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Bipolar Affective Disorder
Number of Words: 1386 / Number of Pages: 6
... other than depression or mania (Goodwin, Guze. 1989, p.7 ).
affects approximately one percent or three million persons in the United States, afflicting both males and females. Bipolar disorder involves episodes of mania and depression. The manic episodes are characterized by elevated or irritable mood, increased energy, decreased need for sleep, poor judgment and insight and often reckless or irresponsible behavior (Hollandsworth, Jr. 1990 ). These episodes may alternate with profound depressions characterized by a pervasive sadness, almost inability to move, hopelessness, and disturbances in appetit ...
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Muscle Growth
Number of Words: 2493 / Number of Pages: 10
... over 600 muscles covering the human skeleton
muscles give the body bulk and form. Then human body contains millions of
muscle fibres whose coordinated contraction cause the whole muscle to contract.
Muscles are the foundation on which our bodies are built. Without muscles our
bodies could not perform the simplest tasks such as opening our eyes, talking,
breathing and even the pumping of our heart or the most difficult tasks, such as
running the hurdles in a track and field event.. Muscles are also important to
maintain balance and posture.
Description of Muscles
In the body there are several type ...
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Prolonged Preservation Of The Heart Prior To Transplantation
Number of Words: 1939 / Number of Pages: 8
... increased chance for rejection of the organ by the recipient. As
far as the man in Oregon goes, he will probably not receive a donor heart
before his own expires.
Currently, when a heart is being prepared for transplantation, it
is simply submerged in an isotonic saline ice bath in an attempt to stop
all metabolic activity of that heart. This cold submersion technique is
adequate for only four hours. However, if the heart is perfused with the
proper media, it can remain viable for up to 24 hours. The technique of
perfusion is based on intrinsically simple principles. What occurs is a
ph ...
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Death
Number of Words: 343 / Number of Pages: 2
... AIDS. I believe the leading way is
abstinence. No sex until your sure of your sexual partners past sexual history
should you consider sex. If you must have sex then have safe sex. Safe sex
includes using any instrument or object which does not allow bodily fluids to be
exchanged. Preventing AIDS is something we all can do. No one is forced to have
sex (unless raped), no one is forced to do drugs with infected needles and no
one wants it, so people should get smart and wake up! AIDS, say it, think it
over in your head, AIDS will kill people, and AIDS will kill you.
Death and AIDS go hand in hand ...
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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 Effects Of Lead Poison On Children
Number of Words: 2310 / Number of Pages: 9
... it starts
to become a problem for children that play outside of their homes (Xintaras,
1993). These lead containing soil particles get on the child's hands or
clothing and end up in the child's mouth. After the build up of so much lead it
leads to a problem commonly known as lead poison. Lead poisoning has been an
issue since the early 1900s, when the use of lead started being banned from the
manufacturing of paint in foreign countries such as Australia(Monheit, 1996).
Unfortunately the United States did not start banding it until 1978, when it
finally became illegal in our nation. Today 90% of th ...
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The Search For Inner Peace
Number of Words: 975 / Number of Pages: 4
... I had not planned to stay, but I couldn’t make myself leave.” (Ehrlich 156). Ehrlich was drawn to the vastness of nothing. Later in the essay she says, “Its absolute indifference steadied me.” (Ehrlich 157)
Without the presence of fellow people, one must look into oneself for company. It is here when one is able to look into oneself and find harmony in one’s life. As a resident of Wyoming, Ehrlich is able to almost meditate much like monks and Buddhists. From personal experience I have found that much like Ehrlich solitude in an open area helps me think about problems troubling me and allows m ...
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Bronchial Asthma
Number of Words: 1644 / Number of Pages: 6
... 5,6, 11, 12 and 14, but especially number 5. (Figure 1)
Many different triggers are associated with asthma, most commonly when airborne irritants such as pet dander, cigarette smoke, plant pollen and mold spores (and even fecal matter from dust mites and cockroaches), signal a hyperresponsiveness in the airway, in form of special mast cells. (Figure 2& 3) This is Inflammation, the first of three stages of an asthma attack. These mast cells secrete histamine, which swells the airway. This is called the inflammatory response. The inflammatory response signals goblet cells in the airway wa ...
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Angina Pectoris
Number of Words: 608 / Number of Pages: 3
... because of a lack of oxygen. If this condition is found early, it
can be corrected with surgical procedures or, in some minor cases, corrective
procedures. Surgical procedures include bypass, laser and balloon surgery. In
bypass surgery a vein is removed from the lower leg and a clogged vessel is
worked around. Often in type of surgery the whole mid section of the body is
cut and the ribs are pulled back, very painful with a very slow recovery. Some
hospitals have now implemented a new technique where only a small hole is made
and everything is done via a view screen. In balloon surgery a ballo ...
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Smoking: I Can Stop Whenever I Want
Number of Words: 432 / Number of Pages: 2
... people out there who
think that they can stop whenever they want, well I have news flash for you. 1
out of 10 smokers succeed in quitting smoking in United-States. Everyone thinks
that they have an iron will and they keep on delaying the time to stop, I'll
just stop as my new year resolution, I'll stop in a month, a week, a year.
Smoking is really hard to quit, it's an addictive habit and you really need an
iron will to stop it. There are also a few consequences I think I should mention
from ciggarette smoking. First of all, as you all know, ciggarette smoking turns
your teeth yellow so you can forg ...
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