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    Article 1 - About Us For years‚ mankind has made several advancements in science‚ technology and medicine with uncountable achievements in each and every sector. These advancements have influenced our everyday life in a way that we never imagined. We‚ the people of the earth‚ have experienced over decades of breakthroughs to such an extent that we are now a click away from accessing unlimited information when compared to gathering and sharing of information in person like earlier times. Development

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    Sexism and racism both prevailed in the 19th and 20th centuries. Even through World War II and the Civil War racial injustice and inequality were not overcome. Female sociologists had to hide their work under their sewing or whatever they were working on when someone visited their home. Females were not educated and were considered inferior in their writing skills and thought processes. Female sociologists started out for social reform trying to stop lynching and to improve the conditions of workers

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    cultures is to promote and maintain positive mental health. The societal knowledge and views about mental illness throughout history have continuously changed ‚ creating new and diverse connotations in the way the mentally ill are cared for and treated. The treatments varied from primitive psychiatric forms of care from the 8th century in Islamic hospitals‚ according to Howells (1975) to a milieu therapy as archaic approach in Middle Ages. Until the 19th century ‚ there is no form of organised systematic

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    started seeing signs of urbanization. In the late nineteenth century‚ America started changing its lifestyle and started going from farming to city life. Cities started growing and more people started living in the cities. The Industrial Revolution of the 19th and 20th century gave people higher expectations to improve the way of living. Jobs along with technology and transportation increased. Cars and railroads were developed which meant people didn’t have to live within walking distance of their jobs

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    Europe in the 20th century underwent many drastic changes‚ as to be expected over the course of 100 years. During that time‚ an industrial revolution took place‚ a feminist movement swept Europe‚ and new methods of government replaced the old ones. The political‚ social‚ and economic similarities and differences between the first half and the second half of the twentieth century in Europe occurred mostly in the areas of women’s roles‚ industrial technology‚ and the structure of the government.

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    Factors caused Industrialization In the late 19th century‚ industrialization influenced and effected the nation a lot. And the industrialization for America is not accidental‚ there are several factors that lead America to industrialization. The abundant natural resources‚ increase of labor‚ rapid development of technology and support from the government‚ all of them settle the basis for industrialization in American late 19th century. The affluent natural resources‚ which caused by western

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    How will Diabetes Affect Our Body and Lives? Shannon Ashley HS200 Section #4 Unit 4 Capstone Project: Diabetes Kaplan University May 12‚ 2014 The first steps in understanding your diagnosis of Type 1 Diabetes is understanding the disease and how it affects you. What do you need to know? First‚ you will need to know what diabetes is and how it affects your body and your life. You will need to know what type of diabetes you have. Next you have to know how to manage your

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    How technology affects our lives Have you ever considered how different our lives would be without the continued advancement in technology? Technology today has become such a big part of our lives. When you’re out in a public place‚ for example the mall‚ and you look around almost everyone has cells phones‚ tablets‚ ipods‚ or portable game systems. There are a lot of things such as the internet‚ that have made our lives a little easier and we have become almost

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    recently jails have taken on another duty “Additionally‚ there also has been a change in the use of jails as primarily holding tanks for the impoverished‚ disenfranchised‚ and mentally ill.” (Stojkovic & Lovell‚ 2013. Sec 4.1). Starting in early 20th century‚ jails (and the entire criminal justice system) became to be associated with the term “rabble management” as it refers to “control those people who society finds the most offensive and dangerous. The jail is one institution in society designed

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    In the early colonial period up until the 1800’s‚ many Christians believed that mental illness was a result of sinfulness or demonic possession. This led to people believing that the mentally ill just needed to become closer to God and that idea led to a stigma that still affects today. Many religious people will tell the mentally ill to pray or go to church more often or read the bible‚ and while these things might be effective for the spiritual strain on the mentally ill‚ this often discourages

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