Dulce Et Decorum Est was written by Wilfred Owen during World War I and is a war poem focusing on the horrors of war; the conditions of the soldiers‚ the wars impact on those whom remain alive and war not being glorious. Owen‚ a soldier of WWI and who had experienced the pain‚ loss of lives‚ and extreme conditions of war‚ lives to recount this poem to a wide range of audience in the format of a rhyme scheme abab‚ cdcd‚ efef‚ ghgh and so on. Owen’s use of modern diction and anti-war belief suggests
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Explain what is meant by the term ‘Aggregate Demand’? (6) The term ‘Aggregate Demand’ (AD) means the total amount of planned spending on goods and services at any price level in an economy. AD is made up of the following components: - C + I + G + (X - M) Therefore‚ it is the total of Consumption (C)‚ Investment (I)‚ Government spending (G) and the difference between Exports (E) and Imports (M). Consumption is spending by households on goods and services and it is the main component of
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the entire axon due to breaks in the wrapping. These breaks are called nodes. The distance between these nodes is between 0.2 and 2 mm. Action potentials traveling down the axon "jump" from node to node. This is called saltatory conduction‚ which means‚ "to jump”. Saltatory conduction is a faster way to travel down an axon than traveling in an axon without myelin. In other words the main role of the myelin sheath is to speed up nerve cell communications from the brain and spinal cord or to other parts
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What concepts in this chapter are illustrated in this case? The concepts of e-commerce‚ and social networking are illustrated in this case. E-commerce refers to the use of the Internet and the Web to transact business. In this case‚ Facebook setup a website for users to create a profile and join various types of self-contained networks without paying any money. But base on its huge number of users‚ it offers opportunity for companies to do advertisement on the site. And Facebook also uses
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9. Compare and contrast graded potentials and action potentials. 10. Explain how action potentials are generated and propagated along neurons. 11. Define absolute and relative refractory periods. 12. Define saltatory conduction and contrast it to conduction along unmyelinated fibers. The Synapse 13. Define synapse. Distinguish between electrical and chemical synapses by structure and by the way they transmit information. 14. Distinguish between excitatory and inhibitory
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The Moonstone is structured in a multi-narrative style and Wilkie Collins did this to present the characters and events from different perspectives and also create a sense of suspense. This is because the reader will have many different opinions on events from the different characters so there is not a definitive answer to what was said or what happened. How Collins portrays Victorian attitudes will also be examined in this essay. Not much is revealed about Miss. Clack in any of the narratives
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the body 2. Nerves from parts of the body C. Functions 1. Sensory a. receptors for stimuli (receive stimulus) b. peripheral nerves (carry impulses to CNS) c. activities monitored 1) light intensity (visual) 2) sound intensity (auditory) 3) temperature 4) oxygen concentration 5) internal fluid conditions 2. Motor a. peripheral nerves (carry impulses from CNS) b. effectors (muscles & glands) 3. Integration (CNS) a. create sensations (awareness) b. add to memory c. help produce thoughts
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A key choice writers make is how they name or refer to characters in their stories. Write about the significance of the choices writers have made in naming or referring to their characters in the three texts you have studies. In the three texts I have studies the writers all name and refer to their characters in different ways. For example in The Road the characters are not given names and in Small
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Neurophysiology Study Guide 1. Define "equilibrium potential". Why is the resting potential closer to the potassium equilibrium potential (EK+) than the sodium potential (ENa+)? The equilibrium potential is the point at which the force exerted on an ion by electrostatic and concentration gradient forces are balanced‚ and there is no net movement of that ion. The resting potential is closer to EK+ than ENa+ because the cell membrane is more permeable to
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Autonomic Nervous System Nerve Tissue – neurons (nerve fibers) and specialized cells (Schwann‚ neuroglia) 1. Neuron cell body contains the nucleus; cell bodies are in the CNS or trunk; protected by bone 2. Axon carries impulses away from the cell body; dendrites carry impulses toward it 3. Schwann cells in PNS: - Layers of cell membrane form the myelin sheath to electrically insulate neurons - nodes of Ranvier: spaces between adjacent Schwann cells - Nuclei & cytoplasm of Schwann cells form the
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