Homeostasis and how the body responds to exercise. This report will interpret the results of the practical activities that was done in order to monitor the changes in heart rate‚ temperature and blood pressure before and after exercise. Blood pressure is the measure of how much pressure is put on the walls of the blood vessels when the blood is pumped through them. This is measured in two parts‚ the larger number on top is known as the systolic pressure‚ this measures the pressure as the blood
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Explain the concept of homeostasis. P6: Follow guidelines to interpret collected data for heart rate‚ breathing rate and temperature before and after a standard period of exercise. M2: Discuss the probably homeostatic responses to changes in the internal environment during exercise. M3: Present Date collected before and after a standard period of exercise. D2: Evaluate the importance of homeostasis in maintaining the healthy functioning of the body. P5 Homeostasis is a natural response
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Value Chain Flexibility with RFID: A Case Study of the Octopus Card Lam Tak Ming The Hong Kong Polytechnic University mslam@polyu.edu.hk Abstract: Octopus cards are an electronic payment system based on a wireless RFID technology developed in Hong Kong. Users simply hold their contactless smartcards over an electronic reader‚ and the payment is deducted from the card automatically. If users link their cards to their credit card to upload money
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In our group’s case study report‚ we will examine the use of Octopus system in the education sector. Octopus system is a widely used e-Commerce technology in Hong Kong‚ covering a variety of industries including transportation‚ retail‚ restaurants‚ and more. Tsung Tsin Primary School is the main focus of this case study. The school uses the Octopus system extensively‚ integrating into student and staff information‚ attendance‚ educational activities‚ payment‚ and communications. We will look at
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Octopus and Privacy: Business Ethics Table of Content Introduction 3 The Objective 3 Research Methods 3 Background of the Company 3 Background of the Issue 5 Identification of Issue 7 Analysis of Issues 8 Recommendation 10 Conclusion 11 Appendix 12 List of Reference 12 Introduction Hong Kong has one of the most highly successful e-purse programs‚ the Octopus card. The Octopus card‚ which began in the niche transportation industry and extended outward to retailers‚ has been widely adopted
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Anatomy and Physiology P5/M2 - Homeostasis Homeostasis is the need for an organism or a cell to regulate its internal environment (conditions within the fluid surrounding its body cells) by a system of feedback controls to stabilise health and functioning despite the outside changing conditions. This is important as this is what maintains and helps internal conditions (body temperature) to remain stable and constant. In humans homeostasis happens when the body regulates its body temperature in
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Unit 5 task 3 (P5 M2 D2) – explain the concept of homeostasis‚ discuss the probable homeostatic response to changes in the internal environment during exercise‚ how homeostatic mechanisms control temperature‚ breathing and heart rate and evaluate the importance of homeostasis in maintaining healthy functioning of the body. Homeostasis Homeostasis is the maintenance of a constant internal environment in organisms. It involves volume of blood and tissue fluid within restricted limits‚ it also maintains
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Homeostasis and why it is an important process for survival The environment around us is continually changing and poses difficulties for the body to carry out its internal processes. Homeostasis is the maintenance of a constant internal environment within the body regardless of changes in either external or internal conditions. It allows a certain degree of independence from the environment. Regulating body temperature is one instance where homeostasis occurs (Thermoregulation). Some methods
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1. Briefly explain how does the body maintain homeostasis? Homeostasis is a existence and maintenance of a relatively constant internal environment. Homeostasis is maintain by negative and positive feedback mechanism. Most homeostatic control mechanisms are negative feedback mechanisms. In these system‚ the output shut off the original stimulus or reduce its intensity. These mechanisms cause the variable to change in a direction opposite to that of the initial change‚ returning it to its “ideal”
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Period 1 Physiology September 16th 2014 Lab 1: Homeostasis Background Information The conditions in our bodies do not really change at all. Our body temperature has to stay within a certain range in order to function. We maintain these function through a process which is called homeostasis. Homeostasis is the process of maintaining a constant internal environment such as body temperature‚ blood pressure‚ and heart rate. An analogy to help explain homeostasis is a student walking up the down escalator
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