chemoreceptor trigger zone is situated on the floor of the fourth ventricle of the brain within the area postrema (Bowen‚ R.‚ 1996). It consists of a blood-brain barrier that is able to detect chemical stimuli within the blood and the cerebrospinal fluid. The chemoreceptors which are situated within the chemoreceptor trigger zone are stimulated by many drugs and toxic substances; referred to as emetics (Sherwood‚ L.‚ 2013). When emetics cause a stimulation of the chemoreceptor trigger zone‚ impulses are
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Chapter Summary After the Civil War‚ Americans‚ who believed expansion was their “manifest destiny‚” began moving westward across the continent‚ subduing the Native Americans through various means‚ creating a North American empire. BEYOND THE FRONTIER Prior to the Civil War‚ the march of White settlement paused at the margin of the semiarid Great Plains‚ a region seared by hot winds in the summer and buffeted by blizzards and hailstorms in the winter‚ presenting a temporary obstacle to further
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Zone of Proximal Development Teachers with a constructivist view of learning focus on students’ thinking about the material being learned and‚ through careful orchestrated cues‚ prompts‚ and questions‚ help students arrive at a deeper understanding of the material. Also‚ teachers with a constructivist view elicit students’ prior knowledge of the material and uses this as the starting point for instruction. In addition the teacher not only presents material to students‚ but he or she also responds
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“The Singapore River thematic zone” (the Geographical Journal‚ 2002) Savage et al explore the concepts of sustainable tourism and examine the viability of sustainable thematic zones as a strategy to an urban tourism environment in urban destinations such as Singapore. Taking Singapore River as a research site‚ undertaking a land use plot along the Singapore River‚ surveying and interviewing with different groups of people‚ the authors analyse that as a thematic zone‚ Singapore River fulfill the environmental
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while the other views them as the solution. Many places including schools are designated gun free zones. Despite this designation we are all aware of the many campus shooting that have taken place within the last few years. I believe that college students‚ teacher and administrators should have the right to carry their legal firearms onto college campuses. It is my understanding that gun free zones create easy targets. Students‚ teachers and administrators have a better chance at saving their own
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The crumple zone is a structural feature in which can be mostly found in automobiles. They are constructed to absorb the kinetic energy from impact during an accident by controlled deformation. In order to absorb the impact of a head on collision‚ most of the time crumple zones are designed to be in the front part of a vehicle‚ they can also be found on the rear and sides of vehicles. Isaac Newton’s first law states that an object in motion will stay in motion with the same speed and direction unless
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About me Hi my name is Daniel Gjorgjioski and I am born on the 18th of March 1998‚ I complete all of my tasks in hand. Work Experience: I have never had work experience and I would like to get some so therefore this is why I am applying for a job at hungry jack’s Fawkner. Education I am currently in year 10 at Roxburgh College and I like year 10 it is very hard but I learn how to cope with it and follow my duties that I need to complete. Hobbies My hobbies include fishing I love fishing
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1888PressRelease - This new book from Mark Parker examines the current state of character‚ ethics and morals in our society. Integrity is a new book from Mark Parker that casts a critical eye on the current state of character‚ ethics and morals. His premise is that these qualities are in decline among governmental‚ political‚ business‚ athletic‚ religious‚ educational and other leaders‚ and their lack of integrity is having a profoundly negative effect on our nation and society. Parker begins
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The book I read for the this class is Uglies. Uglies is about a girl named Tally. In this dystopian world when you turn sixteen‚ there is a operation done to make everyone stunningly beautiful. When Tally sneaks into New Pretty Town to see her friend Piris. When she sees him she notices that his personality has changed along with his face. When she gets back to Uglevill she meets Shay. Shay is a rebellious girl who doesn’t want to be pretty. She talks about a place called the smoke. When she runs
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While making documentaries for discovery channel‚ Thomas Friedman got an idea to go to call centres across the world and document young people on America’s standing. He says that Globalization took over when he was sleeping and that he couldn’t explain it. Tom travels to Bangalore and meets Nandan Nilekani who casually mentions that the world’s economic playing field was being levelled. This propelled him to write a book on globalization and outsourcing called “The world is flat”. The Flatteners
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