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Explain how atherosclerosis develops and how it leads to coronary heart disease (8)

-Atherosclerosis: hardening of blood vessels (specifically those that withstand high blood pressure, ie arteries.) Blood vessels are composed of three layers: the tunica intima, tunica media and tunica adven...
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Explain the Kalãm Cosmological Argument for God's Existence

The Kalãm Cosmological Argument for God's existence was propounded by the medeival Islamic theologian Al-Ghazali (1058-1111), and has recently been revived in modern philosophical discourse through the work ...
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In photosynthesis, what are the products of the Light Dependent reaction, and the Light Independent reaction (Calvin Cycle)?

Light dependent: H 2 0 is split to form: 1/2 O 2 , ATP and NADPH Light Indepedent/Calvin Cycle: CO 2 is used, in the presence of RuBP and Rubisco enzyme to make G3P , which is needed to make sugars, i.e. Glu...
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Explain the control of blood glucose levels in humans (8)

Blood-glucose levels are maintained within narrow limits so that there are sufficient amounts of glucose in the blood (for respiring cells) but also not too high levels that will disturb the osmotic balance....
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What is meant by ‘Pork-barrel politics’ and what is its significance in Congress?

Pork-barrel spending is a metaphor for when government money is given to a representative’s district usually in order to gain support for a certain piece of legislation or to help aid their re-election. It i...
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