STROKE(cerebrovascular accident/Disambiguation) A stroke‚ or cerebrovascular accident (CVA)‚ is the rapid loss of brain function(s) due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. This can be due to ischemia (lack of blood flow) caused by blockage (thrombosis‚ arterial embolism)‚ or a hemorrhage. As a result‚ the affected area of the brain cannot function‚ which might result: In an inability to move one or more limbs on one side of the body. Inability to understand or formulate
Premium Bipolar disorder Schizophrenia
Stroke What is stroke? A stroke is a serious medical condition that occurs when the blood supply to part of the brain is cut off. Strokes are a medical emergency and prompt treatment is essential because the sooner a person receives treatment for a stroke‚ the less damage is likely to happen. Ischemic strokes Ischaemic strokes‚ the most common type of stroke‚ occur when blood clots block the flow of blood to the brain. Blood clots typically form in areas where the arteries have been narrowed
Premium Stroke
A day I will always remember City had made it into the cup final. As a family we all loved football‚ but this was a special match as my partner Max would be in the starting line up as the goal keeper. My daughter Sarah and I had been to many of his matches but this was a special one‚ this was a final. There was a real buzz around my house that morning. We all got up early to help Max prepare for the match. I felt very proud as I helped him do up his tie. He looked so handsome in his suit
Premium Association football English-language films The Final
In the poem “I Heard a Fly Buzz‚” Emily Dickinson describes her death in a way that makes her death seem insignificant. She says in the poem‚ “I willed my keepsakes‚ signed away what portions of me be assignable” (Dickinson). In this passage‚ Dickinson describes the last thing she does before her death. She says that she signs away all her belongings to others. This passage tells that she gave away only material and that she wanted to give away something more valuable. Dickinson did not care about
Premium English-language films Emily Dickinson Sign
Death is the black sheep of conversations. However‚ the reason for this topic to be unspoken is not only the darkness related to the topic itself‚ but in fact‚ what comes after it (if anything at all). For as long as humans have inhabited the earth‚ people have had their own theories about afterlife. In the poem “I Heard a Fly Buzz - When I Died‚” the ghost speaker reflects on her last minutes of life‚ curiously searching and reassuring herself of the possibility of an afterlife promised by God when
Premium Life Death Afterlife
Emily Dickinson’s ‘I heard a fly buzz when I died’ describes the speakers moment of during death with is ruined by a fly impairing her vision of the moment of death or the ‘light’. The speaker is with their family in a room for the preparation of the moment when the speaker passes away. The tone of the poem is dreamy‚ languid and almost completely relaxed. It is almost as if the speaker a ghost in the dreamy relaxed manner the speaker conveys their thoughts and recollections. This complete relaxation
Free Poetry Rhyme Emily Dickinson
such an introverted life she has lived‚ Emily Dickinson’s works are full of sharp and strange images such as death or dark emotions. "I Heard A Fly Buzz When I Died" is a good example. The poem describes the very moment of death‚ but lacks a conventional image of silence or religion. Instead‚ there interposes a fly‚ a symbol of pest and gross. I heard a Fly buzz – when I died – Only a few words used there‚ but Dickinson have already provided the readers pretty much information about her poem. A fly
Premium Rhyme Emily Dickinson Poetry
My name is Brianna Stewart and I am currently a senior at Kentucky State University. I have always wanted to be a social worker growing up‚ because I’ve watched my mother change so many people’s life in this career. A social worker helps people of all different cultures and backgrounds and doesn’t discriminate against anybody. I’ve always been a helping person and I’ve always been the type of person who people come to for advice. People always felt comfortable telling me personal experience because
Premium Sociology High school Education
Case 5.1: Comparing co-workers against each other: Does this motivate employees? This case takes a critical look at using comparative methods to review and evaluate employees and exposes the impact of those methods on productivity and morale. "Forced Ranking" had occurred for many years at GE‚ instigated by the famed ex-CEO Jack Welch who had managers categorize their reports into three categories: the top 20 percent‚ the middle 70 percent‚ and the bottom 10 percent. This process has been shown
Premium Motivation Employment Management
Walt Whitman’s poem "When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer" describes the feelings of knowing too much about the workings of nature. The speaker in the poem is a student who has attended a lecture on astronomy. As he learns more and more‚ he becomes more and more depressed until he leaves the lecture room. Whitman uses interesting elements of form‚ sound‚ and imagery‚ but not figurative language‚ to give meaning to this short poem The poem consists of only one stanza‚ made of eight lines
Premium Poetry