...Homeostasis is one of the twelve principles of biology. It is the constancy of the internal environment in a living organism in order to function properly. Homeostasis is maintained by a series of control mechanisms by using negative and positive feedbacks. This series is divided into three subunits: thermoregulation, osmoregulation and finally chemical regulation. Each one has its own role in keeping the living organism healthy and any sudden changes might lead to organ failures and consequently death. One of the most significant mechanisms of homeostasis is the regulation of body temperature (thermoregulation), which is restrained by the thermoregulatory center in the skin receptors. The hypothalamus as well as skeletal muscles, preserving a set point of 37.5 ± 0.5 °C (Core temperature) in most mammals. This is important for maintaining the enzyme at its optimum activity, where most of the life keeping metabolic reactions (for instance, Krebs cycle in respiration) are catalyzed by enzymes and as enzymes are affected by both temperature and PH, it will be life threatening to have any changes in temperature....
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...behavior. The causes of certain. Sign learning. Verbal punishment. Dispositional – nature of personality/ reason. * Predict – predict future behavior. a) Scientific b) Casual c) Cause and Effect * Control – controlling behavior may be done thought planning based on accurate prediction. Traditional Schools of Psychology * Structuralism – structure of the mind. (Edward B. Titchener) a) Sensation b) Image c) Feelings Introspection – a method of metal self-analysis w/c feeling, thinking, & behavior. * Functionalism – how the mind function in the adjustment of man to his environment. ( William James) [ Experimental ] * Functional * Advises * Gestalt – the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. ( Max Weltheirmer, Wolfgang Kholer, & Kurt Koffka ) [ Experimental ] * Behaviorism – The important of learning & environment. ( John B. Wtson ) [ Experimental & Observation ] * Psychoanalysis – The past influence na present. ( Sigmund Freud ) [ Free Association ] 21st Century * Cognitive Neuroscience – Focuses on cognitive processes & relies on the methods & findings of Neuroscience. 1. Affective Neuroscience 2. Social Cognitive Neuroscience * Evolutionary of...
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...PEST Analysis The analysis of the external macro environments that affects all firms is vital in strategic management process. P.E.S.T. is a short form for the Political, Economic, Social, and Technological features of the external macro-environment. The external factors usually are not in the firm’s control and at times are presented as threats. But the changes in the external environment also form new opportunities. Numerous of the macro-environmental factors are country specific to the areas and a PEST analysis will be carried out for all countries of attention. Some of the factors that might be considered in a PEST analysis include: - • Political Factors. The factors, which assist the organization to develop a strategic corporate strategy, include, Political constancy in the country, threat of military incursion, legal structure for agreement implementation, detailed business rules & tariffs and preferential trade associates. Anti reliance regulations, Pricing system taxation, wage structures, working hour’s instructions, obligatory employee benefits and Industrial safety regulations are also considered when analysis of the organization is made. • Economic Factors The analysis of the economic features of the country where the operations are being made is very essential. The economics factors required to be analyzed include, form of economic system in countries of operation, government interference in the market, proportional advantages of host country, exchange rates &...
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...Sensation and Perception Chapter: Sensation and Perception Sensation and Perception Sensation versus Perception Psychophysics and Thresholds Vision USING PSYCHOLOGY: Color Visual receptor: The Eye Operation of the Eye Eye Problem: Color Blindness Hearing Operation of the Ear Ear Problem: Deafness Chemical senses—Smell and Taste Chemical Senses Receptors: The Nose and Taste Buds Operation of the Chemical Senses Other senses: Skin Other Senses: Balance and Body Position Perception Figure-ground Perception The Wholeness of Figure Perception Perceptual Grouping Perception and Attention Stimulus Variation and Perception Perceptual Constancies Visual Perception of Distance Visual Perception of Motion Hearing Perception Illusions as "Errors" in Perception USING PSYCHOLOGY: Clothing Extrasensory perception (ESP) REVIEW QUESTIONS ACTIVITIES INTERESTED IN MORE? 183 Sensation and Perception WHAT'S THE ANSWER? Instructors in Driver Education advise their students to look twice in both directions before driving across an intersection. Why? "Watch it, Klausman! Watch where you're going!. . . Well, would you look at that. He ran into the goal post!" PSYCHOLOGY: Exploring Behavior Sensation and Perception 184 Moments later, "Klausman, how many times have I told you? You've got to look where you're going! What if that had been a defensive player from the opposing team? How do you feel?" "I feel OK, coach, but I've got a bad ringing in my ears." What causes the ringing in...
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...self” This phrase has remained an important motto of psychological study ever since. Socrates suggested that we can learn much about ourselves by carefully examining our own thoughts & feelings. Psychologists call this method of learning introspection, which means “looking within” Aristole (384-322 B.C.) Raised many questions about human behavior that are still discussed. Aristole outlined the laws of associationism. Kenneth Clark – Dealt with gender, culture, prejudice, & stereo types. In 1946 the Clarks founded the Northside center for child development. The white & black doll. Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) The school of thought that he founded, called psychoanalysis, emphasizes the importance of unconscious motives & internal conflicts in determining & understanding human behavior. John Locke – building on principles of...
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...Chapter5: Physical Development in Infancy & Toddlerhood GURE 5.21 Acting on the environment plays a major role in perceptual differentiation Crawling and walking change the way babies perceive a sloping surface. The newly crawling infant on the left plunges headlong down the slope. He has not yet learned that it affords the possibility of falling. The toddler on the right, who has been walking for more than a month, approaches the slope cautiously. Experience in trying to remain upright but frequently tumbling over has made him more aware of the consequences of his movements. He perceives the incline differently than he did at a younger age. Summary Body Growth Describe major changes in body size, proportions, muscle–fat makeup, and skeletal growth over the first two years. ■ Height and weight gains are greater during the first two years than at any other time after birth. Body fat is laid down quickly during the first nine months, whereas muscle development is slow and gradual. Parts of the body grow at different rates, following the cephalocaudal and proximodistal trends, resulting in changing body proportions. ■ Skeletal age, a measure based on the number of epiphyses and the extent to which they are fused, is the best way to estimate the child’s overall physical maturity. At birth, the bones of an infant’s skull are separated by six gaps, or fontanels, which permit the skull to expand as the brain grows. Brain Development Describe brain development during infancy...
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...Internal and External Factors Influencing the Development of Gender Identity Lanita Doub Liberty University COUN 502-Human Growth & Development Laura Rolen August 11, 2012 Internal and External Factors Influencing the Development of Gender Identity Gender identity is defined as "the perception of oneself as male or female", ( Feldman, 2011). Gender is established by the time a child reaches his or her preschool years. "By the age of two, children consistently label themselves and those around them as male or female" (Feldman, 2011). Preschoolers are very rigid in their beliefs about gender-appropriate behavior. These beliefs become more pronounced by the age of five years. By age seven years the beliefs are still there, although less rigid. Preschooler's ideas of stereotypical behavior are compared to those of traditional adults. Preschoolers develop a gender schema, "a cognitive framework that organizes information relevant to gender"(Feldman, 2011). For example, a preschool boy may refuse to wear makeup in a school play because he knows that makeup is for girls only. In 1966, Lawrence Kohlberg proposed a cognitive-developmental theory, which explains the rigidity of preschoolers as their understanding of gender, and gender appropriate behavior (Feldman, 2011). Shuvo Ghosh states that the development of gender identity "clearly begins in the intrauterine stage". He attributes this to hormone production...
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...FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT (CRM) Abstract Majority of administrations have observed the customer relationship management (CRM) design as a hi-tech explanation for glitches in individual region, convoyed by a great deal of not coordinated enterprises. in any case, customer relationship management have to be conceptualized as a strategy, due to its technological, human, and processes implications, meanwhile an organization decides to carry it out. On this concept, the main aim declared in this research is to propose, vindicate, and legalize a model based on critical success influences that will constitute a lead for companies in the execution and diagnosis of a CRM strategy. The model is match by a set of 13 critical success factors with their 55 analogous metrics, which will perform as a lead for organizations desiring to apply this type of strategy. These rudiments cover the three key aspects of every customer relationship management strategy (processes, human factors and technology); giving a universal focuses and appease success in the performing of a CRM strategy. These critical success factors were measured by a group of internationally experts permitting deciding guidelines for a consumer relationship management employment as well as the plausible causes of the shortages in past projects. Introduction In the early of 1960s, Levitt recommended that the aim of...
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...Changing Organization Carrie Kawa HRM/310 June -11, 2012 Rana Lindstrom Changing Organization Chang Management is an important process of any company or origination that wants to be innovative and staying in the cultural relevance .When it comes to stockholders, employees, stakeholders and the general public change is a necessary evolution. When technology started to evolve more rapidly organization had to keep up with the public demand. The BTS Group has stepped up to help organization and companies reach a new goal and demand for innovation and change. Coke cola decide to embark on the journey of innovation and change in realizing this BTS had an interesting challenge to deal with Coca cola being a cherished symbol of constancy that cuts across cultures like a universal friendly face. But while the secret recipe for the taste of Coke has remained unchanged for decades, the Coca-Cola Company is transforming to meet future needs. The type of changes BTS decide to take with Coke cola are is called a 2020 vision a roadmap for growth. Coke is transforming its management model to fit evolving markets and new competition, without compromising one of the strongest product identities on earth. To meet the goals embodied in the 2020 Vision, top executives at Coca-Cola understood that new tools for building management capabilities would be necessary. Chasing several lead business indicators, Coca cola’s success factors are numerous, complex, and variable from one country...
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...pq-origsite=summon&seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents Attention often plays a crucial role in motion perception. For example, when a stimulus contains two components moving in opposite directions, attentive tracking of either one can reveal its motion independently of the other. Many neurons in primary visual cortex are sensitive to the direction of motion and attention might act by selecting one or the other of these low-level motion responses. Experiments have demonstrated that the perception of motion during attentive tracking can arise independently of low-level motion responses and may be derived from the internal signals that move the focus of attention. What the studies found in this experiment is tracking of spatial features depends on identifying form boundaries, and it appears that the form signal from luminance is especially susceptible to masking by color. This might be expected because any object traveling through a shadowed environment will have many luminance boundaries drifting across it that are unrelated to the object and need to be discounted, whereas color boundaries are more reliably tied to object borders Cues for depth perception. (1998). British Journal of Ophthalmology, 82(6), 599. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/196469781?accountid=4508 Although our view of the world is three dimensional, the retinal image is flat. Information processing must occur between the retina and the brain in order to convert the two dimensional image to three dimensions. The neural basis for...
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...• How Deming’s use of quality and its elements made him successful. • Why the elements of quality are useful in today’s environment. • What I foresee about the future of quality Definition of quality According to Qualitydigest.com, “Quality is the ongoing process of building and sustaining relationships by assessing, anticipating, and fulfilling stated and implied needs.” In a nutshell it is providing the customer with the quality that was promised. Every thing purchased has a specific task it is supposed to achieve. If we buy whitening toothpaste, we expect it to whiten our teeth by the time we finish the tube. If this doesn’t happen then we would probably think that the quality is not good because it didn’t accomplish what it stated on the packaging. Elements of Quality This consists of the components of doing business. It means strategizing, focusing on the customer, how businesses should be obsessing over quality, and scientific approaches to measure improvements. Businesses should commit long term to change and continued improvement. Education and training can help employees with teamwork and the ability to work more efficiently. It is a combination of these tasks that can improve quality. Deming’s 14 points Deming’s 14 points inspired changes in businesses that wanted to compete successfully in a competitive environment. They were the following:...
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...NORTHCENTRAL UNIVERSITY ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET Learner: Tanya M Johnson THIS FORM MUST BE COMPLETELY FILLED IN Please Follow These Procedures: If requested by your mentor, use an assignment cover sheet as the first page of the word processor file. The assignment header should include the Learner’s last name, first initial, course code, dash, and assignment number (DoeJXXX0000-1) justified to the left and the page number justified to the right. Keep a Photocopy or Electronic Copy of Your Assignments: You may need to re-submit assignments if your mentor has indicated that you may or must do so. Academic Integrity: All work submitted in each course must be the Learner’s own. This includes all assignments, exams, term papers, and other projects required by the faculty mentor. The known submission of another person’s work represented as that of the Learner’s without properly citing the source of the work will be considered plagiarism and will result in an unsatisfactory grade for the work submitted or for the entire course, and may result in academic dismissal. | | MGT-7019 | Jo Ann Davis | | | Ethics in Business | Assignment 7 – Case Study: A Primer on Sarbanes-Oxley | | | ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Faculty Use Only ------------------------------------------------- <Faculty comments here> ------------------------------------------------- ...
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...nanoT - VaryCell TM Micro stage for time lapse imaging and temperature mediated cellular studies. Cells derived from mammals have an optimum in vitro growth rate between 36°C to 37°C as their in vivo physiological temperature ranges between 36.5–37.5 °C (97.7–99.5 °F) in a normal individual. Homeostasis process maintains the constancy of the organism’s internal environment in response to changes in external conditions. Thermoregulation is part of the aforementioned process as controlled by the organism’s circadian rhythm. Figure 1: Diurnal temperature variation chart However there are cell types which have optimum growth at different to that of human cell types i.e. insect, avian, amphibians and cold water fish cells. Ectotherms or cold blooded animal cells can grow within a temperature range between 15°C and 26°C. Insect cells has an optimal growth at 27°C and can grow between 27°C and 30°C. Avian cells has an optimal growth at 38.5°C, however they can be cultured at temperature ranging between 37°C to 38°C. All the above cell types can be cultured in vitro at their optimal growth condition including biological gas flow using nanoT - VaryCellTM . Figure 2: nanoT – VaryCellTM The design is compatible with any type of microscope such as inverted, upright, fluorescent, confocal, stereoscope as the footprint of the nanoT - VaryCellTM mimics a standard 96/ 24/ 24 tissue culture plate. nanoT - VaryCellTM is compatible with required biological gas supply such as 5 %...
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...decreases. Q.3) Afferent fibers are fibers that transmit impulses from the receptors to the CNS. Q.4) These cells cushion the brain Q.5) Exocytosis is the process in which Q.6) Threshold of a neuron is reached at how many millivolts? Q.7) Glands are innervated by the somatic motor system. Q.8) Saltatory conduction also occurs in post-synaptic fibers. Q.9) Typically, what is the charge of a neuron at rest? Q.10) The autonomic nervous system is responsible for maintaining the constancy of the body’s internal environment (homeostasis). Q.11) These cells form the myelin sheath in the CNS. Q.12) “J” REPRESENTS THE _____________ Q.13) The sympathetic division conserves energy and promotes nonemergency functions. Q.14) ______ and ______ causes depolarization of the post synaptic membrane. (neurotransmitter and ion) (check all that apply) Q.15) Most multipolar neurons are ____________ Q.16) Post ganglionic fibers of the autonomic system are non myelinated. Q.17) WHICH LETTER REPRESENTS THE AXON HILLOCK? ...
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...Environmental Proposal Paper PSY 428 Environmental Proposal Paper Smith Systems Consulting provides web and business application services to a variety of clients including small and medium-sized business organizations, large domestic, multinational, and global corporations, government, and non-profit organizations (UOP, 2010). Learning Team B’ will recommend strategies to create alliances between Smith Systems Consulting and its networked internal and external customers, explain how the differences between leadership and management affect networking, and propose an environment that is supportive of team functioning and learning, and fosters sustainable innovation and creativity. Strategies to Create Alliances with Internal and External Stakeholders Stakeholders of Smith Systems Consulting, internal and external, may include company employees, consumers, investors, suppliers, government agencies, and non-government organizations. All stakeholders are assets to Smith Systems Consulting and are essential for business development. Engaging with the company stakeholders can prove to be a good business strategy. Smith Systems Consulting should develop high-quality, and open communication with the company stakeholders. Stakeholders should be able to suggest improvements, critique company policies or practices, and bring up any issues they believe important. Most people want to do business with a ‘good’ company and stakeholders can help put a personal brand on...
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