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- 26981: The Lymphatic System
- ... the endothelium cells so they can expand. Pathogens can spread through the body through the lymphatic stream. There are many cells in the lymphoid tissue. One type is lymphocytes, which are reffered to often as T or B cells. Plasma cells are antibody-producing offspring of B cells. Macrophages are phagocytes that help out with immunity. Reticular cells are cells that form the lymphoid tissue stroma. Thes cells are very important ... aged red blood cells and blood-borne pathogens. The spleen also stores platelets, products of hemoglobin, and acts as hematopoietic sites in the fetus. The Thymus contains hormones. It is mostly functional in youth. Peyer’s patches are on the tonsils, intestional wall, lymphatic nodules of the appendix and nodules of the respitory tract. (MALT) The many functions of the lymphatic system help the body to maintain body homeostasis. Some of ...
- 26982: Hippocrates, the Father of Medicine
- ... superstition. Among the more significant works of the Hippocratic Collection is Airs, Waters, and Places, which, instead of ascribing diseases to divine origin, disusses their environmental causes. It proposes that considerations such as a town's weather drinking water, and site along the paths of favorable winds can help a physician ascertain the general health of citizens. Three other works- Prognostic, Coan Prognosis, and Aphorisms -advanced the then- revbolutionary idea that ... by observing enough cases, a physician can predict the course of a disease. The idea of preventative medicine, first concieved in Regimen and Regimen in Acute Diseases, sterss not only diet but also the patient's general way of living and how it influences his or her health and well being. Sacred Disease, a treastise on epilepsy, revealed the rudimentary knowledge of anatomy in ancient Greece. Epilepsy was beleived to be ... thought to be carried by the veins to the brain and limbs. In Joints the use of the so-called Hippocratis bench is described for treaating dislocations. Also interest are Wounds in the Head, Women's Diseases, and Dismembering of the Feotus in the Womb.
- 26983: Oliver Twist - Summary
- ... we will be studying in class. Although this book was a classic that I thought I had known so much about, reading it and paying attention to the setting and surroundings of the young boy’s life, I noticed many historical events and customs from his time period. The following is a report including the answers to the questions provided for my summer reading program. The story begins with a woman ... giving birth to a baby without the proper instruments necessary and dies. The boy is brought up in a dirty home with little to eat and under poor conditions. No one knows of the boy’s identity. His government caretakers give him the name Oliver. Oliver grows up in a world with no sympathy for poor orphans. He goes to London to escape his mean guardians and to try to make ... better thief. One time, during a robbery, Oliver is shot and left for dead by the thieves. The people at the house Oliver was to rob took him in and gave him a home. Oliver’s identity is found. It turns out that Oliver was supposed to receive an inheritance from his father and one of the people who got him caught knew this. After confessing, Oliver received his inheritance ...
- 26984: Phobias 2
- ... are desires that a person has that had been taught badly such as bad childhood memories, solitary confinement over a period of time, and many other bad experiences may be a cause towards a person's phobia. Different types of treatments may be used to help a person with their phobia. Antianxiety drugs are one of them. This drug helps to reduce panic, anxiety symptoms, and help confront phobic situations and antidepressant medication could be used too. The most popular prescription medication is Monoamine Oidase Inhibitors (MAOI's), Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI's), and High-potency Benzodiazepines. On the other hand, exposure therapy is a way to face fear. A patient in exposure therapy would be exposed either quickly or incrementally to the feared object or situation. ...
- 26985: Mp3 Audio
- ... Layer 3 Audio, which is a digital audio compression format developed by the Moving Picture Experts Group. It takes a CD audio file and gets rid of all the frequencies on the song that can’t be heard by the human ear, thus ridding the data file of much wasted space. With compression, the files turn out to be around four times smaller than the original with the same, near CD ... many bands that release their music online for publicity, which is completely legal. The only time it is illegal is when the audio file is that of a copyrighted music track used without the artist’s permission. To an up and coming band, MP3s and MP3 websites are a godsend. These bands can record a CD at any recording studio, then rip – that is, take an audio CD track and turn ...
- 26986: Piercings
- ... all aspects of our society equally" (Monohan, Roger 1). "Realizing and appreciating diversity fosters understanding of other cultures and helps break down the walls of prejudice that separate us" (Robinson, Karen R 2). "It doesn t change them, it just changes peoples initial response to them" (Cecilia and Denise 8). Society is very stereotypical in that we constantly judge people based solely on their appearances. Some people assume that all individuals ... with tongue piercings are sexually promiscuous, punks, freaks, or lack intelligence. But these stereotypes are just as they appear: labels, branding people based on the fact that they are different and stand out from society's idea of normal. "Why is it more acceptable for a person to get a nose job or breast implants than to put a ring somewhere?" "Plastic surgery is a deceptive alteration of the body, while ...
- 26987: Daily Life of the Aztecs
- ... administrative. Another official was the calpixque; there duty was to organize the cultivation of the lands set aside for paying taxes. The last official was the judge, his job was kind of like a policeman’s, he could arrest anybody even other officials. Aztecs had slaves in their culture. The slave was not a citizen or a subject. He belonged to a master; the slaves were housed, clothed, and fed like ... cleanliness it was also used for spiritual cleansing before one was sacrificed. When a child was born into a Mexican family, the mother acted as a priest in baptism. The mother would cut a baby’s umbilical cord. The baptism ritual had two parts, the washing of the child and the naming of the child. Then the child would be raised four times to the sky showing praise to their god. There would be lots of food to eat after the baptism. When a man was to get married his parents would choose his wife. The wedding took place at the young man’s house around night fall. The married couple would then be sent to a chamber where they would pray for four days. On the fourth night there would be a bed made for them. On ...
- 26988: Jim Bridger
- ... trail guide, a fur tracker and hunter and a fur trader. Jim Bridger may have been one of the best outdoorsmen of all times. James Bridger was born on March 17, 1804. In 1812 Jim's parents moved to the vicinity of St. Louis. He was orphaned at age 12 and became a blacksmiths apprentice. In 1822, attracted by an ad in the Missouri Republican, 18 year old Jim, joined Gen. William H. Ashley's fur tracking expedition to the head waters of Missouri. In 1824 while searching for fur in the Rockey Mountains, Jim, allegedly became the first person to see the Great Salt Lake. Later on, he and ... fort in southwest Wyoming as a way station to supply immigrants on the Oregon trail. In the next 40 years he married 3 times to American Indian women, none of whom survived with him. Bridger's vast knowledge of many trails gave him a job as a scout and he helped the army when fighting the Indians. Bridger strongly opposed the Mormons and guided United State troops into Utah during ...
- 26989: Positivism
- ... the polity (or program of individual and social conduct), were later combined by Comte into a whole under the conception of a religion, in which humanity was the object of worship. A number of Comte's disciples refused, however, to accept this religious development of his philosophy, because it seemed to contradict the original positivist philosophy. Many of Comte's doctrines were later adapted and developed by the British social philosophers John Stuart Mill and Herbert Spencer and by the Austrian philosopher and physicist Ernst Mach.(www.encyclopedia.com) During the early 20th century a ... and emphasized the importance of scientific verification. This group came to be known as logical positivists, and it included the Austrian Ludwig Wittgenstein and the British Bertrand Russell and G. E. Moore. It was Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-philosophicus (1921; German-English parallel text, 1922) that proved to be of decisive influence in the rejection of metaphysical doctrines for their meaninglessness and the acceptance of empiricism as a matter of ...
- 26990: Power In Negotiating
- ... of skills that fall into this category. You could use friendliness to develop a relationship with the party or parties your negotiating with. This would build trust and a relationship of appreciation of each other's concerns. This could help you both look at the perspective and preferences from the other side. Praise would also fallen this category, this works especially well with friendliness. People like to stroked, by encouraging them ... this should be the basis for your negotiations. I believe this will bring you closer to the other parties and thus closer to getting the settlement that you want "Put yourself in the other person's shoes"(). If on the other hand you try to use your power whether real or perceived you will be removing yourself from and building another obstacle to overcome in negotiation process. We need to remember in today's world we should be looking for a win win situation for both parties. The use of power or force usually does not get this result.
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