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- 3311: Hyperkinetic Children
- ... manifest anti-social tendencies, for instance, lieing, stealing, and violence, which frequently lead to delinquency. Similarly, symptoms persist into adult life and account for social maladjustment (behavior that violates laws or unwritten standards of the school or community, yet conforms to the standards of some social subgroup). Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), also called attention deficit disorder (ADD), is presently the most common condition diagnosed in hyperactive children. This specific syndrome ... their family doctor or pediatrician. Based upon that evaluation, referral is sometimes made for neurological, psychological, psychiatric, and educational evaluations for consideration of possible related disorders and to place the child in the most appropriate school environment. Researchers must understand a disorder before they can attempt to treat it. There are a variety of theories on the etiology of ADHD, but most researchers now believe that there are multiple factors that ... Overall, approximately 75 percent of ADHD children on stimulant medication show behavioral improvement, and 25 percent show either no improvement or decreased behavioral functioning. It appears that stimulant medications can help the ADHD child with school productivity and accuracy, but not with overall academic achievement. Although ADHD children tend to show improvement while they are on stimulant medication, there are rarely any long-term benefits to the use of stimulant ...
- 3312: City Of Berlin
- ... 1945 and the peace treaty divided the nation into Communists East Germany and non-Communist West Germany. Berlin was also divided. A 103-mile wall surround West Berlin. It was made of concrete, wasw12 feet high and was white so that anyone trying to climb it would be clearly visible. In 1989 the East German government collapsed and the wall was knocked down. In 1990, East and West Germany re-united ... side of it. If you look to your left, you'll see the Tiergarten, a former royal hunting ground. It is now a large park replanted with trees, having many walking paths. The 2120-foot high Victory Column in the park commemorates the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-71. If you're willing and able to climb it's 285 steps, the view of the Brandenburg Gate is worth the effort ... was built for the 1936 Olympics and was used for Nazi rallies afterward. It seats over 95,000 people and is an example of the grand ideas Hitler had for Berlin. Now the 453 foot-high structure that you see towering over those buildings is called the Radio Tower. It is located in the fairground of Charlottenburg and was built in 1926 for the Berlin Trades Fair. While dining at ...
- 3313: The Theme of Coming of Age in Literature
- ... things from a different perspective and was not quick to take small things for granted . Lastly, Hugh Maclennan's story "Explosion" is a story about a young boy named Roddie Wain, who was late for school on the famous morning that Mont Blanc crashed into another ship on the Halifax harbor, causing monstrous destruction. Roddie Wain begins his journey of coming of age on this morning when he is faced with ... Through the days events, this child grows in to a young man through a series of shocking and terrifying events. Near the beginning of the story, Roddie is only a child who was late for school, and knows he is not in trouble due to the tornado that just passed because of the explosion. He is happy that he will not be in trouble. By the end of the story, he wishes he was back in school and in trouble rather than being faced with the horrible sight of death and blood. An the end of the story it is also rather obvious that he is not only saying that he ...
- 3314: Leonard Bernstein
- ... Oh by Jingo. For the most part, Leonard Bernstein was an unhappy child. He said, I was a miserable, terrified little child (Musicians p.64). His family moved from town to town, during Bernstein's school days, not giving him a chance to make close friends or feel at home. Sadly, Bernstein's peers would make fun of and tease Bernstein. He was a very sickly child as he suffered from ... 65). He could escape from all his frustrations and sadness by playing the piano. His parents didn't like the fact that he was always at the piano, they wanted him to concentrate on his school work. They thought of piano playing as a waste of time because it stood in the way of Leonard's learning his father's business, which they planned for him to eventually take over. At ... read, sing and memorize anything. He absorbed in one lesson an arrangement that took most of my pupils five or six lessons to learn.'1 As an eleven year old, he entered The Boston Latin School and graduated with honors in 1935. He was an outstanding student- in the top ten percent of his class, but didn't seem to exist without music. It was, by now, a part of ...
- 3315: Latex Products In The Work Pla
- ... This is extremely important because those employees most at risk are the ones who frequently use latex products, and once the allergy is developed, it does not ever go away. Other people who are at high risk are those who apply latex gloves while their hands are still wet. Since the proteins are water-soluble, the skin can absorb them more easily once they are part of the water. More groups of people at high risk are those who suffer from various other allergies, and those who use latex products when they have a rash or any other skin disorder, because it gives the proteins an entrance to the body ... minimize health risk and how well the gloves were processed. From the employees point of view, this is an improvement but it is not nearly enough. Latex that is not processed and treated to a high standard should be illegal. Until it is, the employers still have the option of using cheaply processed latex. This means that those out to make a buck will still choose price over employee safety; ...
- 3316: Adolf Hitler
- ... regularly beat him during his childhood, it was not unusual for discipline to be enforced in that way during that period. By 1900, Hitler's talents as an artist surfaced. He did well enough in school to be eligible for either the university preparatory "gymnasium" or the technical/scientific Realschule. Because the latter had a course in drawing, Adolf accepted his father's decision to enroll him in the Realschule. He did not do well there. Adolf's father died in 1903 after suffering a pleural hemorrhage. Adolf himself suffered from lung infections, and he quit school at the age of 16, partially the result of ill health and partially the result of poor school work. In 1906, Adolf was permitted to visit Vienna, but he was unable to gain admission to a prestigious art school. His mother developed terminal breast cancer and was treated by Dr. Edward Bloch, ...
- 3317: "Afrofornication", The New Black Culture Of Indiscriminate S
- ... people. To give us a better understanding of the reasons for this behavior we must look at the social strategy of the Negro. There have been many studies performed to try to explain the disproportionately high birth rate among Negroes and in fact the clearest and most observant of these was by Rushton (1996) [1], who found two distinct socio-reproductive patterns, he called them the \\'R-Strategy\\' and the \\'K-Strategy\\'. The \\'R-Strategy\\' is the typical Negro reproductive pattern which he observed both in Africa and around the world. This pattern has the characteristics of a high birth rate, but also puting very little effort into parental care and nurturing. Often, the parents will not stay long as a couple, one father may in fact have several wives or women which he ... lacking. Due to a modern culture and an ancient instinct to reproduce exponentially, the Negro has evolved to produce more testosterone and have less sexual restraint than the White man. This is reflected in the high Negro birth rate, which is over twice as high as the White birth rate. Even look at the birth rate for Negro teenage females, 65.8 out of 1000, for White females of the ...
- 3318: Anabolic Steroids
- ... the stomach and they are excreted fairly rapidly. The bad side of taking oral steroids is that they are more toxic than injected steroids. They are highly potent, which makes the risk of overdosing very high. Steroids that are injected are less toxic to the liver and are less potent than oral steroids on an equal dosage basis. Injected steroids have a delayed take up, which makes them last longer. It ... can be changed with the discontinuation of steroid use. In the cardiovascular system adverse effects can be very deadly. When taking steroids an increase in LDL (low density lipoprotein) cholesterol and a decrease in HDL (high density lipoprotein) cholesterol occurs in the bloodstream. This can carry a risk of coronary heart disease and myocardial infarctions. They can also cause retention of fluids. High blood pressure can cause an increased risk of congestive heart failure and strokes. The adverse effects in the musculoskeletal systems are not life threatening, but they are very noticeable. Younger steroids users can have ...
- 3319: Thomas Edison
- ... he first began his education. When he was only seven years old his teacher, the Reverend G.B. Engle considered Thomas to be a dull student, and was terrible in math. After three months of school his teacher called him "addled," which means confused or mixed up. Thomas stormed home.(minot, pg1) The next day, Nancy Edison brought Thomas back to school to talk to Reverend Engle. He told her that Thomas couldnt learn. His mother became so angry at the strict Reverend that she decided to home-school him.(minot 1) After a while his mother, a former teacher herself, recognized his un usual abilities to reason. She quickly got him interested in History and Classic books. Thomas however was strangely attracted ...
- 3320: Centralization Of Control In M
- ... centralization. The standardization of practices in monasteries was an attainable and straightforward method of increasing the churches control. If each monastery was less able to form its own character and rituals, the Pope and other high religious leaders would gain power. Instead of controlling what occurs in a few monasteries, they advanced that authority to almost all of them, giving them greater influence on the religion as a whole. As St ... stating that one must sacrifice all of their personal desires and needs for God. If the Pope is in control of the monasteries, he is ultimately in control of the monks. The monasteries allowed the high Christian authorities to develop standard religious practices and conformity among their most devout followers. Unlike the other areas of Christian influence, the monks were people who had already confessed their faith in Christ and were ... was able to command crusades against non-believers further and further away, he increased his centralized power. The story of the Albigensians is not so much about the Albigensians themselves, than about the way the high-ranking church officials dealt with them. Anyone who did not agree with the orthodox views of the church was treated as a direct threat to the clergy's power and control. They dealt with ...
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