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- 5021: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- ... genetic dominant inheritance and accounts for a very small number of cases in the United States. Familial ALS requires further investigation before the significance of the hereditary factor can be firmly established. Guamanian - an extremely high incidence of ALS has been observed in Guam and the Trust Territories of the Pacific. At the onset of ALS the symptoms may be so slight that they are frequently overlooked. With regard to the ... ALS, that a diagnosis can be established. A comprehensive diagnostic workup includes most, if not all, of the following procedures: electrodiagnostic tests including electomyography (EMG) and nerve conduction velocity (NCV), blood and urine studies including high resolution serum protein electrophoresis, thyroid and parathyroid hormone levels, 24 hour urine collection for heavy metals, spinal tap and x-rays, including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and/or myelogram of cervical spine, and muscle and ... management of a patient who is alert but functionally quadriplegic with intact sensory function, bedridden and aware he or she is going to die. The financial cost to families of persons with ALS is exceedingly high. In the advanced stages care can cost up to $200,000 a year. Entire savings of relatives of patients are quickly depleted because of the extraordinary cost involved in the care of ALS patients. ...
- 5022: Elvis Presley
- ... legend brought on a whole generation of imitators. Elvis Aron Presley was born on Jan. 8, 1935, in Tupelo, Miss. In 1949 his family moved to Memphis, Tenn., where young Presley attended L.C. Humes High School, graduating in 1953. That summer he came to the attention of Sam Phillips, president of the Sun Record Company, when he went there to make a personal recording intended as a present for his mother ...
- 5023: Johann Sebastian Bach
- ... of 18 as a "lackey and violinist" in a court orchestra in Weimar; soon after, he took the job of organist at a church in Arnstadt. Here, as in later posts, his perfectionist tendencies and high expectations of other musicians - for example, the church choir - rubbed his colleagues the wrong way, and he was embroiled in a number of hot disputes during his short tenure. In 1707, at the age of ... a demanding one; he had to compose cantatas for the St. Thomas and St. Nicholas churches, conduct the choirs, oversee the musical activities of numerous municipal churches, and teach Latin in the St. Thomas choir school. Accordingly, he had to get along with the Leipzig church authorities, which proved rocky going. But he persisted, polishing the musical component of church services in Leipzig and continuing to write music of various kinds ...
- 5024: College Hazing
- ... and a sense of pride to both the community and the institution (Kempert 12). Of course the only way these solutions could come into effect is if the organizations and the institution work together. The school has to realize that, even if there has been no public incidences regarding hazing in their school, hazing probably does exist. It is this thought that should cause them to form some sort of incentive program of their own to counteract it. However, the members also have to take responsibility and go to the school for help in organizing the possible incentives and alternatives. Works Cited Bradley, Lydia. “Collective Murder.” Campus.org. 23 Mar. 1994. Online. Internet. 10 Dec. 1999. Chenowith, Karin. “When Hazing Leads to Death: One Campus’ ...
- 5025: Ralph Ellison’s Life
- ... was Ellison’s first love, and it remained a lifetime passion. Ellison would write essays on the works of Mahalia Jackson, Charlie Parker, Duke Ellington, and other black musicians. Ellison graduated in 1931 from Douglass High School. Before he got a scholarship to Tuskegee Institute, after graduation for two years he worked as an elevator operator in an unsuccessful attempt to save money for college. Ellison discovered for the first time the ...
- 5026: Louis Pasteur 2
- ... France great through science. Scholar and Scientist Louis Pasteur was born on Dec. 27, 1822, in Dôle, France. His father was a tanner. In 1827 the family moved to nearby Arbois, where Louis went to school. He was a hard-working pupil but not an especially brilliant one. When he was 17 he received a degree of bachelor of letters at the Collège Royal de Besançon. For the next three years ... married in 1849. Pasteur's wife shared his love for science. They had five children; three died in childhood. Research in Fermentation and Souring In 1854 Pasteur became professor of chemistry and dean of the school of science (Faculté des Sciences) at the University of Lille. Hearing of Pasteur's ability, a local distiller came to him for help in controlling the process of making alcohol by fermenting beet sugar. Pasteur ... acid and its function in souring milk in 1857. Further studies developed the valuable technique of pasteurization (see Dairy Industry). The same year he was appointed manager and director of scientific studies at his old school, the École Normale Supérieure. During the next several years he extended his studies into the germ theory. He spent much time proving to doubting scientists that germs do not originate spontaneously in matter but ...
- 5027: Analysis Of The Sacred Pipe
- ... It was creatively written and had a lot more foot notes than any book that I had ever read. One negative thing that I personally had a problem with about this book was throughout my school career I have heard so many stories and read so many books about native Americans and native American rituals that it was kind of getting a little old, but never the less I gave this ... that was referred to as the sacred pipe or as it is better known as the peace pipe. Not everybody in the tribe was permitted to smoke out of the pipe, only the chief or high religious leaders were aloud to smoke out of the pipe. Even then, they were only aloud to smoke out of it during religious practices and other rituals to celebrate holidays of there culture. Hands down ...
- 5028: Christopher Columbus
- ... and wanted to sail west. Columbus had to wait a long time for Queen Isabella to make a choice of if she should support him or not. The Queen thought that Columbus' price was too high. Columbus wanted three ships, but the Queen was only willing to give him one. Columbus had to wait. Columbus discovered the New World in 1492, and thought it was Asia. He and his men, unexpectedly ... never found it because there was and is none. Columbus' attitude to all of this was pretty positive. Columbus' attitude was negative at some times, like when Queen Isabella thought that his price was too high, and when he had to wait for years and years to go to Asia, but he keeped his hopes up and believed that some day he'd be able to go to Asia.
- 5029: The Narrator and Sam Cavanaugh: Dolls to Control?
- ... the narrator is kicked out of college for making a decision on his own. The narrator's hard work earns him in being given the privilege of taking Mr. Norton, a White benefactor to the school, on a car ride around the college area. After much persuasion and against his better judgement, the narrator takes Mr. Norton to a run down Black neighborhood. Then he takes Mr. Norton to a bar and risks his health and life. When Dr. Bledsoe found out about the trip the narrator was kicked out of school because he showed Mr. Norton anything less than the ideal Black man. The next example in Invisible Man that implies the narrator and all black men have no control or say so in their lives ...
- 5030: Women In Math And Science
- ... noted reason for these women's interest in science they said was a relationship with their teacher. "They mentioned instructors who considered them able, kept their projects to show others, gave positive encouragement, and demonstrated high regard for students" (Taylor and Sweetnam). Although the gender gap seems to be decreasing, women are still a minority in the sciences and we can only hope for classrooms where hands-on learning is central ... take. Boys more commonly take upper division courses that lead to careers in these fields. Due to the way in which young girls are typically taught these courses they often lose interest or have such high anxiety that they just stop taking classes in science and math. In an idealistic classroom there would be complete involvement by everyone and gender bias would not exist. Unfortunately we are not there yet, but ...
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