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List Structure and the Interpreter Design Pattern
(m15110)
Authors:
Dung Nguyen
,
Stephen Wong
Keywords:
Design
,
Interpreter
,
List
,
Pattern
Summary:
Operations of the composite list structure are implemented using the Interpreter Design Pattern.
Subject:
Science and Technology
Language:
English
Popularity:
60.05%
Revised:
2013-05-10
Revisions:
3
Padilla's Introduction to Sociology
(col11522)
Author:
Lindsay Padilla
Institution:
Gavilan College
Keywords:
aging
,
assembling perspective
,
authority
,
bureaucracies
,
collective behavior
,
conflict theory
,
conformity
,
crime
,
culture
,
demography
,
deviance
,
discrimination
,
diversity
,
economy
,
education
,
emergent-norm perspective
,
Emile Durkheim
,
environment
,
ethics
,
ethnicity
,
experiment
,
family
,
feminist theory
,
field research
,
formal organizations
,
functionalism
,
gender
,
global inequality
,
globalization
,
government
,
health
,
in-groups
,
Karl Marx
,
marriage
,
Max Weber
,
McDonaldization
,
medicine
,
minority groups
,
modernization
,
out-groups
,
politics
,
population
,
power
,
queer theory
,
race
,
religion
,
resocialization
,
sanctions
,
sex
,
social change
,
social class
,
social control
,
social movements
,
social stratification
,
social structure
,
socialization
,
sociology
,
stereotypes
,
survey
,
symbolic interactionism
,
urbanization
,
value-added perspective
Summary:
Introduction to Sociology was written by teams of sociology professors and writers and peer-reviewed by college instructors nationwide. The textbook was developed for OpenStax College as part of its Open Educational Resources initiative. This free online text meets standard scope and sequence requirements and incorporates current events such as ... four-year school.
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Introduction to Sociology was written by teams of sociology professors and writers and peer-reviewed by college instructors nationwide. The textbook was developed for OpenStax College as part of its Open Educational Resources initiative. This free online text meets standard scope and sequence requirements and incorporates current events such as the Occupy Wall Street movement. The text is designed for the Introduction to Sociology course at any two- to four-year school.
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Subject:
Social Sciences
Language:
English
Popularity:
94.00%
Revised:
2013-05-10
Revisions:
New
Muscle Contraction and Locomotion
(m44788)
Author:
OpenStax College
Keywords:
acetylcholinesterase
,
AChE
,
cardiac muscle tissue
,
excitation–contraction coupling
,
locomotion
,
motor end plate
,
muscle contraction
,
muscle fiber structure
,
muscle tension
,
muscle tissue
,
muscle type
,
musculoskeletal system
,
myofibril
,
myofilament
,
regulatory protein
,
sarcolemma
,
sarcomere
,
skeletal muscle tissue
,
sliding filament model of contraction
,
smooth muscle tissue
,
thick filament
,
thin filament
,
tropomyosin
,
troponin
Summary:
By the end of this section, you will be able to: Classify the different types of muscle tissue Explain the role of muscles in locomotion
Subject:
Science and Technology
Language:
English
Popularity:
60.87%
Revised:
2013-05-10
Revisions:
4
Vision
(m44761)
Author:
OpenStax College
Keywords:
candela
,
circadian
,
cone
,
cornea
,
eye
,
eye anatomy
,
fovea
,
hyperopia
,
iris
,
lens
,
light
,
light transduction
,
myopia
,
photoreceptor
,
presbyopia
,
pupil
,
retina
,
retinal processing
,
rhodopsin
,
rod
,
sense
,
sensory system
,
sight
,
superior colliculus
,
suprachiasmatic nucleus
,
thrichomatic coding
,
tonic activity
,
vision
Summary:
By the end of this section, you will be able to: Explain how electromagnetic waves differs from sound waves Trace the path of light through the eye to the point of the optic nerve Explain tonic activity as it is manifested in photoreceptors in the retina
Subject:
Science and Technology
Language:
English
Popularity:
35.87%
Revised:
2013-05-10
Revisions:
5
Taste and Smell
(m44764)
Author:
OpenStax College
Keywords:
bipolar neuron
,
bitter
,
glomerulus
,
gustation
,
odor
,
odorant
,
olfaction
,
olfactory bulb
,
olfactory epithelium
,
papilla
,
pheromone
,
reception
,
salty
,
sense
,
sensory system
,
smell
,
sour
,
sweet
,
tastant
,
taste
,
taste bud
,
transduction
,
umami
Summary:
By the end of this section, you will be able to: Explain in what way smell and taste stimuli differ from other sensory stimuli Identify the five primary tastes that can be distinguished by humans Explain in anatomical terms why a dog’s sense of smell is more acute than a human’s
Subject:
Science and Technology
Language:
English
Popularity:
46.68%
Revised:
2013-05-10
Revisions:
5
Sensory Processes
(m44754)
Author:
OpenStax College
Keywords:
five senses
,
just-noticeable difference
,
kinesthesia
,
mechanoreceptor
,
perception
,
proprioception
,
reception
,
receptive field
,
receptor potential
,
sense
,
sensory perception
,
sensory process
,
sensory receptor
,
sensory system
,
sensory transduction
,
transduction
,
vestibular sense
Summary:
By the end of this section, you will be able to: Identify the general and special senses in humans Describe three important steps in sensory perception Explain the concept of just-noticeable difference in sensory perception
Subject:
Science and Technology
Language:
English
Popularity:
38.67%
Revised:
2013-05-10
Revisions:
6
The Central Nervous System
(m44749)
Author:
OpenStax College
Keywords:
amygdala
,
arachnoid mater
,
basal ganglia
,
basal nuclei
,
brain
,
brainstem
,
central nervous system
,
cerebellum
,
cerebral cortex
,
cerebral hemisphere
,
cerebrospinal fluid
,
choroid plexus
,
cingulate gyrus
,
CNS
,
corpus callosum
,
CSF
,
dura mater
,
frontal lobe
,
gyri
,
gyrus
,
hippocampus
,
hypothalamus
,
limbic system
,
meninge
,
nervous system
,
occipital lobe
,
parietal lobe
,
pia mater
,
proprioception
,
somatosensation
,
spinal cord
,
sulci
,
sulcus
,
temporal lobe
,
thalamus
,
ventricle
Summary:
By the end of this section, you will be able to: Identify the spinal cord, cerebral lobes, and other brain areas on a diagram of the brain Describe the basic functions of the spinal cord, cerebral lobes, and other brain areas
Subject:
Science and Technology
Language:
English
Popularity:
35.48%
Revised:
2013-05-10
Revisions:
4
How Neurons Communicate
(m44748)
Author:
OpenStax College
Keywords:
action potential
,
action potential propagation
,
brain-computer interface
,
charged membrane
,
chemical synapse
,
depolarization
,
electrical synapse
,
EPSP
,
excitatory postsynaptic potential
,
hyperpolarization
,
inhibitory postsynaptic potential IPSP
,
IPSP
,
long-term depression
,
long-term potentiation
,
LTD
,
LTP
,
membrane potential
,
nerve impulse transmission
,
nervous system
,
neuron communication
,
refractory period
,
resting membrane potential
,
saltatory conduction
,
signal summation
,
summation
,
synaptic cleft
,
synaptic plasticity
,
synaptic transmission
,
synaptic vesicle
,
threshold of excitation
Summary:
By the end of this section, you will be able to: Describe the basis of the resting membrane potential Explain the stages of an action potential and how action potentials are propagated Explain the similarities and differences between chemical and electrical synapses Describe long-term potentiation and long-term depression
Subject:
Science and Technology
Language:
English
Popularity:
27.62%
Revised:
2013-05-10
Revisions:
4
Recursion
(m17306)
Authors:
Stephen Wong
,
Dung Nguyen
Keywords:
design
,
object-oriented
,
programming
,
recursion
Summary:
An overview of recursion and recursive algorithms from an object-oriented perspective.
Subject:
Science and Technology
Language:
English
Popularity:
73.85%
Revised:
2013-05-10
Revisions:
4
Digestive Systems
(m44736)
Author:
OpenStax College
Keywords:
alimentary canal
,
amylase
,
animal digestion
,
anus
,
avian digestion
,
bile
,
bolus
,
carnivore
,
chyme
,
digestive system
,
duodenum
,
esophagus
,
gallbladder
,
gastrovascular cavity
,
gizzard
,
herbivore
,
ileum
,
jejunum
,
large intestine
,
lipase
,
liver
,
monogastric
,
nutrition
,
omnivore
,
pancreas
,
pepsin
,
pepsinogen
,
peristalsis
,
proventriculus
,
pseudo-ruminant
,
rectum
,
roughage
,
ruminant
,
salivary amylase
,
small intestine
,
sphincters
,
stomach
,
villi
Summary:
By the end of this section, you will be able to: Explain the processes of digestion and absorption Compare and contrast different types of digestive systems Explain the specialized functions of the organs involved in processing food in the body Describe the ways in which organs work together to digest food and absorb nutrients
Subject:
Science and Technology
Language:
English
Popularity:
69.13%
Revised:
2013-05-10
Revisions:
5
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