted to exterminate and enslave the 'degenerate' Slavs and he wanted to obliterate their 'Jewish ... of the operation as the crucial turning point. One such scholar is the historian, Kenneth Macksey. His view on Operation Barbarossa is plainly evident just by the title of his book termed, 'Military errors Of World War Two.'iii Macksey details the fact that the invasion of Russia was doomed to fail from the beginning due to the fact that the Germans were unprepared and extremely overconfident for a reasonable ...
- 5090: Bless Me Ultima
- ... to the third grade at the end of the year. Samuel is the vitamin kid’s brother he is gentle and tells Antonio about the golden carp. 5) The book starts in Las Pasturas in New Mexico during the 1940’s or post world war two. The book starts when they find out that Ultima is coming to stay with them. Antonio’s mother wants him to become a Luna and become a priest his father wants him to ... do not need to follow in the footsteps of your parents. It shows that not one religion has all the answers to the questions of life and that you need to go out in the world and find out what is best for you. 11) "You have done evil, but good is stronger than evil, And what you sought to do will undo you"(P.101). This is Ultima speaking ...
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