… in the United States alone, die from the poisonous gas called carbon monoxide every year. Several thousand others go to hospital emergency rooms for treatment of this serious adverse dormant gas every year as well (CSPC 466). Carbon monoxide (CO)…

… material most often used in integrated circuit (IC) fabrication. Integrated circuits are microelectronic semiconductors, devices consisting of many if not thousands of interconnected transistors. Silicon is the second most abundant substance on earth.…

… 2688 hours a year. That adds up to one third of our life. This is the average time a person spends sleeping. It seems like an awful lot a time wasted on inactivity. However, sleep is not about inactivity. The electroencephalogram (EEG) is a summation…

… where a person has experiences of not breathing during sleep. Over 20 million Americans, mostly overweight men, suffer from sleep apnea. Despite these numbers, sleep apnea is often not treated directly because its symptoms are thought to be those…

… that one third of Americans suffer from a sleeping disorder (Institute, 1999)? Did you know that the lack of sleep is dangerous and expensive? Sleeping disorders affect all of us in one way or another. Whether or not you realize it or not, sleeping…

… first documented in Egypt. In 1157 BC, the Egyptian pharaoh Ramses V died suddenly from what is described as an acute illness. At the time of his death, he was only thirty years old and had ruled Egypt for just four years. Studies on his body done…

… card that contains a microchip. This chip can process different kinds of information, hence various industries use them in various ways. Financial institutions are t present the most frequent users of smart cards due to the benefit to their customers. …

… from smoking before they start. P2: Three million youngsters smoke now. P3: The smoking rate among eighth-graders has jumped 50% since 1991. P4: This will not stop on its own. P5: Tobacco company marketing and recently released internal memos…

… throughout the world. The tobacco industry today is more massive than ever, and is the basis of a substantial part of the world economy. It is the major employer, providing the livelihoods of millions of families. Hundreds of millions of people…

… the people around the smoker. The first and second hand smoke can cause lung disease, such as emphysema and lung cancer. It can also cause cancer of the mouth and throat. A smoker’s hands, breath, clothes, car, and house smell like cigarette smoke.…