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- 2711: Tobacco
- ... causes of death in the United States. Nicotine, which is an alkaloid derived from the tobacco plant, is a potent chemical that has powerful effects on the human body, especially when administered rapidly or at high doses. Prenatal exposure to nicotine is associated with adverse reproductive outcomes, including altered neural structure and functioning, cognitive deficits, and behavior problems in the offspring (9). At least 20% - 30% of pregnant women are estimated ... preadolescent or adolescent years than women who did not smoke or smoked only occasionally during pregnancy. These findings support previous work showing that maternal smoking during pregnancy is associated with increased rates of preschool and school-age behavior problems and delinquency in the offspring. The relationship between smoking and low birth weight, prematurity, and miscarriage has been well established. The effects of nicotine are seen in every trimester of pregnancy, from ... the results provide a casual explanation for the increased perinatal morbidity and mortality seen in the offspring of smokers. The fetal environment is relatively hypoxic, and corresponding cardiac functional deficits would thus contribute to the high incidence of fetal mortality. Just as impaired cardiac function during hypoxia in neonatal rats can account for the increase in mortality with prolonged hypoxia, comparable effects in man would provide a mechanism for cardiovascular ...
- 2712: Female Infanticide in India
- ... female infanticide as a law- and order issue, viewing it instead as a social problem that should be erased through better education, family planning and job programs.(Paul Murphy, 1995, p. C12) Along with the high rate of female infanticide in India there is also a high rate of death in female children. Almost one in five dies before the age of 5 and one in four or about 12 million born each year by the age of 15. (Paul Murphy, 1995, p. C12) Female children are fed less pulled out of school earlier, forced into hard labor sooner and given less medical attention then boys. A 1990 study of patient records at Islambad Childrens Hospital in Pakistan found that 71 percent of the babies admitted under ...
- 2713: Pierre Elliot Trudeau's Federalism and the French Canadians
- ... towards Federalism and its ramifications on Canadian citizenry. Born and raised in Quebec, he attended several prestigious institutions that educated him about the political spectrum of the country. After his time spent at the London School of Economics, Trudeau returned to Quebec at a time when the province was experiencing vast differences with its Federal overseer. The Union Nationale, a religious nationalist movement rooted deep in the heart of Quebec culture ... all students to gaze upon, let alone only be recommended by critics who have studied the works of Trudeau. Such monumental beliefs embodied into one man is reason enough for a student in University or High School to open Federalism and the French Canadians and learn more about Pierre Elliot Trudeau.
- 2714: Obstetrician vs. Midwife
- ... to assist in births. What is the difference between an obstetrician and a midwife? Should I choose one over the other? A physician goes through four years of premedical training and four years of medical school to learn the science of the body. After graduation he or she decides to specialize in obstetrics and gynecology, requiring at least four more years of training. Much of that time--especially in gynecology--is ... normal pregnancy (although they can do an adequate job if there are no midwives available). Throughout the world, midwives fall into three general types. First, there are the midwives with formal training (either in a school or apprenticeship, who have met a specific standard for education and experience) but are not trained in the discipline of nursing. This is the system primarily used in the Netherlands, Denmark, and some other European ... t get hit by a car crossing the street, either! Sometimes, despite everything, it just doesn't go right. Babies are born with birth defects, or prematurely, or even sometimes die. Moms get sick, get high blood pressure, or bleed too much. Good care, like you get from a midwife, helps reduce the chance that you will have a serious problem, but there are no guarantees in life. Midwives recognize ...
- 2715: Alfred Hitchcock: 50 Years of Movie Magic
- Alfred Hitchcock: 50 Years of Movie Magic Alfred Hitchcock is among the few directors to combine a strong reputation for high-art film-making with great audience popularity. Throughout his career he gave his audiences more pleasure than could be asked for. The consistency of quality plot-lines and technical ingenuity earned him the recognition of ... over 60 still shots, 70 setups, and over a week of attempts; all for a less than a minute on screen. True Hitchcock genius, you never actually see the knife strike Marion, but the loud, high pitched screeching music, and the close-ups of her face and the knife sends chills through the body. An investigator comes out to the motel, and becomes the next victim. Soon the audience learns that ... gas continues to flow from it, and is set on fire, when a passer-by drops a match on the ground causing a immense damage. In a later scene the children are trapped in the school, and as the teacher attempts to lead them to their homes, believing the birds have flow away, they turn a corner and are suddenly surrounded. The birds come together and strike, while the children ...
- 2716: Bennet's: The Executioner
- ... discussed in detail, and the plot of this murder, suspense, and horror story are revealed. The plot will be discussed, for easier comprehension of the story. This plot begins when Bruce , an 18 year old high school boy was at a bar with his best friend Raymond, and a few other friends named Ed, and Elaine. Unfortunately, Bruce got intoxicated, but still decided to drive the others home from the bar. On ... made an excellent recovery by having over 10 strengths. Bennett managed grasp the qualities of suspense with great expertise. He mixed revenge and anger to create an award winning novel. All the strengths show the high standard of a book. The length was reasonably short, so it did not bore the reader. The suspense was exhilarating, and so was the way the plot was laid out. The great plot twist ...
- 2717: Catcher In The Rye: Holden Caufield
- Catcher In The Rye: Holden Caufield Holden Caufield was a high school student at a boy's academy by the name of Pency Prep. He feels as though he had fought the world and lost, everyone is against him and that little can bring him joy. He ... seems to change and evolve throughout the book. In the beginning, he is said to be very irresponsible for reasons like forgetting the foils for fencing at the subway or for getting kicked out of school. Later, he Holden seems to become nicer, by giving twenty dollars to the nuns. He also develops the ides of being a catcher in the rye, protecting children from the outside world, and from ...
- 2718: Destroying Waco
- ... demanding. He was clearly a serious religious scholar and I wanted to understand what he was saying. So I stayed. The people around Koresh came from many backgrounds. I met folks who hadn't finished high school, and others with degrees from places like Harvard law school. I spent time with African-Americans, Australians, black Britons, Mexican- Americans and more. We certainly weren't as isolated as people seem to think. We shopped in town, some of us worked in the ...
- 2719: Bill Clinton and His Many Problems
- ... of payments, they still owe a lot of money to different countries and banks. This policy has been sharpened during Clintons presidential period. This is especially a problem for the blacks that live in the high- unemployment-ghettos. This brings us to another big problem in the American society; the violence. In US the control with weapons is very loose, and everybody can walk into a gunshop and buy their own ... Because of all this criminals having weapons, ordinary people feel that they must own a weapon. All these ordinary people prevent that a better weapon law has been made. In the worst areas even the school kids have guns and they bring them to school. Some schools have therefore installed metal detectors to find some of the weapons.
- 2720: Art
- ... Large, quickly growing towns became centers of wealth, learning and especially art. In northern Europe, a true gothic style developed, best known for the magnificent cathedrals and stain glass windows created in this era. This high rise in town life, brought with it a spirit of inquiry and invention. A famous painting created in the Byzantine style of this time was The Madonna of Angels' by Giovanni Anabue. In this painting ... was then erected. This was an architectural masterpiece commissioned by the king, with enlightening Christian murals to symbolize the wealth and good times, and to welcome the prosperous times ahead. The development of the Flemish school of painting in the fifteenth century marked the end of the great gothic period. This happened just in time for a rebirth in painting - the ever famous Renaissance period. In this period of exploration, invention ... heavens. Here, a culture of antiquity was rediscovered. Artists in this period, with increased knowledge of the world, began to study anatomy, science and mathematics involving perspective and dimension. Art was exciting, particularly in the high Renaissance, yet the times were troubled. Discoveries in science were changing the ways man thought of himself. The growth of wealth and the discovery of new lands had triggered a struggle for r power ...
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