Case Study: "The InFLUence of the Influenza" The patient Terry B. (Case no.19), has acquired the microbial agent Pneumonia Influenza. The patient is a three year old white male with a headache, lethargy and was running a high fever of 39.7 degrees Celsius. He has suffered from a previous illness of infection of the upper respiratory. Due...
One of the scariest emotional experiences a person can ever suffer during their lifetime is to experience a form of depression. Over one in five Americans can expect to get some form of depression in their lifetime. Over one in twenty Americans have a depressive disorder every year. Depression is one of the most common and most serious menta...
I chose this topic because I a found it as a very interesting thing which I wanted to know more about. I have been CT-scanned when I had concussion after a car accident when I was seven. Also because my father has been under a CT-scanner and a lot of my friends. Anatomists, morphologists and biologists have tried to understand the way living...
Most people today believe that the world is a better place than it was 20 to 30 years ago. But I, on the other hand, believe that the world is becoming a very dangerous place. Even though the world's superpowers condemn nuclear and biological warfare, I believe that the next millennium will bring a war that will make them change their beliefs t...
False Memory Syndrome When the memory is distorted, the result can be False Memory Syndrome. False Memory Syndrome is a condition in which a person's identity and relationships are centred around a memory of traumatic experience which is false but the person strongly believes is true. Increasingly in grown adults undergoing therapy come...
has been around forever because it is in everything that we eat, such as steak, chicken, and fish. It has been around in supplement form since the early 90?s. Various professional, high school and collegiate athletes in the United States and all over the world use . Some big names in sports that are users include the likes of...
1. a) Bulk movement is the overall movement of a fluid. The molecules all move in the same direction. Diffusion however is the random movement of molecules which usually results in a fairly even distribution. In other words the movement is not guaranteed to move in one direction but the probability that it will move in the l...
Growing, developing and learning are the facts of life for all children. Each day children are faced with many new concepts and various challenges. Can you imagine how it feels for a child to face not only new challenges life has, but to face these challenges while living with a learning disability? These challenges are met not just when they b...
Why do some parasites kill the host they depend upon while others coexist with their host? Two prime factors determine parasitic virulence: the manner in which the parasite is transmitted, and the evolutionary history of the parasite and its host. Parasites which have colonized a new host species tend to be more virulent than par...
Many psychologists worldwide are trying to find a cure for psychological problems faced by multiple personalities. Some personality disorders may vary. Adults may act like children, children may act out in violence, and some individuals just have split personalities. Multiple personality disorder is not easily defined, leads to social proble...
In the early stages of the twentieth century, little was known about cell membranes. Until the early 1950s, the biological cell membrane was rarely mentioned in scientific literature. It was recognised that something was probably there, but hardly anything about it was known. Considering the lack of technical equipment available a century ago,...
Today, we've realised that the very first life on Earth was indeed originated from abiotic surroundings. In fact, organic molecules have been successfully generated from abiotic elements by scientists To understand how this creation of life from abiotic material occured, we have to consider a critical idea. Life originated from its abiotic s...
QUESTION: "What general effects does massage have on the parasympathetic and sympathetic divisions of the autonomic nervous system and the endocrine system? Also discuss the general relationship between the hypothalamus and the pituitary gland and various target organs." INTRODUCTION: This essay explores the effects of a variety of ma...
LA Gear and other shoe companies have been using mercury to make the switch active in their shoe that light up when a person walks. The shoes should return to the company after the user is done with the to be recycled. Since LA never advertises this, people just thrown them away like any other pair of old shoes. Eventually the shoes end up i...