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- 3491: Addiction: Its Causes and Effects
- ... is being asked. A sociologist may say addiction is caused by poverty, while psychologists will say personality traits and character are the cause of addictive personalities. Politicians will say it's a problem of self-control. A biologist will claim it's all in the genes and heredity and an anthropologist says it's culturally determined (Rodgers 3). Webster's defines addiction as a physical or psychological dependence on a substance ... takes several months or years to become addicted and it gradually gets worse and worse. An addiction doesn't happen overnight. Finally an addiction may be considered fatal because the addict allows the addiction to control everything they do; their life revolves around it (Griffin-Shelley 7). Another way of defining addiction is by looking at the common characteristics of addictions. For the most part, experts believe that there are some ...
- 3492: AIDS: Myths and Facts
- ... infected with AIDS. It is, of course, true that homosexuals do spread the disease. However, to label AIDS a “gay disease” is nothing less than ludicrous. There are certain precautions that can be taken to control or prevent the spread of AIDS. For those who are sexually active, safe sex should be a must. The use of a condom, knowing one's sexual partner's background and the limiting the number ... that there is no place to go for help. There are, however, several sources of assistance. Among these are several AIDS hotlines to call. Also, there is the Aids Task Force, United Centers for Disease Control, and many hospitals and medical centers which have facilities for testing and treatment of AIDS. An aspect of the effect of AIDS, which may not have been considered by many is the derogatory situation which ...
- 3493: Latin American Chage
- ... explorers and colonists. The church had a dual role in Latin America. The church was interested in saving the souls of the indigenous peoples found in the newly discovered regions and also they reinforced the control of the Iberian powers. A unique form of Catholicism emerged that was a mixture of the three cultures mentioned above. The most vivid example of this fusion can be seen in Brazil were dozens of ... Latin America, the regions have enjoyed a certain level of autonomy. There was a tendency towards administrative centralism and regional/local decision making which was primarily due to the physical distances to Europe. This incomplete control led to the growth of regionalism, strongman rule and ineffective government that constantly threatened national unity after independence was granted. Nearly every province rebelled against their central government at one point after independence. Nevertheless, these ...
- 3494: Borderline Personality Disorder
- ... instability with marked and frequent shifts to an empty lonely depression or to irritability and anxiety. The person may show inappropriate and intense anger or rage with temper tantrums and resentment, and a loss of control or fear of loss of control over angry feelings. There is a feeling that one is flawed, defective, damaged or bad in some way, with a tendency to go to extremes in feeling, thinking, or behavior. The depression that accompanies this ...
- 3495: What is Angina? And What Is The Cure?
- ... arteries. Like any other organ, the heart requires a steady flow of oxygen and nutrients to provide energy for rmovement, and to maintain the delicate balance of chemicals which allow for the careful electrical rhythm control of the heart beat. Unlike some other organs, the heart can survive only a matter of minutes without these nutrients, and the rest of the body can survive only minutes without the heart--thus the ... it is reduced. Possible, but less well-defined factors include certain intense and hostile or time- pressured personality types (so-called type A), inactive lifestyle, and high cholesterol diets. Medications are increasingly effective for symptom control, as well as prevention of complications. The oldest and most common agents are the nitrates, derivatives of nitroglycerine. They include nitroglycerine, isosorbide, and similar agents. Newer forms include long acting oral agents, plus skin patches ...
- 3496: Wuthering Heights And The Them
- ... to cover, To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom, is to die (Oliver Goldsmith 1). Catherine s death is caused by her lack of emotional control and her dual personalities. She and Heathcliff are each other (Bronte 80), but her wants of social status and popularity draw her toward Edgar (Bronte 78). She does not love Edgar, but her selfish material wants control her. Catherine s revenge on Heathcliff does not assist her in finding happiness. She looks forward to dying and is wearying to escape into that glorious world (Bronte 160). Her death is, however, miserable as ...
- 3497: Civilisations
- ... The hoplite phalanx was the primary defence used by the police. In conclusion I see the major differences developing because of the different priorities and needs of each civilisation. The Egyptians needed strong regulation and control especially in the area of food. The Greeks needed good methods of defense and organization that would produce this. The Hebrews had a unconventional but significant religious belief system. This was central to their civilization and control. When we look at these characteristics, we see that they each had a different emphasis on the characteristics of a civilization.
- 3498: A Dolls House - Noras Rebellio
- ... their husbands consent. When she did this she proved that she wasn’t as submissive and helpless as Torvald thought she was. He called her a “poor helpless little creature”. A perfect example of Torvalds control and Nora’s submissiveness was when she got him to re-teach her the tarantella. She already knew the dance but she acted as if she needed him to re-teach her the whole thing ... This shows that he is more interested in her physically than emotionally. Then when she told him to stop he said to her, “am I not your husband?” Again, this is an example of Torvalds control over Nora, and how he thinks that she is there to fulfill his every desire on command. Torvald doesn’t trust her with any money and with the little money that he does entrust her ...
- 3499: Jane Eyre: The Preserverance of the Personality
- ... recipient of secrets" ; her silence elicits confessions from (besides Rochester himself) Georgiana, Eliza and St John. His complete self-suppression makes St John a powerful clergyman, and provides him with the (quite devilish) ability to control Jane. The spell is only broken when his fallibility is revealed: "I had silently feared St John till now, because I had not understood him. He held me in awe, because he held me in ... the mirror before the wedding, how she alienates herself from that other, yet unborn being: Mrs Rochester. Jane's reactions are led by that very necessity of restoring her integrity. Thus she attempts to manipulate, control and suppress Rochester and his increasing desire before the wedding - she gets the upper hand in all practical matters. Her fear is not only that of the innocent girl but rather that yielding to passion ...
- 3500: William Penn And The Quakers
- ... three lower counties on the Delaware, which are now the state of Delaware. The New Colony In April 1681, Penn made his cousin William Markham deputy governor of the province and sent him to take control. In England, Penn drew up the First Frame of Government, his proposed constitution for Pennsylvania. Penn's preface to First Frame of Government has become famous as a summation of his governmental ideals. Later, in ... western Pennsylvania. The Longueuil and Celoron expeditions of the French in 1739 and 1749 traversed this region, and French traders competed with Pennsylvanians for Indian trade. The French efforts in 1753 and 1754 to establish control over the upper Ohio Valley led to the last and conclusive colonial war, the French and Indian War (1754-1763). French forts at Erie (Fort Presque Isle), Waterford (Fort LeBoeuf), Pittsburgh (Fort Duquesne) and Franklin ...
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