Thought Paper Two After reading the article titled‚ “Diagnostic Categories or Dimensions? A Question for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders—Fifth Edition‚ ” by Thomas A. Widiger and Douglas B. Samuel of the University of Kentucky‚ I realized that the categorical approach does have some flaws‚ but the dimensional approach is not perfect either. Authors Widiger and Samuel believe that the dimensional approach‚ which classifies by disorders by differing in degrees. An example
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A trillion text messages might seem a lot‚ but when we set these alongside the multi-trillion instances of standard orthography in everyday life‚ they appear as no more than a few ripples on the surface of the sea of language. Texting has added a new dimension to language use‚ but its long-term impact is negligible. It is not a disaster. Although many texters enjoy breaking linguistic rules‚ they also know they need to be understood. There is no point in paying to send a message if it breaks so
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Childhood Diabetes Today‚ diabetes is a huge problem in society. There are almost three million children and adults in the United States who have diabetes. Children suffer more now from diabetes than they have in the past. The reasons why children have diabetes are genetic‚ societal‚ and their personal body chemistry. According to Steven Dowshen and Elana Pearl Ben-Joseph‚ "diabetes is a disease that affects how the body uses glucose‚ the main type of sugar in the blood. Glucose comes from the
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Are children and adults smarter (or more socialized) because of the technology? Parents are always complaining about their kids being on their phones or any electronic device in the matter too much. In my opinion I believe that technology is actually good for kids if they use it right. Just think of all the things that they can do on it they can use a calculator on the computer or on their cell phone they can also keep in contact with you and make sure that everything is ok at all times which
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DIABETES INSIPIDUS BY DOROTHY OWUSU WHAT IS DIABETES INSIPIDUS? Diabetes insipidus is a condition in which the body cannot retain enough water. The patient is excessively thirsty and excretes large amounts of extremely diluted urine. It causes intense thirst and excretion of large amounts of urine. A reduction in fluid intake does not reduce amounts and consistency of urine excretion. It is a rare condition‚ affecting approximately 1 in every 25‚000 people. Diabetes
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Diabetes Education And The Increase In Diabetes Diabetes is becoming a worldwide epidemic. It is one of the biggest health challenges that the United Kingdom (UK) is facing today with one person being diagnosed with diabetes every 3 minutes (Diabetes UK‚ 2009). The latest data indicates that there are now 2.8 million of people with diabetes in UK and nine out of ten people diagnosed with diabetes are Type 2 diabetes (2.5 millions). According to health experts‚ UK is now facing a huge public health
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taken to trace and acknowledge ownership of copyright material. The Independent Learning Centre welcomes information that might rectify any errors or omissions. Lesson 8 Biology SBI3U-C Introduction The demand for insulin in the treatment of diabetes is soaring. According to
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A Health Problem The diabetes is a disease which is characterized by the absence of insulin properly on the body. Also‚ the name diabetes has its origin in ancient Greece and Rome‚ and diabetes means “sweet”. In addition‚ this disease has been around the history of human beings for thousands of years. For example‚ there are manuscripts in Egyptian before of Christ that described to people to urinate frequently‚ and in Asia some doctors described people who suffered tiredness‚ skin boils and thirst
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The Hunger Games Suzanne Collins has created a master piece trilogy that has new and old readers having nonstop reading sessions to get through the books. It all started with the first book of the trio‚ The Hunger Games. The Hunger Games begins with Katniss Everdeen and her sister getting ready for the all crucial name drawing for who would participate in the annual Hunger Games. In the beginning‚ Katniss has to make the most sacrificial duty to protect her sister and volunteer to be the representative
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Michelle Phongsa If a standardized test was in the way of receiving your diploma‚ do you think you would pass? Students today are given a huge amount of pressure to finish high school and to achieve an education. Some people believe academic achievement will improve by requiring high school students to pass a standardized test before being awarded a diploma. However‚ I disagree with this argument due to more pressure being put on students‚ the high number of drop outs already‚ and the increase
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