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66 Bacterial Diseases in Humans

WEBAmong these are three viral diseases (dengue fever, yellow fever, and zika), and three bacterial diseases (diphtheria, cholera, and bubonic plague). The war against infectious …

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Effects of Air Pollution on Human Health – Environmental …

WEBImmediate effects of air pollution may show up after a single exposure or repeated exposures. Other health effects may show up either years after exposure has occurred …

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Beneficial Prokaryotes – Introductory Biology: …

WEBProkaryotes also interact with humans and other organisms in a number of ways that are beneficial. For example, prokaryotes are major participants in the carbon and nitrogen …

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Outdoor Air Pollution – Environmental Biology

WEBOutdoor Air Pollution Air pollution refers to the introduction, into the atmosphere, of substances that have harmful effects on humans, other living organisms, and the …

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4 Vaccines and Vaccinations: Production Animals

WEBNo vaccine is 100% effective. Vaccines are part of a preventive health program that should include management procedures and handling, parasite control, and nutritional …

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Adaptation in Humans – Introductory Biology: …

WEBSpecifically, milk contains the sugar lactose. Lactose is a disaccharide (two-sugar) compound that consists of one molecule each of galactose and glucose, as shown in the …

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123 The Importance of Biodiversity to Human Life

WEBHuman Health. Archeological evidence indicates that humans have been using plants for medicinal uses for thousands of years. A Chinese document from approximately 2800 …

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Importance of Biodiversity – Environmental Biology

WEBGenetic diversity is one alternate concept of biodiversity. Genetic diversity is the raw material for evolutionary adaptation in a species and is represented by the variety of …

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The Human Population – Environmental Biology

WEBThe United Nations estimates the future world population size to be 11.2 billion people by the year 2100. There is no way to know whether human population growth will moderate …

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What is Evidence-Based Practice

WEBEvidence-based practice (EBP) is the thoughtful integration of the best scientific research with clinical expertise and patient needs and values. EBP arose because all too often, …

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Environmental Toxicology – Environmental Biology

WEBEnvironmental Toxicology Matthew R. Fisher and Editor. Environmental toxicology is the scientific study of the health effects associated with exposure to toxic chemicals (Table …

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3 Vaccines and Vaccinations: Individual Animals

WEBThis vaccine is not administered to foals, but to pregnant broodmares in late gestation with the goal of eliciting high levels of anti-rotavirus antibody in the colostrum. The vaccine is …

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Chapter 7: Health and Environmental Justice – Social Issues in the …

WEBFirst, in this context, the World Health Organization defines health as a “state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or …

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PICO examples – Evidence-Based Practice

WEBExample 1. Tom is 55 years old and has smoked one pack of cigarettes a day for the last 30 years. He is ready to quit, and is wondering about his options. He has heard of a …

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Running Basics – One Foot in Front of the Other

WEBRunning regularly can lead to lower levels of these stress hormones (Nabkasorn et al., 2005). That means lower heart rate, blood pressure, and well, lower stress. Thus, the …

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Parasite Control – Veterinary Preventive Medicine

WEBThe management of parasites is a component of a preventive health program that should also include immunity management (vaccinations), management procedures, handling, …

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An Introduction to Running – One Foot in Front of the Other

WEBThe motivations of runners may differ by groups based on age, sex, level, experience and other factors. Research on a largely male population of half-marathon and marathon …

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Chapter 6: Gender and Sexism – Social Issues in the USA

WEBThe phrase “sex/gender system,” or “sex/gender/sexuality system” was coined by Gayle Rubin (1984) to describe, “the set of arrangements by which a society transforms …

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