ASSESSMENT OF UNDERLYING CAUSES OF MALNUTRITION IN CHILDREN UNDER FIVE YEARS OLD AT RWAMAGANA DISTRICT HOSPITAL. CHAPTER ONE 1.0 INTRODUCTION Nutrition is a key sector for a country’s sustainable development. It contributes to achieving the Millennium Development Goals‚ to which Rwanda has committed itself as a member of the international community. Malnutrition in an individual or at the community level impacts negatively on the well-being of the individual as well as on the community’s development
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Brian Edwards Professor Haley Nunn SOCL4273 11‚ January 2015 Chapter Review Assignment 6‚7‚8‚9 Week 1 Chapter 6 1. At about what periods in history did cocaine reach its first and second peaks of popularity‚ and when was amphetamine’s popularity at its highest? Cocaine -late 19th century and early 20th amphetamine- 1960s (Hart & Ksir‚ p. 125) 2. How did Mariani‚ Freud Halsted popularize the use of cocaine? Psychiatric use (Hart & Ksir‚ p. 126) 3. How are coca paste‚ freebase‚ crack‚ and ice
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Are They Normal Fish? In Finding Nemo‚ it is evident there are fish whom have a mental illness. The illnesses in the movie range from OCD to schizophrenia. One can tell if a fish in the movie has a mental illness from the fish’s actions. Marlin‚ Nemo’s father‚ is suffering from depression and PTSD. This can be seen by observing the way Marlin acts towards Nemo going to school. Marlin is very overprotective of Nemo. Along Marlin’s journey to find Nemo‚ Marlin meets another fish named Dory. Dory
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CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS Definition Stimulants are a substance which tends to increase behavioral activity when administered. Primary action of a diverse group of pharmacologic agents – adverse effect associated with many drugs. Signs and symptoms * Elevate Mood * Increase Motor Activity * Increase Alertness * Decrease need for Sleep *In case of overdose lead to convulsion and death. Mode of Action * Block neurotransmitters
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Secondary excitotoxicity is thought to be more relevant to chronic neurodegenerative disorders than the classical acute form. In this pathway increased glutamate levels are not required as disturbances with the neuronal resting membrane potential cause glutamate receptors to be over-activated by physiological levels of glutamate. In a neuron which is affected by another pathological process and shows reduced ATP production‚ Na+ dysfunction or impaired glucose metabolism and as a result has an abnormal
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The nAChR is unusual among receptors in that agonist-induced desensitization leads to an up-regulation of the receptor. Ligand interactions occur with various discrete forms of the receptor as originally proposed in 1958 by Katz and Thesleff‚ e.g.‚ open‚ resting‚ and desensitized states that are in equilibrium (Lena and Changeux‚ 1993). In addition to the acetylcholine (ACh) binding site‚ the nAChR‚ like other LGICs‚ e.g.‚ GABAA(benzodiazepine‚ neurosteroid‚ and barbiturate) andN-methyl-D-aspartate
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How baseball pitchers hit the catcher’s glove every time is regulated by a motor control system which is paralleled by the retinal circuitry in our eyes. In the Asari and Meister paper‚ they were able to experimentally prove the functional role of amacrine cells in retinal dynamics. In this thought paper I will argue that together with the bipolar and ganglion cells‚ the amacrine cells operate in a parametric system similar to the feedback and feedforward systems found in motor control. In order
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Parkinson’s disease (PD) occurs in 1 to 2% of the people over 60 years‚ and estimated costs of drug treatment are about 1‚000 to 6‚000 dollars per patient per year1. Subthalamic deep brain stimulation (STN DBS) is a now commonly used method in which two electrodes are implanted in a patient’s subthalamic nuclei to decrease the motor symptoms and instabilities of the medication in PD. Usually there are two electrodes implanted‚ one in each hemisphere‚ even though PD occurs asymmetrically. That would
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Parkinson’s disease in the World of Boxing There’s no arguing that boxing is‚ and has always been one of the most exciting sports in history. Something about seeing two guys go at it in the middle of a ring really gets the fans pumped up. What the fans don’t realize is that all the physical abuse that these fighters take can seriously affect their health in the future. Due to the violent nature of the sport‚ fighters have a higher risk of contracting diseases and illnesses. All of the punches sustained
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Fibromyalgia Julia Hubel and Stephanie South University of Cincinnati Anatomy and Physiology I Dr. Nestor Hilvano March 10‚ 2015 Diagnosis: Fibromyalgia Chief Complaint: Widespread pain throughout body Emergency Room Assessment: A 35 year old female patient arrived in the emergency department complaining of weakness‚ fatigue‚ and widespread pain throughout the body‚ with prominent pain radiating specifically from the trapezius and scapular muscles. Patient states she has been dealing with
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