generations upon generations? And furthermore, if people have allergic responses to some animals, why do they still choose to keep certain ones as house pets? The goal of this paper is to provide an evolutionary perspective on this matter and to determine a cause that is supported by scientific data. To understand allergies, an important process is the production and effect of immunoglobulins in the bloodstream. Immunoglobulin E or IgE is an antibody. IgE is responsible for the start signal of an allergic
Prologue: Yali’s Question Jared Diamond has done extensive field work in New Guinea. His indigenous New Guinean politician friend Yali asked why whites had been so successful and arrived with so much "cargo" compared to the locals. Diamond rephrases this question: why did white Eurasians dominate over other cultures by means of superior guns, population-destroying germs, steel, and food-producing capability? Diamond’s main thesis is that this occurred not because of racial differences in intelligence
economy, they were afraid of Hitler, and they were afraid of polio. A disease as indiscriminate as a nuclear bomb, it struck young and old, rich and poor, white and black. It caused fear and hysteria, confusion and anger, paralysis, and even death. By this time the United States had endured smallpox, cholera, yellow fever, and tuberculosis; but it had never experienced a wide-spread epidemic of a disease that seemed to specifically target children before the twentieth century. Although polio
CD is being increasingly diagnosed in other parts of the world, involving populations that were not traditionally thought to be affected by the disease. Reports from Mexico, South America, North India, the Middle East, Turkey, and North Africa have changed previous assumptions that CD is a European affliction.7–15 CD is rare in people of Japanese, Chinese, and purely AfricanCaribbean descent.16 CD is associated with several autoimmune conditions and genetic disorders and often presents atypically
Vitamins and minerals supplementation in modern society [pic] Heinrich Nel Contents 1. Introduction 2. Background to vitamins 3. History of vitamins 4. Background to minerals 5. Functions of vitamins and minerals 6. RDA of vitamins and minerals 7. Soil depletion 8. Conventional vs. organic farming 9. Vitamin and mineral supplementation 10. Conclusion 11. Appendix 1: The discovery of vitamins
50 HARMFUL EFFECTS OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED (GM) FOODS In a sentence This article outlines the many harmful effects of GM or genetically-modified foods (known also as genetically-engineered foods) and representng lab-created GMOs or genetically-modified organisms. By Nathan Batalion, ND We are confronted with what is undoubtedly the single most potent technology the world has ever known - more powerful even than atomic energy. Yet it is being released throughout our environment and
Pharmaceuticals: Merck Sustaining Long-term Advantage Through Information Technology Hiroshi Amari Working Paper No. 161 Working Paper Series Center on Japanese Economy and Business Columbia Business School December 1998 Columbia-Yale Project: Use of Software to Achieve Competitive Advantage PHARMACEUTICALS: MERCK Sustaining Long-term Advantage Through Information Technology Prepared by Hiroshi Amari Research Associate, Yale University William V. Rapp and Hugh T. Patrick Co-principal
food safety program for Ontario greenhouse vegetable producers; a global blueprint for fruit and vegetable producers Benjamin J. Chapman University of Guelph, 2005 Advisor: Professor Douglas A. Powell Fresh fruits and vegetables have been increasingly linked to cases of foodborne illness. Many
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