Laughter Therapy - An Effective Treatment Almost all of us have heard that "Laughter is best Medicine!" How true is this statement? A study conducted shows that 20-25 minutes of laughter every day is healthy for the body. This can make you feel fresh‚ energetic and young for the whole day. What makes us laugh? When we laugh‚ the zygomatic major muscle is stimulated and 15 facial muscles contracted. In the meantime‚ the epiglottis partly closes the larynx and air intake becomes irregular. A noise
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Conversion Assignment 2 Proton Therapy Presented to: Dr. Walid Assaf By: Farid Akiki 20082191 Semester: Fall 2012 Proton Therapy Proton therapy (also called proton beam therapy) is a type of radiation treatment that uses protons rather than x-rays to treat cancer. A proton is a positively charged particle that is part of an atom‚ the basic unit of all chemical elements‚ such as hydrogen or oxygen. At high energy‚ protons can destroy cancer cells. Proton therapy was first used for cancer
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claim that Person-Centred Therapy offers the therapist all that he/she will need to treat clients. Introduction In this essay I will look at the claim that Person-Centred Therapy offers the therapist all that he/she will need to treat clients. Firstly‚ I will outline what Person-Centred therapy is and look at what its originator‚ Carl Rogers’‚ theories behind this approach are. I will then discuss some of the criticisms that have been made about Person-Centred Therapy‚ and weigh them up to evaluate
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Technology REVIEW ARTICLE Maggot Therapy Takes Us Back to the Future of Wound Care: New and Improved Maggot Therapy for the 21st Century Ronald A. Sherman‚ M.D.‚ M.Sc.‚ D.T.M.H. Abstract In the 21st century‚ eighty years after William Baer presented his groundbreaking work treating bone and soft tissue infections with live maggots‚ thousands of therapists around the globe have rediscovered the benefits of maggot therapy. The renaissance in maggot therapy is due in large part to recent technological
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Participation trophies are a widely spread topic‚ some people argue that children do not learn valuable life lessons by receiving participation awards. Contrarily‚ people argue that children need participation trophies to help fuel children’s want to do better to win “1st Prize‚ or 2nd Prize‚ etc.” Three separate articles were written by Ashley Merryman‚ Betty Berdan‚ and Parker Abate‚ discussing participation trophies. Merryman and Berdan debate that participation trophies are harmful to young
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(depending how long it was sitting in the room). The bucket was then placed in the calorimeter in a certain way. At the bottom of the bucket‚ there were 3 “dents” which were aligned with the dents at the bottom of the calorimeter jacket (#14). The oxygen combustion bomb (#15) was then opened and roughly 10 cm of the wire (metal wire provided by the instructor) was cut and attached to the arms of the cup so the pellet of choosing (which was either the Naphthalene or the Benzoic Acid) would ignite with
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Laughter As Therapy Naturally‚ we as a people dislike feeling bad and like feeling good. Two examples of common things that make us feel bad are sickness and sadness. Common remedies for those things are medicine and humor. Though medicine and humor seem different at first glance‚ they share very important commonalities; they make us feel good and are key influences on a culture. This connection between health and humor has intrigued scientists for years. Recently‚ scientists have begun seriously
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From a chemical perspective‚ what is oxygen? Identify its atomic number‚ the group it fits into OXYGEN in the periodic table‚ its chemical formula‚ its melting point‚ boiling point and state at room temperature. Oxygen is highly reactive‚ nonmetal‚ oxidising agent that readily forms oxides‚ it is an element. By mass‚ oxygen is the third-most abundant element after hydrogen and helium. The Atomic Number: 8 Group: The chalcogen group Chemical formula: 02 Melting
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Modified Winkler Method for Dissolved Oxygen Determination Tiffany T. Lee Department of Biological Sciences‚ College of Science University of Santo Tomas‚ Manila‚ Philippines 1008 Date of Submission: February 17‚ 2011 Abstract In this experiment‚ the Winkler Method was used to measure the dissolved oxygen (d.o.) in a water sample from the pond in the Arch of the Centuries which had the owl statues. Then‚ the amount of oxygen is determined through a series of reaction. Usually‚ Winkler
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Occupational Therapy: The Means to Stroke Recovery Prepared for: Occupational Therapy Students Prepared by: David Bush 12/09/12 Abstract: Early assessment by an occupational therapist ensures that goals are initiated during the acute stroke phase to prevent the development of secondary impairment. Early assessment also maximises the stroke victims recovery. Late occupational therapy intervention jeopardises a stroke victims potential
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