Probably‚ the most important advance in the history of sleep medicine was the discovery of sleep apnea in 1965. For years‚ specialists looked into obstruction sleep apnea (OSA) as a simple‚ intermittent closure of the upper airway; hence; early treatments focused mainly on eliminating airway obstruction. Sleep apnea is a breathing pause for brief period during sleep. This sleep disorder causes irregular breathing and snoring patterns which is where person momentarily stops breathing. It
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Art History Presentation Script 1. Introduction (Alissa) aracteristic of early Gothic churches. - Very simple - Very thin vertical support - Large windows - Combination of the triforium gallery and clerestory in one large area - Walls of glass and screens oHow did the term ‘Gothic’ come about? The term was actually applied after the time by Italian writers in the Renaissance who‚ compared this architecture to that of the "barbaric tribes" that destroyed
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Question of Authorship William Shakespeare is considered to be the greatest playwright of all time. What Shakespeare did was to communicate his own words in a brilliant way. He created comedy‚ history‚ tragedy and poetry that were extremely amazing. The vast majority of scholars consider Shakespeare a modern genius. Surely he was just that. No other writer’s plays have been produced so many times or read so widely in so many countries as his History articles show William Shakespeare born on my birthday
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The truth is that as any country USA has its traditional food‚ but some factors had influenced the country to lose some of its traditional food. Cultures usually are represented by food‚ clothes‚ and behaviors. According to Ochoa‚ a professor of History and Latin American Studies at California University‚ the European colonization in 1492 was the main reason by which the American traditional food have been reconstructed (Ochoa). Some countries that were colonized had to change some of their habits
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AP World History Ch. 11 Notes * Han empire falls and its territories divided 220 C.E * Warfare among territories causes development of small pox * Ge Hong‚ a Daoist interested in discovering elixir of life * Daoists made significant discoveries in metallurgy‚ pharmacology‚ and math * Tang empire ended in 907 C.E Sui and Tang Empires * Fall of Han allowed many different politic styles. * Sui reunified China and reestablished Confucianism as central philosophy *
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William Blake’s "The Chimney Sweeper" offers a graphic portrayal of a particular cultural aspect of England in the 1790s. By examining my interactions with the poem‚ I will attempt to analyse and contrast my own belief system against that which is presented in the text. Blake’s poem was initially very striking to me. While reading the first stanza‚ I was shocked and horrified by the imagery presented by the young narrator. I felt compelled to cry for the poor boy‚ and then became angry
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already navigating the oceans but staying close to the shores because they didn’t know what to predict. Phoenicians made sea maps from around 1200 B.C. they were said to be the greatest sailors‚ premier shipbuilders‚ and traders of the time. Early History Phoenicians were the “Navigators of the Seas”; they navigated and traded around the Mediterranean Sea‚ Indian Ocean‚ and Africa in 2000 B.C. Phoenicia was an ancient Semitic Canaanite civilization that lies in present day Palestine and Syria. The
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Ancestry and History of Sulfur Sulfur has been known to man since ancient times. In fact‚ it is mentioned in the Bible under the name “brimstone” at fifteen different places. Ancient peoples also used sulfur‚ in the form of sulfur dioxide‚ for household tasks such as bleaching cloth and preserving wine. The ancient Greeks were known to use sulfur as a fumigant. Because sulfur has been used since ancient times‚ no one is credited with its discovery; however‚ Antoine Lavoisier was influential in the
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Rubiano Cristian 06/18/2012 ENC 1102 Prof. Guillen William Blake uses the role of nature as an expression of the divine in “The Lamb” and “The Tyger.” Blake was a Christian visionary poet of the 1700’s. In his work he depicts both sides of the divine‚ the good represented as the pure creation of God in a lamb and the evil represented as another perfect creation in the form of a malevolent creature‚ the tiger. Blake’s intentions are to demonstrate how God is a divine force‚ the creator of both
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This Is Just to Say This is a poem written by William Carlos Williams. The poem appears in the form of a note‚ such as a spouse might write to explain missing plums that had been stored in the refrigerator. “ThiThis Is Just to Say” contains three sentences‚ each composed of four short lines. No line exceeds three words. This is a unique modern poem which shows that poems can be written about anything and everything. This poem talks about a subject which is very ordinary event of daily and family
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