CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM 1 History and examination of the cardiovascular system I Mitral stenosis 3 2 Mitral regurgitation 8 3 Mixed mitral valve disease 12 4 Aortic regurgitation 13 6 Mixed aortic valve lesion 23 7 Mixed mitral and aortic valve disease 24 8 Hypertension 27 9 Atrial fibrillation 31 10 Palpitations 35 11 Slow pulse rate 37 12 Gallop rhythm 39 13 Angina pectoris 41 14 Acute myocardial infarction 45 15 Jugular venous pulse 52 16 Congestive cardiac failure 54 17 Infective
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ALS Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Lou Gehrig’s Disease By Audrea Emmons Pathophysiology • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)‚ often referred to as "Lou Gehrig’s Disease‚" is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. Motor neurons reach from the brain to the spinal cord and from the spinal cord to the muscles throughout the body. The progressive degeneration of the motor neurons in ALS eventually leads to their death. When the motor neurons
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The Moral Climate‚ is a magazine article written by Carl Safina and published by Orion Magazine. Safina opens his article boldly getting to the point by saying‚ “What most distresses me is the thirty years we’ve wasted by asking people to live sustainably.” (1). This statement refers to his disappointment with society‚ pertaining to the issues with our climate. How society has become blinded as to what is important. This article shoots for the attention of environmentalist and the ordinary public
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BMW of North America Inc. Vs. Gore Supreme Court of the United States‚ May 20‚ 1996 Facts: In 1983‚ the American distributor of the German auto manufacture adopted a policy in which any damages resulted in delivery to dealership would be fixed and sold as new without the dealer knowing as long as it was three percent or less of the suggested retail price. Gore purchased a BMW for $40‚750.88 not knowing that it had been repainted and sold as new because it only costed $601.37 which is only 1.47
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What is ALS? Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis‚ other name is Lou Gehrig’s Disease‚ is a neurodegenerative disease. It affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. Nerves are involved in the process of thinking‚ memory‚ and of detecting sensations (such as hot/cold‚ sharp/dull)‚ and others for vision‚ hearing‚ and other bodily functions. Basically‚ motor neurons provide voluntary movements and muscle power. As motor neurons degenerate‚ they can no longer send impulses to the muscle fibers that
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Bush V. Gore 2000 The official name of my case is Bush versus Gore. The centeral question is if the Florida Supreme Court violated Article II Section 1 Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution by making new election law and do standardless manual recounts violate the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the Constitution? Historical context included that on On November 8‚ 2000‚ the Florida Division of Elections reported that Bush won with 48.8% of the vote in Florida‚ a margin of victory of
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Political Climate of 1950’s vs. Today The novelist Lauren Groff once wrote‚ “In America‚ possibly because of whatever the American dream is‚ this happens over and over again. These eras repeat” (“Lauren Groff Quotes”). Two such eras are the 1950’s and the 2010’s. The 50’s‚ remembered with the military-man Eisenhower; the 2010’s‚ with the watershed Obama‚ may seem stark in their physical attributes; however‚ at their heart‚ these two eras may have more in common than first realized. The political
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Emergency contraception should be seen as a respectful pregnancy prevention method rather than just a “morning after pill” for promiscuous women. It has been an available healthcare option for a number of years and has prevented countless abortions. Many couples‚ teenagers and young adults approve of emergency contraception. However‚ other categories of people such as parents of teenagers and members of the Catholic Church remain unconvinced that this health-care option is actually beneficial. It
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What are the positive and negative effects of communication in an organization? There is no denying the importance of communication in an organization‚ considering the fact that in an organization people belonging to different social and professional backgrounds come together to work for the same goals. "The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." George Bernard Shaw This quote pretty much sums up the root cause of all conflicts in the workplace
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Climate is a measure of the average pattern of variation in temperature‚ humidity‚ atmospheric pressure‚ wind‚ precipitation‚ atmospheric particle count and other meteorological variables in a given region over long periods of time. Climate is different from weather‚ in that weather only describes the short-term conditions of these variables in a given region. A region’s climate is generated by the climate system‚ which has five components: atmosphere‚ hydrosphere‚ cryosphere‚ land surface‚ and biosphere
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