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Twin

...ultiple pregnancy is much less likely to carry to full term than singleton birth. Since some premature ...tiple pregnancies are usually delivered before the full term of 40 weeks gestation: the average length of pregnancy is around 37 weeks for twins, 34 weeks f...

Systems biology

...ystemsone by one, before integrating them into the full system-wide model. Thisyields detailed descriptions of each component and their functions which canlead to an understanding of the system's control mechanisms. Future benefits ...

Species

...stricted to justify terming them subspecies (not full species); but the seamless way that local Koala populations blend one into another shows that there is substantial gene flow between north and south. As a result, experts tend to reject even subspecies rank in this case. The difference question ...

Rudolf Steiner

...There are now a number of Eurythmy schools where a full four-year training is given. As Playwright, he wr...tually reveals itself as a sort of spiritual music full of aesthetic tensions and relaxations and various kinds of spiritual dynamism, and this spiritual dy...

Plant

... . They include the vascular plants , plants with full systems of leaves , stems , and roots . They also include a few of their close relatives, often called bryophytes , of which mosses are the most common. All of these plants have eukaryotic cells with cell walls composed of cellulose , and...

Plant

... . They include the vascular plants , plants with full systems of leaves , stems , and roots . They also include a few of their close relatives, often called bryophytes , of which mosses are the most common. All of these plants have eukaryotic cells with cell walls composed of cellulose , and...

Alga

...ation have been reached, leading to organisms with full tissue differentiation. These are the brown algae —some of which may reach 70 m in length ( kelps )—the red algae , and the green algae . The most complex forms are found among the green algae (see Charales ), in a lineage that event...

Nutrition

...biochemical body processes which are essential for full digestion, and hence good nutrition. Cornell nutritional biochemist T. Colin Campbell, Professor and director of the China project stated at a symposium on epidemiology: "Analyses of data from the China studies ... is leading to policy recommen...

Antibiotic resistance

..., take them exactly as prescribed and complete the full course of treatment; do not hoard pills for later use or share leftover antibiotics. Vaccines Vaccines do not suffer the problem of resistance. This is because a vaccine enhances the body's natural defenses, while an antibiotic operates separ...

Long-term potentiation

...S A . 1996 Sep 3;93(18):9931-6. PMID 8790434 ( full text PDF ) Morris RG, Anderson E, Lynch GS, Baudry M. "Selective impairment of learning and blockade of long-term potentiation by an N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonist, AP5." Nature . 1986 Feb 27-Mar 5;319(6056):774-6. PMID 2869411 McH...

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

...glish) Lamarck's books (complete collection in full text) with search engine. Lamarck's herbarium for botanists...

Human

...e baby is recognized as a person entitled to the full protection of the law , though some jurisdictions extend personhood to human fetuses while they remain in the uterus. Human life ends with the individual's death . Compared with that in other species, human childbirth is relatively complicated. ...

Homunculus

...reen. The Homunculus Argument shows this is not a full explanation because all that has been done is to p...cortex where it is scanned. Again this cannot be a full explanation because all that has been done is to place a little person in the brain behind the corte...

Hepatitis B

... infected as adults or older children will stage a full recovery and develop protective immunity to the virus. However, only 5% of neonates that acquire the infection from their mother at birth will clear the infection. Seventy percent of those infected between the age of one to six will clear the infec...

Endosymbiont

...38&dopt=Abstract Announces and analyzes the full genome sequence of Buchnera sp. APS, the endosymbiont of the pea aphid, and the first endosymbiont to have its genome sequenced. S. Shigenobu, H. Watanabe, M. Hattori, Y. Sakaki and H. Ishikawa (2000), Genome sequence of the endocellular bacterial...

Endosymbiont

...38&dopt=Abstract Announces and analyzes the full genome sequence of Buchnera sp. APS, the endosymbiont of the pea aphid, and the first endosymbiont to have its genome sequenced. S. Shigenobu, H. Watanabe, M. Hattori, Y. Sakaki and H. Ishikawa (2000), Genome sequence of the endocellular bacterial...

Dialysis

...em, the patient clamps the tubing connected to the full bag of dialysis fluid and then releases the twist ... into or out of the peritoneal cavity. Because the full bag of fluid is clamped off but the empty bag is not, the effluent (used dialysis fluid) from within...

Diabetes mellitus

...treat complications Treatment usually results in full recovery, though death can result from inadequate treatment or a variety of complications. Hyperosmotic diabetic coma Hyperosmotic diabetic coma is another acute problem associated with improper management of diabetes mellitus. It has some sympt...

Capacitation

.... Development 121 , 1129-1137. PMID 7743926 . full article text available on-line...

Full blood count

A full blood count ( FBC ) or complete blood count ( CBC ) is a test requested by a doctor or other medical professional that gives information about the cells in a patient's blood. Contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Automated blood ...

Biomechanics

...ntities in biomechanics. In practice, however, the full tensor form of a fourth order constitutive matrix is rarely used. Instead, simplifications such as isotropy , transverse isotropy , and incompressibility reduce the number of independent components. Commonly used second order tensors include the Ca...

Axon

... squid axon (1939) and by 1952 they had obtained a full quantitative description of the ionic basis of the action potential.Hodgkin and Huxley were awarded jointly the Nobel Prize for this work in 1963. See also Dendrite Medial longitudinal fasciculus http://www.sfn.org/wrensite/projects/patc...

Antibiotic resistance

..., take them exactly as prescribed and complete the full course of treatment; do not hoard pills for later use or share leftover antibiotics. Vaccines Vaccines do not suffer the problem of resistance. This is because a vaccine enhances the body's natural defenses, while an antibiotic operates separ...

Alga

...ation have been reached, leading to organisms with full tissue differentiation. These are the brown algae —some of which may reach 70 m in length ( kelps )—the red algae , and the green algae . The most complex forms are found among the green algae (see Charales ), in a lineage that event...

Albinism

...op properly without the pigment. Individuals with full albinism (called albinos) generally have flax-white hair, blue eyes and pale white skin which makes them stand out. Sometimes hair pigmentation is not completely absent (white) but shows a pale or medium blonde. Often the affected persons are paler i...