The Experiences of living in the global village can begin to challenge and have a negative impact on an individual’s values‚ beliefs and attitudes. Living in the global poses challenges such as the differentiating values of mateship‚ traditions and the notion of fairness and justice. These aspects are highlighted in the film The Castle (1997) directed by Rob Sitch. On the other hand The article Digital natives‚ Digital immigrants (2001) written by Marc Prensky highlights the complex dynamics of
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Sitting cross-legged on the bay window at home‚ I study my canvas. A toddler sits in her pram‚ brown curly locks flying in all directions. Her cheeks are dimpled and her smile is gummy. Her hand holds a rattle‚ but she’s looking at me intently. At first glance‚ she’s exactly the way I remembered her when I first saw her while vacationing at a hill-station. (something not quite right about this sentence) My eyes linger on hers; the curve seems just right‚ the pupils a lovely hue of green-yellow‚ her
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Lafora progressive myoclonus epilepsy is a fatal form of autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disorder that is characterized by the presence of insoluble polyglucosan inclusion bodies‚ known as Lafora bodies. They are generally found in many of the body’s tissues such as within the cytoplasm of the cells of the heart‚ liver‚ muscle‚ and skin but the signs and symptoms of the disease are limited to the nervous system. The disease presents with epileptic seizures followed by progressive central nervous
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In this lab report I will be talking about exercise 3‚ the skeletal muscle lab. I will be going over the contraction of a frog’s gastrocnemius muscle. An overview of muscle contraction is based on the organization of the cytoskeletal proteins. The contraction is the shortening of a sarcomere‚ which is caused by the thick myosin filaments sliding past the thin actin filaments. The actual filaments aren’t getting shorter just sliding past each other. The contraction is caused by physical interaction
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Activity 1 – The Muscle Twitch and Latent 1) Define the terms skeletal muscle fiber‚ motor unit‚ skeletal muscle twitch‚ electrical stimulus‚ and latent period. Skeletal Muscle Fiber: Skeletal muscle cells that are composed of hundreds to thousands of individual cells that produce muscle tension. These fibers are what move our bodies and generate muscle tension/force that enables us to have manual dexterity. Motor unit: consists of one motor neuron and all of the skeletal muscle fibers that it
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Defining the Visual Arts Alina Lopez ARTS/230CA October 20‚ 2014 Milinda Jaffe-Bork Defining Visual Arts Trying to imagine the world without art is like trying to imagine the world without air. Most people don’t realize how much they rely on the importance of art in their everyday life. Visual arts consist of much more than a painting at a museum. “The visual arts can help us give meaning to what seems meaningless and help us recapture feelings and experiences that we have once had or would
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Agam Sidhu Johnson Rhet 1302 26 February 2013 The Death of the Moth Analysis All living creatures must face the battle between life and death. In Virginia Woolf’s “The Death of the Moth” a moth is shown to be injured and laying in a window pane staring upon death. Like the moth‚ humans face the struggle of living life and facing death. The fact that death is inevitable‚ allows humans to shape their lives in a way that makes them content. Woolf effectively uses the dying moth to represent the
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I. Types of Muscles a. Skeletal i. Striated ii. Uses intracellular calcium to contact iii. Big cylindrical cells iv. Multi-nucleated v. Voluntary vi. Location: attached to the bone vii. Used for locomotion b. Cardiac i. Involuntary ii. Uni-nucleated iii. Striated iv. Location: walls of heart v. Used to propel blood vi. Uses extracellular calcium c. Smooth i. Involuntary ii. Location: Walls of hallow organs iii. Non-striated iv. Uses extracellular calcium v. Spindle shaped cells
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exercise. Although stretching doesn’t reduce bodily fat nor does it gain muscle; it does set a good foundation for you to perform the necessary activities that lead to good health. With proper flexibility‚ many functions that were previously not achievable can now be done. For instance‚ a tennis game can be fun for a little while. But as your muscle tense up‚ you risk probable sourness and cramping. With good flexibility‚ your muscles stay loose and relaxed and your attitude toward the tennis game and
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A Story of Three Progressives Three classic theorists‚ Karl Marx‚ Emile Durkheim‚ and Max Weber have discussed and analyzed the complexity of modernization. Modernization is a broad concept that refers to major social changes which occur when a pre-industrial society develops economically and the workplace shifts from the home to the factory (industrialization)‚ people move from farms into cities where jobs are available (urbanization)‚ and large-scale formal organizations emerge (bureaucratization)
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