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12 Th Century Flying Buttresses
2,259 words... rd, thus collapsing them. A building's vertical supporting walls thus had to be made extremely thick and heavy in order to contain the barrels vaults outward thrust. Medieval masons solved this difficult problem about 1120 with a number of brilliant innovations First and foremost they developed a ribbed vault, in which arching and intersecting stone ribs support a vaulted ceiling surface that is composed of mere thin stone panels. This greatly reduced the weight (and thus the outward thrust)...
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Anti Psychotic Drugs Neurodegenerative Diseases
1,169 words1. Memory Mechanism Found At Nerve Cell Connections In The Brain Date published: May 19, 2000 2. Drug Psychotherapy Combo Found Highly Effective in Depression Study Date published: May 24, 2000 3. Suckling Behavior of Newborn Rats Can Be Manipulated Through Use of Scents, Date published: May 29, 2000 4. Study Opens Doors to Significant Changes in Medications for Schizophrenia Date published: June 16, 2000 5. New Scientific Theory May Change How Treatments for Inherited Neurodegenerative Disease ...
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Hernan Cortes Reasons For Success
1,856 wordster> Why was Cortes with 508 soldiers able to conquer the Aztec Empire with millions of people? Cortes was able to conquer the Aztecs for several very different reasons. In combination these reasons allowed him to have the upper hand in the conquest of Mexico. Arguably these reasons can be sorted into six different categories. The various causes for Cortes success will be assessed in a climax pattern. To begin with the Aztecs had a harsh tribute system that was not popular among the pe...
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Dsm Iv Mood Disorders
1,390 wordsA Controlled Trial of Sustained-Release Bupropion, a Nicotine Patch, or Both for Smoking Cessation. Smoking is the silent killer of the 20 th century more people died from smoking and smoking related illness in the past hundred years than in all the major wars. The situation used to be one of ignorance people did not realise the ill-effects of their habit on their health and the health of those around them. Today the situation has changed most realise the danger but many are addicted and find it...
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Borderline Personality Disorder Mental Health Services
1,609 wordsBorderline personality disorder "is defined in the DSM IV, a manual used by psychiatrists to diagnose all mental disorders, as an AXIS II disorder which has symptoms of impulsively and emotional dys regulation" (Livesley 146). A person with BPD have feelings of abandonment and emptiness, and have "frantic efforts to avoid abandonment, going to extremes to keep someone from leaving" (Burger 300). He or she is emotionally unstable and forms intense but unstable interpersonal relationships. They sh...
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Sense Experience Four Elements
1,252 wordsPhilosophical thought begins with the Milesians, where intellectual curiosity propelled thinkers like Anaximander and Heraclitus to attempt to explain the phenomena of the universe by means of specific physical elements. During the 6 th century BC, Eleatics, like Parmenides and Zeno, had rejected physical phenomena and propounded metaphysical paradoxes that cut at the roots of belief in the very existence of the natural world. Parmenides uproots the theories of his predecessors by bearing to lig...
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Worth A Thousand Thousand Words
945 wordsA picture is worth a thousand words. You " ve heard it so many times that it sounds trite. But a picture really IS worth a thousand words. And if a dream is a very special kind of picture, how much is IT worth? Maybe more? What about very simple pictures and very simple dreams? No doubt they " re worth a little bit less than complex, elaborate ones. Or are they? In my psychotherapy course one day, I presented my undergraduate students with these questions. "Here's a very simple dream from a psyc...
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Coronary Arteries Beta Blockers
2,398 words... ot a frank heart attack. The condition is stabilized with antiplatelet agents, anticoagulants, nitrates and beta blockers. Diagnostically, an angiogram or (after stabilization) a stress test is often performed to confirm whether or not the presenting symptoms were truly from the heart and if so, whether an angioplasty or bypass operation is needed. RETURN TO TOP -V- Varicose Veins-These are dilated veins in the legs that do not drain the blood out of the legs properly. They occur with aging ...
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Young Offenders Act People In Society
1,822 wordsIn todays society, the problem of juvenile delinquency is running more rampant than ever before. Also, the degrees to which it occurs are far more serious than they were, even ten years ago. The problem used to be over-simplified and chalked up to kids will be kids, but todays kids are contributing to much more serious crimes than they used to. One statistic states that youths under the age of 18 years accounted for 15. 4 % of arrests for violent crimes and 33. 5 % of arrests for property crimes...
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Unwanted Pregnancy Birth Control
730 wordsVeronique Mukamire Professor Michael Mazzolini English 101. 02 February 28, 2005 Birth control and abortion The main methods of birth control are the following: sterilization, hormonal methods, using intrauterine devices (IUDs), spermicides (numerous contraceptive creams, suppositories, jelly, foams, etc), barrier methods, natural methods, abortions, withdrawal, celibacy, the rhythm method, etc. Each type of method has its cons and pros. Some of methods are medically proved to be effective in pr...
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Period Of Time Anorexia Nervosa
2,691 wordsIn recent history, the idea of feminine beauty has been shifting toward a less healthy, overly thin model. More than 25, 000 years ago when humans first evolved, women exaggerated their reproductive organs, like breasts and hips, using fertility symbols. Slim women were not considered beautiful because they did not seem healthy enough to nourish and raise a family, or make it through the winter. Slim women were also considered to be poor, because they could not afford enough food to keep their b...
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Groups Of People Humans And Animals
3,980 wordsIntroduction The population of the world today is 6, 112, 911, 145 and progressively growing. Unfortunately, that figure is expected to double by the year 2050. Four-fifths of this population resides in developing countries of the South. Because of extreme levels of fertility, mortality, and new migration, these developing countries are accountable for most of the world population growth. There are many reasons that explain why the numbers are increasing, but the main reason is the way of life f...
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Anorexia Nervosa
2,576 wordsThesis Statement: Anorexia Nervosa, a disturbing disease of denial, consisting of self -imposed starvation and the intense fear of gaining weight, is becoming an epidemic among many teenage girls due to the environment, biochemistry, and personality of the individual. I. The immediate environment, friends and family, directly influence the development of anorexia. A. Anorexics tend to come from families placing strong emphasis on food and the family may have used food for purposes other than nou...
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Internet Service Provider Wells Fargo
5,965 wordsThrough a combination of tactics that many people would consider monopolistic Microsoft is now involved in almost every aspect of the computer and computer-related telecommunications markets and is emerging as a major player in Internet commerce and on-line media ventures. As of March 1997, 87 % of all the software developers were actually developing the Windows bit 32 platform, which is the operating system for Microsoft. Fifty three percent of 2. 4 million US Professional developers use Micros...
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Mcgraw Hill Book Hill Book Company
2,362 wordsThe term portfolio is usually applied to combinations of securities, but the principles underlying security portfolio formation can be applied to combinations of any type of assets, including investment projects. Most firms diffuse their efforts across a range of products, market segments and customers in order to spread more thinly the risks of declining trade and profitability. If a firm can reduce its reliance on particular products or markets, then it can withstand more comfortably the impac...
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Assembly Line Cost Effective
1,161 wordsProduct Layouts &# 038; Group Technologies In today? s world of operations management, layouts of manufacturing processes play a key role in achieving and maintaining long term goals. These layouts need to be well thought out and carefully planned for they can effect the cost or producing goods and delivering services for many years into the future. Layouts are dependent on the technology utilized and product type manufactured. There are four typical layouts: process layout, product layout, fixe...
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Mad Cow Disease Anti Psychotic Drugs
2,398 wordsTable of contents 1. Memory Mechanism Found At Nerve Cell Connections In The Brain Source: Science Daily Date published: May 19, 2000 2. Drug Psychotherapy Combo Found Highly Effective in Depression Study Source: Science Daily Date published: May 24, 2000 3. Suckling Behavior of Newborn Rats Can Be Manipulated Through Use of Scents, New Research Shows Source: Science Daily Date published: May 29, 2000 4. Study Opens Doors to Significant Changes in Medications for Schizophrenia Source: Science Da...
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Knowledge And Skills Standard Of Living
2,878 wordsHow Did The Rise Of Rome And How Did The Rise Of Rome And Its Empire Assist In The Development Of Western Europe. ? Early historical Italy contained a diversity of peoples, with different languages, cultures and levels of civilisation; the city of Rome being just one of many scores of Italian communities scattered over Italy. However, in a very short time Rome began to rise above its neighbouring counterparts, quickly establishing itself as a city of great power within Italy. The gradual expansi...
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