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    son, Grendel so instead of grieving, she seeks revenge. Beowulf killed Grendel with his bare hands, and left his limb hanging in Herot as a trophy. The infamous killer was no match to the hometown hero, Beowulf. While the town was praising Beowulf for his victory, Grendel's mother was angry that her son was killed in a gruesome…

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    American Beech Case Study

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    quite some time as it surpassed the life expectancy of its species. Lindon Arborists and by NFA facilities staff had sustained the tree into a ripe old age. Despite spraying for disease, administering soil nutrition, and using cables to support weak limbs, the tree succumbed to illness and infirmity. Beech Bark Disease or Bleeding Cankar, a malady common to weeping beech trees, had attacked the tree, and then, sun scald contributed to the 'sudden branch failure.’ The unexpected fall of the…

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    Shirin Neshat Identity

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    Identity is made up of who people are and characteristics that define them. Overtime, artists express the concept of identity through portraits, self-portraits, photography, videography and many more medias. The concept of identity is popular with many artists as it allows them to write their own story through art and to express whom they truly are and to not be trapped into whom society thinks they are. Identity is the way we perceive and express ourselves. Circumstances and factors that an…

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    Thoracic Outlet Syndrome

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    symptom of the disorder is pain and other symptoms include weakness and fatigue. Venous is generally rare that affects men and women equally. The cause of this type of TOS remains unknown but often develops suddenly, frequently following prolonged limb exertion. Lastly, traumatic TOS is caused by traumatic or repetitive activities such as a motor vehicle accident or hyperextension injury. The most common symptom is pain often occurring with tenderness; paresthesia, sensory loss, and weakness…

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    ZO3017-Gerhand Schlosser Student Name: Claudia Speight Student Id: 13402132 The role of Modularity is important in evolutionary development The role of modularity is important in the developmental repatterning in evolutionary development. Organisms are composed of modules which are units of elements. Developmental modules serve as building blocks for evolution. They can been seen in heterotopy, heterochrony, heterometry, loss of modules and redeployment of modules. Here we will see…

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    fertilized by a sperm. Females of some crustacean species release their eggs freely into the water and some carry their eggs between the thoracic limbs. Most decapods carry their eggs attached to the abdominal appendages special egg-containing setae secrete a cement that flows over the eggs and binds them to the setae. There are a few with a brood pouch behind the limbs that is made by carapace superorder peracarida, some isopods, sphaeroma, branchiopods, the notostaca and the order…

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    Death Without Anesthesia

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    Amputations were very common during this time, and it is not like what surgery is like in present day. There was no anesthesia yet, so many people drank alcohol prior to the amputation to help dull the pain. Usually, people knew for several days that they would be getting an amputation, so soldiers were known to hoard alcohol rations until day of surgery so that they could be more sedated, per se. The reason why they had to wait is because once the wound is washed out and cleaned thoroughly, the…

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    Preventing VTE in the Hospital Setting VTE stands for vein thrombosis embolism. Thrombosis is a blood clot that forms in the vein and an embolism is anything that travels through the veins until it gets to a spot where is cannot pass through. Embolism then lodges its self into the vein and occludes blood flow to the rest of that area. “An embolism usually is a piece of blood clot that breaks off but it also can be fat, air, amniotic fluid, a tumor, or a foreign substance such as talc, iodine,…

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    Why Abortion Is Wrong

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    Abortion Every living person should have a voice, and their lives should matter. That includes babies that are still in the womb. This is why abortion is wrong, it doesn’t matter the circumstances. Babies cannot choose the ways they are conceived, and they should not be punished for it, either. It is morally wrong to kill an innocent child. This includes rape or incest victims’ fetuses, if the child has a birth defect, if the parents are not fit to keep the child, or even a mother’s health…

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    blood supply in order to receive required nutrients, calcium, and oxygen and to remove waste materials. In dorsiflexion of the foot the anterior muscles originate within the leg therefore contraction takes place in the anterior aspect of the lower limb. Dorsiflexion also affects the posterior muscles which are antagonists to the anterior muscles. These posterior muscles stretch as the anterior muscles contract and the posterior muscles relax when the anterior muscles return to normal length.…

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