Spore

Microorganisms are ever-present. Bacteria can be isolated from nearly any surface including inanimate objects and human skin. Fungal spores and bits of vegetative hyphae drift into a laboratory from air conditioning ducts and open doors. Mycoplasma infections most frequently originate from improperly sterilized media or serum. At the risk of eliciting paranoia in the novice cell culture…

Seamus Heaney was a man who was born April 13, 1939 in Castledawson, a village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. Heaney was most well-known for being a great poet, but Heaney was more than just a poet. Heaney was also a translator, educator, and a critic. Heaney was a school teacher in Northern Ireland while in his mid-twenties. He had taught at universities like Oxford University and Harvard University. In addition to teaching at these highly respected universities, Heaney had also spent…

There are three main sources of infection within living organisms. These main sources of infection are known as reservoirs. A reservoir is simply the usual habitat in which the agent lives and multiplies. In this sense the agent is the pathogenic microorganism. The main sources of infection are the following: Human reservoirs, Animal reservoirs and non living reservoirs. Human Reservoirs is a source of infection by which a human acts as the host to a pathogenic microorganism. There are two…

The Dark Truth of Alcohol Every 53 minutes there is one person killed by an alcohol impaired driver in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, 2016). To being, alcohol is a well-known misused beverage, despite its adverse effects on the human body, society and the economy. The United States spent $249 billion dollars in 2010 (CDC, 2016). Whether it involves drinking on occasion, weekly or daily throughout this article it will discuss the impact…

Introduction Defined by the Patriot Act of 2001, critical infrastructures are; "systems and assets, whether physical or virtual, so vital to the United States that the incapacity or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, national public health or safety, or any combination of those matters" (107th Congress, 2001). The National Infrastructure Protection Plan: Partnering for Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience…

Depending on the person's size and weight, one could only live for approximately three weeks before dying of starvation. So obviously the colonies will need food in order to survive. There have many ideas, put forth by NASA and SpaceX; that involve sending pre supply probes that contain food and other necessities, a couple years in advance. This would be similar to how the Ares missions worked in The Martian, by Andy Weir. In the book, NASA would send these packages of food, and other materials,…

Blanching: Blanching is a relatively mild heat treatment performed to improve the quality of preserved or stored food products. It is used to remove trapped gases from the product, soften the product, fix product color, or inactivate enzymes. It also eliminates or reduces the numbers of relatively heat-sensitive pathogens and spoilage organisms. • Water and steam blanchers: Water and steam blanchers are the most commonly used blanchers in the food processing industry • Time and temperature…

Davis Martin Mr Gale Comp 3 22 April 2017 People have heard of mythical creatures before all the stories and myths people were told they were just stories. It raises the question however were this creature real or are they still just figments of people's imagination. Three mythical creature people have heard of due to their popularity are the werewolf, vampire, and zombies. This have been popular creatures in many movies and tv shows. However some actually believe these creatures are real. So…

As will be observed in this review, the critical analyses of the films Thelma and Louise (1991) and The Hunger Games (2012) by applying feminism and semiotics theoretical perspectives, separately to one film and the content of which each can be interpreted following that perspective and theoretical approach. Critically analysing this by an exegesis of the films and the knowledge of theoretical perspectives and philosophy within the content development and critiquing of films wider meanings and…

A comparison of microbial growth in different soil samples reveals that microbes are more abundant and diverse in dry soil sample. ABSTRACT Microbes are the most abundant organisms on Earth, and they are easily found in soil. To determine and compare the abundance and diversity of several types of microbes between environments, two soil samples from different environments were gathered and compared. One sample was obtained from a hot, dry environment while the other was obtained in an area of…