Introduction Contractions of the uterus can occur throughout pregnancy. Contractions are not always a sign that you are in labor. Contractions that occur before labor are called Braxton Hicks contractions‚ or false labor. These contractions are sometimes confused with true labor. What are Braxton Hicks contractions? Braxton Hicks contractions are contractions of the uterus that occur before labor. Toward the end of pregnancy (32–34 weeks)‚ Braxton Hicks contractions can develop more often and may
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Muscle contractions and stimulations play a very integral part in the functioning of an organism and muscles are especially function for force production and motion all this is highly influenced by specific temperatures‚ electrical impulses‚ proteins and enzymes and other factors that occur whether on the inside or the external environment of an organism (Amitrano & Tortora‚ 2012). Proteins as defined by Cheeke 2010‚ are molecules that are made up of amino acids and are responsible for almost all
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Premature Atrial Contraction A premature atrial contraction (PAC) is a kind of irregular heartbeat (arrhythmia). It happens when the heart beats too early and then pauses before beating again. PACs are also called skipped heartbeats because they may make you feel like your heart is stopping for a second. CAUSES Your heart has four chambers. Normally electrical signals spread across your heart and make all the chambers beat together. During a PAC‚ the upper chambers of the heart (atria) beat too
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Describe the six elements of Max Weber’s model of bureaucracy. Explain the significance of each. At the beginning of the 20th Century‚ Max Weber developed a theory of relational authority structures to support his concept of the “ideal bureaucracy”. Although Weber noted that this “ideal bureaucracy” did not exist anywhere‚ his “ideal type” describes many of today’s organizations. Weber’s bureaucracy was an organization characterized by six key elements. Those elements were a division of labor
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P1-Describe physical‚ intellectual‚ emotional and social development for each of the life stages of an individual. Contraception and Birth Each month a woman will produce one egg from both of her ovaries‚ which will eventually then lie on eat side of her uterus. The egg will firstly need to travel down the fallopian tubes and then it will be released into the uterus. Male semen will then be needed for conception‚ this contain millions of sperm which only one will be needed to make the father genetic
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Muscle Fiber contractions for our purposes begins with the arrival of action potential (action potential- is an electrical current) at the end of the axon terminal (axon terminal- the swollen distal end of the motor neuron axon). When the action potential reaches the axon terminal the action potential causes the voltage- gated calcium ion channels to open allowing calcium to flow in from extracellular fluid. The presence of calcium in the axon terminal causes synaptic vesicles (synaptic vesicles-
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P1 – Describe physical‚ intellectual‚ emotional and social development for each of the life stages Conception and Pregnancy All human life begins from conception. Majority of the time‚ women won’t know the exact day when they got pregnant. Your doctor will count the start of your pregnancy from the first day of your last menstrual period. That’s about two weeks ahead of when conception actually occurs. Each month inside your ovaries‚ a group of eggs starts to grow. Eventually one of the eggs
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9.1 Sensory Reception Stimulus & Response Stimulus – detectable change in internal or external environment of an organism that produces a response in an organism • Ability to respond to stimuli – increases chance of survival e.g. detect and move away from harmful stimuli • Surviving organisms have greater chance of raising offspring – passing alleles to next generation‚ therefore a selection pressure favouring organisms with more appropriate responses Stimuli – detected by receptiors‚ transform
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“Describe the physical‚ intellectual‚ emotional and social development for each of the life stages of an individual.” Definition of physical “Of or relating to the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit” definition of intellectual “A person possessing a highly developed intellect.” definition of emotional “A mental state that arises spontaneously rather than through conscious effort and is often accompanied by physiological changes; a feeling” definition of social development “Pattern
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as severely learning disabled. These issues will affect my classroom weather I want them to or not. I have to assure that no matter what the child’s ethnical background‚ or their native language‚ they are receiving the appropriate education. That each and every one of them is learning and making sense of the material presented. If they are not learning‚ I have to make the correct accommodations. Whether that is requesting that they be put into an ELL program or providing
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