There are four stages of Non-REM sleep. During Stage 1‚ the eyes are closed. One can be awakened without difficulty; however‚ if aroused from this stage of sleep‚ a person may feel as if he or she has not slept. The heart rate slows and the body temperature decreases during Stage 2. At this point‚ the body prepares to enter deep sleep. Stages 3 and 4 are deep sleep stages‚ with stage 4 being more intense than Stage 3. These stages are known as slow-wave‚ or delta‚ sleep. If aroused from sleep during
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Alfarabi and Aristotle: The Four Causes and The Four Stages of The Doctrine of The Intelligence Alfarabi was raised as a young boy in Baghdad. His early life was spent studying the art of linguistics‚ philosophy‚ and logic. His teachers were Syrian Christians experts in Greek philosophy. He studied Aristotle and Plato in detail‚ and it became evident in his later writings that they were a strong influence on him. He became quite a prolific writer‚ and he wrote more than 100 works‚ many of which
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Haircutting: Clipper Cuts Needs Improvement 0 pts Student does not understand the skill Some Competency 1 pts Student has basic understanding of the skill ‚ however needs improvement Competent 2 pts Student understands the skill needs work on confidence of skill Strong Competency 3 pts Student has a strong understanding of the skill and executed with confidence Exceeds Competency 4 pts Student exceed the expectations of the skill and displayed extreme confidence throughout Improvement
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Cocaine Treatment for Women As a young lady‚ a mother‚ or a grandmother‚ if seeking cocaine treatment for women has not been an easy process‚ you now have new opportunities because health care professionals now understand the need for treatment that is especially designed for women. Traditionally‚ addiction treatment was developed with a signal focus to stop using and did not take into account the different physical‚ emotional‚ and social needs of men and women. But research has shown the many
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The Problem of Combined Drug Intoxication (CDI)‚ a.k.a. Polydrug or Polypharmacy Intoxication and Multiple Drug Intake (MDI) The relatively recent deaths of celebrities such as Heath Ledger‚ Michael Jackson‚ and Anna Nicole Smith‚ lend themselves to a discussion for this first discussion board. When you are presented with the term "drug overdose‚" what is the first thing that comes to mind? Illicit drugs like heroin or cocaine? Suicide? Small children taking prescription drugs that were not
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What Is Cocaine and Cocaine Addiction Cocaine is both a central nervous system stimulant and a topical anaesthetic. It is found in the leaves of the Erthroxylum coca plant. It is generally used either powder cocaine‚ or freebase/crack cocaine which produce much stronger effect; he term "Crack" is alternately used to refer to street quality freebase cocaine. Powdered cocaine is generally insufflated (snorted) and crack / freebase cocaine is generally smoked. Smoking freebase cocaine causes a strong
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Metabolism Figure 1 above is adapted from João M‚ et al (2012) the chromatographic methodologies for analysis of cocaine and its metabolites which‚ shows the metabolic pathway of cocaine administrated. Cocaine is largely metabolized into two major metabolites benzoylecgonine (BE) and ecgonine methyl ester (EME) and two minor metabolites norcocaine (NCOC) and m- and p-hydroxycocaine (OH-COC) (Goldstein et al.‚ 2009). Benzoylecgonine is primarily produce in the liver by human carbozylerstrase type
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about the history of cocaine‚ how it became illegal‚ and how it affects society almost a hundred years later. Central Idea: Although cocaine was once hailed as a cure all drug‚ the general population failed to see how addictive and destructive the drug can be. Introduction I. In 1972 there was a test done on monkeys where they were injected with cocaine. II. When given a choice of interacting with other monkeys or living in isolation with unlimited amount of cocaine‚ they chose the latter
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the production of Cocaine in the early 1970’s. Why the production‚ and formation of huge Cartels‚ just to produce and distribute a psychoactive drug? Money! The return is huge and by that I mean cocaine is produced at $1500/kilo in jungle labs and could be sold on the streets of America for as much as $50‚000/kilo. Unfortunately‚ there is a demand for cocaine and will continue to be one‚ why? United states of America‚ with one in six‚ American citizens admitted to using Cocaine‚ America will continue
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Cocaine World of Scientific Discovery. Kimberley A. McGrath and Bridget Travers. Online. Detroit: Thomson Gale‚ 2007. From Student Resource Center - Gold. HIDE DETAILS SHOW DETAILS Document Type: | Topic Overview | Bookmark: | Bookmark this Document | Updated11/20/2006 For centuries‚ Peruvian natives have chewed the leaves of the coca plant because of their stimulating and exhilarating effect. In 1855 the German Gaedicke isolated the active alkaloid in coca leaves. Albert Niemann
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