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    Chronic Training Adaptations

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    Chronic Training Adaptations Exercise or training regularly over an extended period of time (3 times per week for 6-8 weeks) leads to the development of long-term or chronic adaptations to training. Evidence of these adaptations can occur at various stages Once achieved‚ these adaptations are retrained unless training ceases. Upon cessation‚ the body will gradually revert to its pre-training condition (de-training). Unlike acute responses to exercises‚ chronic adaptations to training

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    Teaching Mental Illness

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    Every 12.3 minutes‚ an American dies by suicide (Suicide: 2016 Facts & Figures). Mental illness is the cluster of symptoms that interfere with a person’s ability to function normally every day. Mental illness affects at least 50% of people at some point in their life (McNally 1). It is important to be educated on the effects of these disorders on people. People should be taught about mental illness early on in order to educate about potential treatments‚ increase awareness about prevalent mental

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    Chronic Body Condition

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    brittle. The skin is the largest organ in the body. But‚ why does this all happen? Our body tends not to function as well as it had in the past. Because our bodies do not function as well‚ it can lead to chronic conditions from that may have an effect on our hair‚ skin‚ and nails. Some of the chronic conditions include xerosis‚ rashes‚ senile purpura‚ pruritis‚ solar elastosis‚ keratosis‚ psoriasis‚ skin tags‚ shingles‚ pressure ulcers‚ venous and arterial stasis ulcers‚ skin cancer‚

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    Why has the impact of professional lobbyists on policy-making in the USA been controversial? There are a number of reasons why the impact of professional lobbyists and pressure groups on policy-making in the USA has been controversial. The main issue is that of the ‘revolving door’ effect that emerges from links between powerful organisations. This refers to the frequent interchange of personnel between Congress and the lobbying industry‚ which often occurs when there is a member of Congress‚ such

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    CELIBRITY CULTURE HAS A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON TEENAGE LIFE. Is it normal that seventy percent of the celebrities‚ male or female end up taking drugs or becoming alcoholic? Is our society like that? During the last twenty years many celebrities become stupidly rich‚ and don’t really know what to do with the money or how to manage those tremendous quantities. The necessity to spend it or waste it becomes more accentuated‚ and drugs may be a quick “solution” of wasting their money. But in most cases‚

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    Does TV impact the way children interact? These days just about every household owns a TV. There are many programs for children on the TV and we may think that it is harmless for a child to watch TV because they are “educational” or what not. True‚ some shows can teach your child some beneficial things such as learning to count or the alphabet‚ yet if a child is watching too much TV how can this impact the way children interact? And how much do you think is too much TV watching? Well according

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    Introduction Definition of multiple sclerosis Multiple sclerosis is a chronic disease of the central nervous system including the brain‚ spinal cord‚ and optic nerves. The central nervous system is made up of nerve cells that send signals to each other. Each nerve cell is covered with a protective lining called myelin which acts like insulation on an electrical wire. It allows signals to pass between nerve cells at high speed. In multiple sclerosis‚ disease activity damages the myelin in a process

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    I have a patient named John who is married African American male that is 72 years old who has terminal lung cancer. John is a retired U.S. Steel Mill worker for thirty years and has been married for 25 years. John wife is named Mary who is also 72 years old African American female who retired from U.S. Postal Worker. John and Mary does not have any children. John was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer and the physician recommended that he is in the hospice program because the physician stated to

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    Chronic Wound Healing

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    Often times the management of chronic wounds can become challenging for clinicians. In the article by Sibbald et al (1) they emphasize that wound healing should be achieved through an interprofessional team approach where the focus is holistic‚ focusing not only on the patient’s wound but on the patient as a whole. Once the cause of the wound is identified‚ the wound can be classified into three categories: healable‚ maintenance and non healable (1). Referring to the wound bed preparation paradigm

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    Title: Violence on children TV’s Student’s name: Professor’s name: Course title: Date: Violence on children TV’s According to‚ (world health organization‚ 2004)‚ Violence can be defined as the use of physical force willingly against another person or group or community and may result to them being intimidated‚ threatened or harmed or even death. Violence in children TV shows like cartoons have become so rampant and is harmful. In the animation TV show‚ “teenage mutant ninja turtles”‚ that first

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