D2. Explain the importance of homeostasis in maintaining the healthy functioning of the body. Homeostasis is vital for the maintenance of healthy functioning of the body. It is important the body keeps to a narrow range of variables‚ and without it ‚ chemical reactions and metabolic processes within the body cannot be carried out properly‚ which can cause disease and complications. If the body cannot maintain its temperature‚ this can cause the person to overheat‚ resulting in hyperthermia. This
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GCSE Business Studies Year 11 Scheme of Work Unit 3 – Exam (extended answers) Topic 3.1: Marketing This topic is usually studied from the end of year 10 (July) until October half term. Students will be assessed throughout the topic‚ and will have an end of topic test to highlight any areas where further understanding or work is required. What will I learn? Marketing – What is the meaning of the term ‘marketing’? Market Research – How is quantitative and qualitative research data collected
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key aspects of legislation and guidelines relevant to the prevention and control of infection in a health or social care setting there are many items of legistlation and guidelines which are used in health and social care in order to protect and safeguard the health and well being of all of those who work and are treated in the health and social care sector. These items of legislations work by preventing the spread and threat of infection through the use of hygienic and clean practices. Legislation
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39 Steps Essay During a musical event shots are fired. A scared woman asks to go home with Richard. He takes her to his apartment. She is nervous and tells him she is a British spy and that two men are after her and they are waiting outside his building. One of the men is missing his little finger. Richard allows her to stay and turns up dead with a knife in her back by morning. She was holding a map with a certain area circled and mumbled something about the 39 steps. Richard sneaks
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Unit 1 P5‚ P6‚ M3‚ D2 I am on placement in an eye hospital and I carried out one to one communication with a patient‚ it was whiteness by my placement supervisor. I used argyles communication theory to help me to successfully achieve affective communication. This one to one took place on the 20th of November 2012. In stage one I started deciding that I was going to carry out a one to one with a patient. I decided to talk to them and begun to think about what I was going to ask the patient. In
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D2 – Forced‚ Damped Vibrations with Rotating Out-of Balance Excitation (Norwood Apparatus) Introduction This lab report was aimed at investigating out-of-balance rotating masses in single degree of freedom systems‚ paying specific attention to obtaining plots of amplitude against angular velocity. This was done using a specific setup of apparatus (Detailed below) and our findings were plotted in the form of graphs and also‚ we investigated the experiment in a way which allowed
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Infections That Are Caused By Pathogens Pathogens are microorganisms that cause diseases are called pathogens. They are specialised to infect the human body tissues where they reproduce and cause damage that gives rise to the symptoms of the infection although this may happen the body is very good at repairing itself as the body fights back by mobilising its immune system to fight of the infection. Infection is an invasion by a multiplication of pathogenic microorganisms in a bodily part or
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The structure of DNA and the effect of point mutations (25 MARKS) Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid (DNA) is a polynucleotide molecule that encodes the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms and many viruses. Most DNA molecules are double stranded helices‚ consisting of two polynucleotide strands made up of simpler molecules known as nucleotides. A nucleotide is made up of an organic nitrogenous base‚ a deoxyribose sugar and
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To succeed in my task‚ I used my existing knowledge of English grammar‚ syntax and vocabulary to explain a subject trough a video. My knowledge of English allowed me to make sure that there were very few mistakes in my video so the target audience (future secondary 5 students) would be able to understand the relayed information. I used my knowledge gained in Art class about colours and what attracts the eye to make my video as visually interesting as possible. I also used what I learned in last year’s
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e of two contrasting economic environments on business activities within Apple. Apple operates in two economic environments. Apple is based in California USA‚ but they make their products in factories based in China. Economic Importance of Stability: Stability is used by businesses to predict the demand of their products for the short and medium term in the future. Stability is the continuous growth or loss in income. Some business finds it hard to achieve the stability due to the amount of competition
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