Summary Richard Preston’s Hot Zone is a horrific narration of the origin of filoviruses and their encounter with humans. These viruses include Marburg virus (MARV)‚ Ebola virus (EBOV) and Sudan virus (SUDV). They are also known as Biosafety Level 4 agents because they are extremely dangerous to humans and have no treatments or cure. Section 1: The Shadow of Mount Elgon This section details Charles Monet’s visit to Kitum cave‚ which is located in Mount Elgon‚ Kenya. During this trip‚ Monet
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10. Standards/Physiology: Organisms have a variety of mechanisms to combat disease. As a basis for under-standing the human immune response: d. Students know there are important differences between bacteria and viruses with respect to their requirements for growth and replication‚ the body’s primary defenses against bacterial and viral infections‚ and effective treatments of these infections. 1. Vaccines- used against viruses before they enter the body. 2. Antibiotics-
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The Hot Zone by Richard Preston was published in New York in 1994‚ consisting of 422 pages. I would rate this book a six because of its sporadic storyline. It provided some scenes that glued my eyes to the pages and made my stomach turn inside out‚ but overall it was not the type of book preference I would recommend for readers like me who enjoy a book that can keep you on edge and has lots of twist and turns to it. In the late 1900s there were these unknown diseases that were making people die
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Ever wonder what a party during the famed‚ Mardi Gras day would be like when an old rich man is on his deathbed while his greedy family is bedside? In Serling’s episode‚ “The Masks” in the famed tv show‚ The Twilight Zone‚ Jason Foster is the dying old rich man whose views of his family members are most beneficial and realistic for the viewer as he forces them to wear grotesque masks which inevitably is the antithesis of what the family sees themselves as. The realistic personalities of the family
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for equality. The insidious ideology that fuels sexism in culture not only perpetuates misogynistic dogmatism‚ but poses as a direct threat to women’s safety and self-esteem in various ways. The most commonly overlooked form of sexism is the “Friend-zone”‚ a manifestation of misogynistic ideology created by vapid petulant men who refuse to take “no” for an answer‚ and is used as an excuse for aggressive male dominance as well as sexual and domestic violence. According to the friend
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The Duchess of Malfi Summary The Duchess of Malfi takes place in Italy‚ mostly at the Duchess’s palace in Malfi‚ in the sixteenth century. The Duchess is a young widow whose two brothers‚ Ferdinand and the Cardinal‚ are visiting her from Rome at the play’s start. Antonio‚ the manager of her household‚ has just returned from France. Before leaving the Duchess‚ Ferdinand engages Bosola‚ previously used by the Cardinal as a hit man‚ to ostensibly manage the Duchess’s horses‚ but in reality to spy on
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The crumple zone is a structural feature in which can be mostly found in automobiles. They are constructed to absorb the kinetic energy from impact during an accident by controlled deformation. In order to absorb the impact of a head on collision‚ most of the time crumple zones are designed to be in the front part of a vehicle‚ they can also be found on the rear and sides of vehicles. Isaac Newton’s first law states that an object in motion will stay in motion with the same speed and direction unless
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Eurozone is called the Euro area‚ started in 1998 and consist of 17 countries: Austria‚ Belgium‚ Cyprus‚ Estonia‚ Finland‚ France‚ Germany‚ Greece‚ Ireland‚ Italy‚ Luxembourg‚ Malta‚ the Netherlands‚ Portugal‚ Slovakia‚ Slovenia‚ and Spain. The Eurozone have adopted the common currency call the Euro. The monetary policy of the Eurozone is control by the European Central Bank. When I think about Eurozone‚ I often think of a powerful union consist of many rich countries; and there is not likely chance
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Part 1‚ Chapter 1 Something in the Forest Summary Chapter one introduces the reader to Charles Monet. He is a French expatriate working on a sugar plantation in western Kenya. The story begins on New Year’s Day‚ 1980‚ when Charles and a woman take an overnight trip to Mount Elgon‚ a formerly active volcano. During their trip‚ they visit Kitum Cave. After returning to his quiet life‚ Monet becomes ill. The reader knows that he is experiencing a catastrophic illness‚ but Charles and those who
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two questions in mind‚ “What kind of instruction is good enough or effective enough for a child so he could reach his maximum development?” “How much right amount of support can be given to the learner?” II. History of Lev Yygotsky and the ZPD theory Lev Vygotsky was born in Orsha‚ a city in the western region of the Russian Empire. He attended Moscow State University‚ where he graduated with a degree in law in 1917. He studied a range of topics white attending university‚ including sociology
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