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    Sleep Walking

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    Abstract Sleepwalking‚ also known as somnambulism‚ is a sleep disorder belonging to the parasomnia family. Sleepwalking is a disorder that occurs when people walk or do another activity while they are still asleep. These activities can be as benign as sitting up in bed‚ walking to the bathroom‚ and cleaning‚ or as hazardous as cooking‚ driving‚ having sex‚ violent gestures‚ grabbing at hallucinated objects‚ or even homicide. The prevalence of sleepwalking in the general population is estimated to

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    The knowledge related to the range of investments available to individuals. Introduction Any investments have risks‚ and investors have to recognize how much risks they should take on to obtain homologous profits. The investment risk is uncertainty of future return that investors may suffer the risk of profits loss or even capital loss. For instance‚ stock may be stuck‚ real estate may fall‚ and the company may be close down‚ etc. Generally‚ the greater the risk‚ the greater the potential return

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    even affect our health. A simple ten or fifteen minute meditation a day can help you to overcome your stress and find some inner peace and balance. Meditation provides benefits to all of the major categories of human existence:  Physical‚ Mental‚ Emotional and Spiritual. Nevertheless‚ the term “meditation” is usually associated with hippies sitting around chanting “Ohmmm”. I have a couple family members that do feel this way. One disadvantage in meditation can be that some individuals connect

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    every night‚ they will be healthier‚ and energetic‚ and will not make their minds and bodies stressed. A student who goes to bed at eight pm can be improving themselves at school throughout each week with having about ten hours of sleep. Getting about ten hours of sleep can get the students well rested and more awake than being gloomy and non-spirited. If students are conscious and active throughout the whole day‚ this will prevent them from sleeping in class and allow them to listen attentively in

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    comes to the United States in search of the "American dream." This rags to riches movie stars my favorite actor: Al Pacino. Pacino is famous for staring in the Godfather trilogies‚ Carlitos Way‚ as well as several other movies. In Scarface he plays an immigrant: Tony Montana. Pacino truly becomes this character and portrays him very well. The movie is about an immigrant‚ Tony Montana‚ who comes to Florida from Cuba. He is determined to make it in the United States. After realizing that

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    Double consciousness

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    Sammie Britt Comm 661 Extra Credit Paper December 4‚ 2014 Double-consciousness‚ the veil‚ and Ferguson W.E.B. Du Boise first coined the term “double-consciousness” in the early 1900s. “It is a peculiar sensation‚ this double-consciousness‚ this sense of always looking at one’s self through the eyes of others‚ of measuring one’s soul by the tape of a world that looks on in amused contempt and pity.” (Du Bois‚ “The Souls of Black Folk”) Du Bois also believes that African-Americans are “born with

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    verses pharmaceutical drugs to treat seizure disorders Melissa M. Phillips COM/172 April 21‚ 2014 Scott Tobias Cannabis verses pharmaceutical drugs to treat seizure disorders. Chronic illnesses are prevalent this day and age due to various environmental factors‚ lifestyle choices‚ and the use of pharmaceutical drugs. There are various pharmaceutical drugs to treat patients who have chronic pain‚ depression‚ anxiety‚ Alzheimer ’s‚ cancer‚ and various seizure disorders. However‚ the effects of

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    Drug and alcohol addiction has been a major problem in the United States for a long time. In this paper we will look at the different drugs that people become addicted to and the affects on their abusers. Many people can abuse drugs and alcohol yet not consider themselves addicted. There are some drugs that are very commonly abused because of their accessibility and prevalence within the community. Once an individual becomes addicted to a certain drug or alcohol it is very difficult to stop because

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    Cognitive Disorder

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    Helen B. Balois Cognitive disorder Cognitive disorders are a category of mental health disorders that primarily affect learning‚ memory‚ perception‚ and problem solving‚ and include amnesia‚ dementia‚ and delirium. While anxiety disorders‚ mood disorders‚ and psychotic disorders can also have an effect on cognitive and memory functions‚ the DSM-IV-TR does not consider these cognitive disorders‚ because loss of cognitive function is not the primary (causal) symptom. Causes vary between the different

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    WebMD Sleep

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    Health Topic: Sleep Video #1: “Kids and Sleep Apnea” URL- http://www.webmd.com/video/kids-and-sleep-apnea Alyssa Mitzkat‚ a six years old girl‚ suffered Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). This is a sleep disorder characterized by abnormal episodes of blocked breathing during sleep. Each pause in breathing‚ called an apnea‚ can last from a few seconds to minutes‚ and may occur 5 to 30 times or more an hour. As the video shows‚ Cindy‚ Alyssa’s mother‚ noticed that her daughter was having a

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