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Saturday, May 25, 2013
Crackles in Inhaling
what is the cause of crackles? What can be done ?
"Crackles" refers to a non-specific... |
Growth hormone (GH) controls the growth of soft tissue and bone. Elevated GH causes an excess of bone and soft tissue growth. In adults, this can cause a rare disorder called acromegaly. It can cause serious complications and early death if not treated.
In young children, bone fusion and growth is still occurring. Exce... |
More properly JACOB TWINGER VON KÖNIGSHOFEN.
Chronicler, b. in 1346 at Königshofen, a village near Strasburg, in Alsace; d. at Strasburg, 27 December, 1420. Of his life we have only a few meagre details, as for instance that he became a priest in 1382, that for a time he held the parish of Drusenheim, and that in 1394 ... |
Healthy eating will take center stage as Scotland County joins the rest of the nation in recognizing “National Nutrition Month” this March.
Sponsored by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the National Nutrition Month program was created to encourage consumers to develop a healthy eating plan.
Promoting the theme “... |
Sumatra, erected by a Decree of 30 June, 1911, and entrusted to the Dutch Capuchins. Previously it formed part of the Vicariate Apostolic of Batavia, which is under the care of the Jesuits of Holland. The new prefecture comprises Sumatra and the surrounding islands, including Bangka (area, 4888 sq. miles; population, 7... |
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In recent years, the State of Georgia has been faced with a new crisis: the deadly surge of prescription (Rx) drug abuse. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has labeled this emerging form of drug abuse a “national epidemic,” and reports that Rx drugs are the cause of more deaths by overdose than “stre... |
Environmental History of Georgia: Overview
Native American Influences
Humans arrived in the Southeast roughly 12,000 years ago. Over the millennia, Native Americans interacted with the landscape in numerous ways. Fire setting, first used to promote hunting, had perhaps the most significant impact.
Fire setting was prob... |
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How LCLS X-ray pulses can be used to determine the atomic structure of a complicated molecule.
A New Kind of Laser
SLAC's two-mile-long linear accelerator (or linac) has begun a new phase of its career, with the creation of the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS).
For nearly 50 years, SLAC's linac has produced high-ener... |
Properties of Water
Life would not have existed on earth without water. Water molecules
are composed of one oxygen atom and two hydrogen atoms. Together, the
hydrogen and oxygen molecules form a shape that resembles the head of
While water molecules seem to be simple compounds, their properties
have profound impact on ... |
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SETI Pioneers by David Swift, University of Arizona Press, pp 434, $35/£32.50
The scientist at the sensitive radio receiver was baffled by the strange signals apparently coming from deep space. 'The thought flashed through my mind that the disturbances I had observed might be due to intelligent control . . . The feelin... |
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About Eco-Friendly Mattresses
As adults, we should spend 7-8 hours each day sleeping in bed, or one-third of our day. Therefore, the mattress we sleep on may affect our everyday health. Unfortunately, most mattress makers use petrochemicals in their production, as well as synthetic foam produc... |
DID shrinking guts and high-energy food help us evolve enormous, powerful brains? The latest round in the row over what's known as the "expensive tissue hypothesis" says no. But don't expect that to settle the debate.
The hypothesis has it that in order to grow large brains relative to body size, our ancestors had to f... |
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Lisa G Kahle
Therapy Horses for
The use of animals to
provide service and therapy to enhance people’s health and lives and
to provide greater independence has been practiced throughout
recorded history. Today, many different types of
animals – monkeys, birds, pigs, dogs, and horses, to name a few –
provide therapeutic ... |
Akkadian is a cover term for the Semitic languages of ancient Mesopotamia,
constituting the eastern branch of the Semitic family.
Akkadian, the most ancient Semitic linguistic continuum attested, was
written in the cuneiform script, mainly on clay tablets. It is attested
from the third millennium BCE to the third centu... |
By Jeannine Stein for TakePart.com
A new study discovered just how much stress in the workplace increases your risk of a heart attack.
Having a job that’s high in stress but low in power could be bad for your heart.
A study released this week in the Lancet found that people who experience job strain have a 23 percent i... |
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Together, hydraulics and pneumatics are
known as fluid power. Fluid power is a partner in an evolving
high technology alliance that provides the world with
unprecedented control of force, torque, position and motion.
The combination of fluid power systems
with advanced electronics adds control and flexibility to the
st... |
How a microwave oven works
Ever wondered exactly how a microwave oven heats your food? EngineerGuy Bill Hammack has you covered.
A professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Illinois, US, Hammack goes by the moniker "EngineerGuy" online, demystifying complicated mechanical concepts.
His ex... |
|U.S. Naval Observatory||Earth Orientation Department|
In 1956, following several years of work, two astronomers at the U. S. Naval Observatory (USNO) and two astronomers at the National Physical Laboratory (Teddington, England) determined the relationship between the frequency of the Cesium atom (the standard of time)... |
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The Aurora Collection returns to the Natural History Museum
A world-class collection of 296 naturally coloured diamonds has been loaned to the Natural History Museum by diamond collectors Alan Bronstein and Harry Rodman. The Aurora Collection comprises 267.45 carats of exceptionally rare stones, from the 12 colour vari... |
Map-making has often adapted technologies designed for purposes other than making maps.
I recall Scitex hardware as the state-of-the-art in large format color computer mapping in the early 1980s when I was first learning cartography. Cartography applications were developed when Scitex, its origins in designing and prin... |
Thursday November 8 2012
There are more than half a million people with autism in the UK
“Genetic mutation discovered in people with autism,” The Daily Telegraph reports.
The newspaper goes on to say that this mutation “cuts communication between brain cells to about one-tenth of normal levels” and offers “a likely exp... |
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more teachable race. But with these the difficulty for the new law-givers is that they find nothing corresponding to the productions of the country from which they had come. Fruits are in abundance, but there is no grain which requires culture, and which would give origin to a continued industry. The legend relates, so... |
Hyperkalemia is higher-than-normal levels of potassium in the blood.
The kidneys normally remove excess potassium from the body. High potassium levels are more likely to occur when the kidneys are not working properly and are less able to get rid of potassium.
If your kidneys are not working well enough, taking extra p... |
If you’re in the market for some new threads, consider buying old ones. Thrift store shopping can be a great way to save money and reduce your impact on the environment, if you can stand to wear gently-used garments — ones that have seen a wash cycle, of course.
Also, donating your old clothes to a second-hand store in... |
Invisible Learning :: a collaborative book & an online repository
Invisible Learning is a collaborative book & an online repository of ideas for sustainable innovation. Invisible Learning is a project that is open and distributed publically to share and disseminate innovative learning ideas.
The project places special ... |
See also the
Browse High School Calculus
Stars indicate particularly interesting answers or
good places to begin browsing.
Selected answers to common questions:
Maximizing the volume of a box.
Maximizing the volume of a cylinder.
Volume of a tank.
What is a derivative?
- Modelling Discrete Data with Exponential Functio... |
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Pigments in sixteenth-century European painting
Marika Spring, Scientific Department, National Gallery, London
Making Art in Tudor Britain
Abstracts from Academic Workshops (2007-8)
Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council
Over the last few years, as part of the programme for revision of the scholarly catalog... |
See also the
Dr. Math FAQ:
order of operations
3D and higher
Browse Middle School Algebra
Stars indicate particularly interesting answers or
good places to begin browsing.
Selected answers to common questions:
Direct and indirect variation.
Inequalities and negative numbers.
Positive/negative integer rules.
Solving sim... |
Sketch the graph of the following.
Any help would be appreciated!
You know that there are two vertical asymptotes at x = 5 and x = -3, then the graph also tends to the line y = x as x becomes large.
Since there are two asymptotes, the graph is in three parts and as similar graphs, the central part is fairly similar to ... |
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232 years ago today in Philadelphia, a bunch of very smart men signed up to declare independence from the Crown monarchy of Great Britain. While their reasons were varied, they were right to do so.
But make no mistake-- they were betraying their government. They did so openly, by signing the Declaration Of Independence... |
Standing Bear in his formal attire
National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution
On their journey westward in 1804, Lewis and Clark learned about the Ponca, a small tribe living on the west bank of the Missouri River and along what are now the lower Niobrara River and Ponca Creek in northeast Nebraska. The... |
Hepatitis A is an infection of the liver. It can be passed easily from contaminated food, water, or close contact with an infected person..
Hepatitis A is caused by a specific virus. It may be spread by:
- Drinking water contaminated by raw sewage
- Eating food contaminated by the hepatitis A virus, especially if it ha... |
Virginia Tech's Bill Hopkins holds a female wood duck, as part of the studies he and his colleagues are conducting to determine how the physiology and behavior of female amphibians, turtles and birds affect their offspring, and the consequences these interactions may have for population health. See more images and read... |
Mainstream groups such as the American Heart Association and the American Dietetic Association endorse a unified set of dietary guidelines for people who wish to lose weight—eat a low-fat diet and cut calories.
However, many popular diet books take a very different approach. The Atkins diet, the Zone diet,
, and numero... |
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|Extracts from SCN News (UNSSCN, 1991, 8 p.)|
The photograph on our cover is horrifying. Another baby girl dies unnecessarily. The Department of Child Development, Government of India, with assistance from UNICEF, has produced a compelling account of the plight of "The Lesser Child".
"In a culture that idolizes sons an... |
Once every few generations, there is a technological development that historians later realize actually amounted to a rapid transformational change for an entire profession. The job of architects, for example, was transformed with the advent of safe elevators, which allowed buildings to be significantly taller and stil... |
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Fundamental rights of Indian citizens
Table of Contents
The constitution of India1 provides certain fundamental rights to every citizen of India. The fundamental rights are listed in Part III of the Constitution under the heading of “Fundamental Rights”. There are total 24 Articles (Article 12 to Article 35) in Part II... |
U.S. sees increase in shark attacks
Published: Monday, February 11, 2013 at 9:37 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, February 11, 2013 at 9:37 p.m.
Shark attacks in the U.S. increased last year, and Florida led the way, claiming nearly half of those attacks. But don't panic — that could actually be a good sign, said scientists... |
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The coastal cactus wren builds its nests in patches of old-growth prickly pear cactus, providing itself protection from predators.
However, recent fires and past land uses have eliminated most of the mature cactus, which in turn threatens local cactus wren populations.
Irvine Ranch Conservancy Docent Lynda Armbruster p... |
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A Reference Resource
Cyrus Vance (1977–1980): Secretary of State
Cyrus Roberts Vance was born in Clarksburg, Virginia, in 1917 and earned both his B.A. (1939) and LL.B. (1942) from Yale University. During World War II, he fought in the U.S. Navy; he then went on to practice law.
Vance became secretary of the army in th... |
Trees are amazing organisms. They are tall, massive, mighty and upright. But trees can be really really unusual. From deadly trees that throw exploding fruits, to those with rainbow branches and trunks, here are some of the strangest trees which will change the way you looked at these beautiful creatures.
Animals have ... |
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Price Fixing in the Massachusetts Theocracy
[This article is excerpted from Conceived in Liberty (1975), volume 1, chapter 31: "Economics Begins to Dissolve the Theocracy: The Failure of Wage and Price Controls." An MP3 audio file of this article, narrated by Floy Lilley, is available for download.]
From the first, the... |
Quarrel with the King: The Story of an English Family on the High Road to Civil War : Quarrel with the King tells the story of the first four earls of Pembroke, their wives, children, estates, tenants, and allies, following their high and glamorous trajectory from the 1520s through 1650 - the most turbulent and dramati... |
Some basic tips for drawing railroad layouts are offered in this article. These guidelines can be used for any scale layout, I’ve used HO because it’s very popular, and the scale I am most familiar with myself. If you are modeling at a different scale, I have several articles outlined the exact details them, in my Tips... |
Avery Coonley Gardens
The Coonley Estate was built by Frank Lloyd Wright and originally included the House, the Stable, The Gardener’s Cottage and extensive gardens. Jens Jensen designed and implemented a landscape plan in 1913 for the property which utilized Wright’s hardscape plan.
Today the landscape contains a numb... |
The diagram below shows the path of the Sun across the sky in Melbourne for four important dates:
The outer circle on the diagram represents the horizon and the inner circles are lines of constant elevation, drawn at 15° intervals. The radial lines are lines of constant azimuth drawn at 15° intervals also.
The position... |
The EDX examination is a test that measures the electrical activity in your nerves and muscles. It consists of two parts:
- Nerve conduction studies that measure the ability of specific nerves to transmit electrical impulses, or messages, to muscles.
- Needle electrode examinations that measure the electrical activity ... |
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No doubt Native Americans took advantage of the
natural bounty of the Suwannee and the neighboring forest. By
around 7500 BC the Native American population increased, and people
began to settle, at least for a time, along rivers and lakes. They
fished, gathered freshwater snails, and hunted deer. Within Andrews
on the ... |
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Talking Points on the Environment #15
A Species Protection Plan That Works for Both Wildlife and Humans
Although most Americans oppose the excesses of the Endangered Species Act,
many also favor some form of species protection for the most valued species.
The best way to protect these species while protecting individua... |
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A Major Depressive Episode (MDE) is defined as a period of at least 2 weeks when a person experiences a depressed mood or loss of interest or pleasure in daily activities, plus at least four additional symptoms of depression (such as problems with sleep, eating, energy, concentration, and feelings of self-worth) (Ameri... |
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This interactive diagram is based on the energy flow diagram produced by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 2009. The data are from the Energy Information Administration of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE/EIA-0384(2008), June 2009). Hydro, wind, and solar electricity inputs are expressed using fossil-fuel pla... |
|WHO, UNICEF Tackle Critical Lack of 'Child Size' Medicines|
Geneva - 21 January 2009 -- The World Health Organization (WHO) has received a US$ 9.7 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to work with UNICEF to conduct crucial research in children’s medicines, with the aim of increasing the number of 'ch... |
There is no safe amount of alcohol that mothers-to-be can drink, experts believe.
Abstinence is best, say experts
Even the small amount advised by the government can harm the unborn child, a UK conference on foetal alcohol syndrome heard this week.
Dr Raja Mukherjee of St George's Medical School believes many more babi... |
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The research, which is featured on the cover of the July 17, 2005 issue of The Journal of Experimental Medicine, focused on the major human pathogen Staphylococcus aureus and the characteristic yellow-orange color for which it is named ("aureus" is Latin for "golden").
Among the deadliest of all disease-causing organis... |
The Storyline of the operetta follows that of Wilde's brilliant play. The plot hinges on two young men - John (Jack) Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff - who both use the name "Ernest" to woo two young ladies - Gwendolyn and Cecily - who have made up their minds they can only marry men by the name "Ernest". The hidden ide... |
Photograph by Taylor S. Kennedy, National Geographic
Updated March 16, 2011
On St. Patrick's Day—Thursday, March 17—millions of people will don green and celebrate the Irish with parades, good cheer, and perhaps a pint of beer.
But few St. Patrick's Day revelers have a clue about St. Patrick, the historical figure, acc... |
Malaria is a deadly disease spread by mosquitoes and is estimated to kill one person every 30 seconds, according to the World Health Organization. The majority victimized by this disease are children under the age of five, living in impoverished conditions throughout Africa . Yet, as the epidemic continues to escalate,... |
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All tea comes from a single plant, the Camellia Sinensis. An evergreen bush, tea is grown predominantly in Southeastern Asia. Harvesting, picking and processing the camellia sinensis bush yields 5 classes of tea: white, green, oolong, black, and pu·erh.
Although scientists believe Yunnan Province in China to be the bir... |
The History of Information (III)
Get flash to fully experience Pearltrees
A waste book was one of the books traditionally used in bookkeeping . It comprised a daily diary of all transactions in chronological order. [ 1 ] It differs from a daybook in that only a single waste book is kept, rather than a separate daybook ... |
|NIH Guidance on Informed Consent
For Gene Transfer Research
NIH GUIDELINES: "How will the major points covered in Appendix M-II, Description of Proposal, be disclosed to potential participants and/or their parents or guardians in a language that is understandable to them?"
Improving Comprehensibility of the Consent Fo... |
In 1900, The Prohibition Act, sometimes called the "Scott Act", and described as "An Act Prohibiting the Sale of Intoxicating Liquor", was passed by the Provincial Legislature.
This Act replaced all previous legislation dealing with liquor and totally prohibited the use or sale of any form of liquor for beverage purpos... |
The good news just keeps rolling in for sharks – this time from Toronto and Taiwan.
Yesterday the Toronto City Council voted to ban the sale and use of shark fins in the city; the ban will take effect in September 2012.
Meanwhile, Taiwan has announced its intention to ban the practice of shark finning starting next yea... |
Inflammation of the Middle Ear and External Ear Canal in Dogs
Otitis externa and Otitis media in Dogs
Otitis externa is a chronic inflammation of a dog external ear canal. Otitis media, meanwhile, is an inflammation of the dog's middle ear. Both of these terms are used to describe clinical symptoms and are not diseases... |
leafscale gulper shark
Today the European Commission proposed new catch limits for 2013 and 2014 that will allow fishermen to exploit some little-known but important deep-sea fishes against the advice of scientists. As this video of the European deep-sea prepared by our European office demonstrates, even though light d... |
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