The influenza virus has had detrimental effects on society throughout history. In 1918‚ the influenza strain H1N1 caused a global pandemic (Billings‚ 1997). One of the major problems with the spread of H1N1 was that soldiers were living in terrible conditions throughout Europe and were susceptible to the virus (Billings‚ 1997). Soldiers travelled worldwide‚ spreading the incredibly fatal virus that had no known vaccine to their families and friends (Latson‚ 2015). The symptoms of the Spanish flu
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“How Do I Love Thee?” is a sonnet written by Elizabeth Browning. The speaker begins by posing a question that the entire sonnet will go on to answer: "How do I love thee?" Both this poem and Romeo and Juliet present the theme of love. There are similarities in both views of love including love as everything in life. But there are differences in these two types of love like their maturity and desires in the love relationship. In “How Do I Love Thee?” love is presented as everything in the speaker’s
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HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS OR HIV -ay isang lentivirus (na kasapi ng pamilyang retrovirus) na nagsasanhi ng acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS o nakukuhang kakulangan ng immunong sindroma)‚ Ang AIDS ay isang kondisyon sa mga tao kung saan ang patuloy ng pagkabigo o paghina ng sistemang immuno ay pumapayag sa mga nakapanganganib sa buhay na mga oportunistikong mga impeksiyon na manaig. History HIV-1 from chimpanzees and gorillas to humans Scientists generally accept that the known
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Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a lentivirus (slowly-replicating retrovirus) that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)‚[1] an infectious disease in which progressive failure of the human immune system leads to life-threatening opportunistic infections and/or cancer. HIV infects vital cells in the human immune system such as helper T cells (specifically CD4+ T cells)‚ macrophages‚ and dendritic cells. HIV infection leads to low levels of CD4+ T cells through three main mechanisms:
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Q1 - In If I Stay by Gayle Forman‚ the novel reveals an important theme of love and friendship. This theme reflects the text incredibly well in my opinion. In a traumatic car accident in the novel on a snow day where Mia‚ her parents and younger brother Teddy decide to take the day off to visit friends. They pile into the car‚ joking and arguing about which music to listen to‚ like any other family going on a drive. The next thing Mia knows‚ she is overlooking the wreckage of their car. At first
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I love roller coasters‚ that is fact. But I have not always been this way‚ but this story changed my opinion‚ and also taught me a great lesson. Me and my friends were about to ride the tallest coaster in the world‚ but it didn’t seem so scary after I rode it. The massive hunk of steel looked at us right in the eye‚ I remember sweat trickling down my face on that 95 degree summer day‚ at Six Flags Great Adventure. My friends and I had gone on a few rides already‚ such as Batman‚ Nitro‚ and the
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“it’s just a game”‚ “why do you even care?” I wouldn’t respond because they would never understand. Have you ever had someone just not understand something‚ no matter how many times it’s explained? Yeah‚ well then I guess you see what I’m dealing with here. Ever since I was a child I have been interested in video games. I don’t know why or how I started to like it. I suspect it was probably because of my friends‚ they always played them. However‚ once I found them‚ I never let go. Gaming for me
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My love for soccer started when I was 3 years old. My father started me into it and he played his whole life all the way through high school and is even still playing to today. For as long as I can remember I was always the smallest player on the team. I never had the best skill. I never scored any goals. But I always had fun playing with friends. My father coached me for every team i was on until I played with a different coach‚ and that changed my whole life and the way I played. With my dad coaching
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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL Chapter one Computer virus COMPUTER VIRUS A computer virus is a computer program that can replicate itself and spread from one computer to another. The term "virus" is also commonly‚ but erroneously‚ used to refer to other types of malware‚ including but not limited to adware and spyware programs that do not have a reproductive ability. Malware includes computer viruses‚ computer worms‚ ransomware‚ Trojan horses‚ keyloggers‚ most rootkits‚ spyware‚ dishonest
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How I Love Highschool (A satirical essay on how I love school) It is just amazing on how much that I love school. School is the place where I go to relax and have fun. It is just so exponentially exciting going to the same place over and over again for what seems like an eternity. The biggest and most amazing surprise is all the amount of crap the teachers give us to do. I like having to waste my significant time being in a place that I wholeheartedly want to be at. I hope that the teachers have
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