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The Illegalization Of Abortion
Number of Words: 1726 / Number of Pages: 7
... Because of this
decision almost every third baby conceived in America is killed by abortion,
over one and a half million babies a year (Willke vii). Many countries
have followed our decision on the abortion issue and some of these include
Canada, England, and France. Other countries still believe abortion should
be illegal, they include Germany, Ireland, and New Zealand. Although many
believe that abortion is a women's choice, abortion should be banned
because its immoral and life begins at conception.
Abortion is the choice of a women whether or not she want's to receive
one. Under the 14th A ...
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Teen Suicide
Number of Words: 481 / Number of Pages: 2
... are to progress into "the most severe forms of drug use". This elicit drug use alters the teenagers state of mind and eventually takes control of their life. With this in mind, imagine how confused and lost a young person may be if they are a drug user? Out of all teenage suicides as of 1997; drug related suicide alone has tripled from 20% to 60%. Drugs have many effects on teens but the most detrimental of them all would be fatality self- inflicted.
Finally, the focus is on Abusive Relationships and how much they effect a growing child’s life. It seems as though family values, in general, hav ...
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Abortion
Number of Words: 372 / Number of Pages: 2
... are adopted by suitable parents. But the rest
remain in the foster care system, where there is little or no personal care.
In both cases, the child has a poor education because of the lack of attention
and discipline. He grows up to be unproductive individual or a menace to society.
Many get involved in drugs and crimes. These individuals are also very violent,
lacking morality due small amount of care they received themselves. In the long
run, not only does the child suffer but also society, who has to tolerate his
violent behavior and crimes.
An abortion can be seen as putting the child ou ...
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Gonorrhea
Number of Words: 688 / Number of Pages: 3
... Risk factors include having
multiple sexual partners, a partner with a past history of any STD, and
unprotected sex (sex without the condom or the newly developed female
condom).
The early symptoms of gonorrhea are often mild, and many women who
are infected have no symptoms of the disease. Symptoms of gonorrhea
usually appear within two to ten days after sexual contact with an infected
partner, although a small percentage of patients may be infected for
several months before showing any symptoms. The initial symptom in women
includes a painful burning sensation when urinating or vaginal discha ...
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Brain Transplant
Number of Words: 473 / Number of Pages: 2
... a different brain we would no longer be unique. A person with
a different brain would seem to be a total stranger and in many ways they would
be. Hopefully these dangerous side effects will convince doctors not to perform
this procedure on humans.
The advancement of technology can be very beneficial to everyone, but I
do not believe that this medical technology of brain transplants will help
anyone. We were all born with one brain and through childhood to adolescence
our mind developed into who we are. No one should steal our identity from us,
even if we are seriously injured, and change it to ...
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Hypnosis In Psychology
Number of Words: 987 / Number of Pages: 4
... approach emphasizes the power of the hypnotist.
This approach, spawned by Mesmer and others, is still widely exploited by stage
hypnotists and is consequently often the conceptualization held by the uniformed
lay person. Even many trained physicians implicitly adhere to this view, which
in it's extreme form involves some powerful and charismatic hypnotist exercising
some strange power over a hapless and weak-willed subject. In essence, the
hypnotist gets the subject to do something he or she wouldn't ordinarily do such
as stop smoking or bark like a dog. This approach generally assumes that the
u ...
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Nursing: Lifting, Transferring And Positioning Of Patients
Number of Words: 2053 / Number of Pages: 8
... the lifting process as the nurse
should elicit information from the client to find out how and when they prefer
to be moved. This allows the patient to be involved in the decision making
process and be fully aware of what is occurring. By communicating with the
client, the nurse is also aware of whether or not the patient is experiencing
any discomfort during or after the lift.
The actions of lifting, transferring or positioning need to be completed for
numerous reasons, including relief of pressure points. Due to the patient being
in one position continuously, they are prone to the development of ...
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Neural Networks
Number of Words: 2975 / Number of Pages: 11
... (Wo96).
Neural networks utilize a parallel processing structure that has large
numbers of processors and many interconnections between them. These processors
are much simpler than typical central processing units (He90). In a neural
network, each processor is linked to many of its neighbors so that there are
many more interconnections than processors. The power of the neural network
lies in the tremendous number of interconnections (Za93).
ANN's are generating much interest among engineers and scientists.
Artificial neural network models contribute to our understanding of biological
models. They ...
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The History And Facts About Nicotine And Tobacco
Number of Words: 881 / Number of Pages: 4
... as high as 100 million pounds by the time of the American Revolution.
In the 17th century, cultivating tobacco became the most important industry of the Virginia and Maryland colonies. Sometime later it became the major industry in North Carolina.
“The first of the tobacco manufacturers to mass-produce cigarettes was Washington, Duke and Sons of Durham, North Carolina (Theodore, 77).”
Tobacco is a highly addictive drug. This makes it very hard for heavy smokers to quit. Heavy smokers who do attempt to quit smoking will suffer many different painful withdrawal symptoms; some are psychological, ...
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Suicide
Number of Words: 849 / Number of Pages: 4
... suicide under certain
circumstances. Called seppuku or popularly known as hara-kiri, which means
"self-disembowelment" it has long been viewed as an honorable method of taking
one's life. It was used by warriors after losing a battle to avoid the dishonor
of defeat. Seppuku was also used as a means of capital punishment to spare
warriors the disgrace of execution. In India, widows allowed themselves to be
burned to death on their husband's funeral pyre, a practice called suttee.
At least since the 18th century, suicide has been thought of by some as a
romantic type of death. This notion led ...
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