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The Ebola Virus A virus is an ultramicroscopic infectious organism that, having noindependent metabolic activity, can replicate only within a cell of another hostorganism. A virus consists of a core of nucleic acid, either RNA or DNA,surrounded by a coating of antigenic protein and sometimes a lipid layersurrounds it as well. The virus provides the…

Honeybees are very useful to humans. As theirname suggests, they make the sweet, delicious treat known as honey that weenjoy. They also make beeswax from which we make many useful items. But the mostimportant thing bees do for us is to pollinate the plants. The honeybee visitsflowers, which secrete a sweet liquid called nectar. This…

Our country is currently facing the dilemma of finding cost-effective alternatives for our daily needs without compromising our health. This study focuses on finding a substitute for the cooking oil that is commonly used. Due to the continuous increase in oil prices and worsening economic conditions annually, we explored the potential of extracting oil from…

Anglo-Saxons The poem “Anglo-Saxon Social Organisation” enlightens the readers about the social system of Anglo-Saxons. But to better understand the social organization of Anglo-Saxon, it is must to understand the geographical division of Saxon Britain. Here is the little description of the anglo-Saxon social system. Anglo-Saxons was an English community which had almost all classes…

Dato’ Sri Tony Fernandes founded Tune Air Sdn Bhd in 2001, with a vision to make air travel more affordable to Malaysians. Tony and his three partners bought over AirAsia from its owner DRB-Hicom and re-launched the airline as a low-fare carrier modelled after such successful low fare airlines as U. S. -based Southwest Airlines…

Cormac McCarthy’s novel. No State for Old Men. enlightens the life of Llewellyn Moss. a welder and Vietnam veteran. who happens to falter upon several murdered organic structures. a sufficient supply of cocaine. and two million dollars of trust drug money. Moss decides to prehend the money and accordingly sets off a pursuit for his…

Taal volcano, situated in Tagaytay, is a vibrant green island abundant with vegetation. However, it also contains areas that resemble a “desert” due to the ash and cinder from the Kaygabok Lava Flow in 1969. Located about 2 hours south of Manila (Figure 1), Taal Volcano Island resides in the midst of Taal Lake. Considered…

In the film Australia, directed by Baz Luhrmann, Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman) is an outsider trying to assimilate into a foreign country. She finds belonging by understanding and accepting the indigenous people’s way of life. Along her journey, she is helped by a cattle drover (Hugh Jackman) to save her isolated cattle station. Sarah was…

Professor Charles R. Magel has stated, “Ask the experimenters why they experiment on animals, and the answer is: ‘Because the animals are like us.’  Ask the experimenters why it is morally OK to experiment on animals, and the answer is: ‘Because the animals are not like us.’  Animal experimentation rests on a logical contradiction” (“Animal…

Into Thin Air is an in-depth horrifying account of the 1996 expedition to Mt. Everest by 12 climbers, as narrated by Jon Krakauer. The 12 climbers, including Krakauer, were not professional mountain-climbers. Apparently, Mt. Everest is a very tedious and dangerous mountain to trek. With its soaring height, oxygen becomes very thin; a scenario very…