Describe circadian rhythms (8marks) Circadian rhythms occur every 24 hours; an example of a circadian rhythm is the sleep-waking cycle. We are diurnal animals who are active during the daytime and asleep at night‚ other animals are nocturnal they are active at night but asleep during the day. The circadian rhythm depends on the interaction of physiological and psychological processes to be tuned into the sleep-waking cycle so energy is provided when needed. As diurnal humans we have a fairly stable
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“…the rhythm of work and play…” It’s been an hour since I made a start on my home work. So far I have tidied my desk‚ organised my notes into alphabetical order‚ made myself a cup of tea and set out my highlighters. My desk is spotless‚ I am settled and ready to go but I haven’t done anything. Still‚ I feel a false sense of accomplishment and pride at my solid hour of work even though I’m no closer to getting a decent result in my Leaving cert. Recognise yourself? Our generation suffers from an
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Keats: Ode to Autumn Analysis Ode to Autumn has a very different theme and style in comparison to many of Keat’s other poems. While most of Keats poems contain sharp cadences and emotionally charged themes‚ Ode to Autumn is a calm‚ descriptive poem about Keat’s perspective of the season Autumn and its relation to other season. In the Poem Ode to Autumn‚ Keats mainly utilizes rustic‚ vivid‚ visual and tactile imagery to describe the scenes of Autumn. The varying and slower cadences along with personification
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The Autumn and the Fall of Leaves It is not true that the close of a life which ends in a natural fashion- --life which is permitted to put on the display of death and to go out in glory- --inclines the mind to rest. It is not true of a day ending nor the passing of the year‚ nor of the fall of leaves. Whatever permanent‚ uneasy question is native to men‚ comes forward most insistent and most loud at such times. There are still places where one can feel and describe the spirit of the falling
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The numbers are overwhelming: Over the next 17 years‚ 350 million rural residents (more than the entire U.S. population today) will leave the farm and move to China’s cities. That will bring the Chinese urban population from just under 600 million today to close to 1 billion‚ changing China into a country where more than two-thirds of its people are city dwellers‚ says Jonathan Woetzel‚ a director in McKinsey’s Shanghai office. The change will reverse China’s centuries-old identity as a largely rural
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The Mid-Autumn Festival is a Vietnamese festival in which the children carry bright lanterns and play with alacrity until the midnight. There would have been no problem with me‚ an eighteen year-old who just wanted to gather my team to play a zealous soccer match on that day‚ if the principal had not decided to hold the Mid-Autumn Festival at high school. We students felt ridiculous about the idea‚ and the announcement seemed to be a joke rather than a serious idea. When our head teacher came and
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Rolyn Salva Charlotte Samuels Political Science 10/24/12 Proposition 30 Every year‚ the tuition for colleges rises significantly. Our education budget keeps getting cut by the millions. And we as students are struggling to make ends meet just trying to finish up our college education. We need to find a solution to this calamity. With Proposition 30‚ we might be able to make our first steps down the yellow brick road. Currently‚ our student tuition fee is $46 a unit. On July 28‚ 2009
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‘To Autumn’ Analysis ‘To Autumn’ is a caricature of the Autumnal season written by John Keats around 1820. Keat’s direct address‚ and thus his personification of Autumn is evident through the use of the direct determiner ‘To’ which resembles the conventional opening sequence of a letter. From the personification of Autumn‚ we can denote that ‘she’ is the intended audience‚ and that we are merely onlookers to Keat’s celebration. The purpose of the piece is to eulogize the season‚ exploring most
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Celebrated for centuries‚ the Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋節‚ zhōngqiū jié) is a harvest festival celebrated on the 15 day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar. What Is the Mid-Autumn Festival‚ and Why Is the Mid-Autumn Festival Celebrated? The Mid-Autumn Festival is derived from the tradition of praying to Chang-e‚ the Moon Goddess‚ in the autumn for a plentiful harvest. According to a legend from the Han Dynasty‚ Chang-e was the wife of divine archer Hou Yi‚ who shot down one of 10 suns that appeared
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&ATOMIC NUMBER AND MASS NUMBERS After reading this section you will be able to do the following: * Define and determine the atomic number of an atom. * Define and determine the mass number of an atom. What is an atom’s atomic number? The number of protons in the nucleus of an atom determines an element’s atomic number. In other words‚ each element has a unique number that identifies how many protons are in one atom of that element. For example‚ all hydrogen atoms‚ and only hydrogen atoms
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