Writer: Linber LewisSchool: President’s College‚ GuyanaIf one asks the question‚ what can floods do?‚ then the following may seem like fitting answers. During the summer monsoon season‚ heavy rains cause destructive floods in Southeast Asia. In China‚ the floods of the Huang He River have been so frequent and devastating that the river is called Chinas Sorrow. Likewise in the US‚ record spring and summer rains in 1993 caused the Mississippi Rover to overflow its banks‚ flooding farms and towns from
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Insomnia Insomnia affects almost half of adults living in America. (# 8‚ 2012) This is a shared sleeping disorder that many people across the universe are diagnosed with. Several causes of insomnia include exercising too much‚ stress‚ withdrawal from alcohol or a certain drug‚ physical circumstances‚ and diseases. People with insomnia usually have trouble going to sleep or staying asleep‚ which causes people to have poor-quality sleep‚ which will affect their mood‚ energy‚ and productiveness
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This article focuses on hyperacusis is‚ how it works‚ and the different treatment approaches based on what is currently known. Hyperacusis is defined as “ unusual tolerance to ordinary environmental sounds and‚ more pejoratively ‚ as consistently exaggerated or inappropriate responses to sounds that are neither threatening nor uncomfortable loud to a typical person‚” (Baguley 2003) I learned in class that due to cochlear hearing loss caused by the loss of outer hair cells‚ patients have a smaller
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Momordica charantia The phytochemical prospection of the fresh and dried leaves extracts‚ fruits‚ seeds‚ and bark of the plant contains resins‚ alkaloids‚ flavonoids‚ glycosides‚ steroids‚ terpenes‚ cardiac glycoside‚ saponins having various medicinal importance viz. anti-HIV‚ anti-plasmodial‚ shigellocidal‚ anti-diarrheal‚ anti-septic‚ anti-bacterial‚ anti-viral‚ anti-inflammatory‚ anti-microbial‚ hypoglycemic‚ antioxidant‚ analgesic and hepatoprotective properties. PubMed.gov http://www.ncbi
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changed an event in their life‚ myself being no exception. It almost has a weight upon me‚ after years‚ the one biggest regret in my life. The day my mother died. Her and I never had the best of relationships‚ she struggled with mental issues and drug abuse‚ and was never around me‚ which created a certain disconnection between the two of us. It almost seemed like a portion of my visits always ended in some form of argument. Even at a younger age I almost felt like the parent in some situations she and
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Abstract The present article reviews contemporary literature on the related factors and interventions for adolescent girls with eating disorders. The incidence of eating disorders continues to rise amongst adolescent girls yet an effective intervention still fails to exist. Contemporary research links the sociocultural‚ biological‚ and physiological factors that put adolescent girls at such a high risk for the development of eating disorders. However‚ a gap in the literature remains in terms of what
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Literature review: To explore the seriousness of maid abuse‚ the problems faced by domestic workers‚ as well as the effectiveness of governmental policies Introduction The problem of maid abuse has been around for a long time‚ and is no longer new to us. There have been several cases of extreme maid abuse shown in the news through the years. The debate has been further sparked up by the case of Ng Hua Chye‚ a 47-year-old male tour guide‚ who was sentenced to more than 18 years ’ jail and 12
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Single Parenthood: Literature Review 2 This paper will look at the different research that has already been conducted on single parenthood. Possible research topics could be how single-parent families differ in their structure or financially‚ in contrast to households with two parents. Articles may also discuss the impact of single parent households on children‚ in terms of psychological impact‚ academic results‚ social and financial standings using statistics found in their research. By
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Literature has supported that generally an individuals’ sense of self and relationships are intertwined due to their reciprocal‚ transactional nature. People’s interpersonal relationships become part of their self since they store mental representations of
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Article 1 : Writing a Literature Review What is a Literature Review? A literature review is a survey and discussion of the literature in a given area of study. It is a concise overview of what has been studied‚ argued‚ and established about a topic‚ and it is usually organized chronologically or thematically. A literature review is written in essay format. It is not an annotated bibliography‚ because it groups related works together and discusses trends and developments rather than focusing
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