About 60% of newborn infants in the United States are jaundiced; that is, they look yellow. Kernicterus is a form of brain damage caused by excessive jaundice. When babies begin to be affected by excessive jaundice and begin to have brain damage, they become excessively lethargic.
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The ratio of hydrogen atoms to oxygen in water (H2O) is 2:1.
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On average, the stomach produces 2 L of hydrochloric acid per day.
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The familiar sounds of your heart are made by the heart's valves as they open and close.
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When blood is exposed to air, it clots. Heparin allows the blood to come in direct contact with air without clotting.
The cellular response of skeletal muscle cells to epinephrine
Seedling growth showing the triple response to ethylene.
A plant response to flooding.
Masters and Johnson’s Four-Phase Model of the Sexual Response Cycle
Contact dermatitis resulting from poison ivy.
Conservation biology arose in response to biodiversity loss