Please choose one of the two titles below and write a 1500 word (+10%) essay. The essay must be submitted as a pdf document through KEATS by 4.00 pm on Tuesday 27 of February.
Either
Explain the principle of indirect calorimetry. Describe two methods for measuring energy expenditure, commenting on the strengths and limitations of each method.
Or
Discuss the factors that affect energy expenditure in human beings.
General Instructions
Essays should be typed double-spaced, with at least a 2.5cm margin on each side. Leave an extra line between paragraphs. Pages should be numbered. Text should be 12 point, with sub-headings 14 point in bold. The text should be 1500 words long, plus or minus 10%. Show the word count at the end of the essay. If it is longer than specified it will be penalised.
By submitting your essay you are declaring that it is all your own work. Any suspected plagiarism will be investigated using the College’s misconduct procedure.
Essay guidelines
Essays should normally comprise:
Introduction.
This should be brief, one or two paragraphs, setting out the principal theme of the essay.
Main body of the essay.
The ideas presented should follow in a logical sequence. Main topics should be identified by subheadings. Each paragraph deal with just one idea, which should introduced in the first sentence.
Conclusions.
This should be one or two short paragraphs which bring your arguments to a clear resolution.
Reference list and bibliography as appropriate
You are encouraged to use Tables and Figures. These can be very effective ways of summarising large amounts of information or presenting complex ideas. Make sure you acknowledge your sources appropriately.
Bibliography is a list of books, papers and monographs which have provided general background information for your essay.
References are sources from which specific points of information have been taken. These should be indicated at the appropriate places in the text preferably by author/s and date, eg (Hill & Campden, 1996) or by number.
The full references should be listed at the end of the essay, in alphabetical order if indicated in the text by author or by number if indicated in the text by number. The format should be as follows:
for books: authors/editors(eds), full title, publisher, date;
for articles: authors, full title, journal, date, volume, pages.
If tables or graphs are included the source should be given in the same way.
For electronic sources the author, document title, date, URL and access date should be give
