The heart (Latin cor) is a hollow, muscular organ that pumps blood through the blood vessels by repeated, rhythmic contractions. The term cardiac means "related to the heart", from the Greek kardia (καρδια) for "heart". Heart - The human heart. Heart - Early development. The human embryonic heart (EHR) begins beating at approximately 21 days after conception, or five weeks after the last normal menstrual period (LMP), which is the date normally used to ...

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Heart - The human heart
Heart - Early development Heart - Structure Heart - The cardiac cycle Heart - Regulation of the cardiac cycle Heart - Other physiological functions
Heart - Diseases and treatments Heart - First aid Heart - The hearts of other animals
Heart - Heartbeat Heart - Food use
Heart - As an icon

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Heart, Heart - The human heart, Heart - Early development, Heart - Structure, Heart - The cardiac cycle, Heart - Regulation of the cardiac cycle, Heart - Other physiological functions, Heart - Diseases and treatments, Heart - First aid, Heart - The hearts of other animals, Heart - Heartbeat, Heart - Food use, Heart - As an icon

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Heart - Early development. The human embryonic heart (EHR) begins beating at approximately 21 days after conception, or five weeks after the last normal menstrual period (LMP), which is the date normally used to date pregnancy. The human heart begins beating at a rate near the mother’s, about 75-80 beats per minute (bpm). It then accelerates linearly for the first month of beating, peaking at 165-185 bpm during the early 7th week, (early 9th week after the LMP). This acceleration is approximately 3.3 bpm per day, or about 10 bpm every three days, an in ...

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Heart, Heart - The human heart, Heart - Early development, Heart - Structure, Heart - The cardiac cycle, Heart - Regulation of the cardiac cycle, Heart - Other physiological functions, Heart - Diseases and treatments, Heart - First aid, Heart - The hearts of other animals, Heart - Heartbeat, Heart - Food use, Heart - As an icon

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Allana Slater is one of Australia's most successful gymnasts ever. She was born April 3rd, 1984 in Perth, Western Australia. She suffered from a condition called sleep apnea in her early years. Allana was hooked up to a machine that monitored her breathing and heart rate. Her early years in gymnastics saw her train at Kalajos School of Gymnastics but it was not long before the talent scouts from the Western Australia Institute of Sport (WAIS) spotted the then 5-year-old Allana and invited her to join their elite development program. She began train ...

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William Harvey (1578–1657) was a medical doctor who is credited with first correctly describing, in exact detail, the properties of blood being pumped around the body by the heart. This developed the ideas of René Descartes who in his Description of the Human Body said that the arteries and veins were pipes and carried nourishment round the body. Many believe he discovered and extended early Muslim medicine especially the work of Ibn Nafis, who had laid out the principles and major arteries and veins in the 13th century. ...

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William Harvey - Early life and education William Harvey - New circulatory model William Harvey - Embryology William Harvey - Criticism of Harvey's Work William Harvey - Honours William Harvey - Writings

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CPR was developed by Drs. James Elam and Peter Safar in the 1950s [1]. Safar wrote the book ABC of resuscitation in 1957. In the US, it was first promoted as a technique for the public to learn in the 1970s. Early marketing efforts oversold the effectiveness of CPR in rescuing heart attack and other victims. The standards for CPR in the United States are established by the American Heart Association. Rewritten every several years, most recently in 2005, these standards stress the importance of immediate defibrillation as well as perf ...

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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation - Importance, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation - Effectiveness, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation - History, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation - CPR Training, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation - Myths and popular culture

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As the rate of infectious diseases in the developed world decreased through the 20th century, public health began to put more focus on chronic diseases such as cancer and heart disease. Meanwhile, the developing world remained plagued by largly preventable infectious diseases, exacerbated by malnutrition and poverty. Since the 1980s, the growing field of population health has broadened the focus of public health from individual behaviors and risk factors to population-level issues such as inequality, poverty, and education. Richard Wilkinso ...

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Public health, Public health - History of public health, Public health - Early public health interventions, Public health - Public health today, Public health - Public health programs, Public health - Economics of public health

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Densely populated, Belgium is located at the heart of one of the world's most highly industrialised regions. Belgium was the first continental European country to undergo the Industrial Revolution, in the early 1800s. Liège and Charleroi rapidly developed mining and steelmaking, which flourished until the mid-20th century. However, by the 1840s the textile industry of Flanders was in severe crisis and there was famine in Flanders (1846–50). After World War II, Ghent and Antwerp experienced a fast expansion of the chemical and petro ...

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Belgium, Belgium - History, Belgium - Politics, Belgium - Communities and regions, Belgium - Geography, Belgium - Economy, Belgium - Demographics, Belgium - Culture, Belgium - Notes

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Pompe disease has three forms defined by age of onset and progression of symptoms: Infantile, or early onset, is noticed shortly after birth. Symptoms include severe lack of muscle tone, weakness, and enlarged liver and heart. Mental function is not affected. Development appears normal for the first weeks or months but slowly declines as the disease progresses. Swallowing may become difficult and the tongue may protrude and become enlarged. Most children die fro ...

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Glycogen storage disease type II, Glycogen storage disease type II - Variants, Glycogen storage disease type II - Treatment, Glycogen storage disease type II - Prognosis

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The origins of Split Enz lay in the friendships that developed amongst a group of young students in the late 1960s and early 1970s. After finishing primary school, Tim Finn attended Sacred Heart College boarding school, where he met Jonathan Michael Chunn. They wrote songs and played music together there over the next five years. In 1971 Tim and Mike went to Auckland University, and there they met and befriended a group of art students inc ...

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Split Enz, Split Enz - New Zealand 1971-74, Split Enz - Australia 1975-1976, Split Enz - Britain 1977-1980, Split Enz - The Eighties, Split Enz - After Split Enz, Split Enz - Discography

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Since the 20th century, Burnsville's look is that of a suburban bedroom community of typical suburban sprawl fashion. It is a fully developed third ring suburb of Minneapolis, about 20-30 minutes distant by highway. Early growth of Burnsville was due to Interstate 35W's completion in the 1960s which came earlier than most of the metro highways. As a result there are large pockets of housing from that decade, defining much of the housing stock as ramblers and split-levels. Burnsville through the 1990s filled in the last of its available land ...

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Burnsville Minnesota, Burnsville Minnesota - Geography, Burnsville Minnesota - Demographics, Burnsville Minnesota - Lifestyle, Burnsville Minnesota - Youth, Burnsville Minnesota - Heart of the City project, Burnsville Minnesota - Schools, Burnsville Minnesota - Famous people from Burnsville, Burnsville Minnesota - External link

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Spears' success has rested on a mixed fanbase. Some parents of young girls disapprove of or are even disgusted by Britney Spears. To many critics, the singer has combined a very raunchy public image with a major marketing "play" for the hearts, minds and pockets of prepubescent girls, often as young as seven or eight. Some parents worry that Britney Spears provides an unsuitable role model for their daughters' lives and career plans. In October 2003, Maryland First Lady Kendel Ehrlich, the wife of Governor Robert Ehrlich, was criticized for ...

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Britney Spears, Britney Spears - Biography, Britney Spears - Childhood and discovery, Britney Spears - 1998–2001: Early commercial success, Britney Spears - 2001–2004: Artistic development, Britney Spears - 2004-present: Career hiatus, Britney Spears - Controversy, Britney Spears - Career achievements, Britney Spears - Voice, Britney Spears - Trivia, Britney Spears - Discography, Britney Spears - Filmography, Britney Spears - Miscellaneous, Britney Spears - Books, Britney Spears - DVDs, Britney Spears - Select merchandise, Britney Spears - Tours

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Pfizer is party to a number of suits stemming from companies it has acquired or merged with, including asbestos litigation as well as litigation stemming from its medicinal products. Pfizer Inc. - Quigley Co.. Pfizer acquired Quigley in 1968, and the division sold asbestos-containing insulation products until the early 1970s. Asbestos victims and Pfizer have been negotiating a settlement deal which calls for Pfizer to pay $430 million to 80 percent of existing plaintiffs. It will also place an additional $ ...

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Pfizer Inc., Pfizer Inc. - History, Pfizer Inc. - Sugen, Pfizer Inc. - Corporate governance, Pfizer Inc. - Products, Pfizer Inc. - Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer Inc. - Over-the-Counter brands, Pfizer Inc. - Animal Health Brands, Pfizer Inc. - Legislation and Litigation, Pfizer Inc. - Quigley Co., Pfizer Inc. - Bjork-Shiley heart valve, Pfizer Inc. - Patients' rights legislation, Pfizer Inc. - Research and development, Pfizer Inc. - Diversity, Pfizer Inc. - Notes

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For an architect Dunedin was an exciting place to be in the late 19th century, due to its great prosperity and subsequent expansion just before and after the turn of the 20th century, these being largely the result of the Central Otago goldrush of the 1860s and the subsequent development of the refrigerated meat export trade. Petre certainly did not obtain his many important commissions because of a void of alternative architects. The equally versatile architect R. A. Lawson was responsible for several important buildings in the city ...

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Francis Petre, Francis Petre - Early life, Francis Petre - Architect, Francis Petre - St Dominic's Priory Dunedin, Francis Petre - Cathedrals, Francis Petre - 1878 St Joseph's Cathedral Dunedin, Francis Petre - 1901 Cathedral of the Sacred Heart Wellington, Francis Petre - 1904 Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament Christchurch, Francis Petre - Private houses, Francis Petre - Personal life, Francis Petre - Evaluation, Francis Petre - Works by Petre, Francis Petre - Notes

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The Final Fantasy series, including the Kingdom Hearts series, has some of the most popular music of any modern video game series, especially the pieces that are part of the work of Nobuo Uematsu, and it has been widely recognized for its soundtracks. Japanese game companies routinely make CD soundtracks, called OSTs (Original Soundtrack), for their games as they do with anime, and also make sheet music books for their games. Like animé soundtracks, these soundtracks and sheet music books are usually marketed exclusivel ...

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Video game music, Video game music - Early history and the age of 8-bit machines, Video game music - The Nintendo music as a genre, Video game music - The age of 16-bit machines, Video game music - The arrival of CD-quality sound, Video game music - Recent years developments, Video game music - Fan culture, Video game music - Video game music timeline, Video game music - Video games noted for their music, Video game music - Popular sound formats by system, Video game music - Related music genres

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H. Roe Bartle is considered the founder of American Humanics. He had worked for ten years on developing the program. For nearly thirty years the Chief led the Kansas City Area (now the Heart of America) Council of Boy Scouts. As Council Executive, he was responsible for hiring qualified staff members. He had no trouble finding good people, but most knew nothing about running an organization. With the help of longtime civic leader Jerry Cohen and others, Chief Bartle founded the American Humanics Foundation in Kansas City in 1948. His idea wa ...

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Harold Roe Bartle, Harold Roe Bartle - Early Life, Harold Roe Bartle - Scouts, Harold Roe Bartle - Wyoming, Harold Roe Bartle - St Joseph, Harold Roe Bartle - Kansas City, Harold Roe Bartle - Mic-O-Say, Harold Roe Bartle - Career, Harold Roe Bartle - Mayor, Harold Roe Bartle - American Humanics, Harold Roe Bartle - Alpha Phi Omega, Harold Roe Bartle - Legacy, Harold Roe Bartle - Death, Harold Roe Bartle - Quotes

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One of the major trends in modern Jewish philosophy was the attempt to develop a theory of Judaism through existentialism. One of the primary players in this field was Franz Rosenzweig. While researching his doctoral dissertation on the 19th-century German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Rosenzweig reacted against Hegel's idealism and favored an existential approach. Rosenzweig, for a time, considered conversion to Christianity, but in 1913, he turned to Jewish philosophy. He became a philosopher and student of Hermann Cohen. Roze ...

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Jewish philosophy, Jewish philosophy - Approaches, Jewish philosophy - Early Jewish philosophy, Jewish philosophy - Philo of Alexandria, Jewish philosophy - Avicebron Solomon ibn Gabirol, Jewish philosophy - Jewish Mysticism Kabbalah, Jewish philosophy - Saadia Gaon, Jewish philosophy - Karaite philosophy, Jewish philosophy - Bahya ibn Paquda's Duties of the Heart, Jewish philosophy - Yehuda Halevi and the Kuzari, Jewish philosophy - The rise of Aristotelian thought, Jewish philosophy - Maimonides, Jewish philosophy - Position in the history of thought, Jewish philosophy - Renaissance philosophers, Jewish philosophy - Post-Enlightenment Jewish philosophers, Jewish philosophy - Modern Jewish philosophy, Jewish philosophy - Holocaust theology, Jewish philosophy - Modern Jewish philosophers, Jewish philosophy - Orthodox Judaism philosophers, Jewish philosophy - Conservative Judaism philosophers, Jewish philosophy - Reform Judaism philosophers, Jewish philosophy - Reconstructionist Judaism philosophers, Jewish philosophy - Others, Jewish philosophy - Philosophers informed by their Jewish background

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There are many types of atrial septal defects. They are differentiated from each other by whether they involve other structures of the heart and how they are formed during the developmental process during early fetal development. Atrial septal defect - Ostium secundum atrial septal defect. The ostium secundum atrial septal defect is the most common type of atri ...

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Atrial septal defect, Atrial septal defect - Pathophysiology, Atrial septal defect - Epidemiology, Atrial septal defect - Types of atrial septal defects, Atrial septal defect - Ostium secundum atrial septal defect, Atrial septal defect - Ostium primum atrial septal defect, Atrial septal defect - Sinus venosus atrial septal defect, Atrial septal defect - Common or single atrium, Atrial septal defect - Diagnosis, Atrial septal defect - Diagnosis in children, Atrial septal defect - Diagnosis in adults, Atrial septal defect - Treatment, Atrial septal defect - Evaluation prior to correction, Atrial septal defect - Surgical ASD closure, Atrial septal defect - Percutaneous ASD closure, Atrial septal defect - Associated conditions, Atrial septal defect - Decompression sickness, Atrial septal defect - Paradoxical emboli, Atrial septal defect - Migraine

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Atrial septal defect - Diagnosis in children. Most individuals with a significant ASD are diagnosed in utero or in early childhood with the use of ultrasonography or auscultation of the heart sounds during physical examination. Atrial septal defect - Diagnosis in adults. Many individuals with an ASD will have undergone surgical repair during childhood. The development of signs and symptoms due to an ASD are related to the size of the intracardiac shunt and the age of the individual. Individuals with a larger shu ...

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Atrial septal defect, Atrial septal defect - Pathophysiology, Atrial septal defect - Epidemiology, Atrial septal defect - Types of atrial septal defects, Atrial septal defect - Ostium secundum atrial septal defect, Atrial septal defect - Ostium primum atrial septal defect, Atrial septal defect - Sinus venosus atrial septal defect, Atrial septal defect - Common or single atrium, Atrial septal defect - Diagnosis, Atrial septal defect - Diagnosis in children, Atrial septal defect - Diagnosis in adults, Atrial septal defect - Treatment, Atrial septal defect - Evaluation prior to correction, Atrial septal defect - Surgical ASD closure, Atrial septal defect - Percutaneous ASD closure, Atrial septal defect - Associated conditions, Atrial septal defect - Decompression sickness, Atrial septal defect - Paradoxical emboli, Atrial septal defect - Migraine

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Past teachings of Prem Rawat - Conditions for the practice of Knowledge to bear fruit. Since the 1970s, Prem Rawat has emphasized a number of factors which are necessary for the practice of Knowledge to deliver lifelong benefits. These include developing and sustaining the right understanding, a daily practice of the techniques of Knowledge, allowing oneself to be transformed, a relationship of trust with the teacher, and making a commitment for a lifetime. A person who has these five factors in place, he says, will undoubtedly experie ...

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Past teachings of Prem Rawat, Past teachings of Prem Rawat - The message, Past teachings of Prem Rawat - Early days: less emphasis on the message and more emphasis on Knowledge, Past teachings of Prem Rawat - The possibility of inner peace as offered by Prem Rawat, Past teachings of Prem Rawat - World peace versus inner peace, Past teachings of Prem Rawat - The teachings, Past teachings of Prem Rawat - Conditions for the practice of Knowledge to bear fruit, Past teachings of Prem Rawat - What was and is now understood by “the practice of Knowledge”, Past teachings of Prem Rawat - The Knowledge process and the teaching of the techniques, Past teachings of Prem Rawat - The preparation and the Knowledge session, Past teachings of Prem Rawat - Criteria for being taught the techniques, Past teachings of Prem Rawat - Technology used for teaching the techniques, Past teachings of Prem Rawat - Indian customs around Prem Rawat, Past teachings of Prem Rawat - “Lord of the Universe” and other terms used in the ‘70, Past teachings of Prem Rawat - Arti and other Indian songs, Past teachings of Prem Rawat - Darshan, Past teachings of Prem Rawat - Allegations of Divinity and their cultural context, Past teachings of Prem Rawat - Devotion for the Guru, Past teachings of Prem Rawat - “Guru is Greater than God cultural context, Past teachings of Prem Rawat - Holy breath, Past teachings of Prem Rawat - The five commandments, Past teachings of Prem Rawat - Ashram life, Past teachings of Prem Rawat - Mind and heart, Past teachings of Prem Rawat - Indian aspects in the presentation of the teachings, Past teachings of Prem Rawat - Indian staff, Past teachings of Prem Rawat - People speaking in his name, Past teachings of Prem Rawat - Communication through ashrams replaced by internet and satellite, Past teachings of Prem Rawat - Distance from Hinduism, Past teachings of Prem Rawat - Compatibility with other religions

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