... called atherosclerosis which narrows the arteries that eventually leads to angina, heart attack (myocardial infarction) and stroke. Carbon monoxide in tobacco smoke reduces the ability of blood to carry oxygen, which means heart has to pump harder to supply oxygen to the body that it needs. Nicotine in cigarettes stimulates the body to produce more adrenaline which makes the heart faster and that ... teeth, fingers and lungs. When smoked this sticky substance coats the inside of your lungs - preventing oxygen from reaching the circulatory system. All of the above factors leads to thicke...

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... into left ventricle Left ventricle full it contracts forcing left AV valve shut and blood through aortic semilunar valve to ascending aorta, on way throughout body Chambers of heart fill during diastole or the relaxation phase and eject blood during systole or contraction phase DeO2 blood comes into right atrium through AV or tricuspid valve then right ventricle, then pulmonary valve ... and pulmonary circulation Chamber walls have cardiac muscle called myocardium Their internal lining has smooth delicate membrane called endocardium Epicardium is a double layered membrane enclosing the ...

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Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" and the movie "Apocalypse Now" are both stories about a man's exploration of his own self and what he finds there. Both Marlow and Willard are forewarned about the dangers that await them on their journeys, but neither man is able to understand how truly powerful the impact the different elements of their expeditions have on them until they have met with ... become. We see a very similar pattern with Captain Willard. He has returned to Vietnam for his second tour of duty because when he returned home, he could no longer maintain the relationships he had whe...

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... : Marlow decision to voyage to Africa was based on his presumptions of the physical landscape and features; his actual expedition, however, proved to expose a much darker and richer side. In the most literal sense, the "Heart of Darkness " is referring to the mysterious jungles of Africa that Marlow and his crew are entering. The jungle and river is frequently described as dark, brown, and swallowing. Since ... Africa was called the ˜dark continent' in that time period, the name certainly is fitting. It can also be meant in ... defense. Marlow slowly learns that Africa is a place where...

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... for longer and lead to a stronger force of contraction (positive inotropy). The sympathetic innervation of the heart increases the slope of the pacemaker potential, this produces a faster heart rate as the SAN pacemaker cells can reach the threshold for the action potentials faster. As in the parasympathetic pathways, the nerve fibres split off to the left and right sections of the heart, the left side fibres tend to have greater influence over myocardial contractility (inotropism ... in volume load entering the heart. If the right side of the heart is suitably distended by and increase...

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... loses his objective view to his subjectivity. Lear's character is particularly prone to such flaws, eventually (and inevitably) resulting in problems for himself and others. In Lear's first speech of the scene, in which he conveys his "darker purpose", he initially appears slightly pretentious and theatrical. For example he tends to be somewhat over elaborate in speech, describing France and Burgundy ... own ego. He seems also to have a penchant for melodrama, speaking in a slightly strange fashion - for example: "Here I give her father's heart from her" In a way that is clearly designe...

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... of knowledge may often leave a negative effect on one who abuses it. One may achieve pride through worthless acts of knowledge and in the end be unsatisfied. However, those who cope with their pride will lift their heart, by putting their knowledge to use where it is needed. Victor Frankenstein's onward cadence towards perfecting a creature to which he believed would excel human ... occupations, Victor sought to form a life which was so planned and perfected, that his emotional life quickly began to emancipate. So focussed on his grasp towards knowledge, Victor's heart was confined from...

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... , Boekkooi, Jongsma and Nijhuis. Their study, Fetal habituation to vibroacoustic stimulation in relation to fetal states and fetal heart rate parameters, proposes to prove that "fetal habituation to repeated stimulation has the potential to become a tool in the assessment of fetal condition and of the function of the fetal central nervous system," Heteren et al, 2000, p. 135). Thus, they conducted a study using a habituation model to ... exposure. Habituation was indicated by a lack of response after four consecutive stimuli. A cardiocotograph was used to detect the fetal heart rate, obt...

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... to bite off more than he can handle, and Dead Heart leaves one with a sense of acute disappointment. The mystery elements of the plot are not very suspenseful or convincing, and the pacing is at times a little slow and muddled. Brown, who also produced Dead Heart, delivers a solid performance as Lorkin, the policeman caught between a rock and a hard place in his ... tensions between Katie and her idealistic teacher husband (Lewis Fitz-Gerald). James Bartle's cinematography is superb, wonderfully capturing the harsh, arid beauty of Australia's dead heart. The almost simmering heat of the ...

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... 's two centers are two dark hearts that fascinate Marlow. One is found in Congo,which is the heart of Africa andthe other is held by Kurtz. The two hearts have a bad effect upon Kurtz, who possesses one and wants to possess the other. So Conrad frequently hides them inside of Kurtz. Conrad offers Kurtz as one whose dark nature was provoked by something dark ... Africa both contain complementary, destructive darkness. The darkness Kurtz holds within himself - mirroring the darkness of the civilizing mission itself - is inadvertently revealed in the brickmaker's comment on Kurtz: "He is an...

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... of disease and starvation, lying confusedly in the greenish gloom." (page 20). It is evident the movie made use of the dehumanization employed in the book. The film Apocalypse Now emulated the truly horrendous and thought provoking themes of Conrad's Heart of Darkness. The movie's creators had no intention of recreating the book in film. The novel Heart of Darkness serves as a testament to the horrifying and selfish actions man will make ... . Francis Ford Coppola's recognition and use of the novel's themes strengthens most aspects of the film to a new degree. The two are very different ...

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... his family worth. Although Aeneas is weary of crushing Dido's dreams and breaking her heart, he has been deeply moved by the message sent by Mercury through Jupiter himself. Aeneas' respect of the gods also drives his decision as he trusts them and realises the importance that it is the will of Jupiter and he must obey their orders as he fears them which shows ... piety and nobility. After Mercury delivered his message Aeneas' 'hair stood on end with horror and the voice stuck in his throat' he immediately undergoes a change of heart and states he wishes to flee and leave behind th...

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... . We see as Marlow is being lured further and further into the depths of the dark forest of the Congo when he states, "And I remember I confounded the beat of the drum with the beating of my heart " representing his lack of ability and judgement to differentiate between the Congo and civilisation as he is lured further into the forest. But fortunately, Marlow comes to a realization that he can no ... been seduced by greed for ivory to an extent where Conrad begins to use ivory to describe the physical features which Kurtz possesses, "his ivory face"." Kurtz witnessed the exploitation of ...

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... scheming. In a world of mundanely malicious men and "flabby devils," attracting enough attention to be worthy of damnation is indeed something. Kurtz can be criticized in the same terms that Heart of Darkness is sometimes criticized: style entirely overrules substance, providing a justification for amorality and evil. In fact, it can be argued that style does not just ... -than-life plans, remains with Marlow and with the reader. Themes Themes are the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work. The Hypocrisy of Imperialism - Heart of Darkness explores the issues s...

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... carefully constructed character scheme, Marlow possessed the ability to be a very forthright and candid personality in the book, often the one that made Conrad's political statement on imperialism. Marlow serves as Conrad's voice in the novel and it is through his eyes that the reader sees the puzzle that is imperialism. "The true center of Heart of Darkness is the subtly revealed psychology of an ethical ... for others to bow down before, and offer a sacrifice to '. (Hampson XXX) Marlow's realization that the Europeans bringing light to the natives is not the case, but instead of bring...

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... the factors that assist the return of systemic venous blood to the heart. The factors that assist the return of the systemic venous blood to the heart are the contraction of skeletal muscles in the lower limbs and the pressure changes in the thorax and abdomen during respiration. Also, the presence of valves in the veins allows both of these pumps to contribute to the venous return. During the contraction of the skeletal muscles, the muscles would tighten around the ... vein passing through them, which increases the venous ... ...

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... ., 2002). These decreases should be expected to correlate with an overall diminished risk or postmenopausal heart disease in women taking HRT. However, the American Heart Association has warned doctors regarding the use of these therapies for the prevention of cardiovascular diseases. The AHA support their position with two separate studies finding that the slowing of arterioclerosis previously associated with HRT was not significantly different than a placebo, and ... that patients already having a history of heart disease had an increase of 52% adverse cardiovascular events during the ...

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... . In Joseph Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness, the evil qualities of a man are introduced and discerned as direct effects of imperialism. The character of Marlow in the Heart of Darkness advances the theme of the hypocrisy of imperialism in the scene when Marlow arrives to the Company's outer station at the mouth of the Congo river. Through Marlow's eyes the reader penetrates into the darkness within the characters and themselves. The change and shift of ... Marlow's perspective show the contrast between his first view that justified imperialism ... ...

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... differences between cultures. Francis Ford Coppola's film Apocalypse Now and Joseph Conrad's novel Heart of Darkness share parallel characters, ideas and dialogues, but most important is the clear similarity between essential themes. Each deals with the primitive, animalistic qualities hidden within the modern, sophisticated man. One of the many comparisons between the two works is race. Joseph Conrad and Francis Coppola both use white men as ... have dominance. Although the Caucasian men within the two works believed they had reached the height of civilization, remnants remained of the...

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... Nirmal and his relationship with Kusum and Horen. Kanai decides to accompany Piya and Fokir as an interpreter on a trip to the estuarine terrain to track down the Irrawaddy dolphins. The three of them embark on a motorized boat into the heart of the Sundarbans which brings lasting changes to their lives. Kanai, attracted to Piya and envious of Fokir who is able to establish an ... emotional contact with the foreigner despite the communication barrier, constantly harps on the difference between the two is, you shouldn't deceive yourself, Piya: there wasn't anything ... Amitav Ghosh seems...

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... , staring into its skies, trying to find hope and vision in the otherwise illusive dream she had lived and pursued. Jay Gatsby and the American Dream For Jay Gatsby the protagonist of The Great Gatsby, the pursuit of his American dream took the path of amassing of great personal wealth and social success that will capture the heart of a beautiful lady called Daisy Buchanan. Born in rural North ... Tom, Gatsby was still abroad and enrolled at Oxford trying to get an education. On hearing the news and upon his return home, Gatsby rededicated his life with even more fervor towards attaining...

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... , claiming that "Not one could equal Penelope for intrigue-. Despite Penelope's complete devotion to her husband and constant portents of their demise, the suitors continue to plague the house of Odysseus, gorging on his food and depleting his stores. When Telemachus confronts them about it, one of them says " we will ... devour your worldly goods and wealth / as long as she holds out, holds to that course / the gods have charted deep inside her heart," after claiming that it is her fault for not choosing a suitor already. The complication here is that Penelope, who is most likely as goo...

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... "civilization" and "savagery," Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness reflects on the relationship between the civilized man and the barbarity that boils beneath the surface of every human being. Seduced up the Congo River by spellbinding English prose, the reader is immersed in a world stripped of all order where chaos ensues and all civilized intentions are crushed before the vengeful aspect of the heart of the land itself. It is a world of ... beauty and terror, frightening and fascinating, every second plunging the reader deeper into a "strange world of plants, water, and silence". Conqu...

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... , silence can express a thought or emotion whose complexity transcends the bounds of conventional language. Since Joseph Conrad explores topics of profound depth in Heart of Darkness, he frequently uses silence to convey what mere words cannot, symbolizing inexpressible concepts that exist only within the heart of man. The nouvelle begins quietly with an appropriate hush among Marlow's crew. ... In depicting the opening scene aboard the Nellie, the narrator writes, "Between us there was . . . the bond of the sea" (1). He describes each of his shipmates and then continues, "We exchanged a...

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... journey, those daunting 93 days would eternally be engrained into their minds as a nightmare that found its way into reality. Just as the tragedy had affected the survivors' lives, it did the same to mine but in a different manner. "In the Heart of the Sea " was an event-filled novel that evoked almost every emotion from me: anger, sadness, relief, happiness, sympathy, anxiety, and even revulsion ... . The first instance that the novel impacted my emotions was when the men were shipwrecked; a whale attacked and sunk their ship, resulting in the crew having to continue their journey in on...

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