Arteries carry blood away from heart Veins carry blood back to heart Arteries become arterioles which become capillaries Capillaries is where exchange of nurtients, gases, and waste occurs Capillaries drop off carbon dioxide to be exhaled and leave with oxygenated blood Veins have thinner walls than arteries, have valves, are more numerous, hold more blood than arteries. ... Blood returning from lungs flows into left atrium then into left ventricle Large veins bring blood to atria call superior or inferior vena cava Large veins bring blood back to left atrium are pulmonary veins Large arterie...

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For Lestat, sexual and physical desires are satisfied by the act of drinking blood. ... I wanted his blood flowing into me, wanted its taste and its smell and its heat."" ... Lestat gazes on his young friend and fantasised about drinking his blood, he describes the desire in sexual terms, he lusts after him in this fashion because drinking blood conveys glorious sexual feelings. The making of another vampire is in itself a sexual act, and is perhaps the most intimate display of sexuality, by requiring the mutual exchange of blood as the bodily fluid. ... This is perhaps a device influenced ...

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Positive emotions generally lead to faster recovery from cardiovascular stress, better sleep, and fewer colds. ... It controls and manages involuntary body functions, such as digestion, blood flow, breathing and heartbeat. ... When the system malfunctions, it may lead to severe and crucial problems, including heart problems, blood pressure problems, erectile dysfunction in men, and trouble with swallowing and breathing. ... In addition, it increases blood pressure and heart rate. ...

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Later, the government's mysterious tests of concept aircraft led to a UFO epidemic; an era of outer space-related movies was born during the Cold War. ... Alien (1979) provides an example of this spectacle in action, but as usual, people grew out of their fear of fake blood after a decade. ... Suspense, blood and gore, ghosts, zombies, murderers, or possessed children may be considered silly by one yet feared woefully by another. ... This franchise features numerous scenes of intense blood and gore, popularizing it as a staple mutilation/bodily horror series. ...

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However what was regarded as age related disease in the early 21st century such as type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease and obesity is no longer the case, these diseases are now affecting younger members of the population in the western world (Martin 2011). The 21st century is now faced with diseases like diabetes, hypertension (high blood pressure), obesity and heart disease. ... People with high blood sugar will typically experience frequent urination, become increasingly thirsty and hungry. ... Heart Disease Heart Disease is also known as cardiovascular diseases and it invol...

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TSH, circulates in the blood, and tells the thyroid to produce thyroid hormones and release them into the bloodstream (Thompson, 2012) (see figure 2.0). ... Later, you may develop other symptoms of a slowed down metabolism, including: weight gain, increased sensitivity to cold, constipation, muscle weakness, joint or muscle pain, depression, fatigue, pale dry skin (Seear, 1996) (see Figure 2.1). ... In this type of hypothyroidism, some of the body's own white blood cells destroy the cells of the thyroid gland so that it no longer works efficiently. ... The nodule can be solid or filled...

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In contrast, inhaled marijuana doesn't cause significant levels of the 11-hydroxy metabolite to appear in the blood.3 Marinol's oral administration also delays the drug from taking peak effect until two to fours hours after dosing. ...

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(Leuven) Investigators are also looking for abnormalities or malfunctions in the blood/brain barrier, a protective membrane that controls the passage of substances from the blood into the central nervous system. ...

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(Leuven) Investigators are also looking for abnormalities or malfunctions in the blood/brain barrier, a protective membrane that controls the passage of substances from the blood into the central nervous system. ...

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After bringing Jean home from the market, Father Terrier watches the child's awake from his sleep, and he was terrified by " A stranger, cold creature lay there on his knees, a hostile animal " (Suskind 21). ...

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Introduction Joseph Stalin was born Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili in the village of Gori, in the Russian province of Georgia, on Dec. 21, 1879. His father was a shoemaker with a penchant for drunkenness, who left Gori when Stalin was young to seek employment in the city of Tiflis. Thus Joseph's...

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In the early 20th century, the Soviet Union began to experience a sweeping proletarian revolution, as well as rapid industrialization. This transition began reshaping the preceding social structure and firmly held beliefs of Russian culture as communism began to take root. Along with a transformatio...

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"A Little Cloud" connotatively expresses in itself an effeminacy and fragility that little Chandler's personality holds. The precision and care of his appearance is a reaction to needing to be in social order. This makes up for his ineffectuality by customizing what he can control. The common practi...

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HISTORY OF THE SUPERCONDUCTOR Discovery In 1911, the Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovered superconductivity while doing research on the effects of extremely cold temperatures on the properties of metals. ...

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He was the most aggressive, clever and successful of the guerrilla officers, and the most earnest in giving his men a Lenist education: he was also a ruthless disciplinarian who unhesitatingly shot defectors, as later he got a reputation for cold-blooded cruelty in the mass execution of recalcitrant supporters of the defeated president Batista....

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This buildup of plaque blocks nutrient-filled blood from traveling to energy- and nutrient-starved organs, possibly causing multiple organ failure. A common cause of plaque buildup is high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and diabetes, all conditions directly correlated to diet (Mayo Clinic). ...

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For some it may be a minor cold and for others it could be a deadly virus. ... Your body undergoes many hormonal changes during the fight-or-flight response that include increased heart rate, high blood pressure, blood-vessel constriction and even the shutdown of one's digestive and immune systems (Bracha, Ralston, Matsukawa, Williams, and Bracha, 2004). ...

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Anthrax is a bacteria that usually affect cattle and sheep, but if it gets into the right atmosphere and germinates all it needs is amino acids and some other elements that is found in human and animal blood. Once inside the anthrax multiples and begins to attack healthy cells, eventually resulting in hemorrhaging, swelling, a drop in blood pressure and ultimately death. ...

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Definition The use of illicit or illegal drugs or the abuse of prescription or over-the-counter drugs for purposes other than those for which they are indicated or in a manner or in quantities other than directed. History of Drug Abuse Humans have used drugs of one sort or another for thousands of years. Wine was used at least from the time of the early Egyptians; narcotics from 4000 B.C.; and medicinal use of marijuana has been dated to 2737 B.C. in China. But not until the 19th cent. A.D. were the active substances in drugs extracted. ...

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The match that I was so intrigued by was "Stone Cold" Steve Austin vs. ... I remember this time so vividly mainly because I have never witnessed such violence and blood being aired on television. ... The match ended with Bret Hart getting the win over a bloody Stone Cold who actually fainted as a result of his refusal to submit to Bret Hart's finishing move, the Sharpshooter. ...

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The folk-games of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were vastly different from the sports we play today in numerous aspects of their structure, style etc. One of the shifts observed by Guttmann (1979) and others has been the secularisation of sport. One significant feature of folk-pastimes wa...

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2001How Great Britain won the Boer War in South Africa in 1902 On October 11, 1899, the forces of the Boer republics, Orange Free State and South African Republic, responded to Great Britain's dismissal of an ultimatum against the placement and reinforcing of British troops in South Africa by laying siege to cities in northern Cape Colony occupied by the then outnumbered British troops. The British were able to gain superiority and eventually win the Boer War by brute force, vastly superior numbers and the cessation of rights for those deemed the enemy and its collaborators. It would take...

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In the beginning quotes such as master of life and death and my new prize' indicate the Childs immortal persona once the child kills the owl quotes such as I watched afraid' and I saw those eyes mirror my cruelty' mirrors the sorrow and regret the child begins to endure imagery has also been implement for example owl hops' and hobbled in blood' reflect the cruel act that transforms the child. ... The women's tone becomes colder an...

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In 1964, Italian director, Sergio Leone (a relative unknown in America) released the film, A Fistful of Dollars (1964), which broke Italian box office records (Jameson 2009). After the success of the film in Italy, the American film company, United Artists purchased the rights to the film and released it in the United States in 1967. At the time of its release, the golden age of the Western genre seemed to be coming to an end (Prince 2014). Sergio Leone and A Fistful of Dollars (1964), as well as the two sequels that would follow breathed new life into the Western genre, created the sub-genre ...

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Through much of history, the strength of a nation has been determined by the strength of its leader. Despite the appearance of holding power, leader's often are undermined by their own subjects as the case of Emperor Hirohito of Japan. It is true that during his reign Japan has seen a territorial...

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