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- 841: AIDS
- ... human retrovirus—a special type of virus that reproduces differently from other viruses—from the lymph node of a man at risk for AIDS. Nearly simultaneously, scientists working in the laboratory of American research scientist Robert Gallo at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, and a group headed by American virologist Jay Levy at the University of California at San Francisco isolated a retrovirus from people with AIDS and individuals ... Although AIDS has been tracked since 1981, the identification of HIV as the causative agent was not made until 1983. In 1985 the first blood test for HIV, developed by the research group led by Robert Gallo, was approved for use in blood banks. This test can detect whether a person's blood contains antibodies against HIV, an indication of exposure to the virus. However, for about four to eight weeks ...
- 842: Walking Across Egypt
- ... her age whether or not she is physically able to do them, simply because people associate age with inability and dependence upon others. Her family and friends are expecting and encouraging this dependence.Elaine and Robert, Mattie's two unmarried children, along with other family and friends, are encouraging her to be what they expect a seventy-eight year old woman to be. They talk about how she needs to get ... as she seems to think. When she decided to try and help a young juvenile, Wesley Benfield, become a better person by taking him to church and offering him to stay the night with her, Robert thought that Mattie was sick. Pearl Turnage, Mattie's older sister, has given in to the stereotypes that are now plaguing Mattie, and insists that she do the same. In fact, she invites Mattie to ...
- 843: Anxiety And Depression In Afro-Americans
- ... 185. Brown, D.R., Gary, L.E., Greene, A., & Milburn, N.G. (1992). Patterns of social affiliation as predictors of depressive symptoms amoung urban blacks. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 33, 242-253 Carson, Robert and Butcher, James. Abnormal Psychology and Modern Life ninth Ed. New York: HarperCollins Publishers Inc., 1992 Craig, Kenneth and Dobson Keith (ed.). Anxiety and Depression in Adults and Children. California: Sage Publications, 1995. Kleinman, Arthur ... use of health and mental services. Community Mental Health Journal, 21, 156-166. Sartorius, N. and Davidson, H. Depressive Disorders in Different Cultures. Geneva: World Health Organization, 1983. Watson, Gillian and Byrne, Donn and Baron, Robert. Exploring Social Psychology. Scarbrough, Ontario: Allyn & Bacon, 1996. Wong, Frank and Duffy, Karen. Community Psychology. Massachusetts: Allyn & Bacon, 1996.
- 844: A Raisin In The Sun Crtical Analysis
- ... position in life, and every disappointment he has encountered thus far. His position is symbolic of every black male struggling to provide for his family by any means necessary. Hansberry stated in her meeting with Robert Kennedy…"the first thing that must be achieved is equal opportunities for Negroes...when unemployment is six percent nationally it is as high as thirty percent among Negroes. Although Walter has a job, it seems ... will eventually lead to unhappiness. Work Cited Page Carter Steven, R. 1991 Hansberry'sDrama ,Commitment amid Complexity, University of Illinois Press. Hansberry, Lorraine. A Raisin in the Sun. 1958. New York: Vintage Books. Robinson, Laymond. "Robert Kennedy Consults Negroes Here About The North." New York Times 25 May 1963: 1, 8 Meeting with Baldwin, Hansberry, Belafonte, et al.
- 845: "HOME TECH": The Inner Workings
- ... sucked back into a gas again, absorbing some heat from the food storage compartment while it does so. The evaporator fan distributes the chilled air. In a self-defrosting refrigerator/freezer model, moisture condenses into frost on the cold evaporator coils. The frost melts and drains away when the coils are warmed during the defrost cycle which is initiated by a timer, and ended by the defrost limiter, before the frozen food melts. A small heater prevents condensation ...
- 846: The Bogart By Susan Cooper
- ... and very sensitive towards the Boggart, once she understood him. Jessup is very smart, loves computers, and was a member of a computer gang called the Gang 5. The parents of Emily and Jessup were Robert and Maggie Volink. Robert works in the theater and Maggie owns and runs an antique store. The Volink family were excited and amazed that they inherited a castle. But what the Volink s did not know was that a ...
- 847: The Awakening
- ... s first solo swim, the author describes how the moon gave her the power and bravery to keep going; it "conveyed to her excited fancy." (Chopin, 30) After the swim when Edna is talking to Robert, "strips of moonlight," (Chopin, 32) are visible all around them. They symbolize the untamed feelings Edna has for Robert, her first true love in life. The moonlight makes her feel "the first throbbings of desire." (Chopin, 32) Books, more often than not, are better than the movies that are made from them. This is ...
- 848: Diseases: Sex Linked and Sex Influenced
- ... stopped deteriorating after treatment and 19% completely failed to respond. However, as in Phase I, Law's success was accompanied with criticism. The major problem his peers had was that there were no controls. Says Robert H. Brown Jr. of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston during one meeting session, "I am astonished that you haven't controlled for cyclosporin.(Thompson 473) Law counters, "We have a perfect control, strength before and ... other fatal diseases. Works Cited "Color Blindness Misconceptions." USA Today 120 (1992):16 "Foot Feat: transplant treats dystrophy." Science News 16 June 1990:380 Grady, Denise. "One foot forward." Discover September 1990:86-93 Massie, Robert., and Massie, Suzanne. Journey. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1961. Norton, Peter B. "baldness." The New Encyclopedia Britannica. 1994 ed. Norton, Peter B. "gout." The New Encyclopedia Britannica. 1994 ed. Norton, Peter B. "hemophilia." The ...
- 849: Is More Than One Cause of AIDS Possible?
- ... of the causes of AIDS are in the first place. The problem working against this argument is that it has almost no support in the televised media. The reason for this is that ever since Robert Gallo, the originator of the HIV/AIDS hypothesis announced that HIV causes AIDS, it has been assumed to be true and has been assumed that contracting HIV is the only way to get AIDS (Thomas ... D. “Rethinking AIDS Home Page.” April 1994. Online posting from Penthouse magazine. Thomas, Charles A., M.D., Jr, Kary B. Mullis and Phillip E. Johnson. “What Causes AIDS? It's an Open Question.” Reason. Atwan, Robert. Our Times. Boston: Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press, 1995.
- 850: Marilyn Monroe: Suicide or Murder
- ... medical records, FBI and police reports, and other sources. All cited in the extensive endnotes of their book, “ Marilyn: The Last Take”. In the course of their research, the authors found that, as long rumored, Robert F. Kennedy, then U.S. Attorney General, had been deeply involved with Marilyn during the last weeks of her life and was a player in the cover-up following her death. In Brown and Barham ... Two hours later, Monroe made her entrance at a party given by the theatre magnate Aurther Krim. After an hour, President Kennedy pulled the actress away from the other guests and into a corner where Robert Kennedy soon joined them. The three talked for about fifteen minutes. Later, the Attorney General appeared uneasy as White House journalist Merriman Smith chatted with Monroe while writing in a small notebook. When a secret ...
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