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    The ways in which bacteria can become resistant to antibiotics and how this contributes to the global healthcare concern of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR). Antimicrobial resistance is a prevailing issue since the discovery of the first antibiotic Penicillin in 1928. There are 5 mechanisms which allow resistance to impede new antibiotic development for the last 29 years (WHO, 2016) consisting of mutations in target genes, enzymatic resistance, latency, antibiotic efflux and non-specific mutations…

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    Norse Mythology: Jeling

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    Jelling: Jelling still requires the representation of animals on decorated items, but this time, they are “S” shaped and interlaced with spiral hips, profiled heads and pigtails. With this style, it appears like both Borre and Jelling are overlapping and most of the time used on the same object. This style was predominant in the 10th Century AD. Mammen: This style was very much present in the second half of the 10th century. The Mammen style was called after a grave site found in the village of…

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    Most people have their favorite childhood Folklore stories, Scandinavian Lore is the Folklore of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, and Finland. Legends, Myths, and Fairy Tales are a type of Folklore which are normally confused, and hard to identify. Folklore is a collection of stories passed down from generation to generation that include Legends, Myths, and Fairy Tales. Generally a popular story passed from one age to the next. Legends are a traditional story sometimes commonly considered as…

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    of legalizing same-sex marriage. “The Dutch Parliament (Netherlands) first legalised same-sex marriage in 2001. It was then enacted in Belgium in 2003, Spain and Canada in 2005, South Africa in 2006, Norway and Sweden in 2009, Portugal along with Iceland and Argentina in 2010, Denmark in 2012, and Brazil and France in 2013” (YI 497). Since the process of legalizing marriage for homosexual couples began, thirteen of the US states and the District of Columbia have passed same-sex marriage starting…

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    He was born in Norway but raised in Iceland. He sailed west from the Snaefellsnes Peninsula with a crew in 982 and found Gunnbjorn’s islands. He then landed on and explored Greenland, which he named to make it sound nice and encourage settlement, for it was really covered in ice. Henry Hudson:…

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    Being Junior in high school means the impending fear and excitement (mostly fear) of college and moving on to the next chapter in life. My constant mental battle is figuring out if I want to remain in state to save my parents pockets and myself from impending debt. Why is that I have to sacrifice my preference of learning establishment for the sakes of money? College education in America is strenuous and expensive. Students are forced to worry first about their debts, scholarships, loans, and…

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    Swot Analysis Of Waitrose

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    grocery retailer in the UK (Wikipedia 20110) Food sales are the core business of this supermarket, following the social and economy developing, more and more grocery markets have been set in the UK, Waitrose, Tesco, Sainsbury's and ASDA, Together with Iceland, Somerfield and Waitrose these companies cost lots of money to get a great market share. Waitrose is operating supermarket in UK, it…

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    Human Effects On Captivity

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    put in cages together they don't understand each other. Former trainers explained it to be like shoving people who don’t speak the same languages together and make them get along and communicate.Tilikum was a male killer whale who was captured in Iceland and was brought to SeaWorld in 1983. When he arrived he didn’t understand any of the tricks that trainers where making him do so the other whales would attack him and beat him down because SeaWorld trainers would punish all of the whales if one…

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    Paid Paternity Leave

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    will want to sue a company or quit. To address this conflict, Countries such as the US, need to consider how beneficial a paternity policy can be if it is altered to meet the needs of the average working American male. In other countries such as Iceland, businesses allow up to 120 days paid paternity leave for their male employees. Employees are also entitled to an additional 90 days paid leave if they need it. Although Iceland’s policy sounds a little too good to be true, the highlight that…

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    equal rights for centuries. In essence, the women in the United States are privileged because they are 23rd in the world for having the uttermost respect of men and share the same equal rights as most of the men in the country. On top of that list is Iceland, there the women are looked upon almost just as equally as men. At the bottom of the list is Pakistan and Afghanistan. Thus, Americans feel compelled to help them because they already have equal rights to men and feel as though women all…

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