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    There are four stages of Non-REM sleep. During Stage 1‚ the eyes are closed. One can be awakened without difficulty; however‚ if aroused from this stage of sleep‚ a person may feel as if he or she has not slept. The heart rate slows and the body temperature decreases during Stage 2. At this point‚ the body prepares to enter deep sleep. Stages 3 and 4 are deep sleep stages‚ with stage 4 being more intense than Stage 3. These stages are known as slow-wave‚ or delta‚ sleep. If aroused from sleep during

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    Haircutting: Clipper Cuts Needs Improvement 0 pts Student does not understand the skill Some Competency 1 pts Student has basic understanding of the skill ‚ however needs improvement Competent 2 pts Student understands the skill needs work on confidence of skill Strong Competency 3 pts Student has a strong understanding of the skill and executed with confidence Exceeds Competency 4 pts Student exceed the expectations of the skill and displayed extreme confidence throughout Improvement

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    Alfarabi and Aristotle: The Four Causes and The Four Stages of The Doctrine of The Intelligence Alfarabi was raised as a young boy in Baghdad. His early life was spent studying the art of linguistics‚ philosophy‚ and logic. His teachers were Syrian Christians experts in Greek philosophy. He studied Aristotle and Plato in detail‚ and it became evident in his later writings that they were a strong influence on him. He became quite a prolific writer‚ and he wrote more than 100 works‚ many of which

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    Cocaine Abuse Kiara Palmer Shaw University Cocaine and crack are both drugs created from the coca plant but have different levels of refinement. Cocaine is an addictive stimulant of the central nervous system‚ extracted from the coca leaf. Cocaine is usually inhaled but can also be injected. Crack is the freebase form of cocaine that has been processed from the powdered cocaine hydrochloride form to a substance that can be smoked. Cocaine is taken in through the nose and crack is

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    Cocaine is a powerful central nervous system (CNS) stimulant that heightens alertness‚ inhibits appetite and the need for sleep‚ and provides intense feelings of pleasure. It is prepared from the leaf of the Erythroxylon coca bush‚ which grows primarily in Peru and Bolivia. Street dealers dilute it with inert (non-psychoactive) but similar-looking substances such as cornstarch‚ talcum powder‚ and sugar‚ or with active drugs such as procaine and benzocaine (used as local anesthetics)‚ or other

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    Cocaine Treatment for Women As a young lady‚ a mother‚ or a grandmother‚ if seeking cocaine treatment for women has not been an easy process‚ you now have new opportunities because health care professionals now understand the need for treatment that is especially designed for women. Traditionally‚ addiction treatment was developed with a signal focus to stop using and did not take into account the different physical‚ emotional‚ and social needs of men and women. But research has shown the many

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    The Problem of Combined Drug Intoxication (CDI)‚ a.k.a. Polydrug or Polypharmacy Intoxication and Multiple Drug Intake (MDI) The relatively recent deaths of celebrities such as Heath Ledger‚ Michael Jackson‚ and Anna Nicole Smith‚ lend themselves to a discussion for this first discussion board. When you are presented with the term "drug overdose‚" what is the first thing that comes to mind?  Illicit drugs like heroin or cocaine?  Suicide?  Small children taking prescription drugs that were not

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    According to Piaget‚ children’s cognitive development can be viewed as occurring in a pattern of four stages known as the sensorimotor stage‚ the preoperational stage‚ the concrete stage and the formal operational stage (Kaplan‚ 2000).Before going into further detail about Piaget’s stages of cognitive development‚ it is important to explain what atypical development is‚ in order to link it to Piaget’s theory of development. Atypical development happens when development in children‚ does not occur

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    What Is Cocaine and Cocaine Addiction Cocaine is both a central nervous system stimulant and a topical anaesthetic. It is found in the leaves of the Erthroxylum coca plant. It is generally used either powder cocaine‚ or freebase/crack cocaine which produce much stronger effect; he term "Crack" is alternately used to refer to street quality freebase cocaine. Powdered cocaine is generally insufflated (snorted) and crack / freebase cocaine is generally smoked. Smoking freebase cocaine causes a strong

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    the production of Cocaine in the early 1970’s. Why the production‚ and formation of huge Cartels‚ just to produce and distribute a psychoactive drug? Money! The return is huge and by that I mean cocaine is produced at $1500/kilo in jungle labs and could be sold on the streets of America for as much as $50‚000/kilo. Unfortunately‚ there is a demand for cocaine and will continue to be one‚ why? United states of America‚ with one in six‚ American citizens admitted to using Cocaine‚ America will continue

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