January 3, 2015 Medical Science
The formed elements of human blood include red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. The first two cell types arise individually from myeloid and lymphoid stem cells in the bone marrow. In contrast, the source of platelets is a…
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January 3, 2015 Medical Science
Stem cell research promises cancer breakthroughs, limb and organ regeneration, a cure for heart disease…and now breaking research suggests stem cells may hold the key to tripling human lifespans. A research team from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center [UPMC…
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January 3, 2015 Social Science
In 1971 Phil Zimbardo decided to conduct an experiment to observe the effects of prison from both the guard and the inmate’s points of view. Volunteers were gathered and the young men who were chosen were then divided into two…
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January 3, 2015 Medical Science
There is widespread precedence for the legalization of assisted dying as evident via U.S. Supreme Court rulings, state legislative acts and state court decisions. In the case of the Federal Supreme Court, two cases appealing circuit court rulings against assisted…
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Alternatively known as wart snakes or elephant-trunk snake, the file snake has earned these names because of its loose folds of baggy skin and tiny scales that make its skin appear rough. The rough-looking texture is similar to that of…
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January 3, 2015 Social Science
Imagine –Someone, somewhere triggers an emotion inside of you. It may be something they said or did, but you feel it welling up inside, churning itself in the pit of your stomach, churning into a ball of fire that rises,…
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January 3, 2015 Social Science
Expressive symbolism, at the most basic level, is the use of physical gestures, sounds, artistic symbols, and actions to express personal emotions or reactions to external and internal stimuli. The giggle represents expression that something is funny, or that the…
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January 3, 2015 Social Science
All of us have had dreams at some time in our lives in which we were naked. What it means to dream about being naked depends on the context of the nudity in the dream and on the feelings of…
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January 3, 2015 Medical Science
Chagas disease is a parasitic condition sometimes called American trypanosomiasis. The disease is most prevalent in children who live in Mexico, Central America and South America, where the reduviid bug is indigenous. The parasite that causes Chagas disease is found…
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January 2, 2015 Social Science
The Milgram experiment, held at Yale University in 1961, is a famous psychological experiment conducted by Stanley Milgram. It appeared to demonstrate that average people would willingly obey orders from people in positions of authority (such as, in that case,…
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