The thermo neutrality zone of the comfort ambience temperature for the hens is 18-240C and within its frames the excess of body temperature is lost by means of conduction(Wolfenson et al., 2001), convention (Mitchell, 1985; Tzschentke et al., 1996; Lott et al., 1998) and radiation of the amount of created heat is in balance with the amount of the heat given away. ... The reduced production of eggs in conditions of thermal stress owes to reduced circulation of blood through the womb (Wolfhenson et al., 1981), reduced intake of food disruption of the hormones responsible for the ovulation, reduc...

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As mentioned earlier, the Jamestown colony was established as a business venture (Ayers et al, page 48). ... Most of the first inhabitants were also only concerned with becoming wealthy and returning to England (Ayers et al, page 48). ... After all, the Native Americans were seen as savages with a heathen religion (Ayers et al, page 48). ... Established in 1620, the Plymouth colony was created by the Pilgrims (Ayers et al, page 58). ... Unlike previous settlers, the Puritans came mostly in established family groups (Ayers et al, page 62). ...

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Carter et al. (2012, p. 385) conducted two studies. ... Carter et al.'... In the study of Carter et al. (2012, p. 391) the food resources were widely separated in the National Park. ... Carter et al.'... Carter et al.'...

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Andy Fan Prostate cancer is one of the major causes of death in men of the Western world. There are over 317,100 newly diagnosed cases and around 41,500 prostate cancer related deaths reported in North America (Kondo, et al., 2000). Of the people diagnosed for prostate cancer, approximately 20% of...

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Free radicals are inorganic molecules that have unpaired or odd number of electrons (Brand et al. 2004; Turrens, 2003). ... The reaction of an oxygen radical with DNA can result in loss of bases, or cause a strand breakage, with a likelihood of a harmful or deadly outcome (Klaunig et al., 2010). ... Complexes I and III of the (RC) are likely to be the major sites for ROS production (Rigoulet et al., 2011). ... As described by Harman (1972), the defects are mainly due to the close proximity of ROS and mtDNA (cited in Cui et al., 2011), which has been shown to be more prone to oxidative effects ...

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This study (Darroch et al., 2001) suggested that the problem of teenage pregnancy in the United States may be related to less sex education in schools and lower availability of contraceptive supplies (Darroch et al., 2001). ... The United States also has the highest rate of gonorrhea among teenagers within the developed countries (Darroch et al., 2001). ... The time and energy spent on a child could have been devoted to school, work and leisure time activities (Hofferth et al., 2001). ... The mothers of these teenagers that have these risk factors engage in early sexual activity and cons...

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It is estimated that approximately 90 percent of dutch adults drink coffee regularly (Hameleers et al., 2000). ... This is due to the increase in levels of many neurotransmitters such as dopamine, acetylcholine and serotonin (fredholm et al., 1999). ... As it has been shown that caffeine has a positive effect in subjects that had only been minimally deprived of caffeine (Christopher et al., 2005; Warburton, 1995; Warburton et al., 2001), we decided to allow subjects to drink their morning cup of coffee. In this way, detrimental effects of caffeine withdrawal symptoms were prevented and the dai...

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According to Ackard et al. (2000); Koch et al. (2005); Seal et al., (2009), such women have lower levels of desire and arousal, are likely to avoid sexual activity (Reissing et al., 2005; La Rocque & Cioe, 2010), may not achieve orgasm and thus not being sexually satisfied (Sanchez & Kiefer, 2007; Yamamiya et al., 2006). ... Some studies of young women done in relation to the subject (Akers et al., 2009; Eisenberg et al., 2005; Gillen et al., 2006; Kvalem et al., 2011) show relationship between negative body image and engagement in risky sexual activities. ...

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Pourtois et al. (2004) investigated the bias of attention towards fearful faces whilst participants completed a task regarding spatial orienting. ... In 1996, Purcell et al. attempted to replicate Hansen and Hansen's 1988 study. ... Purcell et al suggested that the dark patches on the angry faces confounded how the data was interpreted, leading to invalid hence unreliable findings. In regards to the aforementioned weakness highlighted by Purcell et al, studies taking into account the visual presentation of faces have been conducted. For example, Fox et al (2000) used schematic faces ins...

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Under the control of the Khans the Mongol empire consisted of almost all of Asia and parts of Eastern Europe, reaching into Poland and Hungary (Tignor et al. 37). ... Europe saw its numbers reduced by one-third (Tignor et al. 45). ... The entire world changed" (Tignor et al. 45). Another important result of the devastation was "the weakening of political foundations of many European societies" (Tignor et al. 44). ... Islamic polities of Asia controlled the major trade outposts along the Mediterranean and the Islamic merchants gained great wealth as a result (Tignor et al. 50). ...

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The results obtained via fMRI showed that activation of the fusiform gyrus was greatly affected by whether or not the participant was attending to the face (Vuilleumier et al., 2001). ... The central criticism was that the matching task previously given to participants in Vuilleumier et al. (2001), was not difficult enough. ... In contrast to the earlier study, Pessoa et al. (2002) found that the activation associated with faces only occurred when faces were attended to. ... In support of this, accuracy rates for the bar task were 64% compared to 86% for the matching task in Vuilleumier et al ...

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A very recent study on the perception of the risk of adverse drug reactions pointed towards a belief in the general population that sleeping pills hold the highest rank as a dangerous drug (Bongard et al. 2002). Health care professionals on the other hand ranked anticoagulants as the most dangerous drug, revealing a discrepancy between them and the general population (Bongard et al. 2002). ... So far the newer non-benzodiazepine hypnotics appear to provide adequate aid in falling asleep and maintaining sleep as benzodiazepines do with a desirably lower incidence of rebound (Voderholzer et al. ...

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There has been raging the debate about the superiority of the two sexes (Angier et al., par1). ... Women are less likely to pursue engineering even if they perform well in mathematics (Angier et al., par15). ... Recent research is inconclusive as it suggests that the male and female brains are very dissimilar (Angier et al., par11-13). ... In America, boys score an average of 35 points more than girls do in the subject (Angier et al., par21). However, girls and boys in other countries such as Japan have the same aptitude for the subject (Angier et al., par22). ...

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Although the ingredients differ from brand to brand, two common ingredients that are found through out the market are caffeine and green tea extract (Outlaw et al. 2013). ... Many studies have reported that their test subjects have increased their resting energy expenditure by 4.6% while consuming caffeine (Ryan et al. 2009). ... Green tea has been recognized in aiding in weight loss and has recently become the fourth most used supplement in the United States (Dullo et al, 2000). It is theorized to increase energy expenditure by stimulating the break down of brown adipose tissue during thermog...

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In the early 1900's, Wharton, Texas was a small town where "everyone knew everyone" "(Horton Foote et al., 2010) and much of the history of the town was passed from generation to generation through oral tradition. ... (Horton Foote et al., 2010). ... "(Haynes et al., 2003) Some of the major themes that Foote used were a strong sense of family, religion, southern conservative culture, racial issues, and community. ... "(Haynes et al., 2003). ... "(Dawidziak et al., 2003)....

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Many Americans say the Amish as an innocent people, that this was the one place tragedy couldnt strike (Kraybill et. al, The Amish Way, 184). ... According to one Amish leader, this event was the Amish version of 9/11 (Kraybill et. al, Amish Grace, 17). ... Nearly every aspect of their lives is about honoring God and just living lives of obedience (Kraybill et. al, The Amish Way, 185). ... Spirituality is very costly and comes at a high price (Kraybill et. al, The Amish Way, 189). ... In The Amish Way, Gmay is defined as A church where everyone knows your name (Kraybill et. al, They Amish Way...

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This technique is used to ask broad questions that lead or invite the client to explore thoughts or feelings (Kozier et. al, 2012). ... This technique uses statements or questions that will encourage the client to verbalize (Kozier et. al, 2012). ... Touch is a physical technique to reinforce caring feelings (Kozier et. al, 2012). ... This technique, called giving information, provides specific factual information the client may or may not request (Kozier et. al, 2012). ... This technique, called summarizing and planning, is useful at the end of an interview or to review a health teaching se...

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Thus, site location decisions are among the most important the retailer make (Kotler, et al., 2001, p. 513). ... As defined by Kotler (et al., 2001, p. 487), "intensive distribution is stocking the product in as many outlets as possible." ... McDonald's has adopted the service-firm-sponsored retailer franchise network, in which a service firm licenses a network of retailers to bring its service to consumers (Kotler, et al., 2001, p. 482). ... Yet, it may want to compete in or close to the same outlets that carry competitors" products (Kotler, et al., 2001, p. 486). ... Moreover, acc...

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Weir Mitchell, who forbade her to write and prescribed only bed rest and quiet for recovery (Kennedy et al. 424). ... Would a man deeply concerned for his wife's mental state constantly leave her alone to tend after patients with "serious" conditions (Kennedy et al. 426)? ... She comments on the fact that the children tore the wallpaper and later admits to doing it herself (Kennedy et al. 426,428). ... The "absurd, unblinking eyes" in the wallpaper indicate the lack of intelligence women have in the perception of men (Kennedy et al. 427). ... The distance in the relationship of the narrat...

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Just as environmental cadmium does not biodegrade, cadmium remains within the body for many years, with a half-life of 10-30 years long The Element Cadmium 4 (Thomas et al., 2009). ... The other efficient way to measure the concentration of cadmium within the body is by measuring blood cadmium, although this is a better marker for short term exposure (Satarug et al., 2010). ... (Yihuai et al., 2008). It has been found that the probability of tubular impairment increased 10% when urinary cadmium levels exceeded 2-4 micrograms per day (Satarug et al., 2010). Another interesting study was cond...

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In the year 1778 a European explorer named John Cook embarked on the Island of Hawaii bringing in the influence of European and American traditions; soon causing disruption, with the influence of weapons, among the natives (Wynell et al., 1999). The natives were instructed to leave behind "many aspects of traditional culture, including teaching the Hawaiian language and performing the native Hula dance" (Wynell et al., 1999). Hawaiian people were angered and sought to object the idea of annexation; however, white businessmen interest in the land was too great therefore dominating con...

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Both of the articles include the reasons for use of mephedrone and they agree with each other, "the reasons for use also included easy availability, (Dragan et al., 2010 Newcombe, 2009), its legal status (until became a controlled substance, e.g. in Hungary on 1 January 2011) and its favourable price compared to the other illegal drugs (Carhart-Harris et al., 2011; Schifano et al., 2010, 2011; Vardakou et al., 2011). Mephedrone use remained present even after its ban, although to a smaller extent (Roy et al., 2008; Winstock et al., 2010a, 2010b, 2011a, 2011b; Winstock & Marsden, 2010)....

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At this point the condition symptoms are noticeable for others (Hartman et al., 1999). ... They begging presenting rigidity in muscle and they lose the ability to walk and sit by themselves (Hartman et al., 1999). ... Include sensorimotor stimulation activities to maintain vision, touch, smell and sound sense (Letts et al., 2011). ... It is also a good idea to avoid teaching new things but rather promote the maintenance of already acquired skills (Schmid et al., 2015). ... In the last stage, splinting is recommended to prevent contractures or maintain range of motion and sensory stimulation...

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Abstract This paper explores the ways that eating a healthy diet composed of the proper vitamins and minerals can be beneficial for your physical, social and emotional well being and how healthy eating will allow the body to feel good and function properly. Your Diet and Nutrition There are many be...

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It furthers previous representative studies by providing a better assessment of dating violence and using a prolonged reporting period (Silverman et. al., 2001). ... Silverman and colleagues made no clear indication as to what the research question was, they instead stated they would provide prevalence rates, demographic characteristics of teens at risk and assess dating violence history as a predictor of health risks for adolescents (Silverman et. al., 2001). This study was based on the results of previous Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) conducted in 1997 and 1999, the former consisting of...

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