with dementia. A common theme is to keep the mind going. These are called Mind-Body Therapies. While there are numerous different approaches, a few are more commonly used. A relaxation therapy focuses on de-stressing the patient. Stress can cause distress in a patient which may speed up certain symptoms. The relaxation is done through techniques, such as meditation and massages. Another therapy uses art and music. Playing music from the patients past and allowing them to engage and involve…
infections escalated in the last ten years. A study published by the Centers for Disease Control stated that one in three antibiotic prescriptions are unnecessary (CDC: 1 in 3 antibiotic prescriptions unnecessary). This statistic transforms into a distress signal for the medical community. The higher number of patients taking unwarranted antibiotics translates into more opportunities for bacteria to share their resistant genome with the next…
The Odyssey, a Liberian flagged oil tanker operating in the North Atlantic, exploded and broke in two, catching fire as it sailed from Sullom Voe, Shetland Islands, nearby the coast of Scotland, to Come-by-Chance, Newfoundland. Just before the tanker burst, it was travelling through 44 mph winds and 25 foot waves (Reuters). The ship was built in 1971 (Reuters) by the Diamond Port Shipping Corp of Monrovia, Liberia. Its length overall was 275.00 meters and the beam was 43.00 meters (Cedre).…
Known as one of the strangest places on earth, the Bermuda Triangle holds many mysteries that go unexplained. Nicknamed the ‘Devil 's Triangle”, the Bermuda Triangle got its name from being located in the center of three islands that form the shape of a triangle. There have been over thousands of ship and plane disappearances, like the disappearance of those 5 bomber planes. Why have they never found wreckage or bodies? What happened to the ships or even the people? These are some questions no…
called “teletanks”. It originated combined with a radio controlled boat intended to use by the military from Nicola Tesla. As the Soviets had created the teletanks, they were modified to be controlled by the radio signals. Weather conditions made it pretty tough to use, but their signal reaches roughly five hundred to fifteen hundred meters away. Soon these teletanks were equipped with machine guns, flamethrowers, and a smoke container for smokescreens. Next, it formed the Defense Advanced…
Dean Timmons 12/15/15 Mrs. Barry Period 5 I Can’t Get a Signal By nature, humans are born as social creatures always finding groups that share a commonalities and working together, but as some see this as a natural occurrence others see this as social conformity. Some see this as individuals being force to think and believe a…
this amount of fear we would never win. I got on top of a pillar and looked around, in the past two days my army decreased nearly by half. Every man was scared, I could see the look in their eyes as I stared at them and they stared back with great distress. I start to call the force lineup “Attionnnn…” And realized that the field that was once full of happy animals had now become a deserted land of cold a lifeless place where in just moments rivers of blood would flow and brothers would kill…
talking to Norman about possibly putting his mother ‘someplace’, Norman says, “An Institution? A madhouse? People always call a madhouse "someplace." This idea is quite unique as we can see Norman’s facial expression change almost immediately to distress showing that he disproves the idea of getting her put ‘someplace.’ This idea becomes evident at the end when the film reveals that Norman’s mother being a part of Norman. We can see his mother didn’t like the idea of being put ‘someplace’…
Imagine a person newly diagnosed with a poor prognosis, and what that person's response would be? Prognosis is a medical prediction of the future course of a disease and the chances for recovery. This essay will discuss responses from four different angles, including the physical, emotional, cognitive and behavioural when a person is diagnosed with a poor prognosis. Additionally grief is associated within this assignment as well as the Kubler-Ross’s Stages of Dying theory to demonstrate…
between contractions. Procedure 5: Effects of a Ligature on the Heart After the knot had been tied around the AV groove, no noticeable alterations were noticed to heart contraction. Upon tightening of the thread however, the heart appeared in clear distress. Beat irregularities ensued with an increase in magnitude of each pulse. The heart ceased functioning before the allotted time period had elapsed. Discussion Procedure 1: The Heart Rate The resting heart rate of the frog was…