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Psychology: Dreams And Dreaming
Words: 3028 / Pages: 12 .... or despair are simply wrong and if these conditions persist you may
wish to seek help from others. Finally, there is no such thing as a dream with
one meaning. If you feel stuck on one meaning or feel another person is pushing
one meaning, it is time to reconsider your methods and approach. (Lemley p. 17).
Clinical dream work is done within the context of psychotherapy and
clinical and sleep research have different approaches and goals than peer dream
work. (Koch-Sheras p.16).
A dream is a period of spontaneous brain activity usually lasting from
about 5-40 minutes that occurs during sleep several times a night usually about .....
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AIDS: Myths And Facts
Words: 650 / Pages: 3 .... seats, and even that it is spread by mosquitoes.
AIDS has also been labeled the disease of homosexual men. These are all
false beliefs,proven through many scientific studies. Hemophiliacs have
contracted AIDS, after having been giving transfusions of blood which was
contaminated with the HIV virus. Drug addicts have been infected through
the intravenous injection of drugs with “second hand” or dirty needles used
by someone who carried the HIV virus. Prostitutes contract and spread AIDS
through sexual activity with several different partners without knowing
their partners' sexual history. This in turn, leads to the spread of the
disease throug .....
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Ban Smoking
Words: 671 / Pages: 3 .... half minutes of life away from a smoker. (Bartecchi, 46) Although
restrictions have been placed on the use of cigarettes in public areas such as
restaurants and airplanes, the US has yet to place a ban on smoking. The
government frequently inspects items sold to the American public. Commercial
products that may be dangerous such as food, cars, and toys have been recalled
in order for alterations. In the August 1995 issue of consumer reports, twenty-
four products were recalled because of possible dangers to the consumer. These
products included a car that may lose a wheel while in motion, a hair dryer that
poses a fire hazard, and cookies that can cau .....
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The Evolution Of The Eye
Words: 1717 / Pages: 7 .... their eyes into a design, such as the simple camera-type eye, which is superior to all other eyes.
Introduction
In order to understand about , we must first have an understanding of its structure and function. On a more basic level, we must also have an understanding of basic optical principles. To gain insight into why the eyes of animals have evolved the way that they have, we must also understand the environment in which animals have needed to adapt to.
The theory of lens design has two basic models. The convex lens, or plus lens, is known as a converging lens. When light passes through this lens, it is bent toward the optical axis .....
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The Ebola Virus
Words: 1588 / Pages: 6 .... two known members of the Filovirus family"
(Journal of the American Medical Association 273: 1748). Marburg is a
relative of the Ebola virus. The four strains of Ebola are Ebola Zaire,
Ebola Sudan, Ebola Reston, and Ebola Tai. Each is named after the
geographical location in which it was discovered. These filoviruses cause
hemorrhagic fever, which is actually what kill victims of the Ebola virus.
Hemorrhagic fever as defined in Mosby's Medical, Nursing, and Allied Health
Dictionary as, a group of viral aerosol infections, characterized by fever,
chills, headache, malaise, and respiratory or GI symptoms, followed by
capillary hemorrhages, and, i .....
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Cancer In American
Words: 330 / Pages: 2 .... the leading
fatal cancer in the world today. Also on the increase is the third-
greatest killer, breast cancer, particularly in China and Japan. The
fourth on the list is colon or rectum cancer, a disease that mainly strikes
the elderly. In the United States in the mid-1980s, more than one-fifth of
all deaths were caused by cancer; only the cardiovascular diseases
accounted for a higher percentage. In 1990 the American Cancer Society
predicted that about 30 percent of Americans will eventually develop some
form of the disease. In the United States skin cancer is the most
prevalent cancer in both men and women. Lung cancer, however, causes .....
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AIDS And YOU
Words: 3430 / Pages: 13 .... is caused
by a virus. The disease originated somewhere in Africa about 20 years ago.
There it first appeared as a mysterious ailment afflicting primarily
heterosexuals of both sexes. It probably was spread especially fast by
primarily female prostitutes there. AIDS has already become a crisis of
STAGGERING proportions in parts of Africa. In Zaire, it is estimated that
over twenty percent of the adults currently carry the virus. That figure
is increasing. And what occurred there will, if no cure is found, most
likely occur here among heterosexual folks.
AIDS was first seen as a disease of gay males in this country.
This was a result of the fact tha .....
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Use Of Marijuana As Medicine
Words: 1163 / Pages: 5 .... and to prevent the “wasting syndrome”
in AIDS and cancer patients (“Marijuana for the Sick” A10). As an alternative to
using actual marijuana, modern science has developed a synthetic form of THC,
the active chemical in marijuana. However, this synthetic drug, called Marinol,
is useless for most everyday treatment because it has the unpleasant side effect
of being a powerful sedative. A member of Milwaukee's AIDS community, said that
a friend of his was taking Marinol to increase his appetite: “He spends the
whole day laughing and watching movies...He can't even drive a car because he's
so out of it.” (3/25/97) In addition to that, M .....
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Steriods
Words: 541 / Pages: 2 .... it increases strength and endurance. Steroids also help in the healing process of muscular tissue by first injuring them, then the muscles heal quicker adding more fiber increasing their bulk. Many athletes turn to steroids more often because they're cheaper then marijuana or cocaine. A ten week cycle of testosterone cypinate and methandrostone costs only about one hundred dollars. Steroids are also very hard to trace because of their water base composition. They can pass through the body within two days. All these benefits of steroids help an athletes become more competitive and increase their chance of being a winner. Of course everybody wants b .....
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How Moods Are Affected By The Sun
Words: 705 / Pages: 3 .... that causes them to develop depression in the absence of exposure
to sufficient environmental light"1. Frederick A. Cook, the arctic explorer,
provided a vivid description of the effects of prolonged darkness on the human
psyche: "The curtain of blackness which has overfallen the outer world has also
descended upon the inner world of our souls," Cook wrote in his journal on May
16, 1898, "Around our tables . . . . men are sitting about sad and dejected
lost in dreams of melancholy. For brief moments some try to break the spell by
jokes, told perhaps for the 50th time. Others grind out a cheerful philosophy;
but all efforts to infuse bright hope .....
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