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The freeing of persons from threatening or dangerous situations by prompt and vigorous action. There are three general classes: (a) heavy, activity that involves the use of complicated tools, equipment, and procedures; (b) light, a activity by simple means and with minimum equipment; and (c) medium, a activity using more specialized tools and equipment than…

The act of pushing or driving back.  

The extent to which organisms are able to produce offspring who survive long enough to pass on their genes to successive generations.  

Sexuality that is centered in the structural, functional, and behavioral aspects of reproduction.  

A male or female who is capable of reproduction. This capability begins in puberty with menarche in the female and ejaculatory functions in the male, providing that ovulation takes place in the female and sperm production is adequate in the male.  

The belief that procreation is the sole purpose and justification of sexual intercourse.  

A method of studying retention in which the subjects must reproduce materials previously learned.  

A molecule produced by a regulator gene.  

In Piaget’s theory, thought that is internalized and includes mental representations of prior experiences with objects and events.  

Diseases that must be reported by physicians and hospitals in accordance with standards set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. They are botulism, brucellosis, chicken pox, diphtheria, infectious encephalitis, infectious hepatitis, gonorrhea, malaria, rubeola, meningococcal infections, mumps, pertussis, poliomyelitis, tetanus, trichinosis, tuberculosis, tularemia, typhoid fever, and typhus fever. Diseases such as asbestosis, hepatitis…