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What is an atheroma and how do they form?

An atheroma is a build up of fatty deposits (made up of cholesterol) in the wall of an artery, which will lead to the narrowing of the arteries inner diameter (its lumen). Formation process Atheromas will be...
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How can a depreciation in the home currency impact the trade balance?

The trade balance is defined by the difference in value of exports minus imports. Now a depreciation in a the home currency means it that one unit of foreign currency (lets say $) can now purchase more £'s a...
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Using the shared code editor, write a recursive function for calculating a factorial of an input parameter.

def factorial(x): #base case if x == 1: return 1 #recursive call else: return (x * factorial(x-1))Recursive algorithms are written using a strategy called divide and conquer. You try and break the problem up...
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What is more important in reducing the impact of Earthquakes, Prediction or Mitigation?

Natural Hazards can present serious threats to lives and livelihoods. This essay will focus upon earthquakes and discuss how prediction and mitigation both can help reduce the impacts of an earthquake but ul...
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Explain how arteries and veins differ in their structure and how this relates to their function? (4)

Arteries are vessels blood away from the heart whereas veins carry blood to the heart Arteries have thicker walls to cope with the higher pressure- muscle (contracts-to control blood flow) elastic (helps art...
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