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- 5151: EPA Urges Tough Rules On Arsenic
- ... of the cost for small communities that would have to change their filtration systems to meet federal law. The review focused on alternative standards – ranging from as low as 3 parts per billion to as high as 20 parts per billion. Whitman states it is to dangerous to have the arsenic levels over 20 parts per billion. Person 4- Arsenic occurs naturally in rocks, soil, water, air, plants and animals. High concentration levels are mostly found in the drinking water in the Western states. Long-term exposure to arsenic in drinking water led to cancer of the bladder, lungs, skin, kidney, nasal passages, and liver according ...
- 5152: Mitochondria 2
- ... to produce 32 more ATP molecules. At the end of cellular respiration, each glucose molecule had been oxidized to carbon dioxide and a total of 36 ATPs are produced. Cells that use energy at a high rate contain large numbers of mitochondria to make replacement ATP. Muscle cells and heart cells are cells with high energy requirements, that contain many mitochondria. Mitochondria have their own genetic material and can reproduce themselves within living cells. Most cells contain mitochondria which are organelles with elaborate internal membranes.
- 5153: Alternative Medicine
- ... or honey on minor cuts or scrapes. These are just some of the forms of alternative medicine. What is alternative medicine? Alternative medicine is exactly that, an alternative to the normal techniques taught in medical school and written in the medical journals. It is also called “complementary medicine” and more recently called “new medicine.” Patients are turning to alternative medicine more and more for different reasons. There are many types of ... now offering electives in alternative treatments. An article in Newsweek gave some examples of these programs. At the University of Louisville, medical students dance, play-act, joke and meditate their stress away. At Georgetown medical school, an instructor suggests a multiple-sclerosis patient take up dance to relieve his anxiety. At Harvard, med. students learn to decrease the pain of a patient's breast biopsy through yoga and breathing exercises. More ...
- 5154: Compare and Contrast Daisy to Myrtle
- ... richer than Tom and Tom was richer than George. With all these things in mind, we must also keep in mind that Myrtle and Daisy are from two different social classes. Myrtle is not very high class. She proves this to us several times. For instance when she buys a copy of the “Town Tattle” or when she is content with the mutt puppy that Tom bought her. Daisy would not have been content with this gift and would not have purchased a copy of the “Town Tattle” because Daisy was a member of the elite high or upper class society. Another difference between them is their appearance. Myrtle was somewhat overweight, and not very pretty. She was sort of a possession to tom and that’s why he stayed with her ...
- 5155: The Violence In The Catcher In
- ... time with Sunny a prostitute, and later is forced to pay double the agreed amount by Maurice, the hotel elevator operator. Maurice demands, Want your parents to know you spent the night with a whore? High-class kid like you? He was pretty sharp, in his crumby way. He really was. Leave me alone. If you d said ten, it d be different. But you distinctly. (Salinger 102) Holden is struggling ... pocket, and staggering around a little bit As soon as old Maurice opened the doors, he d see me with the automatic in my hand and he d start screaming at me, in this very high-pitched, yellow belly voice, to leave him alone. But I d plug him away. Six shots right through the belly and call up Jane and have her come over and bandage up my guts. I ...
- 5156: Hydrogen 2
- Hydrogen in it's liquid form has been used in space vehicles for years. Hydrogen has a high combustion energy per pound relative to any other fuel, meaning hydrogen is more efficient on a weight basis than fuels currently used in air or ground transportation. Hydrogen is the universe's most abundant element ... already made prototype hydrogen cars, to hit the market around the year 2000 . When hydrogen pumps are developed and placed at gas stations, hydrogen will only cost about 75 cents a gallon, compared to the high prices of gasoline . There are still other uses for hydrogen. It is currently being used in stationary turbines and aircraft engines. In 1980 a propeller plane was fitted to run on hydrogen in an air ...
- 5157: Malpractice or Poor Judgement?
- ... We now have to see whether a patient comes alone for consultation or brings along his advocate.” This problem could lead, and has led, to many others. Doctors may shun complicated cases where risk is high due to the delicate nature of the procedure, so as not to be hauled to court. This refusal to treat patients has already taken its toll on those involved in motor vehicle accidents, whose treatments ... two major routes by which to file claims of malpractice: The Medical Council of India, and courts of law. Patients did not prefer to go to courts of law due to their lengthy trials and high costs. The Medical Council had the power to suspend doctors for negligent acts. However, because the Council was comprised mainly of doctors, they were very hesitant to discipline their colleagues. Also, the Council did not ...
- 5158: Escaping Harlem
- ... a “trap.”, “Some escaped the trap, most didn’t.” , “…as some animals amputate a leg and leave it in the trap. It might be said, perhaps that I had escaped, after all, I was a school teacher…” After Sonny is found to be skipping school the argument that proceeds “penetrates his cloud.” Sonny is stripped of his dreams to become a musician. He is made to feel like a burden. “…they had stripped him naked and were spitting on that ...
- 5159: The Crucible 2
- ... to muster a response that we, the officials are wrong, "Let you not mistake your duty as I mistook my own. I came into this village like a bridegroom to his beloved, bearing gifts of high religion; the very crowns of holy law I brought, and what I touched with my bright confidence, it died; and where I turned the eye of my great faith, blood flowed up. Beware, Goody Proctor ... forgive, John, I am " (Miller, P.131) She demonstrates her belief that she cannot forgive her husband for his sins, for she does not know if God wants them forgiven. Danforth once again, as a high political leader and an official of the law, sides with Hale's first opinion that we can read God's will. He says, "While I speak God's law, I will not crack its voice ...
- 5160: Endocrine Disruption
- ... chemicals will be given in addition to their chemicals structures. Industrial chemicals are widely used throughout the world. They constitute a majority of the 15,000 substances used for commercial use. In addition to the high number of substances used, there are also exists high diversity in the methods the chemicals are disposed of. This is a major contributing factor in why we are examining these chemicals to begin with. The first chemicals I will describe are dioxins and furans ...
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