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    The Biological Structure of Water Water is a substance with the chemical formula H2O: one molecule of water has two hydrogen atoms covalently bonded to a single oxygen atom. Its structure enables it to carry out many important functions in the body. Water molecules are charged‚ with the oxygen atom being slightly negative and the hydrogen atoms being slightly positive. These opposite charges attract each other‚ forming hydrogen bonds. These are weak‚ long distance bonds that are very common and

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    Clozapine is the supreme remedy for Schizophrenia because it decreases the symptoms of hallucinations‚ delusions‚ and overall taught disorders. Individuals with Schizophrenia start to “experience hallucinations‚ paranoia‚ and delusions in their psychotic phases”; based on this‚ one must conclude that Schizophrenics have to battle against taught disorders‚ which can be fortunately made easier to live with‚ with the assistance of Clozapine medication (Nichols et al. 1). In addition‚ antipsychotic

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    AO1 2 Types – Genetic and Biochemical Genetic – depression seems to run in families and a number of studies have shown a correlation between the biological closeness of the relationship and the likelihood of developing depression. Biochemical imbalances in neurotransmitters cause depression; most notably noradrenalin‚ serotonin according to the permissive amine theory is a controller and dopamine. Interruption in the transmission of nervous impulses Hormones – high levels of cortisol – overactive

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    This essay will focus on a case study of a patient with Schizophrenia‚ whom I cared for during my recent clinical specialist placement in a medium secure unit. The patient personal and psychiatric history would be given. The patient current psychological‚ sociological and physiological needs will be looked at by using published therapeutic approaches. In this case study a demonstration of how the therapeutic approaches chosen provide or guidance of the nursing care provided in the assessment of needs

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    A protein is a Biological polymer made up of as different amino acids joined by peptide bonds. A protein is formed by amino acids which are the basic building block of a protein components of an amino acid include a :C-carbon atom‚ H-Hydrogen atom‚ H3N+ - Amino Group‚ COOH- - Carboxyl Group‚ R- this group varies from amino acid to amino acid. There are 20 amino acids‚ each differing in its R group. Two examples are: Glycine‚ its R group being H(Hydrogen) and Phenylalanine its R group being CH2 (Carbon

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    Piboonbumpen Demonstration School‚ Burapha University Course syllabus Subject Area / Activity:EnglishGrade:M5/1 Type of Course:Core course Additional course Learner development activity Course Code:30243Course Name:Writing‚ Description and Explanation Semester/Academic year: Semester one‚ 2012 Hours (approx.):90 Teacher’s name: Martyn Bone‚ SongsriSarapusit -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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    obligations to their citizens. When the rights of a citizen intersect with people’s biological identities it is called biological citizenship. Essentially‚ biological citizenship is the demand for compensation‚ action or intervention from the state‚ on the basis of shared biological injury. This involves the identification of biological harm to individuals‚ as well as the collectivization of people with a common biological injury. Foucault’s theory of how power is relational means that citizens have the

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    Thomas Szasz once said‚ if you talk to God‚ you are praying; if God talks to you‚ you have schizophrenia. It is a terrible disorder that affects many people around the world. Arguably the most famous person with schizophrenia is Nobel Prize (1994) and American Mathematicians Society ’s Leroy P. Steel Prize for Seminal Contribution to Research (1999) winner‚ John Nash. Paranoid Schizophrenia can be a crippling illness. Its sufferers may not be able to determine what is real and what is not. According

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    BACKGROUND INFORMATION John Nash is an American Mathematician whose works in game theory‚ differential geometry‚ and partial differential equations have provided insight into the forces that govern chance and events inside complex systems in daily life. Nash enrolled as a graduate student at Princeton in 1948 and almost immediately stood out as an odd duck. Unfortunately‚ enough for him his future is not as bright as his genius like capabilities. He attends Princeton as a graduate student who

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    In this week’s reading‚ the book talked about schizophrenia. People with schizophrenia deteriorate into an isolated wilderness of unusual perceptions‚ odd thoughts‚ disturbed emotions‚ and motor abnormalities. The symptoms can be grouped into three categories. The first is positive symptoms which is experiencing of excesses of thought‚ emotion‚ and behavior. The second is negative symptom which feels of deficits of thought‚ emotion‚ and behavior. The third is psychomotor symptoms is patient have

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