This article examines the clinical manifestations of the LGS, detailing the seizure types, the implications for the individual's mental development, and the various attempts to manage the epilepsy through pharmacological (ie drugs) and other means. ... Hence, frequent monitoring through EEG's and serum drug levels is indicated for successful and accurate diagnosis and treatment. ...
At best, we can simply hope for controlled chaos during the various phases of disaster. ... The demand to strengthen controls for chemical and biological disasters is largely achieved through the development of laws and regulations that shape how to firmly control major hazards and manage business practices. ... As with epidemic diseases, early detection and control of chemical and biological attacks depends on a strong and flexible public health system and governing controls at the local, state, and federal levels that are in coordination. ... If requested by a state health agency, the Center...
Today, black defendants serve as much time in federal prison for drug offenses as white defendants serve for violent offenses-a result largely attributed to biases in federal statutory penalties for offenses involving crack versus powder cocaine (Mauer and King, 2007a). ... In addition to adopting sentencing guidelines to limit judicial discretion, numerous states and the federal government adopted mandatory minimum sentencing laws that prescribe a mandatory penalty for particular types of crimes, mainly drug offenses. ...
Socioeconomically these individuals are less likely to achieve finishing Secondary and postsecondary education therefore giving the individual an socioeconomically disadvantage that could lead to various other problems such as low income, drug abuse and homelessness (Deardorff, Lahiff, Ozer, Young; 2010). ... The literature also generally failed to control one or more potential factors such as subgroups that include ethnicity, socioeconomic and other factors such as gender; such as the sexual outcomes of males, which could be utilized to specify gender differences and issues explore issues spe...
During the 1980's, the United States saw an increase in drug use and drug related crime throughout the country. ... This era, known as the War on Drugs, introduced zero-tolerance policies as a measure of combating this crime wave that so many feared. ...
Sleep has been described by psychologists as an altered state of consciousness (Mavanji et al, 2011), and is viewed by Greene and Siegel (2004), as a period of rest by during which an individuals experience declines in consciousness, motor output and responsiveness to stimuli from their surrounding environment. Sleep is often believed to be an important aspect of daily functioning, a viewpoint most likely originating from the fact that the average person will spend almost a third of their life in a state of sleep. Just how important it is however, has proved to be a difficult question to answe...
Immigration: Mass Media Influences on the General American Population The mass media industry has influentially shaped American society's behavior on immigration into a strict systematic view that immigration is a necessary tool needed to strengthen the economy, stabilize cultural diversity, and exp...
The incident triggered a congressional hearing, as well as a Food and Drug Administration investigation on the matter that has been criticized for paying little to no attention to the genetic engineering aspect of the L-tryptophan epidemic. ...
