Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia - Human
Humans or human beings define themselves in biological, social, and spiritual terms. Biologically, humans are classified as the mammalian...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Biology
Human - Anatomy and physiology. Main articles: Human anatomy, Human physical appearance & Human height Humans exhi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Spirit
Humans apply different approaches to attempt to answer fundamental questions about topics like the nature of the universe (cosmology), it...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Swimmer's Itch: Encyclopedia - Swimmer's Itch
Swimmer’s itch, or cercarial dermatitis, is a short-term, immune reaction occurring in the skin of humans that have been infected by wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cicada Killer Wasp: Encyclopedia - Cicada Killer Wasp
The Cicada Killer Wasp is a large, solitary wasp. It is so named because is hunts cicadas and provisions its nest with them. In North Ame...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hornet: Encyclopedia - Hornet
Hornets are large eusocial wasps. The true hornets make up the genus Vespa, and are distinguished from other vespids by the width of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meiosis: Encyclopedia - Meiosis
In biology, meiosis is the process that transforms one diploid cell into four haploid cells in eukaryotes in order to redistribute the di...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Xenomorph: Encyclopedia - Xenomorph
The xenomorph is a fictional extraterrestrial life form of unknown origin from the Alien universe, created by writers Dan O'Bannon and Ro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baylisascaris: Encyclopedia - Baylisascaris
Baylisascaris is a genus of roundworms that infest more than fifty animal species. Baylisascaris - Life cycle. Baylisascaris eggs are pa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anisakis: Encyclopedia - Anisakis
Anisakis pegreffii Anisakis physeteris Anisakis schupakovi Anisakis simplex Anisakis typica Anisakis ziphidarum Anisakis is a genus of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Purusharthas: Encyclopedia - Purusharthas
In Hinduism, the purusharthas are the four chief aims of human life. Arranged from lowest to highest, these goals are: sensual pleasures ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ergot: Encyclopedia Ii - Ergot - Life Cycle Of The Fungus
An ergot kernel called a sclerotium develops when a floret of flowering grass or cereal is infected by a spore of Claviceps fungus. The i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ergot: Encyclopedia Ii - Ergot - Effects On Humans And Animals
Ergot contains alkaloids of the ergoline group, which have a wide range of activities including effects on circulation and neurotransmiss...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Toxoplasma Gondii: Encyclopedia Ii - Toxoplasma Gondii - Life Cycle
The life cycle of Toxoplasma gondii has two phases. The sexual part of the lifecycle takes place only in cats, the definitive host of Tox...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Toxoplasma Gondii: Encyclopedia Ii - Toxoplasma Gondii - Behavioral Modifications Of The Host
It has been found that the parasite has the ability to change the behavior of its host: infected rats and mice are less fearful of cats, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Toxoplasma Gondii: Encyclopedia Ii - Toxoplasma Gondii - Human Prevalence
The U.S. NHANES (1999-2000) national probability sample found that 15.8% of U.S. persons >12 years of age had Toxoplasma-specific IgG ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hornet: Encyclopedia Ii - Hornet - Life Cycle Of The European Hornet A Temperate Species
Other temperate species (e.g. the yellow hornet V. simillima or the Oriental hornet V. orientalis) may have similar cycles. In the case o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Housefly: Encyclopedia Ii - Housefly - Evolution
Even though the order of flies (Diptera) is much older, true houeseflies evolved in the beginning of the Cenozoic era, some 65 million ye...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meiosis: Encyclopedia Ii - Meiosis - Occurrence Of Meiosis In Eukaryotic Life Cycles
Meiosis occurs in all eukaryotic life cycles involving sexual reproduction, comprising of the constant cyclical process of meiosis and fe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Housefly: Encyclopedia Ii - Housefly - Life Cycle
Each female fly can lay up to 500 eggs (in five batches of 100 eggs each). The eggs are white at about 1.2 mm in length. Within a day, th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meiosis: Encyclopedia Ii - Meiosis - Occurrence Of Meiosis In Eukaryotic Life Cycles
Meiosis occurs in all eukaryotic life cycles involving sexual reproduction, comprising of the constant cyclical process of meiosis and fe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hornet: Encyclopedia Ii - Hornet - Relationships With Humans
Hornet - Stings. Hornets are often (although wrongly) thought to be very aggressive and dangerous, and are much feared by some people. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meiosis: Encyclopedia Ii - Meiosis - Process
Because meiosis is a "one-way" process, it cannot be said to engage in a cell cycle that mitosis does. However, the preparatory steps tha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meiosis: Encyclopedia Ii - Meiosis - Process
Because meiosis is a "one-way" process, it cannot be said to engage in a cell cycle that mitosis does. However, the preparatory steps tha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cicada Killer Wasp: Encyclopedia Ii - Cicada Killer Wasp - Taxonomy
The North American cicada killer wasps all belong to the genus Sphecius, of which there are 21 species worldwide. The four cicada-killing...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cicada Killer Wasp: Encyclopedia Ii - Cicada Killer Wasp - Life Cycle And Habits
Solitary wasps (such as the Cicada Killer) are very different in their behavior than the social wasps such as hornets, yellowjackets, and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Housefly: Encyclopedia Ii - Housefly - Physical Description
The adults are 5-8 mm long. Their thorax is greyish, with four dark longitudinal lines on the back. The underside of the abdomen is yello...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Housefly: Encyclopedia Ii - Housefly - Typical Behaviors
Houseflies can only take in liquid foods. They spit out saliva on solid foods to pre-digest it, and then suck it back in. They also throw...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Housefly: Encyclopedia Ii - Housefly - Life Cycle
Each female fly can lay up to 500 eggs (in five batches of 100 eggs each). The eggs are white at about 1.2 mm in length. Within a day, th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meiosis: Encyclopedia Ii - Meiosis - Meiosis In Humans
In females, meiosis occurs in precursor cells known as oogonia that divide twice into oocytes. These stem cells stop at the diplotene sta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meiosis: Encyclopedia Ii - Meiosis - Meiosis In Humans
In females, meiosis occurs in precursor cells known as oogonia that divide twice into oocytes. These stem cells stop at the diplotene sta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dendritic Cell: Encyclopedia Ii - Dendritic Cell - Types Of Dendritic Cells
Unfortunately, there are at least two different types of cells involved with immunity that are called dendritic cells. The exact relation...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sandworm Dune: Encyclopedia Ii - Sandworm Dune - Melange And Sandworm Exploitation By Humans
Following its discovery, the cinnamon-scented melange became a commodity of central importance to the universe due to its rarity and nume...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meiosis: Encyclopedia Ii - Meiosis - Nondisjunction
The normal separation of chromosomes in Meiosis I or sister chromatids in meiosis II is termed disjunction. When the separation is not no...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Digenea: Encyclopedia Ii - Digenea - Human Digenean Infections
Only about 12 of the 6,000 known species are infectious to mankind, but some of these species are important diseases with of 200 million ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sandworm Dune: Encyclopedia Ii - Sandworm Dune - The Sandworm Life Cycle
Sandworms begin their life as simple creatures known as sandtrout, or "Little Makers" to the Fremen. These creatures are similar to the t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meiosis: Encyclopedia Ii - Meiosis - Chromosome Segregation In Meiosis
As a diploid cell is formed from the genetic recombination of two haploid cells, within a diploid cell there are normally two sets of chr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meiosis: Encyclopedia Ii - Meiosis - Significance Of Meiosis
Meiosis facilitates stable sexual reproduction. Without the halving of ploidy, or chromosome count, fertilization would result in zygotes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Swimmer's Itch: Encyclopedia Ii - Swimmer's Itch - Control Measures
Various strategies, targeting either the mollusc or avian hosts of schistomes, have been used by lakeside residents in recreational areas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dendritic Cell: Encyclopedia Ii - Dendritic Cell - Life Cycle
Dendritic cells start out as immature dendritic cells. These cells are characterized by high endocytic activity and low T-cell activation...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Digenea: Encyclopedia Ii - Digenea - Morphology
Digenea - Key features. Characteristic features of the digenea include a tegument. They possess a vermiform, unsegmented body-plan. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Digenea: Encyclopedia Ii - Digenea - Life Cycles
Digenean fluke eggs leave the vertebrate host in faeces and use various strategies to infect the first intermediate host, in which sexual...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sandworm Dune: Encyclopedia Ii - Sandworm Dune - Sandworms And The Spice Melange
As metabolic byproducts, sandworms produce three notable substances: oxygen, which is expelled from their trailing body, replacing the ne...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sandworm Dune: Encyclopedia Ii - Sandworm Dune - Paul-muad'dib Leto Ii And The Sandworms
Paul-Muad'Dib and Leto II had a unique experience with melange in their high tolerances and experiences of the spice agony. In Muad'Dib e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meiosis: Encyclopedia Ii - Meiosis - Chromosome Segregation In Meiosis
A diploid cell contains a full set of chromosome pairs, each pair containing one chromosome from each parent. These chromosome pairs are ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Meiosis: Encyclopedia Ii - Meiosis - Significance Of Meiosis
Meiosis facilitates stable sexual reproduction. Without the halving of ploidy, or chromosome count, fertilization would result in zygotes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baylisascaris: Encyclopedia Ii - Baylisascaris - Disease Progression
After an animal swallows the eggs, the microscopic larvae hatch in the intestine and invade the intestinal wall. If they are in their mai...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - House Mouse: Encyclopedia Ii - House Mouse - Laboratory Mice
Mice are convenient in research because their physiology is similar to that of humans (though rats are a better models for certain diseas...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dendritic Cell: Encyclopedia Ii - Dendritic Cell - Relationship To Hiv Allergy And Autoimmune Diseases
HIV, which causes AIDS, can bind to dendritic cells via various receptors expressed on the cell. The best studied example is DC-SIGN (usu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baylisascaris: Encyclopedia Ii - Baylisascaris - Baylisascaris Species
Each Baylisascaris species has a host species that it uses to reproduce. The eggs appear in the host species' feces. They can then be ing...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baylisascaris: Encyclopedia Ii - Baylisascaris - Bioterrorist Potential
According to the Centers for Disease Control, several factors make Baylisascaris procyonis a feasible bioterrorist agent: The organism i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Drosophila Melanogaster: Encyclopedia Ii - Drosophila Melanogaster - Life Cycle
The life cycle of Drosophila melanogaster at 25 °C takes only 2 weeks; everything takes about twice as long at 18 °C. Females...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - House Mouse: Encyclopedia Ii - House Mouse - Life Cycle And Reproduction
Female house mice have an estrous cycle that is 4-6 days long, with estrus itself lasting less than a day. If several females are held to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Drosophila Melanogaster: Encyclopedia Ii - Drosophila Melanogaster - The Drosophila Genome
The genome of Drosophila contains 4 pairs of chromosomes: an X/Y pair, and three autosomes labeled 2, 3, and 4. The fourth chromosome is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - House Mouse: Encyclopedia Ii - House Mouse - Mice And Humans
House mice usually live in close proximity of humans, in or around houses or fields. Originally native to Asia (probably Northern India),...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baylisascaris: Encyclopedia Ii - Baylisascaris - Disease Prevention
Careful decontamination procedures need to be performed after contact with animal feces. Baylisascaris eggs can enter the digestive tract...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Drosophila Melanogaster: Encyclopedia Ii - Drosophila Melanogaster - Development And Embryogenesis
Main article: Drosophila embryogenesis Embryogenesis in Drosophila has been extensively studied, the small size, short generation time, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - House Mouse: Encyclopedia Ii - House Mouse - Senses And Communication
As primarily nocturnal animals, house mice have little or no color vision. They have a sharp sense of hearing and can perceive ultrasound...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Drosophila Melanogaster: Encyclopedia Ii - Drosophila Melanogaster - Model Organism In Genetics
Drosophila melanogaster is one of the most studied organisms in biological research, particularly genetics and developmental biology. The...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Drosophila Melanogaster: Encyclopedia Ii - Drosophila Melanogaster - Behavioral Genetics And Neuroscience
In 1971 Ron Konopka and Seymour Benzer published a paper titled "Clock mutants of Drosophila melanogaster" in which they described the fi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Drosophila Melanogaster: Encyclopedia Ii - Drosophila Melanogaster - Vision In Drosophila
The compound eye of the fruit fly contains 800 unit eyes or ommatidia, and are one of the most advanced among insects. Each ommatidium co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - House Mouse: Encyclopedia Ii - House Mouse - Physical Descriptions
House mice are light brown to black, with short hair and a light belly. Laboratory mice and pet mice are often white. The ears and tail h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - House Mouse: Encyclopedia Ii - House Mouse - Behavior
House mice usually walk, run or stand on all fours, but when eating, fighting or orienting themselves, they stand only on the hind legs, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Xenomorph: Encyclopedia Ii - Xenomorph - Characteristics
Xenomorph - Life cycle. Socially, Xenomorphs are hive-minded creatures, with a defined caste system which is ruled by a queen. They rep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tsetse Fly: Encyclopedia Ii - Tsetse Fly - Tsetse Control
Tsetse control has been undertaken in order to reduce the incidence of the diseases which the flies transmit. Two alternative strategies ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Xenomorph: Encyclopedia Ii - Xenomorph - The Queen
Xenomorphs have an insect-like life cycle, based primarily on those of the digger wasp, Ichneumon wasp, and the ant or termite. The Queen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Xenomorph: Encyclopedia Ii - Xenomorph - Characteristics
Xenomorph - Life cycle. Socially, in ideal situations, Xenomorphs are hive-minded creatures with a defined caste system which is ruled ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Xenomorph: Encyclopedia Ii - Xenomorph - The Queen
Xenomorphs have an insect-like life cycle, based primarily on those of the digger wasp, Ichneumon wasp, and the ant or termite. The Queen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tsetse Fly: Encyclopedia Ii - Tsetse Fly - Etymology
The word 'tsetse' comes from Tswana, a language of southern Africa, and, in that language, the word means fly[6]. Because of this meaning...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tsetse Fly: Encyclopedia Ii - Tsetse Fly - Tsetse Systematics
Tsetse include up to thirty four species and sub-species depending on the particular classification used. Tsetse are sufficiently differe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tsetse Fly: Encyclopedia Ii - Tsetse Fly - Tsetse Biology
The biology of tsetse is relatively well understood. Tsetse have been extensively studied because of their medical, veterinary, and econo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Xenomorph: Encyclopedia Ii - Xenomorph - Variations
The Alien has been portrayed in noticeably different ways throughout the films. Much of this is due to the special effects technology and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Xenomorph: Encyclopedia Ii - Xenomorph - Variations
The Alien has been portrayed in noticeably different ways throughout the films. Much of this is due to the special effects technology and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tsetse Fly: Encyclopedia Ii - Tsetse Fly - Tsetse As Vectors Of Trypanosomiasis
Tsetse are biological vectors of trypanosomes meaning that tsetse, in the process of feeding, acquire and then transmit small, single-cel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Xenomorph: Encyclopedia Ii - Xenomorph - Non-canon Castes
The following castes do not appear in the movies and are thus not considered canon. Xenomorph - Praetorian. A royal elite guard to the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Xenomorph: Encyclopedia Ii - Xenomorph - Debate
Xenomorph - DNA assimilation. Many believe that chestbursters, while still in an embryonic stage, use the host's DNA to augment its own...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Xenomorph: Encyclopedia Ii - Xenomorph - Theories
According to the computer game Aliens vs. Predator 2, xenomorphs utilize ultrasound for relatively long-distance communication. Xenomorph...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Xenomorph: Encyclopedia Ii - Xenomorph - Non-canon Castes
The following castes do not appear in the movies and are thus not considered canon. Xenomorph - Praetorian. A royal elite guard to the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Xenomorph: Encyclopedia Ii - Xenomorph - Debate
Xenomorph - DNA assimilation. Many believe that chestbursters, while still in an embryonic stage, use the host's DNA to augment its own...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Xenomorph: Encyclopedia Ii - Xenomorph - Theories
According to the computer game Aliens vs. Predator 2, xenomorphs utilize ultrasound for relatively long-distance communication. Xenomorph...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Futures Studies: Encyclopedia Ii - Futures Studies - Futures Education
Education in the field of futures studies has taken place for some time. Beginning in the United States of America in the 1960s, it has s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Honeybee: Encyclopedia Ii - Honeybee - Beekeeping
The honeybee is a colonial insect that is often maintained, fed, and transported by beekeepers. Honeybees collect nectar and store it as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sleeping Sickness: Encyclopedia Ii - Sleeping Sickness - History
The condition has been present in Africa from at least the 14th century. The causative agent and the vector were not identified until 190...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sleeping Sickness: Encyclopedia Ii - Sleeping Sickness - Geographic Distribution And Epidemiology
The disease is found in two forms, depending on the parasite, either Trypanosoma brucei gambiense or Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense. T. b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sleeping Sickness: Encyclopedia Ii - Sleeping Sickness - Clinical Features
Symptoms begin with fever, headaches, and joint pains. If untreated, the disease slowly overcomes the defenses of the infected person, an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sleeping Sickness: Encyclopedia Ii - Sleeping Sickness - Treatment
Eflornithine (difluoromethylornithine or DFMO), the most modern treatment, was developed in the 1970s by Albert Sjoerdsmanot and underwen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sleeping Sickness: Encyclopedia Ii - Sleeping Sickness - Prevention And Control
Prevention and control focus on, where it is possible, the eradication of the parasitic host, the tsetse fly. Two alternative strategies ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Moksha: Sai Baba Dictionary On Moksha
Moksha: Moksha: Ultimate release (BV-10), liberation from the cycle of birth and dead, (BV-33), Liberation; one of the Four Goals o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Biology
Human - Anatomy and physiology. Main articles: Human anatomy, Human physical appearance, and Human height Human body types varies subst...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Biology
Human - Anatomy and physiology. Main articles: Human anatomy, and Human physical appearance, and Human height,    » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Terminology
In general, the word "people" is a collective or plural term for any specific group of individual persons. However, when used to refer to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Mind
Consciousness is a state of mind, said to possess qualities such as, self-awareness, sentience, sapience, and the ability to perceive the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Culture
Culture is defined here as a set of distinctive material, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual features of a social group, including ar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Spirit
Main articles: Spirituality, Religion, and Human nature Humans apply different approaches to attempt to answer fundamental questions abou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Spirit
Humans apply different approaches to attempt to answer fundamental questions about topics like the nature of the universe (cosmology), it...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Culture
Main articles: Culture of human beings and Culture Culture is defined here as a set of distinctive material, intellectual, emotional, and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Terminology
In general, the word "people" is a collective or plural term for any specific group of individual persons. However, when used to refer to...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Mind
Consciousness is a state of mind, said to possess qualities such as, self-awareness, sentience, sapience, and the ability to perceive the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Mind
Main articles: Mind and Consciousness Consciousness is a state of mind, said to possess qualities such as, self-awareness, sentience, sap...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Human: Encyclopedia Ii - Human - Culture
Culture is defined here as a set of distinctive material, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual features of a social group, including ar...   » Read the article