Stenosis means "closing in" or "choking". Spinal stenosis describes a condition in which the nerves in the spinal canal are closed in‚ or compressed. The spinal canal is the hollow vertical hole formed by the bones of the spinal column. Anything that causes this bony hole to shrink can squeeze the nerves inside. This narrowing can irritate the nerve roots that branch out from the spinal cord‚ or it can squeeze and irritate the spinal cord itself. This may cause pain‚ numbness‚ or weakness‚ most
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[pic] Mississippi depicting sediments due to erosion The finest beaches on the Mississippi Gulf Coast are located on Ship Island and are being eroded however; erosion is the thing that initially created the beaches. There were no beaches when oceans first covered the surface of the earth millions of years ago‚ only rocky shores. Over millions of years these solid stones were broken down into rocks by erosion‚ then were broken down into pebbles‚ and then into gravel‚ and then into sand. Rivers
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In “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street “ -by Rod Serling the characters themselves and the choices they make are very important in this piece of writing because they created conflict that could’ve been prevented. Tommy the little boy was afraid for Steve to go to the city to go check on the power and he told everyone that the Aliens didn’t want them to leave and that they sent down people ahead of them that were like humans . Everyone got scared and told Tommy to stop talking nonsense
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“The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street” What’s worse than monsters invading your street? According to “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street”‚ it’s probably your neighbor. This play is about a group of people who live on Maple Street. After the power is out for a few hours‚ they start to panic. They eventually begin to blame each other‚ and start to get violent. They act like children and blamed aliens. They also killed a man because they thought it was aliens. Also‚ Tommy is fourteen‚ but acts
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advocates of immediate change in industrial emissions‚ and those who believe that the increased temperature is a natural phenomenon. Advocates of immediate change believe that sudden changes in the earth’s climate can be attributed to human activities. Human made commodities such at power plants‚ factories and cars produce toxic emissions that are released into the air‚ causing harm to the environment. Scientist have done much research and are certain that if nothing is done to reduce the waste
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Fearful of Former Friends In our minds‚ we think that we would never get so fearful and paranoid that we would turn on each other and start to attack each other‚ all due to the paranoia. Well‚ we don’t know ourselves to well‚ then. In the teleplays [Rod Serling’s “Monsters are due on Maple Street” and its 2003 remake “The Monsters on Maple Street”] it tells that we would turn on each other and attack‚ just out of fear. The claim both stories try to get across is fear of the unknown can cause people
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encourages equal sharing in children but not in chimpanzees Humans actively share resources with one another to a much greater degree than do other great apes‚ and much human sharing is governed by social norms of fairness and equity1–3. When in receipt of a windfall of resources‚ human children begin showing tendencies towards equitable distribution with others at five to seven years of age4–7. Arguably‚ however‚ the primordial situation for human sharing of resources is that which follows cooperative
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.“The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street”‚ by Rod Serling‚ the prompt is how are the character’s actions important to the plot and the reason why it’s important is because that without their actions the plot would change. One day on Maple Street everyone heard a noise coming from outside and everyone walked out there to see what it was. Steve thought it was a Meteor but they didn’t feel a boom or heard a boom. As quoted in the selection‚ Steve asked Don‚”What was that? A Meteor?” Don said‚”That’s what
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Ecological and Economical Ramifications of Rhino Poaching in South Africa L. David Cohen SPEA-S 332 10 December 2014 The CITES international trade ban on rhino parts‚ specifically‚ the horn‚ has fallen ineffective in its effort to reduce the illegal poaching of rhinos in an attempt to limit supply‚ which has lead to an increase in demand and price. This economic response has provided poachers with a growing incentive to poach rhinos for their horn‚ threatening to drive the black (Diceros
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inability to recall past memories while anterograde amnesia is the inability to create new memories. 2. Q: Explain the difference between proactive interference and retroactive interference. A: Proactive interference occurs when‚ in any given context‚ past memories inhibit an individual’s full potential to retain new memories. Retroactive interference is a phenomenon that occurs when newly learned information interferes with and impedes the recall of previously learned information. 3. Q: Describe
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