Driving a car may not seem as dangerous as it is due to it being a daily routine‚ but in truth everyday people risk lives by letting themselves get distracted. On average in the U.S. alone there over 6 million car accidents per year of which over 1060 accidents per day involve a distracted party. The causes of these distracted drivers are caused by anything for the surroundings of the vehicle‚ the components inside‚ and the condemned cell phone usage. Cars and trucks all have their downsides‚ nevertheless
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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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A Case of Cerebrovascular Accident by David F. Dean‚ Department of Biology‚ Spring Hill College Case Presentation Samuel Dexter is a -year-old African-American man who is both a husband and father. He is moderately obese (bmi of )‚ and has smoked two packs of cigarettes a day for the past years. He awakes one morning with weakness on his right side. He is a bit confused‚ sees double‚ and his speech is slurred. When he attempts to walk to
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A CVA (Cerebrovascular accident) also known as a stroke is caused by the sudden death of some brain cells due to lack of oxygen when the blood flow to the brain is impaired by blockage or rupture of an artery to the brain. The result can be serious disability or death. Each year alone about 150‚000 people in America die from a stroke or are seriously disabled. Stroke is among the top five causes of death. The effect of the patient depends upon where the damage occurs and the severity of the stroke
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MY FAVOURITE PERSONALITY To be favorite means to be one’s after heart or the dearest to someone. Different people have different choices. Some people like National Heroes‚ family members like father and mother and many other personalities. But I am one of the fortunate of them who like their mothers. With me‚ my mother is the best woman in the world. No one can replace her in my heart. I admire my mother‚ I don’t know why she is always busy with daily chores‚ taking care of my family but she never
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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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church‚ repository of religious art in Bulacan By Levine Andro Lao The Diocese of Malolos has inaugurated a past leisure destination—a bowling alley in front of a resort—as one of its parish churches in Bulacan‚ formally naming it as Santisima Trinidad‚ after the religious persona to whom the locals have been devoted to for more than a century now. “This structure where we now have our church‚ as we know‚ had been a bowling alley. But it no longer looks as one‚” said Bishop Jose Oliveros during
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Action Plan My goal in life is to graduate with a degree in Communication disorders or any other career‚ and get a good job in the future. To reach to my goal I’m going to focus on each semester‚ and put in mind short-term goals. I will study hard in each semester‚ and hope for the best with a positive mind. I will try to use what I learned in the Student Development class and apply it to my studies. I will go to class‚ avoid distractions‚ use the review process‚ and ask for help when needed. I
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12 Concepts that Shape the American Way of Life (The concepts below are a compendium of ideas developed by anthropologists and sociologists over the past 40 years. They demonstrate a central tendency which should not rule out a range of differences within each concept.) 1. Assertiveness: U.S. Americans tend to be candid and outspoken in communication with others‚ and they seldom shy away from disclosing facts about themselves. They prefer "direct" questions and respond with "straight" answers
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Advantages of Computers Disabled: Computers have changed many disabled people’s lives‚ especially those who are unable to leave their house because of boundaries such as wheelchairs. For people who are confined to wheelchairs‚ computers give them a chance to experience many things that would not be possible for them otherwise. They can go to a particular museum web site and learn about a Van Gogh painting‚ or they can go to a science web site and learn about NASA and the space shuttle.
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