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BUMBLEBEE FORAGING PREFERENCES: DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SPECIES AND 3.5.1 Caste flower preference 3.6 Tongue and head measurements of each species 3.7 Relationship between tongue length and flower 3.8 Flower preferences of individual bees 3.9 Environmental variables and their effects 3.5.1 CASTE FLOWER PREFERENCE Caste flo...
Sixty-six years ago today, at 11:02 am local time, the world changed forever. The U.S. military dropped an atomic bomb the equivalent of 22,000 tons of TNT on Nagasaki, Japan…three days after dropping a slightly smaller nuke onto Hiroshima. It is estimated that somewhere between 60k-80k people lost their lives in the a...
“For many years now, I have been working in the area of how microorganisms, bacteria and parasites in particular, cause trouble in our gastrointestinal track, and you could say that I am nothing but a diarrhea doc.” Dr. Richard Guerrant’s accolades, however, tell a very different story. Most recently, Governor Bob McDo...
Read here. Both China and India pump a lot of CO2 emissions into the atmosphere but that's not the principal cause for the Himalaya glaciers/snow melting. The real culprit is soot (black carbon), a huge and deadly air pollutant. Instead of focusing on the atmospheric levels of the tiny, trace gas CO2, the U.S. should b...
Gardens - Fruit & Vegetable Gardening Create a berry patch in your garden From brambles to blueberries, dedicate part of your plot to an assortment of dessert-worthy fruits Strawberries are much easier to manage than prickly brambles. Set out starter plants in spring, 30 centimetres apart in humus-rich soil in a sunny ...
AUTHORS: Hurley, Patrick J. - ©2008 Tens of thousands of students have learned to be more discerning at constructing and evaluating arguments with the help of Patrick J. Hurley. Hurley's lucid, friendly, yet thorough presentation has made A CONCISE INTRODUCTION TO LOGIC the most widely used logic text in North America....
We form our beliefs for a variety of subjective, personal, emotional, and psychological reasons in the context of environments created by family, friends, colleagues, culture, and society at large; after forming our beliefs we then defend, justify, and rationalize them with a host of intellectual reasons, cogent argume...
An “antioxidant-rich diet ‘cuts heart attack risk’,” The Daily Telegraph has reported. It goes on to say that older women who ate “seven fruit and vegetable portions a day were between 20 and 29 per cent less likely to have a heart attack over a decade than those who ate just 2.4 [portions]”. This news is based on a la...
Lack of access to reliable transportation is one of the most pervasive barriers to health care for children in the United States. The result is missed opportunities for immunizations and routine well-child care, increased incidence of untreated chronic illnesses, increased use of emergency rooms for non-emergency care,...
One Book, One Chicago Fall 2012 With a focus on censorship and access to information, from ancient times to Nazi Germany to today’s digital age, these recommended titles will shed light on the power of words. Beautiful Souls: Saying No, Breaking Ranks and Heeding the Voice of Conscience in Dark Times By Eyal Press Pres...
Massive subsidies and quotas for biofuels are wreaking social and environmental havoc and in many cases actually exacerbating climate change, says a new Christian Aid report. Growing pains: the possibilities and problems of biofuels demands a radical overhaul of governments’ multi-billion dollar support for biofuels, s...
Czech Christmas Songs Early Medieval Bohemia, a historically defined space that today falls under the Czech Republic, gave birth to many carols, the earliest of which are found in manuscripts dating back to the 11th century. These chants, however, were not Christmas carols as we know them today but rather Christian son...
|Three Traveller's Samples, circa 1885 Maker: W.E. Welding Canadian Museum of Civilization Cat. no. (Left to right) 978.111.49a-b; 980.111.104; 980.111.36a-b Slide no. 17904 CANADIAN SALT-GLAZED STONEWARE"Stone crocks and all that class," as an Ontario newspaper of 1867 wrote of Canadian potting, aptly summed up what w...
Students’ Understanding of the Concepts of Vector Components and Vector Products Documents Genaro Zavala and In this article we investigate students' understanding of: 1) vector components and, 2) vector products. We administered a test to 409 students completing introductory physics courses at a private Mexican univer...
A report that shows an organization's vulnerabilities and the estimated cost of recovery in the event of damage. It also summarizes defensive measures and associated costs based on the amount of risk the organization is willing to accept (the risk tolerance). A "risk analysis" is the process of arriving at a risk asses...
Although the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that suicide is the third leading cause of death for people aged 15 to 24 years, a new study shows few suicidal teens are getting the mental health treatment they need. The researchers found only 13 percent of teenagers with suicidal thoughts visited ...
Go to previous article Go to next article Return to 2004 Table of Contents 100 Bureau Dr. MS 8951 Gaithersburg MD 20899 For many blind and visually impaired users, tactile display offers an attractive option for information access. While Braille provides text-related information, tactile graphics is important for those...
A cave is a natural opening in the ground extending beyond the zone of light and large enough to permit the entry of man. Occurring in a wide variety of rock types and caused by widely differing geological processes, caves range in size from single small rooms to interconnecting passages many miles long. The scientific...
Verlagsinformation :: Publisher's information - Ready reference for a quick check on poplulation, location, or even spelling of a place name. - Source for historical, political, social, economic, physical and other geographic data about the world's places for students and scholars in a wide range of fields, from politi...
Traditional Sardinian garb is extremely colourful, replete with elaborate embroidery and other ornamentation, some of Spanish and Moorish provenance, and all so beautiful that the visitor can easily forget the poverty that is the daily lot of these villages. In a closed island society such as Sardinia, clothing was a s...
Department: Information Processing of Optical Systems The department IOS possesses a substantial pool of expertise in sensor systems for optical exploration, involving their design, development, implementation and testing, particularly of algorithms and software solutions. Imaging optical sensor systems will play a cru...
Back to Dermatology Diseases Hidradenitis suppurativa or HS is a poorly studied skin disease that affects the sweat (apocrine) glands primarily located in the underarms, groin, and under the breasts in women. The disease is chronic and can progress to severely painful and debilitating. It is considered a rare disease, ...
Origin of the MHC M.Tevfik DORAK, MD, PhD There is not a definite candidate for the primordial MHC gene. According to one hypothesis the class II MHC evolved first 1, whereas another hypothesis holds that the class I MHC originated first as a result of a recombination between an immunoglobulin-like C-domain and the pep...
The changing landscape of the Android marketplace creates unique challenges and opportunities, many of which are tied to the individual hardware specifications of devices. Hardware optimization has become a consideration for mindful application development. When testing software across a variety of devices and architec...
The Borneo rainforest is 130 million years old making it the oldest rainforest in the world. It is home to 15,000 species of flowering plants, 3,000 trees species, 221 species of terrestrial mammals and 420 species of birds. It is one of the only remaining natural habitats for the endangered Orangutan. In Indonesian, t...
FDA Warns About Raw Alfalfa Sprouts On April 26, 2009, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended that consumers not eat raw alfalfa sprouts, including sprout blends containing alfalfa sprouts, until further notice because the product has been linked...
How to Prune Roses You prune roses to remove parts of a plant that you don’t want. This pruning leaves room for growth and circulation in the parts of the rose plant that you do want. When you prune roses, you cut the canes (upright branches) of a rosebush. You may cut the canes near the top of the plant, at the base o...
How to Use Outlook, an Internet E-Mail Program One of the most used Internet e-mail programs, Outlook is included with most editions of Microsoft Office. Here are instructions for how to use Outlook 2010. Set up an e-mail account: Choose File→Info→Account Settings. Set your e-mail preferences: Choose File→Options. Comp...
Plot Cartesian Coordinate Points on a Cartesian Graph When math folks talk about using a graph, they’re usually referring to a Cartesian graph (also called the Cartesian coordinate system). The below figure shows an example of a Cartesian graph. A Cartesian graph is really just two number lines that cross at 0. These n...
By learning to love fruits and vegetables while they are young, kids will develop food preferences that can help lower their risk of heart disease, diabetes and some cancers later in life. A produce-rich diet is also naturally lower in calories and fat and higher in vitamins and minerals. According to the latest recomm...
How to Focus Lessons and Learning GoalsNovember 9, 2009 | Elena Aguilar In the coming weeks, I'll share tips guaranteed to increase student achievement. This guarantee is based on my own teaching and experience as an instructional coach, as well as on research compiled by education experts. I'll cite those references w...
This category presents the general rules for designing an installation and presents the involved IEC standards. It gives help in calculation of installed power loads. This chapter presents the main methods of connection to the MV utility distribution network. This chapter presents the main methods of connection to the ...
Help Starts Here Children grow and develop rapidly during their first three years of life. Although each child is special and grows and learns at his or her own pace, some children need extra help. This extra help is called Early Childhood Intervention. Research shows that growth and development are most rapid in the f...
Meningococcal meningitis is an infection that causes swelling and irritation (inflammation) of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. Causes, incidence, and risk factors: Meningococcal meningitis is caused by the bacteria Neisseria meningitidis (also known as meningococcus). Most cases of meningococcal menin...
EMBL Forum Lectures Friday, 27 May 2011, 14:00, Large Operon, EMBL Heidelberg Raghavendra Gadagkar, Indian Institute of Science Interrogating an Insect Society Insect societies consist of one or a small number of reproductives (usually only queens but also kings in the case of termites) and a large number of sterile or...
Influenza (flu) is a viral upper respiratory illness that comes on suddenly, causing a person to feel very sick with symptoms such as fever, body aches, headache, fatigue, loss of appetite, and a dry cough or sore, dry throat. Home treatment to reduce discomfort is usually all that is needed. In some cases, the flu can...
U.S. Children Eating Fewer Calories By Marlene Busko Feb. 22, 2013 -- Here's a flash of hope for the obesity crisis: Surprising new numbers show that, contrary to common assumptions, U.S. children are not eating more calories. The type of food they are eating, however, has changed in recent years. According to the repo...
Definition of Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 4 Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 4: ALS4. A juvenile-onset form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) with no bulbar involvement, inherited in an autosomal dominant manner and caused by mutation in a gene on chromosome 9q34.Source: MedTerms™ Medical Dictionary Last Editorial ...
Better Students Ask More Questions. In Of Mice and Men, what are some passages that develop the themes with... 1 Answer | add yours - Class Conflict - "Idealism vs. Reality" - Alienation and Loneliness The very title of John Steinbeck's novella of earthy characters symbolizes the struggles of disenfranchised men who ar...
Better Students Ask More Questions. What is the property illustrated in (2+g)+3 = 2+(g+3) ? 4 Answers | add yours High School Teacher This is the associative property of addition, not the commutative property. The commutative property only deals with 2 numbers not 3. The order of the numbers or their groupings do not a...
Importing or exporting wildlife for research purposes Australia strictly controls trade in: - Australian native specimens - internationally endangered species (those on the CITES list) - live animals You may be able to obtain an import or export permit for specimens for scientific research purposes where the object of ...
Controllers reposition Cluster, creating first-ever multiscale mission Cluster's four spacecraft are being separated to 10 000 km from each other in one of the most complex manoeuvres ever conducted by ESA controllers. In the new formation, Cluster becomes the first-ever multiscale mission and will continue gathering s...
Makemie, Francis (məkĕˈmē) [key], c.1658–1708, American clergyman, considered the founder of Presbyterianism in America. Born in Ireland, he studied in Scotland and c.1682 was ordained a missionary to America. In 1683 he arrived in Maryland. He traveled and preached from the Carolinas to New York. Makemie organized Pre...
FAO takes the early initiative FAO launched its Initiative on Soaring Food Prices (ISFP) in December 2007 to respond to the urgent needs of the most vulnerable people confronted with skyrocketing prices and difficult choices. The ISFP was meant to sound the alarm to the world's decision-makers that a crisis was at hand...
Nintendo scored a surprising market success with its Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training title on the DS--not a typical slash/shoot'em-up game at all, but rather one designed to actively boost your mental prowess. Along with other "edutainment" games, 5 million copies were sold in the first year. But recent research sheds li...
(The WEIMAR REPUBLIC and ADOLF HITLER – continued) One who was not influenced by Stresemann's actions in Saxony and Thuringia was Adolf Hitler. He planned for his coup and march to Berlin to begin on November 8, 1923 – the fifth anniversary of the first Soviet takeover in Munich. In the evening of that day, Hitler's tr...
Gardening Articles: Health :: Garden Crafts Maintaining Container Gardens by National Gardening Association Editors These simple maintenance tasks keep your patio planters and window boxes looking their best throughout the growing season and help cold-climate gardeners prepare for winter. Tools and Materials - Planted ...
Ports and Harbors A harbor is a water area bounded by natural features or manmade structures, or a combination of both, which affords safe moorings and protection for vessels during storms. It may serve purely as a refuge, or it may provide accommodations for various water to water or water to land activities, such as ...
This section describes the miscellaneous input conversions. The ‘%p’ conversion is used to read a pointer value. It recognizes the same syntax used by the ‘%p’ output conversion for printf (see Other Output Conversions); that is, a hexadecimal number just as the ‘%x’ conversion accepts. The corresponding argument shoul...
Birds were created on the 5th day of creation 20 Then God said, “Let the waters abound with an abundance of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the face of the firmament of the heavens.” 21 So God created great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with which the waters abounded, accor...
US 3948346 A This invention concerns a multi-layered acoustic liner which breaks up high amplitude sound and shock waves into several waves of the same type but smaller amplitudes, converting some acoustic energy into heat and shifting part of the acoustic energy to a higher frequency level to achieve better absorption...
Since April, New Yorkers have watched two environmental disasters in two different parts of the country with sadness and horror. On April 5, an accident at the Upper Big Branch coal mine in West Virginia killed 29 people. And, on April 20, 11 people died in the Deepwater Horizon explosion -- a disaster that has sent as...
Beta Hemolytic Streptococcus Culture (Throat) Does this test have other names? Strep test, throat culture What is this test? This test looks for the bacteria that cause strep throat. This condition causes a severe sore throat and makes it painful to swallow. It's important to detect and treat strep throat as soon as po...
Written by Suzanne Hurley, CDC's Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity Many people are aware that too few U.S. high school students in grades 9-12 are getting enough physical activity. But do you know which groups of high school students are getting less physical activity than others? The findings of a ...
Chaturmas is the four holy Hindu months in a calendar year. In 2013, Chaturmas begins on July 19 and ends on November 13. Hinduism and Nature is completely entangled and Nature plays a major role in important rituals and festivals associated with Hindu Religion. The Chaturmas occurs during the monsoon season and most o...
Hiroshima and Nagasaki Photo Gallery and related media Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japanese Soldiers in Nagasaki After the Bombing October 5, 1945. Japanese soldiers survey the damage in Nagasaki, two months after the atomic bomb was dropped over the city. Related Photo Galleries (10) Hiroshima and Nagasaki Hiroshima and Na...
More to Explore People and Groups J. Edgar Hoover was direct of the Federal Bureau of Investigations from 1924 until his death in 1972. Congress created the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands in March 1865 to assist former slaves in post-Civil War America. Judah P. Benjamin was a prominent American lawye...
Lesson Plans for Secondary School Educators Unit Nine: "The Quest Is Achieved" Content Focus: The Lord of the Rings, Book Six Thematic Focus: What Makes a Hero? As befits its vast scope and extraordinary ambition, The Lord of the Rings boasts three major heroes Frodo, Aragorn, and Sam plus many secondary characters who...
Using fecal egg count reduction tests Many producers rely on fecal egg count reduction tests to determine which parasites are affecting their herds or whether they might have resistant parasites on their property. However, knowing the facts about the tests can help you decide whether they are the right choice for your ...
The health benefits of being active far outweigh any risks. But that doesn’t mean there are no risks. For an elite athlete, a weekend warrior, or anyone just starting out on a fitness plan, physical activity does increase the risk of injury. (1) Don’t let that stop you from becoming more active, though: Moderate intens...
No legislation or regulations require that documentation be requested or obtained in order to demonstrate entitlement to legal protections because of disability or to seek reasonable accommodations. The laws and regulations (e.g., ADAAA) acknowledge that postsecondary institutions may, as part of an interactive process...
Movement 1: Les tricotets Movement 2: L'indifferente Movement 3: Menuets I & II Movement 4: La poule Movement 5: Les triolets Movement 6: Les sauvages Movement 7: L'enharmonique Movement 8: L'egiptienne Then comes one of Rameau’s masterpieces, La poule, with the obsessive clucking of the hen (Rameau writes ‘co co co co...
On February 14, 1946 John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert unveiled ENIAC at the Moore School of Electrical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania. They had started to build their Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator, to use its full name, in 1943 with the innovative idea of using valves. The result was a huge ...
Searching for the Elusive Man from Mars by Brian Thomas, M.S. * The Phoenix Mars Lander has successfully arrived and is, as of this writing, examining the surface of the Martian planet. The objective of the Phoenix Lander is two-fold: first, to explore geological evidence for water; and second, to find a "habitable zon...
Helmets and antilock brakes make riding less dangerous. Motorcycles are less stable and less visible than cars and often have high performance capabilities. When motorcycles crash, their riders lack the protection of an enclosed vehicle, so they're more likely to be injured or killed. The federal government estimates t...
Swearing-In Ceremony for President Ulysses S. Grant Twenty-Second Inaugural Ceremonies, March 4, 1873 ‘ Fellow-Citizens: Under Providence I have been called a second time to act as Executive over this great nation.’ Read the address Presidential Oath of Office Administered to Ulysses S. Grant by the Honorable Salmon P....
Barak, Ehud (āˈkhōd bäräkˈ) [key], 1942–, Israeli military and political leader, prime minister of Israel (1999–2001). The son of East European immigrants in Palestine, he was born Ehud Brog, later adopting the Hebrew name Barak [lightning]. Barak began his military service in 1959, became a major general in 1982, and ...
A foot-long invasive shrimp species could pose big problems for the US shrimping industry. No one seems to know for sure how Asian tiger shrimp got here, but this particular crustacean has caught the attention of scientists and commercial fisheries. Unlike regular shrimp who are scavengers, the Asian variety is a preda...
The web's mother lode of free irrigation information! Irrigation Master Valves A master valve is an automatic valve, typically an electric solenoid type valve, that is installed at the point where the irrigation system connects to the water supply. The master valve is wired to a special "master valve circuit" on the ir...
Read more in the project synopsis available for download below Coral Bleaching, BleachWatch, and CPCe Coral bleaching refers to a process in which corals expel the algal cells (zooxanthellae) that normally live within their tissue. Large-scale bleaching episodes are usually associated with unusually high sea temperatur...
James Boswell's uncle John was a member of a sect known as the Glasites. Lord Adam Gordon Adam GordonBorn ca. 1726 Died Aug 13, 1801 at his seat in Kincardineshire Son of the 2nd Duke of Gordon. In 1767 he married Jean Drummond (d. 1795), widow of James Murray, 2nd Duke of Atholl. In 1786 he became commander-in-chief o...
It’s a common way Erin Fudge’s kindergarten students address her early on in the school year at Little Turtle Elementary School in Columbia City. “That’s something we work on,” Fudge says. “When we see grownups in the building, we address them by ‘Mrs.’ or ‘Mr.’ ” and their last name. The topic of how children should a...
delta T = i*Kf*m You want the largest delta T (which will give the lowest freezing point). Kf is constant so we can forget that. The two that matter are i and m So multily i*m for the 5 and the largest number wins. Remember i is the van't Hoff factor which is the number of particles produced when the materials are plac...
Iguazu Falls are a series of waterfalls stemming from the Iguazu River. They are located on the border of the Brazilian state of Paraná (in the southern region) and the Argentine province of Misiones. The waterfall system consists of about 260-270 falls along 2.7 kilometers (1.67 miles) of the Iguazu River. Some of the...
January 11, 2004 NASA's Spirit rover now has its arm and all six of its wheels free, and only a single cable must be cut before it can turn and roll off its lander onto the soil of Mars. As that milestone is completed, scientists are taking opportunities to take extra pictures and other data. During the past 24 hours -...
After reading all three articles, "The Computer Delusion" by Todd Oppenheimer, "Why Aren't the Children Singing?" by Dr. David Thornburg, and "Plug & Play" by Dr. Lynell Burmark, I have chosen to react to the first two articles. Being a technology coordinator at my school, I am always faced with decisions to make about...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A new federal report blames a combination of problems for a mysterious and dramatic disappearance of U.S. honeybees since 2006. The intertwined factors cited include a parasitic mite, multiple viruses, bacteria, poor nutrition, genetics, habitat loss and pesticides. The multiple causes make it harder...
The Seven Days of Creation In this picture, one large brown circle contains six smaller circles that represent the Six Days of Creation according to Genesis. The brown circle in its center represents the Seventh Day of Creation - Shabbat. Notice that this picture is fractal or holographic. If you zoom out you can see t...
|Origin:||roller, from Vulgar Latin rotulare, from Latin rotula; ROLL2| roll1 S1 W3 if something rolls, especially something round, or if you roll it, it moves along a surface by turning over and over round object[intransitive always + adverb/preposition, transitive] roll down/into/through etc The ball rolled into the ...
Of the ten leading causes of mortality in the United States, chronic, low-level inflammation contributes to the pathogenesis of at least seven. These include heart disease, cancer, chronic lower respiratory disease, stroke, Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes, and nephritis (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2011; B...
The Durk Pearson & Sandy Shaw® Life Extension NewsTM Volume 5 No. 5 • October 2002 Noradrenaline Metabolite a Powerful Antioxidant We read years ago that vitamin C is the most important antioxidant in the brain and that after vitamin C is depleted, noradrenaline becomes the most important antioxidant. A new paper sugge...
Hernia or rupture consists in a protrusion of a portion of the contents of the abdomen (a part of the bowel or its covering, or both) through the belly wall. The common seats of rupture are at the navel and in the groin. Rupture at the navel is called umbilical hernia; that in the groin either inguinal or femoral, acco...
The steady increase in U.S. obesity rates over the past 20 years seems to be leveling off, according to a new study from researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2010, obesity rates were about 36 percent in men and women, with no change compared with the rates between 2003 and 2008, the study f...
Planting Local Natives Local native plant species are better suited to the climate, rainfall, topography and soils found across our region. They generally require less fertiliser and water and are less prone to disease and insect attack, therefore requiring less pesticides and effort in pest control. They are also less...
|Home | Products | Issue Tracker | FAQ | Download| |Contact:||steve.lime at dnr.state.mn.us| |Contact:||jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com| |Contact:||jdoyon at ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca| The Mapfile is the heart of MapServer. It defines the relationships between objects, points MapServer to where data are located and defines how...
Teaching with MATLAB and Simulink Teaching with MATLAB and Simulink not only enhances and accelerates learning, but also prepares students for productive technology careers. Using MATLAB and Simulink based curricula, professors can create a foundation for learning that serves students throughout their college years. Fr...
By Cleve Moler, MathWorks How much did the reduced air resistance in Mexico City contribute to Bob Beamon’s extraordinary performance in the long jump at the 1968 Olympic games? What is the effect of burning fossil fuels on the carbon dioxide concentration in the Earth’s atmosphere? How does the expected return for the...
- Myocardial ischemia - Premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) - Flu shots: Especially important if you have heart disease Lifestyle and home remedies (4) - Heart-healthy diet: 8 steps to prevent heart disease - Menus for heart-healthy eating: Cut the fat and salt - Nuts and your heart: Eating nuts for heart health ...
Can Implantation Bleeding Be Heavy? Many women of childbearing age become anxious when they experience abnormal vaginal bleeding or discharges that are not congruent to their normal menstrual cycles. For some, they regard it as a type of dysfunctional uterine bleeding while others say it's just normal, as in the case o...
CHF is a condition in which the heart can’t pump enough blood to meet the body’s needs. In some cases, the heart can’t fill with enough blood. In other cases, the heart can’t pump blood to the rest of the body with enough force. Some people have both problems. The term "heart failure" doesn’t mean that your heart has s...
Here’s a really interesting list, titled “25 Facts You Should Share for School Lunch Week,” and although School Lunch Week was in October, there is no point in waiting until next October to become informed about these matters. Of course, consulting the original article is recommended. One of the subjects covered was re...
Definition of Nerve, first cranial Nerve, first cranial: The first cranial nerve is the olfactory nerve, the nerve that carries impulses for the sense of smell from the nose to the brain. The cranial nerves emerge from or enter the skull (the cranium), as opposed to the spinal nerves which emerge from the vertebral col...
Click for more "Microbes After Hours" videos Few know that many bacteria not only coexist with us all the time, but help us do an amazing array of useful things like make vitamins, break down some garbage, and even maintain our atmosphere. Bacteria consist of only a single cell, but don't let their small size and seemi...
Moebius syndrome is a rare neurological disorder that is present at birth. It primarily affects the 6th and 7th cranial nerves, leaving those with the condition unable to move their faces (they can’t smile, frown, suck, grimace or blink their eyes) and unable to move their eyes laterally. Other cranial nerves may be af...
Welcome to the Morgan County Government Site In 1836, Morgan County's first courthouse in the frontier town of Versailles, Missouri was a log building that was purchased and reconstructed on the square. It remained there in service until 1843, when it was removed in favor of a more permanent building. The county's seco...
As the state's suicide rate inches upward, the Minnesota Department of Health is forming a suicide prevention task force that will leverage the expertise and resources of partner agencies and organizations to help those in crisis. Minnesota had nearly twice as many suicides as traffic deaths in 2011, according to figur...
A profile of the Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai (1924-2000) Reprinted with permission from the website Pegasos. An Israeli poet--who also published short stories, novels, and plays--Amichai was among the first to compose poems in colloquial Israeli Hebrew. His language is gently ironic, sometimes passionate or straightfor...
Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a condition characterized by inattention, hyperactivity and impulsivity. The most commonly diagnosed behavior disorder in young people, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that ADHD affects an estimated 9 percent of children aged 3-17 and 2-4 pe...
NASA's Constellation Program Tests Orion Recovery Procedures WASHINGTON -- A full-scale mockup of NASA's Orion crew module is being tested in water under simulated and real landing weather conditions. Beginning March 23, a Navy-built, 18,000-pound Orion mockup will be placed in a test pool at the Naval Surface Warfare ...
Current News, Aid-related Forms - Federal Friends of NASSGAP History - NASSGAP Research and Data Resources Photographs - NASSGAP A word from... Calendar of Events Rosenbaum, J., and Deil-Amen, R The social prerequisites of success: Can college structure reduce the need for social know-how Examines obstacles to success ...