sensory receptors of the skin are concerned with at least five different senses: pain‚ heat‚ cold‚ touch‚ and pressure. The five are usually grouped together as the single sense of touch in the classification of the five senses of the whole human body. The sensory receptors vary greatly in terms of structure. For example‚ while pain receptors are simply unmyelinated terminal branches of neurons‚ touch receptors form neuronal fiber nets around the base of hairs and deep pressure receptors consist
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The Power of Touch Every human has eight distinct emotions -- anger‚ fear‚ disgust‚ love‚ gratitude‚ sympathy‚ happiness‚ and sadness. All these emotions are displayed and given if various ways. Most often they are verbally communicated from person to person. This article talks about how these emotions are communicated non-verbally through touch. The article starts out with a story from a subway train. It talks about a child being comforted by his mother through a simple squeeze of the hand and
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When my Great Grandfather was a much younger man‚ he was fortunate enough to be part of a very famous battle in the Revolutionary War. In fact many people say that it was one of the turning points of the war. He had the honor of serving under two of the greatest generals in the American Continental Army‚ General Thomas Gage and General Benedict Arnold. Let me tell you a story about the battle that changed his life… It was a cold and foggy night on October 7th‚ 1777 when the British army led
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MGSC1206 Fall 2013 Due: Nov 1st‚ 2013 12:00 noon Assignment #2 Notes: (a) Assignments are to be done individually. (b) Be sure to use correct notation and show how you find each answer. (c) Assignments are to be remitted to the correct drop box on the second floor of Loyola. (d) No late assignments will be accepted. (e) Before beginning this assignment‚ you should have completed the following: • Reviewed the class examples • Completed the Algebra tutorial and related material‚ as
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I have dreamt of joining the United States Military. Generations of my family served as soldiers since the 1940s. My Grandfather‚ who is my greatest hero‚ served during WWII as a Staff Sergeant. Throughout my childhood‚ I’ve had the honor of learning about my Grandfather and his wartime experiences. His accomplishments‚ courage‚ and sacrifices to serve our country enhanced my desires to follow my family’s footsteps and further my career and commission as an Officer in the United States Army Nation
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and the canary? This conundrum is explored in the relationship of Grandfather and Grandmother Connor. Grandfather is sturdy and solid‚ yet feared‚ as a bear is feared. Contrarily‚ Grandmother is gentle and sweet‚ taking little but giving much‚ as a canary raises spirits when it trills its songs. The symbolic bear and canary demonstrate the numerous differences‚ physically and characteristically between Grandmother and Grandfather Connor. The vivid imagery of Grandmother’s caged bird and Grandfather’s
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A 240-million-year-old reptile with a skeletal precursor of a shell has been revealed as the grandfather of all turtles. Scientists have given it the moniker Pappochelys‚ meaning ’grandfather turtle‚’ in honor of its newly found position at the forefront of the turtles’ evolutionary lineage. What the shell? Grandfather turtle was actually shell-less Pappochelys‚ the lizard-like reptile found in a quarry in southern Germany‚ is now the oldest turtle fossil to date. Pappochelys is so old‚ the former
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Linkages between Concepts and the Indian Marketing Reality Hedonism – A Devotion to Pleasure as a Way of Life Products that completely depend on hedonism Soft-drinks‚ biscuits‚ chocolates‚ fast foods and snacks completely depend on hedonism associated with the taste-buds. “Country of origin” effects are quite useful in such categories. There is already an existing image in the minds of the consumers‚ and brands use them to further their proposition. French champagnes and Swiss Chocolates are examples
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Relevance of Touch Football Touch football is a type of football in which the ball carrier is downed by touching instead of tackling. In the game of touch football‚ there are many different fitness components that relate to specific touch positions. This essay will evaluate the components of fitness and analysis their relevance to touch football. To complete this‚ a series of fitness tests were done to help determine my suitability to touch football resulting in a recommendation outlining my suitability
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Portable Touch Screen ABSTRACT The paper aims at design of a portable system which can be mounted anywhere‚ possibly on a desktop or phone screen or projected screen and use the surface as a touch screen. For e.g. If the desktop is projected to a white screen mounted on a wall‚ the presenter can directly touch the white screen and perform all the mouse actions using his finger as the arrow without physically going near the system or seeking help of a system operator. Also if the system is
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