anesthesia. By the end of 1885‚ Halsted had performed over 1000 operations using cocaine as an anesthetic. Unfortunately‚ Halsted also discovered another of cocaine’s properties: he became addicted to the substance and spent many years overcoming his dependence. Harvey Cushing (1869-1939)‚ a student of Halsted’s‚ coined the term "regional anesthesia" for this local use of cocaine‚ in contrast to the "general anesthesia" produced by ether. In the 1880s James Leonard Corning (1855-1939)‚ a New York neurologist
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The Dependence of People on Smartphones. The excessive use of smartphones has not only changed the way we see technology but also the way we live our lives. In the year 2000‚ the first touch screen phone was introduced and people who loved technology were amazed by this cellphone technology that did not required a physical keypad to work or access the cellphone main menu‚ although not that many special features were added to this cellphone besides the digital touch screen tech lovers fell in love
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Most of the gadgets that makes our life easier have a computer. Some people says‚ its a great relieve that their work are much easier with the aid of computers. Other people taught that being too dependent to computers has a consequential negative outcome to mankind. In this essay‚ I will discuss the arguments for and against using computers. Firstly‚ computers are widely being used in different work field. Example of it‚ in airline industry‚ one of the most important component is computer
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Correlation Correlation Co-efficient Definition: A measure of the strength of linear association between two variables. Correlation will always between -1.0 and +1.0. If the correlation is positive‚ we have a positive relationship. If it is negative‚ the relationship is negative. Correlation Correlation can be easily understood as co relation. To define. correlation is the average relationship between two or more variables. When the change in one variable makes or causes a change in
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Writing Lab #3 “A Modest Proposal” Is a satirical speech that uses humor and irony. Swift begins by talking about the poor state of Ireland and expresses sympathy and the need for a solution. He then asks if anyone could find a fair‚ cheap‚ and easy method of making the children useful sound members of the common wealth would deserve a stature set up. (702) Stereotypes against Irish Catholics make it easier for Swift to use them as the subject of his satire. The stereotypes are present in
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problem: America is addicted to oil‚ which is often imported from unstable parts of the world. The best way to break this addiction is through technology. Since 2001‚ we have spent nearly $10 billion to develop cleaner‚ cheaper‚ and more reliable alternative energy sources -- and we are on the threshold of incredible advances.” -President George W. Bush‚ 2006 State of the Union Address. In the past five years we have seen the devastating effects of our dependency on foreign oil. The average price of a
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Resource dependence theory (RDT) is the study of how the external resources of organizations affect the behavior of the organization. The procurement of external resources is an important tenet of both the strategic and tactical management of any company. Nevertheless‚ a theory of the consequences of this importance was not formalized until the 1970s‚ with the publication of The External Control of Organizations: A Resource Dependence Perspective (Pfeffer and Salancik 1978). Resource dependence theory
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adolescents who fulfilled diagnostic criteria for caffeine dependence. These studies‚ which represent a series of case reports‚ demonstrate that a clinically meaningful caffeine dependence syndrome does exist. When individuals in the general population are surveyed about their caffeine use‚ a surprisingly large proportion endorse substance dependence criteria. In a random digit-dial telephone survey in which all seven DSM-IV criteria for substance dependence were assessed‚ 30% of caffeine users fulfilled diagnostic
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Resource Dependence Theory (RDT) in reality: The main objective of Resource Dependence Theory is to reduce the dependence on other organizations and having vital resources to reduce the control of other organizations on them. However‚ in reality Resource Dependence Theory is not fully accomplished in organizations due to the insufficiency of resources and some other obstacles. We tried to relate Resource Dependence Theory with IKEA‚ world’s largest furniture retailer. IKEA IKEA Resource Dependence
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Comparison of Biomass and Biofuels Leslie Stillwagon SCI207: Dependence of Man Instructor: Dr. Dariush Azimi June 13‚ 2011 Revised June 21‚ 2011 When having to wonder how the environment is fairing with all the global warming and climate changes on going in the world. There are more of the renewable fuels to use like biofuels and biomass we have to wonder how all of this will affect the ever changing of the environment. There are several different environmental problems of biofuels and
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