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- 18811: Genetic Disorders
- Introduction Genetic Disorders are medical conditions that are caused by an error in a person's genes. Some of them appear as a birth defect, while others do not become distinct until later in life. Genetic disorders can range from those that cause death to those that produce only mild problems ... which too much or too little chromosome material is present. The third category would be the multifactorial disorders. Single-gene disorders result from errors within an individual gene. An example of one would be Huntington’s disease. This condition affects 1 in 10,000 and usually doesn’t affect the person until they are 30 or 40 years old. A person with this disease develops uncontrolled movements and may have problems with coordination, thinking, and judgment. A weakening of the nerve cells ...
- 18812: Functions Of The Digestive And Kidney Systems Of The Body
- ... large intestine would absorb toxins in the process of absorbing the water and salts. If you ate your hot-dog to fast you will probably ingest some air. This will cause embarrassing (or high five's depending on your company) flatus. Flatus isn't just air you swallowed it is also Co2, methane, hydrogen sulfide, and hydrogen. Once the water and salts are absorbed toward the end of the large intestine (sigmoid colon) the feces is ready for defecation ... also reabsorbs 100 percent of glucose and amino acids. This only occurs with the use of transporters. In the case of diabetes mellitus, sugar and amino acids remain in urine because the proximal convoluted tubule's transporters are completely saturated. The PCT has no control of how much is absorbed. Its only concern is to absorb two thirds of the NaCl and the H2O. The distal convoluted tubule fine-tunes ...
- 18813: When Does Life Begin
- ... them no longer human, and no longer entitled to human rights? Suppose a man was accused of murdering his wife, and in court he admitted that he had done it. He explained that he didn't love her anymore. He figured that as she was unloved, she was useless and had no right to live. If you were the judge, would you accept such a defense? It is surely a tragedy ... as being truly unique? Is there one magic moment? Some time when we can really say that before that point, you did not exist, but after that point, you did? No discussion of a person's state of mind, or how others feel about them, has anything to do with that person's essential humanness. It seems, then, that the question of when human life begins is not really a religious, moral, or philosophical question Sara Swanson at all, but a scientific one. Medical science has given ...
- 18814: Freud Civilization And Its Dis
- ... this is that there are, at this stage, no boundaries between external environment and oneself. The id according to Freud is the only part that is present at birth. At this stage a person doesn't understand how their actions have anything to do with, or affect their surrounding environment and vice versa. Thus, their actions might or might not conflict with the standards and norms that society has placed on ... sense of understanding that there is an outside world and that they must conform their actions to fit those boundaries, which are set by society. In addition, they begin to understand that when they can't always get the object that gives them pleasure, they must adjust their desires to fit that environment. They begin by altering their physical environment and then their social environment. The ego not only has to ... their environmental and individual desires. He uses termites as an example due to the structure of their being. That is, they live to work. It is all that they've ever done and they don't question what they do. They are content and satisfied with their lives. Humans on the other hand are never satisfied. We are in constant conflict because we always desire to attain more, and society ...
- 18815: Things Fall Apart 3
- Things Fall Apart is by the widely acclaimed African author Chinua Achebe. The story told is a tragic one of a person by the name of Okonkwo who s own stubborn views about what it is to be a man leads to his own demise. Okonkwo is often compared by people to the tragic hero like those in Greek tragedies. This is probably the ... is prevalent will end finally after two thousand years. Achebe uses this poems basic idea by creating the story of Okonkwo who lives in a chaotic and barbaric world. To outsiders who are observing Okonkwo s people, they may certainly seem uncivilized in many ways. Achebe symbolizes the end of this anarchy in Okonkwo s society by the introduction of Christian missionaries who pacify the Ibo people and ultimately cause the death of Okonkwo. I believe Okonkwo is the last and final source of chaos that is finally muted ...
- 18816: Prohibition
- ... ideas are still talked about today. Prohibition has had many different view points from the beginning. Prohibition started long before the Eighteenth Amendment. Organizations against alcohol such as the Anti-Saloon League and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union were succeeding in enacting local prohibition laws, turning the campaign into a national effort. In the late 1900s there was an average of one saloon for every 150 to 200 people, including ... amendment made it forbidden to manufacture, sell, transport, import or export any intoxicating liquors. This was controversial because it turned the common hard working man or woman, who enjoyed a drink after a hard day's work, into a criminal in the law's eyes. In The History of Prohibiton, a web site by J. McGrew, it states that Prohibiton also gave criminals, such as Al Capone, the opportunity to feed off the illegal substance. The organized crime ...
- 18817: To Kill A Mockingbird: Prejudice in Maycomb
- ... Radley. “So Jem received much of his information from Miss Stephanie Crawford...”( Lee, TKAM 11 ). Miss Stephanie explains a erroneous rumor about Boo. “As Mr. Radley passes by, Boo drove the scissors into his parent's leg...” ( 11 ). Tom Robinson is prejudged by many people, some include: Scout, Mr. Gilmer, and Bob Ewell. For example, when Scout says, “Well, Dill, after all he's just a Negro” (199). Maycomb people are the sin of all prejudice in Maycomb. Boo Radley and Tom Robinson are mockingbirds. Both of these men are victims of prejudice. To take advantage of these men would be a sin, just as it would to kill a mockingbird. “Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy...that's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird (90).” Tom Robinson is taken advantage of by the Ewell family. Tom had ...
- 18818: Time Machine Book Report
- H.G. Wells and the Shape of Things to Come Heat rays destroying London, time machines sending people far ahead into the future, and men who can't even be seen: these are all things that H.G. Wells uses in his science-fiction novels. His imagination allows the reader to immerse themselves in the book and do, in their mind, what the ... of the future were outrageous and original. The people loved this, which is why he was so popular. John Middleton Murray has described Wells as "the last prophet of bourgeois Europe." He was also Europe's first futurologist. His writing style has been compared with a combination of Charles Darwin and Mary Shelly. Wells coined the phrase "the shape of things to come" and warned people of the dangers of the ... red eastern sky, the northward blackness, the salt Dead Sea, the stony beach crawling with these foul, slow-stirring monsters, the uniform poisonous-looking green of the lichenous plants, the thin air that hurt one's lungs; all contributed to an appalling effect (69). This scene is one of complete desolation and despair. He had spent all his time making the time machine to see the wonderful advances in technology, ...
- 18819: Robinson Crusoe
- ... help me" (16). Robinson was smart enough to anticipate what the conditions on the island were and how to protect himself. Robinson took some time and built a strong home so that a storm wouldn’t knock it down. "I spent a lot of time working on my home so that another storm wouldn’t knock it down" (29). Robinson also had a choice to add more things to his house to make it better and to protect him. "…It took me all day to put up my fence, …so ... make choices, where they risk their lives in order to make their lives and others better. One night Robinson saw a group of cannibals having a feast and there was this one cannibal that didn’t want to join in, so the other cannibals tried to kill him but he ran away so two of the others ran after him, Robinson then killed them both and adopted the other. He ...
- 18820: A Raisin In The Sun
- ... with sick people - then go be a nurse like other women - or just get married an be quiet" (38). This passage shows that Walter is clearly a chauvinist, and does not believe in his sister’s desire to be a doctor. Similarly, Beneatha does not believe in Walters aspirations of becoming a rich entrepreneur, and thinks he is rather foolish, incapable, and will resort to any means to make money. "Oh, God! Where is the bottom! Where is the real honest-to-God bottom so he can’t go any further!" (142). Beneatha is referring to the fact that Walter plots and schemes get more ridiculous as time goes on. She wonders however, if there will be a limit to just how far ... however, will have to keep living a monotonous life, not being able to support his family the way that he would like. He is also angry because Beneatha will get a large sum of Mama’s insurance money, and he will not receive a penny. This dispute leads to general hostility and overall anger in the household. Because of this animosity, there is much verbal abuse that takes place within ...
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