Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is the most common neuromuscular disease. It is also know as Lou Gehrig’s disease. In the past‚ the disease used to affect more men than woman but now it can affect men and women equally. It is predominately affect people within the ages of 40-60 but has been since in people in their teenage years. The exact cause of Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is unknown but scientists believe it could be linked to a virus‚ exposure to neurotoxins or heavy metals‚ DNA defects
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Methods with Multiple Parameters Methods are one of the three modules which exist in Java. With methods task can be separated into self-contained units. Sometimes methods depend on more than one type of information to what it needs to within the program. This information is called parameters. Parameters are the values that are provided to let the method do its job. When more than one parameter is used they are on a list and separated by a comma within parentheses. Each parameter type and name in
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Severe and Multiple Disabilities Case Study Sarina never had the opportunity to go preschool an didn’t begin her formal education in the public schools until the age of 6. She is now 15 years old and goes to Eastmont Junior High. Sarina does not verbally speak‚ walk‚ hear‚ or see. Professionals have used several labels to describe her‚ including severely disabled‚ severely multiple handicapped‚ deaf-blind and profoundly mentally retarded. Sarina has a support team of administrators‚ teachers
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What is Multiple Personality Disorder? Multiple personality disorder‚ also known as dissociative identity disorder‚ is a mental illness‚ which is a common effect of severe trauma during early childhood. It is usually something extreme‚ repetitive physical‚ sexual‚ and or emotional abuse. MPD is a disorder involving a disturbance of identity in which two or more separate and distinct personalities control a person’s behavior at different times. The dissociative aspect is said to be a coping mechanism
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Writing Effective Multiple-Choice Exams Accessible Version By Mike Atkinson‚ Faculty Associate Teaching Support Centre Reflections Newsletter Excerpt Instructors and students alike often express a certain "distaste" for multiple-choice (MC) exams. While MC exams have the advantage of being easy to grade‚ the items themselves are frequently described as tricky and unnecessarily difficult. Students may feel that the exam did not test their knowledge of the course material. Instructors complain
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Health: Disease (ALS) Brooke Palin ENC 1101 Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Motor neuron disorders are far from rare: Parkinson’s disease‚ multiple sclerosis‚ and a variety of lesser diseases all come under that heading. A disease of the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that controls voluntary muscle movement. ALS‚ Lou Gehrig’s disease‚ Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis are all names for this horrid disease. The symptoms; Difficulty breathing‚ sudden paralysis. Treatment is slim to none
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stays as long as (1-3)IGF-1. We already mentioned this but I guess is worth highlighting again that full length IGF-1 has been already approved for the prescription in neurological disorders including muscular dystrophy‚ multiple sclerosis‚ amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)‚ and dementia (Rosenbloom‚ 2009). In some of the papers below (1-3) IGF1 is proposed as a neuroprotective drug but I haven’t read any clinical paper using it in humans. Baker‚ A.M.‚ Batchelor‚ D.C.‚ Thomas‚ G.B.‚ Wen‚
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After completing the Multiple Intelligences Test‚ I was somewhat surprised by a few of the results and others not so much. Logical-mathematical and interpersonal intelligences were the highest scored categories scoring the same number. Bodily-kinesthetic scored the second highest just one point less than the logical-mathematical and interpersonal. The remaining intelligences scored a similar number but were definitely on the lower end of the range. Logical-mathematical intelligence focuses on
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In the novel Candide‚ the author shows Candide on a journey through multiple places. His journey plays a huge part in showing not only how Candide grows‚ but how the world is not full of all good‚ but is also not full of all bad. The journey is shown as a metaphoric journey of personal growth. Candide is brought through multiple challenges and settings throughout this journey of his and he is exposed to the dark reality of the world that he comes to see and at the end of his journey is a firm believer
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previous patient I had was taken to the emergency room for evaluation‚ because he had multiple abnormal signs and symptoms. After I observed what the nurse did to take care of this situation‚ I was assigned to a completely different type of patient. They had completely different diagnoses‚ different care‚ and approaching for communication with them are very dissimilar. When my previous patient was having multiple abnormal signs and symptoms including vital signs‚ I immediately reported to the nurse
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