Kayli Jade Gertsen Skin Evolution Essay Human skin pigmentation is the product of two clines produced by natural selection to adjust levels of constitutive pigmentation to levels of UV radiation (UVR). One cline was generated by high UVR near the equator and led to the evolution of dark‚ photo protective‚ melanin-rich pigmentation. The other was produced by the requirement for UVB photons to sustain cutaneous photosynthesis of vitamin D3 in low-UVB environments‚ and resulted in the evolution of
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(1)Arthritis has been around for many years and has affected millions of people around the world. I believe to fully understand this disease you should first understand the history of it and where it came from. So first off what is arthritis? (3)Arthritis is the inflammation of one or more joints with various reasoning such as injury to joint autoimmune disorders to normal wear and tear. There are many types of arthritis such as rheumatoid arthritis‚ Osteoarthritis and Gouty. These are not the only
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Religion The Greeks believed in many gods‚ they believed that all the gods were descendants of Gaia (earth) and Uranos (sky)‚ and they had supernatural powers but human qualities as well‚ for instance‚ they would fall in love‚ get married‚ have children and even participated in war. The greatest buildings the Greeks built were temples in honour of the gods‚ but only priests were allowed inside. Special rituals for their gods were held outside. One of these great temples were the Parthenon‚ built
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believed that the sea was mostly composed of Water‚ but Air‚ Fire‚ and Earth were also within it‚ or it couldn’t exist. Empedocles’s idea of a combined Universe of Four Elements became the dominate philosophy‚ and other philosophers such as Plato‚ Hippocrates‚ Galen‚ and others expanded upon
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Music Therapy Music therapy is the use of interventions to accomplish individual goals within a therapeutic relationship by a professional. Music therapy is an allied health profession and one of the expressive therapies. It consists a process in which a music therapist uses music and all of its aspects; physical‚ emotional‚ mental‚ social‚ and spiritual. Which is to help clients improve their physical and mental health. Music therapists primarily help clients improve their health in several domains
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They invented many different things we use commonly such as drama‚ democratic government‚ the Hippocratic Oath‚ the peer jury and marathons. The Hippocratic Oath: Hippocrates was known as the great ancient Greek physician and the father pf medicine. He taught about how sicknesses had natural causes and could be cured. He was the first to believe that medicine was not part of religion or science. Came up with Hippocratic
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Biological Psychology Your Name Your Class Date Instructor Biological Psychology Biological psychologists study behavior by researching and studying how behavior and experiences relate to individual as genes and physiology. Biological psychology also investigates questions of how the brain and connected to consciousness. This branch of psychology stresses the goal of relating biology to the issue of psychology. This is called by many different words such as psychobiology‚ biopsychology
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The 17th Century took place from 1601-1700‚ and was a time of great advancements in both science and philosophy. In the area of scientific achievements‚ medicine in particular experienced a number of important breakthroughs. During this time‚ the theories created by Galen‚ a Greek Physician‚ in 140 AD were still believed by doctors. His theory stated that four humors‚ or fluids‚ determined your personality‚ ruled your body and how you reacted to diseases. For example; if you had a phlegm humor‚
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Forks over Knives The objective of this documentary is to not only convince‚ but to show with scientific proof that there is a connection between diet and disease. The country’s three leading causes of death are heart disease‚ cancer and strokes. Billions are spent each year on major medical operations to help with these conditions. For this reason‚ Dr. T. Colin Campbell and Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn claim that most‚ if not all‚ of the degenerative diseases that afflict us can be controlled‚ or
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behaviors. I. The Psychobiological approach (the perspective that personality is determined by biological factors). temperament -- a person’s characteristic emotional state‚ first apparent in early infancy and possibly inborn. A. Hippocrates’ view -- According to Hippocrates‚ temperament is determined by a person’s level of 4 different body fluids‚ called humors. 1) Blood was associated with a cheerful‚ or sanguine temperament. 2) Phlegm assoc. with a calm‚ or phlegmatic temperament. 3) Black bile
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