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- 281: Cancer
- ... in the breast, mouth, salivary glands, thyroid, subcutaneous tissues, anus, rectum, prostate, testes, ovaries and uterus and enlarged lymph nodes in the neck, axilla or groin. Internal cancers require an extension of observation through endoscopes, x-rays, magnetic resonance imaging, and ultrasound. Laboratory test, such as the Pap smear, and occult blood testing of the feces have also proven helpful for some of the cancers. However, concerns regarding effectiveness and yield ... get older for cancers of the colon and rectum; if you are a man, getting early detection tests for prostate cancer, avoiding too much sunlight by wearing protective clothing and sun screen; and avoiding unnecessary x-rays. If a person does have cancer, it is wise to find out what the treatment choices are and which are best suited for that person. Before getting treatment, it is advisable to get a ... be administered externally or internally, depending on the type and extent of the tumor, however only external radiation can be administered in an out-patient basis. Some patients have both forms, one after the other. X-rays, radioactive elements, and radioactive isotopes are most often used in these forms of treatment. External radiation treatments are administered by machines that deliver high-energy radiation. These machines vary according to the amount ...
- 282: The Human Brain
- ... humans now know a great deal more about their own nervous system then they did even a few years ago. This increase in knowledge is partly due to the recent advances in nuclear medicine. Although X-ray machines have been the chief mechanical tools for internal observations of the human body since Wilhelm Roentgen discovered X-rays in 1901, the development of computers made it possible for better and more accurate techniques to be applied to scan the human body. These methods employ various scanners like the CAT, PET, MRI and SPECT. The CAT is an acronym for Computerized Axial Tomography. This method of scanning generally involves X-rays and enables scientists to view the inside of the head in a three dimensional format on a computer screen. PET stands for Positron Emission Tomography and it is much more complicated than the ...
- 283: Haemophilia
- ... cell contains 23 pairs of chromosomes, one of each pair inherited through the egg from the mother, and the other inherited through the sperm of the father. Of these chromosomes, those that determine sex are X and Y. Females have XX and males have XY. In addition to the information on sex, 'the X chromosomes carry determinants for a number of other features of the body including the levels of factor VIII and factor IX.'1 If the genetic information determining the factor VIII and IX level is defective, haemophilia results. When this happens, the protein factors needed for normal blood clotting are effected. In males, the single X chromosome that is effected cannot compensate for the lack, and hence will show the defect. In females, however, only one of the two chromosomes will be abnormal. (unless she is unlucky enough to inherit ...
- 284: Macbeth: Macbeth A Murderer?
- Macbeth: Macbeth A Murderer? At the end of the play, Malcolm refers to Macbeth and Lady Macbeth as: '...this dead butcher and his fiend-like queen...', consider the accuracy of Malcolm's judgment by reference to their speeches and actions throughout the play. (2,5 pages) In Malcolm's eyes, the Macbeths are just tyrannical murderers who snatched the throne away from him and his father and reigned a rule of terror in all of Scotland. But looking carefully from a different ...
- 285: Dna Replication
- ... the first ones to discover the image of what a DNA molecule actually looked like in three-dimension. How these scientists manage to obtain the image of a DNA molecule was by the use of x-ray crystallographic analysis. In this process, DNA molecules are bombarded with a x-ray beam. These x-rays encounter atoms, which in turn causes their paths to bent or diffract. The pattern created by the sum of total of these diffractions are then captured on a photographic film. The pattern is ...
- 286: Glory: A Review
- ... camera love someone, he has more of it than any one person should."(Maltin, 921) It is that presence that earned him an Oscar for Glory and nominations for his roles in Cry Freedom and Malcolm X. Equally as important as acting to the impact of the movie Glory is the Musical score composed by James Horner. In the final battle scene in Glory, Horner chose the Boys Choir of Harlem which ...
- 287: I Want To Believe
- ... the media has systematically bombarded a large portion of the worlds population with stories of beings from outer space, which now seems to be reaching a crescendo with the arrival of television programs like the X Files. This onslaught by the media, appears to be helping to fuel peoples insatiable appetite for the UFO phenomena, which is good news for the television produces as their ratings skyrocket "Our love of novelty ... into what they would like us to perceive as reality. If you asked people to describe what an alien being from another world might have looked like before the advent of such shows as the X Files, you would have got a mixed bag of answers, with the predominant description being that of a little green man with an antenna on his head. But if you ask the same question today ... the imagery that they experienced while suffering an hypnogogic episode. Chapter three gave an account of our developing obsession with non terrestrial intelligence an obsession which culminated in the production of such shows as the X Files. Therefore chapter three hypothesized that, the homogeneous accounts of nocturnal alien abductions might be the result of the ever growing media attention given to this controversial subject. This project has looked at both ...
- 288: Morrison's Beloved: A Review
- ... the 60's where blacks will attain complete freedom. They begin a legacy of freedom fighters that will not stop till blacks receive the right they so deserved. Future leaders of known fame will be Malcolm X and Martin Luther King which will carry on this battle begun by the abolitionists. Baby Suggs, is Halle's mother and Sethe's mother - in - law, and is an important character in the story in ...
- 289: The Goals and Failures of the First and Second Reconstructions
- ... Newton; the song of the Civil Rights Movement changed from Reverend Martin Luther King's, "We Shall Overcome," to Stokely Carmichael's, "We Shall Overrun." Ibid. p..217. 39 Ibid. p.145. 40 In 1963, Malcolm X was the most quoted Black spokesman, "He played to the media, conjuring fantasies of jet fleets, piloted by Blacks, someday bombing all White neighborhoods." Ibid. p.154. 41 These Blacks were from what E. Franklin ...
- 290: Australia
- ... and $1, and $2 denominations. Taxes The principal elements of the main federal taxes of Australia are namely income tax, capital gains tax, and fringe benefits tax. Income Tax Tax payable = (assessable income - allowable deductions) x applicable tax rate Payable by = person who derives income Trigger = derivation of income/incurrence of a loss or outgoing Income = common law income + statutory income Deductions = losses or outgoings incurred in predicting assessable income or incurred in carrying on a business for that purpose + outgoings specifically made deductible Capital gains Tax Tax payable = (disposal proceeds - cost base x applicable tax rate Payable by = person disposing of asset Trigger = disposal of an asset where the asset was acquired after 19 September (1985). Disposal proceeds = consideration received in respect of the disposal of the asset ... certain costs incurred in enhancing the value of the asset and costs incurred in establishing, preserving or defending the taxpayer's title to the asset Fringe Benefits Tax Tax payable = taxable value of fringe benefit x applicable tax rate Payable by = employers Trigger = benefit provided to an employee by an employer in respect of the employment of the employment Taxable value = value of the benefit calculated according to specific rules - ...
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