According to an analysis of government data, the National Institutes of Health spends between $12 billion and nearly $14.5 billion on animal testing every year.According to NIH documents, about 47 percent of research grants have an animal research-based component.This number has been fairly stable over the last decade. â$14.5 billion could provide a lot of tax relief for Americans.It could help pay down national debt or help prevent a shutdown,â says Anthony Bellotti, founder and executive director of the watchdog group, White Coat Waste Project.$14.5 billion could provide a lot of tax relief for Americans. It could help pay down national debt or help prevent a shutdown,â says Anthony Bellotti, founder and executive director of the watchdog group, White Coat Waste Project.
2. A diminished chord is the root, the flatted third, and the flatted fifth. So the notes in a C diminished chord are: C, Eb, & Gb. (It is like a C minor, {C, Eb, & G} with the fifth, G, also flatted.) A C diminished chord would typically be denoted either: C dim, C Dim and occasionally as C-. 1  3 Edit step.
An augmented fourth is not a diminished fifth for instance, they have a completely different place in music and lead to different tones. Same for a diminished fourth vs major third, minor third vs augmented second, etc. All are made the same in thjs Moebius strip. The Moebius strip idea may have an application for some forms of atonal or serial music, but for music as we hear every day and as it is taught in schools it does not fit. I just realized my first comment was not in a very respectful manner. I apologize for this.