What is the concept of Homeostasis? Homeostasis is the process of which the body attempts to maintain a state of stable physiological balance. The body has to have homeostasis to stay alive‚ if you take a psychoactive drug‚ for example a drug that may affect your mood swings and distorted perceptions. Your body then attempts to bring itself back into physiologic balance and this may create a rebound effect. The normal temperature for a human being is 36-37.5 degree C If your body gets too cold
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Anthropogenic hazards or human-made hazards can result in the form of a human-made disaster. In this case‚anthropogenic means threats having an element of human intent‚ negligence‚ or error; or involving a failure of a human-made system. This is as opposed to natural hazards that cause natural disasters. Either can result in huge losses of life and property as well as damage to peoples’ mental‚ physical and social well-being. Fire Bush fires‚ forest fires‚ and mine fires are generally started by lightning
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India’s booming urbanization brings the problem of waste management. The amount of waste is increasing at a high pace and waste management is likely to become a critical issue in the coming years. Rag pickers play an important‚ but usually unrecognised role in the waste management system of Indian cities. They collect garbage in search of recyclable items that can be sold to scrap merchant (paper‚ plastic‚ tin...). This activity require no skills and is a source of income for a growing number of
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wide variety of natural and human-induced hazards and disasters. Phenomena such as floods‚ extreme wind speeds‚ earthquakes‚ mudslides‚ droughts‚ wildfires‚ pest plagues‚ air and water pollution cause extensive losses to livelihoods and property‚ and claim many lives. This study attempts to bring to light disasters or hazards‚ there examples‚ as well draw attention to the challenges faced by the government of Zambia in controlling the disasters or hazards and Conclude with suggested possible solutions
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Work Placement Portfolio On Health And Safety. This is a summary of how my placement at field house‚ meets health and safety to make sure that the working environment if safe for staff and residents also visitors. Food Safety Act‚ This act ensures that nothing extra is included in food‚ or remove anything from food or treat food in any way this could damaged to the health of people eating. It should be served to the quality which consumers would expect their food to be‚ that all food is labelled
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211 2.3 check the suitability of an individual’s clothing and footwear for safety and mobility. When I go into a client’s house on a morning I get out clean clothes for that day for the client to put on‚ as I get the clothes out I check that the clothes are in good condition and that the clothes are the right size for the client. I recently went to dress the client‚ I went to put some trousers on the client but the trousers were too small so I explained to the client that these weren’t suitable as
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Unit 14: physiological disorders P1: explain the nature of two physiological disorders P2: explain the signs and symptoms related to two named physiological disorders. The first physiological disorder which I’m going to interview and talk about is asthma‚ before the interview I asked him if he had time to answer and talk about how asthma had come into his life and how he discovered the physiological disorder when we was a young man. I am trying to discover the physiological disorder
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Occupational hazard is a danger that’s inherent in a particular work requirement or environment. It is a job which entails a greater risk than that to the population at large‚ such as a risk of illness from exposure to toxic materials‚ mining disters‚ etc. Occupational hazards are regulated by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA). OSHA defines an occupational illness as‚ "any abnormal condition or disorder‚ other than one resulting from an occupational injury‚ caused by exposure
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moving and positioning individuals 4. how to prepare individuals before moving and positioning 5. how to move and position an individual 6. when to seek advice from and/or involve others when moving and positioning an individual. 1 Level 2 Health and Social Care Diploma 1. Understand anatomy and physiology in relation to moving and positioning individuals 1.1 Anatomy and physiology of the human body in relation to the importance of correct moving and positioning Key term Anatomy – the physical
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Control of Hazards Mock Exam 1 QUESTION 1 Identify how a dust problem would be recognised in a workplace. (4) Outline how the human body defends itself against the effects of airborne dust. (6) Outline‚ using practical examples‚ the control measures that should be implemented to reduce levels of dust in a workplace. (10) QUESTION 2 Identify TWO causes of fire in a workplace. (2) Identify THREE methods of heat transfer and state how EACH can assist the spread of fire. (6) QUESTION
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