Cardiac action potential. The cardiac action potential is a brief change in voltage (membrane potential) across the cell membrane of heart cells. This is caused by the movement of charged atoms (called ions) between the inside and outside of the cell, through proteins called ion channels.
Rob and Natalie Buckel are owners of the Smokeâs Poutinerie Pawn Plaza location and are longtime locals. Rob is a military veteran and a cancer survivor, and Natalie grew up a few blocks from the Strip. They are one of the first three tenants of the new Pawn Plaza. Ryan Smolkin started his Smokeâs Poutinerie restaurant empire about five years ago and already has 100 locations across Canada, with plans to open 35 more by September.
The Man Who Invented Vaping: A Homage to Hon Lik. We need to start off by acknowledging another manâHerbert A. Gilbert from Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. In 1963, heavy smoker Gilbert came up with the idea of a battery-powered device with a heating element that could produce vapourâa rudimentary e-cigarette. But the idea never came to fruition. Hon Lik, on the other hand, not only devised a working e-cigarette 40 years later in 2003, he patented the idea and brought it to market in China. He and other companies started exporting to the USA and Europe in 2009, and the rest is history.