Turner Syndrome is when a baby girl is born with only one complete X chromosome instead of two X chromosome. Scientist are not really sure what causes the other X or Y chromosome disappears but‚ they are certain that it disappears when the baby is conceived inside the womb. Girls with Turner Syndrome are usually diagnosed at a young age or at birth. When baby girls are born with a webbed neck‚ a broad chest‚ widely spaced nipples‚ or heart problems they are tested for TS. Girls with TS only
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information. A click away and I was on my way into Ms. Frizzle of the Magic School Bus’s classroom‚ just waiting to be educated. (Of course‚ there are no Magic School Bus books written about Fragile X‚ my newfound rare genetic disease friend.) Fragile X syndrome affects one in four thousand males‚ and one in every eight thousand females around the globe. Its features include learning disability of varying severity‚ and behavioral problems such as hyperactivity and autistic tendencies. Fragile X’s physical
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Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) Iman binti Jeffrey 0611750 Outline Definition Epidemiology Etiology Pathogenesis & Pathology Clinical features Investigations Diagnosis Differential diagnosis Treatment Prognosis Definition Postinfectious polyneuropathy involving mainly motor but sometimes also sensory and autonomic nerves Affects people of all ages and is not hereditary Most patients have a demyelinating neuropathy‚ but primarily axonal degeneration is documented
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Problem Behavior Syndrome Sandra Schaumleffel Everest University The life course view is that criminality may be best understood as one of many social problems faced by at-risk youth‚ referred to as problem behavior syndrome (PBS). In this view‚ crime is one among a group of interrelated antisocial behaviors that cluster together and typically involve family dysfunction‚ sexual and physical abuse‚ substance abuse‚ smoking‚ precocious sexuality and early pregnancy‚ educational underachievement
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topic I chose to research was Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. Polycystic is a health problem that can affect a women’s menstrual cycle‚ childbearing‚ hormones‚ and other bodily functions. Women with this disorder typically have higher levels of androgens in their bodies. [ (DePaolo‚ 2007) ] In this paper I will first do an overview of the female reproductive system‚ briefly discus the menstrual and ovarian cycle and finally discuss Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. Overview of Female Reproductive System The
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Microbial Cell Factories BioMed Central Open Access Research Metabolic engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for the production of n-butanol Eric J Steen1‚2‚ Rossana Chan1‚3‚ Nilu Prasad1‚3‚ Samuel Myers1‚3‚ Christopher J Petzold1‚3‚ Alyssa Redding1‚3‚ Mario Ouellet1‚3 and Jay D Keasling*1‚2‚3‚4 Address: 1Joint BioEnergy Institute‚ 5885 Hollis Avenue‚ Emeryville‚ CA 94608‚ USA‚ 2Department of Bioengineering‚ University of California‚ Berkeley‚ CA 94720‚ USA‚ 3Physical Biosciences
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personality; without individuation‚ we would all be the same—drones‚ rendered unnecessary. As described by Plummer‚ Ophelia Syndrome is the inability to think or act for ourselves. Those suffering from Ophelia Syndrome are incapable of producing original thought or coping with the unknown. They would rather be safely misled than creatively uncertain. Plummer stated that Ophelia Syndrome was most commonly manifested in university students and “middle managers in American corporations” (p. 3). He attributes
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Autistic Disorder is a neurological problem that affects nearly 5 out of every 1000 American children.1 Autism is a developmental disorder that may also be referred to as Autistic Spectrum Disorder or ASD. This physical condition is a disease of the brain that is present from birth. Autism is recognizable by the various obstructions it produces in social‚ language‚ learning and motor skills development and is observable by the age of three. It is a disorder that has the ability to
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Rausch presented and it is called chaos syndrome. Rausch explains how we got here in short‚ by weakening entities that historically held politicians accountable and prevented naked self-interest. Rauch suggests an unorthodox treatment for this new normal: the return of the establishment. He argues that our most pressing political problem today is that the country abandoned the establishment‚ not the other way around. Rauch says we can escape chaos syndrome if we strengthen parties. Strengthening
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1. Explain Walker’s criteria for battered woman syndrome and briefly explain the battering cycle proposed by walker. Walkers come up with the term “battered woman Syndrome” as a way of describing IPV (intimate partner violence) and the consequences that it brings. IPV is a conduct that involves any form of physical‚ psychological and sexual abuse perpetrated by partners in the relationship‚ it can be in the marriage or dating couples. This term involves a details studies that fallows the history
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