Science Essays
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A Knowledge Entry System for Subject Matter Experts
The High Performance Knowledge Bases (HPKB) project demonstrated that the teams of knowledge engineers working together could create knowledge bases (KBs) roughly at the rate of 10K axioms/year for a pre-specified task and evaluation criteria. The HPKB effort showed that it is possible to create KBs by reusing the content
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A Light in the Sky
A Light In the Sky Have you ever wondered how magnificent and beautiful unusual weather phenomena occur? It’s one thing to see it and appreciate it, yet another to understand the scientific processes occurring and to realize true beauty in the world around you. In this paper, I’ll explain
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A Look at California's Changing Environment
Introduction California is known as being one of the most biologically diverse regions not only in this country, but also in the world (Defenders, 2006). Within its 160,000 square miles, California's varied habitat harbors more unique species of plants and animals than any other state. The diversity of climates and
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A Look Inside the World of Chemistry: Developments and Applications of Yttrium
A Look Inside the World of Chemistry: Developments and Applications of Yttrium By Alex Morgan The realm of chemical inquiry is a vast, beautifully strange world, whose scope is seemingly limitless; with fields of study in all disciplines of chemistry expanding- and new ones emerging- there is a place for
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A Look into Gene Therapy
"If Not Influenza, Then What Is It?" A Look Into Gene Therapy Influenza, more commonly known as the "flu", is a virus that causes an infection of the nose, throat, and lungs. Symptoms of influenza virus are due to the body naturally responding to an infection, like it would any
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A Market for Human Organs?
Advances in medical treatments have resulted in a dramatic increase in the number of organ transplants performed each year. However, a limited supply of organs prevents many individuals from receiving transplants that could either save their life or drastically improve it. The National Organ Transplant Act of 1984 prohibited payment
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A Modified 2-D Logarithmic Search Technique for Video
Abstract Video coding is a process for representing video se-quences in a compact manner. A significant step in video coding is searching for similar segments in previous frames and use only the difference information for reconstruction thus reducing space requirement. Different search techniques including Full search and 2-D logarithmic search
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A New Drug for Schizophrenia
A New Drug for Schizophrenia An individual afflicted by schizophrenia. is attributed to abnormalities in medial temporal brain structure (Mayo Clinic, 2012). Schizophrenia is associated with changes in brain neurochemistry and neuroanatomy. Definitive features of schizophrenia include delusions and having auditory hallucinations. Additional characteristics of this disorder include anxiety, violence,
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A Qualitative Analysis of Running
Introduction: A Qualitative Analysis of Running In the 1970's, thousands of people took to the road with a new trend of exercise----running. It was fairly easy; just put one foot in front of the other as fast as you can and go as far as you can. Feel the burn
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A Qualitative Outline of General Relativity and Space-Time Curvature
Outlining General Relativity and Space Time Curvature In the real world, smooth, uniform motion is more an exception than a rule. Technically, any change in speed or direction is called acceleration (or deceleration), which can thus mean slowing down as well as speeding up, or simply a redirection. Ordinarily, an
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A Renewable Energy Resource: The Hydroelectric Power
Types of Energy Energy resources are materials or processes in nature that can be used to do work. Generally speaking, energy sources can be divided into two categories, non-renewable energy resources, and renewable energy resources. Non-renewable energy resources are resources that cannot be replenished in a short period of time
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A Renewable Energy Source - Wind Power
For many years, people have been harnessing the power of wind. Wind propelled boats down water and simple windmills were used to pump water and grind grain. But credit goes to the Dutch who refined windmills so that they could drain swamps and lakes, and in the 19th century,
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A Report on Acid Rain
From the precise moment that man first polluted the world, from burning fossil fuels to urbanization; a chain reaction was created that brought along a mass amount of problems for future generations. Many people were unaware of the detrimental long-term effects that came along with these massive innovations. One of
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A Review of Anemia in Hemodialysis Patients
Introduction The intention of this paper is to explore causal factors and consequences of anemia as it relates to renal failure; to examine agents used to combat anemia for those who suffer from renal failure and undergo hemodialysis and how administration of the essential trace element iron is utilized in
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A Shattered Sky
In Janice Armes essay, "A Shattered Sky," she argues that life on earth is dependent upon a balance by nature and its ability to stabilize itself. She states that the large amounts of chlorofluorocarbons released into the atmosphere is the cause of the rapid rate of ozone depletion in the
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A Smart Idea with a Questionable Outcome
A Smart Idea with a Questionable Outcome In modern times the thought of cloning a human being is very much alive in the minds of many scientists today. But, this idea wasn't brought to the people's attention until 1818, when Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was published. The thought of creating a
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A Student Nurse's Bibliography on Pneumonia
"A Student Nurse's Bibliography on Pneumonia" Early Intervention for the Pneumonia Patient: An Emergency Department Triage Protocol Preventing Nosocomial Pneumonia I. Background/Rationale Pneumonia is a respiratory disease that causes an inflammation of the lung parenchyma commonly caused by microbial agents such as Streptococcus pneumoniae and Haemophilus influenzae. The disease is
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A Summary of Gene Therapy
A SUMMARY OF “GENE THERAPY” Many diseases seen today are the result of a defective gene in the DNA of the patient and can not be cured using the traditional methods such as antibiotics and antiviral medication. The victims are now looking to gene therapy as a potential cure for
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A Summery of Organic Chemistry
A condenser: during distillation the vapour passes through a tube that is cooled by water Fractional distillation: The process used to separate a mixture of several liquids, based on their different boiling points Aerobic respiration: chemical process in which oxygen is used to make energy from carbohydrates (sugars). Also known
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A&p Glumeronphritis
Jason's case is not unmoral for children of his age. After taking into consideration all of his ailing factors and noted symptoms it is apparent that Jason is suffering from Glomerulonephritis. Glomerulonephritis is the term used for several related diseases that damage the Glomeruli, the tiny filtering units in your
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A&p Quiz Abc
HEATHER TOUPS A/P I T&R 10TH EDITION TEXT SELF QUIZ CHAPTER 3 Fill in the blanks in the following statements. 1. The three principal parts of the cell are the plasma membrane, cytoplasm and nucleus 2. Apoptosis refers to programmed cell death, whereas necrosis refers to cell death resulting from
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A.I.D.S - Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) is one of the worst pandemics the world has ever known. HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), the virus that causes AIDS, was first discovered in 1981 and it has since swept across the globe, infecting millions in a relatively short period of time. AIDS has killed 28.1
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Ablutophobia: The Fear of Washing and Bathing
Ablutophobia The Fear of Washing or Bathing Ablutophobia, defined as the fear of washing, bathing and cleaning is an intense fear that poses no or little danger. Just thinking about bathing could cause a number of symptoms such as: breathlessness, dizziness, excessive sweating, nausea, dry mouth, feeling sick, shaking,
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Abortion
Abortion is the immoral way of ending pregnancy by emptying the uterus with special instruments. May young and older women look towards abortion, when they either don't want or can't have the baby (due to economic or other reasons). The question is whether or not abortion is right or
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Abortion
Until recently, most neonatalogist believed that babies in the womb were mostly immune to feeling pain. With the advent of sonograms and live-action ultrasound images, doctors and nurses began to see unborn babies at 20 weeks gestation react physically to outside stimuli such as sound, light and touch. Researchers
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Abortion
With recent advances in prenatal screening, many unborn babies found to have Down syndrome are aborted. Society is proceeding down a slippery slope to the use of abortion to get rid of "imperfect" babies. The legalization of abortion has helped create a society that regards death as an acceptable solution
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Abortion
MONEY OR LOVE Some people think that money is more important than love because of the basic necessities of life (food, and shelter). But do you think why we eat and why we care about having a shelter? Think about sitting at the kitchen table eating alone, just looking
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Abortion - Most Controversial Issues in America Today
Abortion is one of the most controversial issues in America today. Abortion is the ending of pregnancy before birth. There are approximately 1.5 million abortions every year in this country. Abortion was made legal in the 1970s. However, pro-life activists argue that it is murder. Should the government have the
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Abortion - to Kill or Not to Kill
"To kill or not to kill" It is evident that abortion is an issue that will not subside. There are two completely opposite sides of this issue in which no compromise appears to be apparent. The controversy lies on whether or not we believe human life begins at conception. By
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Abortion in America Today
Abortion is one of the most controversial issues in America today. Abortion is the ending of pregnancy before birth. There are approximately 1.5 million abortions every year in this country. Abortion was made legal in the 1970s. However, pro-life activists argue that it is murder. Should the government have the
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