secret shopper
The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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se·cret shop·per • n. a person employed by a manufacturer or retailer to pose as a shopper in order to evaluate the quality of customer service. Also called mystery shopper.
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Parasites: an underlying cause of chronic illness.
Newspaper article from: Women's Health Letter; 12/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...acid (a natural barrier to parasites) and a lack of beneficial...two indicators of possible parasites. If your doctor needs more...laboratories specializing in parasite identification may fail to...tests to try to identify which parasites you have. Then, if your...
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Parasites persuade immune cells to invite them in for dinner, says new research.
Newspaper article from: Vaccine Weekly; 9/9/2009; 700+ words
; ...polyamines, for the parasites instead. Finally...the effect of PSG on parasite survival in vitro...cells with Leishmania parasites with and without PSG...cells and the number of parasites in the cells increased...fold with PSG. The parasite infection declined after...
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Parasites of spottail shiners (Notropis hudsonius) in the St. Lawrence River: effects of municipal effluents and habitat.(Report)
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Zoology; 10/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...being Diplostomum spp. Parasite communities were dominated...abundance of the most common parasites varied among localities...analyses demonstrated that parasite component communities...diversity. However, the parasite species composition...examine les communautes de parasites de queue a ...
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Freeloading parasites live off people, plants
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 2/2/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...S. National Parasite Collection in...appointment. Parasites are animals...Beltsville's parasites. It's the world's largest parasite collection...upon shelf of parasite-filled jars...Why study parasites? Parasites...
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PARASITES OUTWEIGH PREDATORS IN PACIFIC COAST ESTUARIES
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 7/23/2008; 700+ words
; ...an ecological perspective, parasites serve both as regulators to...understanding the enormity of parasite biomass and the burden it...rate of energy uptake by the parasites and pathogens. "The total...d expect given the large parasite biomass," Kuris said...
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PARASITES IMPORTANT TO EVOLUTION, SCIENTISTS SAY
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 7/19/1990; 700+ words
; ...not occur. Compatible parasites would have an unending...hosts, allowing the parasite to flourish, the scientists...Thus, the presence of parasites forces most organisms...survive. The effects of parasites on the evolutionary...symposium on host-parasite interactions and evolution...
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Parasite-induced mortality in mycophagous Drosophila.
Magazine article from: Ecology; 3/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...adversely affected by parasites (Anderson and May...theoretically that if parasite-caused reductions...intrinsic to the host-parasite interaction. Thus...on the effects of parasites on host survival...loss of individual parasites. Thus, changes...depend not only on parasite-caused ...
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Locking Parasites in Host Cell Could Be New Way to Fight Malaria, Penn Study Shows.
News Wire article from: Ascribe Higher Education News Service; 4/3/2009; 700+ words
; ...regulated protease, left parasites trapped inside the host...back into the cell, parasites were able to once again...the distantly related parasite T. gondii might use...observed for malaria parasites. Over the past 40 years...proteins rather than the parasite itself might give the...
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Protecting parasites prevents gastro-damage. (vaccine research to stimulate antibodies instead of the immune system to fight livestock parasites)
Magazine article from: Agricultural Research; 1/1/1991; ; 700+ words
; Protecting Parasites Prevents Gastro...on internal parasite infection in...associate with parasite infection." However, the parasites do produce chemical...unsuccessful with parasites - probably primarily...between the parasite and the host...
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Malaria Parasites Develop in Lymph Nodes.
News Wire article from: Ascribe Higher Education News Service; 1/22/2006; 700+ words
; ...travels of the malaria parasite Plasmodium through...Paris found the parasites developing in an...response to the malaria parasite. An hour after...nearly half of the parasites remained in the...vaccines that target parasites before they develop...Menard said. Parasite development in ...
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Parasites
Encyclopedia entry from: UXL Encyclopedia of Science
Parasites A parasite is an organism that depends on another...host: An organism infected by a parasite while the parasite is in a developmental form, not...otherwise, that carries and transmits parasites and diseases. Parasites that remain...
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Intestinal Parasites
Encyclopedia entry from: Complete Human Diseases and Conditions
...plant harboring a parasite is called its host. Parasites live at the expense...of intestinal parasite, and as many...infected with these parasites. Intestinal...some intestinal parasites pass through...into feces. The parasite then can spread...
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Skin Parasites
Encyclopedia entry from: Complete Human Diseases and Conditions
...reproducing on them. Some parasites thrive on human blood and...long without it. When these parasites latch onto someone’...another organism, such as a parasite or virus, with a place to...for hundreds or more of the parasites. Skin parasites are found...
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Parasites and Parasitology
Book article from: Science of Everyday Things
PARASITES AND PARASITOLOGY CONCEPT When people hear the word parasite, one of the first ideas or...that of disease. Though many parasites do carry diseases, including...defining characteristic of a parasite. Rather, a parasite can...
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parasite
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
parasite plant or animal that...called the host. Parasites may or may not harm...of malaria . Most parasites are obligate; i...independent units. Many parasites also have extremely...plant, is not a parasite. See also symbiosis...
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