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Pursuing A Career In Psychiatry
Number of words: 2508 - Number of pages: 10.... the causes of human emotional behavior. Most primitive societies believed that mental illnesses were caused by a demon who took possession of the victim’s body. The early civilizations would treat the mental illnesses by trying to make the body so uncomfortable that the demon would want to leave. But, by the late eighteenth century, most people were convinced that mental disturbances were not caused by supernatural powers. Scientists, however, were still unsure whether such illnesses stemmed from physical problems or psychological abnormalities. The nineteenth century saw an explos .....
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U Of T Professors Devise Better Way To Test Sight In Babies
Number of words: 547 - Number of pages: 2.... " says Skarf.
At the HSC, VEP's are used in a number of clinical applications: to
determine whether a visual problem is cognitive; to assess whether babies
who don't appear to see well will see better in the future; to determine a
course of treatment for such problems in which one eye turns in or is
weaker than the other eye. The second aspect of the researchers' work
involves the development of a stimulator for stereopsis, or binocular
vision, which is the fusing of images from both eyes into one picture that
has depth. "The problem with testing binocular vision, " explains Skarf,
"is tha .....
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"To See What Factors Affect The Decomposition Of Hydrogen Peroxide By The Enzyme Catalase Which Is Found In The Liver"
Number of words: 524 - Number of pages: 2.... break
them down.
The variables that affect the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide are:
1. The temperature of the liver
2. The surface area of the liver
3. The pH of the hydrogen peroxide
4. The concentration of the enzymes
The two variables I am going to look at are temperature and surface area.
Hypothesis: I think that when we test the surface area the bigger the
surface area the quicker the reaction will be. This is because there are more
liver particles that will be exposed to the hydrogen peroxide, therefore the
liver that is ground up will be the quickest .....
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Nutrition And You
Number of words: 1606 - Number of pages: 6.... The most
important thing about exercise is that it be practiced regularly and that it be
practiced in accompaniment with a healthy diet. It is also desirable to
practice more that one sport as different sports exercise different areas of the
body. Carbohydrates, proteins, and fats are the sources of energy for the body.
The contained energy is expressed in calories. There are 9 calories per gram in
fat and there are about 4 calories per gram in proteins and carbohydrates .
Carbohydrates are the main source of energy for the body. This energy is mostly
used for muscle movement and d .....
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Euthanasia: The Right To Die
Number of words: 922 - Number of pages: 4.... which are weakness, paralysis, and eventually
death. That is what Sue Rodrigous was suffering from for well over a year.
Knowing that her condition was only going to get worse, and eventually,
after the pain and suffering, would result in death, Sue wanted to die. She
wanted people to remember her as a lively healthy woman, not just a body
lying helpless in a hospital bed. With that thought in mind, Sue went to
court to fight for right to die by euthanasia. The courts did not agree
with her though.
Dr. Jack Kevorkian, proposed the creation of a new medical specialist, the
"obitiarist," who .....
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Bubonic Plague
Number of words: 309 - Number of pages: 2.... of
your lymphatic system, such as your neck, inner thigh, groin, and armpits.
This stage is the most painful. Blood vessels break and later the dry blood
turns black underneath your skin.
The treatment for the plague is a vaccine that lasts 6 months. You can use the
preferred vaccine Streptomycin, or gentamicin, teracyclines, or chloramphenicol
are all good substitutes. The treatment must start within 15 hours of the first
symptom of death is inevitable.
Some special characteristics of this disease are you can be any age to contract
it, it is most common is unsanitary condition, or .....
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Auguments About Abortion
Number of words: 1078 - Number of pages: 4.... ninth amendment states "The enumeration in the Constitution, of
certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by
the people." This in turn, is guaranteeing a women the right to have an
abortion. Pro-choice people say that abortion is the killing of a child, but
pro-choice people do not consider the fetus a child. A philosopher, Mary Anne
Warren, proposed that consciousness, reasoning, self-motivated activity, and
self awareness are factors that determine 'person-hood'.
But, a misconception that held is that people who are pro-choice are
actually pro- .....
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Alcoholism
Number of words: 664 - Number of pages: 3.... from the early stages
of alcoholism. How well the person can tolerate giving up alcohol for an
extended time and the effects of drinking on the family, friends, work, and
health, may indicate the extent of the alcohol problem.
More than ten million Americans are estimated to be alcoholic.
Alcoholism is found in all ages, cultures and economic groups. It is estimated
that 75 percent of alcoholics are male and 25 percent are female. Alcoholism is
a worldwide problem, but is most widespread in France, Ireland, Poland,
Scandinavia, Russia and the United States.
Some common symptoms of .....
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Be Healthy And Drug Free
Number of words: 295 - Number of pages: 2.... drugs are good for you
and some could kill people. Some good drugs are anesthetics, hormones, vaccines,
and antibiotics. Some bad drugs are narcotics. These are sleep inducers.
Examples of this are codeine, heroin, and morphine. Other drugs include cocaine,
nicotine, and marijuana.
Nowadays, drugs are a big problem in our society. The only drugs that
you should take should be drugs that your doctor prescribed for you. And you
should only take the amount of that drug that he tells you to. Every drug can
be poisonous if you take too much.
Peer pressure is hard to turn down. Peer pre .....
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Solutions To The Abortion Issue
Number of words: 600 - Number of pages: 3.... levels of life, including the life of the unborn”(Thomas). This is a statement that the majority of the population would agree with. The thing now is that we need to get on into office that is able to pass laws making it more difficult for one to have an abortion done. In the past George W. Bush has passed laws in Texas making it to where a minor has to have the permission of a parent to have this procedure done. This was a step to making abortion harder to have done and was done by George W. Bush.
There are many possible . As a nation we could out law the procedure completely but then ther .....
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