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- 331: Bipolar Disorder
- ... irresponsible behavior. Bipolar affective disorder affects approximately one percent of the population (approximately three million people) in the United States. It is presented by both males and females. Bipolar disorder involves episodes of mania and depression. These episodes may alternate with profound depressions characterized by a pervasive sadness, almost inability to move, hopelessness, and disturbances in appetite, sleep, in concentrations and driving. Bipolar disorder is diagnosed if an episode of mania occurs whether depression has been diagnosed or not. Most commonly, individuals with manic episodes experience a period of depression. Symptoms include elated, expansive, or irritable mood, hyperactivity, pressure of speech, flight of ideas, inflated self esteem, decreased need for sleep, distractibility, and excessive involvement in reckless activities . Rarest symptoms were periods of loss ...
- 332: Vincent Van Gogh
- ... likes living in London and soon falls in love with the daughter of the owner at the boarding house where he was living at the time. He gets rejected which puts him in a deep depression, which distracts him from his work. He is soon transferred to the Paris branch of the art dealer. There is not much for him Paris so within a year he returns to London. Even though ... and clothing to the miners. Although his superiors like what he is doing, they believe that his behavior and religious belief is extreme. His position in the mining district is discontinued and he suffers great depression. In 1880 comes the turning point of Van Goghs Life. He once again becomes interested in art and takes up further education at the academy of Brussels. He spends time with another painter Anton Mauve who introduces him to water colors. He soon moves in with Clasina Maria Hoornik. Although he is now out of depression, his physical state takes a turn for the worst. He is hospitalized for three weeks with the disease gonorrhea. After about a year his relationship with Clasina ends and Van Gogh devotes all of ...
- 333: Canada
- ... Region. In simple terms, Canada can be considered a vast, saucer-shaped basin, bordered by mountainous lands on the west, east, and northeast. Hudson Bay and the lowlands along its southern shore form the central depression of this ³saucer². Surrounding this depression on all sides, including Baffin Island, is the Canadian Shield (also known as the Laurentian Plateau or Laurentian Upland). The Canadian Shield is a region of ancient, mostly Precambrian rocks that covers nearly half of ... area do not create proper conditions for agriculture. Some coniferous and deciduous forests are found in this area as well as, shrubs, litchen and heath. The Arctic Islands lie to the northwest of the central depression and constitute about 8.3% of Canada's land area. They are mostly covered by permanent snow and ice fields. The northern sections of the region include the United States Range, which reaches 2926 ...
- 334: Stress Management
- ... of duty. Stress is put to blame for this. Every study done indicates that police officer face a much higher level of stress. For suicide there are four main factors: 1. Divorce 2. Alcohol 3. Depression 4. A failure to get help. All four factors are symptoms that can stem from an officer s stress levels. An officer who got into trouble on the job, suspension or termination is seven times ... from a substantially higher divorce rate ranging from sixty to seventy percent higher than normal couples. The medical community has attributed stress to such biological responses as heart malfunctions, blood pressure variations, gastrointestinal disorders, cancer, depression, muscular discomfort, strokes, and a host of nervous system related problems. For the police officer, biological consequences can represent more long term concerns, but the short term results are the most profound. Stress of the ... loved one. The symptoms of PTSD are flashbacks, over arousal, emotional numbness, and emotional outbursts. People with PTSD suffer from problems with concentration, controlling impulses, and decision making. The long term consequences of PTSD are depression, anxiety, behavioural disorders, multiple personality disorders, and suicide. Dealing with Stress There are three basic strategies for dealing with stress at the source. The first strategy is altering situations to make them less stressful. ...
- 335: Causes Of The Holocaust
- ... in the years following World War I because they had provided a focus for Germany's problems. Less than three years after German's economy had somewhat stabilized, it went in to a severe economic depression along with the rest of the Western world in 1929. During the years of economic depression the Weimar Republic, who ruled Germany from 1919 to 1933, was criticized for not being able to deal with Germany's problems effectively and efficiently. The Communist and the National Socialist Parties were supported by ... German government and his ability to effectively spread propaganda throughout Germany and Europe in the 1930's caused Germans to begin to hate the Jews. Germany's discontent after losing World War I, its economic depression, and the spread of antisemitism and propaganda throughout Germany made Germans more susceptible to the pleas of extremist groups such as the Nazis. This caused the uprising of Hitler's Third Reich which was ...
- 336: Hurricane Floyd
- ... the ocean. Easterly waves, what hurricanes develop from, are long, narrow regions of low pressure which occur in ocean winds called trade winds. At first, these easterly waves can grow into something called, a tropical depression. A tropical depression occurs when winds are up to 31 mph. Then tropical depressions can be upgraded into a tropical storm if the winds reach speeds of 74 mph or less. Then finally a the storm can be ... and Georgia hard. Instead Floyd decided to abruptly turn northward and seemed to weaken. Floyd had the potential to be a killer storm, but fortunately for us, it wasn t. Hurricane Floyd became a Tropical depression on September 7th. It was located in the Atlantic Ocean at 14.6 degrees North and 46.2 degrees West. It was first reported to have wind speeds of 25 mph. Later Floyd became ...
- 337: Run With The Horsemen
- ... up on a farm in Georgia where the people own the land and the land, in turn, owns the people. In the novel, Run with the Horsemen, Porter fights his way through adolescence and the depression, learning more about life every day from the big boys under the tree at lunch. Ferrol Sams is able to portray a realistic account of life on a farm during the depression by using humor, dialect, and vivid imagery. Humor is used throughout the book to keep the reader interested in what would otherwise be a boring story of hard work and hard times. The boring and ... heard bird song. The imagery of a man plowing in the heat with birds singing away comes to mind, and the scene is real. Run with the Horsemen very accurately describes farm life during the depression through the use of humor, diction, and imagery. All of these elements are used to tie the story together, and make it an entertaining piece of fiction with realistic elements.
- 338: Hydrologic Cycle
- ... increases until it equals the rate of withdrawal.The movement of water from an aquifer into a well alters the surface of the aquifer around the well. It forms what is called a cone of depression. A cone of depression is a funnel-shaped drop in the aquifer's surface. The well itself penetrates the bottom of the cone. Within a cone of depression, all ground water flows to the well. The outer limits of the cone define the well's area of influence.
- 339: The Holocaust - The Way It Was
- ... around 600,000 in total, less than 1 percent of the entire German population. Nonetheless, Nazi propaganda identified them as a "race" (incorrect) and an inferior one at that, the source of all the economic depression and defeat in World War I- failing to mention that many of the more than 100,000 Jews who had served in the war were highly decorated soldiers. The Jews of Germany still had some ... able to afford the trip. Many foreign countries made it even harder to get out due to strict emigration policies designed to thwart large amounts of refugees from entering, particularly in the wake of the Depression. The United States, Britain, Canada, and France were among these. Thirty eight countries met at Evian, France to discuss the treatment of the Jews in Germany, but no real help was offered, to the delight ... USHMM Teaching Guidebook). What exactly does that all mean? Let's find out. World War I never totally resolved Ravaged by World War I, the German State was already in poor economic shape before the Depression of the 1920's struck. Reparation demands and a weakened infrastructure led to inflation and unemployment. The democratic institutions artificially established by the Allies and a feeling of global alienation as a result of ...
- 340: Eleanor Roosevelt
- ... be attained." "I never wanted to be a President's wife, and don't want it now" Eleanor Roosevelt in 1932 A month before Roosevelt's election, a month as black as any as the depression approached its nadir, she had done a magazine article on the meaning of relition, writing: "The worst thing that has come to us from the depression is fear. Fear of an uncertain future, fear of not being abel to meet our problems, fear of not being equipped to cope with life as we live it today." She had her antidote, and ... that we cannot live for ourselves alone and that as long as we are here on this earth we are all of us brothers, regardless of race, creed or color." In the depths of the depression, she campaigned against sweatshops. She urged women to shop where decent working conditions were provided. She called for the elimination of child labor and advocated more money for teachers' salaries. On the eve of ...
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