The term bacteria was devised in the 19th century by German biologist Ferdinand Cohn. He based it on the Greek word "bakterion" meaning a small rod or staff. Cohn is considered to be the father of modern bacteriology.
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According to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, lung disease is the third leading killer in the United States, responsible for one in seven deaths. It is the leading cause of death among infants under the age of one year.
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Multiple experimental evidences have confirmed that at the molecular level, cancer is caused by lesions in cellular DNA.
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Allergies play a major part in the health of children. The most prevalent childhood allergies are milk, egg, soy, wheat, peanuts, tree nuts, and seafood.
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The familiar sounds of your heart are made by the heart's valves as they open and close.
Reflex arcs.
An example of a typical incident report.
Two simple reflex arcs
Two simple reflex arcs
Assume z is a standard normal random variable. What is the value of z if the area to the right ...
For the circuit in Figure 1, assume ideal diodes. The peak inverse voltage is approximately