Thermoregulation

The Earth’s climate has changed over the centuries, and is expected to continue to rise due to human activites. The burning of fossil fuels releases greenhouse gases that trap heat in the atmosphere, which creates a greenhouse effect and warms the climate. Since human population is increasing, more food is needed to sustain the large population. In return, agriculture adds to this effect because farms release methane. Trees and other plants are needed because they yet they take carbon dioxide in…

The Deathly Dog Days of Summer With summer right around the corner, many people will be out and about doing all the things that could not be done during the dreary months of winter. Although summer is filled with activities, the heat of the day could put you at risk. Overheating can lead to heat exhaustion or even a heat stroke. Knowing the signs could save your life or others. Heat exhaustion and heat stroke may be caused by a number of reasons, while the repercussions can be detrimental to…

Introduction Throughout the day, humans expend energy through a variety of different processes and activities. The body's response to this energy demand is energy intake in the form of different fuel sources which includes carbohydrates, proteins, lipids and although it is not an optimal fuel source, humans are also capable of using alcohol for energy. After the food is ingested, it is digested through complex processes that breakdown the larger molecules into smaller molecules such as…

This is due to the cardiovascular system having a function in thermoregulation, which regulates body temperature. As the surface area increases, extra heat can go through the skin and transfer out into the surrounding air. This is how the body cools down. A sport example of vasodilation could be a cyclist during a long…

India is the third largest egg producer and fifth largest poultry-meat producer country in the world (Mitra and Bose 2005). By 2003, India was producing 1.6 million tons of poultry-meat, which had risen to 2.0 million tons by 2006 (Hellin and Erenstein 2009) and now stands at 2.2 million tons per annum (www.dahd.nic.in).The per capita consumption of meat is expected to increase in India, from its current level of 3.1 kg to up to 18 kg by 2050, of which 12.5 kg would be chicken (Alexandratos and…

Shark bay research A bit about shark bay: Shark bay lies on the extreme western coast of Australia between 24 and 27 degrees south of the equator. Shark Bay comprises two large, shallow embayment, numerous islands and a coastline, which is 1500km long. Part 1: Ecosystem description a) Shark bay is a heavily marine based environment that covers 2.2 million hectares and has a coastline of more than 1,500 km long. Shark bay has a very diverse ecosystem but is mostly steered by aquatic abiotic…

The first 12 hours of a neonates life is the most critical time in which hypothermia can set in. For 9 months the child is in a warm amniotic sac where coldness is never felt. Once the neonate experiences extrauterine life, the neonate is now at risk for cold stress (Durham, 2014, p. 377). There are four different ways in which a neonate can loose heat; these four are radiation, convection, conduction, and evaporation. Studies have shown that the nurses procedures have a major effect on heat…

Hot Topics Personal Position Paper, “Should I Let My Baby Sleep With Me?” Co-Sleeping: NO! Hannah Myers University of Washington, School of Nursing The hot topic of co-sleeping has recently been the source of much debate. Parents are indecisive about what will be best for them and their baby. It is a very confusing topic, but after sufficient research, I have found that the risks outweigh the benefits. It is important to note that there are different “types” of…

Over the last couple of decades the finding of numbers of important fossil discoveries in Africa which were bipedal primates. Biped; terrestrial locomotion where an organism moves by two feet also considers bipedalism. That bipedal locomotion sets modern humans apart from all other living primates. The origin of bipedalism has been argued about by how it was the adoption of early hominin fossil record (that was found) had adaptive shifts locomotion over the series of time. Which illustrate the…

Underwater electroreceptor sensor The only group to not have an application this was interesting to me. The way I think is a property after I automatically think of an application or solution to that problem. For example when I think of a electroreceptor I would have said possible applications such as a passive way of monitoring the output of electro signals on circuits to see where the a break is and in electric panels to see if the capacitors are discharged. Knowing my thought pattern I would…