I am currently pursuing my Master’s Degree in Neuroscience with the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior at Stony Brook University. The field of Neurology‚ particularly as it relates to movement and paralysis after brain and spinal cord injuries (SCIs)‚ has roused my curiosity for some time. SCI is the second leading cause of paralysis in the USA. Because of severe impairments in upper and lower limb function after paralysis‚ persons with a SCI lose their independence which severely deteriorates
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When I was a child‚ I would always play pretend by sitting down with my family members or house guests and tear out a piece of notebook paper and hand my “patients” a glass of water. Then I would ask them questions I thought real psychologists would‚ such as “how are you feeling?” or “so‚ what brings you here today?”. Experimenting with this role-play as a little girl has allowed me to learn about myself‚ as well as my interests‚ to help me decide what I want to be when I grow up. Taking classes
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Tupac Shakur Famous rap artist Tupac Shakur was born June 16‚ 1971. He grew up in the west Harlem of New York City. Tupac Shakur began his career as a MC for the hip hop group Digital Underground ‚and then started to begin his solo career as a rap artist . Tupac Shakur’s songs started to become popular when his songs was about the violence in cities‚ racism and many other different problems. Both of his parents and other people in his family were in the Black Panther.Tupac Shakur lived in
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Statement of Purpose Umang Moda ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ I admit the obstacle to writing a Statement of Purpose has been in not knowing how to begin with one. I start in this manner not on a whim‚ but from necessity. It was either this or facing the grim possibility that I would never finish with one. I have tried my best to not disseminate the differences on how one is written and how it ought to be written. As such‚ I
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The way artists can look at a scene in many different lights is very similar to what Earle Birney did when he wrote "January Morning/Downtown Vancouver" and "Vancouver Lights". An artist can paint a picture of a given setting and then come back and paint a totally different painting of the same subject. The two poems share similarities but where the description of "January Morning/Downtown Vancouver" ends‚ the theme for "Vancouver Lights" begins. The two poems based on the same setting create entirely
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Langston Hughes famous essay‚ “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain”‚ is an article over racial walls in an artist’s life. This article was written in 1926. He starts off with the phrase an artist expressed “I want to be a poet‚ not a Negro poet.” He takes this statement and explains more of why the artist spoke these words. Langston Hughes felt downhearted about this comment. The artist he speaks of comes from a “Negro middle class” as Hughes called it. The boy came from a comfortable family
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Questions I. 1. Major Sources Major Uses 2. Is CFO>0? CFO compared to Net Income 3. CFO>Capex? 4. CFO>Capex + Dividends 5. Excess Cash 6. Source of cash to pay Capex and/or Dividends 7. Were working capital accounts other than cash and cash equivalents primary sources of cash or users of cash? 8.What other major items affected cash flows? 1991 1. Major sources of cash are cash received from customers and proceeds from the issuance
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I am studying for my PhD in the school of Business and Management at Queen Mary‚ University of London. The specific focus area of my research is non-profit performance measures for human social service organizations. This research focus requires detailed attention to the latest research and news regarding the non-profit sector in social issues. Especially‚ as it relate to policy‚ political changes and economic changes currently affecting the sector. I am currently in the process of getting a chapter
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A month after my second bone biopsy at the age of ten‚ I was diagnosed with a rare growth related bone disease called fibrous dysplasia. I still remember the day when my Dad told me‚ the “lab results are benign”. In the instance a pressure was lifted from my shoulders and I was filled with joy and the highest level of gratitude. In the following weeks I quickly learned that life was going to be an adjustment to manage my health. For I had an unexplained tumor‚ that could not be removed for it would
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I am extremely excited to be starting my final level one fieldwork assignment. However‚ I know that this fieldwork assignment is going to be very different than my previous placements. I really enjoyed my first fieldwork assignment because I had the opportunity to observe the pediatric patients. I love working with kids and I believe that the pediatric population would be my first choice of employment after graduation. Although I am very excited for my next fieldwork assignment‚ I know that Health
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