seriously as it should have been. In the article “Concussion Worries Renew Focus on Football Safety” it stated “CTE is the football concussion ‘disease of the moment.’ In the past couple of years‚ Boston University’s Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy has revealed
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of concussions‚ and concussion is a serious problem. Football players get serious injuries such as broken elbows. Also‚ there is CTE‚ which is a dangerous brain disease. First‚ football causes lots of CTE. Basically‚ CTE is Chronic traumatic encephalopathy‚ and it is type of brain disease. CTE is common to football players. This is a very intense problem because it might change football player’s whole life. According to PMC‚ it says‚ “There are approximately 100‚000 to 300‚000 concussive episodes
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INDEX SL.NO. | CONTENTS | PAGE NO: | 1. | INTRODUCTION | 1-2 | 2. | LEAD | 3 | 3. | PREPARATIONS OF LEAD | 4-6 | 4. | LEAD POISONING | 7 | 5. | SOURCES OF LEAD | 8-9 | 6. | WHY LEAD IS HARMFUL? | 10 | 7. | ABSORPTION‚DISTRIBUTION AND ELIMINATION | 11 | 8. | RISK FACTORS | 12 | 9 | SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS | 13-17 | 10. | FATAL DOSE AND FATAL PERIOD | 18 | 11. | COMPLICATIONS | 19 | 12. | TESTS AND DIAGONOSIS | 20 | 13. | TREATMENT AND DRUGS | 21-22 | 14. | POST MORTEM APPEARANCE
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which caused the potassium level to be 2.0. The normal range is 3.5 to 5.0/mEq/L (Pagana & Pagana‚ 2002‚ p. 372). One of the major consequences of hypokalemia‚ can be heart rhythm abnormalities. As a result‚ Terri suffered severe hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and as time went on she showed no evidence of higher cortical function. Computed tomographic (CT) scans showed severe atrophy of her cerebral hemispheres‚ and her electroencephalograms (ECG) were flat‚ indicating no functional activity of her
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medically and morally. In 1990‚ at the age of 26‚ Terri suffered from mysterious cardio-respiratory arrest. Even today‚ no cause for this arrest has ever been determined. Following her cardio-respiratory attack‚ Schiavo was diagnosed with hypoxic encephalopathy‚ which is a neurological injury caused by lack of oxygen to the brain. Post mortem‚ Schiavo’s brain was discovered to be half the normal weight‚ thus proving severe neuronal atrophy (Medical Examiner‚ District 6‚ Largo‚ Florida) after her attack
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Americans‚ that we have to have it‚ like it’s an addiction we want it around‚ even though it’s dangerous‚ but is that even a right reason to have football‚ because we are addicted to it? Football is very dangerous it causes CTE or chronic traumatic encephalopathy. It can be caused by a blow to the head. Football you get hit in the head a lot‚ even though you aren’t supposed to tackle with your head. But‚ you can’t enforce that stuff on every single play‚ players can’t always control their body‚ and accidents
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prevent a concussion but the National Football League is making new rules and training their referees in ways to help prevent a concussion in their players. “The league donated $1 million to Boston University’s Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy research into the long-term effects of repetitive brain trauma in athletes‚ particularly in football players. The NFL was the first sports league to financially support that research at the school‚” (Farmer par. 26). They are funding money to
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Sports are an integral part of American culture. Throughout the year‚ friends and families will spend enormous amounts of time and money to gather together to eat‚ drink and cheer on their favorite teams. American football has been named the most watched sport in the nation and continues to grow in popularity. There is something about the thrill of watching your favorite team score touchdowns and win championship games that makes watching football a nationwide form of entertainment. Beyond all of
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Communication theory is a field of information and mathematics that studies the technical process of information and the human process of human communication. According to communication theorist Robert T. Craig in his essay ’Communication Theory as a Field’ (1999)‚ "despite the ancient roots and growing profusion of theories about communication‚" there is not a field of study that can be identified as ’communication theory’ Origins[edit] The fundamental problem of communication is that of reproducing
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1.0 Introduction Wastewater refers to any water whose quality has been compromised by human activities. It includes liquid waste discharged from domestic homes‚ agricultural commercial sectors‚ pharmaceutical sectors‚ and hospitals (Fekadu et al.‚ 2015). Hospital wastewater (HWW) can contain hazardous substances‚ such as pharmaceutical residues‚ chemical hazardous substances‚ pathogens‚ and radioisotopes. Due to these substances‚ hospital wastewater can represent a chemical‚ biological‚ and
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