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The effects of battery temperature on the power it can produce
The effects of battery temperature on the power it can produce
The research task is to investigate the effects of external temperature of a battery to the power it would be able to produce. In order to ensure the effectiveness of the experiment, it would be necessary to plan and implement the experiment by keeping the test fair, as well as ensuring all the safety regulations during the test. The experimentation process involves placing different battery types in hot water. It will be possible to record the water temperature by using a kettle and multi-meters, which will be able to determine the current running through the circuit.
From the results, there is a possibility of seeing that the external temperature is likely to affect the normal domestic batteries and not the long-lasting fire alarm battery. It would be possible to determine that the potential difference emanating from the normal battery is likely to be reduced with increases in the temperature of the water surrounding the battery. Experimenting on the same with the alarm battery is likely not to change the voltage despite the temperature subjected to the battery.
From the experiment, it is possible to determine that normal batteries work effectively for a short period and in the household. On the other hand, it would be vital to consider that the batteries are kept around temperatures that are relatively low. However, considering the fire alarm battery, it is possible to determine that it is made to last for a considerable amount of time. For this reason, the battery can last for a long period, meaning that it can be able to withstand cold and hot temperatures to give off constant power.
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The effects of alcohol on the body
The effects of alcohol on the body
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Introduction
Drinking alcohol can be very harmful to your health both physically and mentally. Alcohol affects the body causing a great impact on your body. Research has shown that when a person drinks wine or beer the alcohol content in it is quickly absorbed in the body. The alcohol stays in the body for almost two hours after being absorbed in the body system. However, there are also factors that determine the amount of time the alcohol will stay in the body after being absorbed. These factors include gender and weight.
The effects of alcohol on each group differ. Klatsky (1999) argued that “because CAD accounts for a large proportion of total mortality, the risk of death from all causes is slightly lower among moderate drinkers than among abstainers, but heavier drinkers are at considerably higher total mortality risk”. On the other hand, Kelly et al (2008) argued that there are “relevant aspects of child behavior and development that have previously been linked to mothers’ drinking during pregnancy such as conduct problems and hyperactivity. There are many groups of drinkers. The effects of alcohol on three kinds of people who are binge drinkers, light drinkers, and regular drinkers also differ. The binge drinkers are more prone to social ills such as risky sexual behaviors and violence. The over drinkers are more exposed to health related complications that destroy vital body organs such the heavy and the liver. The light drinkers normally begin through peer pressure and may become over drinkers with time. The light drinkers and regular drinkers are able to control their actions and tend to go about their daily activities. However, they are also exposed to some health complications such as irregular heart beat and blood flow. The pregnant women, irrespective of the nature of during may give birth to babies with complications such as cognitive deficits and structural changes in the brain.
Effects of alcohol on binge drinkers
Binge drinking has is defined as drinking much alcohol to feel the effect of alcohol. They are also called heavy drinkers. That is one drink much alcohol in a short span of time. Different organizations that have carried different statistics clearly argue that men should drink four units of alcohol while women should drink two units of alcohol. On the other hand, binge drinking involves drinking eight units for men and six units for women that have adverse effects on their health. This quickly raises the alcohol concentration in the body. Research has shown that drinking large amount of alcohol in a short period of time affects the body more than drinking small amounts of it frequently (Kanny, 2013). Binge drinking affects both physical and mental health. The effects of binge drinking are;
Binge drinking affects balance and coordination in the body. One is not able to walk upright. That is why many cases of accidents have been reported for people who drive while they are drunk. Alcohol consumption is one of the biggest causes of accidents. This is because of the lack of coordination between the mind and the body (frequently (Kanny, 2013). Binge drinking may lead to death. Alcohol may also choke you causing vomiting.
Binge drinking is common to both men and women of ages 16-24 years old. There are cause of Binge drinkers that have been reported which include street crimes, sexual offenses, and burglaries. This is because people who regularly involve themselves in binge drinking became aggressive and violence in a way. The groups tend to find the activity enjoyable and help them keep their friends and peers. Binge drinking also causes the heart attack. Further, Klatsky (1999) established that cardiac arrhythmias are associated with heavy alcohol consumption. The condition affects the normal heart rhythm. Because of consumption of much alcohol in a short span of time, the drug abuser may become dehydrated. This is because the concentration of alcohol in the body increases. The blood flow increases and at high speed this is may result to heart failure. The attention span of such a person decreases, and one is unable to concentrate for a long period. This makes the person look confused and lacking focus. The sex drive may decrease. It is also referred to as heavy episodic drinking which means heavy consumption of alcohol (Dufour, 1999).
Binge drinking has been associated with cases such as unplanned pregnancies, unprotected sex which leads to the spread of HIV/AIDS. In the United States of America, there have been reported 19 percent of men and 10 percent of women assaulted causes as a result of Binge drinking (Paoletti, 2000). It leads to causes of sexual assaults such as rape. Binge drinking causes adverse effects on the body for instance; it affects the blood homeostasis and the cardiac rhythm. Women who involve themselves in Binge drinking have abdominal pains they may also have reproductive problems. The effects of Binge drinking on the brain are adverse. It causes delayed verbal and auditory memory. It also causes impairment in spatial working memory affecting the pattern recognition. Researchers have found out that binge drinking affects the impulse control. This causes delay recall of visual and verbal information. Binge drinking in the young people causes cognitive impairment (Blocker, Fahey, & Tyrrell, 2003). This results to the inability to interpret and recognize the facial expressions. It causes imbalance between excitatory amino acids and inhibitory causing changes in monoamines release that is in the central nervous system.
Effects of alcohol on light drinkers
Light or moderate drinking has less negative impact on the body. Research shows that there are no adverse effects associated with light drinking. According to Klatsky (199), the “moderate drinkers are at lower risk for the most common form of heart disease, coronary artery disease (CAD) than are either heavier drinkers or abstainers”. There are no increased negative impacts of light drinking especially to the pregnant mothers (Kelly et al., 2008). Research has shown that children born to light drinkers have fewer behavioral problems than those born by mothers who have never drunk. Researchers found out that children who are born to light drinkers have better results in spatial skills, mathematics, and reading tests. Clinical and epidemiological research shows that light drinking is associated with reduced chances of coronary heart disease, mortality rate in middle ages, and ischemic stroke. Light drinking results in prevention of clot formation, reduced aggregation and decreased levels of low density cholesterol (Kelly et al., 2008). This reduces the risk of coronary vascular disease thus, decreasing the rate of blood coagulation and the formation of atheroma.
Light drinking depends on the concentration of pure ethanol in a drink. Light drinking is equated to consumption of one drink per day. This is because one does not consume much alcohol content. Notably, any amount of alcohol consumed by a pregnant mother passes through the placenta to the developing child (Kelly et al., 2008. Developing children do not have organs to metabolize alcohol that enters their developing bodies. That means they absorb all the alcohol, and they have the same concentration of alcohol as the mother.
Alcohol is very toxic to a developing child and can interfere with the brain development. Different researchers say that there is no safe time when a mother is supposed to consume alcohol when she is pregnant (Kelly et al., 2008). This is because the level of alcohol she consumes all goes to the child through the placenta. However, most children who have been exposed to alcohol have no physical and mental defects. A recent research has shown that alcohol consumption can have various effects on a child. These include smooth philtrum, reduced weight and length that why women should be advised to abstain alcohol consumption. As a caution Klatsky (1999) argue that light drinking may cause schemic strokes that may lead to serious disability, particularly among the older people.
Effects of regular drinking
Regular consumption of alcohol is associated with risks such as cancer, high blood pressure, chronic pancreatitis, and malnutrition. It also affects the peripheral nervous system and the central nervous system. Long term or regular consumption of alcohol may damage all the organs in the body. It also decreases the sexual performance especially for men (Paoletti, 2000). People who consume alcohol regularly are at a risk of serious health harm as discussed below.
There are high chances of reduced fertility. This is because the man sexual performance reduces, and he is unable to reproduce. They are unable to satisfy their spouses even to the extent of becoming unproductive. This is because alcohol affects some of the sexual hormones. In women, it causes abdominal pains. Research has shown that alcohol consumption in women increases the chances of breast cancer by 20 percent. Increase in alcohol concentration, in the body raises the blood pressure. This results to regular increase of heartbeat which in the end causes heart attack (Paoletti, 2000).
Regular drinking of alcohol causes liver cirrhosis. This causes damage in the liver. Alcohol makes life worse becomes one suffers depression and anxiety. It also causes hangovers in bases of feeling tired, banging headache, and nausea. Drinking alcohol regularly causes cancer of the mouth, throat, and neck. This is because alcohol contains some toxins that burn the mouth. Regular consumption of alcohol causes relationship problems. This is because the person tends to be antisocial and not willing to communicate with the people around them. The men are able to fulfill their spouse’s sexual desires (Kittleson, 2005).
People who drink alcohol regularly too much often tend to become overweight. Diabetes has great effect on the health of a person. It can reduce once lifespan because of the formation of fats in different parts of the body. Alcohol changes some of the liver parts into fat and damages some of the parts (Hemat & Ebrary, 2003). Repetitive heavy drinking constantly causes adverse effects because it damages the liver slowly by slowly, this later result to death because alcohol permanently damages the liver. Regular consumption of alcohol may also result to stroke. Conducted research in the United States of America showed that 6,000 men who consumed alcohol died of stroke. That means excessive consumption of alcohol can be very harmful to one’s health.
Many people who consume alcohol try to remember events that happened the previous night. This shows that heavy drinking and regular drinking can cause memory loss. It results in deficiency of vitamin B1 that is responsible for formation of the brain cells. Alcohol consumption causes inflammation of the pancreases. This causes pain below the ribs. Alcohol consumption is the second highest cause of pancreatitis. Pancreas is an organ that makes enzymes for digestion. Too much consumption of alcohol affects the immune system. This is because it deprives the body some of the immune boosting nutrients such as Vitamin A. Additionally; they make the white cells less able to fight and kill germs.
Alcohol consumption causes diabetes because drinking alcohol reduces the body sensitivity to insulin. That triggers the formation of diabetes (Hemat & Ebrary, 2003). More of the glucose in the body stays in the blood and is not absorbed in the body as a fuel for energy. Alcohol consumers develop low blood sugar levels in the body. This is referred to as hypoglycemia. The symptoms of these disorders include confusion, double vision, slurring words, and severe headache. This is because heavy drinking prevents the liver from glucose formation.
There are visible effects of regular consumption of alcohol. It becomes habitual, and one is unable to stop to consuming alcohol. It may result to bankruptcy because alcohol is expensive, and one needs much cash to continually consume alcohol. This result in neglect of the family and one may not be in a position to take care of his or her family. The physical symptoms include uncontrolled shaking of hands, convulsions, and tremors. People who consume alcohol regularly also suffer for hallucinations (Blocker, Fahey, & Tyrrell, 2003).
There is also profuse sweating even when it is cold. This is because of the high concentration of alcohol that causes high blood pressure. There is persistent insomnia in the body. When one attempts to withdraw immediately he or, she may die. Thus, it is important to withdraw consumption of alcohol slowly by slowly. There is also extreme agitation this makes one lose concentration even concerning important matters that require attention. Alcohol consumption affects different parts of the body as discussed below which may result to death as discussed below.
Cancer
Drinking too much alcohol can make one develop certain types of cancer which include breast, liver, mouth, esophagus, and throat. Research has shown that alcohol can cause seven types of cancer. One of them is the mouth cancer which is also referred to as oral cavity cancer. It is more common in men than in women mostly aged 50 years and over. The other type is the esophageal cancer it is also more common in men than women. Breast cancer is more common in women. It is mostly prominent in United Kingdom this is 100 women are diagnosed with breast cancer every day as a result of alcohol consumption. Alcohol mostly damages the liver resulting to cancer of the liver. This is because alcohol damages some of the liver cells in the body. Liver cirrhosis causes infections such as hepatitis B and C (Goldberg, 2010). In addition, people with diabetes are at a high risk of developing cancer.
Brain
Research has found out that alcohol interferes with the brain’s communication pathways. This is because it affects the way the works and looks. It affects the cells in the cerebrum. This may make it harder for one to think or come up with a solution in a situation. This makes it hard for the person to easily coordinate the activities which he or she does. The person also experiences blackouts and memory lapses. That is why the person experiences difficulty in walking, slurred speech, impaired memory, and blurred vision (Goldberg, 2010). At the first stages of drinking one experiences these effects when he or she drinks and when the alcohol concentration in the body reduces the person comes back to his or her normal condition. However, when the person consumes alcohol regularly there are permanent effects in the brain. It may eventually lead to permanent memory loss.
Heart
Drinking alcohol regularly, can damage the heart. The problems that are mostly caused by alcohol in the heart include cardiomyopathy that is the dropping off the heart muscles and stretching (Kelly et al., 2008). These are the muscles that are involved in the formation of the heart. Heart attacks some of the various parts of the coronary artery. Heart is an important organ in the body because it delivers oxygen to all the parts of the body. It also causes a disorder referred to as arrhythmias which cause irregular heartbeat. This causes high blood pressure because of the irregular heartbeat. It may later result to stroke later death.
Pancreas
Alcohol affects the pancreas and prevents it from functioning appropriately. If one consumes alcohol continuously, it may result to inflammation of the pancreas. This results in swelling of the blood vessels (Dasgupta, 2011). The symptoms of inflammation of the pancreas cause different symptoms which include rapid heart rate, nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, fever, and sweating. This prevents proper digestion in the body. There are two types of pancreatitis that are acute and chronic. Chronic pancreatitis is as a result of ongoing inflammation of the pancreas while acute occurs within a short period of time that later develops into chronic pancreatitis.
Conclusion
Consumption of alcohol has been the order of the day as the peers join the habit out of influence and social frustrations (Brian & Kate, 2001). .56 percent of the young people drinks more alcohol than the recommended amount which they should take (Brian & Kate, 2001). The situation has led to emergence of different groups of drinkers; the over drinkers, binge drinkers, light drinkers, and regular drinkers The habit of heavy drinking and binge drinking create more harm in the human body than any other form of alcohol consumption. The practice affects the socialization and health in the society leading to chronic diseases such as HIV, heart attack and mental disorders.
Alcohol consumption affects your mood and the status of the memory in longer term it may result to serious mental problems into the extremes of madness where one loss his or her memory. Binge drinking results to an anti-social behavior, violence, and aggressiveness. Over drinkers have the mental problem overtime because the habit causes brain damage, while pregnant women may have their babies affected? It is recommended that the maximum intake of alcohol for such women should be 14 units while for men it should be 21 units in a week.
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Political Ecology In Pandora
Political Ecology In Pandora
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TOC o “1-3” h z u HYPERLINK l “_Toc381005692” Introduction PAGEREF _Toc381005692 h 1
HYPERLINK l “_Toc381005693” Political ecology themes PAGEREF _Toc381005693 h 2
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IntroductionAvatar tells us that one person cannot save nature but, each individual’s effort in encouraging nature should never be underestimated. Avatar is a metaphor for a relationship existing between human beings and the earth. The film expresses a view that is found within the environmental milieu that involves the grassroots environmentalists along with academicians who seem to be analyzing the centuries-long erosion of the Earth’s biocultural diversity. The film seeks to take a stronger stand in favor of that diversity and for animistic considered to be beneficent by environmentalists. The film Avatar express a threat to peoples’ beliefs as well as depressing many viewers to feel that there are no places left on the earth that will enable them to connect to each other and to nature as the way the Na’vi was doing (Brosius, 1998).
In the film, Avatar outlines steps to be considered in saving nature, Avatar analyses nature as being a commodity that is a natural entity and can be made exchangeable through market. For nature to succeed in environment there has to be privatization and commoditization of all aspects of nature from molecules to mountain scopes, from human tissues to the earth’s atmosphere. Nature can hence be viewed on the basis of a global environmental economic structure that reduces organisms and ecosystems to the fungible components and a monetary price assigned which is calculated in reference to hypothetical markets to the components. The ability to save nature has therefore made nature to survive in the world market (Brosius, 1998).
The film has also introduced nature as being a commodity that can sustain itself. For that reason, nature forms the centre of the whole Avatar film and how it is viewed on different aspects that comes into play when it comes to saving the nature. There are several benefits accrued that come in when people save nature, nature is to economic development globally (Bergthaller, 2012).
Political ecology themesThe film Avatar brings out the theme of politics, environment and property. The exploration of why Avatar has managed to generate positive response to nature is because of the ecological and political themes that seem to be finding the fertile cultural ground. Avatar theorizes explorations of the relationships between biophilia as well as the sacred. The avatar without doubts is called an epic piece of an environmental advocacy that has been captured on celluloid given that the film tries to hit all the significant environmental talking-points that include the virgin forests which happened to be threatened by wanton exploitation and the evil corporate interests that seek to destroy the environment. It could be true that, Pandora was created to be a fictionalized fantasy of what was happening before the film Avatar of saving nature. Most people were afraid that they could go through a lot of pain and heartache if they could have failed to acknowledge their stewardship responsibilities to nature (Bergthaller, 2012).
The film Avatar stages the political ecological themes to be a Manichaean struggle problem pitting the mining Resources Development Administration (RDA) and its mercenaries in opposition to the Na’avi who are alien race of the blue-skinned who ought to have been defending their homeland Pandora against depredations.
The film is humorous in that, the main male character; Jake falls in love with princess Neytiri and goes to the natives where he fulfills the ancient prophecy as he manages in uniting the Na’avi tribe and defeat the RDA. Avatar as a case analysis takes off from the point of convergence between the deep Ecology and environmental justice when there was a permanent transmigration of Jake’s soul into Avatar body (Bergthaller, 2012).
The film places the themes of environmental justice and Indigenous Rights as the questions of the environmental protection in regards to the ecocentric identification. The preservation of political ecology of Pandora is mainly linked with the struggle of Na’avi in holding on to their ancestral land as well as protecting it away from the commercial exploitation by the transnational corporation. The Pandora’s land rests on the mode of an ecocentric identification rather than prior ownership that tries to put a conception of ownership into a question of knowing if the Na’avi is one with their land. This tends to be dissimilar given that the RDA and its employees are representing the alienated modernity (Adams, 2009).
The first scene of the Avatar shows the RDA’s operations that takes place in Pandora, The speech by Colonel tells the people how they are to save nature: ‘Out there, beyond that fence, every living thing that crawls, flies, or squats in the mud wants to kill you and eat your eyes for juju bees’ (Bergthaller, 2012). The interaction of the RDA’s employees with an environment of Pandora is hemmed by an obstacle of both materials as well as conceptual. This is shown to be holed up in the fortified compound in the moon’s lush forest; the Na’avi on the other hand represents the world-view that is based on the profound sensual intimacy with their environment and the respect for nature in entirety. Jake on the other hand gets to know this the first day he arrived into the jungle of Pandora; he could have held the environment that is terrifying as well as entrancingly beautiful (Adams, 2009).
Consequences of portraying naturePandora is put across as another world, and the nature there is portrayed as very beautiful from the breathtaking landscape, wildlife, huge trees, astonishing rain forests, wonderful waterfalls, rivers and cliffs. There are strange yet beautiful creatures of nature. The movie avatar merged science fiction with issues like lack of respect for living things, coporate schemers and private military contractors making attempts to destroy nature for profits and the fact that there is failing diplomacy to address environmentally related problem. The movie has hence portrayed nature as something very valuable and very profitable. It terms nature as something that is prone to destruction by the greedy in the society. The movie shows that the natural resources offered by nature on earth are being depleted and nature is seen to be dying. It considers nature taking precedence over human life as one of the pantheism. The pantheism further denies the reality of a physical world and promotes a belief that the spirit world would represent true reality (McAfee,1998).
A valuable message in Avatar on nature is the value for caring for it, the popularity of this pantheistic message points out a shortcoming of Christianity since there is a call in the book of Genesis to take care of nature and not destroy it but protect it in all possible ways that one can. The movie avatar therefore portrays nature as something that should be well taken care of and no chance should be left for its depletion (Peng, 2009).
From the movie nature is viewed as something that is to be valued and used responsibly and not in a destructive or uncaring manner. It portrays nature as something that should be respected divine, marvelous and magnificent. It also highlights that the technology that is developed should be used in such a way that it will reflect care for nature and not destroy it. The overall message of the movie is one of peace and harmony with nature.
Since nature has been portrayed as something that has to be guarded well and protected then there is a call for this. The movie has shown that the science, technological and machinery accomplishment of man has led to a cruel destruction and hence a pollution of Pandora. It is also a point to note that the technology advancement has made progress to the point that what is termed as the beauty that nature bares has been destroyed thanks to technological advancements. This has led to a loss of the ecology and a disruption of the harmonious atmosphere. Under the scenario of the destruction of nature, capitalism and corporations are shown to be a culprit of the destructions in the environment both in the lovely earth and the sacred world of Pandora. As nature is portrayed as sacred and beautiful then it is seen as heart wrecking as bulldozers knock down trees cruelly and hence an emotional response follows (McAfee,1998).
There are also some scenes that are provocative like dying horses on fire, all these are depicted so that they can act as a pro-environmental message. Even though the movie portrays nature as something lovely and nice, without the mineral required by the movie many people in Pandora and earth would lack serious technology and money and they are things that man cannot live without. The placement of a military and mining base brought out a repulsive feeling since it creates a lifeless place where the only things that are visible are enormous excavators, trucks, steel and chainlike fences huge tractors and heavy armored human operated machines which is in contrast to the magnificent landscape that had been displayed.
The people in Pandora could have realized a number of things before they went ahead to plant down there and hence creating a real problem with the amount of unobtanium found on the planet. The military view nature as a commodity that can be owned and exchanged for money (Chytiri, 2011).
There are some issues that have been neglected in avatar on the environment these include the uncontrolled and irresponsible human intervention in nature that has led to extinction of some species. There is also neglect of factors such as deforestation, global warming and the exploitation and abuse of the natural resources. All these are environmental factors that exist but are not depicted in avatar.
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