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Schizophrenia
Number of Words: 685 / Number of Pages: 3
... to mental hospitals
are victims of the disease. According to the Encyclopedia Of Health,
schizophrenics account for nearly 40% of admissions to state mental hospitals,
30% of psychiatric admissions to Veterans Administration hospitals, and about
20% of admissions to private psychiatric hospitals. Schizophrenia is incurable.
Its cause or causes are yet unknown, and it is impossible to predict what course
the disease will take. There are many theories about the causes of schizophrenia,
its progression, and its eventual outcome. They are currently being explored by
researchers around the world.
S ...
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The Future Of Human Evolution
Number of Words: 1763 / Number of Pages: 7
... time, the
characteristics of the population as a whole can change, sometimes even
resulting in the formation of a new species. Humans have survived for thousands
of years and will most like survive thousands of more. Throughout the history
of the Huminoid species man has evolved from Homo Erectus to what we today call
Homo Sapiens, or what we know today as modern man.. The topic of this paper is
what does the future have in store for the evolution of Homo Sapiens. Of course,
human beings will continue to change culturally; therefore cultural evolution
will always continue; but what of physiological ...
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Diabetes
Number of Words: 646 / Number of Pages: 3
... get forgetful and don't take medication or their insulin shots. Heres a question "What is ?"
The word diabetes describes either a deficiency of insulin or a decreased ablitby of the body to use insulin. Insulin is secreted by the pancreas. Insulin allows sugar to enter body cells to be converted in to energy. It is also needed to synthesize protein and store fats. In uncontrolled diabetes glucose and lipids remain in teh bloodstream, with time, damage teh body's vital organs and contribute to heart disease. Diabetes is classified in to two main types: non-insulin-dependent diabetes and of cou ...
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Nutrition: Facts On Malnutrition
Number of Words: 914 / Number of Pages: 4
... a low energy intake results in starvation. Children, especially those under 5 years of age, suffer from the effects of starvation more quickly than adults. In severe situations, they can develop a condition which is life threatening called protein energy malnutrition. This means that their diet provides too little energy and protein. Kwashiorkor and marasmus are the two most common diseases caused by lack of protein and energy. In developed countries, diets very low in energy are rare. People who suffer from psychological problems, such as anorexia nervosa and older adults who are ill or have lost thei ...
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Epidemiology Of Varsity Sports
Number of Words: 1296 / Number of Pages: 5
... of the nature and extent of athletic injuries Occuring in
Women's Basketball by Hanes and Murray in 1982 found an injury rate of 41.7 per
100 players. Of these injuries 56.9% were ankle sprains, 24.1% were muscle
strains. 76.2% of the sprains and strains occurred to the lower extremities.
Injured fingers ( which were the only upper extremity injuries) accounted for
14.3% of the injuries and 4.8% of the injuries were reported as facial.
All information for this study was collected through the use of injury
forms completed by the coaches, and information forms by each player, injured or
not. ...
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Abortion: Points Of View
Number of Words: 593 / Number of Pages: 3
... on a woman's rights and the anti-abortionist focuses on
a fetus' rights. Though interrelated, these are basically different topics.
Though neither side realizes it, there is actually much more agreement
than disagreement between the opposing views. The majority on both sides would
agree that social problems like child neglect and urban overcrowding are serious
issues. Most would also agree that the life of a child is a precious thing that
deserves the full protection of the law. There would even be nearly universal
agreement that it is a woman's exclusive right to make decisions concerning her
body ...
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Definition Of Job Burn Out
Number of Words: 2245 / Number of Pages: 9
... amounts of time in close, and sometimes highly emotional, contact with their clients (Schaufeli & Buunk, 1996). In some workplace situations people do not have all the resources they need, such as time, to do the job as well as they would like. If the employee has a high level of emotional involvement with the job this situation can lead to job burn out; the person is frustrated because they would like to do a better job but they are unable to.
Schaufeli and Buunk (1996) clarify the difference, between the general term stress and the more specific term job burn out, well. They state that burn out ...
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Genetics And Evolution: Cystic Fibrosis And Down Syndrome
Number of Words: 998 / Number of Pages: 4
... chance of having an affected child. In 1989, the gene responsible for cystic fibrosis was identified on chromosome 7 (out of 23 chromosomes). Since that time more than 200 different mutations in the cystic fibrosis gene have been described, and tests have been developed to detect the most common alterations. These tests can identify unaffected carriers of the disorder. Sickle-Cell Anemia Sickle-Cell Anemia, also called sickle-cell disease, is a hereditary condition where hemoglobin, an oxygen-carrying protein in the blood, is altered, leading to periodic interruptions in blood circulation. All over ...
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Teens And Smoking
Number of Words: 1506 / Number of Pages: 6
... others (such as parents, older
siblings or peers), forth, as in "Miller and Dollar's" explanation of
Observational Learning, The Copying behavior effect.
This research is to examine the effects of parental smoking (behavior), has, on
the decision of teens to smoke cigarettes. Due to prior studies using global
measures that may or may not include South Eastern North Carolina. The
Fayetteville/Fort Bragg area was chosen for this study to pinpoint the effects
in this particular locale. Fort Bragg and Pope Air Force Base have a very
diverse socieo-economic and culturally diverse population, which wi ...
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The Human Genome Project
Number of Words: 937 / Number of Pages: 4
... of Energy (DOE) initially, and the
National Institutes of Health (NIH) soon after, were the main research agencies
within the US government responsible for developing and planning the project. By
1988, the two agencies were working together, an association that was formalized
by the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to "coordinate research and
technical activities related to the human genome". The National Center for Human
Genome Research (NCHGR) was established in 1989 to head the human genome project
for the NIH. NCHGR is one of twenty-four institutes, centers, or divisions that
make up th ...
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