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Dental Caries Periodontal Disease
2,385 wordsCaries have been a constant nuisance to humans, decaying teeth can become a major problem for those affected. It is certainly not the oldest pathology, nor the one of the greatest prevalence throughout humankind, but the information that can be extrapolate from such pathologies is great. The aim of this paper is to outline the pathology of caries and the influence that these have had on the human populations affected. Caries or caries dentist is the common name for tooth decay. It is a local dis...
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Mao Inhibitors Gastrointestinal Tract
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Coronary Artery Disease Late 20 Th Century
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Frederick Douglass Hugh Auld
1,928 words... The book My Bondage And My Freedom, one of Frederick Douglass many biographies, attempts to put into perspective his views and experiences on slavery. Born in the year 1817, Frederick Douglass lived not with his mother and father like the white children of that era would, but with his grandparents. Living with them it was a long time before he knew himself to be a slave. As he began to mature in age and understanding he began to realize that the house and land he had grown to love, belonged ...
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Middle And Upper Class Mustard Gas
1,623 wordsThe dictionary describes the word humane as humane adj. Kind, compassionate, merciful. and this was indeed so in the case of the volunteers who worked tirelessly to ease the suffering of the wounded soldiers of all combatants in the fields of northern France and Belgium, during the First World War. In the early days of the war, army nursing was strictly a male preserve, until it was necessary to recruit female nurses from the ranks of middle and upper class ladies. The warm summer days preceding...
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Proposition 13 And The California School System
1,331 wordsTo understand the effects of Proposition 13 on the California school system, we must first understand what Proposition 13 is. We must also briefly glance at the events leading up to Proposition 13, also known as the Jarvis-Gann initiative. Proposition 13, adopted on June 16, 1978, is an amendment to the Constitution of California. It forever changed Californian property laws and sent massive shock waves across other state governments. The sound roaring out of the West- what was it? A California ...
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One Can Assume Property Tax
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Abuse And Neglect Elder Abuse
1,834 words... times more than one data form was received for the same maltreated elder, describing either the same or different abusive incidents. It was necessary to identify such duplicates and count each person only once for purposes of this study. Out of a total of 1, 699 APS and sentinel reports, study staff identified 93 sets of genuine duplicates, resulting in 1, 606 unduplicated reports (1, 466 APS and 140 sentinel). Duplicate cases reported both to APS and sentinel agencies were removed from the ...
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Breast Cancer Cancer Risk
867 wordsThroughout the United States, the use of abortion is an ongoing controversy and a prominent issue in modern day society. Questions are constantly raised, whether one is Pro-Choice or Pro-Life. Whether it is a moral dilemma, or just simply wrong. Since the beginning of civilization the process of abortion has been practiced, however, by the mid 1800 s, many people sought to criminalize the practice. By 1880 abortion had been banned in the United States, by way of protesting via state legislatures...
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Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Medical Professionals
1,578 wordsTuberculosis Jackson Y. W. Li M. Sc, Stephen T. H. Lo M. Sc, Chi-Sing Ng F. R. C. Path (2001) reported in Re: Molecular Detection of M. tuberculosis DNA in Tuberculosis and Sarcoidosis that they have studied retrospectively paraffin-embedded tissues of 115 patients showing granulomatous inflammation using Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex (M. tbc) -specific IS 6110 polymerase chain reaction (PCR). The researchers received unexpected false-positive IS 6110 -PCR results in high percentages of tis...
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Kidney Failure Sq Km
2,426 wordsAccess in quality care for dialysis patients in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Description of selected community (location, statistics, etc) Philadelphia is the second largest city on the East Coast (North America). The city of Philadelphia is located 100 miles south of New York and 133 miles north of Washington, D. C. The city ranks fifth in the nation. Population of Philadelphia reaches 5. 8 million people. (Philadelphia Facts & Figures) Metro: 6, 188, 463 (2000 census) 5, 892, 937 (1990 censu...
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Elderly People Intervention Programs
1,900 wordsNursing Research Falls of the elderly people are the main causes of severe injuries and complications. According to Mary E. Tinetti, M. D one third of 65 year old people or older fall each year and half of them fall several times (Mary E. Tinetti, M. D). Due to the age of the people falls result serious injuries such as hip fracture, other fracture, subdural hematoma, other serious soft-tissue injury, or head injury. Falls are the main results of the hospitalization of the elderly people. The co...
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Period Of Time Fossil Fuel
1,131 wordsChemicals In The Environment In todays society chemicals, whether you like it or not are a fact of life. Many people are afraid of chemicals and their effects on them and the environment. This is understandable because the truth of the matter is that chemicals can do some horrible things to humans, animals and the whole ecosystem. Some would say that chemicals should be done away with for these reasons. But this certainly is not true and most likely impossible. Chemicals can also have some very ...
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Mao Inhibitors Gastrointestinal Tract
1,367 wordsDothiepin Vs. Fluoxetine (Mechanism Of Action And Dothiepin Vs. Fluoxetine (Mechanism Of Action And Pharmacodynamics) Comparison Between Mechanism of Action and Pharmacodynamics of Dothiepin and Fluoxetine Description of medicines Mechanism of action and pharmacodynamic's Dothiepin Dothiepin is a tricyclic antidepressant. It acts by promoting the effectiveness of several amines (dopamine, norepinephrine, and 5 -hydroxytryptamine, which is also known as 5 HT and serotonin). It functions by inhibi...
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Normal Body Weight Anorexia Nervosa
1,887 wordsClinical picture in comparison to women The incidence of anorexia nervosa in males is generally agreed upon to be between 5 % to 10 % of all anorexia nervosa cases. (Crisp &# 038; Burns, 1983) Studies show that there tends to be a predominance of the upper social class in cases of eating disorders with almost two thirds of the group from social classes I and II (Sharp, Clark, Duncan, Blackwood, &# 038; Shapiro, 1994). High risk subgroups include jockeys, wrestlers, dancers, and entertainers requ...
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
1,625 wordsPrenatal alcohol exposure is a preventable cause of birth defects, including mental retardation and neurodevelopmental deficits. Since the initial recognition in 1968 of the multiple effects that alcohol can have on the developing fetus [ 1 ] and the subsequent delineation in 1973 of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), [ 2 ] it has become clear that prenatal alcohol exposure can be associated with a wide range of abnormalities. [ 3 ] More than 80 % of children with FAS demonstrate prenatal and postnat...
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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
1,615 wordsFetal Alcohol Syndrome and Fetal Alcohol Effects Prenatal alcohol exposure is a preventable cause of birth defects, including mental retardation and neurodevelopmental deficits. Since the initial recognition in 1968 of the multiple effects that alcohol can have on the developing fetus [ 1 ] and the subsequent delineation in 1973 of fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS), [ 2 ] it has become clear that prenatal alcohol exposure can be associated with a wide range of abnormalities. [ 3 ] More than 80 % of c...
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Smoking During Pregnancy Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
1,213 wordsTobacco is one of the leading preventable causes of death in the United States. Nicotine, which is an alkaloid derived from the tobacco plant, is a potent chemical that has powerful effects on the human body, especially when administered rapidly or at high doses. Prenatal exposure to nicotine is associated with adverse reproductive outcomes, including altered neural structure and functioning, cognitive deficits, and behavior problems in the offspring (9). At least 20 % 30 % of pregnant women are...
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Central Nervous System Multiple Sclerosis
974 wordsMultiple Sclerosis is a disorder of the central nervous system involving decreased nerve function associated with the formation of scars on the covering of nerve cells. Multiple sclerosis (MS) affects approximately 1 out of 1, 600 people. Women are affected about 60 % of the time. The disorder most commonly begins between 20 to 40 years old. MS is one of the major causes of disability in adults under age 65. Multiple sclerosis involves repeated episodes of inflammation of nervous tissue in any a...
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Patients With Schizophrenia People With Schizophrenia
1,016 wordsIs Schizophrenia Associated With Crime? Lisa Moore Abstract Many studies have been conducted to examine the relationship, if any, of schizophrenia and crime. Some of these studies have shown that there is a relationship between the two. The general public believes that schizophrenia is associated with violent crime. The perceived link between mental illness and violence could lie in television and films that sensationalize murders committed by mentally ill persons. Studies, results and interpret...
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