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    diagnosis of Tourette’s syndrome (TS) requires many motor tics (movements) and at least one vocal or phonic tic (sound)‚ with symptoms beginning before age 18 and lasting more than a year. Often the earliest signs are rapid blinking and twitching of the mouth and nose. Other motor tics are head jerking‚ tooth grinding‚ neck twisting‚ abnormal postures and muscle contractions. More complex movement tics include facial contortions‚ squatting‚ deep

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    According to Web MD‚ Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (MSbP) is a misbehavior in which the caregiver fabricates‚ exaggerates or induces either mental or psychological damage to a child in order to gain the attention of medical providers and/or other people to perpetuate the common relationship. Evidently‚ the caregiver is who needs medical attention to stop escalating the child abuse. Diagnosing MSP is very difficult because of the dishonesty that is involved. Doctors and all healthcare personnel

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    Finding an Article When You Have the Citation In this tutorial‚ you’ll learn how to find a specific article in the Ashford library when you already have the citation‚ such as a required reading for your course. Parts of a Citation Let’s review the different part of an APA citation. You’ll find the article citation in the Course Materials section of your online course. We’ll use these parts of the citation when we search for the article. authors article title publication date journal title Jones-Kavalier

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    Never Back Down Review A) Event Synopsis and Theme 1. The film opens in the middle of a high-school football game‚ with Jake Tyler helping his team to win. Frustrated‚ one of the players from the opposing team taunts him about the death of his father from drunk driving. Known for his hot temper‚ Jake immediately begins a brawl with the opposing player. The brawl is captured on the crowd’s mobile phones and personal video cameras‚ and soon is downloaded to the internet. This is in fact the last game

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    kid with Down syndrome a bad thing? I would have to tell you that it is not. Kids with Down syndrome are so much fun to be around and they make your day feel better after people with them. There is a lot of challenges that comes from having a kid with Down syndrome‚ some challenges that are hard to deal with and some challenges that you face with any kid without a disabilities except there will be much more of it. Before I get started I’ll inform you about what Down syndrome is. Well‚ Down syndrome

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    The purpose of owning a house in the modern age is mostly associated with the idea that we have to settle down with a family of our own. The truth behind the ideology is that homes have been essential to primitive human survival; it has never been about family. Without shelter‚ our bodies would be exposed to the natural climate and other dangers which could result in sickness such as hypothermia. In shorter terms a house was originally used as a defense method that would combat natural threats. (Funk

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    Asperger’s syndrome is a form of autism characterized by certain social difficulties and certain patterns of interest. As in other form of autism Asperger syndrome doesn ’t result in mental retardation‚ except in some cases were mild retardation is present. It also involves delays in the development of basic skills especially in the social interaction area. At the same time some repetitive behavior might be observed as in hand movements and an obsession over a certain area. In the movie my name is

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    difference between heavy drinking during pregnancy and a few glasses of red wine throughout the entire pregnancy. Fetal alcohol syndrome or FAS is caused from heavy drinking. Another type of fetal disease is fetal alcohol spectrum disorders or FASD. This type of disease involves many different types of learning‚ behavioral‚ and physical problems. Fetal alcohol syndrome just happens to be the severe type of them all. As most people know pregnant people should not drink any type of alcohol and no

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    My specific purpose is to inform my audience about the effects of alcohol on the fetus‚ the many effects and harms associated with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome‚ and treatment for fetal alcohol syndrome. Fetal Alcohol Syndrome l. how consuming alcohol affects a fetus A. Definition of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome 1. Use Medical encyclopedia example 2. When you drink‚ the baby drinks too‚ not well for developing organs and brain cells. B. There are no safe levels of alcohol consumption

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    The History of Fragile X Syndrome. The first appearance the Fragile X syndrome was in 1943 when doctors Martin and Bell discovered that a specific form of mental retardation was X-linked. Both go on to describe a pedigree of X-linked mental disability. (Martin & Bell‚ 1943). Fragile X Syndrome has not been around for that long‚ actually less than eighty years. Later in 1969‚ Herbert Lubs a doctor developed the chromosomal test for Fragile X chromosome. Lubs accomplished this chromosomal test by

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