Thyroid hormones are essential for the body to function normally. To achieve this purpose‚ the thyroid hormones must be present in the body in the correct amount -- not too little and not too much. Hyperthyroidism is the medical term applied to an over-active thyroid gland with consequent excess secretion of thyroid hormones (T3 and T4)‚ causing the body to “speed up.” Hyperthyroidism with an enlarged thyroid gland is more popularly known as toxic goiter. What are the causes of hyperthyroidism
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protection in the presence of endogenous aggressive factor such as gastric acid by mainly increasing secretion of gastric mucosa and decreasing gastric acid secretion‚ also PGE2 has a role in regulating the kidney function by maintaining vascular tone‚ blood flow‚ and salt and water excretion. Moreover‚ there are important and opposing functions of both prostacyclin PGI2 and thromboxane TXA2 in maintaining the vascular homeostasis and good cardiovascular health‚ in detail‚ TXA2 is synthesised in the platelets
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Final Essay: Multiple Sources‚ Research Based Argumentative Essay Animal Cloning: Beneficial to Humans Today’s technology develops so quickly that many impossible things become true; the example is cloning technology. Cloning is a process used to create an exact copy of a mammal by using the complete genetic material of a regular body cell. Different from the common propagate‚ cloning needs only one cell and without sex. Cloning‚ as of recent years‚ has become a very controversial issue in society
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Blood banking law RA 1517: Blood banking law June 16 1956 PURPOSES -safeguarding -promoting -preventing RA 7719: Repealed or repeals 1517 May 5 1994 The national voluntary blood services act AO 9 s. 1995 Ao 17- As. 1998 Purpose of 7719 To promote voluntary blood donation To provide safe‚ adequate‚ affordable and equitable blood products To inform the public To require all blood banks/ centers to operate on a non profit basis Donors 1. Voluntary
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Endocrine System: Biochemistry‚ Secretion and Transport of Hormones 1. Place the following hormones into one of the three categories of hormones (peptides‚ amines or steroids): T4 (thyroxin)‚ estradiol‚ norepinephrine‚ insulin‚ aldosterone‚ glucagon‚ cortisol‚ growth hormone‚ T3 (triiodothyronine)‚ epinephrine‚ testosterone and vasopressin (ADH). |Peptides |Amines |Steroids | |Insulin
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involved in blood clotting Blood clotting or blood coagulation occurs when blood vessel is damaged or broken. There are there mechanisms in blood clotting process: vascular spasm‚ platelet plug formation and blood clotting (coagulation). Vascular spasm Vascular spasm occurs immediately after a blood vessels get injury. The muscle of the blood vessel contracts and hold off the blood supply to the area and it can hold for minutes to hours; this process prevents the loosing blood from the body
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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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humanity of the residents of the town ( ties in with human nature theme) * Capote handled the facts he received not as a journalist but as a novelist‚ this let him fill in the gaps. * Capote makes the killers seem human In Cold Blood- Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood‚ tells the true story of the murdering of the Clutter Family in Kansas in 1959. It is a novel in which incorporates techniques which make it the first New Journalism novel which under goes techniques in which make the novel both Journalistic
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“I had to tell the truth”‚ the words resembling neon signboards blinking in my mind as I recalled the incident that happened just three days ago. The entire scene was glued in my memory as I shuddered just at the thought of it…… I could smell the perspiration in the air as the bustling crowds of people frenzied pass me‚ sticky and sweaty bodies took their turns pressing against me. It felt like I was in a maze where the only things visible were bobbing heads and scuttling feet of different shapes
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APPLE INC. 1. What‚ historically‚ have been Apple’s competitive advantages? Apple pursues a differentiation strategy since it started in 1976. Only one time they offered a computer aiming for the mass market‚ but soon came back to their differentiation strategy. This differentiation strategy was at one point supported by a strong promotion campaign‚ with the goal of to ‘differentiate the Macintosh amid intense competition in the PC industry. Apple has always been a very innovative PC manufacturer
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