STROKES‚ TIA & GLASGOW COMA SCALE By Maricel Cruz-Bustamante Stroke Facts Strokes are the 3rd leading cause of death in developed countries. (4th in the U.S.) Nearly 800‚000 Americans have a stroke each year. 1 American dies from stroke every 4 minutes. Stroke related healthcare cost = Approx. $70 billion per year. (American Stroke Association‚ 2014) What is a Stroke? A stroke is a “Brain Attack” Occurs when blood flow to an area of the brain is cut off. Brain cells
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FACTS ABOUT TAMIL LANGUAGE INTRODUCTION: Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of South India and North-east Sri Lanka. It has official status in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu‚ Puducherry and Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Tamil is also a national language of Sri Lanka and an official language of Singapore It is legalized as one of the languages of medium of education in Malaysia along with English‚ Malay and Mandarin. It is also chiefly
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Abortion Abortion is quite a controversial issue in today’s government. Many of us refrain from even getting into a discussion over abortion‚ because it is such a sensitive topic. It is very unfortunate that so many women around the world have to make decisions involving abortion‚ period. “One in three women will have at least one abortion by the time she is 45‚ and these run the gamut of ages‚ races‚ backgrounds and beliefs.” (Welch) In one’s eye abortion is simply immoral and unacceptable‚
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houses the largest number of Spanish speakers in the world. Mexico City is full of activity from its many residents and tourists. The Mexican history‚ geography and culture are very interesting‚ because it is a lot different than the U.S. The Mexican people have endured a lot of war. Mexico is full of interesting facts‚ like the plant poinsettias are named after the first Mexican ambassador. Throughout this essay‚ you will enjoy learning about the country of Mexico. The Capital of Mexico
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Running head: NEGATIVE IMPACTS Negative Impacts on Our Environment Israel Ledezma Environmental Science July 10‚ 2013 Negative Impacts on Our Environment Nowadays‚ it seems that every action we take during our daily lives‚ in some way is affecting and harming the environment. Our Earth is a beautiful planet. The design and makeup of the natural world is an amazingly unfathomable. The world was perfect at one point before we as human beings began to damage and little by little are continuing
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segregation upon each other. Religion should be a positive action throughout all cultures‚ perceived as uniting‚ motivating and compassionate‚ yet it can’t be as religion is divided into two sides‚ the negative side overpowering the positive side‚ through discrimination‚ inequality and generalisation. Religion has mostly a negative influence towards our society due to the fact that something majorly negative needs to occur for something positive to happen. This is evident in the way in which African
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Philippa Foot‚ Emerita Professor of Philosophy at the University of California at Los Angeles‚ has been studying and writing about the moral implications of killing someone versus letting someone die for many years. She also explains to us the difference between the negative and positive rights of a person and how negative rights and duties are more stringent than positive rights and duties. I shall be looking at this theory and explaining how it applies to certain cases. Before we can discuss
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FIFA VS ICC Two most loved games in the world our football and cricket. Both games have millions of followers‚ who love games without any limit. Both the games have their establishment FIFA (Federation International de Football Association) and ICC (International Cricket Council). Both the organizations are different in the way they govern and handle different issues. ICC has different standards for different countries while on the other side FIFA focuses on equality. In ICC the Indian lobby
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some cases this has contributed to Internet Addiction Disorder‚ but have they on the whole had a positive effect in our lives? Some believe that the benefits provided by social network sites such as Facebook have made us better off as a society and as individuals‚ and that‚ as they continue to be adopted by more diverse populations‚ we will see an increase in their utility. Anecdotal evidence of positive outcomes from these technologies — such as political activities organized via Facebook or jobs
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employees. Ageism negatively impacts society by placing people into stereotypical boxes rather than judging them based on merit. Although ageism affects both young and old cohorts‚ ultimately‚ the social constructs behind it can be detrimental to an elderly individual’s health.
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