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- 20801: Is Mathematics Invented Or Dis
- ... geometry was thought to describe the world around us. This was until the 1830s when Bernhard Riemann and Nikolay Ivanovich Lobachevsky with Janos Bolyai developed two new geometric systems. They did this by changing Euclid's fifth postulate about parallel lines and then making all new deductions based on the new set of axioms. Both geometries were just as valid as Euclid's and so would any other as long as it was consistent and did not lead to any contradiction within its set of axioms and postulates. It was now apparent that there were almost an infinite number of geometric systems. It was also unclear which geometry described the outside world. A formalist's view towards pure maths is that it is just a meaningless game where mathematicians never know what they are talking about or what they are saying is true. In many ways this is true, ...
- 20802: Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
- ... social, familial and scholastic adjustment. Substantial proportions of children referred to clinics with ADHD also have Oppositional Defiant Disorder or Conduct Disorder (First, 1994, p.81) This disorder is not frequently among individuals with Tourette's Disorder, when the two disorders coexist, the onset of ADHD often precedes the onset of the Tourette's Disorder. There may be a history of child abuse or neglect, multiple foster placements, neurtoxin exposure, infections, drug exposure in utero, low birth weight, and Mental Retardation (First, 1994, p.81) Toddler's attention can be held in a variety of situations. In contrast, young children with ADHD more excessively and typically are difficult to contain. By late childhood and early adolescents, signs of excessive gross motor ...
- 20803: Indexing
- ... money managers who must remain diversified and who sometimes take on additional risks in an attempt to produce the performance and safety that they have promised their clients. The evidence has piled up during today's bull market that the average dollar managed by active managers does not keep up with the market index. Finally, indexing is a way to avoid being blind-sided in certain areas of the marketplace. Active ... among investors that a strategy designed to match stock market returns is less risky than a comparable actively managed portfolio. Since the index approach invests in a manner that is most friendly with the market's natural liquidity, it produces the least disturbance. The passive investor also has diversified his risk. Specific negative things can happen to individual companies or groups. As a passive investor, one is not exposed to any ... year 2001 this rate will be reduced to 18% for investments held five years or longer. Finally, active money managers serve the specific needs of their clients. They manage portfolios based exactly on the investor's objectives and tolerance for risk. They make decisions based on a stated time frame and they are capable of changing the goals and direction of a portfolio on a moment's notice. They are ...
- 20804: Interpretation
- ... is valid to say that if ten people read a book and were asked to retell the book in their own words that we’d hear ten different versions of the same book. In today’s society, our interpretations are feared. We might interpret anything contrary to the author’s intentional meaning. The author could then possibly be liable for any actions we take after reading his works. Don Quixote is one who consciously decides to interpret his books of chivalry as the right way ... I do not believe that Don Quixote is mad, as some may say, but that he is only interpreting what he has read to suit him. If Don Quixote were a real human in today’s society his family could very well sue the publishers of the books that he read, claiming that the books drove him to insanity and should not have been published. However, if all written works ...
- 20805: Myasthenia Gravis
- ... women and older men, recent observations suggest that as the population has aged, the average age of onset has steadily increased to over 50 years of age, with males more often affected than females. It's prevalence is about 1 in 7500, with about 40,000 cases in the United States. It is not known to be inherited but first-degree relatives have a 1000x greater risk of developing MG than ... crisis precipitating ventilatory failure. A precipitating event such as surgery, infection, or rapid tapering of immunosuppression, can usually be identified. Overdosage of AchE inhibitors can also cause respiratory distress. A good predictor of the patient’s respiratory status is the vital capacity, which should be monitored closely in a patient with suspected crisis. Intubation and mechanical ventilation may be necessary. Pathogenesis MG fulfills the criteria for an immune-mediated disorder: (1 ... in the synaptic folds of the endplate, increasing the action potential threshold and reducing the probability of muscle depolarization in response to motoneural stimulation. The autoantibody sythesis in MG is under the influence of autoreactive T cells in the thymus. About 10% of patients with MG have a thymic tumor, and up to 70% have evidence of thymic hyperplasia. The frequency of thymoma decreases with age. It is not understood ...
- 20806: Infrastructure And Economic Pr
- ... on a regular basis. Toronto has an advanced telecommunications system, with some of the best access lines, digital switching, and advanced signalling. Toronto has a large population, a thriving economy, and attracts many tourists. Toronto’s large population and attraction of tourists is due to the quality of life in the city. Toronto was ranked the best place to live in the world by the Corporate Resources Group and was ranked fifth in North America as a place for arts and culture. Toronto was ranked the best global city for business and family life by Fortune Magazine and was ranked the world’s fifth best business location for international business headquarters. Toronto is also the fourth largest financial centre in North America. All of the above points are a direct result of Toronto’s excellent telecommunications infrastructure and transit system . The city of North Bay is located in Northern Ontario and has a population of about 45,000. North Bay has a poorly developed transportation system and a ...
- 20807: Oedipus The Irony
- Oedipus the Irony In Sophocles's Oedipus The King, Oedipus's life was set for him. He learned through the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi, that during the span of his lifetime that he would kill his father and marry his mother. He was obviously concerned ... feet and left on the mountainside for dead. The baby was given to King Polybus, ruler of Corinth. Polybus took care of Oedipus like one of his own. Oedipus even believes that he was Polybus's son. Then Oedipus received the same Oracle that he would kill his father and marry his mother. He tried to fight faith by leaving Corinth, so he could not kill Polybus (who Oedipus though ...
- 20808: Health Care Reforms
- ... be the aggregation of applied procedures, tests and therapies related to a particular patient treatment. Accounting systems categorize expenditures in terms of labor, materiel and capital, allocating pools of common expenses and overhead that can't be directly traced to a specific product or service. The impreciseness of most allocation techniques tends to misrepresent real cost levels, resulting in poor business decisions and mis-allocation of resources. Reform will be a catalyst spurring the materiel management organization to learn more about internal customers and supplier's operations. The final customer ultimately pays for the inefficiencies of everyone else in the supply chain. If the customer doesn't plan or effectively communicate changes in demand, or misuses the item, supply cost rise. If the supplier lacks quality controls, has poor production standards and rejects rates, or can't manage its inventory efficiently, ...
- 20809: Organ Donation
- ... should Become an Organ Donor Why should you become an organ donor? There are plenty of reasons why you should become an organ donor. Many of humans die every hour just because one person didn't become an organ donor. This paper will give facts and reasons why you should become an organ donor. A person dies every three hours because of the shortage of organ donors. Just one person, can ... organ donor. Any one, at any age, can become a donor. Tell your family that you wish to donate your organs if something tragic happens to you. Or, when you go into renew your driver's license they will ask you if you would like to be an organ donor. Say yes, and they will mark a small box on your license saying that you are an organ donor. Families of ... organs. This is not true. There is no police record or report of this ever happening. Also people think that having an organ removed will disfigure your body. This is also not true. Donating doesn't disfigure your body in any way. It doesn't prevent you from having an open casket funeral. You can donate heart, lungs, kidneys, liver, pancreas, skin, bones, eyes, veins, and heart valves. More than ...
- 20810: Miracles
- Miracles The first issue is to try and define what a miracle is. A miracle is hard to define, especially today. Miracles are a rarity in today's world. The technical definition of a miracle, is a kind of supernatural or extremely unusual event. In a biblical sense, a miracle is a special act of God in the world; a supernatural interference into nature; a special divine interaction. As Christians, the biblical definition is what we put our faith in. Now we need to know the history of miracles and if they really exist in today's world. Biblical miracles claim to be historical events. If they are not historical, then the foundation of Christianity is false. Some theologians and others think that since miracles such as the virgin birth, raising the ... argument engages in special pleading and begging the question in favor of naturalism" (Geisler 1992:82). As Christians we believe in the historical view of the biblical miracles. Christians believe that the Bible is God's revelation of His involvement int he history of the world. "When God acts in history, He leaves behind His ‘fingerprints'. By examining the biblical record we can discover those distinctive characteristics of God's ...
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