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    PCP: A Dissociative Drug

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    drug and a hallucinogen. A dissociative drug causes the user to have distorted perceptions of the world around them through their senses such as sight and hearing. The distortion gives the user a separation from their environment, hence the name, dissociation. According to the DEA, PCP is legally…

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    approach to asserting their own wills. This leads to low self-esteem and allows circumstances to further erode their mental state by depriving them of the outside world. These stories have shown that serious mental illness can result from the dissociation with society and that not everything or everyone will withdraw from you when you attempt to…

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    pressured by the materialistic extravagance of the affluent class, tempted to don superficial luxuries to disguise its lack of prosperity. This yearning to bridge the gap between lavishness and mediocrity tends to lead to the middle class’s involuntary dissociation from reality. Those of the social class become deluded and dilapidated by their own unrealistic thirst for material wealth and grandiose success, as demonstrated by the playwright…

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    Bacteriorhodopsin Experiment

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    Abstract Bacteriorhodopsin is located in the plasma membrane of Halobacterium halobium, where it acts as a proton-pump, transporting protons out of the cell. Since its discovery in 1979, much research has been done on Bacteriorhodopsin and there have been many advancements in our knowledge. Firstly, on its structure and function and secondly, on the conformational changes it undergoes during retinal isomerisation. Introduction Bacteriorhodopsin is a globular protein, (Henderson, 1975) which…

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    In general, current treatment for adult survivors of CSA utilizes research-based cognitive behavioral interventions, such as prolonged exposure (PE) therapy (Foa, McLean, Capaldi, & Rosenfield, 2013) and cognitive processing therapy (Simone, Resick, Rosner, & Steil, 2014) that target post-traumatic symptoms. These therapies have received strong support in the research community (Resick, Nishith, & Griffin, 2003); however, they require exposure to the original trauma, which can be problematic for…

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    Readers of “A Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allen Poe view it with a mixture of fascination and confusion, arising from the conniving plot of murder carried out by the story’s main character, Montresor. A member of the European oligarchy, Montresor is insulted by another of the elite he considers a friend, named Fortunato. Montresor approaches Fortunato during carnival season about a pipe of wine known as Amontillado that he claims to have purchased in order to lure him to the catacombs…

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    to African Americans because they weren’t given credit for what they had done. Cultural Appropriation is another issue that people need to tackle no matter what group of people it is happening to. Which leaves me to close out on this “Shame and dissociation, denial of difference and of white privilege, the unconscious desire to be an oedipal winner, and to avoid being an oedipal loser” (Graff) White people love to use others to feel like they’ve won without winning they use the creations and…

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    The cast repeatedly interacts with the audience and show a clear connection. One way this is done is when the ‘curators’ ask questions to the audience and examine their reactions at multiple times throughout the play. This introduces a sense of dissociation from the audience and the play itself, this is a very Brechtian technique. This confuses the audience in their emotions, not knowing what or how to feel about what they're watching. Although the audience may connect with the play or ‘acting’…

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    I suffer deeply from dermatillomania, and have always been a perfectionist. Though I’ve never suffered delusions, I do struggle with dissociation, another form of psychosis. Losing the grip of reality only causes me to dig deeper without even realizing. Feeling desperate, I decided to join a Facebook group dedicated to those with dermatillomania. On this page, many brave individuals share…

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    Review of Literature I. Introduction- History of Ganymede Ganymede is the largest moon of Jupiter and in the entire Solar System. Ganymede is also the only moon to have a magnetosphere, which according to NOAA is the region of space surrounding an astronomical object in which charged particles are controlled by that object's magnetic field. Ganymede was discovered on January 7th, 1610 by Galileo Galilei, an Italian astronomer that played a huge role in the scientific revolution during the…

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