XV century‚ Europeans knew only three continents: Europe‚ Asia‚ and Africa. The existence of a vast continent of America‚ they did not know. The first sailor who attempted to reach India by the West was Christopher Columbus. He was born in Italy‚ near Genoa‚ in the Weaver family. All Columbus life was connected with the sea. In his youth‚ he participated in several voyages and then engaged in drawing maps. In the summer of 1492‚ three small caravels with a team of 90 people set sail from Spain. Spanish
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Final Paper Down Syndrome Introduction As women grow older‚ their chances of becoming pregnant become slim. However if a woman over the age of forty happens to finally get pregnant‚ the chances of the baby having birth imperfections tend to increase. Although some disorders occur through unhealthy lifestyles that the mother involves herself in‚ Down Syndrome is usually not identified as such. The age of the mother is not the only thing that may cause Down Syndrome to occur. The reasoning for
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The Post-Ottoman Syndrome: A Never-Ending Problem In the novel War and Peace In the Middle East‚ author Avi Shlaim argues that Arab nations have been unable to escape the post-Ottoman syndrome. In particular he describes how the various powers inside and outside the region have failed to produce peace. While some of Shlaim’s arguments hinder the message‚ I agree with his overall thesis that the Middle East problems were caused and prolonged by the failure of both powers and superpowers to
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Peter Pan syndrome‚ is exactly how it sounds. It ’s a disorder that is derived from the novel Peter Pan written by J.M. Barrie that defines those who appear as an adult but their actions are quite childlike. The ‘Peter Pans’ of present society “see the adult world as very problematic and glorify adolescence‚ which is why they want to stay in that state of privilege”‚ according to Humbelina Robles Ortega‚ professor of the Department of Personality‚ Evaluation and Psychological Treatment of the University
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the males attention or to please them. The video shows that women are not being valued for anything other than their appearance/actions. They get judged on what they’re doing rather than what their personality is. Woman in hip hop videos are portrayed as sex objects and are usually doing something dirty in front of a man or several men. Like in ‘Wet’‚ the women are usually shown grinding against the wall as Snoop Dogg walks past them‚ as though choosing which one he would prefer. It makes the
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words expressed a genuine appraisal of his life‚ however at the same time they are filled with the bitterness born of the incompatibility of life as British prisoner at St. Helena with the sudden meteoric brilliance and glory of the past. Napoleon was observed by millions of contemporaries. He has a million books dedicated to his life and military campaigns‚ with many more to be added in the future. The most fascinating aspect of this personality is its powerful aura of the romantic charm. This image
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POPULAR CATHOLICISM Christopher Columbus was the catalyst that would forever change the lives of the indigenous population of Central and South America. Catholicism would become the standard for religion as it would take the lead to provide the one true God. Catholicism had the true representative of God on earth in the form of the Pope. The Catholic church for the first time would tolerate the co-mingling of other religions as long as they followed along with Catholic tradition. When the explorers
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Klippel–Feil syndrome is a very rare disease. It was reported for the first time in 1912 by Maurice Klippel and André Feil. It has been characterized by the fusion of any 2 of the 7 cervical vertebrae. The syndrome occurs in a heterogeneous group of patients unified only by the presence of a defect in the formation or segmentation of the spine. Klippel–Feil syndrome can be identified by shortness of the neck. Those with the syndrome have a very low hairline and the ability of the neck to move is
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Williams-Beuren Syndrome: Controversies in the Complex Behavioral and Cognitive Profile of a Unique Genetic Disorder Zachary Blaker November 12‚ 2015 (3‚982 words) Introduction Williams-Beuren Syndrome (WBS) is a rare neurodevelopmental disorder typically characterized by distinctive facial features‚ cognitive delays accompanied by comparatively strong language and verbal skills‚ deficits in visuospatial construction‚ and hyper-social personality traits (Martens et al. 2008)
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Alagille Syndrome The first documentation of Alagille Syndrome was by a pediatric doctor named Daniel Alagille‚ in France of 1969. Later in 1973‚ Doctor Watson and Doctor Miller noted that the same disease also runs dominantly within a family‚ suggesting that it might be an inherited condition. By 1975 the specific symptoms and conditions were laid out and thus named Alagille Syndrome‚ also referred to as Alagille-Watson or Watson-Miller syndrome. The primary characteristic of Alagille Syndrome is
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