ventilator and has no brain activity. Are they alive or dead? With the controversy over the definition of death there are multiple “definitions”. Out of these definitions the most logical is that of the whole-brain death definition. In the medical world today there is not much conversation‚ though within the media and public the issue is very large as these are the people that it affects. It is very important to understand the background of the definition process and how it is greatly affected
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metaphor. Brain has the faculty of talking‚ laughing‚ crying‚ thinking and so forth. Without brain‚ human cannot exist. In the similar way‚ engine performs all the functions in the vehicle. The car is consisted of more than 20‚000 parts. Even though it is not small number‚ it is nothing when it compared to the human neuron system. Anyway‚ neuron system is controlled by brain‚ of course‚ car parts are controlled by engine. Therefore‚ when there is a little bit damage at any part of the brain‚ specific
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Brain Response of Behavior To explain the communication process of neurons in the brain we must first understand the how a neuron works. In view of the fact that neurons form a network of electrical activities‚ they somehow have to be interconnected. When a nerve indicator‚ or impulse‚ reaches the ends of its axon‚ it has traveled as an action potential‚ or a pulse of electricity. However‚ there is no cellular continuity between one neuron and the next; there is a breach called synapse. The membranes
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HCS/457 March 19‚ 2012 Sandra Hayes Cameron Brain Tumors Cameron‚ a town located in the northwest region of Missouri‚ an outbreak of brain tumors swept across the surrounding four counties. According to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) report‚ “there is not a clustering of brain tumor cases or deaths related to brain tumors evident in the Cameron area” (Donnelly‚ 2010 pg. 2). Based on this final report on the brain tumor investigation‚ DHSS found no real environmental
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Viktoria Garcia 1st period Deep Brain Stimulation Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) is considered a surgical treatment alternative for patients who are affected by long term complications of Parkinson disease. Parkinson’s disease is a chronic disease of the brain characterized by gradually worsening tremor‚ muscle rigidity and difficulties with starting and stopping movements. The complications of Parkinson’s disease can include those such as trouble with motor functions and losing the ability
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Discussion: Acquired Brain Injury Acquired brain injury is a condition which can result from infection‚ trauma‚ cardiovascular events or other factors which are not congenital‚ hereditary or degenerative in nature (Kamalakannan et al‚ 2015). These factors often lead to brain damage‚ presenting various neurological and physical deficits. Neurological deficits such as temporary memory loss‚ cognitive delays and other cognitive disturbances including problem solving ability are often seen due to disturbances
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THE BRAIN FINGERPRINTING TECHNOLOGY 1.BRAIN FINGERPRINTING: Brain Fingerprinting is based on the principle that the brain is central to all human acts. In a criminal act‚ there may or may not be many kinds of peripheral evidence‚ but the brain is always there‚ planning‚ executing‚ and recording the crime. The fundamental difference between a perpetrator and a falsely accused‚ innocent person is that the perpetrator‚ having committed the crime‚ has the details of the crime stored
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In “Trauma affects brains of boys and girls in opposite ways” by Stanford University‚ the University of Stanford states that brain scans of teenagers with post-traumatic stress disorder show a structural differences between boy and girls. The part of the brain that shows the structural difference is called insula‚ the insula is the part of the brain that “detects cues from the body and processes emotions and empathy and helps to integrate feeling‚ actions‚ and several other brain functions” (Stanford
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different academic levels‚ which lead to poor management of certain domains that enrich our country. Last but not least‚ society is another cause. The lack of security that is in the country does not make Lebanon as stable as it should be. Therefore‚ how are these causes really affecting Lebanon? The emigration of important figures such as professionals and technicians reflects the extent of severity of the drain in Lebanon. Such problems are faced worldwide‚ and not just in Lebanon‚ but are also
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Reverse brain drain ‚ which refers to the migration issue‚ whereby human capital moves in reverse from a more developed country to a less developed country that is developing rapidly‚ which is commonly defined as ‘brain drain’. It is also termed as a logical outcome of a calculated strategy‚ where migrants accumulate savings‚ also known as remittances‚ and develop skills overseas that can be used in their home country.[1] Reverse brain drain can occur when scientists‚ engineers‚ or other intellectual
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