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    The majority of nerves cells that make up the nervous system are excitable cells, as they have the ability to produce an electric current to formrom an action potential from using a concentration gradient of ions across their membrane (Sherwood, 2013). The current generated by the flow of sodium (〖Na〗^+) and potassium ( K^+)ions is called an action potential and occurs in three steps: depolarization, repolarization, and hyperpolarization. First, a membrane potential 〖(V〗_m) is established by…

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    My place of employment has a no tolerance policy against discrimination and takes cultural diversity very seriously. They are an equal opportunity employer that has policies in place to prohibit discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity, familial status, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected group status. My agency focuses on making a difference in the diverse community we…

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    Précis Frank Bruni’s article “An Admissions Surprise From the Ivy League”(2015), reveals that there is a fatal flaw in the college admissions process because of the unfair advantage that privileged teens possess. Bruni supports his claim by questioning the intentions of the coalition’s new process, acknowledging the harsh reality of the imbalance in the students receiving an acceptance, and providing opinions from experienced college admissions officers. Bruni’s purpose is to argue for actual…

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    Do you ride the bus to school or even go to school and get taught by teachers? Well, think about going to get on the bus and there is no bus or going to school and there are no teachers to teach you. That is what happens when people go on strike, you don't have anyone to teach you or to take you to school. This is why I believe that service workers shoul not be allowed to go on strike. First off, these strikes can frustrate the public and make them dislike you and possibly leave. Secondly, there…

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    Affirmative action policies are methods in which associations work to increase the opportunities for traditionally discriminated ethnicities in the United States, with the purpose of creating a more diverse country. This policy came about in the 1960s, as a result of the 1960’s Civil Right Movement. It is a way for minorities or historically discriminated ethnic or racial groups to get an advantage in society, however some people see affirmative action as reverse discrimination or racism.…

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    The college admissions process is a varying source of stress for graduating high school students. Affirmative action, a government policy promoting diversity at universities, grants certain minority groups an advantage for college applications Since 1990, U.S. colleges’ affirmative action policies, created by admissions officers and the government, have caused conflicting economic effects, including financial aid and scholarship availability, insufficient socioeconomic diversity, and federal…

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    tetanus and conduction velocity of action potentials. Muscle are either directly joined to the bone or connected by tendons, which by definition are resilient bundles of collagen fibers. Motor nerves innervate the fibers of the skeletal muscles, which is controlled voluntarily. The action potential in a muscle fiber allows for an increase in the influx of calcium causing what we know as a twitch. A twitch is a contraction of the muscle due to only one action potential generated. Muscle nerves…

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    Affirmative Action is not a necessary program that is just discriminating against people who have worked hard to get to the point of trying to into their dream college but they cannot do that because of affirmative action. It is ruining peoples live just because of their Skin color. It should follow the same rules that all people follow all people are created equal and should be treated fairly not people are created equal and are not treated equally. As a result of this the people that get in…

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    government employers should strictly, “take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that employees are treated during employment, without regard to their race, creed, color, or national origin.” This executive order was later revised and rephrased by another president. Nonetheless, Affirmative Action is a policy that allows minorities to have opportunities, whether it be in a workplace…

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    Affirmative Action When students go through admissions processes every year should their merit or their last name be the indicator as to whether or not they get in? Every year applicants, particularly college applicants, go through a process of admissions to get accepted into the best universities all over the world. This process is however biased towards certain minorities in order to fulfill an ethnicity quotient due to affirmative action. Affirmative action was originally a mean to satiate…

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