Death Death from respiratory arrest ________________________________________ Absorption Alcohol is absorbed from all parts of the gastrointestinal tract largely by simple diffusion into the blood. However the small intestine is by far the most efficient region of the gastrointestinal tract for alcohol absorption because of its very large surface area. In a fasting individual‚ it is generally agreed that 10% to 20% of a dose of alcohol is absorbed from the stomach (the volume of alcohol affects the
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steadily increasing and it is expected to rise to about 1.64 billion by the year 2025. The W.H.O. estimated some four million deaths each year that are caused by tobacco use. It is expected that if smoking were not reduced‚ then there would be about ten million people dead per year by 2030. If the current smoking trends continue‚ tobacco is expected to become the leading cause of death worldwide‚ causing more deaths than HIV‚ maternal mortality‚ automobile accidents‚ homicide and suicide combined. But
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chemistry‚ an alcohol is an organic compound in which the hydroxyl functional group (-OH) is bound to a carbon atom. In particular‚ this carbon center should be saturated‚ having single bonds to three other atoms.[1] An important class of alcohols are the simple acyclic alcohols‚ the general formula for which is CnH2n+1OH. Of those‚ ethanol (C2H5OH) is the type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages‚ and in common speech the word alcohol refers specifically to ethanol. Other alcohols are usually
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is green‚ when an alcohol is oxidized by the reagent. A change in color of the reagent from orange to green represents a positive test. Primary alcohols are oxidized by the reagent to carboxylic aicds; secondary alcohols are oxidized to ketones. Tertiary alcohols are not oxidized at all by the reagent. Hence‚ this reaction can be used to distinguish tertiary alcohols form primary and secondary alcohols. Procedures: 1. Place ethanol‚ isopropyl alcohol and tert-butyl alcohol in three different
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Alcohol Facts and statistics ( www.niaaa.nih.gov-2012 ) Global Burden of alcohol abuse‚ In 2012‚ 3.3 million deaths‚ or 5.9 percent of all global deaths (7.6 percent for men and 4 percent for women)‚ were attributable to alcohol consumption.. Alcohol contributes to over 200 diseases and injury-related health conditions‚ most notably alcohol dependence‚ liver cirrhosis‚ cancers‚ and injuries. In 2012‚ alcohol accounted for 5.1 percent of disability adjusted life years (DALYs) worldwide. Globally‚
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and touches each mother deep in the heart and mind. It urges to reflect more intensely than a simple slogan calling for avoiding drugs. A teenager would not want to see his mother suffer this way either. A mother can tell her young adolescent to stay away from drugs‚ yet would his reaction be always as wished? Would the response always be as desired? Seeing such images could translate to his brain the message that his mother has been trying to send. There are coded messages behind photographs. Photographs
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Presented to Mrs. Dinah L. Mission‚ English – IV Teacher _________________________ In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements in English-IV by: Em Chafari Talamo Cajes Jessa Mae Caba Avila February 2013 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Apart from the efforts of me and to my partner‚ the success of this project depends largely on the encouragement and guidelines of many others. We take this opportunity to express our heartfelt gratitude to our Almighty God for given us this successful project
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Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” is a story written by Ursula K. Le Guin. After reading this story‚ I wanted to belong to Omelas. It was the place to live in because of its joyful streets along with the people surrounded by happiness. This city was close to what I imagine heaven to be; however‚ the happiness incorporated into the city was obtained through the suffering of one innocent child. People had the freedom to live in Omelas knowing about this fact while others would walk away to the unknown
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in today’s society is smoking. Yet each year‚ cigarette smoking kills more Americans than AIDS‚ alcohol‚ car accidents‚ homicides‚ suicides‚ illegal drugs and fires combined. Smoking is an extremely bad pastime‚ practiced for centuries‚ for an individual’s health and those surrounding him/her. People start for many different reasons and get addicted to the nicotine in cigarettes. Smoking cause many fatal diseases‚ but help is available to those who seek it. Cigarette smoking is a disgusting and unhealthy
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Away is a play written by the Australian playwright Michael Gow‚ published by Currency Press in 1986.[1] First performed by the Griffin Theatre Company in 1986‚ it tells the story of three internally conflicted families holidaying on the coast for Christmas‚ 1968. It has become one of the most widely produced Australian plays of all time and is part of the Higher School Certificate syllabi or general High School Curriculum in many states‚ including Western Australia‚ New South Wales‚ Queensland and
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