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30 Nov 2009
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Aging and malnutrition

Thesis - 7 pages - Medical studies

To enable the greatest number of healthy aging and maintain good quality of life, it is important to emphasize the role of nutrition in the prevention of aging. Aging Population: The number of elderly is steadily increasing for several decades. According to the INSEE predictions for 2008, there...

26 Nov 2009
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Cholesterol: Properties and functions

Thesis - 8 pages - Medical studies

Lipids are a family of molecules differing greatly from each other. Among these are the triglycerides (energy source), the phospholipids that constitute cell membranes, and cholesterol. Cholesterol is an essential for the proper functioning of the organization; however fuel consumption too...

26 Nov 2009
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Creatine functions and beliefs

Thesis - 13 pages - Medical studies

Creatine, has sunk a lot of ink, but has not come across serious messages or unbiased by personal beliefs on the subject. We understand why people make such a fuss over this substance when you see what is said and what was said in the media, our institutions and by athletes, for nearly 6 years....

26 Nov 2009
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Good eating habit to adequate healthy living

Thesis - 9 pages - Medical studies

Having good eating habits and a healthy body is not just about consuming the recommended five fruits and vegetables daily but also a new category of foods claiming to have properties on the booster organization, see medicinal. Although there is no exact definition, the term nutraceutical is used...

26 Nov 2009
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Casein and protein

Thesis - 12 pages - Medical studies

In the last twenty years the only protein supplement containing milk protein that was on the market was the calcium caseinate. We did not have much choice as is the case now. Nowadays, with the growing popularity of supplements made from whey, caseinate are old and no longer fashionable. Indeed,...

24 Nov 2009
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The power of nutrition in child and adolescent

Thesis - 9 pages - Biology

Childhood and adolescence are critical stages in the life of an individual, and feeding them is important. As for adults, nutrient intakes for children should cover the energy needs, but they must also ensure growth. The quantitative and qualitative aspect of their food is taken into account....

24 Nov 2009
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Assembler: An overview

Presentation - 12 pages - Computer science

High Level language 1. Formulating program for certain application areas 2. Hardware independent Assembler languages 1. Machine oriented language 2. Programs orient on special hardware properties 3. More comfortable than machine code(e.g. by using symbolic notations) Instructions to assembler -...

24 Nov 2009
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Aging well: Theoretical perspectives on gerontology

Thesis - 3 pages - Medical studies

Senescence is an evolutionary process whereby an organism is genetically built to remain healthiest until it has achieved its reproductive age, and to subsequently begin to slowly and gradually die afterwards. Maintaining the body to sufficiently ensure reproduction, the deterioration in health...

24 Nov 2009
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An overview of programming languages

Presentation - 15 pages - Computer science

A language used to instruct or command a computer to perform a specific task is called as programming language. The set of sub operations during the execution of an instruction is called instruction cycle. To design and develop a software, complete understanding is required between the...

18 Nov 2009
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Innovative train technology: Maglev super speed system

Presentation - 25 pages - Physics

The super speed Maglev system Trans-rapid is an innovative track-bound transportation system for passengers and high-value cargo traffic at speeds between 300 to 500 km/hour. It is the first fundamental innovation in railroad technology since the construction of the first railroad. So as you can...

13 Nov 2009
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Aristotle's four causes

Thesis - 3 pages - Physics

In Physics, Aristotle discusses the four causes, especially the final cause. The original school of thought says things in nature happen to form the way they are by chance and that they happen to be purposeful, but did not form for a purpose. Aristotle attempts to reject this original notion...

01 Nov 2009
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A study on immunology

Thesis - 19 pages - Biology

Immunology is a subject, which deals with immune system and immune reactions in our body. Immune system works by the principle of learning process. When a pathogen attacks for the first time, it leads to infection, but when it attacks for the second then our body's immune system recognizes and...

28 Oct 2009
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A study on cytoskeleton

Thesis - 16 pages - Biology

The skeleton of the vertebrate is a familiar organ system consisting of hardened elements supporting the soft tissues of the body and play a key role in mediating bodily movements. Eukaryotic cells also posses a “skeletal system”, which is of proteinecous network and composed of three...

28 Oct 2009
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A study on insecticide treatment

Thesis - 20 pages - Biology

Mosquitoes are among the best-known groups of insects, because of their importance to man as pests and vectors of some of the most distressing human diseases. They are the most important insect vectors of human diseases and the most common of blood sucking arthropods. They feed on amphibians,...

28 Oct 2009
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A study on biosensors

Thesis - 26 pages - Biology

A Biosensor may be defined as “a compact analytical device incorporating a biological or biologically-derived sensing element either integrated within or intimately associated with a physico-chemical transducer. The usual aim of a biosensor is to produce either discrete or continuous digital...

28 Oct 2009
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Extraction of amylase from bacillus subtillis

Thesis - 17 pages - Biology

Microbial cells produce a variety of enzymes. These enzymes are the biological catalysts for the biochemical reactions, leading to microbial growth and respiration, as well as to produce fermentation products. Enzymes are used for a variety of purposes. They are employed in three major fields....

28 Oct 2009
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Selection of salinity plant in some of the pulse crops

Dissertation - 117 pages - Biology

In many densely populated countries the average size of farm holding is becoming small. Further in most of the developing countries agriculture often encounters various biotic and abiotic stress namely diseases, pests, drought, nutritional disorders, salinity, temperature extremes, and...

28 Oct 2009
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Analysis of the experiments conducted in the study of micro biology

Thesis - 20 pages - Biology

What is microbiology? Why would any student enroll in microbiology? Now that you were told to take microbiology or now that you selected microbiology; it is important that you know what to expect. Microbiology is the study of science of (-logy) small (micro) life (bios). Biology was first used in...

28 Oct 2009
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A study on oxygen binding proteins

Thesis - 21 pages - Biology

Myoglobin and hemoglobin may be the most-studied and best-understood proteins. They were the first protein for which three-dimensional structures were determined, and our current understanding of myoglobin and hemoglobin is garnered from the work of thousands of biochemists over several decades....

14 Oct 2009
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A study on the significance of information technology in various fields

Thesis - 15 pages - Computer science

The outcome of the integration of computer and telecommunications technology is today called as Information Technology which is popularly known as Info Tech. Businesses use IT in many different ways. Some IT applications automate a variety of basic business activities, from production control...

12 Oct 2009
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Bead Bar's superior computer system

Thesis - 5 pages - Computer science

A standard business depends on information technology for their continued existence. Information technology can provide a business with efficiency which assists a business to be highly successful. Recently, information systems have been recognized as a tool for obtaining a competitive advantage....

12 Oct 2009
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Importance of benchmarking of E-business sites

Thesis - 2 pages - Computer science

Benchmarking is an important activity in the analysis of E-Business web sites. The primary reason being that today E-Business is highly competitive, with customers having lot of options and hence the E-Business web sites have to keep up with standards or else risk losing customers. Benchmarking...

12 Oct 2009
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3D graphics tools for Java

Thesis - 8 pages - Computer science

There are several packages for 3D graphics in Java that have come up in the past decade with varying degrees of success. This paper does a survey of not only the features of these tools, but also about their importance and the future prospects of Java based graphics tools. There are powerful...

07 Oct 2009
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Two health-care law case studies

Thesis - 4 pages - Medical studies

Drs. Allison Jones and Emily Johnson will have to abide by several standards when attempting to open their practice in Tesson, Allstate, particularly in regard to their desire to enlist a physician's assistant to do many of their main undertakings in the new their office, especially as he/she...

01 Oct 2009
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Spectrum of consciousness: Evolution of the spectrum

Thesis - 13 pages - Physics

In this chapter, Wilber explains how the information given in the previous chapters relate to the spectrum model of consciousness. He summarizes the previous chapters and shows how they relate to the creation of the spectrum. Wilber describes the spectrum as an infinitely long continuum in...

25 Sep 2009
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A study on stem cells

Thesis - 7 pages - Biology

With millions of people dying and suffering every year from various diseases, scientists are becoming more and more eager to find cures and treatments. One potential treatment emanates from the research of human stem cells. Stem cells are unspecialized cells that have the ability to regenerate...

25 Sep 2009
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The tree species specificity and inter specific interactions of Spanish moss

Thesis - 5 pages - Biology

Inter specific interactions are the relationships demonstrated between two species and how one species affects the other. The four main types of these interactions are competition, predation, commensalisms, and mutualism. Spanish moss is a plant found living on many trees in the subtropics....

25 Sep 2009
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A study on dysentery

Thesis - 3 pages - Medical studies

Dysentery represents a plaque not just of the intestines, but a plague of developing nations as well. Lack of potable water and malnutrition create an environment for disease to flourish. US foreign aid has been primarily for show and not effect. More money is spent on war in developing countries...

23 Sep 2009
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Software Processes

Presentation - 18 pages - Computer science

A software process model is an abstract representation of a process. It presents a description of a process from some particular perspective. Based on the transformation of a mathematical specification through different representations to an executable program and transformations are...

23 Sep 2009
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The hybrid electric vehicle as a cultural object

Thesis - 9 pages - Electronics, mechanics, engineering & technology

The American public imagination is steeped in images of cars. Long ago, the car took over for the horse as the best romantic vehicle to ride off into the sunset. Pop culture throughout the existence of the car is riddled with references to it. Just as Ford's assembly line was developed, Charlie...