Essays on Snail

(Author’s affiliation) Diabetes is a polygenic disease characterized by significantly higher levels of glucose in the blood. In this disorder, metabolic disorders lead to persistent thirst (polydipsia) and excessive level of urination (polyuria). Diabetes is caused by insulin-related disturbances in the body. In healthy human beings, pancreatic β cells have insulin that is found as a hexamer having three insulin dimers attached together by two central zinc ions. The insulin monomer has a 21-residue A chain as well as a 30-residue B chain. These chains are cross-linked by two disulfide bridges, i.e. CysA20-CysB19 and CysA7-CysB7. There is also a ...

Discussion Board 1

Discussion Board 1

Living things have specific superior characterizes that distinguish them from nonliving items. Living things are characterized by their internal organization, which is composed of cells (Alcamo, 1998).

A rock to a snail

Ideally, a snail is a living thing while a rock is a nonliving. The two differ widely based on the eight characteristics of living things. A snail performs nutrition to obtain energy and experiences respiration as energy is released for use in the cells. Also, a snail moves to different locations since it responds to stimuli and it excretes due to chemical reactions in the body. Additionally, a snail ...

In general, Kenya is a dry country; about four-fifths of the land is considered arid or semi-arid. The land considered useful for agriculture only occupies about 17 percent of the nation’s area; throughout the country, average yearly rainfall ranges from 200 mm (in the north) to over 1,800 mm on the sides of Mt. Kenya (The Encyclopedia of Earth, 2008). Ironically, the economy of the country centers around the agricultural part of the country; agricultural products bring in about 30 percent of the nation’s income. When droughts come, they can send Kenya’s economy into severe ...

Adichie’s “Purple Hibiscus” addressed the general theme that was common to the African nation at the time the author’s views on the corruption and the high level of religion as a fundamental principle leads the readers to understand that each character changes considerably as they move through the cycle of events in the novel. Kambili finds God as she develops over time. In fact, the author notes that Kambili made a U-turn and went back the way she had come. She allows her mind to drift to a number of thoughts, but in particular she begins “imagining ...

Do we need that Endangered Species Act?

The Endangered Species Act of 1973 was an innovative measure for the future of nature and continues to protect the diversity of the animal and plant kingdom of the United States. This law is important to the survival of all living things because every living organism depends on the life of another living thing to survive, including humans. Aquatic species in Florida are essential for the health of the environment in which it lives. For example, because all creatures and plants depend on each other for survival, when one species is allowed to become extinct, all other species in ...

Introduction

The marketing strategy for instituting changes in a product line from low end to a higher version is a process that might need to include the mobile and internet marketing strategies to be successful in this environment. Considering the competition are two very well-known competitors Macy and Nordstrom. These two competitors have been in the vertical for many years and have established customer base. In shifting the market products from one segment, the lower priced products, to another, the higher priced products, involved many organizational and strategic changes. It is not only the price tag that gets changed but ...

Question1

An animal is a multi-cellular organism with cells that are not enclosed in a rigid cell wall. Animals differ from other organisms in two major aspects: 1) through the structure of their cell wall and (2) through their feeding habits. For example, unlike other organisms, such as plants, animals do not have a rigid cell wall. Plants on the other hand have a rigid cell wall. In terms of nutrition, animals are heterotrophs because of the way they synthesize organic compounds. Plants, on the other hand, are autotrophs. Plants are classified as autotrophs because they synthesize organic molecules directly using energy from ...

Philosophy

Jerry Seinfeld brought a cigar store Indian and everybody is astonished. Elaine doesn’t want to read the card. It says that they should bury the hatchet and smoke the peace pipe. Elaine’s friend who is of Native American descent excuses herself and goes. Jerry begins to make fun with the statue. Wynona is a Native American. He invites her out for dinner to apologize and asks a random man in the street about the location of a certain Chinese restaurant. The man turns out to be Chines and gets offended. After that he is careful about each word that he uses ...

It has become part of the modern culture to ask children what they want to be when they grow up. Others say they want to be police officers, doctors, mail carriers, or even bus drivers. Notably, very many kids say that they want to be astronauts when they grow. Many argue that this answer is so common because of the adventure it promises, and the intriguing nature of their work. While most kids end up doing very different things with their lives, others follow the direction of their childhood dreams. The cartoon’s artist explores the children’s ...

Invasive python in Florida (everglades)

Invasive python in Florida (everglades)

Annotated bibliography

Pizzatto, Lígia, Camila Both, and Richard Shine. "Quantifying Anuran Microhabitat Use To Infer The Potential For Parasite Transmission Between Invasive Cane Toads And Two Species Of Australian Native Frogs." Plos ONE 9.9 (2014): 1-11. Academic Search Premier. Web. 25 Nov. 2014. Kempel, Anne, et al. "Plant-Microbe-Herbivore Interactions In Invasive And Non-Invasive Alien Plant Species." Functional Ecology 27.2 (2013): 498-508. Academic Search Premier. Web. 25 Nov. 2014. Bottollier-Curtet, Marion, Anne-Marie Planty-Tabacchi, and Eric Tabacchi. "Competition Between Young Exotic Invasive And Native Dominant Plant Species: Implications For Invasions Within Riparian Areas." ...

The encyclopedia article is about the snail darter, a small, stout fish averagely 9 cm in length. This rare fish, whose scientific name is Percina tanasi, was discovered in 1973 in the Tennessee River where the Tellico Dam was to be constructed (Encyclopedia.com, 2000). In 1975, the snail darter was included in the Endangered Species List and the construction of the dam was consequently stopped. However, three years later, the snail darter was declared non-endangered by Congress, and the Tellico dam was constructed. Nonetheless, this species was re-classified as threatened in 1984. The article talks about the physical characteristics, behavior, ...

Introduction

In the world, vectors are primary host for diseases pathogens. Vectors are very important in spread of diseases because they act as intermediate host to pathogen, also help in completion of pathogen life cycle. Control of vector by epidemiology has shown result in reduction of infections that spread by vectors. Epidemiology is a branch of science that deals with diseases and there control. Below is a summary of surveillance and control of some vectors.

Vector surveillance

Dengue virus is always associated with mosquitoes Aedes Aegyptis and these is the main target in control and the surveillance of this diseases. Surveillance is done to ...

Part 1: How the Process of Globalization Affected Education

Globalization refers to the interconnectedness of human, economic, political, cultural, and informational resources across the world. Ever increasing global pathways and networks help speed up, intensify, and narrow down large-scale distribution and acquisition of local and national good and services. Nowadays, with globalization, the world became a “global village” wherein all sorts of individuals, companies, organizations, and governments perform a variety of activities (that is, online communication, distance and online education, e-transactions, etc.). Some of the various aspects of globalization are evident in world politics, religious works, ecommerce, and education. Specifically, globalization has made possible the worldwide understanding among member ...

Introduction

Everglades evolved from overflow from Lake Okeechobee after thousands of years of intense torrential rainfall. From lakes shores of Florida bay and Gulf Mexico, this vast marsh extends southwestwards. Stephanie Moller. (2008). At the southern tip of Florida Peninsula, the marsh begins and continues to extend northwards towards Lake Okeechobee, and it lies in a shallow limestone basin. Several streams like Miami drain the area without any river flowing into the basin. The Everglades are an excellent wetland located at the margins of the tropics. This magnificent ecosystem provides shelter to a variety of animals, birds and fish. This unique ...

Article 1

This article is basically a review of microRNAs and their role in cancer. It briefly introduces miRNAs and focuses on miRNA biogenesis and mode of action. It then looks at the functions of miRNAs with respect to their involvement in cancer, and their potential use in clinics. My literature review topic is about the role of miRNAs in tumorigenesis while this article is about the role of microRNAs in cancer. These two topics are technically the same. My review topic therefore shares a lot in common with this article, such as the miRNA biogenesis and mode of action and the ...

Explain Whether Anybody In The Scenario Below May Have A Claim In The Tort Of Negligence

“Negligence is the omission to do something which a reasonable man, guided upon those considerations which ordinarily regulate the conduct of human affairs, would do, or doing something which a prudent and reasonable man would not do.” Per Alderson B. and Blyth V (1856). In order to establish an understanding with regards to negligence it is very necessary to examine with clarity that whether the defendant is truly careless or ignorant when it comes to performing his duties. And at the same time did ...

“The Happy Family” is a sarcastic little tale written by Hans Christian Andersen. The most important theme of the story is the ignorant and narrow-minded nature of human beings. The story features two snails that believed they were the most outstanding creatures in the whole world and that the entire forest of burdocks was built for them. They wanted to get into the “manor house to be boiled and served on a silver plate” because they thought it was a very special and honorable thing to have that happen to them. However, what the two snails believed about themselves and the world ...

Introduction

The theme of the story is the unappreciative nature of human beings. The story features two snails who had the whole forest build for them. The story reflects the story in the Garden of Eden in the Genesis chapters of the bible. The two snails had were of a kind just like human beings are when still were in the Garden of Eden. They were the only two of their kind in the forest; the story in part describes the snails to have been the “aristocratic race in the world.” This only shows how noble the two white snails were, ...