Battered wife syndrome (a condition created by sustained physical‚ sexual‚ and/or emotional abuse‚ which creates a variety of physical and emotional symptoms) has been used as a defence in murder cases in which women have killed or harmed their abuser. Although expert testimony regarding battered wife syndrome has gained some acceptance in the courts‚ it is questionable that it provides enough solid and substantive evidence to be used as a credible defence. The battered wife syndrome defence is more
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Reflection Paper This semester I was able to do a case study on a 5 year old girl named Bentley. The study lasted for about 5 weeks and I enjoyed every piece of it. My goals going into this case study was to understand how Bentley grows‚ her developmental milestones‚ and how she recognizes and responds to her everyday life. Some of the benefits of what I saw were some of her strength and weakness I learned a lot about Bentley’s physical development. Bentley loves to play outside with her friends
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POLYCYSTIC OVARIAN SYNDROME (1) Etiology Women with polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) have abnormalities in the metabolism of androgens and estrogen and in the control of androgen production. High serum concentrations of androgenic hormones‚ such as testosterone‚ androstenedione‚ and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA-S)‚ may be encountered in these patients. However‚ individual variation is considerable‚ and a particular patient might have normal androgen levels. PCOS is also associated with
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Biology 124 Lab Case Study "No Bats in the Belfry: The origin of White-Nose Syndrome in Little Brown Bats" Part 1 Questions 1. What is the basic question of the study and why is it interesting? The basic question of thIs study is "Is the European strand of Pseudogymnoascus destructans causing White-noise syndrome (WNS) in the United States?" This question is interesting because if it is the European strand of P. destructans causing WNS in North America then why is it not occurring in as
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Alagille Syndrome The first documentation of Alagille Syndrome was by a pediatric doctor named Daniel Alagille‚ in France of 1969. Later in 1973‚ Doctor Watson and Doctor Miller noted that the same disease also runs dominantly within a family‚ suggesting that it might be an inherited condition. By 1975 the specific symptoms and conditions were laid out and thus named Alagille Syndrome‚ also referred to as Alagille-Watson or Watson-Miller syndrome. The primary characteristic of Alagille Syndrome is
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hemorrhage in the brain causing cerebrovascular problems. Anal failure also results from decreased from decreased circulation to the kidneys. Sometimes people may not have any symptoms since the onset of hypertention‚often called “the silent killer “Most cases ‚Hypertension is not diagnosed until
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breach yet‚ 80 million people were at risk in having their personal data exposed which may cause identity fraud. This was not the case in just losing a credit card it was much more personal because of the information it contained. Everyone’s social security numbers‚ previous health records‚ previous employees and previous address that is the biggest issue in this case. This was called “sophisticated attack” because someone has impersonated as administrator worker. This allows the thieves to go back
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is one of the most common causes of abdominal pain. In the United States‚ 250‚000 cases of appendicitis are reported annually‚ representing 1 million patient-days of admission. The incidence of acute appendicitis has been declining steadily since the late 1940s‚ and the current annual incidence is 10 cases per 100‚000 populations. Appendicitis occurs in 7% of the US population‚ with an incidence of 1.1 cases per 1000 people per year. Some familial predisposition exists. In Asian and
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Case Study- Seizure Mark is a 10 grade student with cerebral palsy after a head injury when he was an infant. He struggles with lack of muscle control‚ walking‚ writing‚ bad vision‚ hearing and difficulty talking. He has good friends in the class that share the same hobby over computer games. He is a very good student in all areas especially math but struggles with writing and speaking. He helps the school with computer software because of his work with his friends with computers. It is very hard
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1. CASE STUDY: ALICIA Alicia is a 28 year old female that has been referred for outpatient services after being admitted into an acute psychiatric ward for 5 days. Alicia complains of persistent numbness on the right side of her body‚ extending from her face down to her leg. Twice‚ Alicia was admitted into the hospital from the emergency room with a visible amount of paralysis on the right side of her face. After numerous tests‚ ruling out Bell’s Palsy and Parkinson’s disease‚ Alicia was sent
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