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What Is The Role Of The Kidney In Blood Pressure Regulation?
The kidney plays a role in hypertension. A researcher published to date about 200 years ago is known that abnormalities in the production of urine by the kidney alter the blood in a way that increases vascular resistance, leading to high blood pressure. And the enlarged heart is mass. Several years later, Harry Goldblatt induced fatal hypertension in dogs by rupturing one of the renal arteries.
By Mustafa Rangoonwala5 years ago in FYI
Jean-Henri Riesener, cabinet-maker to French kings
Jean-Henri Riesener was one of the finest cabinet-makers of his age, which, unfortunately for him, coincided with the French Revolution. The opulence that he played a major role in creating was fine for the court of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, but when his aristocratic customers lost their heads, or at least their fortunes, his own fortune went downhill with theirs and he eventually died in poverty.
By John Welford5 years ago in FYI
LANDS AND PEOPLES:
KAZAKHS traditionally lived as nomads. To this day, some Kazakh herders move their animals to different pastures according to the season. They spend the summer in cooler highland grazing lands. Then, as the snowy winter approaches, they bring their flocks down to the warmer lowlands. A traditional Kazakh meal should always include meat and is usually not spicy. Among Kazakhs’ favorite drinks are koumiss, which is made from mare’s milk and is said to provide many health benefits, and rich, slightly sour shubat, made from camel’s milk. The yurt—the traditional portable house of nomads—has become a symbol of man living in harmony with nature. Shepherds still favor the yurt, and urban Kazakhs often use them for special events. Yurts also serve as comfortable tourist accommodations. The interior of a yurt can be a showplace for Kazakh women’s diverse embroidering, weaving, and carpet-making skills. A yurt is a round, tentlike structure that has decorative reed mats lining its walls. Its outer layers are sheets of felt made from sheep’s wool. Yurts are lightweight and easy to assemble, yet sturdy and comfortable during hot summers and cold winters. The Kirghiz call the yurt a gray house; the Kazakhs, a felt house; and the Mongolians, a ger, meaning “home.” Yurts may be grayish-brown or bright white, depending on the color of the wool used. Kirghiz and Kazakh yurts are often decorated with local designs of wool dyed in bright colors that depict a ram’s horn. In the past, beautiful blankets and felt floor coverings were a reflection of a family’s wealth and prestige.
By Raquel Recinos5 years ago in FYI
Titanic Secrets
1.30 seconds to respond Post Frederick Fleet included no optics inside the stage , depending just on his visual perception to recognize any deterrents. At the point when he called the scaffold to declare "Icy mass, directly ahead!," First Officer William Murdoch faltered 30 seconds prior to providing the request "hard a starboard," a 2011 investigation of the day's occasions found. There was around brief's time between Fleet's notice and impact, and his deferral demonstrated deadly to the boat.
By Sakthi murugan5 years ago in FYI
Technopoly
Critical Summary of Neil Postman’s Technopoly, The Surrender of Culture and Technology To think about a time where technology did not influence, or control societies actions or reactions is difficult to do unless asked the question of technologies history and hold on today’s society. In Ellul’s The Technological Society, technique was used as a totalitarian state’s method of controlling of populations and systems, but in Neil Postman’s assessment of technology, it is technology that is the totalitarian state that controls those who believe they are in control of the systems in place to regulate society. With each innovation of thought and machine, humanity seems devoid of meaning, by being reduced to numerical data and statistics. This is important to academic research because to answer many issues that plague society, the institutions of academia must observe that they may have been comprised by technology’s control of the way they think or ask questions. The continuous drive for efficiency and effectiveness in strategic communication, has been the author’s objective in writing critical summaries about technology, but now with Postman’s view of technology, that drive is a symptom of technology’s evolution.
By Timothy Black5 years ago in FYI
A Discussion
Introduction In reading the textbook by Littlejohn, Foss, and Oetzel (2017), and Ruddock (2017), there are theories about communications that apply to problems in society and culture strikingly relevant. Racial tensions in the United States are high, and many African Americans see the Justice System as an injustice control mechanism to protect the white establishment. A video from a minor's iPhone helped obtain a guilty verdict against Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd. This case and many others demonstrate the differences in American society and culture and how the media covers the incident—the media influences how specific audiences of different culture groups choose to react to societal problems. Government agencies also must work to maintain public trust in their institutions and strategic communications. The research that guides the process plays a vital role in maintaining that trust.
By Timothy Black5 years ago in FYI
Technological Society
Abstract This paper analyzes Jacques Ellul’s book The Technological Society and its relation to strategic military communication topics. The author addresses how Ellul's analysis of technology and technique play a role in contemporary strategic communication even though Ellul does not directly discuss strategic communication. Ellul's wide range of concepts goes into great detail to inform critical thinking and provides vast insight into how contemporary issues such as disinformation and technical aspects of military communication can be analyzed for future research.
By Timothy Black5 years ago in FYI
BTS Meal.
Who better to be the next face of a global viral campaign other than the hugely popular and talented K-pop - BTS? McDonald's official Twitter announced on April 19 that “BTS Meal” would be the latest creation of McDonald's Famous Orders program, whose previous partnerships included artists Travis Scott and J Balvin.
By Viona Aminda5 years ago in FYI
