of those remarkable breakthroughs was Fleming’s discovery of the antibiotic penicillin. That antibiotic had the ability to fight off bacterial diseases and infections through microbial antibacterial chemicals. Through a couple of years the bacteria grew resistant to the penicillin. That was due to gene mutation such as involving genes‚ which encodes proteins that are capable of deactivating or exporting the antibiotic (Liu‚ 2012). Over time the bacteria E. coli became resistant to the antibiotics
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Research Paper 3/31/11 The outbreak I will be studying is the anthrax bioterrorism of 2001. The outbreak began in the Florida Postal Service and spread throughout the entire nation over a short period of time. The epidemic unofficially began on October 4th when there were findings of anthrax in the mail‚ but the first reported case/illness was on October 12th‚ 2001. The causative agent of anthrax is Bacillus Anthracis (American Anthrax). Although the anthrax issue was unknown to many before 2001
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Why Khazanah Scholarship is for you? My first word was “Gajah” or elephant in Malay. However‚ that does not mean I am destined to be a zoo vet. As I grew up‚ airplanes in the blue sky always fascinated me. How the airplane flied overwhelmed me for years. Since that‚ my journey in the science world began. I then started playing with Lego‚ a line of construction toys and enjoyed building. Throughout my school years I had triumphed in many robotic competitions and science fairs. My passion of
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The Policy appeasement contributed to the outbreak of war in sept. 1939 because by appeasing Hitler Britain and France gave him the confidence to believe he could ask for anything he wanted. This only reinforced what they’d already shown him‚ which was they wouldn’t take action if he wanted him broke the treaty‚ such as when he took over other parts of Europe‚ such as Sudetenland in 1938 and reoccupying the Rhineland. This made him stronger and more powerful‚ which made him more likely to start a
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“No single nation or alliance could be held responsible for the outbreak of war” How far do you agree with this opinion? The question of whether no single alliance or nation could be held responsible for the outbreak of war is a hotly debated topic. Source 2 strongly agrees with the statement giving the view that no one nation could be held responsible. However‚ source 1 gives the opposite view that German aggression was primarily responsible‚ which is supported‚ to a large extent by source
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http://www.mallenbaker.net/csr/crisis05.html Companies in Crisis - What to do when it all goes wrong Odwalla and the E-coli outbreak What happened? Odwalla (pronounced "odewalla") is the health-conscious juice company which began a couple of decades ago when Greg Steltenpohl‚ Gerry Percy and Bonnie Bassett began squeezing fresh oranges on a $200 hand juicer. The company was growing strongly with annual sales rising 30% per year and approaching $90m. The company had established a strong brand
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Complete answers to questions below: What is the infectious agent (pathogen) that causes this infectious disease? For example‚ the name of the bacteria‚ virus‚ or parasite. The process of infection can be broken down into stages‚ each of which can be blocked by different defense mechanisms. In the first stage‚ a new host is exposed to infectious particles shed by an infected individual. The number‚ route‚ mode of transmission‚ and stability of an infectious agent outside the host determines its
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For this assignment‚ I choose to watch the movie Outbreak‚ which is a movie about a hemorrhagic virus called “Mutoba”. In the movie‚ the host of the virus was a monkey. The descriptive epidemiology of the disease is as follows the virus was first discovered in 1967 in a small village in Zaire that was only a spread by contact. The virus was brought to the camp by a couple of men that sent out to build roads in the jungle then they came back to the village and drank from the well‚ from there all the
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Odwalla‚ Inc (A) Management Writing and Reporting August 18‚ 2013 Case Odwalla‚ Inc (A) Discussion Question 1. What are the key communication issues for Odwalla? The key communication issues for Odwalla are how it will communicate to its consumers and clients the main point of they still a safe and quality Company of Fresh and Natural juice. The main issue that the company is about retaining its principal clients and consumers. For several years Odwalla has been a solid and sustainable
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felt uncomfortable after having buffet dinner in Regal Kowloon Hotel. This was the second food poisoning outbreak related to hotel’s buffet in that week. Food poisoning in hotel’s buffet should not be new to you as it happens occasionally. But do you know why it is so common? And what safety practises can be done to reduce the potential harm on buffets’ customers? From the news‚ we know that both hotels suffered in food poisonings provided high-risk food such as oysters. It is really important to ensure
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