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The face of Earth forests is changing due to climate change – induced shifts in rainfall and temperature that are causing variances in the —- of numerous tree species.
Most parenting programs aim to teach parents how to reduce their children’s —- behaviour, which is defined as an openly uncooperative and hostile attitude.
Malaria control and prevention education in African schools have —- cut infection and reduced the risk of anaemia in Africa recently.
Numerous varieties of soaps are made in proportion to the purposes they are applied to, so the processes adopted can —- many modifications.
Marlon Brando became the second performer to —- a best actor Oscar in 1973, after George C. Scott in 1970, as he was protesting Hollywood’s portrayal of Native Americans in The Godfather.
Researchers —- that older adults with slower walking speeds —- to have a greater risk for dementia than those with faster walking speeds.
Women —- be expected to stay home and raise their children, but now they —- as entitled to pursue any career or lifestyle they desire.
—- on Salisbury Plain in England, Stonehenge was constructed in several stages between 3000 and 1500 B.C., —- the Neolithic Period and Bronze Age.
The Civil Rights Movement took place mainly —- the 1950s and 1960s for blacks to gain equal rights —- the law in the United States.
The land that now makes up Denmark, Norway and Sweden was a patchwork —- chieftain-led tribes that often fought —- each other in the Viking Age.
—- Europe had strengthened with the Renaissance and the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, the Ottoman Empire began to lose its economic and military dominance to Europe.
Scandinavians developed primitive skis at least 6,000 years ago —- ancient Russians may have invented them even earlier.
New research reveals that when —- red blood cells are hit with laser light, they produce high frequency sound waves that contain —- information.
There are —- many dangerous animals in Australia —- even the most adventurous people feel they have to be careful when visiting the country.
—- insufficient nutrition, little amount of sleep, mental stress and heavy tobacco use, the lack of exercise has adverse effects on periodontal health.
The Neolithic Revolution, also (16) —- the Agricultural Revolution, marked the transition in human history from small nomadic bands of hunter-gatherers to larger, agricultural settlements and early civilization. The Neolithic Age is sometimes called the New Stone Age. Neolithic humans used stone tools like their earlier Stone Age ancestors, (17) —- eked out a marginal existence in small bands of hunter-gatherers during the last Ice Age. Australian archaeologist V. Gordon Childe (18) —- the term Neolithic Revolution in 1935 to describe the radical and important period of change in which humans began cultivating plants, breeding animals for food and forming permanent settlements. The Neolithic Revolution started around 10,000 B.C. in the Fertile Crescent, a boomerang-shaped region of the Middle East where humans first took up farming. Shortly after, Stone Age humans in other parts of the world (19) —- began to practice agriculture. Civilizations and cities grew out of the innovations (20) —- the Neolithic Revolution.
The Neolithic Revolution, also (16) —- the Agricultural Revolution, marked the transition in human history from small nomadic bands of hunter-gatherers to larger, agricultural settlements and early civilization. The Neolithic Age is sometimes called the New Stone Age. Neolithic humans used stone tools like their earlier Stone Age ancestors, (17) —- eked out a marginal existence in small bands of hunter-gatherers during the last Ice Age. Australian archaeologist V. Gordon Childe (18) —- the term Neolithic Revolution in 1935 to describe the radical and important period of change in which humans began cultivating plants, breeding animals for food and forming permanent settlements. The Neolithic Revolution started around 10,000 B.C. in the Fertile Crescent, a boomerang-shaped region of the Middle East where humans first took up farming. Shortly after, Stone Age humans in other parts of the world (19) —- began to practice agriculture. Civilizations and cities grew out of the innovations (20) —- the Neolithic Revolution.
The Neolithic Revolution, also (16) —- the Agricultural Revolution, marked the transition in human history from small nomadic bands of hunter-gatherers to larger, agricultural settlements and early civilization. The Neolithic Age is sometimes called the New Stone Age. Neolithic humans used stone tools like their earlier Stone Age ancestors, (17) —- eked out a marginal existence in small bands of hunter-gatherers during the last Ice Age. Australian archaeologist V. Gordon Childe (18) —- the term Neolithic Revolution in 1935 to describe the radical and important period of change in which humans began cultivating plants, breeding animals for food and forming permanent settlements. The Neolithic Revolution started around 10,000 B.C. in the Fertile Crescent, a boomerang-shaped region of the Middle East where humans first took up farming. Shortly after, Stone Age humans in other parts of the world (19) —- began to practice agriculture. Civilizations and cities grew out of the innovations (20) —- the Neolithic Revolution.
The Neolithic Revolution, also (16) —- the Agricultural Revolution, marked the transition in human history from small nomadic bands of hunter-gatherers to larger, agricultural settlements and early civilization. The Neolithic Age is sometimes called the New Stone Age. Neolithic humans used stone tools like their earlier Stone Age ancestors, (17) —- eked out a marginal existence in small bands of hunter-gatherers during the last Ice Age. Australian archaeologist V. Gordon Childe (18) —- the term Neolithic Revolution in 1935 to describe the radical and important period of change in which humans began cultivating plants, breeding animals for food and forming permanent settlements. The Neolithic Revolution started around 10,000 B.C. in the Fertile Crescent, a boomerang-shaped region of the Middle East where humans first took up farming. Shortly after, Stone Age humans in other parts of the world (19) —- began to practice agriculture. Civilizations and cities grew out of the innovations (20) —- the Neolithic Revolution.
The Neolithic Revolution, also (16) —- the Agricultural Revolution, marked the transition in human history from small nomadic bands of hunter-gatherers to larger, agricultural settlements and early civilization. The Neolithic Age is sometimes called the New Stone Age. Neolithic humans used stone tools like their earlier Stone Age ancestors, (17) —- eked out a marginal existence in small bands of hunter-gatherers during the last Ice Age. Australian archaeologist V. Gordon Childe (18) —- the term Neolithic Revolution in 1935 to describe the radical and important period of change in which humans began cultivating plants, breeding animals for food and forming permanent settlements. The Neolithic Revolution started around 10,000 B.C. in the Fertile Crescent, a boomerang-shaped region of the Middle East where humans first took up farming. Shortly after, Stone Age humans in other parts of the world (19) —- began to practice agriculture. Civilizations and cities grew out of the innovations (20) —- the Neolithic Revolution.
Although there is a great amount of evidence that immigrants are less likely to be criminals than the native-born, —-.
Since tiny bits of floating plastic look like prey, —-.
—- whereas younger individuals are more likely to acquire them from friends or relatives.
Even if all greenhouse gas emissions were stopped on Earth now, —-.
Experts consider the phrase “uncontacted tribes” to be somewhat inaccurate, —-.
Astronomers predict that the Earth will be swallowed up by the Sun in about 7.6 billion years —-.
Elected officials with lower voices are not necessarily better leaders —-.
We pay less attention to changes in the environment —-.
Malcolm X, the activist and outspoken public voice of the Black Muslim faith, challenged the mainstream civil rights movement and the nonviolent pursuit of integration championed by Martin Luther King Jr. He urged followers to defend themselves against white aggression “by any means necessary”. Born in 1925, in Omaha, Nebraska, Malcolm was the son of a Baptist preacher who was a follower of Marcus Garvey. After the Ku Klux Klan made threats against his father, just because he was black, the family moved to Lansing, Michigan. There, in the face of similar threats, he continued to urge blacks to take control of their lives. Born Malcolm Little, he changed his last name to X to signify his rejection of his “slave” name. Charismatic and eloquent, Malcolm became an influential leader of the Nation of Islam, which combined Islam with Black Nationalism and sought to encourage and enfranchise disadvantaged young blacks searching for confidence in segregated America. After Malcolm X’s death in 1965, his bestselling book The Autobiography of Malcolm X popularized his ideas, particularly among black youth, and laid the foundation for the Black Power Movement of the late 1960s and 1970s.
According to the passage, Malcolm X —-.
Malcolm X, the activist and outspoken public voice of the Black Muslim faith, challenged the mainstream civil rights movement and the nonviolent pursuit of integration championed by Martin Luther King Jr. He urged followers to defend themselves against white aggression “by any means necessary”. Born in 1925, in Omaha, Nebraska, Malcolm was the son of a Baptist preacher who was a follower of Marcus Garvey. After the Ku Klux Klan made threats against his father, just because he was black, the family moved to Lansing, Michigan. There, in the face of similar threats, he continued to urge blacks to take control of their lives. Born Malcolm Little, he changed his last name to X to signify his rejection of his “slave” name. Charismatic and eloquent, Malcolm became an influential leader of the Nation of Islam, which combined Islam with Black Nationalism and sought to encourage and enfranchise disadvantaged young blacks searching for confidence in segregated America. After Malcolm X’s death in 1965, his bestselling book The Autobiography of Malcolm X popularized his ideas, particularly among black youth, and laid the foundation for the Black Power Movement of the late 1960s and 1970s.
It can be inferred from the passage that Ku Klux Klan —-.
Malcolm X, the activist and outspoken public voice of the Black Muslim faith, challenged the mainstream civil rights movement and the nonviolent pursuit of integration championed by Martin Luther King Jr. He urged followers to defend themselves against white aggression “by any means necessary”. Born in 1925, in Omaha, Nebraska, Malcolm was the son of a Baptist preacher who was a follower of Marcus Garvey. After the Ku Klux Klan made threats against his father, just because he was black, the family moved to Lansing, Michigan. There, in the face of similar threats, he continued to urge blacks to take control of their lives. Born Malcolm Little, he changed his last name to X to signify his rejection of his “slave” name. Charismatic and eloquent, Malcolm became an influential leader of the Nation of Islam, which combined Islam with Black Nationalism and sought to encourage and enfranchise disadvantaged young blacks searching for confidence in segregated America. After Malcolm X’s death in 1965, his bestselling book The Autobiography of Malcolm X popularized his ideas, particularly among black youth, and laid the foundation for the Black Power Movement of the late 1960s and 1970s.
It can be concluded from the passage that —-.
Researchers have published a new study that reveals increased risk for Alzheimer’s among children and young adults living in polluted megacities. Dr. Lilian Calderón-Garcidueñas said her group studied 203 autopsies of Mexico City residents ranging in age from 11 months to 40 years. Metropolitan Mexico City is home to 24 million people who are daily exposed to concentrations of fine particulate matter and ozone above U.S. Environmental Protection Agency standards. The researchers tracked two abnormal proteins that indicate development of Alzheimer’s, and they detected the early stages of the disease in babies less than a year old. “Alzheimer’s disease hallmarks start in childhood in polluted environments, and we must implement effective preventative measures early.” said Calderón-Garcidueñas, a physician and Ph.D. toxicologist in UM’s Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences. “It is useless to take reactive actions decades later.”
The main purpose of this passage is to —-.
Researchers have published a new study that reveals increased risk for Alzheimer’s among children and young adults living in polluted megacities. Dr. Lilian Calderón-Garcidueñas said her group studied 203 autopsies of Mexico City residents ranging in age from 11 months to 40 years. Metropolitan Mexico City is home to 24 million people who are daily exposed to concentrations of fine particulate matter and ozone above U.S. Environmental Protection Agency standards. The researchers tracked two abnormal proteins that indicate development of Alzheimer’s, and they detected the early stages of the disease in babies less than a year old. “Alzheimer’s disease hallmarks start in childhood in polluted environments, and we must implement effective preventative measures early.” said Calderón-Garcidueñas, a physician and Ph.D. toxicologist in UM’s Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences. “It is useless to take reactive actions decades later.”
According to the passage, in polluted places —-.
Researchers have published a new study that reveals increased risk for Alzheimer’s among children and young adults living in polluted megacities. Dr. Lilian Calderón-Garcidueñas said her group studied 203 autopsies of Mexico City residents ranging in age from 11 months to 40 years. Metropolitan Mexico City is home to 24 million people who are daily exposed to concentrations of fine particulate matter and ozone above U.S. Environmental Protection Agency standards. The researchers tracked two abnormal proteins that indicate development of Alzheimer’s, and they detected the early stages of the disease in babies less than a year old. “Alzheimer’s disease hallmarks start in childhood in polluted environments, and we must implement effective preventative measures early.” said Calderón-Garcidueñas, a physician and Ph.D. toxicologist in UM’s Department of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences. “It is useless to take reactive actions decades later.”
It can be concluded from the passage that —-.
The Industrial Revolution, which took place from the 18th to 19th centuries, was a period during which predominantly agrarian, rural societies in Europe and America became industrial and urban. Prior to the Industrial Revolution, which began in Britain in the late 1700s, manufacturing was often done in people’s homes, using hand tools or basic machines. Industrialization marked a shift to powered, special-purpose machinery, factories and mass production. The iron and textile industries, along with the development of the steam engine, played central roles in the Industrial Revolution, which also saw improved systems of transportation, communication and banking. While industrialization brought about an increased volume and variety of manufactured goods and an improved standard of living for the poor and working classes, it also resulted in often unfavourable employment and living conditions for them. A number of factors contributed to Britain’s role as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. For one, it had great deposits of coal and iron ore, which proved essential for industrialization. Additionally, Britain was a politically stable society, as well as the world’s leading colonial power, which meant its colonies could serve as a source for raw materials, as well as a marketplace for manufactured goods.
It can be inferred from the passage that Industrial Revolution —-.
The Industrial Revolution, which took place from the 18th to 19th centuries, was a period during which predominantly agrarian, rural societies in Europe and America became industrial and urban. Prior to the Industrial Revolution, which began in Britain in the late 1700s, manufacturing was often done in people’s homes, using hand tools or basic machines. Industrialization marked a shift to powered, special-purpose machinery, factories and mass production. The iron and textile industries, along with the development of the steam engine, played central roles in the Industrial Revolution, which also saw improved systems of transportation, communication and banking. While industrialization brought about an increased volume and variety of manufactured goods and an improved standard of living for the poor and working classes, it also resulted in often unfavourable employment and living conditions for them. A number of factors contributed to Britain’s role as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. For one, it had great deposits of coal and iron ore, which proved essential for industrialization. Additionally, Britain was a politically stable society, as well as the world’s leading colonial power, which meant its colonies could serve as a source for raw materials, as well as a marketplace for manufactured goods.
It can be understood from the passage that —-.
The Industrial Revolution, which took place from the 18th to 19th centuries, was a period during which predominantly agrarian, rural societies in Europe and America became industrial and urban. Prior to the Industrial Revolution, which began in Britain in the late 1700s, manufacturing was often done in people’s homes, using hand tools or basic machines. Industrialization marked a shift to powered, special-purpose machinery, factories and mass production. The iron and textile industries, along with the development of the steam engine, played central roles in the Industrial Revolution, which also saw improved systems of transportation, communication and banking. While industrialization brought about an increased volume and variety of manufactured goods and an improved standard of living for the poor and working classes, it also resulted in often unfavourable employment and living conditions for them. A number of factors contributed to Britain’s role as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. For one, it had great deposits of coal and iron ore, which proved essential for industrialization. Additionally, Britain was a politically stable society, as well as the world’s leading colonial power, which meant its colonies could serve as a source for raw materials, as well as a marketplace for manufactured goods.
As is stated in the passage, the fact that Britain’s colonies could serve as a source for raw materials —-.
At the outbreak of fighting in 1914, the United States remained on the sidelines of World War I, adopting the policy of neutrality favoured by President Woodrow Wilson while continuing to engage in commerce and shipping with European countries on both sides of the conflict. Neutrality, however, was difficult to maintain in the face of Germany’s unchecked submarine aggression against neutral ships, including those carrying passengers. In 1915, Germany declared the waters surrounding the British Isles to be a war zone, and German U-boats sunk several commercial and passenger vessels, including some U.S. ships. Widespread protest over the sinking of the British ocean liner Lusitania – traveling from New York to Liverpool, England with hundreds of American passengers on board – by a U-boat in May 1915 helped turn the tide of American public opinion against Germany. In February 1917, Congress passed a $250 million arms appropriations bill intended to make the United States ready for war. Germany sunk four more U.S. merchant ships the following month, and on April 2, Woodrow Wilson appeared before Congress and called for a declaration of war against Germany.
According to the passage at the start of World War I —-.
At the outbreak of fighting in 1914, the United States remained on the sidelines of World War I, adopting the policy of neutrality favoured by President Woodrow Wilson while continuing to engage in commerce and shipping with European countries on both sides of the conflict. Neutrality, however, was difficult to maintain in the face of Germany’s unchecked submarine aggression against neutral ships, including those carrying passengers. In 1915, Germany declared the waters surrounding the British Isles to be a war zone, and German U-boats sunk several commercial and passenger vessels, including some U.S. ships. Widespread protest over the sinking of the British ocean liner Lusitania – traveling from New York to Liverpool, England with hundreds of American passengers on board – by a U-boat in May 1915 helped turn the tide of American public opinion against Germany. In February 1917, Congress passed a $250 million arms appropriations bill intended to make the United States ready for war. Germany sunk four more U.S. merchant ships the following month, and on April 2, Woodrow Wilson appeared before Congress and called for a declaration of war against Germany.
Which of the following could be the best title for the passage?
At the outbreak of fighting in 1914, the United States remained on the sidelines of World War I, adopting the policy of neutrality favoured by President Woodrow Wilson while continuing to engage in commerce and shipping with European countries on both sides of the conflict. Neutrality, however, was difficult to maintain in the face of Germany’s unchecked submarine aggression against neutral ships, including those carrying passengers. In 1915, Germany declared the waters surrounding the British Isles to be a war zone, and German U-boats sunk several commercial and passenger vessels, including some U.S. ships. Widespread protest over the sinking of the British ocean liner Lusitania – traveling from New York to Liverpool, England with hundreds of American passengers on board – by a U-boat in May 1915 helped turn the tide of American public opinion against Germany. In February 1917, Congress passed a $250 million arms appropriations bill intended to make the United States ready for war. Germany sunk four more U.S. merchant ships the following month, and on April 2, Woodrow Wilson appeared before Congress and called for a declaration of war against Germany.
It is implied in the passage that the United States was unwilling to take sides in the First World War because —-.
After Nikola Tesla was found dead in January 1943 in his hotel room in New York City, representatives of the U.S. government’s Office of Alien Property seized many documents relating to the brilliant and prolific 86-year-old inventor’s work. It was the height of World War II, and Tesla had claimed to have invented a powerful particle-beam weapon, known as the “Death Ray”, that could have proved invaluable in the ongoing conflict. So rather than risk Tesla’s technology falling into the hands of America’s enemies, the government swooped in and took possession of all the properties and documents from his room at the New Yorker Hotel. What happened to Tesla’s files from there, as well as what exactly was in those files, remains shrouded in mystery – and ripe for conspiracy theories. After years of fielding questions about possible cover-ups, the FBI finally declassified some 250 pages of Tesla-related documents under the Freedom of Information Act in 2016. The bureau followed up with two additional releases, the latest in March 2018. But even with the publication of these documents, many questions still remain unanswered – and some of Tesla’s files are still missing.
It is implied in the passage that Tesla’s files —-.
After Nikola Tesla was found dead in January 1943 in his hotel room in New York City, representatives of the U.S. government’s Office of Alien Property seized many documents relating to the brilliant and prolific 86-year-old inventor’s work. It was the height of World War II, and Tesla had claimed to have invented a powerful particle-beam weapon, known as the “Death Ray”, that could have proved invaluable in the ongoing conflict. So rather than risk Tesla’s technology falling into the hands of America’s enemies, the government swooped in and took possession of all the properties and documents from his room at the New Yorker Hotel. What happened to Tesla’s files from there, as well as what exactly was in those files, remains shrouded in mystery – and ripe for conspiracy theories. After years of fielding questions about possible cover-ups, the FBI finally declassified some 250 pages of Tesla-related documents under the Freedom of Information Act in 2016. The bureau followed up with two additional releases, the latest in March 2018. But even with the publication of these documents, many questions still remain unanswered – and some of Tesla’s files are still missing.
The underlined word “invaluable” in the passage is closest in meaning to —-.
After Nikola Tesla was found dead in January 1943 in his hotel room in New York City, representatives of the U.S. government’s Office of Alien Property seized many documents relating to the brilliant and prolific 86-year-old inventor’s work. It was the height of World War II, and Tesla had claimed to have invented a powerful particle-beam weapon, known as the “Death Ray”, that could have proved invaluable in the ongoing conflict. So rather than risk Tesla’s technology falling into the hands of America’s enemies, the government swooped in and took possession of all the properties and documents from his room at the New Yorker Hotel. What happened to Tesla’s files from there, as well as what exactly was in those files, remains shrouded in mystery – and ripe for conspiracy theories. After years of fielding questions about possible cover-ups, the FBI finally declassified some 250 pages of Tesla-related documents under the Freedom of Information Act in 2016. The bureau followed up with two additional releases, the latest in March 2018. But even with the publication of these documents, many questions still remain unanswered – and some of Tesla’s files are still missing.
It can be inferred from the passage that the government took possession of documents from Tesla’s room —-.
Bill:
‒ What do you think about Elon Musk?
Sarah:
‒ Well, in his 20s, he founded Tesla Motors and SpaceX, which launched a landmark commercial spacecraft in 2012.
Bill:
‒ —-
Sarah:
‒ You’re right. He proved that a person can see such success and wealth at such a young age.
Terry:
‒ Are you sad to have missed the election in America?
Richard:
‒ —-
Terry:
‒ Yes, I do not like it when people cannot debate about politics without becoming mean to each other.
Richard:
‒ I think most people are O.K., but the most vocal ones cannot cope with anyone disagreeing with them.
Derya:
‒ What will you do for the New Year?
Burak:
‒ We’ll spend it at home. We might sit and talk when the television program gets boring. Then once it’s midnight, we’ll wish each other happy New Year.
Derya:
‒ —-
Burak:
‒ Yes, most years are similar. It’s not a big party, but we are happy to spend time with each other.
Bob:
‒ Do you think you can easily land your first job here in the UK?
Tamer:
‒ With many internship, apprenticeship and scholarship opportunities available, I believe it will be easier for me to build my career here.
Bob:
‒ —-
Tamer:
‒ I want to work full time as a research scientist specializing in nanotechnology.
Sam:
‒ Did you enjoy the football match you went to on the weekend?
Edward:
‒ Yes. I always love going to watch football.
Sam:
‒ —-
Edward:
‒ Not as much, but yes I still enjoy the atmosphere in the ground and everyone singing and chanting together.
A great number of people flocked to California to make their fortunes in the Gold Rush, but almost none of them were women.
As recent research has shown, media like the Internet and TV have a greater influence over people’s lives than politicians.
Before the Pilgrims landed in Plymouth, Spanish colonists in Florida had feasted with Native Americans in what some call “the First Thanksgiving”.
America is so vast that almost everything said about it is likely to be true, and the opposite is probably equally true.
They might just as well close the restaurant for this year, since summer is over and the tourists have all left.
You are a frequent visitor to your best friend’s house and at the weekend, you want to drop by his place again. However, he has just owned a dog and you are afraid of dogs. You want to continue to visit him. On the other hand, you are rather scared. Thus, without hurting your relationship with your friend, you say to him: —-
A friend of yours went to a job interview yesterday and she told you that the interview went extremely well. Now she is certain that she will be hired and is very enthusiastic about this. You think she is too optimistic, and you don’t want her to have false hope, so you give an advice: —-
Your sister wants to learn Spanish. You know that she has attended a few courses so far but she couldn’t progress much. You think that she has wasted so much money on courses, so you recommend something more efficient to improve her foreign language: —-
One of your friends is a huge fan of online dating. The other isn’t. Over dinner, they begin a 30-minute-long impassioned debate about the pros and cons, ending with a question for you: “What do you think?” You want to express your ideas as to the matter; on the other hand, you don’t want to seem as if you were taking sides, so you say: —-
You are in traffic in public transportation with a friend trying to get to work. There is congestion due to the fact that a government statesman is coming to your town and the police have blocked a few roads so everyone has to use the same highway. You are being late for work and exasperated by such occasions and you say to your friend: —-
Humans have been captivated by Mars almost as long as we’ve been watching the night sky. The ancient Greeks and Romans watched nightly as a reddish dot moved among the stars, growing dimmer and brighter in a two-year cycle. —- Renaissance astronomers became fascinated with the planet’s apparent backward movement, the so-called retrograde motion that could only be explained with the Sun, not the Earth, at the centre of the solar system. Modern scientists have looked to Mars as a potential home for extra-terrestrial life, a search that has reshaped how we explore and think about other planets.
—- It is the name that has caught on for a species that lives in human-constructed, underground spaces all over the world, including the Amsterdam Metro, and cellars and basements all over the world. It is called the London Underground mosquito because it affected people who hid there during the Blitz in 1940. What’s special about it is that it seems to be a species that has evolved very recently. Its ancestor was culex pipiens, a common mosquito that lives above ground, feeds only on birds, and forms large mating swarms.
Depression is different from the fluctuations in mood that people experience as a part of normal life. —- Likewise, even the feeling of grief resulting from the death of someone close is not itself depression if it does not persist. Depression can, however, be related to bereavement – when depression follows a loss, psychologists call it a “complicated bereavement”. The causes of depression are not fully understood and may not be down to a single source. Depression is likely to be due to a complex combination of factors that include: genetics, biological changes, environmental problems or psychological and social factors.
The Aboriginal peoples, who are ethnically and culturally distinct, are the original inhabitants of Australia. Aboriginals’ land was invaded from the end of the 18th century onwards, with catastrophic consequences for them. Ever since the British first invaded, Aboriginal peoples have had their land stolen from them or destroyed, and the loss of their land has had a devastating impact on them. —- In over one hundred years from the first invasion of their land, their numbers were reduced from through this slaughter one million to only 60,000.
Hara-kiri is a ritualized form of suicide with roots in 12th century Japanese samurai warrior culture. Rather than be captured, a defeated swordsman would stab himself in the left belly, draw the blade to the right and then pull upwards. For many centuries, there were an estimated 1,500 instances of voluntary and obligatory hara-kiri per year. —- Still, during World War II many Japanese soldiers committed hara-kiri rather than tolerate capture. Finally, hara-kiri (meaning “belly cutting”) is not a word that most Japanese use. The common term for the practice in Japan is “seppuku” which roughly translates to “self-disembowelment”.
That people have escaped to football, losing their hope of civil politics area is the most significant political result of it.
Magnetism is a set of phenomena associated with magnets and with moving electric charges, both of which produce magnetic field in the space surrounding them.
Speakers of a language recognize the grammatical sentences of their language and know how the words in a grammatical sentence must be ordered and grouped.
Spider silk cannot economically be converted into silk cloth for human use, nevertheless, it has been used for the cross-wires of optical instruments.
Romanticism denotes a period in European culture from the late eighteenth to the early nineteenth century in which radical changes occurred in intellectual, artistic and social patterns.
The philosopher and writer Jean-Jacques Rousseau believed that individuals in a state of nature were morally superior to those living in modern, civilized society.
Bilim insanlarının buluşları arasında en büyüleyici, aynı zamanda en korkutucu olanları kendi vücudumuzdakiler olmalı.
Bir iş yaparken yoğunlaşmakta sıkıntı çekmenin, dikkatin kolayca dağılmasının ve işleri sürekli ertelemenin kişilikle bağlantılı olabileceği tahmin ediliyor.
Sağlık politikası kararı almak, alınması için güçlü kanıtsal destek gerektiren karmaşık ve dinamik bir süreçtir.
Çoğumuzun Madam Curie olarak bildiği tarihin en kayda değer kadın bilim insanlarından biri olan Marie Curie, iki Nobel kazanan dört bilim insanından biridir.
Son günlerde, rüzgar ve güneş enerjisi gibi yenilenebilir enerji kaynaklarının perakende elektrik fiyatlarında artışa yol açıp açmadığı üzerine bir tartışma meydana geldi.
Krakatoa yanardağının 1883 yılındaki patlaması o kadar şiddetli olmuştur ki yanardağ Londra’da olsaydı patlama Ankara’dan duyulabilirdi.
(I) Obesity may contribute to cardiovascular problems, such as heart disease or stroke which are the number one causes of death for people in many countries. (II) Intentional weight loss is the loss of total body mass as a result of efforts to improve fitness and health, or to change appearance through slimming. (III) Weight loss in individuals who are overweight or obese can reduce health risks, increase fitness, and may delay the onset of diabetes. (IV) It could reduce pain and increase movement in people with osteoarthritis of the knee. (V) Weight loss can also lead to a reduction in hypertension; however whether this reduces hypertension-related harm is unclear.
(I) Elizabeth Tudor, who ruled alone for nearly half a century, is considered by many to be the greatest monarch in English history. (II) When she became queen in 1558, she was twenty-five years old, a survivor of scandal and danger, and considered illegitimate by most Europeans. (III) During her reign, a series of economic and military improvements were made. (IV) However, she lent her name to a glorious epoch in world history, which dazzled even her greatest enemies. (V) Until her death, she was committed above all else to preserving English peace and stability; her genuine love for her subjects was legendary.
(I) India is about one-third the size of US population, yet it is the second most populous country in the world. (II) The gap of the population between the two countries is 746 million. (III) One of the cities, Uttar Pradesh alone has a population of 166 million, which is almost equal to that of Brazil. (IV) According to UN report, India is the third most favoured destination for investment after China and the US for major global companies. (V) Similarly, Orissa has more population than Canada and Chattisgarh has more population than Australia.
(I) The first place you should visit when in Athens is of course the Acropolis. (II) Standing up there, on “the sacred rock”, as the Greeks call it, you can practically feel the magnificence of ancient Greece. (III) During the two months of German occupation, the Greeks resisted and over 300,000 people died of starvation. (IV) Other archaeological sites are the Agora, the market, with the temple to Hephaistos still in quite good shape, as well as the temple to Zeus and the arch of Hadrian. (V) Museums of interest are, amongst others, the Acropolis Museum, the National Archeological Museum, the Folklore Museum, the Ceramics Museum (Keramikos), the Byzantine Museum, the Music Museum, the War Museum, and the Benaki Museum.
(I) A skyscraper is a continuously habitable high-rise building that has over 40 floors and is taller than approximately 150 m. (II) For buildings above a height of 300 m, the term supertall can be used, while skyscrapers reaching beyond 600 m are classified as megatall. (III) Historically, the term first referred to buildings with 10 to 20 floors in 1880s. (IV) However, skyscrapers can have curtain walls that mimic conventional walls with a small surface area of windows. (V) The definition shifted with advancing construction technology during the 20th century.