News Lynn Adams HCS/245 August 28, 2012 Dr. Gail Hollins, PhD, RN Disease in the News According to Encylopedia.com (2012), West Nile virus is a disease that is sweeping North America that is normally spread by mosquitos, ticks, or other arthropods. This disease generally affects the nervous system and can lead to terminal encephalitis or meningitis, which are inflammations of the spinal cord and brain ("West Nile," 2012). On August 27, 2012, I read an article online titled “West Nile virus:
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All invertebrates will have different circulatory systems, but they will have one of the main three. Therefore they should have either a closed/open circulatory system, use diffusion, or have the water vascular system. In a more primitive creature such as the starfish, they use the water vascular system. Because of this, their circulatory system is very basic, it flows water into them through their madreporite, then out through their tube feet. Thus, this aids them in movement, but they move very
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Urticaria : definition/ diagnostic criteria Urticaria is described by the quick manifestation of wheals and this may be accompanied by angioedema. A wheal has three typical features which comprises: (i) a centrally located swelling of varying size, almost always encircled by reflex erythema; (ii) accompanied with itching or burning and; (iii) its transient nature, where the skin returns to normal appearance within 1 hour to 24 hours. (1) The transient nature of urticaria is an important characteristic
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them terrorizing us and dinosaurs would rule the world again. If people were Arthropods the world would change quite a bit. We wouldn’t have to worry about have protections such as helmets or knee and elbow pads. Our shells would protect us from a bunch of dangers. Helmets, knee pads, and elbow pads all save those body parts but, having a shell on the outside would save everything. So, if people were Arthropods the world would be very different. “You don’t have to give it to me but you should
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Presented by: Omar ceesay GC # 214426 Submitted to: LECTURER: Mr. Fabakary minteh DATE: 9TH MARCH 2015 Lady beetles, also known as “ladybugs” or “ladybird beetles”, are familiar insects. They belong to phylum arthropod and family of Coccinellidae. Some 70 species are native to Colorado and about 10 to 12 additional species have established during the past century. Adult Lady Beetles are round and small (1-10 mm) long. This paper gives a comprehensive overview
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Chp 1 aphelion 遠日點 perihelion 近日點 asteroid 小行星 comet 彗星 gravity 引力 orbit 軌跡 inertia 慣性 elliptical;ellipsoid 橢圓 spin 旋轉 exaggerate 誇大 cast 投射 geoid 地球形體 pillar 柱 revolve around 環繞 longitude 經度 meridian 子午線 prime meridian 本初子午線 time zone 時區 revolution 公轉 solstice 至 equinox 分 temperate 穩定 ripen 成熟 deciduous 落葉性的 vernal 春季的 latitude 緯度 Solar system: (Dwarf planet) 矮行星 Pluto 冥王星 (Outer planets) Neptune 海王星 Uranus 天王星 Saturn 土星 Jupiter 木星 (Inner planets) Mars 火星
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Introduction The Daphnia magna, more commonly known as the water flea, is a tiny freshwater crustacean. Its clear exoskeleton and jointed appendages point to its classification as an arthropod. This is further evidenced by the location of its heart—the dorsal region. The Daphnia magna’s importance in the aquatic food chain can be attributed to its essential place in the diet of young and adult fish (Elbert, 2005). The Daphnia magna belongs to Class Branchiopoda, which are free-floating crustaceans
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fruit that we can eat. We can also make other product with its citric acid and their peel in whitening skin and an insect repellant. An insect repellent is a substance applied to skin, clothing, or other surfaces which discourages insects (and arthropods in general) from landing or climbing on that surface. Effective insect repellents can protect you from serious mosquito- and tick-borne diseases. In the United States, mosquitoes can transmit diseases like St. Louis encephalitis and West Nile virus
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Atlantic horseshoe crab carries out circulation in order to transport nutrients, oxygen, and carbon dioxide throughout the body through its blood. According to Bang & Levin (n.d.) the Limulus polyphemus has a semi-closed circulatory system like most arthropods and is cold-blooded. Since the circulatory systems is only semi-closed it still acts the same as an open circulatory system, meaning that blood is somewhat contained in the arrangement of blood vessels. In order for circulation to occur the blood
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are cells located within the endocrine glands that stem from various nerve cells that have traveled during the evolutionary process to different locations in the body from the nervous system itself. These types of endocrine glands are defined in arthropods as well as vertebrates in which they are more developed. It has been discovered that many of previously attributed hormones of vertebrates are secreted by invertebrates like the pancreatic hormone insulin. There has also been a discovery of invertebrate
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