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    local decrease in blood supply    Infarction- death & deterioration of tissue resulting from lack of blood supply. 2.    What is a stroke? Name the two main types of strokes and describe the mechanism(s) by which each type occurs. Cerebrovascular Accident- condition in which brain tissue is deprived of blood supply.  The most common stroke symptoms are: Numbness or weakness (paresis) of the face‚ arm‚ or leg‚ sometimes only on one side; Confusion‚ trouble speaking or understanding speech (aphasia)

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    Cardio Vascular Accident

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    In 1950‚ nine out of ten people died from strokes. Cardio Vascular Accident (CVA) affects the heart and its ability to supply blood to the body’s brain cells. This leaves the brain cells dead and causes a stroke. More than one-half million people in the United States have a new or recurrent stroke every year. Believe it or not‚ strokes affect African Americans more than Caucasian and are more likely to cause death in them as well. You can have valve rupture‚ heart failure‚ cardiac tapenade‚ or

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    Oedipus Complex in Hamlet

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    Oedipus Complex in Hamlet In Shakespeare’s Hamlet‚ Hamlet’s personality can be explained by the Oedipus Complex. Throughout the play there are many times where he proves that he has Oedipus Complex. Oedipus Complex was not around at the time that that Hamlet was written. It just shows that Shakespeare saw the same personality complex’ as Freud. Freud first named the Oedipus Complex Theory in his book ‚ An Interpretation of Dreams‚ in 1899. Freud states "The child takes both of its parents‚

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    General arrangement

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    CHAPTER 5 FINAL GENERAL ARRANGEMENT CHAPTER 5 FINAL GENERAL ARRANGEMENT 5.1 Final General Arrangement The General Arrangement of a ship can be defined as the assignment of spaces for all the required functions and equipment‚ properly coordinated for location and access. The general arrangement represents a summary or integration of information from other division and specialties in ship design to provide all necessary function of the ship in the most efficient

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    General Insurance

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    Insurance may be describedas a social device to reduce or eliminate risk of life and property. Under the plan of insurance‚ a large number of people associate themselves by sharing risk‚ attached to individual. The risk‚ which can be insured against include fire‚ the peril of sea‚ death‚ incident‚ & burglary. Any risk contingent upon these may be insured against at a premium commensurate with the risk involved. Insurance is actually a contract between 2 parties whereby one party called insurer

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    Malkata Palace Complex

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    Located in the ancient Egyptian capital Thebes‚ now modern Luxor‚ the Malkata palace complex was built by the 18th dynasty king Amenhotep III at the onset of the 30th year of his reign in preparation for his first sed-festival and later served as the setting for his second and third sed-festivals in the 34th and 37th years of his reign‚ respectively (O’Connor & Cline). The Malkata palace complex and Birket Habu‚ its’ associated artificial lake built to be used for ceremonial purposes during the king’s

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    Oedipus Complex Analysis

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    most common theory for the actions of Oedipus in his story is the Oedipus complex‚ theorized by Freud. In the story Oedipus‚ it was his fate to marry his mother and have children with her‚ and kill his father. The Oedipus complex says that this must happen at a young age. However‚ this complex doesn’t apply to Oedipus‚ because of the different circumstances in which these actions occurred. Freud’s theory on the Oedipus complex is that it is the childhood desire to sleep with the mother and kill the

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    HAMLET (Oedipus Complex)

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    has transcended beautifully through time‚ not only hosting many archetypal elements but also presenting an affectation of the Oedipus complex. Many conclude that Hamlet’s character boldly displays the Oedipal complex through his relationship with his mother‚ which also relates to his procrastination and relationship with his father. By definition‚ the Oedipal complex outlines the description of a boy’s desire to possess his mother in a sexual fashion and the jealousy boys have towards their fathers

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    An Investigation of the Therac-25 Accidents -- Part III Nancy Leveson‚ University of Washington Clark S. Turner‚ University of California‚ Irvine Reprinted with permission‚ IEEE Computer‚ Vol. 26‚ No. 7‚ July 1993‚ pp. 18-41. Recall that the Tyler error occurred when the operator made an entry indicating the mode/energy‚ went to the command line‚ then moved the cursor up to change the mode/energy‚ and returned to the command line all within 8 seconds. Since the magnet setting takes about 8 seconds

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    UOP LAB Complex

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    Alkylbenzene (LAB) Complex Petrochemical Petrochemical Introduction Linear alkylbenzene (LAB) is the most common raw material in the manufacture of biodegradable household detergents. LAB is produced using normal paraffins as a raw material. Normal paraffins are derived from straight run kerosene. UOP offers processes‚ catalysts‚ adsorbents and equipment for the production of LAB from kerosene or normal paraffins. The processes can be utilized in combination in a new complex or retrofitted

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