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BLA 1110: THE USE OF ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES
This document outlines a course on using English for academic purposes. It covers key language skills like listening, speaking, reading and writing. The document introduces the course objectives to develop proficiency in English and equip learners with skills for academic work. It emphasizes that being competent in the four basic language skills is important for any aspiring scholar to produce presentable and admirable academic work
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BLA 1111: CRITICAL READING AND RESPONSE LECTURE NOTES Trending!
This document provides an introduction to a course on critical reading and response. It discusses how the course will introduce students to concepts in literature and give them the foundational skills for literary appreciation and analysis. Key topics that will be covered include literary genres, theory and criticism, and how to interpret texts. The goal is for students to understand the language of literary studies and be able to do basic interpretations of works from different genres.
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ALT 200: EAST AFRICAN PROSE FICTION LECTURE NOTES Trending!
The document outlines a second-year literature course, ALT 200, focused on East African prose fiction, covering novels and short stories from the region. It includes an introduction to the East African Community, its member countries, and the historical context influencing the literature. The course aims to explore various themes in East African literature, influenced by colonial history and cultural dynamics.
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ALT 201: EAST AFRICAN POETRY AND DRAMA LECTURE NOTES Trending!
The document outlines a course module on East African Poetry and Drama, emphasizing the rich pre-colonial artistic expressions of East Africans before colonial influence. It discusses various forms of poetry, including oral traditions, war songs, funerary poetry, and classical Swahili poetry, while highlighting the socio-historical context that shaped these literary forms. The course aims to enhance students' understanding and appreciation of East African literature and its connections to cultural and political developments in the region.
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PROJECT IDENTIFICATION AND APPRAISAL
Topic 1: PROJECT IDENTIFICATION Overview of project and Project Cycle Project is an investment activity in which specific resources are committed within a given time frame, to create capital assets over an extended period of time in expectation of benefits that exceed the committed resource. A project is a non-repetitive activity that is goal oriented, that has a particular set of constraints, the output of which is measurable and that changes something when carried out.
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ANATOMY PRACTICAL
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Biostatistics Lecture Notes Trending!
This document provides an overview of key concepts in biostatistics and statistical methods used in health studies. It defines statistics as techniques used to draw conclusions from empirical data and introduces common statistical terms like population, sample, bias, and primary and secondary data.
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INTRODUCTION TO NURSING SURVEILLANCE
1: INTRODUCTION TO NUTRITION SURVEILLANCE 1.1: Meaning of terms DEFINITION OF KEY TERMS AND TERMINOLOGIES Surveillance: It refers to the act of carefully watching someone or something especially in order to prevent or detect an occurrence of a given situation. It can also be defined as a continuous observation of a place, person, group, or ongoing activity in order to gather information:
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NEUROANATOMY REVIEW
SCOPE 1. CEREBRAL CORTEX AND FUNCTIONAL LOCALIZATION 2. DIENCEPHALON 3. BASAL GANGLIA 4. LIMBIC SYSTEM 5. BLOOD SUPPLY AND VASCULAR SYNDROMES SCOPE 1. BRAIN STEM AND CRANIAL NERVE NUCLEI 2. CEREBELLUM AND ITS PEDUNCLES 3. THE SPINAL CORD AND TRACTOLOGY 4. PATHWAY OF CSF FLOW
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ASSORTED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS FOR NEUROANATOMY
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ASSORTED END OF YEAR QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS MCQS FOR REVIEW OF UPPER LIMB
Grab a copy of questions and answers(marked or asteric ) of upper limb anatomy for your revision purposes. Be ahead of the rest by grabbing this copy.
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DEVELOPMENT OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
The digestive system consists of the hollow GIT and the extrinsic glands •Name the components of the hollow GIT in order •Name the extrinsic glands of the digestive system •The hollow GIT develops from the primordial gut, that forms during embryonic folding •Extrinsic glands of the digestive system develop as diverticula from the developing gut, hence retain their connections with the GIT via their ducts
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DEVELOPMENT OF CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM
Outline -1: General Principles Early development of CVS 2. Sources of cells 3. General events 4. Vasculogenesis 5. Angiogenesis
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Head and Neck development I: Pharyngeal apparatus and their derivatives
Pharyngeal Apparatus 1 •Pharyngeal arches are rod-like thickenings of mesoderm present in the wall of the foregut. •The ventral ends of the arches of the right and left sides meet in the middle line in the floor of the pharynx. •In the interval between any two arches, the endoderm (lining the pharynx) is pushed outwards to form a series of pouches - endodermal, or pharyngeal, pouches. •They are evident in the head and neck region by 4th week •Resemble fish gills (branchia) thus their earlier name .Branchial apparatus - derived from the Greek word branchia or gill •They are derived from neural crest cells
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DEVELOPMENT OF AXIAL SKELETON Trending!
The Skeleton • Consists of–Bones, cartilage, joints, and ligaments • Composed of 206 named bones: two divisions–Axial skeleton (80 bones)–Appendicular skeleton (126 bones)
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DEVELOPMENT OF SKIN AND ASSOCIATED STRUCTURES
INTRODUCTION • The integumentary system consists of: – the skin – and its appendages: • sweat glands, • nails, • hairs, • sebaceous glands, • arrector muscles of hairs (arrector pili muscles), • mammary glands, • teeth
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PLACENTA, FETAL MEMBRANES AND MULTIPLE GESTATION
DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHORIONIC SAC • Trophoblast layer of the blastocyst • Differentiation into: – Cytotrophoblast – inner layer – Syncytiotrophoblast – outer layer • Development of extraembryonic mesoderm • Formation of isolated lacunae spaces which later coalesce to form one big extraembryonic cavity – renamed chorionic sac • Chorionic sac surrounds the amniotic cavity and primary umbilical vesicle • Expansion of chorionic sac reduces the size of umbilical vesicle
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Development of Chorion and placenta
Fetal membranes are membranous/auxiliary structures that surround or associated with vertebrate embryo but do NOT take part in final embryo formation. Include: 1-Amnion. 2-Yolk sac. 3-Allantois. 4-Connecting stalk and umbilical cord. 5-Chorion
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HISTOLOGY OF FIBROUS CONNECTIVE TISSUE
Definition and classification Cells Tissue responsible for support, connects or separates different types of tissues and organs Composition Extracellular matrix (abundant) Protein fibres Amorphous ground substance Tissue fluid (constant)
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DEVELOPMENT OF THE FACE
Face: The main development of the face occurs between the 4th and 8th weeks. Facial primordium Early in the 4th week, face is represented by an area around the mouth bounded cranially by the neural plate, caudally by the pericardial bulge and laterally by the mandibular precess of 1st pharyngeal arches. Facial development is induced by brain vesicles. Facial prominences In week 4 five facial prominences appear around stomodeum:-Single frontonasal prominence (FNP) above the stomodeum.-Paired maxillary prominences (Mx P) lateral to stomodeum.-Paired mandibular prominences (Md P) below stomodeum. The paired prominences are derivatives of the first pair of pharyngeal arches
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