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George Mason – Family

George Mason was born on December 11, 1725 to George and Ann Thomson Mason at the Mason family plantation in Fairfax County, Virginia. His father died in 1735 in a boating accident on the Potomac, when the boat capsized and he drowned. After this event the younger Mason lived with his uncle John Mercer. On [...]

Birmingham Baths Committee – Establishment

Private baths Birmingham had been provided with swimming baths for some time before the establishment of the Birmingham Baths Committee, which became possible through the introduction of an Act of Parliament. These baths were private and members were often only the wealthy who were able to pay for the service. The baths received water from [...]

Dieting – Types of diets

Low-fat diets Low-fat diets involve the reduction of the percentage of fat in one’s diet. Calorie consumption is reduced because less fat is consumed. Diets of this type include NCEP Step I and II. A meta-analysis of 16 trials of 2–12& months’ duration found that low-fat diets (without intentional restriction of caloric intake) resulted in [...]

Robert Butts (bishop) – Life

He was the son of the Rev. William Butts, rector of Hartest, near Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. He was educated at the grammar school at Bury, and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated as B.A. 1707, M.A. 1711, and D.D. 1728. As an undergraduate he was famous as a boxer and football player. After his [...]

Alexandru Odobescu – Introduction

Alexandru Ioan Odobescu (23 June 1834 — 10 November 1895), Romanian author, archaeologist and politician, was born in Bucharest, the second child of General Ioan Odobescu and his wife Ecaterina. After attending Saint Sava College and, from 1850, a Paris ”lycée”, he took the ”baccalauréat” in 1853 and studied literature and archaeology at the University [...]

InDuna – Notable izinDuna in history

* Leander Starr Jameson, a British physician, was awarded the title of ”inDuna” by the Matabele chief Lobengula after he had successfully treated the chief’s gout. * Mbopa was an ”inDuna” serving under Shaka. He was one of the main conspirators in Tshaka’s assassination by his half-brothers Dingane and Umhlangana. * Ndlela kaSompisi was a [...]

Occam’s Razor (House) – Plot

Brandon and his fiancée Mindy are having sex in their house when Brandon passes out. Brandon ends up in the emergency room where he presents with cough, severe abdominal pain, nausea, low blood pressure, and fever. Cameron says that one disease cannot cause all of these symptoms. After Brandon’s kidneys begin to fail, Foreman suggests [...]

Tumor lysis syndrome – Symptoms and pathogenesis

Hyperkalemia. Potassium is mainly an intracellular ion. High turnover of tumor cells leads to spill of potassium into the blood. Symptoms usually do not manifest until levels are high (> 7& mmol/dL) [normal 3.5-5.0& mmol/dL] and they include * cardiac conduction abnormalities (can be fatal) * severe muscle weakness or paralysis Hyperphosphatemia. Like potassium, phosphates [...]

Chemokine – Function

The major role of chemokines is to act as a chemoattractant to guide the migration of cells. Cells that are attracted by chemokines follow a signal of increasing chemokine concentration towards the source of the chemokine. Some chemokines control cells of the immune system during processes of immune surveillance, such as directing lymphocytes to the [...]

Marriage Act 1753 – The effects of the Act

The Act tightened the existing ecclesiastical rules regarding marriage, providing that for a marriage to be valid it had to be performed in a church and after the publication of banns or the obtaining of a licence. Jews and Quakers were exempted from its provisions, although the Act did not go so far as to [...]









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