tonsils. The main reason for your tonsils is to help stop bacteria and infection from entering any further into the body. In tonsillitis‚ the tonsils are enlarged‚ red‚ and often coat almost or all the way by a substance that is yellow‚ gray‚ or white. Tonsillitis usually occurs as part of pharyngitis (throat infection). Tonsillitis usually begins with sudden sore throat and painful swallowing. Sometimes‚ tonsillitis reoccurs‚ and may cause difficulty breathing. When this happens the doctor will
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BIO204 02-25-13 Discussion One Topic(s): Each year the influenza virus will infect anywhere between 5-20% of our Nations population and upwards of 200‚000 will become hospitalized for further treatments from complications. Most cases can occur between the months of October through May among those January and February is the peak months of the flu season. People most at risk of complications are the elderly above 65 years or older‚ children younger than 2 years old‚ and anyone who have chronic
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Imagine going on vacation to a foreign country and when you come home you are horribly sick. Your head hurts‚ you have a high fever‚ and you start vomiting. Chances are that you may have contracted the Ebola virus. Ebola was first discovered in the village of Yambuku(1) near the Ebola River in Zaire. Since its discovery‚ there have been four outbreaks of this disease. There are three known strains‚ of variations of ebola. There is no known cure for this disease(2).Ebola has become one of the
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or about 62 percent of the American population had at least one home computer. Another statistic is that about 55% of people also have internet on there home computers. In everyday life it is important for a person to have good ethics; this is also true about computer usage. Due to the fact that more then half of the American population owns computers‚ computer ethics are a growing concern in a rapidly changing society. Computer ethics can be broken down in to many topics including piracy‚ hacking
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Software information COMPUTER THREATS • CYBERCRIME is formally defined as any criminal action perpetrated primarily through the use of a computer. • CYBERCRIMINALS are individuals who use computers‚ networks‚ and the Internet to perpetrate crime. • The existence of cybercrime means that computer users must take precautions to protect themselves. TYPES OF CYBERCRIME • The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) processed more than 336‚000 complaints related to Internet crime in 2009 in the
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humans. Another virus‚ Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)‚
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Computer Lab or Computers in the Classroom Everyone lives in a society dependent on technology at work‚ home‚ and school‚ but students are not able to access this technology on a continuous basis. Computers are significant to education because they make us reconsider how students learn‚ how they are inspired‚ and what useful information is. Classroom with computers have become an important part of the curriculum and need to be used daily. Phasing out computer labs and putting computers right in
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[pic] A computer is a combination of hardware and software. All computers--from the simple calculator to the complex supercomputer--use a combination of hardware and software. Depending on the functionality of the computer‚ your hardware and software will vary. Just as there are many types of hardware‚ there are many types of software available. Hardware Simplified Basically‚ hardware is the physical component that can be touched‚ be it a digital watch‚ calculator‚ cellular phone‚ laptop
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The Zika Virus is slowly spreading across the globe and it’s becoming more and more dangerous. The only real problem about Zika is that it doesn’t have a cure and that many babies end becoming deformed due to the Zika Virus. Zika is spread by the bite of an Aedes Mosquito these mosquitoes are known to carry the deadly virus. Another main problem is how common it is to get bitten by a mosquito and the fact that this disease can be passed to babies is terrifying and it can make babies look completely
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of the military and industry in the development of electronics‚ computers‚ and information theory. After the 1940s‚ the military remained the major source of research and development funding for the expansion of automation to replace manpower with machine power. Since the 1950s‚ four generations of computers have evolved. Each generation reflected a change to hardware of decreased size but increased capabilities to control computer operations. The first generation used vacuum tubes‚ the second used
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