The respiratory system of the horse is well adapted to athletic exercise‚ with unrestricted upper airway diameters‚ and a large lung capacity afforded by 18 ribs. These combine to enable air intakes of up to 1800 litres per minute in a galloping horse. Volumes of up to 300 litres of blood are pumped at high pressure through small lung capillaries surrounding 10 million air sacs to take up and deliver over 70 litres of oxygen per minute to the working muscles at the gallop. As a result‚ any restriction
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Excretory System Review Main Concepts: Describe the major gross anatomical structures of the excretory system. Kidneys: receive about 25% of the cardiac output; produce urine (a fluid containing water‚ ions‚ and small soluble compounds) Ureters: receive urine from the kidneys and conduct it to the urinary bladder. Urine movement involves a combo of gravity and the peristaltic contractions of smooth muscle in the walls of the ureters Urinary Bladder: receives and stores urine prior to elimination
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The principal structure of the digestive system is an irregular tube‚ open at both ends‚ called the alimentary (al-i-MEN-tar-ee) canal or the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. In the adult‚ this hollow tube is about 9 meters (29 feet) long Think of the tube as a passageway that extends through the body like a hallway through a building. Food must be broken down or digested and then absorbed through the walls of the digestive tube before it can actually enter the body and be used by cells The teeth
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2 INTELLIGENT AGENTS In which we discuss what an intelligent agent does‚ how it is related to its environment‚ how it is evaluated‚ and how we might go about building one. 2.1 INTRODUCTION An agent is anything that can be viewed as perceiving its environment through sensors and acting upon that environment through effectors. A human agent has eyes‚ ears‚ and other organs for sensors‚ and hands‚ legs‚ mouth‚ and other body parts for effectors. A robotic agent substitutes cameras and infrared
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Chapter 6: Chapter 7: Chapter 12: Chapter 14: Chapter 16: Revise as for Assignment 01 Entity relationship modelling Advanced data modelling Normalisation of database tables Transaction management and concurrency control Distributed database management systems Database connectivity and web development Question 1 What is a composite entity‚ and when is it used? [4 marks] [8 marks] Question 2 Briefly‚ but precisely‚ explain the difference between single-valued attributes and simple attributes
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Cardiovascular System (Circulatory) Chapter 2..............................................Lymphatic System (Circulatory) Chapter 3..............................................Respiratory System Chapter 4..............................................Digestive System Chapter 5..............................................Endocrine System Chapter 6..............................................Urinary System Chapter 7..............................................Reproductive System
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IV. The Classification of Party System Party System‚ unlike constitutional system‚ is not an institutional arrangement or rules of the political game‚ but is an imagined whole that is made up of all the relevant parties in a democratic regime. Party system is not just a collection of parties in a democratic country‚ but the matrix or the structure of interactive and competitive relationship between and among these political parties. This concept‚ party system‚ makes perfect semantic sense because
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Digestive System Notes 2. List the major parts of the alimentary canal; then separately list the accessory organs of the digestive system. a. Mouth—the oral cavity. b. Pharynx—extends from the back of the nasal cavity to the top of the esophagus. c. Esophagus—extends from the pharynx to the stomach. d. Stomach—just below the diaphragm on the lefi side of the body. e. Small intestine—extends from the stomach to the large intestine. f. Large intestine—extends from the small intestine to the
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Preparation Resources Module 9: Information systems and decision support systems Overview This module looks at information systems in the context of business management‚ and explores the key aspects of the various types of decision support systems. It begins with an introduction to the three types of management decision support systems — management information systems (MIS) (operational)‚ decision support systems (DSS) (tactical)‚ and executive support systems (ESS) (strategic). The functions of managers
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Toyota production system and Kanban system Materialization of just-in-time and respect-for-human system Y. SUGIMORI ‚ K. KUSUNOKI ‚ F. CHO & S. UCHIKAWA a a a a a Production Control Department‚ Toyota Motor Co.‚ Ltd‚ 1 Toyota-cho‚ Toyota-shi‚ 471‚ Japan. Version of record first published: 28 Mar 2007 To cite this article: Y. SUGIMORI‚ K. KUSUNOKI‚ F. CHO & S. UCHIKAWA (1977): Toyota production system and Kanban system Materialization of just-in-time and respect-for-human system‚ International
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