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    Title: The Effects of Microwaved Water on Plant Growth Problems: 1. What are the factors that make the microwave harmful? 2. What happens to the water (when microwaved) that causes it to affect plant growth? 3. What are the effects of microwaved water on the growth of plants? Hypotheses: 1. The micro wavelength radiation the microwave contains makes it harmful. 2. The water undergoes ionizing radiation which causes it to affect the growth of the plant 3. The growth of the plant

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    Mence of Dengue

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    disease caused by any one of four closely related viruses that do not provide cross-protective immunity; a person can be infected as many as four times‚ once with each serotype. Dengue viruses are transmitted from person to person by the Aedes aegypti mosquito in the domestic environment. Periodic epidemics have occurred in the Western Hemisphere for over 200 years. In the past 20 years‚ however‚ dengue transmission and frequency of epidemics have increased greatly in most tropical countries of the American

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    which makes neem products. “They contain many compounds to co-create the symphony of information used by plants to ward off infestations of insects‚ microbes‚ and fungi.” REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE One of most effective natural mosquito repellent at the time of

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    Zanzibar Travel Guide

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    traversed by traditional style dhow boats‚ the landscape here is one of luscious coconut palms and clove trees‚ spice plantations and long‚ red sandy roads. From the ancient capital to the coral sand coast‚ this island has charisma‚ history‚ and romance in the air. Located about 22 miles off the east coast of Tanzania‚ Zanzibar is an archipelago consisting of the main island of Unguja (commonly known as Zanzibar)‚ Pemba Island‚ famous for its deep-sea fishing‚ and about 50 smaller surrounding luxury

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    Dengue Virus Infection

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    cell isolated from larvae or human sera. 2. Incubation very depending of phase of virus. 3. Acute-phase and convalescent phase serum samples. III. What is the epidemiology for this disease? Who gets the disease? How common is it? A. Mosquito borne viral disease 1. Originated in monkeys then being spread to humans. 2. Etiology of dengue was established by 1940s. 3. Dengue shock syndrome and Dengue hemorraghic fever (separate disease). B. Western Hemisphere‚ outbreak in Hawaii

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    also known as breakbone fever‚ is a mosquito-borne tropical disease caused by the dengue virus. Dengue becomes a major international public health concern. Dengue is found in tropical and sub-tropical regions around the world‚ predominantly in urban and semi-urban area. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates there may be 50-100 million dengue infections globally every year‚ with two-fifths of the world population‚ or 2.5 billion people‚ at risk of this mosquito-borne infectious disease. Dengue

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    Zika Virus Research Paper

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    Zika virus is a disease spread to people mainly through a mosquito bite. The mosquito has to be infected with Aedes Species. Aedes Species is the main character that spreads the virus that causes Zika. Usually the mosquito that carries the virus is a female. There are a number of symptoms involved with the disease. For example some common symptoms are a fever‚ rash‚ joint pain and red eyes. This is a mild illness where the symptoms can last for several days to a week after the initial bite. If you

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    Managing Energy Independence in the United States Americans are disgusted with the increasing cost of oil and they no longer want to financially support foreign countries that attack the United States. They are fed up because politicians have been claiming‚ for over thirty years‚ that energy independence is within reach‚ yet little progress has been made toward any real energy independence. Mortimer B. Zuckerman‚ editor-in-chief of U.S. News and World Report and the publisher and owner of the New

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    Dead Poets Society

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    Both The Mosquito Coast and Weir’s next feature‚ Dead Poets Society (1989)‚ foreground fathers myopically invested in misguided personal aspirations. A significant critical and commercial success‚ Dead Poets Society is a period piece set in the 1950s in Welton College‚ a private boys school‚ at the heart of New England’s establishment. It is a study in the mechanisms with which the ruling class absorbs and expels rebellious influences before proceeding undeterred in its primary mission of reproducing

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    Clarke Case Study

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    Green The company Clarke is a family company that has grown‚ since 1946‚ and is now the largest Mosquito Abatement firm out of all the districts in the US. They have been involved in the industry since 1927 when John Clark Sr. wrote the legislation that established the Mosquito Abatement District in the state of Illinois. The main goal was to produce a full‚ high-quality selection of products for the Mosquito Abatement Districts‚ taxpayer-funded municipal regions; individual administered‚ and state government

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