Math 146 Functional MRI Testing for Patient Consciousness in a Vegetative State A vegetative state is considered to be a coma-like state where a patient appears to be awake‚ but unconscious/unresponsive. A vegetative state occurs after severe brain injury‚ and is diagnosed by a highly skilled team of healthcare professionals who specialize in the field. However‚ is it possible that people with brain damage considered to be in a “vegetative state” are actually conscious? If so‚ could they have
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A Futile Being: A Look into the “Black Brute”. BLACK BRUTE. What comes to your mind when you hear this word? Well for me‚ I hear hate and see the look of disgust. For as long as I can remember‚ whites have always felt this way about blacks (Men‚ women‚ & children).The origin of this disgust started when jobs were starting to come to the south. Whites weren’t happy to find out that blacks were “stealing” these jobs from them. These unfortunate events were causing an economic burden on the whites
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Being Deaf includes living in a silent world that is not quite the same as the Hearing scene‚ however a hard of hearing individual can at present appreciate an extremely gainful and free life. For a hearing individual the thought of being hard of hearing and never listening to a sound in a world brimming with sounds may be an alarming thing. On the other hand‚ to a hard of hearing individual the inverse can be valid. Growing up Deaf‚ a man may miss the sounds that a hearing individual has around
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Being a Senior Being a senior is it hitting you all at once. Being a senior is cheering when someone says class of 2014. Being a senior is getting to pick your parking spot first. Being a senior is not caring what you look like to school anymore. Being a senior is getting excited when your curfew is finally midnight. Being a senior is stressing over which college you are going to decide on. Being a senior is having your parents nag you to death about what you are going to do with your life
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relationships between us humans. However‚ one aspect of socializing is sincerity. That being said‚ it is important to speak from the bottom of the heart; however‚ it can also be hurtful. I am here today to present why I believe that being sincere is important and how to avoid emotionally hurting someone by being sincere. Firstly‚ I am going to ask a question; why is being sincere important? To begin‚ it is a social skill. However‚ despite this fact‚ talking from the bottom of our heart and expressing
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quality‚ transiency‚ passivity‚ unity of opposites‚ timelessness‚ and a feeling that one has somehow encountered “the true self.” The best way I can explain the “Hard Problem of Consciousness” is that it’s the problem of explaining why any physical state is conscious rather than nonconscious. I do believe that consciousness is created by the brain due to a childhood experience. When I was in high school I was on the wrong end of a hate crime and was beat by a group of individuals (for walking past
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“On Being an Atheist”. McCloskey makes the claim that he is reminding fellow atheist why they believe there is no God. He claims that the traditional proofs have no merit. I believe the sheer magnitude and complexity of the world we live in is strong evidence of an intelligent designer and creator. Only an intelligent creator could form a world where the air that we breathe is part of such a complex system. We also live in a world that has morals‚ which points to a morally perfect Being that
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to be in by certain times‚ quotas need to be made by certain dates‚ and so forth and so on. According to jobaccess.gov there is more to being timely with tasks than just finishing on time. They say that “it involves a degree of commitment to the job role‚ organization and time management‚ travel planning‚ and an awareness or understanding of the importance of being on time and behaving responsibly or professionally whilst at work.” However‚ if someone misses an important time/date‚ many things could
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and parcel of being an adolescent but golly‚ how much havoc they cause in me! Nevertheless‚ I do enjoy being a teenager. First‚ I like my closer relationships with my friends. As a child‚ my friendship with other children was based on how frequently I saw them. Those whom I saw every day would inevitably become my good friends. This is not the case now‚ as my friendships are based on mutual interests and shared activities so that the bonds are stronger. Another thing I like about being this age is
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PVT Lee‚ Kager 23 April 23‚ 2013 THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ON TIME Time: It is the universes theoretical constant that governs‚ sometimes with an iron fist‚ the everyday lives of humans. Time has many different measurements. There are stellar measurements‚ such as the phases of the moon or the rotation of the Earth around our Sun. There are extremely long measurements of time‚ like the geological epoch that can span for tens of millions of years‚ and there are very small measurements
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