Keywords:

 

Results 1-20 of 100.

1. International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems
   International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems A Classification of Diseases is a system of categories to whom one asigns morbid entities following pre-stablished criteria. The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (commonly known by the abbreviation ICD) is published by the World Health Organization. It is currently in
   http://pheeds.com/info/guide/i/in/international_statistical_classification_of_diseases_and.html?kurt
   Sources: pheeds[Rank #1],
   Relevancy Score: 200. [Preview]   [Open in full window]
    
   
2. Human parasitic diseases
   Human parasitic diseases This is a list of human parasitic diseases. Amebiasis Giardiasis Malaria Toxoplasmosis Babesiosis Trichuriasis Ascariasis Hookworm infection Trichinosis Toxocariasis Beef Tapeworm infection Pork Tapeworm infection Fish Tapeworm infection Strongyloidiasis Enterobiasis Echinococcosis A list of antiparasitic medicines Thiabendazole Pyrantel pamoate Mebendazole Praziquantel Niclosamide Bithionol Oxamniquine Metrifonate See also: Intestinal parasite
   http://pheeds.com/info/guide/h/hu/human_parasitic_diseases.html?kurt
   Sources: pheeds[Rank #2],
   Relevancy Score: 150. [Preview]   [Open in full window]
    
   
3. Vegetarianism
   the Trappist, Benedictine, and Carthusian orders have encouraged vegetarianism, as have Seventh-Day Adventists. In the nineteenth century, members of the Bible Christian sect established the first vegetarian groups in England and the United States. Rastafarians generally follow a diet called "I-tal," which eschews the eating of food that has been artificially preserved, flavoured, or chemically altered in any way. Many Rastafarians consider it to also forbid the eating of meat. Genesis 1:29 states "And God said: Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree that has seed-yielding fruit
   http://pheeds.com/info/guide/v/ve/vegetarianism.html?kurt
   Sources: pheeds[Rank #3],
   Relevancy Score: 133. [Preview]   [Open in full window]
    
   
4. Kaskaskia
   of the Illiniwek/Illinois, was irrevocably tied up with that of France. When the Seven Years War (called the French and Indian War in North America) ended, the Kaskaskia and other Illiniwek tribes were greatly in decline. The original population estimate reported by early French explorers varied from 6 to 20,000+. But at the conclusion of the French and Indian War, the number was a fraction of the original. The causes of decline are many and varied (See the work of Emily Blasingham, Indiana University, published in Ethnohistory journal). The Illiniwek made war with their French allies against the most formidable native
   http://pheeds.com/info/guide/k/ka/kaskaskia.html?kurt
   Sources: pheeds[Rank #4],
   Relevancy Score: 125. [Preview]   [Open in full window]
    
   
5. Vermiform appendix
   blind ended tube connected to the caecum. It develops embryologically from the caecum. In adults, the appendix averages 10cm in length but can range from 2-20cm. While the base of the appendix is at a fairly constant location, the location of the tip of the appendix can vary from being retrocaecal to being in the pelvis to being extraperitoneal. While most believe the appendix is a useless and purely vestigial organ; others suggest it may have a function in the lymphatic system. An operation to remove the appendix is an appendectomy. The most common diseases of the appendix (in humans) are:
   http://pheeds.com/info/guide/v/ve/vermiform_appendix.html?kurt
   Sources: pheeds[Rank #5],
   Relevancy Score: 120. [Preview]   [Open in full window]
    
   
6. Kidney
   Kidney The kidneys are the most important excretory organ in vertebrates. Medical terms related to the kidneys either involve renal or nephro-. Nephrology is the study of the kidneys. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Function 2 Basic anatomy 2.1 Terms 3 Diseases and disorders 3.2 Congenital diseases of the kidneys 3.3 Acquired diseases of the kidneys 3.4 Diagnosis 4 Dialysis and kidney transplants 5 See also Function The major functions of the kidney are to filter wastes from
   http://pheeds.com/info/guide/k/ki/kidney.html?kurt
   Sources: pheeds[Rank #6],
   Relevancy Score: 116. [Preview]   [Open in full window]
    
   
7. Kibbutz
   Kibbutzim settlements were founded by young idealistic Jews who manifested their central ideologies, Zionism and Socialism, by founding communal agricultural settlements in the land of Israel. The first communal groups were founded in 1909 around the western shore of the Sea of Galilee (Yam Kinneret). The first communal group, Kinneret, taught the Jewish settlers agriculture and trained them to build new settlers. Among the famous people who were trained in Kinneret was the Israeli poet Rachel (רחל). In 1910 the first real kibbutz was erected. It was named Dgania Aleph and placed in the southern shore of the Sea of Galilee,
   http://pheeds.com/info/guide/k/ki/kibbutz.html?kurt
   Sources: pheeds[Rank #7],
   Relevancy Score: 114. [Preview]   [Open in full window]
    
   
8. Kinetoplastid
   Kinetoplastid The kinetoplastids are a group of flagellate protozoa, including a number of parasites responsible for serious diseases in humans and other animals, as well as various forms found in soil and aquatic environments. They are included in the Euglenozoa, and are distinguished from other such forms mainly by the presence of a kinetoplast, a DNA-containing granule located within the single
   http://pheeds.com/info/guide/k/ki/kinetoplastid.html?kurt
   Sources: pheeds[Rank #8],
   Relevancy Score: 112. [Preview]   [Open in full window]
    
   
9. Koch's postulates
   Koch's postulates Koch's postulates are four criteria that Robert Koch published in 1884, which he said must be fulfilled in order to establish a causal relationship between a parasite and a disease. He applied these to establish the etiology of tuberculosis, but they have been generalized to other diseases. The organism must be found in all animals suffering from the disease, but not in healthy animals. The organism must be isolated from a diseased animal and grown in pure culture. The cultured organism should cause
   http://pheeds.com/info/guide/k/ko/koch_s_postulates.html?kurt
   Sources: pheeds[Rank #9],
   Relevancy Score: 111. [Preview]   [Open in full window]
    
   
10. Kuru epidemic
    division consisting of approximately 8,000 individuals within the Okapa subdistrict. This particular group was partaking in ritual acts of mortuary cannibalism, and this conduct was later held to be responsible for the transmission of the fatal Kuru epidemic. This distinctive aspect of the illness made it even more fascinating to the various Western scholars who devoted their time to conquering it. Many efforts have been made to understand and describe Kuru, and the knowledge of the dynamics of the disease has continued to grow, even though the disease all but disappeared in New Guinea with the termination of cannibalism. Scientists have
    http://pheeds.com/info/guide/k/ku/kuru_epidemic.html?kurt
    Sources: pheeds[Rank #10],
    Relevancy Score: 110. [Preview]   [Open in full window]
     
    
11. January 31
    January 31 January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 334 days remaining, (335 in leap years). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observances Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes is executed for his plotting against Parliament and James I of England. 1747 - The first venereal diseases clinic opens at London Dock Hospital. 1849 - Corn Laws abolished in the United Kingdom. 1865 - American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief. 1876
    http://pheeds.com/info/guide/j/ja/january_31.html?kurt
    Sources: pheeds[Rank #11],
    Relevancy Score: 109. [Preview]   [Open in full window]
     
    
12. Ventricular system
    system serves to bathe and cushion the brain and spinal cord within their bony confines. The ventricular system consists of two large lateral ventricles in either cerebral hemisphere (roughly eye level within the skull) that extend into the temporal lobes (temporal horns), the small conduits of the third and fourth ventricles, and passage into the spinal cord. CSF surround the spinal cord and external cerebral cortex. CSF is produced by the choroid plexus within the ventricles themselves and is reabsorbed in the subarachnoid space between brain and skull. Diseases of the ventricular system include abn 2000 ormal enlargement (hydrocephalus) and inflammation of the
    http://pheeds.com/info/guide/v/ve/ventricular_system.html?kurt
    Sources: pheeds[Rank #12],
    Relevancy Score: 108. [Preview]   [Open in full window]
     
    
13. Vector
    vector space is finite-dimensional, its vectors are commonly denoted by matrices with dimensions n×1 (column vector) or 1×n (row vector). Other specific types of vector include: probability vector. In computer programming, the same as list or one-dimensional array. a vector supercomputer has SIMD operations that work on arrays of several numbers at once dope vector In operating systems, a memory location Vector graphics describes a line or move in computer graphics Vector (computing) is the method that malicious code (viruses, etc) uses to propogate itself. (from the concept of biological vector below) A biological vector is a mechanism that transmits genes
    http://pheeds.com/info/guide/v/ve/vector.html?kurt
    Sources: pheeds[Rank #13],
    Relevancy Score: 107. [Preview]   [Open in full window]
     
    
14. James Hogg
    for the first time. His own collection, The Mountain Bard, was published in 1807 and became a best-seller, allowing him to buy a farm of his own. Having made his name, he started a literary magazine, The Spy, and his epic story-poem, The Queen's Wake (the setting being the return to Scotland of Queen Mary (1561) after her exile in France), was published in 1813 and was another big success. William Blackwood recruited him for the Edinburgh Magazine, and he was introduced to William Wordsworth and several other well-known literary figures. He was given a farm by the Duke of Buccleuch,
    http://pheeds.com/info/guide/j/ja/james_hogg.html?kurt
    Sources: pheeds[Rank #14],
    Relevancy Score: 107. [Preview]   [Open in full window]
     
    
15. James Hinton
    he went out to Sierra Leone to take medical charge of the free labourers on their voyage thence to Jamaica, where he stayed some time. He returned to England in 1850, and entered into partnership with a surgeon in London, where he soon had his interest awakened specially in aural surgery, and also studied physiology. His career as an author started in 1856 with papers on physiological and ethical subjects to the Christian Spectator; and in 1859 he published Man and his Dwellingplace. A series of papers entitled "Physiological Riddles," in the Cornhill Magazine, afterwards published as Life in Nature (1862),
    http://pheeds.com/info/guide/j/ja/james_hinton.html?kurt
    Sources: pheeds[Rank #15],
    Relevancy Score: 106. [Preview]   [Open in full window]
     
    
16. Veterinary Parasitology
    Veterinary Parasitology Veterinary Parasitology is the study of animal parasites. However, quite a few animal parasites can also be transmitted from animals to humans. These parasites are called zoonotic and diseases transmited from animals to humans are called zoonosis. The significance of certain parasites differs greatly between various regions. Some important animal parasites: Aedes dorsalis Aedes maculatus Aedes vexans Anopheles claviger Anopheles maculipennis\ Archaeopsylla erinacei Argas reflexus Babesia canis Babesia divergens Balantidium
    http://pheeds.com/info/guide/v/ve/veterinary_parasitology.html?kurt
    Sources: pheeds[Rank #16],
    Relevancy Score: 106. [Preview]   [Open in full window]
     
    
17. Jan Baptist van Helmont
    by fermenting must and that which sometimes renders the air of caves irrespirable. For him air and water are the two primitive elements of things. Fire he explicitly denies to be an element, and earth is not one because it can be reduced to water. That plants, for instance, are composed of water he sought to show by the ingenious quantitative experiment of planting a willow weighing 5 lb in 200 lb of dry soil and allowing it to grow for five years; at the end of that time it had become a tree weighing 169 lb, and since it had
    http://pheeds.com/info/guide/j/ja/jan_baptist_van_helmont.html?kurt
    Sources: pheeds[Rank #17],
    Relevancy Score: 105. [Preview]   [Open in full window]
     
    
18. James Stansfeld
    the Poles, and two months later was made a junior lord of the admiralty. In 1864, as the result of charges made against him by the French authorities, in connection with Greco's conspiracy against Napoleon III, Disraeli, in the House of Commons, accused him of being in correspondence with the assassins of Europe. Stansfeld was vigorously defended by Bright and Forster, and his explanation was accepted as quite satisfactory by Palmerston. Nevertheless he only escaped a vote of censure by ten votes, and accordingly resigned office. In 1865 he was re-elected for Halifax, and in 1866 became under-secretary of state for
    http://pheeds.com/info/guide/j/ja/james_stansfeld.html?kurt
    Sources: pheeds[Rank #18],
    Relevancy Score: 105. [Preview]   [Open in full window]
     
    
19. Vitamin C
    to be noticed, partly because he gave conflicting evidence within the book and partly because of social inertia in some elements at the British admiralty who saw care for the well being of ships' crew as a sign of weakness. It was 1795 before the British navy adopted lemon or lime juice as standard issue at sea. In 1907, Alex Holst and Theodore Frohlich, two Norwegian biochemists studying beriberi contracted aboard ship's crews in the Norwegian Fishing Fleet, wanted a small test mammal to substitute for the pigeons then used. They fed guinea pigs the test diet, which had earlier produced
    http://pheeds.com/info/guide/v/vi/vitamin_c_1.html?kurt
    Sources: pheeds[Rank #19],
    Relevancy Score: 105. [Preview]   [Open in full window]
     
    
20. Vitamin
    organism and must be taken (in trace quantities) with food for that organism's continued good health. The name was invented by the Polish biochemist Kazimierz Funk in 1912. Vita in Latin is life and the -amin suffix is short for amine; at the time it was thought that all vitamins were amines. This is now known to be incorrect, but the name stuck. The term vitamin is not used for inorganic trace nutritional requirements (these are dietary minerals) or for essential fatty acids or for essential amino acids. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Introduction 2 Vitamin deficiency diseases 3 Is vitamin
    http://pheeds.com/info/guide/v/vi/vitamin.html?kurt
    Sources: pheeds[Rank #20],
    Relevancy Score: 105. [Preview]   [Open in full window]
     
    

Result page: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] Next »