It’s Yersinia pestis‚ the bacterium that causes the plague. The Black Death and the Plague of Justinian had profound effects on society. Both cultures‚ when faced with the plague‚ reacted differently. The Plague of Justinian was the first recorded plague epidemic. It occurred in the 6th century‚ from around 541 to 542 A.D. It spread to the whole of the Byzantine empire and killed approximately 10-20 million people. It was said that the plague was killing 10‚000 people a day in Constantinople at
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How you met...... It was Friday when you were wandering aimlessly around the school at lunch time. When you heard someone playing a beautiful song on guitar. Intrigued‚ you followed the soft music. As you got closer the music became louder‚ you entered a corridor where there was a door slightly ajar that you pushed open silently carefully trying not to disturb the musician at his work. You realized who it was as you grew closer to him. It was Daniel. Or Danny from your maths class. ’uhh..
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Bovine Growth Hormones: Should We Use Them? Michelle Szalasny Dr. Juan Bouzat Sarah Wofford Biology 2040H Fall 2013 Introduction Recombinant Bovine Growth Hormone‚ also referred to as Bovine Somatotropin (rBST)‚ is a genetically engineered growth hormone most commonly manufactured by Monsanto. Monsanto sells this drug under the name of “Posilac” to dairy farmers who choose to use the growth hormone. Although most of these bovine growth hormones
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Men‚ Dads‚ Father Figures‚ Male Role Models and How We Portray Them Alicia A. Gallegos ENG122: English Composition II Lisa Walsh December 03‚ 2012 Men‚ Dads‚ Father Figures‚ Male Role Models and How We Portray Them As information was gathered on values portrayed in popular media‚ there was a decision made to refine the search from the vast search to small sub-topics where research can be compiled for a defined report. Breaking down the main search into smaller searches such as marriages/couples
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Middle Ages that killed millions of people all over Europe. The onset of the Bubonic Plague (“Black Death”) only made things worse. The Black Death swept throughout Europe and killed as much as two fifths of the already diminished European population. The Black Death effected Europe politically‚ socially‚ and economically. Europeans responded to the Black Death differently. We got to see what Europeans did‚ thought‚ and how the Black Death affected Europe socially through physicians‚ firsthand accounts
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Sarah Burns Evolution of Plague Bacteria The Bubonic Plague otherwise known as the Black Death‚ has gotten most of its attention from medieval paintings‚ poetry‚ and journals of revulsion. The real horror‚ was the disturbing biological evidence of the bacteria that caused all the pandemics‚ known as Yersinia pestis. The pathogen got its name from the two investigators Yersin and Kitasato. In 1894‚ Yersin was known as the main investigator (ergo. Named after him)‚ he claimed that the mice/rats were
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Growth rates and how to calculate them. Growth rates can be tricky to calculate and interpret and many people get confused. So here’s how to get ahead of everyone. Let’s start with a time series where we know the answer. In the example below‚ X starts at 100‚ grows 3%‚ then falls back again‚ then grows 3% again. So over the three years‚ it has grown from 100 to 103. 1 Year 2000 2001 2002 2003 Average CAGR 2 3 4 X Growth X DlnX 100 103 0.03 0.0295588 100 -0.0291262 -0.0295588 103 0.03 0.0295588
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June 27‚ 2012 Book Critique of Albert Camus’ THE PLAGUE In reading Camus’ The Plague‚ I found myself easily attaching personal significance to the many symbolic references and themes alluded to in this allegorical work. Some of the most powerful messages woven throughout the novel seem to all speak to conflict or imbalance between two ends of a spectrum. The ideas of apathy vs. concern‚ solidarity vs. isolation‚ freedom vs. imprisonment (intellectually and physically)‚ individual moral
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Factors Causing 2 Many different factors ultimately led to the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire. Many of the factors could be considered luck and it can be mind boggling how the Spanish took on the largest empire of the day with only a handful of soldiers and weapons. The reasons the Spanish were able to control and systematically destroy the Aztecs was because of their alliances with neighboring cultures‚ their advanced weapons‚ their domesticated animals‚ disease‚ and the luckiest part of
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absurdism. What Camus is saying is that life has plenty of value and to live in the moment with the things that make us happy even if they are absurd. In The Plague Camus shows us the absurdity of life‚ the struggle of life‚ and also the value of life through the people in Oran and the main characters that he portrays. Throughout The Plague Camus displays humans violating logic‚ which can be defined as absurdity. Albert also said that “Accepting the absurdity
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