higher dosages to achieve the same effect. Capuzzi & Stauffer (2012) felt that in focusing on the behavioral aspects that it captured the tone that addiction has a “chronic, relapsing, and compulsive nature (Capuzzi & Stauffer, 2012).” The cycle of abuse tends to cause the abusers to suffer a decline in their performances within the home, their job, and their role within the family. Types of Substances Capuzzi & Stauffer (2012) examined multiple substances of addiction such as “depressants
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Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum. T. pallidum belongs to a family of spiral-shaped bacteria, the Spirochaetaceae (spirochete), and is related to other pathogenic treponemes that cause nonvenereal disease, that is diseases contracted or transmitted via sexual contact (LaFond & Lukehart, 2006). Treponemes stain poorly with aniline dyes (Rodolf); however, spirochetes tend to be gram- negative. Because of how thin T. pallidum is, it is difficult to classify its gram stain (Baron, 1996). The coiled shaped
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HIV and AIDS * Presenter: MAHMOOD AHMED | | Learning Objectives: * Origin of HIV * Lifecycle of HIV-1. * CD4 cell and host defense system. * Natural history of HIV-1 disease. * Immune responses to HIV-1 and mechanisms of immune evasion by HIV. * Drugs * Nursing care Origins of HIV * HIV similar to virus found in monkeys and apes called SIV (simian immunodeficiency virus). * To identify ancestry of HIV scientists have sequenced various HIV strains
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vivax, P. ovale, P. malarinae and P.falciparum, which is by far the most deadly. The disease is vector-borne and is transmitted from one person to another by the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito. The Plasmodium parasite has a complex life cycle. Malaria infection begins when an infected female Anopheles mosquito bites a person, injecting Plasmodium parasites, in the form of sporozoites, into the bloodstream. The sporozoites pass quickly into the human liver where they reproduce rapidly
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African sleeping sickness is a disease that is caused by the elusive protozoan, Trypanosoma brucei, which is also called African trypanosomiasis. African trypanosomiasis is abundantly found in mostly the 36 sub-Saharan countries part of Africa such as Somalia, Djibouti, Comoros and Mauritania. The causative agents of African sleeping sickness or African trypanosomiasis, T. brucei gambiense and T. brucei rhodesiense, are classified in the domain Eukarya, kingdom Protista, Phylum Sarcomastigophora
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sexuality and girliness). In response to this more recent understanding of feminism, which is part of a much broader phenomenon known as post-feminism, Michelle Lazar has examined contemporary texts that have adopted this view. Whilst post-feminists argue that females should unabashedly
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may or may not be related. “Question 7 Answer” Zygomycota are saprophytic molds in which this fungus receives it nourishments from dead or decaying matter. This fungus is the black mold on bread. Its asexual reproduction is sporangiospores and sexual spores are large zygospores and are enclosed by a thick wall. Zygomycota can cause serious infections in immunosuppressed or diabetic individuals. The specific disease “zygomyosis” is a disease in humans that may cause damage to the fetus if pregnant
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| | Checkpoint: Psychotherapy Psychotherapy is helping him or her discover their minds nature and inner workings. This is done by processing their three regions of consciousness; the id, the ego, and the super ego. Sigmund Freud developed his theory (psychodynamics) through the process of identifying four characteristics that diagnosed mentally ill patients. This process included dream analysis, association, and transference. Psychologists, who used humanistic-existential, work with surmounting
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hypothalamus uses the pituitary gland to link the nervous system to the endocrine system. • Pineal gland - produces several important hormones, the most significant being melatonin, which regulates our sleep cycle. • Pituitary gland – this gland releases many hormones that affect growth, sexual development, metabolism and
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1. Cellular Organization 2. Reproduction 3. Metabolism 4. Homeostasis 5. Heredity 6. Response to Stimuli 7. Growth and Development 8. Adaptation through Evolution 1. There are some certain points when discussing about living and non-living things. They are mostly specific on living things such as cellular organization, reproduction, metabolism, homeostasis, heredity, response to stimuli, growth and development and adaption through evolution. Things which have these characteristics
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