Insomnia Insomnia affects almost half of adults living in America. (# 8‚ 2012) This is a shared sleeping disorder that many people across the universe are diagnosed with. Several causes of insomnia include exercising too much‚ stress‚ withdrawal from alcohol or a certain drug‚ physical circumstances‚ and diseases. People with insomnia usually have trouble going to sleep or staying asleep‚ which causes people to have poor-quality sleep‚ which will affect their mood‚ energy‚ and productiveness
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This article focuses on hyperacusis is‚ how it works‚ and the different treatment approaches based on what is currently known. Hyperacusis is defined as “ unusual tolerance to ordinary environmental sounds and‚ more pejoratively ‚ as consistently exaggerated or inappropriate responses to sounds that are neither threatening nor uncomfortable loud to a typical person‚” (Baguley 2003) I learned in class that due to cochlear hearing loss caused by the loss of outer hair cells‚ patients have a smaller
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Momordica charantia The phytochemical prospection of the fresh and dried leaves extracts‚ fruits‚ seeds‚ and bark of the plant contains resins‚ alkaloids‚ flavonoids‚ glycosides‚ steroids‚ terpenes‚ cardiac glycoside‚ saponins having various medicinal importance viz. anti-HIV‚ anti-plasmodial‚ shigellocidal‚ anti-diarrheal‚ anti-septic‚ anti-bacterial‚ anti-viral‚ anti-inflammatory‚ anti-microbial‚ hypoglycemic‚ antioxidant‚ analgesic and hepatoprotective properties. PubMed.gov http://www.ncbi
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Discussion and critical review of the Equity Premium Puzzle Introduction First time this phenomenon was presented by the economists Rajnish Mehra and Edward Prescott in 1985. They discovered that the return from US equity investments in comparison to the return from a risk free government securities had been much far above during the twentieth century to be interpreted by the traditional economic theories (Siegel and Thaler‚ 1997). Also‚ significant research on equity premium puzzle was made
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indicated that there is an anomaly affecting the investor’s behavior on stock trading. In Hersh Shefrin and Mein Statman’s report (1985) this anomaly is referred as a disposition effect and it is related to investors’ tendency on selling assets whose price has substantially increased too quickly but also holding losers too long. In other words‚ investors have a propensity to recognize gains while in the same time are less willing to recognize losses. Due to this fact‚ several papers have been published
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Equity Equity means social justice or fairness; it is an ethical concept‚ grounded in principles of distributive justice.39–[->0]42[->1] Equity in health can be—and has widely been—defined as the absence of socially unjust or unfair health disparities.1‚[->2]6[->3] However‚ because social justice and fairness can be interpreted differently by different people in different settings‚ a definition is needed that can be operationalised based on measurable criteria. For the purposes of operationalisation
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Discussion Why do companies issue shares? In order to raise capital‚ generally to expand the business Suggestion • Raising capital • Expanding the business 4/29/2014 1 Why do people buy the shares? Shares give their holders part of the ownership of a company. (Shareholders have a part of the ownership.) Shareholders receive a proportion of a company’s profits as dividend‚ and may be able to make a capital gain by selling their shares at a higher price than they paid for them. (Shareholders
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CHAPTER II Travelling Uncharted Waters? REVIEWING THE LITERATURE 2.1 Introduction: Storm in a teacup This part of my research journey was fraught with anxiety‚ distress and a sense of being lost. Reviewing the literature became my own storm in a teacup‚ as I found myself dizzily spiralling‚ being flung between not knowing on the one side‚ on the verge of knowing at the other‚ yet continuously feeling out of control‚ not being here nor there ... caught somewhere between locating
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Article 1 : Writing a Literature Review What is a Literature Review? A literature review is a survey and discussion of the literature in a given area of study. It is a concise overview of what has been studied‚ argued‚ and established about a topic‚ and it is usually organized chronologically or thematically. A literature review is written in essay format. It is not an annotated bibliography‚ because it groups related works together and discusses trends and developments rather than focusing
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is more‚ the first reason was the housing prices‚ which had a sharp drop in 2007 and led to the United American recession. Subsequently‚ in 2008‚ the economic crisis had influenced almost all companies‚ including retailers in the world. During the economic crisis‚ some analysts held the opinion that many retailers would survive only through heavy discount on their products and services. In order to avoid the credit crunch‚ retailers tried to cut the prices of the products to attract customers in 2008
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