In the Zone

rural regions of Africa (35). The Hot Zone by Richard Preston and “Stalking a Killer” by David Quammen both explain Marburg’s severity, among the other filoviruses, and the proper precautions that occurs when handling this agent. “Stalking a Killer” is an article that touches on Marburg and the different types of Ebola; it tells short accounts of infected victims. The Hot Zone is a study about the frightening filoviruses that many struggle with. The Hot Zone by Richard Preston gives a riveting…

investigated the question of whether there are any household substances that have antimicrobial properties. For the purpose of this lab, we will consider a substance to have antimicrobial properties if it produces a measurable zone of inhibition within an E. coli culture. A zone of inhibition is the area around an antibiotic disc that contains no bacterial growth. Turmeric was tested because curcumin, the compound that gives turmeric its bright yellow pigment, has well-known antimicrobial…

euphotic, zone which is the top of the ocean, what we see without having any special submarine gear, to about 200 meters. In many situations, sunlight does not go beyond this level. Below that is the twilight, or dystophic, zone, which travels from two hundred to approximately one thousand meters below sea level. At that depth, there is so little light that photosynthesis is impossible. Now, from one thousand meters to the absolute bottom of the ocean is formally considered the aphotic zone, but…

order, the risks that are associated with the RDNC convention scheduled at American Airlines Arena in Miami Florida. American Airlines Arena will be the location of convention activities and has protection of a perimeter fence, and a water exclusion zone. The weakest link is going to be the 500 vehicle-parking garage located directly under the Arena. It is monitored by a single security guard, and the potential for a vehicle born explosive is reasonable. Additionally, the Aryan Nation group…

that has still not been solved. The disputed territory which is often called the “gray zone” includes two islands - Machias Seal Island and North Rock (Collins & Rogoff, 1986). The continental shelf and exclusive fisheries zones have remained undivided. There are still up to today overlapping claims of jurisdiction by the United States and Canada related to the 1984 Gulf of Maine boundary decision. The disputed zone is a rich…

fragmented due to stirring action of the tool. Figure 4(c) shows the interface zone of the advancing side alloy and the nugget zone. The nugget zone shows the re-crystallized grains of the alloy due to heat and fragmented due to mechanical stirring stress. The left side of the image shows the parent metal at the advancing side and the right side of the image shows the nugget zone. Figure 4(d) shows the microstructure of the nugget zone at close to the retreating side with fine fragmented…

All animals have a certain set lifespan that occurs within a particular range. For instance, the end of a lifespan at the farthest age is typically around 116 years, give or take a few years. This is why no matter how healthy we are, we will not live to say 3000 years, which is considered the maximum lifespan of the sequoia tree. There are great differences across species with respect to lifespan therefore this must be a strong biological aspect to a species maximum life span. One speculation is…

strike zone that are put into play? Is production when hitting fly balls more important than hitting ground balls and if so by how much? In order to determine this, I used 2013-2015 data from ESPN Stats and Information and Pitch FX to see what correlates best with overall wOBA. The first test I ran used data from ESPN Stats and Information. I measured players wOBA based on balls into play that were thrown in the strike zone, wOBA on balls put into play that were thrown out of the strike zone and…

The Now Mow Zone is the stripe of land with natural vegetation that is located along the bank and separates the river from developed areas. This area is important because it keeps the banks intact and good land from washing away. This is a very effective way to keep pollution out of the water (Life at the Water’s Edge,2016). Some advantages of the No Mow Zone are that it reduces chemical runoff and erosion. Also it provides habitat and…

slab pull are the two processes that is in charge of the spreading of the mid ocean ridges. The ‘ridge push’ process occur when the growing part of the ridges keep on pushing the tectonic plate away from the ridge, most of the time to a subduction zone. This is where the other process come in, which is the weight of the tectonic plate is being pulled below the plate that is over and dragging the other plate along behind it. So how does it produce volcanic activity?…