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Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease: definition, causes, and subtypes

Definition and Causes - the Charcot-Marie-Tooth Syndrome or CMT is an inherited peripheral polyneuropathy first described independently by French professor Jean-Martin Charcot and his student Pierre Marie in 1886 and later by Howard Henry Tooth in his dissertation in the same year (PatientPlus…

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Assistive technology devices for people with disabilities

Assistive Technology is a generic term that refers to any equipment or article or object that is generally used to either increase or maintain or improve in some way the capabilities of those people who are suffering from any type of disabilities or impairment.

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Intimate partner violence and maternal-fetal bonding during pregnancy

It is a socially unconscionable and truly terrible reality that many women in America are subjected to physical violence and other forms of emotional and psychological abuse during their pregnancy.

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Mind-based identity theory and the role of faith in personal existence

One of the most basic questions of human existence is essentially "What am I?" Although humans have known in varying degrees throughout recorded history that they are biological beings, there has always been the question of internal identity. What is it that separates me from my brother?

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The monster within: Evil and humanity in Romantic literature

Throughout the history of Western Literature, the "monster" as both a central character, as well as a literary device has been common.

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Isolation in The Great Gatsby, The Grapes of Wrath, and Prufrock

The history of humanity is the story of human interactions. Each and every man, woman, and child, exists in the context of larger society. A person's actions, beliefs, thoughts, and dreams are shaped by that society; by that "other" that surrounds him or her at every step of the way.

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Mel Gibson's Passion of the Christ and Catholic artistic tradition

For better or worse, Mel Gibson's Passion of the Christ has had a dramatic impact on the lukewarm Christian community, created fervent emotional responses to its mystic vision and a strange new popular movement towards ecumenism (which was not always welcomed by theologians on either side of this…

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Using the Kolb model to examine telecommunications customer service experience

The writer uses the Kolb model to explore the experience and narrate it in terms the reader can understand. There were five sources used to complete this paper.

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The jury system of the United States and Venezuela's escabinos system

The writer explores the system and duties of each system. The writer the provides a comparison of the two systems. There were four sources used to complete this paper.

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Long-term student retention and performance in charter schools

There is in existence a plethora of research that has been conducted on the long-term effectiveness of charter schools. Much of the research shines negatively on charter schools and their ability in retaining students on a long-term basis.

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