disorder that affects millions of people worldwide. In the United States alone‚ one 1 in 40 adults and 1 in 100 children are faced with the negative effects of OCD. The average age of diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder is 19 years of age. As a mental disorder‚ OCD can cause people to contemplate suicide. Around 5 to 25 percent of people with OCD have had the thoughts of killing themselves because of how much it controls their life. Obsessive-compulsive disorder can be many things: being afraid
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Globalization: Opportunities and Challenges In Developing Countries Globalization is defined as the trend of the world economy toward becoming a more independent system. There are numerous factors that US financial institutions find lucrative about globalization‚ and foreign investments now contribute to a staggering 15% of our GDP. Within the past decade‚ the economic outlook in Africa has taken a major turn for the better. A result of the increased economic momentum has been the interest of foreign
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Reasons why weed is bad for you: Effects on the Lungs Numerous studies have shown marijuana smoke to contain carcinogens and to be an irritant to the lungs. In fact‚ marijuana smoke contains 50-70 percent more carcinogenic hydrocarbons than tobacco smoke. Marijuana users usually inhale more deeply and hold their breath longer than tobacco smokers do‚ which further increase the lungs’ exposure to carcinogenic smoke. Marijuana smokers show dysregulated growth of epithelial cells in their lung tissue
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Introduction Playing games and watching TV is the favourable moment for the kids‚ no world without it. Healthy and active children is still produced by a country though this phenomena occurs widely. Educational TV for under-twos has little benefit‚ says the US report. The American academy of Paediatrics states that there is evidence to back up advertising claims that television and DVDs can improve social language skills. Children who spend hours every day on their PlayStation or Xbox video consoles
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protect health‚ strengthen immune system‚ fight off cancer and other diseases. Moreover today’s lifestyle choices such as smoking‚ drinking‚ a lack of exercise and an unhealthy diet are a great start to an anticancer lifestyle. Diet has a powerful effect on our health. The best
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The effects of advertising media on sales of insurance products: a developing-country case S.A. Aduloju Department of Insurance and Actuarial Science‚ University of Lagos‚ Lagos‚ Nigeria A.O. Odugbesan Formerly of Department of Business Administration‚ University of Lagos‚ Lagos‚ Nigeria‚ and S.A. Oke Department of Mechanical Engineering‚ University of Lagos‚ Lagos‚ Nigeria Abstract Purpose – Characterized by declining goodwill and exemplified sharp drop in gross premium
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that appear and foreshadow upcoming events. The first Apparition cautions‚ “Macbeth! Macbeth! Macbeth! Beware Macduff! Beware the Thane of Fife!” (4.1.81-82). In other words‚ the Apparition tells Macbeth that there will be some sort of physically negative interaction with Macduff in the future. I predict that Macduff will murder Macbeth‚ or perhaps a war will break out. Because the Apparitions warn Macbeth‚ it leads me to believe that a murder will eventually take
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THE IMPACT OF COMPUTER IN A DEVELOPING COUNTRY LIKE NIGERIA S.A. Onasanya Abstract The cascade of in format ion available to the society‚ which is carried on by natural and artificial representation‚ has added more functional values to the use of computer‚ h is becoming more important lo appreciate application with its flexible and versatile roles and the tree aim it gives to our individuality. Computer has been used in the various; fields. The business people have applied it to boost their entrepreneurial
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financial system and economy differs significantly across different countries. Although there is no consensus regarding the prospects of China’s future economic growth‚ a prevailing view on China’s financial system speculates that it is one of the weakest links in the economy and it will hamper future economic growth. A comprehensive examination of all aspects of China’s financial system‚ and extensive comparisons with other countries where data is available are provided below. We also discuss briefly
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To Plug in or Not to Plug in Do personal technologies like phones‚ iPods‚ and computers connect or disconnect us? The opinions vary from person to person and generation to generation. Two opinions that we’ll look at specifically are from Andrew Sullivan‚ a blogger and columnist for the Sunday Times of London‚ and Anna Akbari‚ a professor at New York University. When looked at briefly‚ Sullivan and Akbari’s views seem to be like the opposite sides of the same coin. Sullivan argues from
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