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Troponin and Changes in Muscular Fitness During Deep Space Flight.

This 7 page paper discusses the involvement of troponin with regard to the effects of zero gravity on muscle mass. There has been ...

Children and the Threat of Lead Poisoning

still present. Industry Group 80 (2000) provides statistics that support the contention that children from low-income families ar...

Human Physiology and Prostanoid Receptors

to be not as hydrophobic as they were once thought and that they do not incorporate into or permeate cell membranes (Narumiya, Sug...

Human Physiology and Pressure Points

In twelve pages human physiology is discussed with the focus being upon pressure points, in which definitions, sensations, and the...

Role of Minerals Human Physiology

a life-threatening condition, alkalosis, which is when the blood becomes too alkaline (Meletis, 2003). Alkalosis can cause exces...

Cholesterol and Health

as a component of food. It is then trapped by special receptors that then pull the cholesterol molecules into cells where it is t...

Physiology and Anatomy of the Human Eye

Eumelanins are brown/black melanins while pheomelanins are red/yellow melanins and the mixture that results determines whether a p...

Medical Marijuana

compounds and has been implicated in a high percentage of automobile crashes and workplace accidents" (Medical Marijuana ProCon.or...

Medical Marijuana

and medical marijuana would be sold in pharmacies and likely grown by pharmaceutical companies. In one particular article it is ...

Marijuana Bills Introduced by Reps. Blumenauer and Farr

This paper reports the history of the use of marijuana as a medical intervention and when it became illegal in this country. It po...

Medical Marijuana, Pro and Con

This research paper discusses the benefits and risks associated with medical marijuana use. The writer concludes in favor of presc...

Legalizing Marijuana Compared to the Prohibition

Special interest groups and propaganda played a strong role in Prohibition and they have played a strong role in drug laws today, ...

U.S. and EU Marijuana Law

a "gateway" drug that inevitably leads to narcotics use, either cocaine or heroin. The fact is that marijuana is not physically ad...

Marijuana versus Prozac in the Treatment of Depression

This 6 page paper discusses the merits of treating depression with marijuana instead of Prozac. The writer argues that using marij...

Benefits of Marijuana Legalization

that has always been associated with the civilization of a society. Yet, it appears that once a society is considered civilized it...

Marijuana and its Effects

been absolutely established is that THC does attach itself to brain receptors associated with "thought, memory, concentration, and...

Overview of Designer Drugs

In twenty pages designer drugs such as cocaine, marijuana, roofies, and Ecstasy are discussed in terms of their content, origin, h...

Performance Enhancement Drugs and the 'Payoff' in Sudden Death

in the bodybuilding sphere without the use of enhancement drugs was virtually unheard of, and biochemical treatment was a fully in...

Marijuana Propaganda verses Fact

Our society has changed radically over recent history. One of the reflections of this change is an evolution in the way that...

Biopsychology

infants learn the opposite lessons required for living within a civilized society, which ultimately causes him to display uncontro...

The Costs of Prohibition and the Economic Effects of the Legalization of Marijuana

legalization with federal, state, and local government statistics; competition; elasticity; supply and demand evaluations; tax rev...

Current Views on Drug Addiction

(Flores, 2005). Mechanism of Action A THC receptor in the brain receives the THC compound to create either or both "halluci...

Brain Development

to each other (BrainWonders, 2001). The connections are best described as electrical impulses that move down the nerve cell and th...

The Amazing Brain and The Secret Life of the Brain Annotations

infants as they later develop. The quiet environment of the womb is critical for the proper development of the brain during the f...

Learning and the Significance of Prior Experiences and Knowledge

"the ideas of a new schema are connected not only to each other but to previously established schemata as well" (Daniel, 1999). Th...

Traumatic Brain Injury - Job Coaching

negative emotions and maximize the positive emotions when faced with a task that is challenging. One of the issues with persons w...

How Does ADHD Affect Learning

impossible for this individual to learn or achieve in school. This is not because they are not intelligent enough to do so, it is ...

The Need For Consistent And Predictable Care

birth, it is critical to interact with the infant, to touch and cuddle and talk with the infant, to provide a safe and nurturing e...

The Impacts of Radiation on the Brain

excitability determined from the total subject population. Slide 4: Verbal Hypothesis Statements Subjects exposed to cell phone...