Substance Abuse on Fetal Development Natalie Fontanella Liberty University Online Abstract This paper examined the effects of alcohol and substance abuse on fetal development in expecting mothers. The critical periods of fetal development during pregnancy are reviewed and discussed in order to determine the effects alcohol and substance can cause during certain stages. In order to gain a more efficient understanding of the effects different substances can have on fetal development the following
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later child‚ and the adolescent. Some Teratogens are environmental influences that harm fetal development (Berk‚2008). They come from a variety of external influences that include mother’s nutrition‚ medications‚ Stress of the mother‚ pollutants‚ injury‚ disease or illness. These environmental influences impact fetal growth. Teratogens are not the only cause of birth defects. Genetics also play a role in fetal development and both teratogens and genetics can cause damage together. Not only does the
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diagnosed with testicular cancer. Following a relapse of the cancer after receiving a partial orchiectomy the stress was overwhelming‚ but I gathered all my courage and decided to have the complex surgical procedure of Retroperitoneal Lymph Node Dissection‚ both as a diagnostic and therapeutic approach. After the procedure‚ as I woke up in the hospital post-operative recovery room shivering‚ I realized that I got another chance at life. It struck me that I owe my survival not only to the urological
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Pet Guinea Pig Have you ever wanted a pet‚ but you couldn’t have a pet? This is how I felt; lonely‚ bored‚ curious and anxious. Having a pet guinea pig to take care of meant the world to me. My mother isn’t the type of person who wants 2 cats‚ 4 kittens‚ 2 dogs and a guinea pig roaming around the house. So talking about it to her was going to be difficult. I just went for it and asked her‚ not knowing what to say or what will happen. It surprised me when she told me‚ “If you can find
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Esteban Ruiz Ms. Ortiz English IH‚ Period 6 25 February 2015 ruiz #1 The Pigs’ Transformation The book Animal Farm ‚ a satire fable‚ by George Orwell was inspired by the Russian Revolution (19171945). At the beginning of this novella Old Major gathers up all the animals to tell them about a dream that he has had. Before he shares with them his dream he gives a speech; a speech about a vision of a place in which the animals will live together in peace and harmony and tells them that they must work toward such a paradise
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The pigs maintain “power [of] authority‚ strength‚ [and capability] to act‚” (“Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutly”) to oppress in order to manipulate the other animals. The novel Animal Farm‚ by George Orwell‚ demonstrate how the pigs’ intelligence and education tools of oppression can convince the other animals to support them. Intelligence and education tools are important to be capable of oppressing. It allows the pigs to change the Seven Commandments of Animalism successfully
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now am raising. They are now a part of my life and they mean everything to me. I get to live my life with a curious hamster and now two wild guinea pigs who scream like banshees when a bag crinkles. Just the thought of having them run around my room for a long time makes me smile in delight. Were in the car driving to go pick up my new guinea pigs. But we have seemed to stop. are we here I shoot straight up and look around‚ cars fill the space and are close together. Traffic. We sat there and
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Animal Farm the pigs‚ the heads of Animal Farm‚ repeatedly break and modify commandments to their need. The pigs also give themselves special privileges and force work upon the other animals; true signs of a dictatorship. Previous to these pig leaders the animals had rebelled against their farm owner in attempt to rid their lives of the cruel the dictatorship they suffered under‚ and restore their lives in a democratic-like fashion. As the post-revolution era progressed‚ the pigs broke laws‚ acted
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Three Pigs II: Vengeance There were once three swine that lived in a house of astoundingly well constructed crimson brick. It held up to the tremendous typhoon of an immensely powerful and terribly malevolent wolf. The wolf‚ however‚ refused to admit his mortifying defeat at the hands of three hogs that he thought were akin to a dirt devouring earthworm in the bowels of the planet in comparison to his might. He was starving for vengeance. Six years after the wolf’s defeat‚ the three pigs slumbered
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Animal Farm: Who are the Real Pigs Animal Farm is the mother of all allegories with its childlike fairytale that hides the deep truths of politics. One must search through the textbooks of history to find the true meaning of this classic novella. In comparing Animal Farm to real life governments one can have a much better understanding on how political philosophies work. As millions of people read through the book‚ their eyes are opened to the flaws and defects of different types of leadership. People
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