Marissa Sepulveda Health 3011 Fact Sheet What is Scoliosis? Scoliosis is a condition that causes irregular curvatures of the spine‚ or backbone. The etiology of scoliosis can be: • Congenital- meaning that the patient was born with the spine being curved and the failure of the vertebrae to individual form or separate. • Neuromuscular- meaning that scoliosis is a result of another disorder. These disorders include cerebral palsy‚ Duchenne muscular dystrophy‚ and spina bifida • Idiopathic- meaning
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Amusing facts about Sweden‚ Swedish Culture‚ and Swedish Governance‚ compiled by an American. As of 2004 you can pay your Swedish taxes by sending an SMS message from your cell phone. The government sends you a completely filled out tax form and if it looks good you just go online and click okay to pay your taxes. Taxes are generally between 50 and 70% of your income. (Of course your employer already pays the full amount of your salary to the government in taxes before you even get anything.) Companies
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Introduction: The aquatic environment can be affected by both natural and anthropogenic events. These may include the addition of synthetic substances to the water or some physical or chemical change that alters the hydrological regime. Most organisms that live in a water-body are sensitive to environmental change‚ whether it is increased turbidity‚ chemical contamination or decreased dissolved oxygen caused by the introduction of sewage. These organisms may die‚ migrate‚ or they may reproduce
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Funny facts about humans 1. People are more likely to tilt their heads to the right when kissing instead of the left. 2. The human body weighs 40 times more than the brain. 3. You could remove a large part of your internal organs and survive. 4. The majority of American models are skinnier than 98% of American women. 5. The average person who stops smoking requires one hour less sleep a night. 6. A baby is born every seven seconds. 7. The Dutch people are known to be the tallest people in
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Males in Charge: Fact or Fiction Stereotypes are all around us. In today’s world stereotypes are frowned upon and seem to have no bearing on the limitations one can surpass‚ but they did not come out of nowhere. Something had to have happened for these stereotypes to arise. Gender stereotypes are some of the most controversial stereotypes‚ one being that males should be in charge instead of women. Since the founding of America took place in 1776‚ a male has been in charge of this country
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Amtrak: Long Distance Trains: FY 2008 Long-Distance Train Facts • A long-distance train typically consists of sleepers‚ coaches‚ a diner and/or a lounge car. • Long-distance trains travel as far as 2‚800 miles and pass through as many as 12 states. • Amtrak operates 15 long-distance trains over 18‚500 route miles serving 39 states and the District of Columbia. These trains provide the only rail passenger service to 23 states. • In FY 2008 these trains carried 4.2 million passengers accounting
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The students have had experience with supporting their essays from their readings. The students also have experience with writing multi-paragraph essays. Facts about the learners: • Talkative class. • Several students who are in learning support. Specific‚ required adaptations: • Interactive instruction will help students stay focused instead of talking. The teacher will walk around the room and observe
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Turkey Country Fact File 1 Table of contents 1. Introduction............................................................... 3 ............................................................... 2. History to present ...................................................... 4 ...................... 3. The unique geography ............................................... 6 geography................................ 4. The Effect of Islam on culture‚ tradition and people 8 people. 5. Key
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Abortion Abortion is quite a controversial issue in today’s government. Many of us refrain from even getting into a discussion over abortion‚ because it is such a sensitive topic. It is very unfortunate that so many women around the world have to make decisions involving abortion‚ period. “One in three women will have at least one abortion by the time she is 45‚ and these run the gamut of ages‚ races‚ backgrounds and beliefs.” (Welch) In one’s eye abortion is simply immoral and unacceptable‚
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Simon acknowledges the Lord of the Flies‚ or human savagery as the real beast. Such as when Simon talk about how the littluns talk and seem afraid "As if‚ the beastie‚ the beastie or the snake-thing‚ was real.” (42). By saying this Simon recognizes the fact that the beastie does not exist. The usage of the words “beastie” and “snake-thing” exemplify imagery‚ which illustrate what terrifies the children. Both Simon and the Lord of the Flies control each other‚ in this novel‚ maybe not directly as their
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