New immunization requirements for schools in Ohio will start with the 2016/2017 school year. acellular pertussis) vaccine. Students entering 12th grade will need to have a second dose of meningococcal vaccine. dose must be administered on or after the 16th birthday.
Altricial, meaning requiring nourishment, refers to a pattern of growth and development in organisms which are incapable of moving around on their own soon after hatching or being born.
In biology, altruism refers to behaviour by an individual that increases the fitness of another individual while decreasing the fitness of the actor. Altruism in this sense is different from the philosophical concept of altruism, in which an action would only be called altruistic if it was done with the conscious intention of helping another. In the behavioural sense, there is no such requirement. As such, it is not evaluated in moral termsâit is the consequences of an action for reproductive fitness that determine whether the action is considered altruistic, not the intentions, if any, with which the action is performed.