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    The Polar Bear and Adaptations The polar bear is seen by many as the beautiful white bear that lives in the cold and ice of the areas within the North Pole. They may never look beyond the beauty to see the animal has progressed through natural selection to become a creature that endures and thrives in the frigid temperatures and prolific ice. The polar bear has adapted in various ways such as temperature regulation‚ hunting skills‚ movement in water and on ice. The bears white coat makes hunting

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    Cultural Shock and Adaptation Cultural shock is when a person faces many stressors through experiencing new culture‚ and it may lead to psychological crises or social dysfunction. Cultural shock mostly occurs on immigrants (e.g. students‚ business people‚ social change‚ etc). The reaction of cultural shock depends on various factors‚ the experience of other culture adaptation‚ the difference between the home culture and the new culture‚ and the psychological characteristics of the person. There

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    during the hot African weather. Each of the species are also hetertrophs and they eat a variety of small animals and plants. The yellow mongoose‚ white-tailed mongoose‚ and the ring-tailed mongoose are all found in Africa and share many similar adaptations such as burrowing and the ability to mark their territory and protect themselves from predators by using a gland. Yellow mongooses are a species in the herpestidae family. Yellow mongooses are commonly found in southern Africa and the climate

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    Standardisation versus Adaptation: A Study of the Factors Initiating and Influencing the Process of Strategic Migration A Case Study of MalacoLeaf Anne Marte Bergersen René Zierfuss Graduate Business School School of Economics and Commercial Law Göteborg University ISSN 1403-851X Printed by: Elanders Novum AB 2 Marte Bergersen René Zierfuss Abstract Despite nearly eight decades of debate on the topic of international marketing strategy standardisation/adaptation‚ the subject of strategic

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    The Roy Adaptation Model

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    The Roy Adaptation Model Ella Linden POINT LOMA UNIVERSITY The Roy Adaptation Model Sister Callista Roy proposed the Roy Adaptation Model. The person or group responds to stimuli from internal or external environment through control processes or coping mechanisms identified as the regulator and cognator (stabilizer and innovator for the group) subsystems. The regulator processes are essentially automatic‚ while the cognator processes involve perception‚ learning‚ judgment‚ and emotion. The

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    Adaptations Of Star Fish

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    Starfish have many adaptations to live in the ocean. They have special adaptations that affect their chance of survival and reproduction in the ocean. Some of the many adaptations the starfish has are the adaptation to re-grow after an attack‚ use their feet to move along the ocean‚ locate prey by their light-sensing eyespots‚ eat large quantities of food‚ and their physical structure to protect them from predators by camouflage and bright colors. In the ocean‚ starfish are able to

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    The film adaptation of Sophocles’ Antigone portrays the text substantially well in several ways. The filmmaker’s interpretation encourages the audience to be discerning as their perception of the Greek tragedy is enhanced. The play becomes profound and reverberant because of the many interesting elements of production. These include musical score‚ set design‚ and the strategic costuming – all of which advocates an improved comprehension of Antigone. The musical score proficiently provides the

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    Chronic Training Adaptations

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    Chronic Training Adaptations Exercise or training regularly over an extended period of time (3 times per week for 6-8 weeks) leads to the development of long-term or chronic adaptations to training. Evidence of these adaptations can occur at various stages Once achieved‚ these adaptations are retrained unless training ceases. Upon cessation‚ the body will gradually revert to its pre-training condition (de-training). Unlike acute responses to exercises‚ chronic adaptations to training vary

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    ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­In addition‚ the whales next adaptation is the way the humpback whale gets its air to breathe. a-z-animals.com states that “The humpback whale has not one but two blow holes‚ which are located on the top of the humpback whale’s head.” Finding food‚ this adaptation helps the humpback survive because it allows them to hold more air and then they barely have to swim up to the top of the water. Just as important‚ ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­the glorious creature’s next adaptation is what keeps the whales warm

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    Julie Taymor’s film adaptation of William Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’ contains many alterations from the play. These differences include how Taymor’s decision to change Prospero’s gender affects the actions and reactions of other characters. Filmic advantages are used successfully to enhance how the audience perceives the gender change of the protagonist‚ as well as how the behaviour of the minor characters are altered because if it. The relationship between the characters is heightened by makeup

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