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Dinosaurs 2
Words: 940 / Pages: 4 .... walked on two legs, and it had two very short arms.
The Tyrannosaurus was one of the most feared dinosaurs. The word Tyrannosaurus means “tyrant reptile”. Since the
Tyrannosaurus Rex was a meat-eater, its teeth were shaped in zig-zag form which allowed it to cut through meat like a steak knife (Benton 161). It mainly relied on its strength when catching prey. Because it could not swim, many of its prey would run for shelter into water. Also, the Tyrannosaurus Rex
was able to take big breaths due to lots of lung capacity, but it tired easily and could not put up much of a chase when its prey ran. (Monatersky 287).
The Tyranno .....
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From Legend To Science The Health Benefits Of Tea
Words: 1781 / Pages: 7 .... Nong, discovered tea as a medicinal herb in 2737 B.C. One day while he was boiling water under a tea tree, some tea leaves fell into Sheng's pot of boiling water. After drinking some tea, he discovered its miraculous powers and immediately placed tea on his list of medicinal herbs.
John Blofeld, in Chinese Art of Tea, writes that ¡§it can be confidently stated that tea was known in the three kingdoms epoch (AD 222-277).¡¨ More importantly, however, ¡§tea [was] originally drunk for its medicinal properties.¡¨ (Blofeld 4) Evans links the early popularity of tea to Taoist religious practices during the Qin Dynasty (201 ¡V 207 B.C.). ¡§Taoi .....
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Artifical Intelligence
Words: 3402 / Pages: 13 .... order to random phenomena
D. Knowledge-based systems (KBS)
1. Maintains large knowledge base
2. Facts programmed into rules
3. Only as good as the information
E. Expert Systems
1. Database of information
2. Limited to structured rules
3. Use symbolic representations
F. Case-bases reasoning (CBR)
1. Allows a system to store and analyze data
2. Analyzes each case uniquely
III. How AI can be used
A. Neural Networks
1. Military aircraft
2. S&P index
3. Recognizing new patterns of credit-card fraud
B. Fuzzy logic
1. Washing machines
2. Vacuum cleaners
3. AC's
C. Chaos theory
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Electronic Commerce
Words: 691 / Pages: 3 .... advantages and disadvantages will probably result in several major changes in the way business is conducted in the future.
offers many advantages to both consumers and firms. It is very convenient for consumers as there are no shop hours and orders can be placed any time of the day. also allows companies to have much larger markets, once you are on the Internet you are everywhere. A customer in Japan can buy exactly what a customer in the UK buys from the same electronic store. The capability to purchase products at ease from all over the world would eventually result in the weakening of international boundaries and increased trade between countri .....
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Copernicus
Words: 205 / Pages: 1 .... to form a theory
about planetary motion. The three most popular instruments which
used were quadrant, armilla, and triquetrum. All furnish some measure of the
position of the heavenly body. It took an endless amount of mathematical
calculations to come up with the Copernicus' theory. He had to find out how
fast the Earth spins around the Sun, and how far the Sun is. He also had to
calculate the length of the orbit of the Earth. People use math in every walk
of life. In our days everything is related to math, and Copernicus used his
knowledge of mathematics to provide the human kind with an important discovery.
Only a small amount of peo .....
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Bridging Technology And Academe
Words: 4303 / Pages: 16 .... research tool and a heuristic device in the sociology classroom. Three specific questions guide the discussion: 1) Why should sociologists concern themselves with the Internet?; 2) What are the various Internet technologies available to sociologists?, and; 3) How can faculty begin to integrate these technologies into their classrooms and research.
Key words: teaching sociology, information technology, on-line teaching
Introduction
Information technology is quickly becoming the hub of efforts within the higher education community. Indeed, colleges and universities have demonstrated a fierce rush to amass technological tools, and are only now .....
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Anxiety Disorders
Words: 1198 / Pages: 5 .... million Americans with about 10 million Americans suffering from the most common, general anxiety disorder . (Harvard, 1). Common are panic attacks (panic disorder), phobias, and general anxiety disorder (GAD).
Panic attacks can begin with a feeling of intense terror followed by physical symptoms of anxiety. A panic attack is characterized by unpredictable attacks of severe anxiety with symptoms not related to any particular situation. (Hale, 1886). The person experiencing the attack may not be aware of the cause. Symptoms include four or more of the following: pounding heart, difficulty breathing, dizziness, chest pain, shaking, sweating, chok .....
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How To Build A Pond
Words: 314 / Pages: 2 .... curved edges or too many curves look artificial.
Choose plants for the pond and its surroundings that make the pond look genuine. Plants at the water's edge are usually different from those found on the surroundings higher ground. Especially reminiscent of natural ponds are large plant's that leaves overhanging the water's edge, and plants with long thin, grassy foliage that grows in the shallows. These will all help to cover the water edge, which is almost never seen in a natural pond. Most nurseries sell aquatic plants. A pond that is meant to look natural requires much less maintenance than a formal pool, were clean, clear water is generally pref .....
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Acid Rain
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nitrogen oxides can be transformed into sulphuric acid and nitric acid, and air
current can send them thousands of kilometres from the source.When the acids
fall to the earth in any form it will have large impact on the growth or the
preservation of certain wildlife.
NO DEFENCE
Areas in Ontario mainly southern regions that are near the Great Lakes, such
substances as limestone or other known antacids can neutralize acids entering
the body of water thereby protecting it. However, large areas of Ontario that
are near the Pre©Cambrian Shield, with quartzite or granite based geology and
little top soil, there is not eno .....
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Stars
Words: 3925 / Pages: 15 .... are in.
Thus, the brightest star in the Big Dipper (part of the constellation Ursa
Major) is called alpha Ursa Majoris. Polaris, in the Little Dipper (Ursa
Minor), is gamma (designated by the Greek lower-case letter gamma) Ursa
Minoris, and Betelgeuse, in Orion, is gamma Orionis. VARIABLE STARS (those
which periodically change in brightness) have lettered names, such as RR
Lyrae in the constellation Lyra. Fainter stars are known by their numbers
in a catalog; HD 12938 is the 12,938th star in the Henry Draper Catalogue.
CHARACTERISTICS OF STARS
Each star in the universe has its own position, motion, size, mass,
chemical composition, and temperat .....
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