The Zika virus can be contracted by being bitten by the mosquito Aedes aegypti. Puerto Rico being an island where is warm all year round makes the perfect breeding environment for this mosquito. At least 117 people have tested positive for the Zika virus in Puerto Rico and five of them are pregnant women. The Zika virus in Puerto Rico‚ how did it get there? Is the population in Puerto Rico able to fight this epidemic? How can the people in the island protect themselves from acquiring this virus?
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IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON SMART GRID‚ VOL. 3‚ NO. 1‚ MARCH 2012 241 Smart “Stick-on” Sensors for the Smart Grid Rohit Moghe‚ Student Member‚ IEEE‚ Frank C. Lambert‚ Senior Member‚ IEEE‚ and Deepak Divan‚ Fellow‚ IEEE Abstract—Rapid increase in electric power demand‚ introduction of RPS mandates‚ and a push towards electrification in the transportation sector is expected to increase power system stresses and disturbances. To tackle these power system issues and maintain high system reliability‚ it is
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vacation to have a suitable house party. Living alone‚ however‚ yields much more room for fun. You can dine on pizza and beer every night if you wish and your friends can visit any time. The furniture will be of your choosing‚ like the smelly ceramic vase in the corner with the strange mouthpiece. And you can clean the house under your own standards of cleanliness‚ not your mom’s. The new freedom comes with a greater responsibility as well. Living alone‚ you’llbe facing the combined
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these manufactured models have ownership associations‚ such as the Islander 36 association Throughout history sailing has been instrumental in the development of civilization. The earliest representation of a ship under sail appears on an Egyptian vase from about 3500 B.C.[1] Advances in sailing technology from the Middle Ages onward enabled Arab‚ Chinese‚ Indian and European explorers to make longer voyages into regions with extreme weather and climatic conditions. Improvements were made in the
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is obviously real. The first reason that Miriam is real is because Miriam can interact with real world objects. This is a reason because most ghosts can’t interact with objects but Miriam could. Some evidence to the theory is that Miriam takes the vase and throws it onto the hard ground (8). This is relevant to the theory because she had been interacting with the real world objects‚ which ghosts shouldn’t be able to. Additionally if Miriam wasn’t real‚ then how would she be able to obtain real life
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seen depicted on the relief. The bottom half of the head‚ neck‚ chest‚ and arms can be seen on the middle and left person‚ but only a small portion (a shoulder and arm) of the rightmost person can be seen. The person in the center is holding two pots/vases and appears to be showing them to the person on the left. Underneath the middle person’s elbow and also to the left of him are various hieroglyphs. Of these hieroglyphs‚ the Ankh‚ which symbolizes life‚ is written twice. The bodies of the three people
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Lamb of the Slaughter Scene 1 Husband opening door * Mary: (excited) Hello Darling Patrick: (with no emotion/tired) Hello Mary: (questioning) Are you tired? * Patrick: (answering with a little breath) Yes‚ I’m tired it was a long day at work * * Mary: (questioning him) Are you thirsty? Do you want something to drink? * * Patrick: Yes * * Mary: (jumping with joy) I’ll get it! * * Patrick: (with an angry voice) No! Sit down! * * Mary: Honey do
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hides it in his room. Oskar’s guilt over his father’s death eventually leads him to explore the contents of his parents’ closet‚ where he finds many of his father’s old belongings. Among his father’s possessions is a blue vase which Oskar accidentally breaks. Inside of this vase is an envelope‚ containing a mysterious key. Also‚ written on the envelope is the word “Black‚” leading Oskar on an epic journey throughout New York’s five boroughs to find the lock which the key opens. Throughout this journey
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EXAM I VOCABULARY Paleolithic and Neolithic Vocabulary to Know: * Paleolithic – 40‚000-8‚000 BC Old Stone Age‚ mankind produced * Neolithic – New Stone Age 1. Comes about at different times at different locations due to ice age ending unevenly 1. Development of organized system of agriculture (replacing hunting gathering community) 1. Domestication of animals 1. Permanent architecture (year round settlements) * Iconography – pictoral representations * sculpture
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fragment illustrates that the cause of the Trojan War was due to Zeus‚ the king of the Gods‚ starting the war in order to reduce the world’s population. Another apparent cause of the war was the abduction of Helen by the Trojan Prince‚ Paris. In a vase painted in around 490
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