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- 1511: Alcohol and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- ... of mental retardation in the United States. Mental retardation is usually mild to moderate, but occasionally it is severe. Central nervous system handicaps are also present in children with FAS. A small brain, learning disabilities, short attention span, hyperactivity in childhood, and poor body, hand, and finger coordination are examples of CNS handicaps.(NIAAA, p.1) Mental handicaps and hyperactivity are probably the most debilitating aspects of FAS.(Streissguth, p.1) Children with FAS also suffer from facial abnormalities. These abnormalities include: small eye openings, drooping eyelids, short upturned nose, thin upper lip, and low set or poorly formed ears. (NIAAA, p.1) These facial patterns distinguish children with FAS/FAE from normal children, however they are not harshly malformed. A more serious ... severe form of FAS. FAE is much harder to detect than FAS and extremely difficult to diagnose at birth. This is because FAE conditions begin to occur during school years. These conditions include behavioral problems, short attention span, language difficulties, and hyperactivity. (Timberlake and Birch, p.1) Occurrence The number of new cases each year of FAS and FAE are significantly underreported, therefore it is difficult to obtain accurate findings. ...
- 1512: Charles W. Chesnutt
- ... South originally in 1856, returned after the Civil War. Chesnutt who had little formal education taught himself and also received tutoring from family members. Chesnutt is known as one of the great American novelist and short-story writers of the late 19th century. Chesnutt lived most of his childhood in Fayetteville, NC where he worked part time in a family grocery store and attended a school founded by the Freedmen's Bureau. By 14 he had published his first short story in a Fayetteville newspaper. "I think I must write a book It has been my cherished dream and I feel an influence that I cannot resist calling me to the task."(1) At 15 ... be accepted on equal terms with whites. In order to support his family, Chesnutt was forced to reopen his court reporting business which he closed in 1899. Chesnutt shifted his literary concentration towards essays and short articles regarding racial issues. He also experimented in writing entertaining, non-controversial novels about the high society of the North. The result was "Baxter's Procrustes," his last novel to be published in the ...
- 1513: How Alcohol May Affect Human Behaviour
- ... with the law and sociaty. The effects both intermidate and long term are addressed in some detail. Considerable detail is provided on the definition and calculation of that perameter. The information sheet concludes with a short Alcohol quiz'. Whilst some of the statistics provided on the alcohol content of some of the drinks is useful, this detracts from the main message of this newsletter which is about that alcohol is a ... No.2 3-35 This article talks about the effect of alcohol on families, the treatment of alcoholics, effects of alcohol on the body and mind, the attitudes of alcohol from different social backgrounds and stories of alcoholic events/experiences. Many examples are given on the effects of alcohol on a range of people. I found this information to detailed and detracted from the main thoughts of the article. Also I ...
- 1514: P. T. Barnum
- ... in Bethel and also one of the richest men. His longest running joke would be on Barnum. At the boys cresting, he deeded Barnum a piece of land called Ivy Island. For years Barnum herd stories about what a lucky young man he was to be given Ivy Island At the age of ten he set out to see the island himself. Barnum soon found out Ivy Island was named for ... The next year Connecticut outlawed lotteries. A few weeks later his store went bust. Then the final blow came, the newspaper could not repeat with the well-established Danbury Recorder and folded. Within a few short months he was wiped out. In 1834, with nothing left to lose Barnum moved his family to New York City. Without knowing it he started down the road to the "Greatest Show On Earth."4 ...
- 1515: Peter The Great
- ... a landmark: a 400 foot tower surmounted by a ornamented tower made of wood that stretched more than 197 feet into the sky. Also, in 1710, Trezzini made the plans for a summer palace, 2 stories tall, with 14 rooms, located where the Neva River and the Fontanka Canal meet. He also designed 2 winter palaces in 1711, next to the Admirality, which were stone and brick (4:100-101). Later ... time on, Czars were no longer buried in the church of the Archangel Michael in the Kremlin, but laid to rest in identical white marble coffins alongside the Great Peter (4:106-107). In 29 short years, Peter the Great had revolutionized his land and turned it forcibly toward the west. Many of his people did not understand him and considered him a devil. Yet his love for his country and ...
- 1516: Poe And Thoreau
- ... nature and the understanding of the basic mysteries of life, Edgar Allen Poe brought perspective to the darker side of the Romantic period. His success in the literary world led to the publication of his short stories and poems as he worked as a magazine editor. Poes desire was to cut free from reality or actuality and enter the world of imagination. Unlike Thoreau, he believes that truth lies in the ...
- 1517: William Faulkner
- ... s Place, even a railroad. Faulkner's "Yoknapatawpha County" is in reality Lafayette County, and "Jefferson" is actually Oxford. The Faulkner family lived there since before the Civil War. This is where most of his stories take place. He pondered the family history and his own personal history; and he used both in writing his stories. (American Writers; 54) Faulkner born in New Albany, Mississippi in 1897. In 1902 they moved to Oxford ("Jefferson"), the seat of the University of Mississippi. His father, Murray C. Falkner, (the u was added to ... The people of Oxford say he had and explosive temper. (American Writers; 55c) The characters Colonel Sartoris and Bayard Sartoris portray Faulkner's great-grandfather and grandfather. These characters show up in many of his stories such as Sartoris and The Unvanquished. They are a part of the Old South legend and they play an important role in the saga of Yoknapatawpha. (American Writers; 55d) William was a poor student. ...
- 1518: Portfolio Piece
- ... flat character doesn't show much emotion, even though he lost something that was in reach of winning. This shows that Atticus is a very courageous person. Another Book that expresses the quote is the short story, '???'. The main character is a lady who loses he husband and son in a hunting accident many years ago. Every night she sets the table and makes dinner for them, expecting them to walk ... every day she continues to keep faith that they will. This is how she's courageous. To be courageous you have to be able to accept something or keep faith in something. I feel these stories's exhibited the quote pretty good.
- 1519: The Pituitary Gland and Dwarfism
- ... the cause of most dwarfism in Europe, Canada, and the United States. Other causes of dwarfism are Down's syndrome, a congenital condition with symptoms similar to those of cretinism, achondroplasia, a disease characterized by short extremities resulting from absorption of cartilaginous tissue during the fetal stage, spinal tuberculosis, and deficiency of the secretions of the pituitary gland or of the ovary. Causes of pituitary dwarfism may vary. Abnormally short height in childhood may be due to the pituitary gland not functioning correctly, resulting in underproduction of growth hormone. This may result from a tumor in the pituitary gland, absence of the pituitary gland, or ... deficiency is an isolated growth hormone deficiency only growth hormone is given. If the deficiency is not isolated other hormone replacement preparations will be required. There are a few complications of pituitary dwarfism. Some are short stature and delayed puberty development. Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease has been acquired from cadaver derived growth hormone which is no longer available. Synthetic growth hormone is now available which is free of all infectious disease ...
- 1520: Permeability of Hydrophilic
- ... coefficient was calculated as described before (Artursson 1990), using a Microsoft Excel 4.0 software package (Macintosh Power PC computer and Microsoft Office software) and templates modified by K. Palm. Electrophysiological measurements Transepithelial electrical resistance, short circuit current and potential difference were measured by an in-house computer-based automatic system using a single unit Transwell diffusion chamber (Grεsjφ & Karlsson, unpublished results). Development of electrical parameters in 2/4/A1 cells ... at 37°C as a model for paracellular transport of hydrophilic drugs across the small intestine. Transepithelial resistance TEER reached a plateau of 25-35 Ohm.cm2 after four days in culture. Resting potential and short circuit current were low throughout the time studied, and were consistent with the cellular morphology (Figure 6). Figure 6. Transepithelial resistance, resting potential and short circuit current of 2/4/A1 cell line monolayers seeded at 37°C. Experiments were performed in Hanks balanced salt solution at 37°C. N=6. Figure 5. Transmission electron microscopy of 2/4/ ...
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