Gestation period

muscle from over-contracting and allow a brief period of 3 to 6 months of reduced spasticity, giving therapists and families time to work with the affected children to strengthen weak muscles in the limb while the stronger muscle is relaxed (Shamsoddini, et al., 2014, p. 347). Constraint-induced therapy (CIT), involves casting the stronger limb to force the weaker limb to perform intensive activities. The therapies are practiced every day over a period of several weeks, allowing the weaker…

of 662 children between the ages 7 to 9; 342 children from a bottom-ranked north-eastern school and 320 from top-ranked south-eastern and western schools. This longitudinal study took place in Singapore, started in 1999, and was carried out over a period of 3 years, throughout which The Singapore Cohort Study of the Risk Factors of Myopia (SCORM) was used as a data source. First, the participants were tested in non-verbal reasoning ability following the Raven’s Standard Progressive Matrices. The…

the industrialization of America, came the ever prevalent car. The car alone allowed for movement to the suburbs-as a longer commute was manageable-and a sense of freedom to escape the loneliness of the countryside or the stress of the city. The gestation of industry may have eventually fostered positive effects for the American society, its advent and primordial stage during the late 1800s only caused loss and poverty for a predominant portion of…

The most used common name is veiled chameleon. As this chameleon species is located in Yemen it is also called the Yemen chameleon, it’s also called the cone-head chameleon because of the shape of its head crest. (Red List) There is controversy over another subspecies of C. Calyptratus called C. c. calcarifer that looks similar in all but coloration however it has been found to be a hybrid with another chameleon Chamaeleo arabicus. (Necas) Physical Description Photo credit: Necas,…

I was born on January 23, 1993. It is interesting to know that controversies and conflicting issues trailed our society at that time, same way they do now. On the day of my birth, three important issues occurred. First, President Clinton removed five restrictions on abortion placed by previous administrations. The promulgation laid the foundation of a liberal America where people are allowed to live their lives as freely as possible. As a Muslim, this law is quite significant to my faith as…

Health E. coli There are many strains of E. coli. Most strains are considered harmless. In fact, E. coli plays a necessary role in the human digestive system. The danger of E. coli comes from the specific strain known as STEC, or Shiga toxin-producing E. coli. STEC lives in the guts of animals, such as cattle, goats, sheep, deer, and elk (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015). When this strain of E. coli enters the intestine of human, symptoms such as diarrhea occur (Hedge, 2016).…

babies will experience some care in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) depending on gestational age and other clinical conditions. Lenclen and Carbajal (2007) found that an infant may have as many as 115 procedures performed in a two week time period. Many of the procedures may be painful and invasive in nature. Heel sticks were found to be the procedure most commonly experienced by infants in the NICU (Rutter & Baker, 2015). Heel sticks are utilized…

The black panther is one of the most ferocious and intelligent creatures inhabiting the Earth. They are classified as members of the kingdom Animalia, phylum Chordata, class Mammalia, order Carnivora, family Felidae, genus Panthera, and various species. Their scientific names include Panthera pardus and Panthera onca. The black panther has been so widely popularized that its name is shared by a National Football League team, a Marvel superhero, and countless other entities. Despite its…

The excitement of the residents of the Love Canal has not lasted too long. More terrible news ensued. People living far away from the pollution center were beginning to worry about their own safety. In November 1978, more than 200 compounds were found in the landfill site of which about 200 tons contained hazardous dioxin Dioxin [2, 3, 7, and 8 tetrachlorodibenzoparadioxin (TCDD)], a highly toxic carcinogen. The identification of dioxins made the inhabitant extremely panic (Philips et al., 2007)…

The Guereza colobus are large and sturdy, with an attractive Glossy black and white coat, that covers much of their body, with short white hair that surrounds the face, capped with a mantle of long white hair that extends form the shoulder down to the lower back and a bushy white tuft to tip of tail. Guereza Colobus live mostly with the main environment being of tropical forest. Living in cohesive groups ranging the size 3 to 15 individuals, with sometimes supporting several adult males,…