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...type: animals. The ancient bonds between us have changed, of course: hunting, transport, protection and other such necessities have slipped to a secondary role. The predominant function of domestic animals in advanced industrial societies is companionship. When medical researchers started to take an interest in the health effects of pet ownership, they began to find all...

...type of basic building block and each element is made up of building blocks, called atoms. You might already know that an atom itself comprises many other smaller particles (e.g. electrons, protons, neutrons). What elements can you think of that might be non-metallic? Some non-metallic elements that you might have thought of are hydrogen, nitrogen, carbon and oxygen....

...types of stress, such as submersion in a weak acid or physical trauma. The proposed method was known as ‘stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency’ (STAP) and would create cells that could be grown into tissue for use anywhere in the body. Obokata made up her results. Pattium Chiranjeevi, a chemistry professor in India, authored 70 papers published between 2004...

...types of information that are required to meet this mission. Examples include the following: Teaching information – this information is provided in the huge range of courses that the OU produces, thus supporting the first, third and fourth of the mission statements. By providing teaching information in a variety of formats, including printed text and electronic text,...