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- 191: Animal Testing
- ... has produced not only medical cures, but it has also lead to ways of treating many diseases, developing protective vaccines and drugs, and many new surgical procedures. A few of these break throughs are: DNA, viruses and retroviruses, radiation therapy, cardiac pacemaker, artificial limbs and joints, x-rays, ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), tooth and gum disease, anemia, cataracts, allergies, premature birth, cancer, cystic fibrosis, leukemia, hepatitis, measles, polio, smallpox, tetanus ...
- 192: Michael Smith Biography
- ... had been affected. Scientists needed a way to deliberately alter a protein molecule's DNA structure (its sequence of amino acids). In the early 1980s Smith decided to try altering a viral DNA molecule because viruses transmit their genetic code into bacterial cells when they are inserted into a bacterium. The bacteria then multiply, duplicating the gene. First, Smith spliced a normal gene into a single strand of viral DNA. He ...
- 193: A Case of Needing: Serious Revisions
- ... tales to be published in the last twenty-five years. What his novels lack in literary merit and distinctive style they make up for in crisp plotting and edge-of-your-seat suspense. From alien viruses to regenerated dinosaurs, from evil Japanese monoliths to the insidious maneuverings of the modern corporation, Crichton latches onto the scientific and political controversies of the day, and squeezes out of them every last ounce of ...
- 194: Data Security
- ... Now Operating Systems are starting to implement stricter file systems to better protect each computer on an intranet from being used to do any real damage to a network or even itself for that matter. Viruses are a must when addressing the insecurities involved with computers. “A virus is a program that can infect other programs by modifying them to include a, possibly evolved, version of itself.” (Net Security Your Digital ...
- 195: Effects of the Year 2000 Problem
- ... than fixed. High-tech systems get even more temperamental. Faltering programs order $200 hammers. Government Feds lose track of government-benefits recipients. The IRS figures your tax bill is equal to the national debt. Deadly viruses kept under computer lock are released. Though it got a late start on the bug, most major systems are intact. Some benefits checks are late. Techno- veep Gore Takes a hit.(Newsweek 57) Solutions and ...
- 196: A Case of Needing: Serious Revisions
- ... tales to be published in the last twenty-five years. What his novels lack in literary merit and distinctive style they make up for in crisp plotting and edge-of-your-seat suspense. From alien viruses to regenerated dinosaurs, from evil Japanese monoliths to the insidious maneuverings of the modern corporation, Crichton latches onto the scientific and political controversies of the day, and squeezes out of them every last ounce of ...
- 197: Summary of Clancy's Rainbow Six
- ... bank taking, and the taking of the international trader in Germany. The person that has hired him is the president of a multi-national pharmaceutical company, that has access to and deals with extremely deadly viruses, he is extremely wealthy. Lets call him the Boss (sorry forgot his name). Popov has nothing to do with the hostage taking of the children in Spain, that was the Jackal. Popov is living in ...
- 198: The Computer Underground
- ... displays a naive understanding of CU activity. The media generally makes little distinction between different types of CU activity. Most any computer-related crime activity can be attributed to "hackers." Everything from embezzlement to computer viruses have, at one time or another, been attributed to them. Additionally, hackers are often described as being sociopathic or malicious, creating a media image of the computer underground that may exaggerate their propensity for doing ...
- 199: Computers In Business
- ... example would be that a company located in Calgary can call up its other branch in Toronto via modem, also able to up and download valuable files or records. Networks have their disadvantages also. Computer viruses are always present somewhere in a disk or computer system ready to strike. If an over powering, destructive virus enters a network system, all data can be severely damaged or lost completely. That's why ...
- 200: Japanese Animation
- ... may combine a number of features unseen at all in American animation. For instance, concepts seeming bizarre in relation to American animators’ subjects, and American entertainment in general such as “genetically engineered telepathic, techno-organic viruses that plague post-apocalyptic war-torn societies, in addition to complex personal relationships between the main characters” (Ledoux, 27) are made manifest in anime. Japanese animation is the only medium in which diverse topics are ...
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