Killing Machines A drone is an unmanned aerial vehicle‚ an aircraft‚ without a human pilot on board. Its flight is controlled by a pilot on the ground or in another vehicle. These drones are used for remote sensing‚ commercial aerial surveillance‚ domestic policing‚ transport‚ scientific research‚ armed attacks‚ search and rescue‚ etc. The most controversial use‚ however‚ is armed attack. These drones are MQ-1 Predator UAV’s armed with Hellfire missiles. They were first used in 2001 from bases
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Those that experience post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) know that it’s a horrible experience‚ one that they wouldn’t want to pass on. For those who experienced PTSD provoking trauma it’s a sad reality that their PTSD will be passed on to their children who didn’t experience the traumatic event‚ creating a cycle. PTSD‚ among other things‚ has the ability to be passed down because of epigenetics‚ the study of changes in organisms caused by modification of gene expression rather than alteration
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For Veterans with PTSD‚ A New Demon: Their Meds Threat of Addiction to Prescription Painkillers Heightened With Mental Illness By Thomas Catan @tomcatan Thomas.Catan@wsj.com Thomas Catan Biography Thomas Catan @tomcatan Thomas.Catan@wsj.com Thomas Catan Biography Updated Nov. 10‚ 2013 10:32 p.m. ET NEWPORT‚ N.H.—Desperation drove Timothy Fazio‚ a former Marine‚ to turn up around midnight at a veterans’ hospital near Boston. His post-traumatic stress disorder was causing
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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) causes a painful recollection of a past harrowing event that haunts victims for the rest of their lives and often causes extreme anxiety‚ depression‚ and in some cases‚ drug abuse and suicide. The suicide rates have increased effectually among soldiers‚ with about twenty-eight veterans killing themselves each day (Rosenshield). Many veterans are diagnosed with PTSD‚ and are forced to live with it for the rest of their lives. It is hard to understand the shift
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"PTSD in War Veterans" PTSD‚ or commonly known as Post-traumatic stress disorder‚ is the development of characteristic symptoms after a psychologically traumatic event‚ typically outside the range of usual human experience. It is important to remember that the reaction to stress is highly individualized‚ which means that the stress that would cause this syndrome in one person could possibly have little‚ if any‚ effect on another person. (TCMD). Vietnam veterans are particularly vulnerable to post-traumatic
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their outlook rather than his own. He threw himself into a world that was scary and dim‚ exposed to ideas he never contemplated on before and his weak mind grew weaker. A weak chain is an open gate‚ and this allowed Lepers’ mind to be plagued‚ with PTSD. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a mental disease that plagues the mind of the close-minded‚ and takes over their brain‚ making it an infection hard to be cured. It is the result of an experience‚ or a close relation to one with an experience that
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Abstract Vitamin C‚ also known as ascorbic acid‚ is a water soluble vitamin that is regarded as one of the safest and most effective nutrients. Vitamin C can be found in most fruits and vegetables. The goal of the experiment is to find out the concentration of vitamin C in three citrus fruits‚ orange‚ lemon and lime‚ and to compare them and find out which fruit contains the highest concentration of Vitamin C. By using the juice from each fruit to make a solution to combine with 10cm³ of DCPIP until
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Madison Area Technical College Clinical Case Study: Combat PTSD Rachel Dillon Case Study project Abnormal Psychology Professor Dyszelski 24 April 2013 HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS A 30-year-old married‚ Caucasian female‚ who served three tours of duty in Iraq‚ presented to a Veteran’s Administration Medical Center in Madison‚ Wisconsin. On intake to primary care‚ she screened positive for PTSD and was referred for specialty services to the posttraumatic stress clinical team for experiencing
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Abstract Abortion is a very conversational topic‚ but abortion is something that should an option for all women. If you’re pregnant‚ you have the right to decide if abortion is right for you or not; not everyone is ready to have a child. Abortion has been made legal in 1973 by the U.S superman court‚ but it is still an open and widely discussed topic. There have been new laws that prevent abortion‚ making it harder for an abortion to take place. It is unfair for government to changes the rules as
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definition of happiness. Some may find happiness in material things like money‚ cars‚ and clothes while others may find happiness in relationships with family or God‚ but do these things constitute true happiness? In the article “Psychological Trauma‚ PTSD‚ Resilience‚ and Coping‚” psychological researchers Girdand‚ Dusek‚ and Everly examined how people’s mental state and resilience is what really affects ones overall happiness and wellness. Also‚ a study done with a group of college students concludes
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