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Phobias
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 833

.... that include five articles, three books, and a dictionary. Five articles, namely “When fear takes over”. “Everyone does it”, “Social Anxiety”, “The fight to conquer fear”, and “Adam: A Child's Courageous Battle Against Mental Illness.” Will be of no value in supporting the thesis. The facts in these sources are almost scarcely useful in supporting the thesis. However, the first article completely discusses a persons struggle with schizophrenia and the way in which the person tries to overcome the obstacle. The second useless article is about a child named Adam who is courageous .....


Asbestos: Helpful Aspects Vs. Harmful Effects
Number of pages: 6 | Number of words: 1592

.... “there are six types of asbestos fibers: Chrysotile, Amosite, Crocidolite, Anthophylite, Actinolite, and Tremolite” (8). OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) has categorized asbestos work into four different classes depending on the amount of exposure to asbestos during a specific employment. The categories consist of classes I, II, III, and IV, with Class I work having the greatest amount of exposure to asbestos and Class IV work having the least amount of exposure to asbestos. However, two of the most common health effects of exposure to asbestos are ca .....


The History Of Birth Control
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 956

.... have been used over the years and currently include pesssaries, plants, condoms, and birth control pills. While there have been others it is best that we not discuss them here(trust me you don't want to know). Pessaries are vaginal suppositories. Used from ancient times to the present, they can be a fairly effective form of birth control. In ancient times, pessaries often contained acacia gum, which, while having some possible spermacidal effect, very likely sealed up the cervix, making it impossible for the sperm to pass through. This would make pessaries with acacia gum .....


Psychoanalysis
Number of pages: 9 | Number of words: 2220

.... by letting Anna O., a young woman patient, try to empty her mind by just telling him all of her thoughts and feelings. Freud refined Breuer's method by conceptualizing theories about it and, using these theories, telling his patients through interpretations what was going on inside the unconscious part of their minds, thus making the unconscious become conscious. Many hysterias were cured this way, and in 1895, Breuer and Freud published their findings and theories in Studies in Hysteria. CLASSIC PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY Traditional psychoanalytical theory states that all human .....


Artificial Heart Devices
Number of pages: 7 | Number of words: 1801

.... enable us to save thousands of human lives. In considering the full impact of artificial heart devices on society, we must not narrow our thinking to include only the beneficial possibilities. There exist moral, ethical, and economic factors that accompany these new innovations to humanity. Who will receive these brilliant inventions? Obviously not all of the patients will get transplants, so selection criteria must be established. The high price of artificial heart devices and their implantation will eliminate some candidates. Unfortunately, this is not fair. The rich, in .....


Biological And Chemical Weapons!!
Number of pages: 14 | Number of words: 3587

.... and spread over an extensive geographical territory through wind, animal and insect transmission. Also, unlike chemical weapons, due to its’ lively state biological agents tend to find niches, and continue to grow exponentially without termination. Because it hardly reaches a closure, biological weapons are not widely used. Nevertheless, history states it has been used during World Wars (I & II), cold war, and last but not least, also very recently in Tokyo, Japan by terrorists. Using such lethal weaponry kill people in exceptional amounts. Furthermore, it causes environme .....


Marijuana As A Medicine
Number of pages: 5 | Number of words: 1163

.... of THC, the active chemical in marijuana. However, this synthetic drug, called Marinol, is useless for most everyday treatment because it has the unpleasant side effect of being a powerful sedative. A member of Milwaukee's AIDS community, said that a friend of his was taking Marinol to increase his appetite: “He spends the whole day laughing and watching movies...He can't even drive a car because he's so out of it.” (3/25/97) In addition to that, Marinol only comes in pill form, which makes it useless for patients taking it for nausea. Marijuana has neither of those drawbacks .....


Dioxins
Number of pages: 4 | Number of words: 850

.... reported rashes, mental conditions, and were found to have cancer. After much research it was found that Agent Orange which contained , specifically 2,3,7,8, TCDD, was responsible for these medical conditions. After the Agent Orange controversy lost their space in the spot light for some time until the mid-eighties up to now. are released in four major ways. One is the incineration and combustion of products containing chlorine, which happens mostly in our municipal incineration plants. A second source is the manufacturing of chlorine and chlorinated products. The .....



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