Stroke

Certain theories like the three elements of personality (Id, Ego and Superego) by Sigmund Freud and the experiment done by Dr. Wilder Penfield’s on the human brain led to the development of a framework called Transactional Analysis (TA). Founded by Eric Berne in the late 1950s, TA is the study of social interactions between individuals – how an individual interacts and builds relationships. The end view of which is to provide reinforcement to an individual on how he/she interacts/communicates.…

a microtubules doublet on an adjacent doublet (refer to figure 4) (2). Restriction of sliding by nexin links keep doublets intact and through radical spoke heads, it is converted into a bending motion during the ciliary stroke (refer to figure 5 and 6)…

The American Heart Association is the nation’s oldest and largest voluntary organization dedicated to fighting heart disease and stroke. (American heart association) 1924, six cardiologists, recognizing a need for a national association, formed the American Heart Association (AHA). They thought a national organization could efficiently share research and promote findings better than as separate groups. “The AHA remained small until the 1940s”, when a big donation from Procter and Gamble caught…

or not egg consumption is associated with the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD), stroke, or carotid plaque area. Two studies have been conducted to address this issue. The first study used a non-experimental research design (longitudinal (cohort)) to examine the association between egg consumption and risk of CHD and stroke in men and women. The dependent variables in this study were the risk of CHD and stroke. The independent variables were egg consumption and characteristics of the…

POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER AND MASSAGE What it is, who is effected by it, and how alternative therapy like massage therapy can help Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), defined by Merriam-Webster.com, is a psychological reaction that occurs after experiencing a highly stressing event outside the range of normal human experience and that is usually characterized by depression, anxiety, flashbacks, recurrent nightmares, and avoidance of reminders of the event. It is an anxiety disorder…

with other healthcare members, managing not only your patient’s needs but all patients on the floor’s specific needs (ex. sitters, patients in restraints, fall risks) making sure appropriate assignments are delegated properly (ex. stroke patients need to be assigned stroke certified nurse, cardiac patients need cardiac certified nurse), and making sure your staff is efficient and competent in their care (ex. being the go-to person for help). This can also impact my future of nursing if I choose…

Being overweight is the root of a number of health risks. While there many more, the most common are, type two diabetes mellitus, hypertension and strokes. Type two diabetes mellitus is the inability of the pancreas to produce enough insulin due to the excessive body fat. When BMI increases, it becomes harder for the body to make the insulin demanded for survival. If Pi-Sunyer’s statistics are correct…

One of the most notable artists of the period was Oskar Kokoschka and this painting below embodies his style. The brush strokes were longer than Impressionistic pieces and just sought to give the viewer of feeling of what the artist was experiencing or expressing during painting. (Kokoschka, 1912) Cubism of which Picasso was a founding father, took its names from the geometric…

immediately went to the emergency room. The ER physician ran a series of tests on Matt until he came to a diagnosis. What are possible differential diagnoses that the physician would rule out? How would you tell the difference between a patient having a stroke and Bell’s palsy? What causes these conditions and what cranial nerve(s) do these conditions affect (including their branches)? What muscles of facial expression are affected (name the muscles and the facial expression(s) that would be…

first transitional typeface called Baskerville. That was when Firmin Didot decided to design his own typeface. Didot font was considered as the first Modern typeface. It has high contrast between thick and thin strokes, thin serifs with no joining, and vertical stress in rounded strokes. Thirty years later, the typeface Bodoni was created by Giambattista Bodoni. He was an Italian typographer, type-designer, compositor, printer and publisher in Parma. Bodoni was created in the late eighteenth…