Paul Keel CDV 106 Cassandra Johnson December 2‚ 2013 Script for Fragile X Presentation Slide 1. FRAGILE X SYNDROME Slide 2. Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is a genetic disorder and the leading cause of inherited mental retardation. Children with this syndrome often have significant delays in learning‚ autistic-like behavior‚ hyperactivity‚ and a distinctive physical appearance Slide 3. The term “fragile X” comes from the finding that the X chromosomes of affected individuals have a
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IN A LIBERALISED ECONOMY. . INTRODUCTION. Nigeria is blessed with vast quantity of oil making it the 6th largest oil exporter in the organization of petroleum exporting country. Oil is a major source of energy in Nigeria and the world in general. Oil being the mainstay of the Nigerian economy plays a vital role in shaping the economic and political destiny of the country. Although Nigeria’s oil industry was founded at the beginning of the century‚ it was not until the end of the Nigeria civil
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1 June 2013 – Daily Current Affairs 1) Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad cleared a proposal to bana commonly used pain-killer 36 years after this drug was banned inthe US. What is the name of this drug‚ which is usually sold over the counter even though it is a prescription drug? – Analgin (Analgin is known to cause a severefall in the number of white blood cells and is banned in a large number of countries including not only developed ones such as theUS‚Canada‚ Australia and New Zealand
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The History of the Roy Adaptation Model The Roy Adaptation Model for Nursing had it’s beginning with Sister Callista Roy entered the masters program in pediatric nursing at the University of California in Los Angeles in 1964. Dorothy E. Johnson‚ Roy’s advisor and seminar faculty‚ was speaking at the time on the need to define the goal of nursing as a way of focusing the development of knowledge for practice. During Roy’s first seminar in pediatric nursing‚ she proposed that the goal of nursing
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blocking the majority of these receptors‚ especially the extrapyramidal syndrome (EPS) which is most bothersome to both patients and doctors putting often an end to treatment. This inconvenience is explained by the following fact: their antagonizing activity is not directed to the mesolimbic receptors specifically‚ and ends up acting on all D2 receptors in the brain causing side effects. When they block D2R in the striatal pathway‚ we have extrapyramidal symptoms resembling those of Parkinson’s disease
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The Effects of Disrupted Visual Fields on Perception: Perception Adaptation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of requirements for Psychology 1100E Abstract Kornheiser and Stratton are responsible for much of the modern day understanding of perception and adaptation. The purpose of this experiment was to examine the affects of sensory changes on perception adaptation. In this particular experiment‚ 105 Huron University College students completed a simple task
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Being exposed to so many different challenging scenarios I realized my biggest strength or skill would have to be my ability to adapt. In 1st grade I was moved from my neighborhood elementary school which had my family and neighbors to a magnet school that fostered more successful students but was much farther from the security of familiarity‚ which in this case was my neighborhood and my family. In the face of adversity I was able to adapt to my circumstances and succeed. This same ability showed
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SWOT analysis of General Motors This is a General Motors Company SWOT analysis for 2013. For more information on how to do SWOT analysis please refer to our article. Company background General Motors Company (GM) is a corporate that designs‚ builds and sells cars and trucks. Name Industries served Geographic areas served Headquarters Current CEO Revenue Profit Employees Main Competitors General Motors Company Automotive Worldwide U.S. Daniel Akerson $ 152.3 billion (2012) $ 4.9 billion (2012)
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The hummingbird moth is a beautiful Moth that carries the same characteristics as a Hummingbird. They look very similar and also eat the same but live in their very own different ways. It is common to mistake this insect as a bird instead of its pure life form that it is. Even though they can be deceiving in the looks and the way they live‚ how the sphinx adapts in their living environment because adult Sphinx feed on nectar from many different flowers. Looking at these beautiful creatures you
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future population‚ particularly on mutations such as horns and variations such as thickness of fur to create adaptations‚ thus establishing evolution. Evolution
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