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    Chlamydia tracomatis Antonia Kingham 12/03/2014 Natsci 197 Ms. Madden Public Health Paper Introduction: Chlamydia trachomatis is a sexually transmitted bacterium that falls into the genus Chlamydia. In general it is prevalent amongst the younger adults due to living a promiscuous life style. C. trachomatis can be responsible for both long and short term effects from contracting this bacterial disease therefore the longer you have it the more severe the effects can be. Chlamydia

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    heavy breathing, and signs of mental disturbances. These were indications that the person might not be able to find or maintain a job. Doctors then gave a "six second physical" and checked for diseases, including a contagious eye infection called trachoma. Sick people were sent to a hospital on Ellis Island to be treated, and escorted through the same immigration process again. After the physical checkup, potential immigrants were asked a series of questions by immigration inspectors. Life as an

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    What was life like for children during the middle ages and how did it affect them. What was life like for children during the middle ages and how does that compare today, what improvements were made.What were the lifestyle and health for children like in the middle ages.Did the education more effective back then.How hard were children working and playing in the middle ages. Education for children.Since education was not compulsory by law in England until the 19th century we tend to think that

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    “The lives of people in poor countries will improve faster in the next 15 years than at any other time in history. And their lives will improve more than anyone else’s” (Gates, Bill and Melinda 1). This is the big bet of Bill and Melinda Gates for the future. In the 2015 Gates annual letter, they discuss the opportunity in accelerating progress towards a big impact around the world. Their four major breakthroughs range from new vaccinations to innovations in technology. The first breakthrough specifically

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    siblings grew up in impoverished conditions, and struggled with health problems. Her parents were immigrants from Ireland because of the recent famine that forced them to immigrate. At the early age of five, Anne contracted an eye disease called trachoma, which severely damaged her sight. Her mother, Alice, was

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    building space for their needs and it was also the beginning of many occasions where the Halifax council and businesses used Africville as their own source for expansion. In the 1870s Halifax built an infectious disease hospital and then later added a trachoma hospital, these hospitals were on

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    number of structures which distinguish them from conventional bonds and from the other sukuk structures in the part of approved sukuk. We can say that sukuk is differ in product design, product offering and pay off to the investor. Back on the case of trachoma, it can categorized that sukuk that was applied on Tracoma’s is under the asset backed securities. Its represent the real form of securitisation as they expose the sukuk investors to the real value and risk of the underlying asset. Under this structure

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    There are many people who are deaf, blind, or sometimes both. There are people now in life that are known for big things that are deaf and/or blind. Well there were people before that have made their life much easier. Louis Braille, for example, was someone back in the day that has made an impact. Louis was born January 4, 1809 in Coupvray, France. He went to Royal Institution for Blind Youth. He has three siblings: Louis, Mane, and Monique Braille. He died January 6, 1852 in Paris, France.

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