© 2012 John Wiley & Sons A/S Acta Neuropsychiatrica 2012 All rights reserved DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5215.2012.00679.x ACTA NEUROPSYCHIATRICA Working memory subsystems are impaired in chronic drug dependents Soliman AM‚ Gadelrab HF‚ Elfar RM. Working memory subsystems are impaired in chronic drug dependents. Background: A large body of research that has investigated substance dependence and working memory (WM) resources‚ yet no prior study has used a comprehensive test battery to examine
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• Chapter 7 • What is stress? • Stress- can be described as the unconscious preparation to fight or flee that a person experiences when faced with any demand • Stressor- a person or event that triggers the stress response • Distress or strain- the adverse psychological‚ physical‚ behavioral‚ and organizational consequences that may occur as a result of stressful events • Four approaches to stress • Fight or flight homeostatic medical approach- the adverse psychological‚ physical‚ behavioral
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Criminalistics I - 7m Instructor: Travis Allen Blood patterns 1. Explain the terms area of convergence and area of origin and explain what each term reveals to an investigator. Area of convergence is a two dimensional plane where lines traced though the long axis of‚ several individual bloodstains meet. Two dimensional places from which the bloodstains were projected. (saferstein) Area of origin location in three dimensional spaces that blood that produced a bloodstain originated from. Location
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The blood fetish The blood fetish is a short story‚ which is written by Morley Roberts in 1908. The gothic genre was quite popular around the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century‚ and they were known for including horrific and supernatural elements. Gothic novels often takes place in creepy environments‚ as old castles‚ dark forests and abandoned houses. It is clear to see how The blood fetish fits into this genre‚ as it deals with superstition‚ living severed hands‚ mystery and gloomy
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BLOOD DIAMOND BLOOD DIAMOND Casey Maas 10.7 English What have you learnt about life in Africa from watching this film? From watching the film Blood Diamond I have learnt that Africa can be a beautiful place when it’s calm‚ but most of the time it’s dictated by violence and mis-understanding. In the film there is some beautiful times‚ like at the start when Solomon and his son Dia go fishing early in the morning and it’s all so peaceful and quiet and near the end when Danny rings up Maddy
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Truman Capote’s non-fiction novel‚ In Cold Blood‚ was a breakthrough in literacy in that it was accredited as the first non-fiction novel. There was a lot of controversy when the book was first published because of the incredibility of the work. This could be expected in that time‚ because people where not familiar with the concept of non-fiction novels yet‚ but this is where the beauty of this style of writing lies‚ the recreation of the truth. It would have been impossible for Capote to have documented
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This paper will analyze Maddy Bowen (played by Jennifer Connelly) in the film: Blood Diamond (2006) by director Edward Zwick. Maddy Bowen‚ an American journalist went to Africa to make a change but it was Africa who changed her. Danny Archer‚ (played by Leonardo DiCaprio) is a key player in the business of conflict diamonds. While in jail for smuggling conflict diamonds‚ Archer overheard a wounded commander telling the prisoners of a large rare pink coloured diamond that Solomon Vandy (played
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Sheet of Philosophy PI121 Walter J. Ong Peter Ramus (15151572) Anthony Giddesn → Idea of Timespace Compression Philosopher Origin 1. Wilhelm Von Humboldt (GER): describes the development of liberalism and the role of liberty in individual development and in the pursuit of excellence. Humboldt insisted on a minimal state dedicated strictly to the preservation of security. 2. Robert K. Merton: developed notable concepts such as unintended consequences‚ reference group and role strain. A central element of modern sociological
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Blood Lab Report Introduction A blood experiment was performed testing four different patients blood to find out their specific blood types. Blood types are categorized in four blood groups based upon the antigen ( proteins on the surface of blood cells that can cause a response from the immune system) ("Rh factor" 2006) on the surface of the red blood cell. The blood groups are A‚ B‚ AB and O‚ names which are broken down from the ABO blood group system. Although simulated blood was used
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Blood pressure is the force of blood pushing against the walls of the arteries as the heart pumps blood. The heart pumps blood into the arteries (blood vessels)‚ which carry the blood throughout the body. Blood pressure is one of the vital signs. High blood pressure (hypertension) is a serious condition that can lead to various health problems (coronary heart disease‚ heart failure‚ stroke).It is dangerous because it makes the heart work harder to pump blood to the body and contributes to hardening
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