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    TV plays include Dread Poets Society (BBC2) co-written with the poet Benjamin Zephaniah. For ten years he also wrote a weekly column for the Saturday Guardian‚ eventually called Staffordshire Bull. The text under analysis called “Tinkling the ivoriesjangling the nerves” tells us about the author’s recommendations concerning the choice of a musical instrument to learn. He examined the most popular musical instruments and gave a funny characteristic for each of them. It should be mentioned that the

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    Robert Ištok‚ Tomáš Koziak. “Ivory Coast - From Stability to Collapse. Failed States in Time of Globalisation.” In Beyond Globalisation: Exploring the Limits of Globalisation in the Regional Context (conference proceedings)‚ 81-87. Ostrava: University of Ostrava Czech Republic‚ 2010. http://conference.osu.eu/globalization/publ/10-istok_koziak.pdf. Ivory Coast - From Stability to Collapse. Failed States in Time of Globalisation Robert Ištok‚ Tomáš Koziak Robert Ištok University of Ostrava Czech

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    The Ivory Coast

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    Côte d’Ivoire Ivory Coast is located on the south coast of West Africa. It is bound by Liberia and Guinea to the west‚ Mali and Burkina Faso to the north‚ Ghana to the east and the Atlantic Ocean to the south. Côte d’Ivoire‚ also known as the Ivory Coast or officially the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire‚ is a country known for it’s cocoa production. The exact coordinates are 6.8500° N‚ 5.3000° W. It’s poulation is 20.6 million people. The southern Ivory Coast forest is a typical rain forest;

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    Nerve Mechanics

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    emotions‚ hunger and thirst. Our spinal cord extends several types of nerve fibers from the brain acts like a switching and relay terminal for the peripheral nervous system as is stated in Mosby’s Dictionary. The 12 pairs of cranial nerves emerge directly from the brain Sensory nerves and motor nerves of the peripheral system leave the spinal cord separately between the vertebrae but unite to form 31 pairs of spinal nerves containing sensory fibers and motor fibers. More than 10 billion neurons

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    The Vagus Nerve

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    The vagus nerve is the tenth of the twelve brain nerves. The vagus nerve contributes to the feelings associated with infections such as appetite‚ fatigue and induction of disease behavior. It extends from the brainstem to the abdomen‚ with branches in the neck‚ thorax and abdomen 68. The vagus nerve is part of the autonomic nervous system‚ has efferent fibers‚ ascending signals from the brain to the peripheral organs‚ as well as afferent sensory fibers‚ and transmits information from the peripheral

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    Cranial nerves

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    12 cranial nerves I Olfactory 2. Optic 3 oculomotor 4 trochlear 5 trigeminal 6 abducens 7 facial 8 vestibulocochlear 9 glassopharygeal 10 Vegas 11 accessory 12 hypoglossal The 12 cranial nerves Oh Oh Oh To Touch And Feel Very Green Vegetables Ah Ha J J J J J J J J J J J J J H J J J J J J N N N N N J J J J J J J J J N J J J J

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    The Ivory Tower It rose up inside of me; the sense of fear was undeniable‚ as if it were a penned bull being taunted and ready to charge. The Clean‚ sickly‚ astringent smell that clung to the air made me feel nauseated. Sweat dripped in beads down my forehead‚ as my eyes darted around the room trying to catch any sign of movement. My heart beat furiously in my chest‚ convulsing with every movement. Goosebumps suddenly rose on the back of my neck as I noticed the leather straps binding me to the

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    Trigeminal Nerve

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    Trigeminal nerve The trigeminal nerve is the fifth of twelve pairs of cranial nerves enervating the face and head‚ and is denoted by the Roman Numeral V. It has three divisions which enervate the forehead and eye (ophthalmic V1)‚ cheek (maxillary V2) and lower face and jaw (mandibular V3). The trigeminal nerves function in sensing facial touch‚ pain and temperature‚ as well as controlling muscles used for chewing. The trigeminal nerve functions should be distinguished from the facial nerve (cranial

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    Site Plan | I. Neurons/nerve cells A neuron is a cell specialized to conduct electrochemical impulses called nerve impulses or action potentials. Neuron is the main cellular component of the nervous system‚ a specialized type of cell that integrates electrochemical activity of the other neurons that are connected to it and that propagates that integrated activity to other neurons. They are the basic information processing structures in the CNS.

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    Cranial Nerves The human body is a unique and fascinating entity. There is not much notice taken of the features the human body is capable of. The brain is necessary to perform day-to-day actions‚ such as the ability to speak‚ and see amongst us. This brain is made up of simple mater (Pia mater‚ Arachnoid mater‚ Dura mater) and the cranial surface to protect the brain. We live our daily lives without acknowledging the importance of this organ‚ the brain‚ unless you’re a medical student of

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