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- 8331: The Ebola Virus
- ... al. 1271). Another fatal case was reported one year later in Zaire but nothing major ever became of it. The most recent case recorded was the infamous breakout in Kikwit, Zaire. This breakout had the world in an uproar about the possibility of this virus spreading out globally. This outbreak appeared to have started with a patient who had surgery in Kikwit on April 10, 1995. Members of the surgical team ... frequent symptoms at the onset were fever (94%), diarrhea (80%), and server weakness (74%); other symptoms included dysphagia (41%) and hiccups (15%). Clinical signs of bleeding occurred in 38% of cases (JAMA 274: 373). The World Heath Organization declared on August 24, 1995 that the outbreak of Ebola Zaire in Kikwit was officially over after killing 244 of its 315 known victims ("Ebola Outbreak Officially Over" 1). This outbreak had a ... be the reservoir (Le Guenno et al 1271). Thousands of animals captured near outbreak areas, are tested for the virus, but efforts have always been unsuccessful. The Ebola might never pose a problem to the world community but, the virus itself is armed with several advantages. It has the ability to mutate into new strains as we have seen over time. The fact that there are no know hosts, which ...
- 8332: Harrison Bergeron 2
- ... the situation to the people. Symbolism is used in the story by means of Harrison Bergeron, this enormous seven-foot tall, good-looking, athletic, genius. He embodies all the traits that everyone in this equal world could or essentially would have if it were not for the enslavement that they are subject to by this overpowering government. The common people in the story have been completely brainwashed and filled with ridiculous ... government ultimately has total control over not only everyone s lives, but their minds as well. The motive behind the governments controlling society is the idea that an equal society will eliminate hatred, envy, and war. While this does prove true, the numerous side effects, such as loss of identity, lack of originality, and conformity begin to arise. In actuality these governments are creating a society with zombie like creatures, which ...
- 8333: The Clinton Health Plan
- ... Clinton Health Plan The health care situation in the United States is in dire need of a change. The United States spends more money on health care per individual than any other nation in the world (14%of its GNP in 1991), and that amount is quickly rising. Virtually everyone, from doctors to politicians, recognize the unwieldy situation of health care in America, and realize that something must be done. In ... Clinton Solution Newsweek, September 20, 1993, pp.30-35 25.Pear, Robert Delay on Health Care Reflects Task's Complexity New York Times, October 12, 1993, p.?? 26.Reinhold, Robert Amid Mountains of Paper, a War Against a Tide of Red Ink. New York Times, November 14, 1993, Section 4A p.4 27.Rosenthal, Elizabeth Confusion, Errors, and Fraud, In Medical Bills. New York Times, November 14, 1993, Section 4A p ...
- 8334: Cancer in American
- Cancer in American In modern society cancer is the disease most feared by the majority of people throughout the world, supplanting the "white death," or tuberculosis, of the last century; the "black death," or bubonic plague, of the Middle Ages; and the leprosy of biblical times. Cancer has been known and described throughout history, although ... span of humans. The study of cancer is known as the field of ONCOLOGY. In the mid-1980s nearly 6 million new cancer cases and more than 4 million deaths from cancer were being reported world-wide each year. The most common fatal form was stomach cancer (prevalent in Asia), but lung cancer has risen rapidly, because of the spread of cigarette smoking in developing countries, to become the leading fatal cancer in the world today. Also on the increase is the third- greatest killer, breast cancer, particularly in China and Japan. The fourth on the list is colon or rectum cancer, a disease that mainly strikes the elderly. ...
- 8335: Two Sides of The Brain
- Two Sides of The Brain Your brain has two sides. And each has a distinctly different way of looking at the world. Do you realize that in order for you to read this article, the two sides of your brain must do completely different things? The more we integrate those two sides, the more integrated we become ... thin" into the future. Even more startling is evidence coming to light that we have become a left-brain culture. Your brain's right and left side have distinctly different ways of looking at the world. Your two hemispheres are as different from each other as, oh, Micheal Wilson and Shirley Maclean. The left brain controls the right side of the body (this is reversed in about half of the 15 ... relationships. "The left brain is too slow, but the right can see around corners." Dr. Eisenberg thinks that the preoccupation with the plodding left brain is one reason for the analysis paralysis he sees affecting world leaders. "Good leaders don't lead by reading polls," he says. "They have vision and operate to a certain extent by feel." There are ways of correcting out cultural overbalance. Playing video games, for ...
- 8336: AIDS: A U.S.- Made Monster?
- ... American Covert Action Information Bulletin (CAIB). In fact, Top Secret carries the Naming Names column, which CAIB is prevented from doing by the American government, and which names CIA agents in different locations in the world. The article, named "AIDS: US-Made Monster" and subtitled "AIDS - its Nature and its Origins," is lengthy, has a lot of professional terminology and is dotted with footnotes. AIDS FACTS "The fatal weakening of the ... medical services of the US Army. "AIDS does not merely bring certain dangers with it; it is clearly a programmed catastrophe for the human race, whose magnitude is comparable only with that of a nuclear war", say the Segals. " They later explain what they mean by "programmed," showing that the virus was produced by humans, namely Dr. Robert Gallo of the Bethesda Cancer Research Center in Maryland. When proceeding to prove ...
- 8337: Happiness Found In Literature
- ... everything is made to serve and end, everything necessarily serves the best end (Voltaire 522)." Voltaire attacks this optimistic theory throughout the novel. For example throughout the novel Candide encounters insufferable human pain like death, war, and the loss of all the people he loves. In short nothing goes right for Candide and by the end of the novel he begins to lose faith in his beliefs. Voltaire shows us through Candide that simply letting things happen can not make the world a perfect place nor will it bring us complete happiness. At the end of the novel Candide encounters a Turkish farmer who cultivates land with his family in order to keep them from getting bored ...
- 8338: Art
- World Cultures Baroque Art Essay During the Baroque period, new ideas and views of society and of religion spurred up. To express these new ideas many artists used the ideas of past artists to further expand ... Since he used statues for models, the people in his painting look to be chiseled and very statuesque. Poussin also uses a background of a Roman city to further enhance his love for the classical world. He sought for permanent in the momentary and the universal in the individual. Many artists of the time turned to classical Greece and Rome for their ideas. Another prime example is the East Faηade of ... illustrated the respect and the love for classical art forms as well as other past forms. It was a melting pot of classical and baroque ideas that further expanded the arts and ideas of the world. Using past ideas along with current original ideas can make a new art form. The Baroque period was the epitome of this ideal and showed it very well with its excellent architecture, paintings, and ...
- 8339: Sports Therapy
- ... imagery. They use this technique for the mental aspect of fundamental skills. Psychologists recommend that athletes mentally practice their events on the eve of competition. When it comes to sports, the winning edge throughout the world of sports may have less to do with strength and talent, and more to do with, what sports psychologists call it, mental toughness. Sports psychologists James Loehr, calls "mental toughness," the ability to handle and ... athletes exceeding in their performance. Additionally, James Loehr believed that, the findings mentioned above are difficult to perform, but players that develop self-discipline to commit themselves to do it right, succeed in the sports world, as well as life in general. Musicians, actors, professional business executives, sprinters, and athletes are different in terms of their size, quickness, thinking ability, movement and other characteristics associated to this group. To be successful ... performance. These techniques help athletes visualize images before they occur, find effective relaxation system and set realistic goals, so that they can achieve them. My overall viewpoint of this complex and growing concern in the world of sports as it relates to pressure versus achievement can only be accomplished through the utilization of mental exercise. A high- carbohydrate diet, and systematic self-brainwashing to achieve a maximum performance. A considerable ...
- 8340: Twain's" A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" Satire
- ... childish, such as the amusement over the dog chasing its tail(Twain 24-25). The passage emphasizes the childish innocence of the sixth century people, but it also shatters the romantic ideals that the modern world holds of the Knights of the Round Table(Robinson 185). Hank immediately sets out to employ his nineteenth century ideals in the sixth century. His first action in office is to create a patent office ... feared more than the Monarchy(Baldanza 75-76). This favorable attitude is not held throughout the novel however. The final product of Hank's endeavors is nothing. At the end of Hank's journey, the world is not robbed of superstition, in fact the Church's power is heightened. The downfall of Hank's utopia is Twain's criticism of his own nineteenth century society(Dendinger 2668). Much of this criticism ... also be noted that Hank was only empowered to rescue the superstitious sixth century folk by preying on that superstition(Wiggins 82). Another problem with the portrayal of the nineteenth century as such a perfect world is that fact that when he returns, Hank cannot fully return to the nineteenth century. The very society which he attempted to import into the sixth century is no longer capable of satisfying Hank( ...
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