WHAT IS SICK BUILDING SYNDROME (SBS)? Throughout human civilization‚ humans have been determined to create indoor environments which get us out of the natural elements and protect us from sickness and other hazards. We have created buildings which do just this by creating building envelopes which mechanically‚ or less commonly naturally‚ take in outdoor air. Unfortunately through this practice‚ instead of the buildings getting us away from sickness‚ the buildings it seems may be causing sickness
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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‚ she was obviously mentally delayed and had abnormal dentition. My nephrology professor entered the room only to tell me that this patient is suffering from a very rare genetic disorder called Laurence-Moon/Bardet-Biedl syndrome. He asked me to
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Jacob Santel Mrs. Potter Reading Down Syndrome(Need different title) This is one of the most interesting genetic diseases in the world‚ and yet there is no cure for it. This disease can affect people drastically‚ or sometimes very little at all. Although there is no way to treat it‚ it can be helped‚ and there are many programs to help. This complex genetic disease is called down syndrome. Down Syndrome has many effects. People with down syndrome usually “look alike.” They usually have a
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Abstract Down syndrome‚ also known as trisomy 21‚ is the most common chromosome abnormality in humans and it occurs in all races. Approximately 1 of every 691 babies born in the United States each year is born with this genetic condition. Because people with Down syndrome have extra copies of genes on chromosome 21‚ the course of normal development is disrupted and this leads to the distinctive physical characteristics and other health issues that are associated with this syndrome. With appropriate
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http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071028140425AARlEvb rules of grammar‚ 1st person is "I"‚ 2nd is "you" and 3rd is "he or she". If you are referring to the "point of view" (POV) in a book‚ it’s similar. A book written in lst person would be written from a narrator’s point of view‚ using such phrases as "I am sitting in a room . . . " and the rest of the book would only be from that person’s view point. 2nd person is very seldom used. It would be something like "You are sitting
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Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome PCOS is the short form of polycystic ovarian syndrome which is quite common among teenagers and the young women. Formation of a large number of cysts (cluster of pearl-sized cysts filled with fluid contain immature eggs) in the ovaries (a part of women reproductive system) is so called PCOS. In the recent survey it has been found that out of 1 in 10 women is found with PCOS. It is a hormonal disorder that causes uncountable problems. The exact cause of PCOS is unknown
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What Are Some Signs of Asperger’s Syndrome? When he was eight years old‚ your son Ben was identified as having Asperger’s Problem‚ a high performing function of Autism. My wife and I realized that when Ben was just three‚ four and five years of age he turned quickly frustrated because he didn’t know how to use words to convey what he needed. For example‚ he’d uphold a door he could not open and protest and cry until someone discovered what he needed. We started to say the phrase he needed to state
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blocking the majority of these receptors‚ especially the extrapyramidal syndrome (EPS) which is most bothersome to both patients and doctors putting often an end to treatment. This inconvenience is explained by the following fact: their antagonizing activity is not directed to the mesolimbic receptors specifically‚ and ends up acting on all D2 receptors in the brain causing side effects. When they block D2R in the striatal pathway‚ we have extrapyramidal symptoms resembling those of Parkinson’s disease
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Down syndrome (Trisomy 21) Down syndrome is a genetic disorder that occurs when an individual has an extra chromosome 21 in them. Down syndrome can also be referred to as ‘Trisomy 21’. An English physician named John Landon Down first discovered Down syndrome back in 1862. This genetic disorder has been around since the 16th century and possibly even longer. The treatments for Down syndrome are not distinct as it depends on how severe the Down syndrome is. Down syndrome or Trisomy 21 was
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Williams-Beuren Syndrome: Controversies in the Complex Behavioral and Cognitive Profile of a Unique Genetic Disorder Zachary Blaker November 12‚ 2015 (3‚982 words) Introduction Williams-Beuren Syndrome (WBS) is a rare neurodevelopmental disorder typically characterized by distinctive facial features‚ cognitive delays accompanied by comparatively strong language and verbal skills‚ deficits in visuospatial construction‚ and hyper-social personality traits (Martens et al. 2008)
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