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Meth 2
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 358.... heart rate, inability to
sleep, strokes can occur, chest pain, increased blood pressure,
irregular heart rate, aids and HIV through the use of needles,
dependence, tolerance, addiction, and can cause psychosis.
The use of Meth is going up. In 1995, 3.9% of high school
seniors had used it. That's an increase of 2.7% since 1990. 8 out of
10 people who try Meth will become addicted. Famous people who
have done Meth include- Chris Farley, John Belushi, and Mick
Jagger. The cost of doing Meth is very high too. A user can spend
up to $100 a day. And sometimes, spendin .....
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Venomous Creatures Of The West Pacific
Number of pages: 20 | Number of words: 5484.... Echinodrmata, having external skeletons of calcareous plates just under the skin, no head, and a water vascular-system with tube feet. Echinoderms are radially symmetrical, lack specialized ecretory organs, and reproduce sexually. Echinoderms have the ability to regenerate lost or injured body parts.
Starfish:
Starfishes are free-living echinoderms that have a flat, star-shaped or pentagonal body, usually with a continuous disc that has five or more ray-like extensions called arms. Tube feet are located in an open furrow along the underside of the arms. These arms contain .....
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Headaches Their Causes And Effects
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 633.... Migraine sufferer, she told me that her Migraines began when she was seven. Often in school she would have the classic migraine symptoms- she would see only half of her teacher and bright lights and flashes up to 20 minutes before her Migraine began. These symptoms are called auras and once they are gone the Migraine begins. The Migraine itself can lead to vomiting, slurred speech, makes the sufferer sensitive to light and worsens when there is a lot of noise.
The mechanism is not completely understood, but many women have their most severe attacks during or just before th .....
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The Sun
Number of pages: 3 | Number of words: 668.... help study the sun
are the coronagraph, the spectroheliograph, the magnetograph, and the
spectrograph. These tools have enabled us to better understand the
magnetic field of the sun and individual characteristics of the sun.
Pictured
above is Galileo
Composition of the Sun
The radiation that Earth receives from the sun is quite remarkable.
The radiation that we receive varies less than 1% over a period of twenty
four hours. However this less than one billionth of the radiation given
off by the sun. This energy comes from deep with in the sun. The
comp .....
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Acid Rain
Number of pages: 2 | Number of words: 449.... are contributing to acid deposition in Scandinavia. Canadian emissions contribute substantially to in the northeastern United States, for example, and much of the sulfur falling in eastern Canada is believed to originate in the United States. In 1986 the U.S. National Academy of Sciences acknowledged that from U.S. sources had become a serious problem in the eastern United States and Canada. Although the Canadian government has agreed to reduce sulfur dioxide emissions, the United States has not placed limitations on its sulfur emissions that may drift into Canada.
Scie .....
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Biology
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1205.... which is the
gametophyte generation. The antheridia and the archegonia are developed on the
bottom of the prothallus. The archegonia are at the notch of the prothallus and
the antheridia are located near the tip. Fertilization occurs when outside
moisture is present and the sperm from the antheridia swim to the eggs of the
archegonia. A zygote is formed on the prothallus and a new sporophyte grows.
4. Flowering plants have unique characteristics that help them survive.
One is the flower itself that contains the reproductive structures. The color
of the flower h .....
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A Study Of B.F. Skinner And Behaviorism
Number of pages: 8 | Number of words: 2037.... Pennsylvania in 1904. He graduated from Hamilton College in 1926. After becoming interested in the works and studies of John B. Watson and Ivan P. Pavlov, he studied with animal learning and functions of the nervous system. He received his Ph.D. in behavioral psychology at Harvard in 1931. In 1936, he then worked as part of the faculty at the University of Minnesota. A few years later in 1939 to 1945, during World War II, he designed the "baby box" or better known to psychologist as the "Skinner box". It was a controlled environmental chamber for infants and he was even di .....
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Mononucleosis 3
Number of pages: 7 | Number of words: 1912.... Americans have mononucleosis symptoms. Among college students, the rate is several times higher. Mononucleosis does not occur in any particular "season," although authorities in colleges and schools, where the disease has been well studied, report that they see most patients in the fall and early spring. Epidemics do not occur, but doctors have reported clustering of cases. Transmission: EBV, the virus that causes most cases of mononucleosis, infects and reproduces in the salivary glands. It also infects white blood cells called B cells. Direct contact with virus-infecte .....
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