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Neuromuscular Junction Nerve Impulses
973 wordsTransmitter Molecule Derived From Site of Synthesis Acetylcholine Choline CNS, parasympathetic nerves 5 -Hydroxytryptamine (5 -HT) Tryptophan CNS, chromatin cells of the gut, enteric cells Tyrosine adrenal medulla, some CNS cells Adenosine ATP CNS, peripheral nerves ATP sympathetic, sensory and enteric nerves Nitric oxide, NO Arginine CNS, gastrointestinal tract Many other neurotransmitters are derived from precursor proteins, the so-called peptide neurotransmitters. As many as 50 different pept...
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Part Of The Book Fibonacci Sequence
902 wordsLeonardo Pisano was the first great mathematician of medieval Christian Europe. He played an important role in reviving ancient mathematics and made great contributions of his own. After his death in 1240, Leonardo Pisano became known as Leonardo Fibonacci. Leonardo Fibonacci was born in Pisa in about 1180, the son of a member of the government of the Republic of Pisa. When he was 12 years old, his father was made administer of Pisa's trading colony in Algeria. It was in Algeria that he was taug...
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1,363 wordsThe class of adjectives is one of the more problematic ones in English grammar. In order to see what kind of problems and questions we are dealing with we need to address the following two questions: what adjectives are, and how we can recognize them. The most common answer to this question, provided by most grammars, is 'adjectives modify nouns' (Pence, Hodges 51, Johnson 31). This answer (or definition) may seem obvious enough but, as Roberts notes, this definition will lead to some serious di...
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Ethnic Diversity Global Perspective
858 wordsThe global perspective of music: we live in an increasingly smaller global village. With advance in worldwide transportation and communication and with increasingly mobile societies, it seems not only appropriate but also necessary to develop a global perspective of music. A global perspective of music is a sense of the lifestyles, traditions, values and the music of several nations and cultures throughout the world. An awareness of the diversity within our national boundaries that has contribut...
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Withdrawal Symptoms Addictive Drug
1,551 wordsAbuse of drugs can have effects on the user even after the use of drugs has stopped. Different drugs produce different effects, depending on the user, type of drug, and severity of abuse. New research is done every day in the area of drug abuse that makes finding accurate results on the broad topic of drug abuse very difficult. From the most recent studies only can one find data that is presently accepted as correct. These numerous studies provide enough data to explain the effects of both legal...
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Intellectual Life Of The Painters Early Renaissance
1,302 words... e was in a much better placed to attain this position. The intellectual pursuits of the artists were not solely limited to the study of Latin and geometry. The study of antiquities also became important. Classical archaeology started to be developed by enthusiastic humanists and artists. Some Renaissance artists no doubt saw the pursuit of archaeology as a means to achieve their intellectual ambitions. They perhaps also saw the potential to incorporate the archaeology-derived motifs into the...
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Innocence And Beauty Plato Theory
1,429 wordsAmong School Children" is a poem used by Yeats to determine an upcoming generation with the underlying concept that no possible life can be fulfilled. The philosophy controlling this work suggests that perhaps life 'prepares us for what never happens'. Consistent with Yeatsean philosophy, it follows the dogma which states that witlessness brings about innocence, whereas knowledge brings us ballyhoo. Within the realms of acquired wisdom, consciousness produces an anarchic state within the individ...
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Gods And Goddesses Second Hand
1,075 wordsUpon investigating the supernatural reality that the Celts endured, it is necessary to somewhat overlook the myths to see what lies behind them. It is essential to find when and from where the myths originated and how true the storytellers, or narrators, really are. The Celtic gods and goddesses, in such an early mythological time defined as a period when beings lived or events happened such as one no longer sees in our days (Sjoestedt 1994: 2), require much analysis. A diverse collection of doc...
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Perception Of Reality Descartes Argument
1,241 wordsRene Descartes asserts that our most fundamental beliefs are uncertain, and consequently, all beliefs resting on these basics are also uncertain. In his First Mediation, he sets out to find and destroy all beliefs in order to eventually create a stable foundation in which all of these beliefs may rest. With such a concrete structure, the sciences and mathematics will finally have their axioms firmly grounded. Yet, destroying all beliefs individually is an impossible task; instead, by presenting ...
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Morally Justified Natural Rights
1,531 wordsDo people have some rights just by being human? This question is concerned with whether or not it is possible for natural rights to exist. Natural rights are rights which we have naturally as humans, in other words rights which we inherently have, just by being human. A large problem with answering this question is that of defining the term rights, a question to which the answer has been very elusive throughout the history of political analysis. The following investigation into the possibility o...
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One Of The Most Famous Lysergic Acid
1,234 wordsErgot and its disease ergotism have been a worldwide plague to humans ever since humans have started to harvest and cultivate grains in all their forms. Although outbreaks of ergotism still occur periodically they have all but become nonexistent in the modern era. Ergot has had beneficial effects as well. Ergot has produced medicines, which are vital to the medicine world. Ergot has produced in the worlds eyes an ugly stepsister to its medicines: LSD. D-lysergic acid diethyl amide known to the w...
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Theory Of Forms Theory Of Knowledge
1,268 wordsforms The influence that Plato, the Greek philosopher born in 427 BC in Athens, has had throughout the history of philosophy has been monumental. Among other things, Plato is known for his exploration of the fundamental problems of natural science, political theory, metaphysics, theology and theory of knowledge; many of his ideas becoming permanent elements in Western thought. The basis of Plato? s philosophy is his theory of Ideas, or doctrine of Forms. While the notion of Forms is essential to...
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Women And Men Gender Roles
1,345 wordsUntil recently, the words sex roles and gender roles were used interchangeably to describe female and male characteristics, attitudes and inclinations. Now, at least in an academic environment, a distinction has been drawn between these terms. Sex roles can be defined as the biological differences between the sexes, such as the ability to become pregnant or nurse a child. Gender roles, on the other hand, refer to culturally-derived, socially-created assumptions about what it means to be masculin...
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Existence Of God Black And White
1,405 wordsHow can it be that mathematics, being after all a product of human thought which is independent of experience, is so admirably appropriate to the objects of reality (Einstein)? How can it be that mathematics, being after all a product of human thought which is independent of experience, is so admirably appropriate to the objects of reality (Einstein)? This issue has troubled philosophers as well as scientist since Einstein first posed it. To answer what Einstein meant when he asked the question,...
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Oedipus Rex Tragic Flaw
2,245 wordsTheater and drama in Ancient Greece took form in about 5 th century BCE, with the Sophocles, the great writer of tragedy. In his plays and those of the same genre, heroes and the ideals of life were depicted and glorified. It was believed that man should live for honor and fame, his action was courageous and glorious and his life would climax in a great and noble death. Originally, the hero s recognition was created by selfish behaviors and little thought of service to others. As the Greeks grew...
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Act Ii Scene Ii Ii Scene Ii Hamlet
878 wordsLiterature of the Renaissance was far different from that of the previous eras. Man was now thought of as the center of life, as opposed to God being the center in earlier times. Also, man was thought to have free will over his life, not being simply a pawn of the Gods. These new ideals were presented in the theaters as well as written literature. The esteemed William Shakespeare incorporated many of these components into some of the greatest performed classics in the history of theater. Shakesp...
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Clotting Factor Defective Gene
1,144 wordsHemophilia is the best known of hemorrhagic disorders. When a person has hemophilia, the blood does not clot properly and bleeding persists. The people who have hemophilia are called hemophiliacs or bleeders. Bleeding disorders, such as hemophilia, result from a disruption of the bodys process of how blood clots are formed. The coagulation process involve platelets as well as plasma proteins called clotting factors. Clotting begins when platelets stick to the site of an injury to a blood vessel....
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Oedipus Rex Greek Tragedy
2,558 wordsInfluence of Ancient Greek Times All through history the Greeks have influenced our lives in more ways than most people could imagine. To this day we use many ideas and ways of life that the Greeks used thousands of years ago. Everywhere Greek traders went, they took Greek ideas with them. People throughout the ancient world were influenced by Greek thought and culture. Their greatness was largely the result of achievements of their artists, scientists, and philosophers. The Greeks developed the...
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1,358 wordsThe class of adjectives is one of the more problematic ones in English grammar. In order to see what kind of problems and questions we are dealing with we need to address the following two questions: what adjectives are, and how we can recognize them. The most common answer to this question, provided by most grammars, is adjectives modify nouns (Pence, Hodges 51, Johnson 31). This answer (or definition) may seem obvious enough but, as Roberts notes, this definition will lead to some serious diff...
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Three Types X Y
799 wordsThe problem is that we need to compress our programs while still having them function correctly and process items differently depending on type or class. The solution is polymorphism. Polymorphism in object oriented programming is the programming languages ability to process items differently depending on their data type or class. In other words, it is the ability to redefine methods for derived classes. The true rule for C++ polymorphism is that when one class, named A is derived from or inheri...
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