ALS‚ also called Lou Gehrig’s disease‚ typically affects people in the age group of 40 to 70 years. It is a degenerative motor neuron disorder that according to the ALS Association‚ “affects the motor neuron cells in the brain and the spinal cord.” Once the motor neurons die‚ the brain will no longer be able to initiate or control the movement of muscles. Around 5600 people are diagnosed with ALS per year and 30‚000 Americans reportedly suffer from ALS at any given time. The ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
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Informative Speech on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) OBJECTIVES: General Purpose: To inform the audience about ALS Specific Purpose: To inform the audience about the diagnosis and progression of ALS Central Idea: The symptoms and effects of this disease on the individual and family Organizational Pattern: The progression of ALS from diagnosis to death INTRODUCTION I. Take a moment‚ and point at the computer screen. Notice that your
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Disease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)‚ otherwise known as " Lou Gehrig’s Disease "‚ is a devastating disease that effects the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. French neurologist‚ Jean-Martin Charcot‚ first discovered the disease in 1869. Attention was not brought to the disease until 1939‚ when New York Yankees first basemen Lou Gehrig retired because of his diagnosis (4). Specifically referred to as a "neurodegenerative disease"‚ ALS is the lack of nourishment to muscles (5).
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Michael Quinones ENG 111 Mr. Branson September 13‚ 2015 Al Qaeda and ISIS September 11‚ 2001 is a day that most Americans will never forget. 19 terrorist boarded a total of four different passenger airliners with the goal of causing havoc in the United States of America. Al-Qaeda was quickly deemed the culprit‚ and in 2004 after years of denying any involvement; Osama Bin Laden the leader of al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the attacks. President George W. Bush correlated with other countries
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inspirational woman once said‚ “The rain begins with a single drop.” (Brainyquotes). Her name is Manal al-Sharif. She started an underground civil-disobedience movement to encouraged women to drive with one simple action. In spring 2011 she tried something most women had been afraid to ever do‚ drive. In late May 2011‚ Al-Sharif drove her car in Khobar. The video was posted to YouTube and Facebook. In the video‚ al-Sharif stated‚ "This is a volunteer campaign to help the girls of this country [learn to
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2002‚ Black‚ et al.‚ 2008). More than ten million children under five years of age die annually worldwide and percentage of child deaths in sub-Saharan Africa is approximately 41% and another 34% in south Asia (Black‚ et al.‚ 2003). It was estimated that more than 50% of these child deaths could be attributed to the potentiating effects of malnutrition in infectious disease such as diarrhoea‚ pneumonia‚ malaria‚ tuberculosis‚ and other infections (Rice‚ et al.‚ 2000‚ Caulfield‚ et al.‚ 2004). As
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(ALS Case Study) A 51-year-old woman developed an unusual gait related to "calf stiffness." After several months of progressive weakness‚ she developed a right foot drop. Within 15 months‚ she also described difficulty in writing‚ weakness of the right hand and arm‚ and diffuse muscle twitching with painful muscle cramps. Assessment confirmed weakness of all limbs‚ more marked on the right side‚ with muscle atrophy. Reflexes were hyperactive and fasciculations were observed in the right leg.
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POLITICO-RELIGIOUS TERRORISM: THE KKK AND AL QAEDA Religion is‚ “a most important source of constructing identity in the network society and a frequent part of collective identity building.” Religious extremist terrorist regimes can begin as political parties within their nations‚ rise to power and adopt authoritarian militancy practices to control their states. They can use their power to “repress religious competitors and political activism on the part of some groups guarantees the mobilization
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Melanie Camero Professor Singer Philosophy 5 6 June 2011 In this essay I will explain Al-Ghazali’s skeptical epistemological project described in his autobiography‚ Deliverance from Error. By doing so‚ I will explain his investigation on the certainty and reliability of knowledge attained through sense-perception and intellectual truths (reason). I will also explain why he doubts knowledge attained through the senses and how he uses dreams to doubt intellectual truths. I will continue by summarizing
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Du’aa al-Qunoot Supplicating to Allaah (swt) and seeking his forgiveness and mercy is a duty upon every Muslim‚ and is described in numerous ahaadeeth (sayings of the Prophet [saw]) to be the weapon of the believer and ’The Worship’‚ as it is a ritual act in Islaam which if offered to anything other than Allaah will take one outside the fold of Islaam. The messenger Muhammad (saw) used to recite Du’aa al-Qunoot during Salaat ul-Fajr‚ Witr and sometimes during other prayers throughout
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