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Lucid Dreaming: Asleep And Aware
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1268

.... they could recall (Lucid Dreaming 365). When a dreamer becomes lucid there are physical changes on the outside of the body and brain patterns also change. There are usually pauses in breathing and changes in heart rate. The amount of brain activity is more heightened than that of a regular dream, but less than when waking. It has also been observed that a person having a lucid dream shows more brain activity than a waking person under the influence of hallucinogenic drugs such as LSD (Lucid Dreaming 364). A lucid dream is usually provoked by an earlier day of heightened .....


Condoms In Schools Do Not Solve Teen Problems
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 750

.... study are asking, along with the Board of Education, to continue to supply funds to the programs. During the 1980s, Urban Institute researchers at the University of Illinois found that, [efforts have increased to alert the public to the dangers of HIV, other sexually transmitted diseases, and unintended pregnancy, yet these problems have increased.]2 Adolescents and young adults have been especially hit hard. In addition, [among all sexually active people, teenagers have the highest rates of sexually transmitted diseases of any age group.]2 Faced with the magnitude of the .....


Premarital Sex
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1203

.... you are also sinning against the body of the other person who is involved in the sexual relation. Once the respect for your body and your partner's body is lost it makes it easier to do it the next time. Once you have begun to have sex it changes your mind and you begin to feel love as the physical love not the emotional love that God commands us to have. The only time that you get the emotional love that you need is through marriage not through sexual intercourse before marriage. When you wait to have sex you will never have to worry about sexual transmitted diseases that c .....


Angina Pectoris
Number of pages: 22 | Number of words: 5928

.... the number one killer in the world. The media today concentrates intensely on drug and alcohol abuse, homicides, AIDS and so on. What a lot of people are not realizing is that coronary heart disease actually accounts for about 80% of all sudden deaths. In fact, the number of deaths from heart disease approximately equals to the number of deaths from cancer, accidents, chronic lung disease, pneumonia and influenza, and others, COMBINED. One of the symptoms of coronary heart disease is angina pectoris. Unfortunately, a lot of people do not take it seriously, and .....


Current Status Of Malaria Vaccinology
Number of pages: 8 | Number of words: 2165

.... an infected female mosquito. During her feeding she transmits a small amount of anticoagulant and haploid sporozoites along with saliva. The sporozoites head directly for the hepatic cells of the liver where they multiply by asexual fission to produce merozoites. These merozoites can now travel one of two paths. They can go to infect more hepatic liver cells or they can attach to and penetrate erytherocytes. When inside the erythrocytes the plasmodium enlarges into uninucleated cells called trophozites The nucleus of this newly formed cell then divides asexually to produce a sc .....


Bipolar Affective Disorder
Number of pages: 8 | Number of words: 1956

.... include anhedonia, disturbances in sleep and appetite, psycomoter retardation, loss of energy, feelings of worthlessness, guilt, difficulty thinking, indecision, and recurrent thoughts of death and suicide (Hollandsworth, Jr. 1990 ). The manic episodes are characterized by elevated or irritable mood, increased energy, decreased need for sleep, poor judgment and insight, and often reckless or irresponsible behavior (Hollandsworth, Jr. 1990 ). Bipolar affective disorder affects approximately one percent of the population (approximately three million people) in .....


Viruses: Complex Molecules Or Simple Life Forms?
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 748

.... are each examples of a different virus structure. Each individual protein subunit composing the capsid is a capsomere. The tobacco mosiac virus has a helical capsoid and is rod shaped. The adenovirus is polyhedral and has a protein spike at each vertex. The influenza virus is made of a flexible, helecal capsid. It has an outer membranous enevelope that is covered with glycoprotein spikes. The T-even bacteriophage consists of a polyhedral head and a tail. The tail is used to inject DNA into a bacterium while the head stores the DNA. Basic life is defined a .....


The Six Essential Nutrients
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 561

.... Sources of fat in the diet include meats, nuts, and dairy products, as well as cooking oils. Proteins: your body has many uses for proteins. Enzymes, antibodies, many hormones, and chemicals that help the blood to clot are proteins. Proteins are part of muscles and many cell structures, including the cell membrane. Sources of proteins in the diet include meats, dried beans, whole grains eggs, and dairy products. Minerals and vitamins: a mineral is an inorganic substance that serves as a building materials or takes part in chemical reactions in the body. Minerals mak .....



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