There are many different kinds of animals. There are also many different characteristics of animals. The animal I chose is an Okapi. This animal is very unique. The Okapi is a multicellular animal. It has eukaryotic cells. It is most common to the giraffe. It is a giraffid artiodactyl mammal, and is found in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This essay will be telling you about all the different characteristics of the okapi. One of the coolest and weirdest characteristics of the Okapi is that…
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According to Ecology Communications Group, about 55.3 million people die each year in the world (ECG, 2011). There are many factors that can lead people to death such as disease, murder, accident, or aging. Most people live their lives without knowing when they are going to die. Knowing a day of death is both fear and luck, because approaching the day of death makes one frighten, but it allows one to plan one’s life better. If I can know when I am going to die, I want to know it since I can…
Mentally, the majority around him/her made him/her feel like that smoking is the norm which is not true. For example, Vilma Ortiz Donovan, she used to be a bartender who always dealing with drug, alcohol, etc. She becomes part of criminal acts without realizing that. Perhaps, she was willing to take the chance with the…
Before we move on, let’s address the obsession people have with pills/hair supplements (especially the ones claiming to be rich in Biotin and collagen). While Biotin helps your body regulate its ordinary functions (including heir growth), collagen is beneficial to people who are in their thirties, since it’s around that age that our body starts producing less collagen and unfortunately results in the thinning of the hair (and baldness). Specialists, like DR Stuart, not only discourage relying on…
Summary of Epilepsy Epilepsy is a disorder of the brain which leads to episodes of seizures due to malfunctioning of some brain nerve cells. It is not infectious thus cannot be passed to people near an epileptic person. The main characteristic is the involuntary movement of the whole body or some body parts. The affected person experiences episodes of unconsciousness accompanied by the uncontrollable opening of bowel or bladder muscles. This condition can be mild to severe especially and is very…
Chronic diseases of respiratory system are the fourth leading cause of death in the United States. They affect airways and lung function, one common obstructive lung disease is asthma. According to CDC.gov about 17.8 million adults and 6.8 million children are suffering from asthma [9]. According to world health organization estimates, 235 million people suffer from asthma worldwide [10]. Asthma disease doesn’t have obvious symptoms which makes it hard to diagnose, so major component of chronic…
“Prostate cancer affects around 219,000 men over age 50 in the United States each year” (Perkins). When you hear that it startling, but prostate cancer is one cancer you can really fight back against. Most men won’t just die of prostate cancer. They usually contract cancer at an older age, so dying of old age is more probable. If the cancer stays in the prostate, it’s highly treatable. First, one must have to know the basics of the cancer to really understand what it is. Then after that, you…
Well some teens get tired of their parents babying them up and want live free, but they want everything to go their way like me I had them same problem but now I understand every teen going smoke weed if their stressing or wants get stuff off their mind. It’s hard for a teen to understand their not grown that’s when the pills and drugs come from then they had girlfriends that really stress them more then u notice it’s a change see me I learn the same way. Sometimes parents hard on there…
The story is sadly familiar: Workers unknowingly were exposed to asbestos while at a mechanic shop or at a shipyard or at an array of other potential places and contracted mesothelioma decades later, ultimately dying from the cancer. And what about those people’s families? They are also at risk. Asbestos got on their loved one’s clothes, in vehicles and on shoes. While giving a hug or while doing laundry, they were easily exposed to the same carcinogens as they would be at a mechanic shop or…