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c_89hrcvpywkcx | For example, sources have at times referred to China, France, Russia and the United Kingdom as middle powers. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, its UN Security Council permanent seat was transferred to the Russian Federation in 1991, as its largest successor state. The newly formed Russian Federation emerg... | Great power |
c_5jahxrafgm17 | Japan and Germany are great powers too, though due to their large advanced economies (having the third and fourth largest economies respectively) rather than their strategic and hard power capabilities (i.e., the lack of permanent seats and veto power on the UN Security Council or strategic military reach). Germany has... | Great power |
c_4vdu8uqq001n | In his 2014 publication Great Power Peace and American Primacy, Joshua Baron considers China, France, Russia, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States as the current great powers. Italy has been referred to as a great power by a number of academics and commentators throughout the post WWII era. The Amer... | Great power |
c_dyd4iulebfn1 | These states include veto-wielding members of the United Nations Security Council (United States, United Kingdom, France, China, and Russia), as well as economic powerhouses such as Germany, Italy and Japan. Sterio also cites Italy's status in the Group of Seven (G7) and the nation's influence in regional and internati... | Great power |
c_jsf56u61mn4w | With continuing European integration, the European Union is increasingly being seen as a great power in its own right, with representation at the WTO and at G7 and G-20 summits. This is most notable in areas where the European Union has exclusive competence (i.e. economic affairs). It also reflects a non-traditional co... | Great power |
c_2dknyfz6kwhs | Political scientist Stephen P. Cohen asserts that India is an emerging power, but highlights that some strategists consider India to be already a great power. Some academics such as Zbigniew Brzezinski and David A. Robinson already regard India as a major or great power. Former British Ambassador to Brazil, Peter Colle... | Great power |
c_ypxwt94v0wj4 | Professor Kwang Ho Chun feels that Brazil will emerge as a great power with an important position in some spheres of influence. Others suggest India and Brazil may even have the potential to emerge as a superpower.Permanent membership of the UN Security Council is widely regarded as being a central tenet of great power... | Great power |
c_w95ra2azxzh1 | Shelfari was a social cataloging website. Shelfari users built virtual bookshelves of the titles they owned or had read, and could rate, review, tag, and discuss their books. Users could also create groups that other members could join, create discussions, and talk about books, or other topics. Recommendations could be... | Shelfari |
c_1kwek114to33 | In February 2007, Amazon invested $1 million in Shelfari, and moved to acquire it a year later in August 2008. In January 2016, it was announced that Shelfari was being merged into Goodreads. As of June 2016, the site was decommissioned (all links redirect to Goodreads' website). There were user complaints that not all... | Shelfari |
c_hq15jwzzr356 | Shelfari was founded by RealNetworks alumni Josh Hug and Kevin Beukelman (both software developers), and Mark Williamson (who never joined the company full-time) under the name Tastemakers, Inc., along with designer Ian Patterson. Tastemakers sought to create a social networking service that met the needs of avid reade... | Shelfari |
c_adamvw1tfniz | It was free, unlike LibraryThing, regardless of how many books had been collected in lists. Shelfari also allowed for the creation of user groups by users, which each group given a "common shelf" where users could contribute titles, with an attached forum for discussion and an introductory page. The website first went ... | Shelfari |
c_gpwrgvr185u1 | At the time, it planned on earning money by passing leads on to online booksellers and taking a 5 to 10 percent cut of resultant sales. There were plans to allow cataloging for CDs and DVDs.Once Shelfari received its first equity fund raise in early 2007 the company grew to five employees, including software developer ... | Shelfari |
c_6douzeq48laa | In August 2008, the company was acquired by Amazon.com. After it was acquired, Josh Hug remained CEO of the company. The team was integrated into the book technology group. | Shelfari |
c_h99n2plg6l9t | After the purchase by Amazon, an Amazon account was required in 2012 to log into Shelfari.Shelfari continued to function as an independent book social network within the Amazon.com family of sites until January 2016, when Amazon announced on Shelfari.com that it would be merging Shelfari with Goodreads and closing down... | Shelfari |
c_y982zm900i3r | Shelfari promoted its "virtual bookshelf" as one of its main features. The virtual bookshelf displayed covers of books which the user has entered, with popups to show the user's book information (review, rating, and tags). Sorting by author, title, date, rating, or review was available to the viewer of the shelf. Users... | Shelfari |
c_uugcsaq1pqlg | The Shelfari catalog could be edited by users, though some changes had to be approved by Shelfari "librarians". Using wiki functionality users could edit each book's authors, title, publication data, table of contents, first sentence, and series. Users could also combine redundant books into a single entry or add new t... | Shelfari |
c_ph8oq5w2cq0y | Similar to books, author pages could be edited or created. In addition to general catalog maintenance, users were encouraged to contribute reviews, descriptions, lists of characters and settings, author biographies, categories, and descriptive tags. Most books in the Shelfari catalog came from the large Amazon catalog,... | Shelfari |
c_fojp4au0zghe | Shelfari received bad press for its "Invite Friends" page. Jesse Wegman, writing in The New York Observer in October 2007, complained that because he had "accidentally failed to uncheck the approximately 1,500 names in my Gmail address book that Shelfari had helpfully pre-checked", the system caused invitations to be s... | Shelfari |
c_gpjwrg4z40v4 | Philosophy of psychology is concerned with the history and foundations of psychology. It deals with both epistemological and ontological issues and shares interests with other fields, including philosophy of mind and theoretical psychology. Philosophical and theoretical psychology are intimately tied and are therefore ... | Philosophy of psychology |
c_t32tcrgldrfs | Some of the issues studied by the philosophy of psychology are epistemological concerns about the methodology of psychological investigation. For example: What constitutes a psychological explanation? What is the most appropriate methodology for psychology: mentalism, behaviorism, or a compromise? | Philosophy of psychology |
c_r7o4dyr6ncl8 | Are self-reports a reliable data-gathering method? What conclusions can be drawn from null hypothesis tests? Can first-person experiences (emotions, desires, beliefs, etc.) be measured objectively? | Philosophy of psychology |
c_qzvz14q4hk11 | Philosophers of psychology also concern themselves with ontological issues, like: Can psychology be theoretically reduced to neuroscience? What are psychological phenomena? What is the relationship between subjectivity and objectivity in psychology? | Philosophy of psychology |
c_909d2zay0b67 | Philosophy of psychology also closely monitors contemporary work conducted in cognitive neuroscience, cognitive psychology, and artificial intelligence, for example questioning whether psychological phenomena can be explained using the methods of neuroscience, evolutionary theory, and computational modeling, respective... | Philosophy of psychology |
c_ifcamf6fdu2r | Philosophy of psychiatry is mainly concerned with the role of values in psychiatry: derived from philosophical value theory and phenomenology, values-based practice is aimed at improving and humanizing clinical decision-making in the highly complex environment of mental health care. Philosophy of psychopathology is mai... | Philosophy of psychology |
c_tzlslpefau8x | Different schools and systems of psychology represent approaches to psychological problems, which are often based on different philosophies of consciousness. Functional psychology Functionalism treats the psyche as derived from the activity of external stimuli, deprived of its essential autonomy, denying free will, whi... | Philosophy of psychology |
c_uoo9zh8rz4jk | Phenomenological psychology Edmund Husserl rejected the physicalism of most of the psychological teachings of his time and began to understand consciousness as the only reality accessible to reliable cognition. His disciple Heidegger added to this the assertion of the fundamental finitude of man and the threat of a los... | Philosophy of psychology |
c_u3rook943fpn | The Bann disc is an Iron Age bronze artefact that was discovered in the River Bann near Coleraine, Northern Ireland, in 1939. It is a thin decorative piece emblazoned with a La Tène-style triskelion, with no obvious practical purpose. The emblem of the Coleraine Historical Society is based on the disc and its annual pu... | Bann disc |
c_n9ndvw7r88nl | Rodolfo Robles (1878–1939) was a Guatemalan physician and philanthropist. In 1915, he was the first to describe onchocerciasis in Latin America, which was known and widespread on the African continent and first described in 1890 by Sir Patrick Manson. Robles was the first person to describe the etiology of the disease,... | Rodolfo Robles |
c_3u5ukjazzygi | Rodolfo Robles was born in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala. As a young man, he was sent to school in the United States, returning to complete high school at the Instituto Nacional para Varones de Occidente (INVO) in 1894. He completed pre-university studies at Rouen, in France, before studying medicine in Paris and earning h... | Rodolfo Robles |
c_fvone567ltkm | He performed research at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, where he obtained the Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur (French: "National Order of the Legion of Honour") in the degree of Grand Officier (Grand Officer). Robles married Julia Isabel Herrera Dorión in 1914, and had one child, Rodolfo Robles Herrera, born in ... | Rodolfo Robles |
c_guqv7dk0192i | Robles has been honored in Guatemala and México with many schools and hospitals named in his honor, including a hospital in his hometown of Quetzaltenango as well as a hospital focused on eye and ear health in Guatemala City.In 1955, the Order of Rodolfo Robles was established as award to recognize physicians for outst... | Rodolfo Robles |
c_gbusi71uoefy | Strategic essentialism, a major concept in postcolonial theory, was introduced in the 1980s by the Indian literary critic and theorist Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak. It refers to a political tactic in which minority groups, nationalities, or ethnic groups mobilize on the basis of shared gendered, cultural, or political id... | Strategic essentialism |
c_jk7cnkulx10b | Ghinnawas (literally "little songs") are short, two line emotional lyric poems written by the Bedouins of Egypt, in a fashion similar to haiku, but similar in content to the American blues. Ghinnawas typically talk of deep, personal feelings and are often an outlet for personal emotions which might not be otherwise exp... | Ghinnawa |
c_afy1vmftlel5 | Ghinnawas usually have sad themes - typically being the lament of lost love, unless sung at celebrations like a circumcision or a wedding. Ghinnawas are sung by women, boys and also on rare occasions by men. Ghinnawa semantics are well-defined only in context, because of their personal nature. Contents of ghinnawas are... | Ghinnawa |
c_f2mxqbbwy03d | The Awlad Ali do not have a strong history of public displays of emotion. Modesty or deference and boasting or anger are typically the most commonly expressed public emotion. Most other forms of expression take place through ghinnawas. | Ghinnawa |
c_fhaq7t78nxrs | Ghinnawas may be written down, which is often the case for intergender communication, but can be spoken as substitute to normal conversation, or sung. The structure of the ghinnawa is very different in written and oral forms. Structurally, ghinnawas are approximately 15-syllable couplets. They can be broken up into 2 h... | Ghinnawa |
c_ob7p3acn0g93 | The JDC International Centre for Community Development (JDC-ICCD) is a research organization and think tank based in Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom. The charity, founded by the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), "is devoted to understanding and analyzing transformations in Europe and their i... | JDC International Centre for Community Development |
c_4fpvkkx7pb9m | In 2011, Trinity College of Hartford, Connecticut, led by the American JDC-ICCD, conducted a survey of European Jewish leaders to ascertain concerns and challenges faced by European Jewish communities, including antisemitism, leadership, intermarriage and status issues, and Europe and Israel. | JDC International Centre for Community Development |
c_dkkpkw9oys04 | JDC-ICCD partnered with the American Jewish Committee's (AJC) Berlin Ramer Institute for German-Jewish Relations to host a conference October 25–27, 2013 titled "Analyzing Jewish Europe Today: Perspectives from a New Generation." Attendees and presenters gathered to discuss new Jewish cultural trends, Muslim-Jewish rel... | JDC International Centre for Community Development |
c_oi12r17zpohs | Coccidia (Coccidiasina) are a subclass of microscopic, spore-forming, single-celled obligate intracellular parasites belonging to the apicomplexan class Conoidasida. As obligate intracellular parasites, they must live and reproduce within an animal cell. Coccidian parasites infect the intestinal tracts of animals, and ... | Coccidia |
c_wtda74kigbuq | Infection with these parasites is known as coccidiosis. Coccidia can infect all mammals, some birds, some fish, some reptiles, and some amphibians. Most species of coccidia are species-specific in their host. | Coccidia |
c_h1rwyz90vqm9 | An exception is Toxoplasma gondii, which can infect all mammals, although it can only undergo sexual reproduction in cats. Depending on the species of coccidia, infection can cause fever, vomiting, diarrhea, muscle pain, and nervous system effects and changes to behavior, and may lead to death. Healthy adults may recov... | Coccidia |
c_20muntpg3ze9 | The class is divided into four orders, which are distinguished by the presence or absence of various asexual and sexual stages: Order Agamococcidiorida Levine-1979 Order Eucoccidiorida Léger & Duboscq-1910 Order Ixorheorida Levine-1984 Order Protococcidiorida Kheisin-1956The order Eucoccidiorida is divided into two sub... | Coccidia |
c_s7qe9873etpm | Infected animals spread spores called oocysts in their stool. The oocysts mature, called sporulation. When another animal passes over the location where the feces were deposited, it may pick up the spores, which it then ingests when grooming itself. | Coccidia |
c_eqpxcteoomb4 | Mice may ingest the spores and become infected. When another animal eats the mouse, it becomes infected. Some species of coccidia are transmissible to humans, including toxoplasma and cryptosporidium. | Coccidia |
c_4cvqzqupn5q3 | Inside the host, the sporulated oocyst opens, and eight sporozoites are released. Each one finds a home in an intestinal cell and starts the process of reproduction. These offspring are called merozoites. When the cell is stuffed full of merozoites, it bursts open, and each merozoite finds its own intestinal cell to co... | Coccidia |
c_k0o6pt6gdm47 | As the infection continues, millions of intestinal cells may become infected. As they break open, they produce a bloody, watery diarrhea. This can cause dehydration, and can lead to death in young or small pets. Coccidian infections display symptoms mainly from the digestive tract including diarrhea, inflammation, inte... | Coccidia |
c_ct8cgn5oe326 | Coccidiosis can be diagnosed by finding oocysts in fecal smears. In early stages of the disease, there may be very few oocysts being shed, and a negative test does not rule out the disease. Coccidiosis is most commonly treated through the administration of coccidiostats, a group of medications that stop coccidia from r... | Coccidia |
c_64iyynui30ql | How to Read a Book is a book by the American philosopher Mortimer J. Adler. Originally published in 1940, it was heavily revised for a 1972 edition, co-authored by Adler with editor Charles Van Doren. The 1972 revision gives guidelines for critically reading good and great books of any tradition. In addition, it deals ... | How to Read a Book |
c_u28cifmvkpu7 | How to Read a Book is divided into four parts, each consisting of several chapters. | How to Read a Book |
c_xu5mf59lybl1 | Here, Adler sets forth his method for reading a non-fiction book in order to gain understanding. He claims that three distinct approaches, or readings, must all be made in order to get the most possible out of a book, but that performing these three levels of readings does not necessarily mean reading the book three ti... | How to Read a Book |
c_dy7w749kvlbf | It begins with determining the basic topic and type of the book being read, so as to better anticipate the contents and comprehend the book from the very beginning. Adler says that the reader must distinguish between practical and theoretical books, as well as determining the field of study that the book addresses. Fur... | How to Read a Book |
c_yc32fq361eke | Lastly, the reader must find out what problems the author is trying to solve. Interpretive Stage: The second stage of analytical reading involves constructing the author's arguments. This first requires the reader to note and understand any special phrases and terms that the author uses. | How to Read a Book |
c_901me0844pqq | Once that is done, Adler says that the reader should find and work to understand each proposition that the author advances, as well as the author's support for those propositions. Critical Stage: In the third stage of analytical reading, Adler directs the reader to critique the book. | How to Read a Book |
c_hi8xb6at2go7 | He asserts that upon understanding the author's propositions and arguments, the reader has been elevated to the author's level of understanding and is now able (and obligated) to judge the book's merit and accuracy. Adler advocates judging books based on the soundness of their arguments. Adler says that one may not dis... | How to Read a Book |
c_u0xvi81mmkot | Adler explains for whom the book is intended, defines different classes of reading, and tells which classes will be addressed. He also makes a brief argument favoring the Great Books, and explains his reasons for writing How to Read a Book. There are three types of knowledge: practical, informational, and comprehensive... | How to Read a Book |
c_auleivr0jfj2 | He discusses the methods of acquiring knowledge, concluding that practical knowledge, though teachable, cannot be truly mastered without experience; that only informational knowledge can be gained by one whose understanding equals the author's; that comprehension (insight) is best learned from who first achieved said u... | How to Read a Book |
c_s64kzkkzhy2o | He asserts that very few people can read a book for understanding, but that he believes that most are capable of it, given the right instruction and the will to do so. It is his intent to provide that instruction. He takes time to tell the reader about how he believes that the educational system has failed to teach stu... | How to Read a Book |
c_672fb5dzx6m0 | In Part III, Adler briefly discusses the differences in approaching various kinds of literature and suggests reading several other books. He explains a method of approaching the Great Books – read the books that influenced a given author prior to reading works by that author – and gives several examples of that method. | How to Read a Book |
c_c5fvgqtdsx70 | The last part of the book covers the fourth level of reading: syntopical reading. At this stage, the reader broadens and deepens his or her knowledge on a given subject – e.g., love, war, particle physics, etc. – by reading several books on that subject. In the final pages of this part, the author expounds on the philo... | How to Read a Book |
c_t2iqktx2f107 | Mortimer Adler, How to Read a Book: The Art of Getting a Liberal Education, (1940) OCLC 822771595 1967 edition published with subtitle A Guide to Reading the Great Books ISBN 978-0-671-21209-4 OCLC 500166716 1972 revised edition, coauthor Charles Van Doren, New York: Simon and Schuster. ISBN 1-567-31010-9 OCLC 78892516... | How to Read a Book |
c_9mwj6bwsbme5 | The Food Processing Technology Building is a Georgia Institute of Technology and Georgia Tech Research Institute facility. It houses the Food Processing Technology Division of GTRI, which includes the Agricultural Technology Research Program (ATRP) and Georgia’s Traditional Industries Program for Food Processing. It op... | Food Processing Technology Building |
c_yjjnywpoxmqg | The Food Processing Technology Building contains over 36,000 square feet of office and laboratory space, including a 4,370 square foot high-bay testing and fabrication space, a 16-by-24-foot climate-controlled experiment chamber, an indoor environmental pilot area, a full-service chemical wet laboratory, and a 48-seat ... | Food Processing Technology Building |
c_yfj569wygub7 | Library acquisitions is the department of a library responsible for the selection and purchase of materials or resources. The department may select vendors, negotiate consortium pricing, arrange for standing orders, and select individual titles or resources.Libraries, both physical and digital, usually have four common... | Library acquisitions |
c_id8fy83ncyrc | To acquire material as quickly as possible To maintain a high level of accuracy in all work procedures To keep work processes simple in order to achieve the lowest possible unit cost To develop close, friendly working relationships with other library units and vendorsThere are generally five steps taken in order to acq... | Library acquisitions |
c_2xs3azehed52 | Standing orders – Open orders for all titles that fit a particular category or subject. For example, these are usually developed for serials and the library knows that it will want anything published in that particular series. A benefit to this style of ordering is that it is automatic—the acquisitions department does ... | Library acquisitions |
c_q0a32injxxok | Approval plans – Similar to standing orders except they cover quite a few topic areas, are sent from the vendor, and the library is only charged for the specific titles that they accept into their collection. Under these circumstances the library is free to return anything it does not wish to add to its collections. A ... | Library acquisitions |
c_h487hpyxaeu6 | Blanket orders – Largely a combination of both a firm order and an approval plan. Blanket orders are the library making a commitment to purchase all of something. | Library acquisitions |
c_efi8s8ca46ux | For example, a library makes a contract with a certain publisher or vendor and will purchase everything that this publisher or vendor has available in regards to a topic. A benefit to this style of ordering is an automatic acquisition of materials for a particular field, which can be especially beneficial to specialize... | Library acquisitions |
c_h0x2xj1g6n4y | Like standing and blanket orders, a library only has to develop a contract once with a vendor or publisher and the items are automatically delivered when printed. Often, subscriptions are for a specific length of time and must be renewed at the end of the contract. Leases – Contracts that allow access to particular res... | Library acquisitions |
c_oi25yv7ipqk4 | Leases are most commonly utilized with electronic resources such as databases, journals, and web-based materials. The library is paying for access to the material versus paying for ownership of the material. Gifts – In some cases libraries may allow gifts that people give to the library. | Library acquisitions |
c_4q8sxzs6sc2p | It is the job of the acquisitions department to determine whether or not the gift will be kept and incorporated into the library’s collection. This method is typically used by large academic institutions, and the persons giving the gifts are mostly alumni of that institution. A library's collection development policy u... | Library acquisitions |
c_u6uk6xgfvl11 | Exchanges – Exchanges can be broken into two subcategories: exchange of unwanted duplicate/gift materials AND the exchange of new materials between libraries. Again, the institutions that usually have a process for this type of acquiring are larger academic or research libraries. This is also a process of consortia.The... | Library acquisitions |
c_h8kyeje5fxxw | A perlocutionary act (or perlocutionary effect) is the effect of an utterance on an interlocutor. Examples of perlocutionary acts include persuading, convincing, scaring, enlightening, inspiring, or otherwise affecting the interlocutor. The perlocutionary effect of an utterance is contrasted with the locutionary act, w... | Perlocutionary act |
c_f7t6njc0r1em | The actual perlocutionary effect can be different than the intended perlocutionary effect. In this example, the speaker may have intended to show a friendly attitude, but the listener might become irritated if they thought the speaker's intent was to impress them. == References == | Perlocutionary act |
c_pm0hnxelv8rh | Collins Park, or 1st Street Park, is the largest municipal park in Bayonne, New Jersey. It is located at the southern end of the city and runs for 0.75 miles (1.21 km) along the shore the Kill van Kull. Once known as Kill van Kull Park, it is named for Dennis P. Collins, who served at mayor of Bayonne from 1974 to 1990... | Collins Park (Bayonne, New Jersey) |
c_yflh9grkeyef | The park comprises what were public and private parcels of land. Killeen Park, which had been upgraded in 1937 WPA project, was incorporated in Collins Park It was further built out in the 1950s. Portions were was once property of Uncle Milty's Amusement Park or "Miltyville," which after its closure was purchased by th... | Collins Park (Bayonne, New Jersey) |
c_58is6bojwwy3 | Among the memorials in the park are those to veterans of World War II, the Vietnam War, the persons who built the Bayonne Bridge, and to victims of the September 11 attacks.In 2022, a statue of Chuck Wepner, former professional boxer and local hero, was unveiled in the park. | Collins Park (Bayonne, New Jersey) |
c_liypdecf066i | Ventricular hypertrophy (VH) is thickening of the walls of a ventricle (lower chamber) of the heart. Although left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is more common, right ventricular hypertrophy (RVH), as well as concurrent hypertrophy of both ventricles can also occur. Ventricular hypertrophy can result from a variety of ... | Ventricular hypertrophy |
c_mykul54ikomn | In individuals with eccentric hypertrophy there may be little or no indication that hypertrophy has occurred as it is generally a healthy response to increased demands on the heart. Conversely, concentric hypertrophy can make itself known in a variety of ways. Most commonly, chest pain, either with or without exertion ... | Ventricular hypertrophy |
c_6m5749lwyqjr | The ventricles are the chambers in the heart responsible for pumping blood either to the lungs (right ventricle) or to the rest of the body (left ventricle). Ventricular hypertrophy may be divided into two categories: concentric hypertrophy and eccentric hypertrophy. These adaptations are related to how the cardiomyocy... | Ventricular hypertrophy |
c_v9oxly2ham1s | Eccentric hypertrophy is related to volume overload and leads to the addition of sarcomeres in series.Concentric hypertrophy results from various stressors to the heart including hypertension, congenital heart defects (such as Tetralogy of Fallot), valvular defects (aortic coarction or stenosis), and primary defects of... | Ventricular hypertrophy |
c_mbyxhuryjp6a | Similarly, in systemic hypertension, the left ventricle must work harder to overcome the higher pressures of the vascular system and responds by thickening to deal with increased wall stress.Concentric hypertrophy is characterized by an addition of sarcomeres (the contractile units of cardiac cells) in parallel. The re... | Ventricular hypertrophy |
c_orkkx0j8ilor | Ultimately, this response can be compensatory for a duration, and allow for improved cardiac function in the face of stressors. However, this type of hypertrophy can result in a dilated ventricle which is unable to effectively pump blood, leading to heart failure. When stressors that encourage this concentric hypertrop... | Ventricular hypertrophy |
c_wj6id0n1q231 | This reversion may even go beyond muscle mass, and repair abnormalities in cardiac connective tissue.Eccentric hypertrophy is generally regarded as healthy, or physiologic hypertrophy and is often termed "athlete's heart." It is the normal response to healthy exercise or pregnancy, which results in an increase in the h... | Ventricular hypertrophy |
c_4n65c5l3kq1b | This increase in pumping ability is the result of the addition of sarcomeres in series, which enables the heart to contract with greater force. This is explained by the Frank Starling mechanism, which describes the sarcomere's ability to contract with greater force as more of the elements of its contractile units becom... | Ventricular hypertrophy |
c_h621ocvvjk6e | Rowers, cyclists, and cross-country skiers tend to have the largest hearts, with an average left ventricular wall thickness of 1.3 centimeters, compared to 1.1 centimeters in average adults. Though eccentric hypertrophy is termed 'athlete's heart' it is typically only found in individuals who are aerobically conditione... | Ventricular hypertrophy |
c_hewzeh71w11s | For example, in athletes with significantly increased left ventricular weight there is also a corresponding increased risk for conduction abnormalities and sudden cardiac death. Additionally, in pregnant individuals, a subpopulation progress to peripartum cardiomyopathy, characterized by a dilation of the left ventricl... | Ventricular hypertrophy |
c_fjzp5mlf0o1i | As such, though it is convenient to consider clear cut distinctions between pathologic and physiologic cardiac hypertrophy, there may be a broader range of phenotypes than may be accounted for by gross cardiac phenotypes alone.The development of pathologic states in LVH is complex. Electrical abnormalities are commonly... | Ventricular hypertrophy |
c_xszxz13hpdaz | Additionally, cytoarchitecture and the extracellular environment of the myocardium are altered, specifically genes typically expressed in the fetal heart are induced, as are collagen and other fibrotic proteins. LVH may interfere with heart functionality in a number of ways. Before progression to a dilated phenotype, m... | Ventricular hypertrophy |
c_bv2nyjpkd45v | Androgens, especially dihydrotestosterone (DHT), are active in the ventricle and promote hypertrophy. Researchers are investigating the potential for finasteride—a drug that inhibits the synthesis of DHT—to reduce hypertrophy. | Ventricular hypertrophy |
c_du4isv00n8bg | As described in the previous section, it is believed that the eccentric hypertrophy is induced by volume-overload and that the concentric hypertrophy is induced by pressure-overload. Biomechanical approaches have been adopted to investigate the progression of cardiac hypertrophy for these two different types.In the fra... | Ventricular hypertrophy |
c_gj46x4etcxs5 | Therefore, the eccentric growth tensor can be expressed as F g = I + f 0 ⊗ f 0 {\displaystyle \mathbf {F} ^{g}=\mathbf {I} +\mathbf {f} _{0}\otimes \mathbf {f} _{0}} , where I {\displaystyle \mathbf {I} } is the identity tensor. The concentric growth, on the other hand, induces parallel deposition of the sarcomeres. T... | Ventricular hypertrophy |
c_rb2kyargd3ol | There are different hypothesis on the growth laws governing the growth multipliers ϑ ∥ {\displaystyle \vartheta ^{\parallel }} and ϑ ⊥ {\displaystyle \vartheta ^{\perp }} . Motivated by the observation that eccentric growth is induced by volume-overload, strain-driven growth laws are applied to the ϑ ∥ {\displaystyle \... | Ventricular hypertrophy |
c_h28v4kusyif4 | Hypertrophy of the ventricle can be measured with a number of techniques. Electrocardiogram (EKG), a non-invasive assessment of the electrical system of the heart, can be useful in determining the degree of hypertrophy, as well as subsequent dysfunction it may precipitate. Specifically, an increase in Q wave size, abno... | Ventricular hypertrophy |
c_b7yy3fl83evn | Changes are common in both eccentric and concentric hypertrophy, though are substantially different from one another. In either condition fewer than 10% of patients with significant hypertrophy display a normal EKG.Transthoracic echocardiography, a similarly non-invasive assessment of cardiac morphology, is also import... | Ventricular hypertrophy |
c_yy089gd4y8tv | In most situations, described above, the increase in ventricular wall thickness is a slow process. However, in some instances hypertrophy may be "dramatic and rapid." In the Burmese python, consumption of a large meal is associated with an increase in metabolic work by a factor of seven and a 40% increase in ventricula... | Ventricular hypertrophy |
c_lrdl8fx1ssox | Sheikh bagh cemetery is the one and only Christian cemetery in the Srinagar city of Jammu and Kashmir. It is a British era cemetery and hence is also claimed as the heritage. The cemetery is accessed by the Roman Catholic church, CNI and other Christian denominations in Srinagar, Kashmir. | Sheikh bagh cemetery |
c_v37ylcyp90zd | Many gravestones bear the year 1700. Cemetery contains remains of many famous people like Robert Thorpe and Jim Borst. In 2014, the repair work of the graveyard funded by the British Association for Cemeteries in South Asia was organised, after a flood destroyed it. | Sheikh bagh cemetery |
c_qjto3ook33h7 | Arthur Neve Ernest Frederic Neve Robert Thorpe Jim Borst Fanny Jane Butler Nora Neve == References == | Sheikh bagh cemetery |
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