Sleep apnea is a type of sleep disorder that can interrupt someone’s breathing at night. When someone has sleep apnea‚ they will stop breathing repeatedly as they try to sleep. In some cases‚ people with severe sleep apnea will stop breathing hundreds of times a night. Every time they stop breathing‚ they are denying their body and brain the oxygen that they need. What Is Sleep Apnea? There are two main types of sleep apnea‚ although it is possible to have a blend of both conditions. The main
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A slight breeze swayed the thin hemlock trees and children’s laughter absorbed the foggy air. Elodie stared out of her window as if it were a memory‚ she remembered her own careless laughter and rosy cheeks that lit up the frigid white winter. It soon became ironic‚ the contrast of a raw and innocent childhood to a somber and painful adulthood. Elodie heard a moan and rushed down the creaking stairs of the apartment to find Evan trying to get off of the floor‚ trying to move the muscles taken away
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his situation‚ "I had worked hard for nearly two years‚ for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body. I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished‚ the beauty of the dream vanished‚ and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart" (Shelly 48-49). Frankenstein has shown the first example of how isolation leads to his tragedy. He stays in his apartment alone‚ obsessing over creating life‚ not thinking of consequences of his actions. This
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pressure and high blood pressure puts the person at risk of stroke. This is where the blood supply to the brain is blocked (and heart attack) Respiratory system When blood is not being pumped around the body efficiently‚ an individual will become breathless. As you get older the strength of the chest muscles may reduce and the efficiency of the lungs may deteriorate. Chronic disease such as bronchitis may develop. Emphysema is a disease where the air sacs in the lungs become damaged. This causes shortness
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Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and Blade Runner (directors cut‚ 1992) directed by Ridley Scott are both exposed to the continuing nature dominant paradigms presented in the 19th and 20th century. Mary Shelly and Ridley Scott challenge the dominant assumptions of the romantic and scientific paradigms‚ this ultimately challenges society’s understanding of humanity‚ and the concept of what makes someone human. Although 200 years separate these texts are both cautionary tales about the creation of life
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realizes how terrible his creation is‚ and what a negative effect these two years have had on him. “I had worked hard for nearly two years‚ for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body. For this I had deprived myself of rest and health…breathless horror and disgust filled my heart.” (Shelley p. 42) Victor‚ as he explains here‚ has been secluded from nature‚ and thus health and rest‚ for two years in his laboratory. Now that his toils have come to a futile end after this difficult and harmful
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Gothic Horror Story Heather Monkhouse The rain fell down like tiny stones upon the weathered roof. It’s a gentle shower just now but the forecast said it is to get worse. The rain was making the atmosphere even darker and stuffier than usual. Save this. It is a normal Saturday night and as usual parents are out for some “time to themselves” I don’t have any brothers or sisters and I’m not aloud out because of the weather‚ so I’m left in myself for the night. My parents have left me in
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he failed and created a beast. Victor was clearly devastated and ashamed when he states‚ “I had worked hard for nearly two years‚ for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body… I had finished‚ the beauty of the dream vanished‚‚ and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart.” (Shelley) because he invested so much time and effort into his experiment but only profited a disaster. Just like Frankenstein
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I have to recognized that we- human beings – can’t act as the dictates of reason and conscience in “our fear of being lonely or ostracized‚ or facing other unpleasant consequences”‚ but it does not mean that we do not have the option. It does not mean that we always are forced to choose obedience if may not like the choices we face. I believe that we can still make something different‚ otherwise we always have the option of being disobedient‚ as long as we are willing to face the consequences of
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What is meant by the term ‘gothic’? How far and in what ways is ‘Frankenstein’ a gothic text? Gothic literature‚ which is sometimes referred to as Gothic horror‚ is a genre that links horror and romance into one tale of ‘transgressing the boundaries’. Gothicism was unheard of until the late 1700’s‚ this movement into a new genre of literature. This was pioneered by the English author Horace Walpole‚ in his famous fictional book ‘The Castle of Otranto’‚ or as Walpole alternatively titled it ‘a
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