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- 5231: Cadmium And Sewage Sludge
- ... 4 * based on average diets ø based on long term airborne concentrations in urban areas. ** assuming 20 cigarettes/day The Figures in Table 1.0 show clearly that those people who consume food containing a high percentage of cadmium, or those who smoke heavily, particularly unfiltered cigarettes are at a higher risk of suffering from Cadmium poisoning. After dealing with the many intakes of Cadmium into the human body, I feel ... micronutrients status, etc. Transfer of Cadmium into Sewage Sludge Approximately 20% of cadmium present in sewage sludge is derived from domestic sources which have been outlined in this chapter. Concentrated human waste can contain a high intensity of Cadmium. This level is however extremely variable depending on the location, but a mean level of 29 ppm dry matter appears to be a fairly accurate concentration. The remaining 80% originates from industrial ...
- 5232: American Transcendentalism
- ... when I came to die, discover that I had not lived" (Thoreau). American Transcendentalism was a literary and philosophical movement that emerged in New England around 1836 and flourished for ten years until 1846. This school of thought had a profound influence on American religion, philosophy, politics, literature, and art. The American Transcendentalist rejected this empiricism, asserting that wisdom is inherent in the soul of each human being. The roots of ... when we left our common home". Margaret Fuller was an important female author during the Transcendentalism period. Her major works included Summer on the Lakes and Women in the Nineteenth-Century. Fuller worked as a school teacher, as an editor, held conversations, was active in reform, and went to Europe as a foreign correspondent, were she met her husband and on the trip back would drown. As a writer, she is ...
- 5233: A Separate Peace - A Journey T
- ... novel A Separate Peace includes many important themes. The author, John Knowles, was able to make the book more realistic because of his personal experiences. Knowles, like the characters in the book attended a boarding school. Many of his dilemmas were similar to those of Gene and Finny. The boys were able to surmount the ins and outs of friendship, conformity, and growing up. Friendship is certainly a major theme throughout ... Devon River. Even though he would have rather not done it, he went along with the crowd to fit in. Another example of Gene trying to fit in and be liked is when he ditches school with Finny. Gene never would have considered breaking the rules, but he feared that he would not be accepted by Finny if he didn't go along. Most teenagers are confronted with peer pressure, and ...
- 5234: Diet and Cancer... What is the Link?
- ... being digested. Smoked foods are a little different, they have the carcinogen in them. Fruits, vegetables, and whole grains should be eaten to help prevent cancer or fight against cancer advancing through the body. Foods high in fat which include marbled meats, baked goods such as cookies and pastries and high- fat dairy products must be avoided. They help a cancer cell grow, multiply and spread. By following these guidelines will not guarantee that one will not get cancer however, it will lower chances. Cancer is ...
- 5235: Teenage Suicide
- ... and hope in a person who has recently appeared sad and hopeless. Plans have already been made and the person feel good, because the pain will soon be over (Homer 20). A sudden change in school performance is also suspect, as is the inability to concentrate or the inability to sit still. Any hobby or activity that is carried to extreme (Homer 20). Increased use of drugs or alcohol. Most experts ... may seem unresolvable. For many, it has become increasingly difficult to be a young person in our society. A number of forces-cultural, social, biological, psychological can create unbearable stress. The pressure to succeed in school, is one major source of stressful friction between teenagers, college students, and parents. Unrealistic expectations of both young people and parents in this regard can lead to extreme anxiety, communication problems are now considered by ...
- 5236: The History, Use, and Effectiveness of Medicinal Drugs
- ... determined in order to select an antibiotic with the greatest probability of killing the infecting organism. Recently, strains of bacteria have arisen that are resistant to commonly used antibiotics; for example, gonorrhea-causing bacteria that high doses of penicillin are not able to destroy may transfer this resistance to other bacteria by exchange of genetic structures called plasmids. Some bacteria have become simultaneously resistant to two or more antibiotics by this ... persons with bronchial infection, glaucoma, or urinary tract difficulties. Although there are not many alternate drugs that have the same properties as antihistamines some non-drug treatments are also effective against allergies. The use of High-Efficiency- Particulate-Arresting (HEPA) filters, eliminate microscopic particles which cause allergies. The use of mattress covers decrease the reaction to dust mites in the mattress itself. These treatments are not equivalent to drug use but ...
- 5237: Tobacco in America
- ... vital part in making these facts a reality (Roberts). The kings of these media ploys are Marlboro and Camel. Marlboro uses a fictional western character called The Marlboro Man, while Camel uses Joe Camel, a high-rolling, swinging cartoon character. Joe Camel, the "smooth character" from R.J. Reynolds, who is shown as a dromedary with complete style has been attacked by many Tobacco-Free Kids organizations as a major influence ... to reach out and rebel at the same time. " When you party, 75 to 90 percent of the kids are smoking. It makes you feel like you belong," says Devon Harris, a senior at Woodlawn High. Teens also think of smoking as a sign of independence. The more authority figures tell them not to smoke, the more likely they are to pick up the habit (Roberts). The surprising thing is that ...
- 5238: Alcoholism
- ... or activities. Alcohol comes to be used more as a mood-changing drug than as a foodstuff or beverage served as a part of social custom or religious ritual. Initially, the alcoholic may demonstrate a high tolerance to alcohol, consuming more and showing less adverse effects than others. Subsequently, however, the person begins to drink against his or her own best interests, as alcohol comes to assume more importance than personal ... the nature of alcoholism, the social stigma attached to it decreases, alcoholics and their families tend to conceal it less, and diagnosis is not delayed as long. Earlier and better treatment has led to encouragingly high recovery rates. In addition to managing physical complications and withdrawal states, treatment involves individual counseling and group therapy techniques aimed at complete and comfortable abstinence from alcohol and other mood-changing drugs of addiction. Such ...
- 5239: 1984
- ... goods by consuming them. Overproduction and equal distribution of goods would allow true socialism, which the party was never interested in from the beginning. The Party realizes that throughout history a society divides itself into high, middle, and low classes. The high class is maintained by keeping the middle and low classes in constant drudgery and everyone is kept content by means of "doublethink" and "newspeak." The only peace war creates is reserved for the government. 5 ...
- 5240: Carl Friedrich Gauss
- ... Western Germany). Many biographists think that he got his good health from his father. Gauss said about himself that, he could count before he can talk. When Gauss was 7 years old he went to school. In the third grade students came when they were 10-15 years old, so teacher should work with students of different ages. Because of it he gave to half of students long problems to count ... 10 year old Gauss put his paper with answer on the teacher's desk first and he was the only who has got the right answer. From that day Gauss was popular in the whole school. On October 15, 1795, Gauss was admitted to Georgia Augusta as "matheseos cult."; that is to say, as a mathematics student. But it is often pointed out that at first Gauss was undecided whether he ...
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