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When a person breaks a bone it generally takes 6 – 12 weeks to heal. Within the 6-12-week time frame a person can experience significant pain and miss out on work, and other life events. The current way of treating someone with a fracture is by setting it, waiting for a predetermined amount of time…

Many people ponder what their dog or cat is thinking and question why they act a certain way. This sparks a significant debate in philosophy and psychology: are non-human animals capable of reason? The rationality question has supporters and opponents alike. In his book “Rational Animals”, Donald Davidson asserts that no other creature possesses the…

Introduction The economic benefits of using untreated and treated crop residues as feed for ruminants mainly depends on the source and cost of crop residues, cost of treatment, cost of urea or other ammonia source, on the price of protein supplements, as well as on agricultural production and technical levels and other factors. In relation…

Dogs communicate in many different ways. Some of the different ways that they communicate are by barking, wagging their tails, licking, growling, language tones and hair standing up on their back. Dogs are very social and are known as man’s best friend. They can understand you in many different ways. We can break it down…

“An estimated 6 million people in the United States have an unruptured brain aneurysm, or 1 in 50 people” (Brain Aneurysm Foundation 2011). First of all, what is Brain Aneurysm? A brain (cerebral) aneurysm is a bulging, weak area in the wall of an artery that supplies blood to the brain. In most cases, a…

When DNA is damaged, cells are equipped with mechanisms to repair the DNA. However, when these repair mechanisms fail to function, cells resort to independent stress-response mechanisms like apoptosis and cellular senescence. During apoptotic events, damaged cells are permanently removed. However, when cells undergo senescence, damaged cells are taken out of the cell cycle and…

Abstract This paper looks at the issue of antibiotic-resistant bacteria by focusing on the present data, ways on how this condition arises and finally proposing ways of how to overcome this problem. Introduction The discovery of antibiotics brought a new victory in fighting bacteria which were major causes of diseases. With time some of these…

Introduction: The world in which one lives is one that experiences rapid and gradual change. Change takes place in various ways, and people have to adjust with the trends that come to influence their lives. Some argue that these changes serve as evidence that there is an evolution in process. In terms of sports, research…

Creek Bridge is a short story written by Ambrose Bierce. In this short story, the narrator tells of a man named Peyote Farther about to be hanged for attempting to interfere with a railroad during the Civil War. Luckily, as he falls the rope snaps and he falls Into the water below with the noose…

The medical field has taken great leaps with the technological explosion. Humans are living longer and are able to cure many diseases that earlier in history would have been fatal. With the field making such leaps, researchers are actively searching for new breakthroughs. Stem cells are expected to be the next great thing. Stem cells…