Every sound and every note has a specific color and sometimes shape. Listening to music creates wondrous seas of vivid color dancing across the field of vision, purple blobs pulsing and dissipating, and waves of green cresting and crashing above a deep blue ocean of melodies. Synesthesia is a neurological condition or gift that affects 2-4% of the general population (PLoS Biology 2011). It presents itself in many different forms, some more common than others. Although synesthesia is not a new discovery
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Some people have found it troubling to understand feelings in their brain or might have difficulties doing certain life actions. Dance therapy, also known as Dance Movement Therapy (DMT), is a type of treatment given to individuals who have experienced these difficulties of the brain and body. “DMP is a relational process in which client and therapist engage in an empathetic creative process using body movement and dance to assist integration of emotional, cognitive, physical, social and spiritual
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Kayla Barr API Mrs. Geralyn Caplan Pathology 3 November 2014 Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a common disorder affecting the muscular system. This form of muscular dystrophy is inherited and is caused by a genetic mutation that affects the dystrophin proteins of the muscles. Dystrophin is the largest gene known to man. (Tennyson, Klamut, Warton 1995). Hundreds of genes are responsible for producing the proteins that protect these muscle fibers from damage
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(Keesy, 2004, p. 485). Different sites at the neuromuscular junction are implicated. At pre-synaptic sites, acetylcholine packaging or synthesis may be defective. Nerve impulses may also release deficient quantities of acetylcholine or quantal without synaptic vesicles. At synapses, there may be a
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Complex Regional Pain Syndrome is a non-life-threatening “chronic pain condition” that most frequently affects a limb after being injured (Complex Regional Pain Syndrome). “Damage” and “malfunction” of the peripheral or central nervous system is thought to be the cause of this condition (Complex Regional Pain Syndrome). The “severity and duration” of CRPS differs between those who are affected (Complex Regional Pain Syndrome). People of any age can develop CRPS, but the most common age is 40, and
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does Matthew Lewis use Gothic conventions in The Monk? One of the main conventions of Gothic writing is a pursued female character and this extract is no exception. The female character is “beneath” the monk who “witnessed without mercy the convulsive trembling of her limbs”; he is described as “inhuman” and this reinforces the idea of male dominance in Gothic texts because it is clear to see who’s in charge. The monk is physically empowering the female character which creates a sense of horror
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when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation. George Mason, December 15, 1791). 2.) Why is due process such a central notion in American criminal justice? The due
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1. Define due process and its origins. Due process is defined as the administration of justice according to established rules and principles; based on the principle that a person cannot be deprived of life or liberty or property without appropriate legal procedures and safeguards. (Wilson, James Q. (2009). American Government (9th Edition). Ohio: Strayed University.) The origin of due process is generally understood to be found in chapter 39 of the Magna Carta. It is also found in the fifth
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Cellulitis, a bacterial infection of the skin and underlying tissue, is a common presentation to Emergency Departments (ED). The clinical spectrum of presentation can vary from local inflammation to diffuse inflammation involving a whole limb, to more severe, even life threatening presentations of necrotizing fascitis and associated sepsis. The rationale for choosing this condition is to enable me to efficiently differentiate between those cases that require immediate medical or surgical intervention
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today), or to manifest insights on it -novels and scientific papers respectively. Many people criticize literary pieces like this one, arguing that life in and of itself is already bitter enough without stories like this one that show a tragic and monochromatic end; yes life is hard, and yes you clearly do not need a apatic story to tell you that life is a waste of energy because we are going to die anyway. But is it really that way? We live our lives fighting against hardships even before we are
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