Down Syndrome is a chromosomal abnormality and probably the most common genetic condition‚ occurs in approximately one in every eight hundred to one thousand live births or accounts for approximately 5-6 per cent of intellectual retardation. Although‚ most students with Down’s Syndrome are between the mild to moderate range of mental retardation. Initially‚ Down’s Syndrome was given the label of Mongolism due to the physical characteristics of the disorder. A student with Down’s Syndrome is usually
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Devil in the White City Erik Larson’s non- fiction best seller portrays murder‚ magic and madness that occurred at the fair that changed America. The construction of The Columbian exposition began in 1891 and if on time was to be finished by 1893. This gave world famous architect Daniel Burnham a little over two years to achieve the impossible. There were other problems than just building the fair‚ there was corruption and decay in the city which made things more problematic. The
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DOWN SYNDROME TRISOMY 21 BY: CYNTHIA AGUILAR 11/05/2012 Down syndrome affects many people in this world. Not only does it affect the person diagnosed as Downs‚ but it also affects their family and everyone around them. There are physical characteristics that help you identify somebody with Downs. There are also some health concerns that you need to worry about. Down’s Syndrome‚ it is one of the most frequently occurring chromosomal
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will try and establish some theories on what might have caused this mother to commit such a criminal act. I feel that I should first give some background on what we will be discussing. I have chosen to do my paper on a female murderer named Diane Downs. She was convicted of murder‚ attempted murder‚ and criminal assault for the shooting of her three children. The incident took place on Thursday‚ May19‚ 1983 in Springfield‚ Oregon at approximately 10:48 p.m. She was driving a red Nissan that had Arizona
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The name of the artist is Albrecht Durer. The artwork piece is an engraved carving. It is called “Knight‚ Death and The Devil”. It was created in 1513. Objects I observed in this artwork consist of a dog‚ a knight on a horse‚ a horned goat‚ dead trees‚ a lizard‚ a castle‚ an hourglass and death. The only colors I see are dark charcoal color and white. The overall mood of the work is dark and dreary. The way the artist used the dark colors against the white made the carving stand
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Limited Scope of Practice for APRNs in Georgia and the movement toward Autonomy Ann Giedd Catholic University of America November 21‚ 2011 Executive Summary Independent practice is central to the APRNs professional role (Weiland‚ 2008). In Georgia‚ factors involving state rules and regulations such as the need for physician collaboration and supervision in order to diagnose and prescribe have created practice environments that are detrimental for full recognition of APRNs as autonomous
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Sex at Dawn Since Darwin’s Origin of the Species‚ we’ve been told that sexual monogamy comes natural. Mainstream science‚ as well as religious and cultural institutions‚ has maintained that men and women evolved in families in which a man’s possessions and protection were exchanged for a woman’s fertility and fidelity. In this groundbreaking book‚ however‚ Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jethá argue that human beings evolved in egalitarian groups that shared food‚ child care‚ and‚ often‚ sexual partners
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The book‚ “Watership Down‚” written by English Author Richard Adams‚ tells an unusual story about a group of talking rabbits in a warner. One of these strange talking rabbits has a vision of the warner be destroyed by something. He apparently has a rabbit brother and they both go talk to the chief rabbit about evacuating from the warner. Their efforts are shortened and fail as the chief is unwilling to listen. The two unusual talking rabbits decide to set out on their own with a small band of rabbits
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The Georgia Colony In 1932‚ James Oglethorpe led a group of trustees that chartered to Georgia and made a colony to perform a social experiment on man’s capacity to improve. Not long after the colony began‚ the colonists began to complain and disapprove of the government they were under. The trustees set strict rules and did not give the settlers the same benefits that other colonies got. By the 1950’s‚ all of the trustees gave up on their experiment and Georgia became a royal colony. The
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Down Syndrome (DS) is the most common chromosomal condition in the United States‚ affecting about 1 in every 700 babies (CDC). This condition is also known as Trisomy 21‚ due to there being an extra copy of chromosome 21 (CDC). This extra chromosome results in changes in the development of the brain and body‚ which in turn can lead to cognitive and physical challenges (CDC). Some hallmark physical characteristics include almond shaped eyes that slant up‚ smaller hands and feet‚ shorter stature‚
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