affected by their condition. Genetic bases for many diseases have been proven‚which makes the human genome project very important for understanding how to treat‚ and even cure some of these diseases (Friedman & Schustack‚ 2005) A ideal example is Lesch-Nyhan disease‚ which is distinguished communication deficits and involuntary self-injurious behavior. Males who have this disorder have to be restrained frequently to prevent them from inflicting serious damage on themselves. Most of these individuals
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Purine metabolism is central to the production of nucleotides in the body. Imbalances in this process can lead to hyperuricemia which is abnormally high levels of uric acid in the blood [>360μmol/L in females and >400μmol/L in males]. Hyperuricemia can lead to uric acid crystals precipitating in the joints‚ skin‚ vessels and other tissues‚ this is a form of inflammatory arthritis known as gout. Uric acid is a metabolite of purine metabolism therefore gout can aptly be characterized as a disorder
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Press. James‚ W. (2009) War and survival in Sudan’s Frontierlands: Voices from the Blue Nile. Oxford University Press. Johnson‚ D. H (2011): The root causes of Sudan’s civil wars: Peace or Truce (African Issues). Woodbridge‚ Suffolk: James Currey. Lesch‚ A.M (1998) The Sudan- Contested national identities (Indiana series in Arab and Islamic studies). Bloomington: Indiana University Press World Bank (2005) Understanding Civil War: Evidence and Analysis: Volume 1 Africa‚ The International Bank for Reconstruction
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This riveting fiction based book took place in New York‚ the perfect place for a bioterrorist to drop his new engineered virus. The virus “Brainpox”-code name Cobra- was a mixture of a moth virus‚ smallpox‚ and Lesch-Nyhan disease (rare birth disorder). What this engineered microscopic monster did to people was horrific. Just to name a couple of effects of Cobra: violent seizures‚ blood blisters (mainly back of the throat)‚ victims brains were basically turned to near liquid‚ and the grimmest of
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Kaitlyn Connolly! EDUC 417- Michael Lesch! November 19‚ 2014! Philosophy of Education Paper! ! ! ! As with any successful profession‚ there must be a strong foundation on which to build upon. This foundation in the field of education is your personal philosophy of education. Successful teaching includes diversity of every student’s backgrounds‚ and levels of ability. Without losing sight of goals‚ my beliefs of teaching and learning are very specific. First‚ I believe every child deserves to
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The study being presented was conducted by Taylor and Oliver and published in 2008. It looks at the self-injurious phenotypes of individuals with SMS under environmental factors. The authors note that these self-injurious behaviours (head banging‚ hand biting‚ skin picking‚ wrist biting) are extremely prevalent in SMS‚ going as high as in 98% of cases. There has also been supporting evidence of a biological determinant for these self-injurious behaviours as there is a prevalence of high pain thresholds
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The push for Iraq to invade and attempt the takeover of Kuwait was driven by the oil trade and the reluctance of Kuwait to adhere to the oil quotas of the OPEC agreement. This directly affected the price of oil. The reduction in oil prices directly increased the amount of deficit in which Iraq was operating. Saddam Hussein and the Iraqi regime felt Kuwait was their territory so they had the right to take it back and govern as they see fit. Kuwait rejected these ideas and opposed the takeover. Iraq
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Colgate-Palmolive Company (NYSE: CL) is an American diversified multinational corporation focused on the production‚ distribution and provision of household‚ health care and personal products‚ such as soaps‚ detergents‚ and oral hygiene products (including toothpaste and toothbrushes). Under its "Hill’s" brand‚ it is also a manufacturer of veterinary products. The company’s corporate offices are on Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan‚ New York City. In 1806‚ William Colgate‚ himself a soap and
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Along the south-eastern most reaches of the Mediterranean lies a land filled with historical dispute as to what group of people rightfully claims it as its own. The landmass known as Israel has been fought and bickered over for centuries by Jewish and Arabic residents‚ without concrete resolution. Also‚ the owners of that land realize power they only have because of certain circumstance; one of the biggest reasons the Jewish state of Israel has the power it has and hasn’t been invaded by its neighbors
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“The disorders known to have obsessional features are Lesch-Nyhaus Syndrome‚ anorexia nervosa‚ mental retardation‚ organic brain syndrome‚ epilepsy‚ head trauma‚ Parkinson’s Disease‚ depression‚ schizophrenia‚ and Tourette’s Syndrome.”(Samuel M. Turner‚ Deborah C. Beidel‚ and R. Swami Nathan‚ 431). To start
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