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- 571: Human Health
- ... cold pressed herbs and roots that have not been subjected to the nutrition destroying effects of cooking. This preserves the product in the most natural state possible. These herbs and roots are mostly grown in China and the Amazon rain forest, thousands of miles from any pesticides, herbicides and chemical pollutants. "The products are grown and processed under the purest conditions that you will find anywhere on the earth. "We offer ...
- 572: Human Genome Project 2
- ... the procedures have been almost perfected and it has become socially acceptable.(Lemonick) Many issues have arisen from the possibilities sex selection will provide. In cultures where males are valued more than girls, such as China and India, assured sex selection could really throw off an already out of balance society. In the United States it may not be as likely for there to be a favored sex, generally speaking. In ...
- 573: History Of Computers
- ... moving them by hand can produce the desired answer. Example: Abacus: The abacus is the oldest-known mechanical computing aid. Its origin is uncertain. Many countries claim to have invented it. It was used in China as early as the sixth century B.C. and in the mediterranean areain ancient Greek and Roman times. It is still used in many parts of the world. The abacus consists of beads strung on ...
- 574: Hepatitis B
- ... chronic hepatitis B who should be considered for testing include: Those with symptoms of chronic liver disease Those with abnormal laboratory tests suggesting liver disease Individuals from countries where HBV infection is endemic (e. g. China) Those with risk factors such as past intravenous drug use or unprotected promiscuous sex Children of HBV infected parents or household contacts Health care workers Patients on hemodialysis Individuals in the above groups who do ...
- 575: Global Warming And The Greenhouse Effect
- ... treaty was agreed on called the Kyoto Protocol, in which the industrial nations pledged to lower their emissions by 2012. The U.S. Senate still has to ratify the treaty and other nations such as China, which produces vast amount of carbon dioxide, has refused to sign it. Other action is being taken at every level to reduce, avoid, and better understand the risks associated with climate change. Some cities and ...
- 576: Gibbons
- ... orangutan is purely a rain forest animal. Today its range is restricted to two large islands Sumatra and Borneo but fossils show that it once had a far greater range, reaching as far north as China. III. Physical Characteristics With their long limbs and opposable thumbs, apes are well adapted to a tree-climbing life. The smallest gibbons stand just 44 cm (17 in) tall and weigh just 4.5 kg ...
- 577: Evolution 2
- ... distant ancestors of the chimpanzee. In addition, it is a larger form and predecessor of the gorilla. First of the fossil great apes to be discovered, Dryopithecus was spread out and distributed throughout Europe, India, China and Africa. On the contrary, the skeleton of Dryopithecus is still frustratingly incomplete. The skeleton has been reconstructed by used the jaw and tooth bone fragments. Standing at bout four feet tall and weighing about ...
- 578: Effect On Pot
- ... effects on humans. Marijuana, or cannabis sativa, is a preparation of the crushed flowers and buds of female hemp plant. The existence of the plant has been reported as early as 1500-1200 BC. in China, and cannabis has been described as an analgesic as early as 200 AD . Since then, an overwhelming number of studies have attempted to explain the physical and psychological effects of cannabis on humans. Physical Effects ...
- 579: Ebola Virus 4
- ... 248-50 Hunter S. 1991. Tropical Medicine. 7th edn. W.B. Saunders Company Kida H., Shortridge K.F. and R.G. Webster. 1988. Origin of the hemagglutinin gene of H3N2 influenza viruses from pigs in China. Virology. 162: 160-166 Kilbourne E.D., Easterday B.C. and S. McGregor. 1988. Evolution to predominance of swine influenza virus hemagglutinin mutants of predictable phenotype during single infections of the natural host. Proc. Natl ...
- 580: Bubonic Plague 2
- ... Knox 2). Whatever the reason, we know that the outbreak began there and spread outward. While it did go west, it spread in every direction, and the Asian nations suffered as cruelly as anywhere. In China, for example, the population dropped from around 125 million to 90 million over the course of the 14 century. The plague moved along the caravan routes toward the West. By 1345 it had made it ...
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