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    Third Shift Case Study

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    The Third Shift The third shift at the Corpus Christi plant is not making its production goals. When the Coordinator or Winslow try to help the third shift, workers claim that they are going back on their promises. The cause of this issue is that Winslow did not set a hard boundary line for the decisions that the Self Directed teams could take on as they matured. He did not expect them to set production goals for themselves or to be involved in developing and setting strategies for the entire…

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    Corpus Analysis In corpus linguistics, the recurrence of patterns of small fragments like phrases and words in sentences is analyzed using strategies that do not necessarily focus on the contextual meaning of the analyzed texts. In this case, the corpus consisted of written text data from thirteen files. The corpus was named Kurdish non native speakers corpus. Analysis for the use of Conjunctions The following three corpuses were used in the analysis of conjunction usage among Kurdish non native…

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    Physical Abuse Case Study

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    Section A. Shelli Rose Dewey, Petitioner, v. Carolyn Myles, et al., Respondents. On September 12th, 2004, Shelli Rose Dewey, a Nevada resident, called Elko County Police frantically stating that her husband, Steven Dewey, was stabbed by an unknown assailant. Upon police arrival, Dewey was moderately intoxicated. Witnesses stated that the couple had been at a nearby bar earlier in the day when the bartender asked the two to leave. Thirty minutes following their ejection from the bar, witnesses…

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    is one of the most crucial parts of the brain known as the corpus callosum. “Writers, artists and musicians were found to have a smaller corpus callosum, which may augment their creativity by allowing each side of their brain to develop its own specialisation. The authors suggests that this ‘benefits the incubation of ideas that are critical for the divergent-thinking component of creativity’” (Cox). The research conducted on the corpus callosum exposes the similarity between brain patterns…

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    Within the city of Corpus Christi, there is evidence of economic disparity. I discovered this through my experience with the Junior Achievement (JA) program, and through data collected and observations made on my assigned school and its neighborhood, and of other JA schools in the city of Corpus Christi. All data and observations were collected to show comparisons between each JA school. The information found is valuable because it is important to know about both the physical side of a community…

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    v. Collins in 1993, Leonel Torres Herrera (defendant) was sentenced to death by Texas state courts for capital murder two police officers. Ten years laters, after Herrera pleads guilty to the capital murder of two officers, Herrera filed a habeas corpus petition under the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments. Forbidding his execution with new evidence and witness shows that his dead brother, Raul Herrera is the person who is responsible for the murders. However Herrera’s state and federal habeas…

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    The corpus callosum is an area of the brain that connects the left and right hemispheres in order allow communication throughout different sections of a brain. This acts as the main communication pathway in order to coordinate different sections of the brain to perform various tasks. Proper development of this portion of the brain is vital to ensure that no major abnormalities may cause possible issues in longterm development. If it fails to develop by either not being able to grow properly or…

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    The Spilt Brain Analysis

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    The “Spilt Brain” procedure is an incredible operation which severs the corpus callosum as a last resort to treat refractory epilepsy. By cutting these fibres there is a disruption of or interference, with the connection between the hemispheres of the brain, which can result in functional deficits. According to Stanford’s HOPES, neuroplasticity is the brain’s capacity to change and adapt, and is definitely a factor in recovery from brain injury. Existing neural pathways that are inactive or used…

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    Split Brain Case Study

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    we must know the functions of the corpus callosum. The corpus callosum is located at the center of the brain, just beneath the cerebrum. The corpus callosum allows sensory and cognitive information to enter a passageway through the two separate hemispheres of the brain. The corpus callosum enables the right and left sides of the brain to communicate properly and effortlessly. Fibers within form a dichotomy which separates two sides from the cerebrum. The corpus callosum also has the ability to…

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    What Is Epilepsy?

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    Epilepsy is a disorder that affects about 3 million Americans and 65 million people around in world. Research is ongoing to find the causes of epilepsy. In two-third of patients diagnosed with epilepsy, the cause is unknown. Epilepsy is a disorder that affects many people in different ways. Some cases of epilepsy are caused by genetic disorders. Epilepsy is a disorder that affects the brain causing seizures. Seizures occur when the nerve cells in the brain release more energy than the brain can…

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