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Representative democracy allows for complex decisions to be made by a small, educated elected group at an efficient pace making it the only practical democratic system in a modern state. It also allows fo...

An action potential arrives at a presynaptic neurone, which causes calcium ion channels to open. Calcium ions enter the presynaptic knob, which causes synaptic vesicles containing neurotransmitter to deta...

The Via Negative (also known as the apophatic way) is the idea that we can only state things about God by stating what he is not. Positive sentences about God such as "God is Good" cannot be va...

Using quotient rule, let u = 2x+12 and v = 1-x. Then we differentiate u and v separately, so u' = 2 and v' = -1. The formula for the quotient rule is: (vu' - uv')/v^2. Plugging in our values into this equ...

A failure or lack of cohesive and organised leadership of the Chartist movement during the years 1839 to 1849 has often been cited as one of the main reasons that Chartism failed. The movement was made u...