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    When I was a medical student‚ I would voluntarily go the Medical ward of our University hospital during the summer time eager to find interesting cases to learn from. I will never forget the summer I met Fadia‚ a thirty-two-year old lady with acute on top of chronic renal failure admitted for dialysis. As I entered the room‚ I saw a female with moon facies and truncal obesity. Instantly‚ Cushing’s syndrome came to my mind. However‚ when I spoke to her I found her speech to be largely incomprehensible

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    Chinese—painted on the airport terminal. My mother and I immigrated to America when I was a small child from Taishan‚ China. She aimed to remove me from a life where society would limit my options and ostracize me due to my father’s blindness from Retinitis Pigmentosa and the family’s lack of proper education. My father was willing to let go of his only child because he‚ too‚ knew it would open infinite opportunities for me to succeed. Though my new life in America seemed prosperous at first‚ I soon realized

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    What is Viagra? Viagra (sildenafil) relaxes muscles and increases blood flow to particular areas of the body. Viagra is used to treat erectile dysfunction (impotence) in men. Another brand of sildenafil is Revatio‚ which is used to treat pulmonary arterial hypertension and improve exercise capacity in men and women. Do not take Viagra while also taking Revatio‚ unless your doctor tells you to. Important information about Viagra You should not use Viagra if you are allergic to sildenafil

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    Many men buy sildenafil citrate 100mg because it is a drug which helps treat erectile dysfunction that men experience when they are having sexual intercourse. Yet‚ some of them tend to feel embarrass of purchasing the drug in person. If you are one of those men who want to use the drug but want to keep your purchase private‚ then you can buy sildenafil citrate online. Yes‚ you can easily get your hands on it even without a doctor’s prescription since many online sites are selling them for a cheaper

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    working two jobs before more bad news befalls the family. Nate meets and falls for Abby McCall‚ the coolest and prettiest eighth-grade girl in Valley. She enjoys football‚ is a talented artist‚ but is also in trouble. She is suffering from a form of retinitis

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    In medicine‚ there are two important and different types of cyborgs: the restorative and the enhanced. Restorative technologies "restore lost function‚ organs‚ and limbs".]The key aspect of restorative cyborgization is the repair of broken or missing processes to revert to a healthy or average level of function. There is no enhancement to the original faculties and processes that were lost. On the contrary‚ the enhanced cyborg "follows a principle‚ and it is the principle of optimal performance:

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    Characteristics of Gifted Children Very Observant Extremely Curious Intense interests Excellent memory Long attention span Excellent reasoning skills  This above average giftedness can be generic or acquired. Mildly gifted (IQ 115-129) Moderately gifted (IQ 130-144) Highly gifted (IQ 145-159) Exceptionally gifted (IQ 160-174) Profoundly gifted (IQ 175+) MENTAL RETARDATION Genetic conditions Problems during pregnancy. Problems at birth. TYPES  syndromic intellectual disability

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    Literature: Now You See Me In Now You See Me: a memoir‚ Nicole C. Kear philosophises about self-awareness. Kear establishes the main character‚ Nicole‚ facing head on with a degenerative eye disease‚ retinitis pigmentosa‚ at only the age of nineteen; she devotes the rest of her life to see and do all the things she can. Kear uses all of her intuitive plans to represent her self-awareness because she tries to live her life in the moment‚ she realizes that she is never guaranteed another day so sight

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    Pikachurin Pikachurin‚ also known as agrin-like protein (AGRINL) and EGF-like‚ fibronectin type-III and laminin G-like domain-containing protein (EGFLAM)‚ is a fibrous protein that in humans is encoded by the EGFLAM gene. Pikachurin is a dystroglycan-interacting protein which has an essential role in the precise interactions between the photoreceptor ribbon synapse and the bipolar dendrites. The binding with dystroglycan (DG) depends on several factors (glycosylation of DG‚ presence of divalent

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    focus simultaneously on a single point. A congenital cataract is where the lens of the eye is cloudy. A retinopathy of prematurity which may occur in premature babies when the light-sensitive retina hasn’t developed sufficiently before birth. A Retinitis Pigmentosa is a rare inherited disease that slowly destroys the retina. Coloboma is where a portion of the structure of the eye is missing. optic nerve hypoplasia which is caused by underdeveloped fibers in the optic nerve and which affects depth perception

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