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What are the causes of skin cancer? Exposure to abnormally high frequencies of light can potentially alter the DNA of a cell and turn it cancerous, the resulting cancerous cells are known as skin cancer. The most common cause is ultraviolet light emitted by the sun although it has been known to be caused by…

What is bronchitis? Bronchitis is inflammation of the mucous membranes of the bronchi, the airways that carry air flow from the trachea to the lungs. This means, that it is the inflammation of the mucus producing layers on he bronchi. These layers are responsible for the protection of the bronchi. Bronchitis can be divided into…

The number of animals used for animal testing each year is a cause for concern. According to the British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection, around 10 to 11 million animals undergo experimentation in the United Kingdom (Bidnall n. pag.). In 2002, excluding mice and rats, the United States Department of Agriculture conducted tests on…

Loretta and Bart come to you for marriage counseling. In the first session you see them as a couple. Loretta says that she can’t keep going on the way they have been for the past several years. She tells you that she would very much like to work out a new relationship with him. He…

 Intro/Background In order for oxygen to be present photosynthesis must occur. Photosynthesis takes in light and CA, and through a series of steps produces oxygen. Photosynthesis can be measured by either the disappearance of substrate or the accumulation of product. Examples include the production of 02 or the consumption of CA. All the oxygen within…

The characters in “The Gentlemen of the Jungle” symbolize the occupiers of horn Africa, where the British ruled over the east Africans. The lion, as the Jungle’s king, represents the general. On the other hand, the elephant deceived the protagonist and took over his hut, while the Rhinoceros, Buffalo, Alligator, Fox, and Leopard symbolize the…

These cientists can be differentiated due to the paradigms, the “lenses” that view society from certain angle and characterize it accordingly. There are three major paradigms in sociology, which are Structural Functionalism, Social Conflict and Symbolic Interaction. Nowadays, there are many ways of implementing these paradigms for learning society in smaller scale, in similar to…

The ability to reproduce is one of the unifying characteristics of all living things. Sexual reproduction produces offspring that are genetically different from their parents. Asexual reproduction produces offspring genetically identical to their parent. Asexual ReproductionFission, budding, fragmentation, and the formation of rhizomes and stolons are some of the mechanisms that allow organisms to reproduce…

If one wants to rebuild their shattered existence that arises from a meaningless life, they must confront the past demons responsible for their downfall. F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Babylon Revisited depicts a man whose extravagant way of living has stripped all significance and substance from his life. Charlie Wales is the protagonist of the story, who…

I. Introduction A. Rationale/Significance The objective of the proposed research is to determine if a daily meditation routine (100 minutes a day, everyday, for 8 weeks) can stimulate the growth of gray matter in the frontal lobe of the adolescent brain. Research has shown that a daily meditation practice can stimulate the growth of gray…