“Cough Cough”, “I feel as sick as a dead fever patient” murmured one of the fever victims. A first year physician Dr. Blesi, newly arrived in Philadelphia volunteered to treat yellow fever victims in 1793. King George lll asked Dr. B.J. Hardick to help knock out and cure the thousands of people affected from yellow fever in Philadelphia. He can either use the American way or the French way to treat the yellow fever victims. They are both alike yet so different from each other. The French treatment
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55 Mongolia: The Water Situation in Ulaanbaatar Mongolia: The Water Situation in Ulaanbaatar Hiroshi Sato* I. Introduction To many, Mongolia is a country of steppes and desert. Geographically, the country can be divided into three main regions: north, central and south. These regions vary greatly in terms of terrain, climate and other natural elements. The west of northern Mongolia is a wooded region covered in Siberian taiga forest. Meanwhile, the central region is home to Mongolia’s
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Which of the following best why we see horizontal "stripes" in photographs of Jupiter and Saturn? * Question 1 2 out of 2 points | | | Which of the following most likely explains why Jupiter's interior releases so much heat? | | | | | Selected Answer: | Jupiter is contracting very gradually. | | | | | * Question 2 2 out of 2 points | | | Uranus and Neptune have methane clouds but Jupiter and Saturn do not. Which factor explains why? | | | | | Selected Answer:
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issue is the chemicals used for fracking. Up to 600 chemicals are being injected in to the ground. According to an article Hydraulic fracturing 101, 20% to 85%of fracking fluid is left underground. Many of these chemicals are well known such as lead, mercury, radium, and formaldehyde. State the primary environmental issues raised by hydraulic fracturing An environmental issue that bothers me is waste fluid. After the fracking process waste fluid, which consists of many chemicals, is left in open pits
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Facts about Saturn 1. Saturn spins so fast on it axis it flattens itself out at the equator. 2. Saturn has over 62 moons, no one know exact numbers. The largest of Saturn's moons called "Titan" and it is larger than planets Pluto and Mercury. 3. A normal Saturn day is only 10 hours and 14 minutes and 1 year on Saturn equal to almost 30 years on Earth. 4. Saturn has at least 62 moons. And they are all listed below: * Aegaeon * Aegir * Albiorix * Anthe
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Amateur Astronomy Association and Saguaro Astronomy Club of Phoenix provide their knowledge and free telescope viewings each day. Visitors will be able to view Saturn along with star clusters and galaxies during the night, and the sun and planet Mercury by day. Everyone is encouraged to dress warmly because temperatures drop in the evenings. All visitors are also being advised to bring flashlights to navigate the telescope areas. This is the first time I've been able to reflect on the trip I took
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Shark fin soup, with an industry worth up to $1.2 billion, is a traditional Chinese dish served in special occasions. Considered a luxurious food item, this delicacy is priced upwards of $100 a bowl. But who knew such a specialty food has such a bloody background behind it? Affecting more than tens of millions of sharks per year, finning is the practice of hacking off a shark’s fins and throwing its still living body back into the ocean. These sharks either starve to death, are eaten alive by other
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profitable. By that time the interest rate was never less than 12%, but by the 16th century the bankers were able to negotiate the interest rate as high as the 45%. In the year of 1525, the Fuggers were granted with a lot of profits that came from the mercury and silver mines, this mines all controlled an ruled by the Spanish orders. With all this being said, the bankers become really important and transform into managers state of assets and revenue collectors. Creating all of this types of higher interest
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natural flow of water is interrupted. “These changes in the natural water flow as well as runoff from farmland brought about radical alterations in the natural habitat, producing toxic algae, killing sea-grass beds, creating high levels of organic mercury, and flooding seasonal wildlife feeding and nesting sites” (“Everglades,” 2013). Fertilizers used in agriculture are extremely damaging.
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The following list contains only selected spacecraft of interest to planetary science. It is far from complete (see below for more details). Much of the following was adapted from the sci.space FAQ. Past Missions Luna 2 impact on the surface of the Moon 1959 (USSR) Luna 3 first photos of the far side of the Moon 1959 (USSR) Mariner 2 the first successful probe to flyby Venus in December of 1962, and it returned information which confirmed that Venus is a very hot (800 degrees Fahrenheit
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