d XIV. Vasodilator * From the Latin words "vasa‚" which means "vessel‚" and "dilate‚" which means "to make wider.“ * Work by relaxing the smooth muscles that line the walls of blood vessels -- causing the blood vessels to increase in diameter and allow blood to flow through more easily. * Vasodilators also increases plasma rennin concentration resulting in sodium and water retention but these undesirable side effects can be blocked by concominant use of a diuretic and a beta blocker.
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to those articles‚ the media will affect the parents and the teachers around the state because of highly known and educative people in society. For example‚ Leonard Sax who is a best seller author of Why Gender Matters and Michael Sax argues about single sex with a huge audience in order to prove their facts about the separation and the importance of it. In contrast‚ both sex educations could also result in improvement around the state and in schools because boys and girls will learn to communicate
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Disaster Preparedness and Response Measures and Actions for Specific Disasters Preparing for Emergencies (General) Prepare For Disaster * Set up a place to meet after a disaster. Choose an out-of-state emergency contact person. * Know different ways to get out of your home. * Be ready to help your neighbors. Ask them to make sure you are alerted in a disaster. * Have disaster plans for work‚ school and child care. * Keep emergency supplies in your house and car. Check
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Sara Doxsey G. Bret Bowers GSW 1110 31 August 2010 Facebook: A Social Disaster Facebook is a social network that has become the lives of many individuals. This simple site is actually very complex. People tend to think that it is a wonderful way to make friends and connect with old ones‚ but it is a way of causing stress in one’s life. It provokes a significant amount of drama and conflict. Often times people use it to initiate a problem or to get under another individual’s skin. The problem
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Horn’s belief. Then there are people like Edin and Kefalas who bring out human element to single parents. When you bring more of a human element to a reader you tend to have more people towards your side. They may not have had all statistics for this argument but‚ the ethos and pathos were well written. The America we live in today has single parents 1 in 3. Single parents for the most part do not want to be single parents they would like to have another parent in the house in order to help their kids
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The Four Fundamental Theories of Disasters The Four Fundamental Theories of Disasters Over the course of human history mankind has viewed natural disasters with a wide range of theories as to their causes and meanings. As we have come to learn more about our world through science and observation‚ we have changed our perspective as well as our methods for coping with and avoiding disasters. Over time‚ researchers have identified four fundamental theories of disasters that humans have held‚ or still
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Emergency Medical Technician When one hears the word “hero” the first thing that comes to mind might be Superman‚ Spiderman‚ Wonderwoman‚ or any other characters from DC or Marvel Comics that possess some kind of superpower. In reality‚ heroes can be an average person who helps people in distress. For instance‚ workers in the field of Emergency Medical Services (EMS). This profession can be split into three categories; Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)‚ Advanced EMT‚ and Paramedic. The first and
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of a Single Story‚” Adichie explains her experience with only having one side of the story and the negatives that went with having only one side of the story. Adichie expertly explains the danger of having only one side of any story of a people or place. Adichie talks about how as a child she could only read books that came from places like the United States and Britain. Places with the power and money to spread their own literature. Adichie describes how this
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Online community services are sometimes considered as a social network service‚ though in a broader sense‚ social network service usually means an individual-centered service whereas online community services are group-centered. Social networking sites allow users to share ideas‚ pictures‚ posts‚ activities‚ events‚ and interests with people in their network. The main types of social networking services are those that contain category places (such as former school year or classmates)‚ means to connect
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SINGLE PARENTS Being a parent also means being faced with huge responsibilities. Having a family is one of the unevitable stage in life which comes to anybody’s life and bearing a child is a gift. But‚ not all of these stuffs comes with a happy ending. According to the National Statistics Coordination Board‚ there are approximately 14 million (out of 92.34 million as of May 2010) single parents in the Philippines and still counting. These figures are growing not only in the Philippines but also
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