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Dementia: Benefits of Brain Stimulating Activities Dayla F. Doll Dementia in itself is not a disease but the loss of mental function in more than two areas. Dementia is the loss of memory and other mental abilities that affect daily life. Dementia is a series of symptoms that accompany a disease. The dementia symptoms can affect  Language  Judgment  Memory  Spatial abilities  Visual Abilities Memory loss and the loss of important functions of the brain, such as knowing how to eat, talk,…

An American person as a whole has two distinct historical periods that define his or her origin in the United States. American history is marked importantly by two historical eras, namely, the Colonial Period and the Revolutionary era. Furthermore, this has, therefore, made the United States a repository of two major forces: the immigrants from Europe with diverse cultures, ideas, and nationalities as well as the great impact of the new country that modified these diverse European national…

PICOT: For psychiatric mental health staff nurses providing direct care to patients with mental health conditions and or dementia-related syndromes, would atypical second generation antipsychotics pharmacology program and screening tool for complications, during routine second generation antipsychotics medication management, increase nurse efficacy in SGA patient management? 1. Setting: The setting in which my project will take place is a Skilled Nursing Facility. SNFs are…

Structure and function have always had a close relationship in biological, chemical and general terms. Often the functionality is dependent upon the structure, for example the villi on the epithelial cells increase the surface area and hence the rate of absorbance of molecules in to cells and the blood stream. DNAs function is highly specific to its structure as even the smallest change to this could cause a long term effect, or even death. Base sequence mutations, errors in replication and…

1. I enrolled in advanced placement and honor classes all four years of high school. And even though I only needed two important classes my senior year I decided to take challenging classes such as advanced placement biology and physics. I graduated with a 4.04 GPA and ranked 10 out of 337 students. I earned awards such as the Biliteracy Award for demonstrating excellence in English and in a language other than English (Spanish) and High Honors for maintaining a GPA of 3.5 and above all…

Area of Study 3 – Investigating an Issue • How is Huntington’s Disease inherited and what are the consequences and treatments for this genetic disorder? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Huntington’s Disease is a specific neurological condition that affects the brain and nervous system. This specific disease is inherited by an autosomal dominant pattern meaning a single copy of the altered gene in each cell may cause the…

In the last few decades, Muslims have come to constitute a significant immigrant group in the United States. As a result of this relatively recent arrival, the second generation, defined as children born in the United States to immigrant-origin parents, are the first generation being raised in America and are starting to reach maturity. Their unique perspective on the United States, thoroughly unlike that of their parents, forces the second generation to confront issues that their parents and…

Memoirs of a Geisha This report is about the film “Memoirs of a Geisha” which portrays the life of Chiyo, a young Japanese girl, who was sold to a geisha house, in Kyoto in the 1930s because of her family’s financial difficulties. Her geisha training is almost near to the life of slavery. Chiyo finds herself working as a maid to a despiteful geisha naming Hatsumomo. Chiyo’s unique beauty attracted Hatsumomo’s jealousy. Hatsumomo then made little Chiyo’s life miserable. One day, as Chiyo weeps by…

Equine body condition scoring – a useful tool for all? The saying “beauty is in the eye of the beholder” is certainly appropriate in the body conditioning of horses (Wood, 1995). Beauty in one owner’s eye is excess fat in another’s. So stands the issue: what is the appropriate condition of a horse? Horses come in a variety of shapes and sizes; some are heavy, some are thin and many somewhere in-between. Being able to identify if a horse is overweight, underweight or at an ideal weight is…

I recently visited Love Park for the first time. Even though, I am a resident of Philadelphia I’ve only been to the city very few times in my life. Those visits were mostly to stores but never have I took the time to observe and spend time in Love Park and the surrounding landmarks. It was my first time visiting the park and it was more beautiful than I thought it would be. This area is that of a cosmopolitan canopy because it provides an opportunity for diverse people to come together (Anderson…