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06 Aug 2010
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Bit torrent and you

Thesis - 2 pages - Computer science

In the following article bit torrent will be discussed; the article will cover how to use it and how it works. Take note that there are many different uses for bit torrent and I shall focus on legal uses only. You should also be aware that there are illegal uses for torrent and you should avoid...

06 Aug 2010
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Genogram

Thesis - 2 pages - Medical studies

As part of a class assignment, I constructed the attached four-generation genogram illustrating known blood relatives in my generation, two earlier generations and my daughters and nephews. A number of recurring traits appeared including child of divorce, asthma, and depression/suicide (present...

06 Aug 2010
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Child and adolescent sleep disturbance

Thesis - 3 pages - Medical studies

In the past it was assumed that between infancy and adulthood, sleep needs followed a fairly smooth progression toward the adult norm. While, one way or another, small babies generally manage to take the sleep they need, adult sleep disorders have been increasingly recognized. Researchers have...

05 Aug 2010
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Aristotle on physics: Chance and causes

Thesis - 2 pages - Physics

Aristotle's view of Physics seems to emerge out of the primary question of “Why?” Similarly, “Why do things; does anything happen?” I'm aiming to direct my paper more to the philosophy of “chance”, however to reach that aspect I must first identify the other...

05 Aug 2010
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The history of data storage and it's place in modern day computing

Thesis - 2 pages - Computer science

Even before the first computer made its way into popular knowledge, data storage was an activity that had occurred many times. Data had been copied and stored on a hard disk like tool and then re-used by a mechanical contraption of some sort. In 1801 for example the punch card was used to control...

05 Aug 2010
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Weight loss surgery, drugs and you

Thesis - 2 pages - Medical studies

The weight loss surgery is beneficial to your health in a number of areas. Some of these benefits include improvement in disease conditions like high blood pressure, diabetes, lower back pain and other illnesses. The weight loss surgery is not only for the severely obese patient, either. Maybe...

05 Aug 2010
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An organic nation: Do conventional rearing methods pose a risk to human health?

Thesis - 1 pages - Medical studies

Consumers are becoming increasingly concerned about how food is produced and how its production affects its safety. Recently, there has been growing alarm expressed over the relationship between human bacteria's increasing resistance to treatment with antibiotics and antibiotic residues in meat...

04 Aug 2010
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Eye versus the camera

Thesis - 2 pages - Electronics, mechanics, engineering & technology

There is an enormous difference between seeing through one's eyes and through a camera. In some respects the eye is superior although in some respects the camera observes the scene better. The eye sees everything it focuses on. A camera does not see everything in focus. A photographer has to...

04 Aug 2010
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Choice of film speed

Thesis - 2 pages - Electronics, mechanics, engineering & technology

A film is a basic tool for recording images in a camera. It is a flexible, transparent base, coated with light-sensitive emulsion containing silver halide crystals. When a black-and-white film is processed, silver halide crystals which had been exposed to light get reduced to black particles of...

04 Aug 2010
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Care of the equipment

Thesis - 2 pages - Electronics, mechanics, engineering & technology

The camera equipment can only be depended upon if it has been cared for. It should be treated as any other fine instrument - expensive and fragile. Manufacturers can make them rugged but we should not abuse them in use and handling. Proper maintenance is essential in storing, usage and in...

04 Aug 2010
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Camera lens

Thesis - 2 pages - Electronics, mechanics, engineering & technology

The main function of the camera lens is to focus the image sharply on the film. But they do a lot more than that: the lens aperture allows us to control the amount of light reaching the film and the depth of the field. Lenses are termed as ‘standard', ‘wide-angle' or ‘tele-photo'...

04 Aug 2010
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Language of photography

Thesis - 2 pages - Electronics, mechanics, engineering & technology

Like any other profession or a technical job, photography as an art and as a science has some very distinct technical words which facilitate an easier communication of ideas and perceptions. Without them it would be almost impossible to communicate and get understood in an effort to do justice to...

30 Jul 2010
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Gardasil and human papillomavirus

Thesis - 2 pages - Medical studies

Every decade or so, mankind become more effective in the treatment and prevention of disease. It is merely, as I am sure Darwin would put it, how the human race proves to be the fittest of the earth. We have found ways to recognize what is harmful and either eradicate the problem or control it in...

29 Jul 2010
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Tips to enhance pc performance

Thesis - 2 pages - Computer science

PC performance may be greatly enhanced by modifying or ‘tweaking' a few of the default operating system settings. The optimization process differs for Windows XP and Windows Vista, so a section is devoted to each operating system providing a list to enhance pc performance on both Windows...

29 Jul 2010
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The synthesis of tert-pentyl chloride

Thesis - 3 pages - Physics

Synthesis of new compounds serves important practical purposes. The pharmaceutical industry continuously seeks and develops new compounds as potential drugs for treating disease. The agricultural industry also relies on synthesis to produce new organic chemicals for weed, pest, and fungi control....

28 Jul 2010
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Vaccination of fish against infectious diseases in aquaculture

Thesis - 5 pages - Medical studies

The role of aquaculture in providing a sustainable source of seafood to an ever increasing world population has experienced tremendous growth in recent years. In combination with an increasing world population, the reduction in the wild harvest, changes in consumer eating habits, the economic...

28 Jul 2010
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Grooming behavior of rhesus monkeys raised in captivity

Thesis - 4 pages - Medical studies

Much evidence has now accumulated in support of this theory, originally put forth by Sigmund Freud in 1940. This served as the foundation upon which Harry Harlow based his experiments in 1962 on the early rearing environments of rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). He found somewhat contradictory...

28 Jul 2010
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Effect of dietary energy intake on egg production and bodyweight in white leghorn laying hens

Thesis - 6 pages - Medical studies

It is generally assumed that feeding a higher energy density diet will enhance the production of laying hens. The only outstanding question in most people's minds is at what point the higher cost of the high energy diet exceeds the value of improved animal performance. The key issue in this...

28 Jul 2010
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Arthritis pain bee gone: Bee venom as a treatment for arthritis

Essay - 1 pages - Medical studies

Arthritis is an inflammatory disease of the joints that often causes intense pain, restricted movement, and disfigurement. It is one of the world's leading debilitating conditions that can affect both men and women, young and old. It affects millions of people worldwide, and its diagnosis and...

28 Jul 2010
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A journey to heal

Thesis - 2 pages - Medical studies

Conventional Western medicine defines health as the absence of disease. This is generally what is sought by most people when they turn to traditional doctors, technology, and pharmaceuticals. For many, however, this solution will never provide complete healing, as the physical absence of...

26 Jul 2010
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Excitable tissue

Essay - 8 pages - Medical studies

*CNS contains about 1011 neurons. * The neuron is the basic building blocks of the N.S. * Muscle cells? contraction Neurons ? integration and transmission of nerve impulses * C.N.S neurons have different shapes a- 5 -7 processes ? dendrites, extended outward from the cell body. Dendrites have...

19 Jul 2010
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Some useful tips when you are photographing children

Thesis - 2 pages - Electronics, mechanics, engineering & technology

Taking pictures of children, irrespective of their age is a complex and a fascinating subject. It is a subject that is challenging as well as frustrating, both for the heart and imagination of the photographer. The results can be very amusing, rewarding, disappointing but never for a moment...

19 Jul 2010
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Exposure meters

Thesis - 2 pages - Electronics, mechanics, engineering & technology

For a perfect negative or slide, correct exposure is a must. This can be achieved only when an exact amount of light (necessary to produce negatives with right density and color transparencies with pleasing colors) is allowed on the film through the lens of a camera. For amateur use, most modern...

19 Jul 2010
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Techniques for taking good sports photographs in some sporting events

Thesis - 2 pages - Electronics, mechanics, engineering & technology

By sports photography we mean taking pictures of sporting events that involve action and movement. If the pictures are not sharp and do not depict fast movement that take place in a sequence, the purpose of a good sports photograph will not be achieved. That exciting movement of action must be...

15 Jul 2010
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Cameras for general, specialized and highly specialized photography

Thesis - 2 pages - Electronics, mechanics, engineering & technology

Nothing could be a greater myth than the blind belief that expensive cameras take better photographs. In fact, it is the man behind the camera that is important. Invariably, professional photographers are quizzed about the equipment they use. Sophisticated and expensive cameras are used for very...

15 Jul 2010
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Genetically modified food

Thesis - 3 pages - Biology

Genetically modified food made from genetic material (DNA) of a plant that has been changed in an unnatural way, also known as ‘genetic engineering'. Selected individual genes are transferred from one organism to another. However, traditional breeding cannot achieve the same effects using a...

13 Jul 2010
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Low-light photography

Thesis - 3 pages - Electronics, mechanics, engineering & technology

Photography after sunset, very often considered impossible and difficult at best, is something which can be equally rewarding and challenging. It is attempted by very few because of ignorance and preconceived notions that it may not be possible. On the contrary, night photography is very easy. A...

13 Jul 2010
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Seeing photographically

Thesis - 2 pages - Electronics, mechanics, engineering & technology

There is quite a lot of difference between a camera recording a subject matter and the photographer looking at it. A photographer is likely to get carried away by things which a camera cannot record. All impressions of sound, smell and other compelling facets of a scene, even the wonderful fresh...

29 Jun 2010
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FOSS (Free and open source software)

Thesis - 6 pages - Computer science

The word free software means that the software has a free license and it gives everyone the right to use, study, modify, duplicate, distribute and sell the said software. Historically, Richard Stallman was the one who formalized the concept of free software in the first half of the 1980s and...

29 Jun 2010
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Impact of information technology in the world of health

Tutorials/exercises - 7 pages - Medical studies

In the world of health, information technology is a real challenge. Internal communication is the key factor for success in a medical organization. For example: the physicians must be reachable at any time, and must constantly be able to ascertain the health of their patients and the latest...