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First of all an action potential reaches the end of a motor neuron and the neurotransmitter acetylcholine is then released into the synapse. An action potential is initiated in the muscle cellSarcoplasmic...

Inflation is defined as a persistent increase in the average price within a country, in other words a decrease in the purchasing power of a currency. There are two main groups that the reasons for inflati...

The easiest way to understand ionisation energy is to look at the equation for ionisation.For example, the ionisation of magnesium is shown by the following:Mg---> Mg⁺ + e^- The io...

In this extract, we see Offred bathing and considering her existence. This scene can be seen as an extended metaphor for the conflict that Offred is experiencing between memories of a former life and her ...

Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness and F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby both explore their contemporary contexts. In both, they introduce narrators into an alien context; Conrad exp...