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    REQUEST FOR CONSULTATION Patient Name: Gloria Ramos Hospital No.: 13246 Consultant: Sachi Kato‚ M.D.‚ Dermatology Requesting Physician: Leon Medina.‚ M.D. Internal Medicine Date: 06/23/2010 Reason for Consultation: Please evaluate stomatitis possibly methotrexate related. HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLINESS: The patient is a very pleasant 57 year old white female‚ a native of Cuba‚ being seen for an evaluation and treatment of sores in her mouth that she has had for the last 10-12 days. The patient

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    Gloria Naylor's Mama Day

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    The novel Mama Day by Gloria Naylor explores both the intriguing relationship between a young city boy and a culturally confused girl‚ George and Ophelia‚ and the simple yet supernatural life of an old‚ wise woman on an isolated island entirely detached from the civilized world around her. Ophelia‚ or Cocoa‚ becomes a link between the chaotic world and hustle and bustle of the mainland and the life of Willow Springs that connects her into a cultural and much different identity. The setting of a novel

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    The Sound and the Fury

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    THE SOUND AND THE FURY William Faulkner’s background influenced him to write the unconventional novel The Sound and the Fury. One important influence on the story is that Faulkner grew up in the South. The Economist magazine states that the main source of his inspiration was the passionate history of the American South‚ centered for him in the town of Oxford‚ Mississippi‚ where he lived most of his life. Similarly‚ Faulkner turns Oxford and its environs‚ "my own little postage stamp of native

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    Sound Body

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    Importance of Eating a Balanced Diet And Maintaining a Sound Body Having a sound body is essential. One of the traits or characteristics of a balanced man is having a sound body and through the process you learn how to balance both sound mind and sound body. In order to achieve this one of the things I incorporate into my daily life is exercise. Whether it be a walk/jog‚ playing basketball or some type of sport‚ or even going to the gym to work out for a bit‚ I try to incorporate some type

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    What is the difference between erotica and pornography? Gloria Steinem tackles this question in "Erotica and Pornography". Most people picture Pornography as being hardcore‚ more likely to be sold in specialty adult bookstores or in sealed plastic at the newsstand. Erotica‚ on the other hand‚ includes foreplay‚ intimacy‚ and a mutually- satisfying experience. However‚ Steinem believes that the main differences between pornography and erotica are that individuals involved in pornography are just looking

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    Sound Design

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    not everything. There is also the sound film.” Thus explained the French filmmaker René Clair in 1929. With this statement Clair was challenging us all to push the boundaries of sound design in films. From the primitive synchronization experiments of Lee de Forest and Thomas Edison to state-of-the-art Dolby Digital 10.2 surround sound‚ there are no boundaries for creating a virtual deluge of sound. Even though one is tempted to hypothesize about the future of sound design‚ it is only through an educated

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    Sound Pollution

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    Main effects of sound pollution • Deafness‚ temporary or permanent‚ is one of the most prevalent effects of noise pollution. Mechanics‚ locomotive drivers‚ telephone operators etc all have their hearing impairment. • The first and foremost effect of noise is a decrease in the efficiency in working. Research has proved the fact that human efficiency increases with noise reduction. • Too much of noise disturbs the rhythms of working‚ thereby affecting the concentration required for doing a

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    Sound and the Fury

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    There are three major themes present in The Sound and the Fury. They are the themes of good versus evil‚ loss‚ and love. Throughout the whole novel we can see that "Quentin is striving for the condition of tragedy for the Compsons"(Hoffman 86)‚ while Benjy is doing the opposite. Dowling’s opinion on page 114 is that Benjy is seen as a Christ figure. This is evident because he acts like an innocent child due to his handicap. Along with the whole Quentin versus Benjy theme there is a sense of light

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    Sound Waves

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    sound waves Sound is a series of compression waves that moves through air or other materials. These sound waves are created by the vibration of an object‚ like a radio loudspeaker. The waves are detected when they cause a detector to vibrate. Your eardrum vibrates from sound waves to allow you to sense them. Sound has the standard characteristics of any waveform. Sound is a waveform that travels through matter. Although it is commonly in air‚ sound will rapidly travel

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    Sound and Acoustic

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    Sound and acoustics It is common to think that acoustics is the study of music. Although acoustics does comprise the study of musical instruments‚ it also includes an extensive range of topics‚ including: SONAR systems‚ noise control‚ ultrasounds for medical imaging and other processes‚ electroacoustic communication‚ seismology‚ etc. [1] In general‚ acoustics is the study of mechanical waves including sound‚ vibration‚ infrasound and ultrasound. When talking about the acoustics‚ it is essential

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