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- 5331: ON Doc Hollidays Death Bed
- ... for good reason, because that was the last time Doc would ever get a chance to play. The fourth item which might have been on Doc when he died is a flask half full of high-proof whiskey. After Doc gave up his dentistry job, he became a heavy drinker, and of course he loved to gamble. This gambling only led to more and more drinking, an a higher and higher tolerance to alcohol. This tolerance is what caused the emphasis on high-proof whiskey, rather than just saying whiskey. Doc would have most likely been drinking a whiskey which could make any normal man vomit after a few drinks, but Doc drank so much, so often he ...
- 5332: The Human Immunodeficiency Virus And Mutations
- ... cycle it seemed evident that the microbe was particularly well suited to evolve away from any pressures it confronted (this idea being derived from the evolutionary theory). For example, its genetic makeup changes constantly; a high mutation rate increases the probability that some genetic change will give rise to an advantageous trait. This great genetic variability stems from a property of the viral enzyme reverse transcriptase. As stated above, in a ... time the enzyme copies RNA into DNA, the new DNA on average differs from that of the previous generation in one site. This pattern makes HIV one of the most variable viruses known. HIVs high replication rate further increases the odds that a mutation useful to the virus will arise. To fully appreciate the extent of HIV multiplication, look at the numbers published on it; a billion new viral particles ...
- 5333: A Comparison of the Medieval and Renaissance Eras
- ... the church, whereas religion or the church was seldom involved in Renaissance paintings. Rather, paintings of the Renaissance involved mostly secular subjects, as seen again in DaVinci's Mona Lisa and also Raphael's The School of Athens. In the case of the Mona Lisa, the subject is a typical woman with a very sublime smile, but with no apparent religious association whatsoever. The same applies to The School of Athens; it is a painting of a group of philosophers in a barrel-vaulted and domed hall: no religious connection can be made here, either. On the contrary, the Medieval painting, The Annunciation, deals ...
- 5334: Prolonged Preservation of the Heart Prior to Transplantation
- ... amount of ATP in heart muscle tissues is sufficient to sustain contractile activity of the muscle for less than one second. This is why phosphocreatine is so important. Vertebrate muscle tissue contains a reservoir of high- potential phosphoryl groups in the form of phosphocreatine. Phosphocreatine can transfer its phosphoryl group to ATP according to the following reversible reaction: phosphocreatine + ADP + H+ 9 ATP + creatine Phosphocreatine is able to maintain a high concentration of ATP during periods of muscular contraction. Therefore, if no other energy producing processes are available for the excised heart, it will only remain viable until its phosphocreatine stores run out. A major obstacle ...
- 5335: Cystic Fibrosis Of The Pancreas
- ... The Pancreas Cystic fibrosis of the pancreas, commonly called Cystic Fibrosis, is and inherited disease that first appears in childhood and is characterized by chronic lung disease, a dificiency of pancreatic enzymes and an abnormally high concentration of salt in the sweat. Although it is a generalized body disease, it was misnamed cystic fibrosis of the pancreas because it changes in th pancreas attracted the attention of the early investigators Tecnically ... other organ passages. The widespread obstruction give rise to most of the symptoms and anatomical findings in the disease. The sweat glands are affected in a different way. They produce sweat that has an abnormally high salt content. Cystic fibrosis is due to an inborn error of metabolism that is inherited as a recessive trait. In families where both parents ae carriers, approximately 25% of all the offspring will have the ...
- 5336: Culture
- ... gains are achieved attitudes change, workers often do less work when incomes are raised. If workers believe that they will be rewarded when they succeed and is there is uncertainty of success. Some countries value high need achievers, or people who work very hard to achieve material success or career success even if it negatively effects their social/family relationships. Other countries however, place a higher value on the relationships one ... in Japan by a wrapping service as many colours and decorations have significant meanings for example, white means death and bows are not used. The Japanese also believe in lavish entertainment and reciprocation. They place high value on seating and will seat people according to their rank. The Japanese begin business negotiations very formally but follow their dinners with several trips to the bar, each decreasing in formality. The Japanese culture ...
- 5337: Celts VS Saxons
- ... Saxons Although both groups of Europeans were around during the same time period the Saxons and the Celts have many indifferences. Of the most dominant characteristics in the Celtic tribes include eagerness to fight, and high independence. The Saxons who overtook the Celts in the 5th century were known as drunks and gluttons, and a very high level of chastity. The Celtic tribes of early Europe were very used to the fact that they had to be good fighters to survive. They were a oppressed group of people and come the 400 ...
- 5338: Demand For Medical Care
- ... of an individual: the risk of exposure to a particular disease and the ability of the individual to resist the disease (and recover from its consequences) once exposed (Henderson p.144). If your father has high blood pressure then his siblings are susceptible to high blood pressure too. Now we will look at the determinants in the demand for medical care. Henderson defines demand as the sacrifice an individual is willing to make in order to obtain a given amount ...
- 5339: Bill Gates
- ... up in Seattle. Their father, William H. Gates II, is a Seattle attorney. Mary Gates, their late mother, was a schoolteacher, University of Washington regent and chairwoman of United Way International. Gates attended public elementary school before moving on to the private Lakeside School in North Seattle. It was at Lakeside that Gates began his career in personal computer software, programming computers at age 13. In 1973, Gates entered Harvard University as a freshman, where he lived down the ...
- 5340: Bird Flu Crisis In Hong Kong
- ... no chickens in such an important festival. They all used seafood and roasted pork as substitutes. They hoped that the supply of chickens would be resumed very soon. 6. Shortage of fresh chickens leads to high price Our pre-ban demand for chickens was 100 000 birds per day but on 7th February 1998, only 35 000 chickens were imported. Due to the limited supply, fresh chickens were sold out in ... almost twice the pre-ban prices. (Ng Kang-Chung). Even though the number of imported chickens are now gradually increasing, it is still not enough to meet the demand and so the retail prices remain high. When poultry industry was in downturn after the mass slaughter, the public gave moral and financial support to it. Therefore it is unsocial for retailers to repay their loss by over-charging chicken consumers. Retailers ...
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