Science & Mathematics - 9 July 2007

As an emergency medical technician , you are called to the home of a 13-week old boy who has become listless and is having trouble breathing. The parents tell you that he used to smile a lot but has not smiled lately. They said he has not show any noticeable facial expressions in the last 2 days. You notice the boy's eyes open but do not seem to be focusing.You place your outstretched fingers under his finger and he fails to grasps it. You lift his foot and it drops back to the mattress. According to the parents, he has not had any bowel movement in 3-4 days?

What is your suspicions based on what you have observed?

Based on this suspicions, do you start treatment at the patient's home, or should you transport him immediately to the local hospital?

What should be administered to the patient at the earliest opportunity?

How do babies acquire this condition?

Confirmation of the diagnosis will most likely be at state laboratories, guided by the CDCP, not at the local hospital lab Why?

2007-07-09 17:59:48 · 6 answers · asked by Reed 1 in Medicine

i heard it is caused by humidity then i heard it was caused by the mixing of different temperatures of air...cold front and warm front mixing....so how is it truly caused?

2007-07-09 17:59:08 · 6 answers · asked by Yasi 1 in Astronomy & Space

For the demand function p=40-(5x^2), when graphing it with the settings (1.62 >= x >= 1.65) and (43.5 >= y >= 43.6), is this setting appropiate to the context of the problem dealing with the maximum point of the revenue function than graphing p=40-(5x^2) with points (0,40) and ((sqrt8),0)? Does it change the price?

I was thinking it is NOT appropiate, but I cannot explain why. If possible if someone can explain to me more easily why the answer is the way it is. Thanks for helping me out, im not sure if im getting this maximization revenue thingy.

2007-07-09 17:58:08 · 2 answers · asked by Bigboi924 1 in Mathematics

2007-07-09 17:57:44 · 0 answers · asked by AK-47 2 in Medicine

How many moles are in the molecules shown.

1.5X10^20 (1.5 times 10 to the 20th power)

I've done the others by dividing with avogadro's number (6.02X10^23) but I was just winging it can't work this out.

2007-07-09 17:53:03 · 6 answers · asked by sly_roxx 1 in Chemistry

-2x=6

-12= -4x

5x= -10

-3x=15

4x= -6

28= -7x

-56= 8x

6x= -3

-42= -6x

9x= -54

4x= 7

-15 = -3x

-10 =8x

2007-07-09 17:52:46 · 6 answers · asked by Veritesirum 3 in Mathematics

I know some people who believe with a pasion that aliens do not exist. Why would somebody believe such a thing? I have heard defences like "there's no proof they exist so they must not" This may be the most rediculas thing I have heard. Any person who has ever taken a science class knows that you can't prove a negative!

I have also heard people say that aliens don't exist because earth is the only one of the 9 (now 8) planets that has life. How do we know this? we haven't been to the other 7. Even assuming that they don't have life, what about all the other billions of stars? and the trillions of other galaxies? And what about the moons in our system like Europa? Scientists believe there might be life there.

Why do people use such stupid arguments? Why would somebody base such a strong belief on so little? Why wouldn't they do their homework before making up their minds on something like this?

This is just an example. People do this same thing with many other things as well. Why?

2007-07-09 17:52:23 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Astronomy & Space

compared to all other countries(especially countries that border it)russia is huge! why ?

2007-07-09 17:43:41 · 7 answers · asked by Chris P 1 in Geography

In other words, can one feel pretty confident that the results of any lab will be accurate?

2007-07-09 17:40:48 · 3 answers · asked by OK 2 in Biology

2007-07-09 17:40:02 · 11 answers · asked by budman_gary 1 in Astronomy & Space

2007-07-09 17:36:56 · 3 answers · asked by Otep 1 in Physics

If abc =1, which of the following could be the number of integers among a, b, and c?

I. 1, II. 2, III. 3

a) none b) I only c) I and II d) I and III e) I, II, and III


The distance between Ali's house and college is exactly 135 miles. If she drove 2/3 of the distance in 135 min., what was her average speed, in miles per hour?

a) 40 b) 45 c) 60 d)67.5 e) cannot be determined


Please if you answer one of these question, EXPLAIN!

2007-07-09 17:33:16 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mathematics

Find the angles vector B makes with the positive axes when vector b =i hat 6 - j hat 2 + k hat 3?

2007-07-09 17:27:07 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mathematics

What do you think would be the possible consequences? Let your imagination run wild and get a BA quick!

2007-07-09 17:14:39 · 11 answers · asked by Dolphin-Bird Lover8-88 7 in Astronomy & Space

2007-07-09 17:08:28 · 10 answers · asked by . 2 in Other - Science

I know that there are 50 states but i don't know the last two added

2007-07-09 17:05:24 · 13 answers · asked by ? 1 in Geography

I dont mean some magic cure of ageing. But think about this. Time is infinite, and the very unit of life (at least the life we know) is based around DNA and the cell. Now from conception, we are essentially a single cell with a very very specific sequence of DNA which WILL create us (us without any experiences or memories). So if we have an infinite amount of time, eventually, the molecule DNA, and eventually the very sequence of DNA which will create us will be produced. It has to happen eventually. This would mean that the body we know now is going to be produced many many times over throughout time. I suppose it isn't exactly us, but it is as though we are living our lives over and over again, but each time with different experiences. Seem probable? What are your thoughts?

2007-07-09 16:57:18 · 6 answers · asked by silverfox 3 in Biology

sciences, they are thought not to accept without evidence any ideas or priciples presented in the classroom, it is on this basis that one needs to examine the evidences to see, is there really a God? an article appeared in the washington post a few years ago that revealed that the expansion of the universe has created a headache for the big bang theorist,the big bang theory is a hypothesis that suggest that there was a huge explosion of matter about 10 billion years ago, the proponents of this theory continue to state that the cosmos as we see it today is a result of that explosion and that the universe has cycled (explosion, expansion, gravitational contractio, explosion, etc.) for eons, the problem is best stated by the article itself: "in the past 30 years, astronomers have been able to account in the stars and galaxies they see for only 3% of the mass or matter that would have had to be present at the time of creation to explain the size of the universe and the way it seems to be..

2007-07-09 16:50:23 · 4 answers · asked by didnotknow123 2 in Astronomy & Space

heres the good part, it recycles thier pee into drinking water so they can drink it mmmmm

2007-07-09 16:42:21 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Astronomy & Space

Kindly suggest few web site describing its theory

2007-07-09 16:40:09 · 1 answers · asked by tamperfinder 2 in Engineering

2007-07-09 16:33:27 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Mathematics

Well you know how 1-9, as in numbers not age, are called single digits, 13-19 are called teens , not as in age, and numbers like 21, 22, 23 are known as twenties, then what are the numbers 10-12 called? I was just wondering !
I hope I phrased it right to make it clear.

2007-07-09 16:27:11 · 4 answers · asked by sportspro93 1 in Mathematics

2007-07-09 16:26:47 · 11 answers · asked by Josh P 1 in Astronomy & Space

If no digits can be repeated, how many 9-digit numbers can be made from the set {1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9} so that:
a) Every even digit has an odd digit before and after it?
b) All the even digits remain adjacent? ( I don't understand what is meant by this question.)

2007-07-09 16:26:18 · 2 answers · asked by C K 3 in Mathematics

2007-07-09 16:24:46 · 14 answers · asked by sony 1 in Biology

I recently received a traffic violation for "Failure to stop a a stop sign". I was at a four way intersection when I made the turn. It was a narrow road and I am positive that I stopped at the stop sign. I believe If didn't stop my car would have crashed.Im INNOCENT! Does anyone know the formula for calculating this scenerio???

2007-07-09 16:19:40 · 4 answers · asked by College Student 3 in Physics

for example: number of scales of armadillo, number of feathers on a birds wing, stripes of a tiger or a zebra,

2007-07-09 16:08:48 · 2 answers · asked by keinah2 1 in Mathematics

I know that if you travelled faster than the speed of light that time would considerably slow down would it be possible to take a deep space trip and come back a little after you had left? Travelling at the speed of light? If doing said thing was possible

2007-07-09 16:05:37 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Physics

I have no clue how to factor. So please Show me the Way you did it.

x^2+5x+6 = ???

2007-07-09 16:00:19 · 11 answers · asked by Brenda m 1 in Mathematics

2007-07-09 15:57:59 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Biology