'We've given up trying to understand our customers and it's cut a lot of cost and complexity from our business'. For me, this rather flippant remark over lunch, from a board director of one of the UK's most successful retailers, was something of an epiphany. No, this was not a blockheaded statement ...
The poliovirus rarely attacks the central nervous system; however, if the virus does invade the CNS, it will replicate in the spinal cord and cause paralysis or death. ... The virus usually lasts in your system from anywhere between 3 to 35 days. ... About 4-8% of the polio infections, have a minor illness, called abortive poliomyelitis, that does not invade the central nervous system, but causes a sore throat, fever, nausea, and vomiting. ... The poliovirus rarely attacks the central nervous system; however, if the virus does invade the CNS, it will replicate in the spinal cord and cause p...
integument digestive nervous endocrine 4. ... Which system is responsible for the secretion of hormones? ... Organ system: Related organs with a common function;11 systems j. ... Describe the organ systems, their functions, and organs found in each (endocrine, digestive urinary, skeletal, integumentary, nervous, respiratory, reproductive) a. ... The nervous tissue is responsible for sending and receiving messages. 2. ...
In his 3rd year at the University, he started a research work on the central nervous system in a physiological laboratory under the direction of Ernst Wilhelm von Brucke. ... (Britannica) He spent three years working at the General Hospital of Vienna - working successively to psychiatry, dermatology and to nervous diseases -. In the year 1885, he is given a government grant enabling him to spent 19 weeks in Paris to work with French neurologist Jean Charcot - director of the mental hospital, The Salpetriere - who tried to understand and treat nervous disorders, and most especially...
Circulation has two systems: pulmonary circulation, from heart to lungs and back, and systemic circulation, from heart to body tissues and back. ... Coronary arterie3s divide into smaller branches forming interconnection called anastomoses which constantly and fairly gives heart muscle supply of blood Right coronary artery provides blood for right ventricle Left coronary artery provides blood to left ventricle Right side of heart has Deoxygenated blood Left side of heart has oxygenated blood Heart is autorhythmitic Nodal cells are pacemaker cells create electrical impulse at regular intervals...
Definition The use of illicit or illegal drugs or the abuse of prescription or over-the-counter drugs for purposes other than those for which they are indicated or in a manner or in quantities other than directed. History of Drug Abuse Humans have used drugs of one sort or another for thousands ...
The reality of work in the factory in which she first worked quickly disillusioned her about the American political system. The realization that the American society tended to be a closed community of Protestant, Anglo-Saxon origin and that the economic paths were littered with obstacles for new immigrants, nourished her antipathy towards the capitalistic system. ... So at this point she became an implacable foe of the economic system which created such a discrepancy between individual worth and social rewards. ... In his speeches he did not only attack the oppressive capitalist system but...
Introduced either through chewing the leaf like coca-leaves or brewed as tea after being dried. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php'term=khat 5-Gastrointinal system: tubular passage of mucous membrane and muscle extending about 8.3 meters from mouth to anus; functions in digestion and elimination. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/gastrointestinal+tract 6- Psychoactive drug: a drug that can produce mood changes and distorted perceptions. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/psychoactive+drug 7-HIV: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is an infectious disease caused by the human im...
BRAIN/NERVOUS SYSTEM -loses some capacity for memorization and learning as cells die -becomes slower to respond to stimuli (reflexes dull) -Process accelerated by overuse of alcohol and other drugs, repeated blows to the head. ... • The brain and central nervous system change with aging resulting in slowing the physical reactions. ... Respiratory system (lungs). ... Digestive System. ... Elimination System. ...
Cocaine is the most powerful central nerve system stimulant in nature. ... By harming the central nervous system, inhalants may dangerously injure the activity of the nerves that controls the breathing system. ... Heavy abuse may cause fatal damage to these organs, as well as to the heart and nervous system. ... Marijuana Dangers Impaired perception Diminished short-term memory Loss of concentration and coordination Impaired judgment Increased risk of accidents Loss of motivation Diminished inhibitions Risk of AIDS and other STDs Increased heart rate Anxiety, pa...
The numbers are added and the result is an index of the amount of change related stress the person has recently experienced * Pressure involves expectations or demands that one behave in a certain way * Pressure is strongly related to measures of mental health * 3 reactions to stress: 1.Emotional responses- as stress increases, mood becomes more negative * the inverted U hypothesis predicts that task performance should improve with increased emotional arousal * as a task becomes more complex the optimal level of arousal decreases 2.Physiological responses- the fight or flight response i...
Introduction The respiratory system is essential to life as the body's provider of oxygen. ... The respiratory system also allows for the excretion of carbon dioxide. The respiratory system is usually considered to comprise: airways (nose, mouth, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi, and bronchioles); an area of gas exchange (alveoli); and the necessary structures to drive and control respiration (ribs, intercostals muscles, diaphragm, pleura and nervous system). ... The other components of the respiratory tract, respiratory muscles, nervous system, ribs, etc, while not primarily inv...
THE TWO-CELL, TWO-GONADOTROPIN SYSTEM 14. ... DISORDER OF THE FEMALE REPRODUCTION SYSTEM INTRODUCTION The ovulatory cycle is governed by an elaborate neuroendocrine system involving the brain, adenohypophysis and ovaries and is regulated by complex feedback systems. ... During the last few years it has become evident that besides the complicated endocrine system, autocrine and paracrine processes also take part in the complex regulation of ovarian events. ... The human corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) besides being the regulator of ACTH secretion also activates sympathetic nervous ...
Consciousness: a definition A. Consciousness and Control Nature of consciousness Degrees of consciousness Modes of consciousness Natural state of consciousness o Sleep o Dream Altered state of consciousness o Meditation o Hypnosis Psychoactive Drugs B. Conditioning, Learning and Memory Classical conditioning Operant conditioning C. Remembering and Forgetting Various act of remembering Attitudes that affect remembering Stages of memory o Short term memory o Long term memory Retrieval Process and improving memory A. Consciousness and Control Consciousness ...
Drugs have become a very serious problem in the United States. They have become a component of one's every day lives. This Nation's reliance on drugs for pleasure, depression, and medical relief dominates the political and economic scene. Much debate over the drug issue occurs daily. Pleasure is one of the main reasons for drug use in America. ...
The leader claims to be breaking with tradition, offering something novel, and instituting the only practical system for change that will solve life's problems. ... Park Diez, Koresh had two aspects of psychopathology that he described as "central" to Koresh's functioning. ...
VOCABULARY Apadana: an audience hall in a Persian palace Capital: the top element of a column Cuneiform: a system of writing in which the strokes are formed in a wedge or arrow-head shape Cylinder seal: a round piece of carved stone that when rolled onto clay produces an image Facade: the front of a building Ground plan: the map of a floor of a building Hierarchy of scale: a system of representation that expresses a person's importance by the size of his or her representation in a work of art Lamassu: a colossal winged human-headed bull in Assyrian art Negative space: empty space around ...
A problem they had with him was that he was surveying the land in Ontario style of survey which is done in squares instead of the system of long narrow lots with frontage used by the Métis. ... These years had strongly marked him, for, exiled from his native land and pursued by bounty hunters, he had suffered a nervous breakdown. ...
Marijuana, Users, & What You Lose The topic of marijuana use is very broad and has an intricate effect on society as a whole, however, for the purpose of this paper; the literature review is based on facts covering a brief overview of the existence, use, and effect of marijuana. The history of the Cannabis plant and the outcomes associated with the use and abuse of marijuana is the major focus of this paper. Is Marijuana? Marijuana is a drug obtained from dried and crumpled parts of the hemp plant Cannabis. Cannabis is botanically classified as a member of the family Cannabaceae...
Physiological psychology is a field akin to neurophysiology that studies the relation between behaviour and body systems like the nervous system and the endocrine system. ... A psychological school, known as behaviourism, maintains that human behaviour is a learned response to a stimulus, and consequently tried to establish learning as the central topic of psychology. ...
Introduction Shock absorbers ensure good road-holding and a comfortable ride by slowing the movement of the springs. A good shock absorber is one that is hard enough to prevent the wheel from leaving the ground and supple enough to ensure that the bodywork is not subjected to the force of the various bumps in the road. Shock absorbers and coil springs are such a natural fit as they work together to maintain wheel contact with the road and protect the vehicle body and its occupants from road irregularities, such as speed bumps and uneven road. Need of a good spring is inevitable for a good shoc...
