1.6 How does aspirin relieve pain? Aspirin acts at the site of damaged tissue to block the start of the nerve signal to the brain, the mechanism by which we experience pain (Section 2). It does this by inhibiting the formation of prostaglandin which is the active agent responsible for the sensitisation of the nerve endings. Prostaglandins (there are several related types) are responsible
Introduction This is the second in a series of three units on Animals at the extremes. In order to get the most from it, you should have previously studied Animals at the extremes: The desert environment (S324_1). After completing this unit you might like to complete the series by studying Author(s):
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1.5 Studying the Möbius band Take a long thin strip of paper (preferably squared or graph paper) about 30 cm by 3 cm. Give one end a half twist and then tape it together. This is a Möbius band as shown in Author(s): Spiders Lacrosse on 3 Imperial Rome and Ostia Can We Believe Our Eyes Microbiology Video Library 3.14 References BBC (2005) ‘Men's health’, London, British Broadcasting Corporation, http://www.bbc.co.uk/health/mens_health/index.shtml (Accessed 31 July 2007). British Dyslexia Association (2005) ‘What is dyslexia?’. Reading, British Dyslexia Association, http://www.bdadyslexia.org.uk/extra329.html (Accessed 31 July 2007). RNIB (2005) ‘About sight loss – changing the way we think about blindness’ [online], London, Royal National Institute of the Blind (Accessed 31 July 2007). Governor Nathan Deal Commencement Address.mov A Conversation on Blue Ocean Leadership The Landgrabbers: The New Fight Over Who Owns The Earth [Audio] How Women and Men Internalise the Glass Ceiling 2.3 ‘Looked-after’ children There are 70,000 ‘looked-after’ children in the UK (National Statistics, 2005). Children are ‘looked after’ when they are: in care (this term refers to children who are the subject of a care order made by a body with legislative powers) and are accommodated or provided with accommodation, by voluntary agreement with those having parental responsibility for the child. The t BA 145 - "Excel Week 1" (Cody) 1.2 Partnership This can be defined as including service users, and their advocates and carers, and other interested parties, as far as possible in the decision-making processes that affect their lives. In other words, work with service users should be based on their meaningful participation in decision making. Good practice demands that work takes place on the basis of partnership. Sometimes there can be a legal requirement to work in partnership with service users (for example, working with the parents of Screen Play: Children and Computing in the Home Drag queens race in high heels through the streets of Washington DC Brementown Musicians - Crossword
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The splendidly evocative ruins of ancient Rome have long been a challenge to historians and archaeologists in reconstructing how it looked and functioned. It became the largest city in the western world during the imperial period, so how was the city constructed, and what were the materials used? How was it defended, supplied with food and water, and how were the people housed and entertained, and above all, how did it function? These video tracks use various famous sites such as the Baths of Ca
Why is it that students can graduate from MIT and Harvard, yet not know how to solve a simple third-grade problem in science: lighting a light bulb with a battery and wire? Beginning with this startling fact, this program systematically explores many of the assumptions that we hold about learning to show that education is based on a series of myths. Through the example o
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Georgia Governor Nathan Deal gave the commencement address to the Class of 2012 at the University of Georgia undergraduate commencement ceremonies.
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Speaker(s): Fred Pearce, Professor Anthony Hall, Dr Charles Palmer | ‘Land grabbing’ has been described as the most profound ethical, environmental, economic and social issue in the world today. Financial speculation and concerns over food security are driving the acquisition of vast areas of land by foreign entities from beneath the feet of its occupiers in Africa, South-east Asia, South America and Eastern Europe. This debate examines the relative impact of land grabbing on the lives of po
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This book provides a theoretical analysis of young children's use of the computer out of school. It drew upon the Interactive Education Project's student questionnaire data. Section 1. Introduction 1. The ScreenPlay project 2. Setting the scene: Patterns of computer use in the home Section 2. The domestic context 3. Computer histories, computer roles in the home 4. The computer in family life Section 3. Young people's computer use in the home 5. The digital landscape: Games and information navig
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