Electroconvulsive therapy‚ also known as ECT‚ is a type of psychiatric shock therapy. ECT involves the induction of a seizure in a patient by passing electricity through the brain. In the 1930s‚ Ugo Cerletti‚ the Italian psychiatrist‚ came up with the idea for treating human beings with Electroconvulsive therapy. He was observing the barbaric act of slaughterhouse hogs being electrocuted into unconsciousness so that it was easier for workers to slit their throats. He then thought that it could also
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CHAPTER ONE 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Oil price shocks poses a great challenge to policymakers and economist across countries‚ in terms of the increasing spate of fluctuations in oil prices‚ following the two oil price shocks in 1973 and 1979‚ which prompted a decline in the economic activities of major exporting countries. As a result several attentions have been made to study the relationship between oil price shocks‚ stock returns and other macroeconomic variables. Sadorsky (1996) explained
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traumas‚ were never able to return to the battle field. Experts were desperate to find a cure‚ but the regeneration hospitals remained unsuccessful during the war. Many of the soldiers‚ who suffered from shell shock‚ were haunted by the cruel memories for a lifetime. The text‚ “Shell Shock during World War One” is an article published by BBC-history in 2011. The author of the text is Professor Joana Bourke. The intended audience is perhaps those‚ who are generally interested
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MP A R Munich Personal RePEc Archive Impact of Oil Price Shock and Exchange Rate Volatility on Economic Growth in Nigeria: An Empirical Investigation Aliyu‚ Shehu Usman Rano Bayero University Kano‚ Nigeria 03. May 2009 Online at http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/16319/ MPRA Paper No. 16319‚ posted 16. July 2009 / 22:47 Impact of Oil Price Shock and Exchange Rate Volatility on Economic Growth in Nigeria: An Empirical Investigation Shehu Usman Rano Aliyu 1 Abstract This
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Analysis of Milgram’s study Milgram’s results were shocking to say the least (no pun intended). Why would average‚ everyday people agree to administer extreme electric shock to an innocent middle-aged man? Were the participants sadists (people who enjoy giving others pain)? Did Milgram manage somehow to recruit only “crazy participants”? The answer to these questions is of course “No.” The participants were indeed average people who came from all walks of life. They were young‚ old‚ rich‚ poor
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Do Endogenous or Exogenous Shocks Have the Greater Impact on Economic Output The UK is an open economy meaning that a high percentage of our national income and output comes from trading with the rest of the world; we are highly integrated within the global economy. Endogenous models explain cyclical fluctuations in terms of internal events or policies i.e. changes which lie within the economic system; For example: if the economy is already near full employment (at Yf)‚ with only a small output
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everyday and historical use. These undervalued technologies have become hugely important throughout their existence in places like the Third World and have become overshadowed by novelty inventions like the V-2 rocket or the Concorde jet. In The Shock of the Old: Technology and Global History Since 1900 written by David Edgerton‚ a well-known and leading British historian that has challenged conventional analyses of technology for over twenty years‚ offers an alternative way of understanding technology
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Hardy � PAGE * MERGEFORMAT �5� Christopher Hardy English 11 T.Wecht December 23‚ 2009 No Home for a Soldier World War One (WWI) was arguably the most costly conflict in human history. With over "one third of men returning home" with serious mental ailments‚ this war had effects long after the armistice treaty (World War I Document Archive 18). This war lasted well past the signing of the treaty and went on to spark the beginning of the Second World War in 1939. Veterans were plagued with sickness
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1101IBA Tute Case Analysis – Preparation Sheet Week 7 Tutorial Case for critical thinking: Quality can endure despite environmental shocks 1. What elements of the general environment would have most impact on Mercedes cars and Haines Signature boats? The general environments that would have had the most impact on Mercedes cars and Haines Signature boats are the technological and economic changes. As of being companies which sells/produce quality products‚ which are also expensive‚ they
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Date – 8th/11/2011 Title – Debate the notion that the world economy will once more be derailed by an oil price shock Debate the notion that the world economy will once more be derailed by an oil price shock. Introduction The Middle East countries producing oil cornerstone and centrepiece of global energy security. It is simple to understand why‚ as noted by Bakshi (2007) in 1986‚ the Middle East as a region exported 46% of oil the Organization for Economic Cooperation
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