White Nose Syndrome (WNS) affects bats causing them to wake up more often during hibernation and use up their stored fat reserves that were supposed to last throughout the winter. The lack of fat reserves forces bats to fly around for the search of food‚ but unfortunately most of the bats tend to starve‚ freeze and die. Data has been collected to provide information about the areas associated with White Nose Syndrome in bats. Results shown White Nose Syndrome in bats does not impact all of North
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Asperger’s Syndrome is one specific syndrome close to autism. As for autism‚ people who suffer from Asperger’s Syndrome have trouble with social skills‚ for example they cannot stand to be touched. In chapter 11‚ Christopher overreacted and hit the policeman who "took hold of his arm and lifted him up onto his feet." Another characteristic of the Asperger’s Syndrome is to have uncommon rituals. For example‚ everything must be organised in a logical way. In the novel‚ Christopher counts cars to know
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Shaken Baby Syndrome. Shaken baby syndrome is a major cause of infant morbidity and mortality which is widely recognized in the medical literature. Signs may include retinal hemorrhage‚ subdural or subarachnoid hemorrhage‚ and associated fractures. Victims are often younger than 6 months old and have been affected by violent shaking with rapid angular deceleration and possible terminal impact. In this paper I will discuss the symptoms‚ prevalence‚ treatment and research of Shaken Baby Syndrome.
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Juliet Acosta Health and Lifestyle 101 Research Project #1 Issue #13: “Is There a Post-Abortion Syndrome?” Abortion remains to be one of the most controversially debated issues internationally. Pro-life and pro-choice groups continue to research and contemplate whether the information of the relationship between abortion and depression has quantifiable data. Pro-life groups advocate that the correlation between abortion and mental distress in women is in fact valid due to multiple
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Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome Sara L. Condition • Androgen insensitivity syndrome is a condition that affects sexual development before birth and during puberty. • It results in the partial or complete inability of the cell to respond to androgens • Androgen is a male sex hormone; testosterone • People with this condition are genetically male‚ with one X chromosome and one Y chromosome in each cell • There are two types of androgen insensitivity; complete androgen insensitivity and partial
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July 13‚ 2011 Assignment 1 Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome Why I chose this topic I learned of this genetic disorder when I read about it in the Genetics notes. I found it fascinating that a disease could lead to self-mutilation. I wanted to find out more about the cause of this and other adverse effects. What is Lesch-Nyhan syndrome? Lesch Nyhan is a recessive X-linked recessive disorder meaning that is passed from mother to son via the X-chromosome. The disease is characterized by mental
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Blue Baby Syndrome Did you know that when nitrates interact with the hemoglobin in red blood cells turns the hemoglobin; which carries oxygen‚ forms a new substance called methemoglobin. Methemoglobin can’t carry sufficient oxygen to the body ’s cells and tissues. This doesn’t seem to be a problem in adults‚ but when it comes to infants it seems to be a problem. I am strongly persuaded that nitrate in well water has to deal with blue baby syndrome. According to two cases on Environmental Health
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Rape Trauma Syndrome Forensic Psychology 44.343.201 By: Hannah Elliott October 14th 2012 There are plenty of television shows and cases on the news that show or talk about rape victims‚ but it doesn’t impact us as much as it should. Do you know the mental or emotional trauma that these victims go through after they have become a rape victim? Rape is one of the harshest forms of criminal violence against another human being. The victim is rendered powerless by physical force‚ threats‚
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Annotated Bibliography Article Reference Taylor‚ L. and Oliver‚ C. (2008). The behavioural phenotype of Smith-Magenis syndrome: Evidence for a gene-environment interaction. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research‚ 52‚ 830-841. (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2008.01066.x) Objective/Purpose Smith-Magenis syndrome (SMS) is not only evident through physical characteristics such as‚ a prominent forehead‚ up-slanting eyes and short stature; but also by developmental delays and moderate to severe
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Battered Woman Syndrome In Robert Agnew’s general strain theory‚ he talks about how strain and stress could cause an individual to commit crimes that they wouldn’t have committed without those circumstances. In his theory‚ he refers to negative affective states‚ which are the "anger‚ frustration‚ and adverse emotions that emerge in the wake of destructive social relationships". It is these negative affective states that are produced by strain. Agnew acknowledges that strain can be caused by
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