... protect against pathogens and repair damaged neural tissue. * Axons are-capable of propagating nerve impulses. * Dendrites respond to specific stimuli in the extracellular environment. * Synapse terminals communicate information from the presynaptic cell to the posisynaptic cell. Structural Classification *Anaxonic neurons- have multiple processes and the axon is indistinguishable from the from the dendrites. They're fairly small. *Bipolar neurons- have two processes in which one is a dendrite, and the other an axon. The dendrite is distinguishable from it's extensive branching at it's distal end. it's less than 3Omm from tip to ti ...
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... mass of the proton or neutron. The charge of the electron is -e = -4.8 x 10^-10 esu ...
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... are part of the world’s mid-latitude grassland region. Grasslands are usually found in the interior parts of most continents. The world’s grasslands are vast areas covered with grass and leafy plants. They generally have a dry climate, little vegetation, and most grasslands receive only about twenty to thirty inches of rain each year, with most of it coming in the same season. Some grasslands may even receive up to thirty to forty inches of rain a year! For example, since the grasslands of the United States have hot summers and mild winters, most of the rain comes from the summer thunderstorms. With this limited amount of rain, only grasses and shrubs can ...
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... there are no long-term consequences of . Serious complications can result, however, when left untreated. Long term complications in men may include Epididymitis. Long term complications in women include Pelvic Inflammatory Disease, ectopic pregnancy, perihepatitis, sterility can be transmitted to newborns. Approximately 2% of persons with untreated may develop Disseminated Gonococcal Infection (DGI). This develops into a fever, skin lesions and arthritis type pain. is treated with antibiotic drugs taken orally or by an injection. All partners must be treated. Treatment during the early stages is usually 100 percent effective. It is important that all of the ...
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... species. Although many ecologists have found fractal geometry to be an extremely useful tool, not all concur. With all the new insights gained through the appropriate application of fractal geometry to natural sciences, it is clear that fractal geometry a useful and valid tool. New insight into the natural world is just one of the results of the increasing popularity and use of fractal geometry in the last decade. What are fractals and what are they good for? Scientists in a variety of disciplines have been trying to answer this question for the last two decades. Physicists, chemists, mathematicians, biologists, computer scientists, and medical researc ...
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... now obstruct the world's rivers. More than 400,000 square kilometers--an area larger than Zimbabwe, and 13 times the size of Lesotho. Volta Reservoir behind Ghana's Akasombo Dam, flooded 4% of that nation's land area. In the United States, whose 5,500 large dams make it the second most dammed country in the world, we have stopped building large dams, and are now spending great amounts of money trying to fix the problems created by existing dams. Although the impacts of large dams have been well documented for some time now, in case after case, new ones are proposed whose environmental impacts are downplayed or even ignored. A suvey showed that most dams w ...
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... amount of bioscience education possible. Jobs can be acquired by asking your professors, but, they may not be aware of any need for geneticists. Many times, reading advertisements may of some good. You may even make an appointment with biology and genetic firms yourself. Sometimes clinics or hospitals may even need a genetic specialist. I, myself, could also see a geneticist opening up his own clinic, such as radiologists do. In this way they could be able to make more money considering the amount of highly specialized geneticists with a Doctor of Medicine. The current payment outlook is not good for geneticists. A starting geneticist working makes ...
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... in beds of gold-bearing sand. Miners call it white gold. Native platinum contains from 60 to 85 percent pure platinum. The small, irregular grains that contain the ore also contain other rare metals, such as iridium, osmium, palladium, rhodium, and ruthenium. The grains also contain small amounts of iron, copper, chromium, and titanium. A large nugget of platinum will be found only on occasion, like in 1843, a lump weighing over 21 pounds was found in Russia. Russia produces the worlds largest share of platinum-group metals. Other important sources of platinum are located in the Transvaal province in South Africa and in Sudbury, Ont. Colombia and the United ...
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... stimuli presented. Forgetting is a weakening of this stimulus- response relationship. The Purpose of this experiment is to determine what type of stimulus information is more easily remembered, be it in randomized manner or meaningful. When are more errors made in remembering the stimuli, among these two types of stimuli used (CVC). Also, when a correct response is given, which was the type of stimuli (CVC) that caused this to occur. The design of this experiment on verbal learning has both within- subject and between-subject variables. The within-subject variables are the words (CVC) that are stored in the computer which are the default words to ...
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... separate order. It can thus be found with the other well-known intracellular parasites, rickettsiae, in diagnostic manuals. Until recently, however, there were no reliable and easy tests for chlamydia. Chlamydia prevention and patient care were impeded by the lack of suitable laboratory tests for screening and diagnosis. Such tests are now available. Through education, screening, partner referral, and proper patient care public health workers and health-care practitioners can combine efforts to decrease the morbidity and costs resulting from this infection. Chlamydia is the number one bacterial sexually transmitted disease (STD) in the United States today. Fo ...
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