What causes Down syndrome? Charlie Zammit To this day‚ there aren’t any known environmental or behavioral factors that cause Down syndrome. The human contains 23 pairs of chromosomes‚ so 46 individual ones. From each pair‚ one comes from your father‚ the other‚ from your mother. Down syndrome involves an abnormal cell division in chromosome 21. There are three types of abnormal cell division that can occur to cause Down syndrome; all of the three cell division abnormalities create a problem being
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Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down‚ she begins the novel as an attempt to allocate responsibility for the mistreatment and exacerbation of Lia Lee’s epilepsy. The tension between the Hmong and United States medical culture exemplified the strain in America between a foreign culture dependent on rituals and society’s norm. As the novel progress‚ Fadiman realizes that neither culture is truly at fault. Lia’s situation stemmed from a clash of cultural beliefs and practices that could have been solved
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the Hmong have been through have made them more insecure about the help of other cultural. For example‚ they don’t really trust the western medicine practices. Foa is agitated with all the medication Lia has to take and believes some of it makes her even worse. So they have some trouble believing that other people want to help. Also‚ they have grown stronger as a cultural and have their guards up. 3. The cultural barrier is the biggest problem because the Hmong people do not have the same concept
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The first impression about Elizabeth we have is that of a cold woman. As is put by Abigail Williams‚ a teenage girl who Elizabeth’s husband John Procter had an affair with‚ “she is a cold‚ sniveling woman‚ and you bend to her!” This impression is soon proven by John Procter himself when he gets home from Parris’ house. “Learn charity‚ woman‚” he says to his wife. He is annoyed with the open display of unhappiness from Elizabeth who suspects that her husband has resumed the relationship with Abigail
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my writing I used the words "You put me down" and "I cant take it anymore" to show a darker meaning of hurt. When I was writing these words I chose words that could relate to other writers as well. "You put me down" is to represent my feelings that are getting pushed away and the insults are taking over my feelings. The words " I can’t take it anymore" is to tell the reader I am hopeless and I can’t bare to take the insults anymore. I am tried in those words‚ I have almost nothing left to myself
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“Down to Tartarus.” The first person I would talk to is Chris Kyle the reason I would talk to him is because‚ when I was little my uncle was in the army and talked all about the navy seal sniper Chris Kyle‚ so I looked up to him in many ways when I was a kid‚ my uncle was an army lieutenant and new a lot about Chris Kyle and his work. Chris Kyle is a Navy seal from team 3‚ and is one of the best snipers to live taking down 160 enemies. When he died‚ I was sad‚ I would ask him what inspired him
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Genetic Project: Down Syndrome What is Down Syndrome? Down Syndrome is a chromosomal disorder where a child is born with an extra partial or full chromosome 21‚ thus leading to the over-expression of many genes present on this extra chromosome. Therefore‚ it is neither dominant nor recessive. Down Syndrome affects about 1 in 700 babies born‚ making it one of the most common genetic birth defects in the United States. There are actually 3 different types of Down Syndrome‚ Trisomy 21 (Nondisjunction)
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Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down Journal #2 In The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down‚ by Anne Fadiman‚ Lia Lee is a very sickly child‚ and is now unfortunately a “vegetable.” Much to the hospitals chagrin‚ they in fact are the reason why Lia is in a comatose state. The Lee’s argued with the doctors throughout Lia’s entire 4 years of medical strife with epilepsy about the medication and the way they were treating Lia. Fadiman juxtaposes the differences of the Hmong way of healing people:
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My friend Milton sat in the back of our fifth grade class with a pack of Marlboros bulging out the chest pocket of his T-shirt. Carol had an abortion over the summer and is beginning her freshman year all smiles. Rob learned to hide vodka in his thermos at nine and Tammy’s parents kicked her out last night after 13 years of hell. As for me‚ I only had to watch two people I care about destroy 12 years of Brady Bunch love and family values with one signature and a lawyer’s bill for $5‚000. My parents
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Falling Down Urban areas of the world have always been a crucial element in spatial organization and the evolution of societies. Towns and cities are centers of cultural innovation social transformation and political change. They can also be engines of economic development. The gross domestic product of large cities like Los Angeles is roughly equivalent to that of entire countries like Australia and Sweden. Towns and cities are essential elements in human economic and social organization
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