These three types of MS can widely vary in characteristics which is why MS is such a unique disease. ... Below, in order of prevalence, is a descriptive list of the many physical, social, emotional and cognitive characteristics that occur in persons living with MS and that may aid in diagnosing MS. ... Another secondary characteristic of fatigue in MS patients may be sexual dysfunction. ... This characteristic is commonly followed by facial contractions or a "tic " (Rumrill, 2009, p. 79). ... Characteristics may include "attention, conceptual reasoning, executive function, and memory " (Rumr...

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Definition of Emotional Disturbance Emotional Disturbance is a condition exhibiting one or more of the following characteristics over a long period of time and to a marked degree that adversly affects a child's educational performance. ... Signs and symptoms of being emotionally disturbed, include inappropriate behavior, a general mood of depression or unhappiness, physical fears of school, or expression of personal problems. ... The Characteristics of Emotional Disturbance There are some characteristics that may be reflected of emotional disturbance: (A) An inability to learn that canno...

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Some of the physical traits associated with Fragile X, some children do not exhibit any. ... Like the physical traits, the extent of the behavioral traits ranges from mild to severe. ... Along with the apparent physical and behavioral characteristics, 20 to 60 per cent of affected males experience heart problems and about one-fifth experience seizures. ... Since the suggestion that approximately 1 in 2,000 males are affected with the Fragile X syndrome a profile of specific physical characteristics, social and emotional behaviors, and unique intellectual deficits has gradually surfaced. ...

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In the NEAIS, the phrase "elder maltreatment" generally refers to the seven types of abuse and neglect that are measured in the study-physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional or psychological abuse, financial or material exploitation, abandonment, neglect, and self-neglect. ... What are the characteristics of self-neglecting elders? ... Characteristics of Victims of Domestic Elder Abuse Of 236,479 reports of abuse, neglect, and self-neglect to APS in 1996, 48.7 percent, or 115,110 reports were substantiated after investigation, 39.3 percent were unsubstantiated, and 8.2 percent were still un...

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For example, you would place hormones, a known component of physical and sexual attraction, into the physiological category. However, "where would you place something like desire for physical pleasure, a frequently cited element in sexual motivation? ... Falling in love has both a physiological component - the physical sensations associated with touch - and a subjective psychological component. But where does an emotion and physical response of falling in love, fit into physiological and environmental components? ... Romantic attraction has two more characteristics: physical attraction and r...

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Moreover, since the condition is associated with overweight, the increase in physical activity and dietary modification will be efficient in its prevention. ... There is still weak evidence in the cure of T2DM (NICE, 2009), but several management modalities such as the conventional pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapy (nutrition and physical activity) exist to prevent, improve and maintain the patient's quality of life and wellbeing. ... The key word for the search included; Efficacy OR effectiveness AND life-style OR lifestyle OR diet OR nutrition OR food OR physical exercise...

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Throughout the novel, Lessing frequently calls to question who or what forms an individual's personality, and where characteristics and traits are established and acquired to form who a person is. ... Made up of both physical and personal traits and characteristics, a personality takes shape in many ways. The physical characteristics such as height, hair color, facial features, and weight are all characteristics that we naturally have no control over. ... However, the personal traits, such as the ability to be a good leader or to be funny and friendly, are characteristics that a person...

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Definition & Description Domestic violence is defined as the physical or emotional abuse of an adult or child by a family member or friend. Physical abuse includes pushing, slapping, or grabbing, throwing objects, kicking, biting or punching, beating up, raping or sexually exploiting an adult or child and/or threatening with a weapon. Emotional abuse includes name calling, making jokes that are demeaning, verbally threatening physical abuse, isolating or unreasonably confining an adult or child, and/or the repeated humiliation of an adult or child (Woman Aware [Brochure]). ... These characteri...

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Hormones are intimately tied to sex characteristics and to behavior. ... Androgens, such as testosterone, influence the development and maintenance of the male reproductive tract, secondary sex characteristics, and beha...

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With its characteristic gentle, relaxing stokes, traditional European massage is based on the conventional concepts of anatomy, physiology, and soft tissue manipulation (Collinge 5). ... The Feldenkrais method, an approach developed by Moshe Feldenkrais, uses physical movement to improve posture and flexibility as well as alleviate muscular tension and pain. ... Even though all three categories of therapeutic massage have their own specific characteristics, they all contribute to the well-being of the human body. ...

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Several characteristics of this heterogeneous population are mentioned, as well as estimates of the group. ... However, there are some patterns in characteristics. ... Race and ethnicity is not an important characteristic to describe the homeless youth population. ... Many homeless adolescents report histories of neglect and physical and sexual abuse. In 17 shelters nationally, staff estimates of physical abuse among their clients ranged from 20% to 40%, sexual abuse ranged downward from 5%, and neglect ranged from 14% to 100% (Salamon). ...

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This idea shows that there is more than one term listed in defining human language characteristics to describe humans special mechanism whereas animals have none of these. ... Additionally, another significant characteristic of human language is to refer to the future and the past. ... Arbitrariness Crystal (2008), British linguistic professor, defined arbitrariness as "A property of human language whereby linguistic forms are said to lack any physical correspondence with the entities in the world to which they refer". ...

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People often indulge in cyber-relationships in order to experience something that is distinctly unlike what they may experience in real life due to the lack of physical contact. ... Due to this disagreement in terms of personal characteristics, one can never really trust an entity that they know entirely virtually. ... "Dissociative anonymity- is one of the largest reasons why people prefer to stay away from online relationships since one is not really aware of the actual physical or personal characteristics of a person they are interacting with. ... Other than that, online relationships are ...

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As to the acts of bullying themselves, numerous researchers have reported that verbal abuse is twice as prevalent as physical abuse (Mauder, et al., 2010); and may be more insidious and destructive in the long term. ... Another general characteristic of the bullying phenomenon is the unprovoked one-sided, repetitive nature of the attacks. ... Swearer, Turner, Givens, and Pollack (2008) parsed bullying into two broad categories: "verbal bullying" and "physical bullying". ... Fouri and Buchanan (2002) described another type of bullying called generic bullying that describ...

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Abstract In recent years, many critiques expressed their concern about the social issue of gender in Western cultures. Although the notion of gender may seem obvious and natural to many people, nowadays, many others agree that this issue deserves more attention. The aim of this assignment is to discuss how Critical Psychology helps to develop a critical view on gender, also discussing sexual ideologies in our culture and how these are formed throughout our life-span. This assignment observes and discusses the inequalities that Critical Psychology finds in the perception of gender by society an...

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Darwin's On the Origin of Species clearly contains the characteristics of a scientific paper in the sense that he presents a thesis, and rigorously supports it though abundant documentation of natural observations as well as experimental data. ... Other topics he brings up are use and disuse, ant the arbitrary correlations between physical parts. ... This causes "a struggle for existence, either one individual with another of the same species, or with the individuals of distinct species, or with the physical conditions of life" (Darwin 63). ... As climate becomes more desolate, the num...

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General educators, especially those teaching within an inclusive environment, need to be more aware of the characteristics of children with disabilities and the nature of their educational, social, and emotional requirements. ... This may be difficult for a teacher to accomplish in a classroom with physical, emotional, behavioral and/or learning disabled children, but it is imperative that every teacher discovers the appropriate strategies in order to achieve this by getting to know your students. ...

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She was to be the pillar of the home in both the physical and moral sense. ... This was in line with Victorian theorists who held the view that evolutionary reasons where the justification for the mental and physical differences between the genders. ... Specific ideologies regarding the characteristics of women and their role in society marked the Victorian Era. ... He demonstrates the seclusion of the Victorian woman using her physical environment by conflicting the prison that confines her and the external surroundings of Camelot. ...

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Not only do female officers use less physical force, but they are also better at reducing potentially violent confrontations. ... The question of physical strength and policing. Undeniably, at the heart of the traditional reluctance to hire women in policing is the question of physical strength. ... Yet, physical strength has not been shown to predict either general police effectiveness (Sherman, 1973) or the ability to successfully cope with dangerous situations (Bell, 1982). ... Physical strength does not play a primary role in these tragedies. ...

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Physical abuse accounts for about one in four substantiated cases of child abuse. It is the most visible form of abuse and may be defined as any act that results in a non-accidental trauma or physical injury. ... Criminal sanctions may also apply in cases of sexual or physical abuse. ... These traits make it difficult to cope with demands of their children and increase likelihood of emotional or physical abuse. ... Mental retardation or physical or developmental disabilities can also increase stress of parenting and risk of abuse. ...

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Although a disorder may be primarily physical or primarily psychological, it is always a disorder of the whole- not just of the body or psyche. Research has shown that mental and emotional processes are implicated both in good health and in most physical disease. ... Physical appearance plays an important role in personality development and adjustment. Physical Handicaps: Embryologic abnormalities on environmental conditions operating before or after birth may result in physical defects. ... Physical Deprivation or Disruption: Digestive, circulatory and other bodily functions work to mai...

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This is done by carefully documenting the conditions at a crime scene and recognizing all relevant physical evidence. ... Anything which can be used to connect the victim to a suspect or a suspect to a victim or crime scene is relevant physical evidence. ... For example, collecting bloodstains under the victim's body can be excellent physical since it can be directly tied to a matchbook found in a suspect's pocket. Since a weapon or burglar tool is easily recognized as significant physical, it is frequently destroyed by the perpetrator. ... The application of chemistry to the study o...

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Inconsiderate discipline and physical punishment were normally accomplished for the purpose of instructing children. ... Most of the decreases were the intense types of physical abuse but the less hurtful violence which is still considered as corporal punishment continued (Andero & Stewart 2002). ... Also in Sweden, a decision was made of banning physical punishment both at home and in school on 1979 (Andero & Stewart 2002). ... (Covell & Howe, 2001) However, in Canada, despite its legal system protection for children against physical violence in general, corporal punishme...

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This criminal class, which he called "Homo Delinquens" displayed external characteristics which betrayed their criminal disposition These features included a narrow sloping brow, a prominent jaw, high cheekbones, large ears and extra nipples, toes and fingers. ... The concept that physical characteristics are related to social behaviour have been traced back to the Greek physician Hippocrates, who designed a group of typologies and physiques and tried to correlate them with character traits. ... It shows that even if a person's physical makeup can make them aggressive or extremely extr...

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Thus, an analysis of the relationships between nature and physical sensations, and their roles in the formation and function of imagination in Wordsworths "Tintern Abbey" and Anna Barboulds "A Summer Evenings Meditation," demonstrate the ways in which these poems constitute Romantic lyrics. ... In these lines, the neutral sound of the river and the unremarkable sight of the cliffs are transformed into sensations of physical and mental excitement through the adjectives "sweet," "wild," "steep," and "lofty." ... Several passages throughout the poem show how by provoking "deep thoughts," images ...

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