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- 1151: Senility
- ... suggestive of depression (Bunch, 1997, p.109). The level of mental functioning of patients with depression is often inconsistent. They may, for example, be able to give clear accounts of topics that are of personal interest to them but be very vague about, and at times may not even attempt to answer, questions on topics that are of no interest to them (Bunch, 1997, p.109). Variability in performance during testing is suggestive of depression, especially if it improves with positive reinforcement (Bunch, 1997, p.109). It is estimated that dementia affects about 0.4 ...
- 1152: Charles Darwin
- ... father was a physician, Darwin was uninterested in medicine and he was unable to stand the sight of surgery. He did eventually obtain a degree in theology from Cambridge University, although theology was of minor interest to him also. What Darwin really liked to do was tramp over the hills, observing plants and animals, collecting new specimens, scrutinizing their structures, and categorizing his findings, guided by his cousin William Darwin Fox ... his great work, The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life, published in 1859. This great work, received throughout Europe with the deepest interest, was violently attacked because it did not agree with the account of creation given in the Book of Genesis. But eventually it succeeded in obtaining recognition from almost all biologists. Darwin, contrary to popular belief ...
- 1153: Methods Of Therapy
- ... many side-effects and so are not immediately desirable. The lobotomy has been for the most part discontinued in the United States, because its side-effects are too serious and new drugs have better success rates and are therefore more preferable. The ECT has been very effective in reducing depression and decreasing the suicide rate and so it can be a last resort when other drugs and forms of psychotherapy have ... many side-effects and so are not immediately desirable. The lobotomy has been for the most part discontinued in the United States, because its side-effects are too serious and new drugs have better success rates and are therefore more preferable. The ECT has been very effective in reducing depression and decreasing the suicide rate and so it can be a last resort when other drugs and forms of psychotherapy have ...
- 1154: Abortion Should Be Kept Out of The Criminal Code
- ... Unborn children therefore do not enjoy any Charter rights. 6 The problem with s.251 is that it takes the decision away from the woman at all stages of her pregnancy. Balancing the state's interest in a protection of the fetus as potential life under s.1 against the rights of the pregnant woman under this section requires that greater weight be given to the state's interest only in the later stages of pregnancy. 7 Abortion is a divisive social issue, condemned by some groups and supported by others as a moral issue to be decided by individuals, not the state. 8 ...
- 1155: Euthanasia
- ... do whatever possible to stay alive. When euthanasia is implicated, it goes against our concept for survival (98-99). Those against the practice also believe that some might abuse euthanasia and use it for self-interest. The cost to keep a person alive through means of modern technology can be very costly. Families might, despite their love for the patient, consider the money being spent for what may be a hopeless ... is feeling depressed and that is why they want to die, or if it is to relieve the pain. Before euthanasia is implemented the question must be asked if it is in the patients best interest (Battin,120). The use of “living wills” has become popular in the states in which it is legal. These “advanced directive occupy an important place on the debate about the limits of patient autonomy, the ...
- 1156: Hemingway's "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" and His Life
- ... wing. She was first to point him in the direction of the simple declarative sentence, which was another great influence on his style. It seems to me that it wasn't until Hemingway developed an interest in bull fighting that the idea for "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" may have come around. Bull fighting seemed to trigger a whole new interest in Spain. The short story "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place" was set in a small cafe in Madrid, Spain. There is an old deaf man who sits alone on a patio, sipping brandy. Together two ...
- 1157: Supporting The Prohibition
- ... than 0.5 percent, omitting alcohol used for medicinal and sacramental purposes. This act also set up guidelines for enforcement. Prohibition was meant to reduce the consumption of alcohol, and thereby reduce crime, poverty, death rates, and improve the economy and the quality of life. "National prohibition of alcohol (the noble experiment) was undertaken to reduce crime and corruption, solve social problems, reduce the tax burden created by prisons and poorhouses ... it had an effect on today. It prevented abuse and a depression that could have happened due to the use of alcoholic beverages. It also prevented a lot of families to break up, and crime rates went down. I think we would have been better off leaving the prohibition in effect beacause our society would be much better with it.
- 1158: Educatio During The Victorian
- ... no profits. The Code of 1890 made it possible to maintain evening continuation schools, which we think are night schools. The new schools were known as Board Schools and they were paid for by local rates, or by the local school boards. Church teaching continued in all national schools. Before this, all the churches had to provide the education. The Roman Catholics and the Anglicans wouldn’t let their children go ... no profits. The Code of 1890 made it possible to maintain evening continuation schools, which we think are night schools. The new schools were known as Board Schools and they were paid for by local rates, or by the local school boards. Church teaching continued in all national schools. Before this, all the churches had to provide the education. The Roman Catholics and the Anglicans wouldn’t let their children go ...
- 1159: Hitler's Weltanschauung (World View)
- ... world dominion. Adolf Hitler grew up the son of a respectable imperial customhouse official, who refused to let his son do what he was most interested in-art. Hitler never excelled in school, and took interest only in art, gymnastics and a casual interest in geography and history due to a liking he had taken to his teacher. It was his history teacher who would fill Adolf's mind with a simple thought: "The day will come, that all ...
- 1160: Review of: I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
- Review of: I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou I do not really like "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings" , because it does not interest me. I like the author's writing style, but the subject the author writes about does not interest me at all. I don't like reading about how life was for Maya Angelou as she was growing up. I would rather read books that make me say in my mind, "What if that ...
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