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To begin with, we should first look at how the heart beats.
Beating of the heart is due to myogenic muscle contraction, This means the myocyte (muscle cell) itself is the origin of the contraction an...

The action potential is the change in electrical voltage across a neuron's cell surface membrane, as an impulse is passed along the neuron. This is the way signals are transmitted in the nervous system. I...

The Fibonacci sequence is defined as:f(n) = f(n-1) + f(n-2)F(0) = 1F(1) = 1Where n is a positive number. This allows for a recursive algorithm to be written that returns 1 for the two ba...

ATP binds the myosin head in its resting state. ATP is hydrolysed to ADP + Pi, releasing energy. This changes the conformation of the myosin head, cocking it. The myosin head reattaches to the actin molec...

Positivism and interpretivism are two different perspectives that sociologists use to tackle a social problem. These perspectives will influence the type of problem that the sociologist is interested in e...