Papers on Science and Environment
Male Pattern Baldness
Words: 324 - Pages: 2.... presence of endocrine hormones (like testosterone) on the hair follicle (which is where the hair is produced) that have genetic receptor sites.
usually is a symmetrical disease, so if there is a non-symmetrical area of baldness, it is not the cause of androgenic alopecia. The typical pattern begins of occur at the hairline, then over time forms an “M”. The crown also begins to become thinner, as does the existing hair. Eventually, the “m” meets the thinned crown and forms the most common bald shape, the horseshoe.
Currently, there are no treatments for male pattern baldness, so the condition is permanent. .....
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Words: 1388 - Pages: 6.... About 1-3% of the school aged population has the full ADHD
syndrome, without symptoms of other disorders. Another 5-10% have
partial ADHD syndrome with one or more other problems, such as anxiety or
depression.(CHADD) Gender and age affect the way the patients display
their symptoms. Boys are more likely to have the disorder than girls. The
symptoms of ADHD usually decrease with age, but those symptoms related
with other similar disorders are said to increase with age. 30-50% of
children with ADHD may display symptoms, although often times less
severe, into adulthood.
ADHD may be observed in children before the age of four, .....
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Killer Whale, The Mighty Dolph
Words: 399 - Pages: 2.... female's dorsal fin is much shorter, usually about three feet, and instead of standing straight, forms a crecent arc on her back towards the tail.
Although Killer Whales are not used for oil-based products they have over and over again been found with harpoons sticking out of their backs. Research soon found that fishermen were shooting them to keep them from eating all of a days catch. This was not the first time something like this was found. In the 1950's The U.S. Navy used machine guns to slaughter hundreds of Killer Whales off of Iceland to protect fishing. After these animals are killed, they are usually thrown away. The meat is very .....
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Genetic Engenering -4
Words: 957 - Pages: 4.... (Nash 2).
Many times scientist have proved that they do indeed have the power to duplicate an animal, plant and human body parts so that they are exactly identical to each other. For example, in May of 1998, scientists successfully cloned a calf using a new cloning technology that could make it possible to create "designer" cattle. Also, in June of 1998, there was talk about having successfully cloned a mouse swept through the scientific community(Nash 3). These are just a few of many times scientists have cloned an animal. These are the many things science has brought fourth and we need to take advantage of them. After studying both s .....
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The Wolf
Words: 529 - Pages: 2.... strong and genetically
viable by preying on the weak and sick.
Both the idealized wolf and the demonic wolf are creations of the human
mind. It is not easy to transcend the image of the Big Bad Wolf that has filled
our myths and legends, but if we know only this wolf we do not truly know the
wolf at all. And what we do not know, we fear. Our fear is perhaps the greatest
threat to the survival of the wolf, for it causes us to react rather than act,
to repel rather than respect. But this fear and hatred did not always separate
man and beast
Man the hunter once looked on the wolf the hunter with admiration. Man and
wolf both used the .....
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Insomnia
Words: 1101 - Pages: 5.... varies considerably. Some doctors define cs as those who cannot sleep at all; other are willing to categorize cs as all those who merely complain about their sleep. The currently accepted definition, to become known as DIMS (Difficulty Initiating or Maintaining Sleep). Several surveys have tried to pin down the exact cause of sleep problems. Of 1,000 households, one third had someone with current problems and in 42 percent someone had suffered from sleep disorders at sometime. Some doctor's polls have been revealing yet somewhat disparate. In one survey, roughly 19 percent of the patients seen by the 3,000 doctors had complaints of .....
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Human Cloning
Words: 599 - Pages: 3.... of the patients that are in need of them. This in turn creates a lot of unnecessary deaths, and problems for patients. Currently in the U.S. only 2,300 of 40,000 Americans who needed a new heart received one. That means close to 94% of the patients did not receive one and this is only one organ in one country that were talking about. Statistics show that nearly one third of the patients on the waiting list for organs will die and even if they do receive an organ the human body has the tendency to reject organs which can cause serious illness or death. If we cloned human organs we would be eliminating a major killer of humans and if the .....
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Acid Rain 2
Words: 695 - Pages: 3.... is respiratory problems. The SO2 and NO2 emmisions give rise to respitory problems such as asthma, dry coughs, headaches, eye, nose and throat irritations. An indirect effect of acid rain on humans is that the toxic metals dissolved in the water are absorbed in fruits, vegetables and in the tissues of animals. Even though these toxic metals do not directly affect the animals, they have serious effects on humans when they are being eaten.
How did it happen? One of the main causes of acid rain is sulphur dioxide. Natural sources that let out this gas are volcanoes, sea spray , rotting vegetation and plankton. However, the burning of fos .....
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Melting Pot Theory
Words: 401 - Pages: 2.... two Americans are alike. Take San Francisco for example. Twenty years ago, it was the center for the hippie movement, but just down the street from Haight and Ashbury there is a place called China Town. A place placed filled with Chinese Americans, shops and temples that could be easily mistaken for buildings only found in China . In Ohio, one could meet a Caucasian farmer, a African American businessman, an Amish family or even a reporter who has a strong German background all in the same day. So many different people living together in one piece of land. Now, after taking a closer look, no one really melted together to make just one ki .....
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Carbon
Words: 182 - Pages: 1.... natural gas. Sugar, starch,
and paper are compounds of carbon with hydrogen and oxygen. Proteins such as
hair, meat, and silk contain these and other elements such as nitrogen,
phosphorus, and sulfur.
More than six and a half million compounds of the element carbon, many
times more then those of any other element, are known, and more are discovered
and synthesized each week. Hundreds of carbon compounds are commercially
important but the element itself in the forms of diamond, graphite, charcoal,
and carbon black is also used in a variety of manufactured products.
Besides the wide occurrence of carbon in compounds, two forms of the .....
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