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In contrast to Hurricane Katrina, there was a greater response to the Joplin disaster by local assets in lieu of federal ones. The results are startling. A year after Katrina there was widespread criticism of the failed recovery and rebuilding efforts of FEMA resulting in congressional investigations and excoriating media […]

Forty percent of American kids living below the poverty line are obese or overweight, according to a 2010 study published in Health Affairs. Poorer kids are more likely to be obese or overweight than middle class kids and consume a bigger proportion of their calories while at school. With obesity issues […]

During exercise, 25 glycogen molecules and 150 glucose molecules are used to produce energy. How many net ATP are formed from carbohydrate metabolism if the end products are CO2 and water? I have been given a hint that the answer lies somewhere between 7000 and 8000 and that the question […]

1. What is the total lethality (in equivalent D250 minutes) of this thermal process? (Show work. Express answer to two places to the right of the decimal point). Total lethality = ___________minutes 2. Is this a sufficient thermal process for this food, based on the given criteria ? Why or […]