SYNOPSIS: This video case talks about new technologies that allow for instant meetings around the globe called telepresence. How these technologies can be used to eliminate barriers that are location and distance. Large companies like CISCO who has locations all over the place can interact simultaneously with all the other branches around the world all in the same meeting. Talks about how this telepresence can make efficiency and productivity go up in the business world. It is an advantage that
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Biology Exam Teacher: Mr. Anderson SBI 3U1 Jan 21‚ 2009 Time: 2 hours Total Marks /111 Pages 1-8 Name: _________________________ Instructions 1. All questions should be answered on the exam page. 2. There will be no talking and/or other disruptions during the exam. 3. If you have any questions raise your hand and a teacher will come to your desk to help you. 4. When you are finished please raise your hand the teacher will come to you and collect your exam materials
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6 Bones and Skeletal • Human skeleton is initially made up of cartilages and fibrous membranes as early supports – These are replaced by bone as we grow – The cartilages found in adults are in places where flexible skeletal tissue is needed Skeletal Cartilages • Contain no _______ ________ or ______‚ and consist mainly of water • Dense irregular connective tissue girdle of perichondrium (around the cartilage) contains blood vessels for nutrient delivery to cartilage – Nutrients
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Another name for operant conditioning is instrumental learning‚ introduced by Edward L. Thorndike 1913. Thorndike began studying “animal thinking”. Cat experiment: cat would perform a specific response‚ such as pulling a wire or a lever and was rewarded food after each escape. “law of effect” behavior is influenced by its consequences First book published‚ the behaviour of organisms 1938. Skinner demonstrated that organisms tend to repeat those responses that are followed by favourable consequences
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`Assignments for chapters 1 through 6 EXERCISE 1.1 Each of us is confronted with decisions in our everyday lives that require us to gather and assess information on the different alternatives at hand and then make a decision. Examples of such decisions include the decision to attend college‚ buy a car or some other item‚ strike up a friendship with Person A or B‚ select a particular course‚ or take a trip to Point X or Y. You may have made an error in such decisions because your information
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American Government: Chapter 1 Summary: Principles of Government Section 1 There are four major theories that attempt to explain how states evolved from earlier governments and tribes: 1. The force theory suggests that a strong man‚ dictator‚ soldier‚ or a powerful group of people maintained power through force. 2. The evolutionary theory argues that as more and more families combined into a society‚ government evolved naturally. 3. The divine right theory suggests that God‚ or gods‚ created
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Attitude: How one feels about something in general (I have a positive attitude towards basketball). Balance theory: the theory that people try to maintain balance among their beliefs‚ cognitions‚ and sentiments. Cognitive dissonance theory: the theory that inconsistencies between a person’s thoughts‚ sentiments‚ and actions create an aversive emotional state (dissonance) that leads to efforts to restore consistency. Effort justification: the tendency to reduce dissonance by finding reasons for
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1 PRACTICE EXAM (not all questions pertain to a specific mid-term). This is taken from an earlier final exam. 1. (4 pts) Permanganate ion oxidizes sulfide ion to elemental sulfur (which you should represent as a single S atom) and is reduced to MnO2 in basic solution. In the balanced equation for this reaction‚ which you should determine in the work area‚ how many water molecules and hydroxide ions are needed in the final balanced equation? Work area: # of H2O ____4______ # of OH-
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PCB Fall 14 Study guide Chapter 11 1) Which T-cells decline in an HIV patient? What is the significant # of those cells for a transition to AIDs? a. Massive reduction in CD4 T cells b. Less than 200 CD4 T cells per ul. c. HIV doesn’t kill patient but cell mediated immunity is compromised and patient can die from infection 2) Know gp 120 and 41 and what they do? What is the precursor polypeptide these are created from? a. One nucleocapsid protein is a protease used to cleave gp41 and gp120
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Ch. 4 -Culture in Chesapeake: life is short due to diseases. Men outnumber women 6-1. There are weak marital ties due to premarital pregnancies (A 3rd of brides were pregnant b4 wedding). There was a pop. increase w/native-born ppl who developed immunities (Vir. most populous colony in 18th c) -Tobacco in Chesapeake: It was good 4 tobacco cultivation. By 1700 Chesapeake exported 10 mill lbs of it a yr. The tobacco exhausted land& led to western expansion which agitated the Indians. Also‚ it led
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