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    Observation 1 Physical Development Date 9/10/2012 Time 11.00am Number of children present 1 Number of adults present 2 Permission obtained from mother Physical Development: Physical development: The growth and development of the body’s muscles‚ bones‚ energy systems‚ and the nervous system. Description of setting: This observation took place at the TC home. Immediate context: In the main living room there is lots of cushions around the room‚ there is wooden floors and the

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    history of reflexology

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    here an early acupuncture was being used alongside digit techniques. There is neither an exact founder nor origin of reflexology yet it has stood the test of vast time and helped thousands of people to better health. The dictionary definition of Reflex is “an involuntary or instinctive movement in response to a stimuli” or in the sense of reflection or mirror image. The reflexes on our feet and hands act as mirror images of the body. The term reflexology was coined in 1917 after Russian Ivan Pavlov

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    both arms returning them to her midline. This sequence of movements appeared a few times while Paige was in the supine position. When there was nothing near her hands‚ her fingers remained extended. Paige demonstrated the asymmetrical tonic neck reflex while

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    Cari's Story Summary

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    infection in Cari’s nasal passage and pharynx can spread to her sinuses because her sinuses open into the nasal cavity and the throat. The cough reflex makes a coughing response to the larynx‚ pharynx‚ and the trachea-bronchial tree. Cari’s respiratory system is clearing her lungs the cilia moving the mucus from the lungs and it starts the cough reflex sending mucus to the pharynx therefore you are able to swallow it or spit it out. The structure found in the terminal

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    The Diver

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    the most powerful lines in the poem. These lines are followed by much anticipation from the crowd below. The dive symbolizes the end of something‚ which is also supported when "The river circling away/ grew silent as held breath/ still as death". These lines make is seem as though everything‚ and everyone‚ even the river‚ are "holding their breath" in anticipation of the outcome of the dive. Then‚ starting at line twenty-one‚ the rebirth begins‚ as‚ "from unknown depths/ his head broke the water/

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    through touch‚ taste and hearing Swallowing and sucking reflexes- ensuring that babies can feed and swallow milk Rooting reflex- babies move their head to look for a nipple or teat if the cheek and mouth are touched‚ helping the babies to find milk Grasp reflex- automatically putting fingers around an object that has touched palm of hand Startle reflex- when babies hear a sudden sound or see a bright light‚ they move their arms outwards‚ and clenching their fists Walking and

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    All Behaviour Is Learnt

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    All behavior is learnt-true or false In this paper I will be critically discussing the idea that all behaviour is learnt. But first let me introduce you to the precise definition of behaviour. What is behaviour? "Behaviour is the aggregate of all the responses made by an organism in any situation. It is the range of actions and mannerisms made by organisms‚ systems‚ or artificial entities in conjunction with their environment‚ which includes the other systems or organisms around as well

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    discussing how they can be used. Classical conditioning‚ as described by Ivan Pavlov‚ is where an unnatural stimulus can cause a natural reaction or reflex. His study introduced a bell when food was presented to a dog to produce the saliva reflex [ (Kowalski‚ 2009) ]. Later he used the bell without presenting the food and still received the salivation reflex [ (Kowalski‚ 2009) ]. The dog had learned to associate the sound of the bell with meal time. In essence‚ classical conditioning or learning is

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    Anti-Microbials Module

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    Antimicrobials Anti-bacterials * Need a drug selectively toxic to bacterial cells but won’t harm human cells * Many drugs that achieve this still have side effects as every drug is a poison Bacterial Infections * Immunocompromised especially vulnerable * Opportunistic infection – Infection caused by pathogens that usually do not cause disease in a healthy immune system. A compromised immune system however presents ‘opportunity’ for pathogen to infect * Prophylaxis

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    The goal of the study is to show that phorbol 12-myristate-13-acetate (PMA) stimulated activation of protein kinase C-ç (PKC-ç) in U-251 glioblastoma (GBM) cells resulted in activation of both Akt and the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) signaling pathways and an increase in cell proliferation. The abstract acknowledged that previous studies proved that PMA induced proliferation in glioblastoma cells by PKC-ç. It also states that PKC-ç is involved in cell growth through Akt and motor signaling

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