Dopamine Regulates the Motivation to Act‚ Study Shows The widespread belief that dopamine regulates pleasure could go down in history with the latest research results on the role of this neurotransmitter. Researchers have proved that it regulates motivation‚ causing individuals to initiate and persevere to obtain something either positive or negative. The neuroscience journal Neuron publishes an article by researchers at the Universitat Jaume I of Castellón that reviews the prevailing theory on
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1. A female client is admitted with a diagnosis of acute renal failure. She is awake‚ alert‚ oriented‚ and complaining of severe back pain‚ nausea and vomiting and abdominal cramps. Her vital signs are blood pressure 100/70 mm Hg‚ pulse 110‚ respirations 30‚ and oral temperature 100.4°F (38°C). Her electrolytes are sodium 120 mEq/L‚ potassium 5.2 mEq/L; her urinary output for the first 8 hours is 50 ml. The client is displaying signs of which electrolyte imbalance? A. Hyponatremia B. Hyperkalemia
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Changes In Addiction Studies Roxanne Elkassis CM 107-24 College Composition Although people have been using and abusing substances for as long as these substances have existed‚ the study of of addictions with the exception of alcoholism did not really emerge until the 1960’s-1970’s. Through out the last decade multiple changes to how addiction is viewed have occurred. Due to advances in the medical field and a better understanding of the chemistry of the brain addiction is now viewed as a disease
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When thinking about drug addiction in adults‚ one often thinks about and wonders how and when an adult starts or becomes addicted to drugs. Studies have shown that people who have become addicted to drugs from various causes of society. Daily stress of everyday life‚ some people are forced to start drugs in certain situations‚ the process and life of a person dealing with drug addiction during pregnancy‚ the use of drugs during pregnancy‚ and the effects of drug use during pregnancy; just to name
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Selfie Addiction and its Psychological effects to Adolescents Thesis statement: Social media and the mobile web have given rise to a strange phenomenon called “Selfie”. It may be the 2013 word of the year‚ but for certain at-risk people‚ taking selfies just may be dangerous. What is Selfie? According to Oxford English Dictionary‚ it is a photograph that one has taken of oneself‚ typically with a smart phone or webcam and uploaded to a social media website. You see them all
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THE DEHUMANISING EFFECTS OF THE COMPUTER REVOLUTION 1.0 The computer revolution Computer evolution had already passed its infancy from its introduction to the wide-reaching utilisation of the society today as the much-heralded ‘personal computer’ or simply PC led the revolutionary process by virtue of its prominence and visibility in the daily existence of humankind‚the application of computer goes above and beyond the convenience of storing and displaying data for practical use. Instead it now
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essential item‚ an integral tool necessary for communicating and connecting to families‚ friends‚ and work or even used for emergencies. Based from a research conducted in China on 2009‚ nearly one third of the students there have shown signs of addiction as they felt uneasy and displayed abnormal behavior in case their cell phone went missing. The rest two third also consider their cell phone to be a very essential item for them. Despite its usefulness‚ excessive use of this device has various
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Body Many studies indicate that violent computer games can have very negative effects on children. New studies indicate that even the non-violent games may have negative effects on a child. Games can have some positive results in helping children deal with stress and to learn difficult school subjects such as math and reading. These same positive games can cause problems for the child in other ways. 1. Short Term Aggression * The General Aggression Model (GAM)
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The Effects of Computer Technology to Student’s Lifestyle and Study Habits”. CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Background of the Study In the years where computers are not yet invented‚ students are not yet engaged in activities using technologies. Students rely on books and visit library facilities to study‚ read their notes and to review their school lessons. During those years‚ despite the lack of computers and hi-tech gadgets students still achieve high and good grades and the students
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spending too much time in front of a computer. These discomforts are especially common for because computer technology is used for most of the classes taught. Many students are unaware of the damage that they are doing to themselves by staring at computer screens for extended periods of time. If many of us were asked what one thing has had the greatest impact on our lives in modern times‚ we would likely say the computer. Over the past twenty years or so‚ computers have gone from being monstrous curiosities
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