Blood Components Normally‚ 7-8% of human body weight is from blood. In adults‚ this amounts to 4.5-6 quarts of blood. This essential fluid carries out the critical functions of transporting oxygen and nutrients to our cells and getting rid of carbon dioxide‚ ammonia‚ and other waste products. In addition‚ it plays a vital role in our immune system and in maintaining a relatively constant body temperature. Blood is a highly specialized tissue composed of more than 4‚000 different kinds of
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Blood Composition. The following are components of blood - red blood cells‚ white blood cells‚ platelets and plasma (the liquid component). Red blood cells are the pinky white circles‚ the white blood cells are the big red blobs. Red blood cells do not have a nucleus because they do not divide and multiply Red blood cells are bi-concave‚ they are donut shaped. Red blood cells contain a pigment called haemoglobin which can react with oxygen to form the unstable compound‚ oxy-haemoglobin. Hb+4O2
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Blood a journey through the body. You might find yourself asking‚ what does blood have to do with digestion‚ respiration and circulation? Hopefully‚ after the presentation all of your questions will be answered. When a person thinks of digestion they usually think about what happens in the stomach. A lot has happened to digest the food way before it gets to the stomach. It starts in the mouth or oral cavity. It is a process called mechanical digestion. First‚ Mastication begins. Mastication
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Artificial Heart Research: An Historical Perspective (Rayan R. Joshi Third-year paper Food and Drug Law Advisor: Peter Barton Hutt) Good reasons for artificial hearts: * There are not enough heart donors (“Each year‚ about 30‚000patients are deemed eligible candidates for heart transplantation. However‚ only a small fraction of this group‚ numbering about 2000‚ actually winds up receiving donor hearts. Given the current figures‚ it is unlikely that the supply of donor hearts will increase
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arrays. These send neural signals from affected part of the body to the brain‚ by which individual are Able to perform certain tasks independently. TABLE OF CONTENT 1. INTRODUCTION………………………………………..2 2. TECHNOLOGIES USED………………………………..3 3. ARTIFICIAL MUSCLES………………………………..4 4. BIONIC HEART…………………………………………4 5. BIONIC EAR……………………………………………..9 6. ELECTRONIC NOSE …………………………………..11 7. ELECTRONIC TONGUE………………………………17 8. BIONIC EYE……………………………………………..19 9. BIONIC LEG……………………………………………
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A multitude of different movies portrays Artificial Intelligence (AI) as something to be feared; an entity that would be the demise of humanity. Despite what these movies portray‚ it is up for dispute whether AI is a threat to humanity. AI is becoming more commonplace and more advanced everyday both in the real and virtual world. Multiple different AI entities have previously malfunctioned and caused issues. A multitude of groups of individuals feels that restrictions should be placed on AI entities
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Pooja Patel 08/19/2013 Documentary of Bad Blood: A Cautionary Tale Mrs. Jones MA 125 Through the eyes of survivors and family members and the producer Merlyn Ness‚ "Bad Blood: A Cautionary Tale" chronicles how a "miracle" treatment for hemophilia became an agent of death for 10‚000 Americans. Hemophilia is a rare genetic blood clotting disorder‚ most often passed from mother to son‚ resulting in severe crippling and often death. But in the 1960s‚ Judith Gram Pool dicoverd cryo precipitate from the
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Today I’m going to be speaking to you about the street gang known as the Bloods. I will be discussing the origin of the gang‚ some of the gang’s important members and the impact the gang has on the present day. It all began in 1971 when the gang that eventually came to establish the Bloods was created. The name of this gang was the Piru Street Boys and they were actually a set of the Crip gang‚ today’s biggest rivals of the Bloods. When the Piru Street Boys began their operations they were working
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Contents Introduction III History III What is Artificial Intelligence? III Social and Ethical Issues Associated with Artificial Intelligence IV Part I Social Impact of Artificial Intelligence IV Part II Advantages IV Part III Disadvantages IV Ethical Impact of Artificial Intelligence V Conclusion VI Bibliography VII Introduction As our world expands through the growing abilities and applications of computers
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Artificial Turf: A Dangerous Playing Surface Some of the changes that have occurred in professional football were necessary for the game. Pads‚ helmets and other protective equipment helped the players safety. Other developments though‚ especially artificial turf‚ have proven themselves detrimental to the game and its participants. Just as changes were made earlier‚ they must be made again. Stadiums need to convert back to grass playing fields for the safety of football players‚ the satisfaction
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