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What are the common symptoms associated with an exacerbation of COPD? Common symptoms associated with exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are: Fatigue, barrel chested, difficulty breathing, nails clubbing, copious amounts of sputum that may have a change in color from clear to yellow, green or brown, waking up disorientated or with a headache, hypertrophied neck muscles (American Thoracic Society, 2014). According to Jarvis, Mary could also have, “purse-lipped breathing” (2016)…

Silence of the Lambs, and Leatherface in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre were all horror movie characters inspired by one man. According to A.K. (2007), that man was Ed Gein. Born August 27, 1906, Edward Theodore Gein was raised on a farm in Plainfield, Wisconsin. Gein suffered through a traumatic childhood, considering he had a violent drunk as a father and a fanatical Lutheran as a mother. Since his mother was devoutly religious, he was taught by her that women were basically prostitutes; she…

Raised in Chicago, Illinois by parents who believed in equal education, embracing african heritage, and becoming a strong black women during the late 50’s, early 60’s, Lorraine Hansberry’s parents taught her that education is the key to success and in order to be a successful woman you have to learn the ability to be strong and independent. Along with this, Lorraine 's parents bestowed on her the value of remembering her African Heritage. Lorraine Hansberry’s own life influenced her play, A…

HIE. While scientists do not know exactly why, they have start to learn that it could be because of a protein known as estrogen receptor, which is much higher in female babies. eNeuro recently published a study that took place from the University of Madison-Wisconsin, and they found that the female brain has higher levels of this protein, which means that they will have greater protection from this type of brain injury.…

In the second grade, it was the first time I realized that I had the potential to do great things. My teacher, Mrs. Wazidali, saw something that no other teacher saw. She immediately spoke to my parents and informed them that I should be placed into the magnet program because the current curriculum was not challenging enough for me. I was given the choice to either stay or to be placed in the program. I said yes, and that was when my journey started. Ever since then, I have been going through my…

Ted Bundy once said, “I just liked to kill, I wanted to kill (“Top”).” This is due to the fact that psychopaths do not feel any remorse or guilt for killing. Psychopaths and sociopaths do not have the ability to feel emotion. Several scientific studies have been conducted that show how their brains work. Most psychopathic or sociopathic flaws are mental, but there can be environmental effects too (Brogaard). Trending movies (Ted) such as Scream and Nightmare on Elm Street also have an effect on…

at the University of Wisconsin- Madison. While in school he drifted away from agriculture and started to focus on religion. When he graduated he attended Liberal Protestant Seminary in New York City for two years. After he transferred to Columbia’s University Teachers College he received his masters and PhD in clinical psychology. Carl started his career working in child psychology in 1930 as a director of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and lectured at the University of…

Entry #3: Freud For this entry, I wanted to focus on one particular movement that has grown from the Barstool Sports universe. This movement revolves around a phrase that has been embraced by the bloggers and stoolies alike: “Saturdays are for the Boys”. This phrase was coined after a tweet from one of the bloggers for Barstool. The blogger heard this yelled by an old man in a crowded bar. He tweeted it and thought nothing of it. The next morning, the movement had begun. After several months,…

The general understanding of reading speed is that the speed is determined mainly by two factors; how fast an individual’s eyes can move and how fast their brain can comprehend the information (Collins Dictionary, 2016). If an individual is forced to move their eye faster along with the words on a page or screen, such as that with a Rapid Serial Visual Presentation (RSVP) software, will it cause them to read faster without largely reducing their overall comprehension of the material? One…

5/14/2015 SPRING 2015, ETH 1 Deborah Kindler Article #3 Asian Americans: Change against Discrimination Unfair discrimination can be found in many places in the service industry. This can be found in such places as institutions (colleges and universities), healthcare industry (hospitals and nursing homes), and corporations. Discrimination can be found in hiring in such places as hotels and motels, in reverse-discrimination. Hotels and motels hiring practices are to hire minorities, therefore…