...HUNTINGTON’S DISEASE Huntington’s Disease Bradley Amos St. Ambrose University March 21, 2011 Huntington’s Disease Huntington’s disease is a devastating and progressive neurological disorder that results primarily from degeneration of nerve cells deep in the center of the brain that waste away (PubMed Health, 2011). According to National Institute of Neurological Disorder and Stroke (2010) more than 15,000 Americans suffer from this debilitating disease. Nearly all people who develop Huntington’s disease will die within 10 to 30 years from onset. This disease does not show bias to any sex, ethnicity or race. The pathophysiology of Huntington’s disease is inherited as an autosomal dominant trait with high penetrance (Jarvis, 2008, p.360). The symptoms of Huntington’s disease are abnormal uncontrollable movements and personality changes (Jarvis, 2008, p.360). As the disease progresses so does the severity of the symptoms. It is a genetic disease that is passed on from generation to generation. A person can be genetically tested to determine if you have the gene for this disease. To date there is not a cure for this rare debilitating disease (Medline Plus, 2009). Definition of Disorder Huntington’s disease was named after an American doctor George Huntington in 1872. Before it was named by Doctor Huntington it was called “chorea” which means choreography in Greek. It was named so because people affected by this disease would twist...
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...INTRODUCTION Many people are blessed to have lived a long, healthy life in a world full of detrimental and deadly diseases. However, not everyone can say the last years of his or her life were even remotely close to healthy. Losing someone you love and care about to natural causes is sad enough as it is. Losing someone to a disease that progressively incapacitates your mental and physical capabilities is something entirely different. An example of such a malignant disorder is Huntington’s Disease, an inherited, degenerative brain disorder that is now diagnosed in 1 out of every 10,000 Americans. Huntington’s Disease Society of America is a voluntary, non-profit health organization dedicated to facilitate the lives of those who have inherited the disease by promoting and supporting scientific and medical research in hopes of developing a treatment or cure. The purpose of this report is to inform the community about the value and importance of the HDSA’s mission and goals and the impact it will have on the victims of this destructive brain disorder. What is Huntington’s Disease? Huntington’s Disease as defined by the Huntington’s Disease Society of America is “a devastating, hereditary, degenerative brain disorder…[that] slowly diminishes the affected individual's ability to walk, talk and reason.” Essentially, the victim loses capability of all motor skills and causes involuntary muscle movements, leaving them fully dependent of another person. Involuntary muscle movements...
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...definition of the term is, a defined region one lives, works, interacts with others and the environment; inclusive is a semblance of structure and beliefs based within that society where the members define and identify themselves as being part of that group (Standhope & Lancaster, 2012). Using this definition one sees that any group can be a community, and boundaries can merge one into many different types of communities with in the same location. Using this, one sees that the American community is broken down into further sub sets such as states, counties, cities, towns, school districts, and the list can continue ad infinitum. For the purpose of this paper the term community is defined within its relation to the school district of South Huntington, NY. Using the windshield survey the public health nurse assesses the health of the community. This is performed by immersing themselves physically into the area of interest. This grass roots approach allows one to gain insight that may not be revealed from statistical data collection alone. Community Health The term community health answers the questions: how is, who or what...
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...› Science & Mathematics Seven Experiments That Could Change the World: A Do-It-Yourself Guide to Revolutionary Science (2nd Edition with Update on Results) [Rupert Sheldrake] on ... 5 Scientific Advances That Should Have Changed Everything ... www.cracked.com › History Nov 17, 2011 - You don't need anesthetic." How It Could Have Changed the World: How does medical science decades ahead of where we are now sound? Meet the scientific accident that could change the world - Io9 io9.com/.../meet-the-scientific-accident-that-could-change-the-world Feb 26, 2013 - Last year, researchers at UCLA made a rather fantastic, if serendipitous, discovery. A team of scientists led by chemist Richard Kaner had just ... Beautiful Science - The Huntington Library...
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...Huntington’s Disease Huntington’s Disease is a progressive neurological disease generally genetically inherited (Frank, 2014). This disease has an occurrence in all racial groups, however there is a greater concentration in those of northern European decent. This disease is rare, however is devastating to those afflicted with this disease as well as their family members (Novac & Tibrizi, 2010). Less than a month ago a very close friend of mine revealed that his father has been officially diagnosed with Huntington’s disease and that he now feared for himself that we will eventually be diagnosed with this disease. His father started having symptoms 11 years ago, however was diagnosed 8 years ago. He also watched his grandmother suffer through Huntington’s Disease throughout his childhood. He recently became engaged and it was in my conversation with him that I thought it was too soon and he was too young that he revealed his family history with Huntington’s disease. It was his concern for his father and his own future was my motivation for searching Huntington’s Disease. I hoped to gain insight that I can share with my friend if even just to be a sounding board with a little more context. History & Symptoms of Huntington’s Disease Huntington’s Disease is named for George Huntington who wrote and shared one of the most initial detailed accounts of the symptoms of this disease. Although other individuals have ben noted as documenting various aspects of what is now...
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...inherited condition. The disease I have chosen are cystic fibrosis which is a recessive disease and Huntington’s disease which is a dominant disease. I will assess the relationship between them both and discuss the impact on individuals of genotypes resulting in development delay of normal body functioning. Also, I will evaluate the support available for individuals with the two chosen conditions. The dominant inherited condition I have chosen is Huntington’s disease. This is a disease that damages certain nerve cells in the brain. This brain damage becomes progressively worse over time and will have an effect on movement, cognition (perception, awareness, thoughtful, judgement) along with behaviour and conduct. Early functions normally include personality changes, mood swings, fidgety moves, becoming easily irritated along with altered behaviour, despite the fact that these are generally frequently unnoticed along with due to something different....
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...The critical issue is about the discovery of Huntington disease genes in David Reiger, a 42 years old veteran pilot with Danville Airlines in Milwaukee, but which has not developed into a disease. Reiger is furious that the company tested him genetically, without his consent. The airline is concerned that if he becomes symptomatic, he could become physically and mentally handicapped thereby exposing their clients and their business to great danger (Mead & Wicks, 2004) The text identifies a couple of issues. First, Reiger was not informed of the genetic tests he underwent, given that he submitted to a routine annual drug and alcohol examination. Second, the release of Reiger’s genetic results (not related to the examination reasons) obtained during routine medical screening to his employer without prior notification and consent was unethical. Equally, the possibility of discrimination against Reiger based upon health reasons/medical history is high. Also, clients/public could be exposed to risks, which could occur if results of Reiger’s medical screenings are not holistically considered. Consequentialism, universalism, rights, justice and fairness are relevant ethical models that apply to the case in hand (Mead & Wicks, 2004 Overall, the key fact in the text, according to Mead & Wicks, 2004, is the discovery of a potential genetic disorder (Huntington’s disease) in David Reiger, a seasoned pilot with Danville Airlines in Milwaukee ensuing from a routine blood test for alcohol...
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...happening. When companies invade employee’s privacy they have violated the federal government’s guidelines of what is ethical and not ethical. The genetic testing for Huntington’s disease is a new emerging field of science that allows for individuals to know what medical conditions they are predisposed to however the federal government has established laws that state clearly the individual has to give consent and without consent these medical tests violates their medical privacy’s rights. “There are three major types of genetic tests: biochemical, cytogenetic, and molecular.” (Beery, 2014, p. 71) In this case study, the two types of genetic tests were biochemical and molecular. Biochemical test uses enzymes in the blood to see if the enzyme reacts to a certain subject and if does shows what the genetic dispose for that disease. The molecular genetic testing is looking more at the DNA of the person and having to see which DNA sequence leads to the medical disorder. The benefits for Reiger is knowing that what in his body are the cause of the newly discovered condition of Huntington’s disease (HD) and having the correct medical advice on his condition. However, there are more drawbacks for Reiger knowing about his condition from the genetic testing. Scuffham and MacMillan (2014) researched this disease and stated that once patients found out their results mental distress happened because they the knowledge of their children’s risk of getting this condition and having to find more...
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...Huntington's Disease Essay: By Jasmine Mongeon Huntington's disease is an inherited disease characterized by the degeneration of the central nervous system, which ultimately results in abnormal movements and mental deterioration. The genetic abnormality consists of expansion in the trinucleotide repeat CAG in the HD gene on chromosome 4, which codes for the normal protein huntingtin. The HD gene is an autosomal dominant condition which means that only one parent must have the gene in order for a child to inherit HD. Huntington's disease results in abnormal movements and mental deterioration. Each child of an Huntington's disease parent has a 50% chance of getting the Huntington's disease. If the child does not inherit the Huntington's disease...
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...“Clash not Culture” Cultural differences in a post-Cold War era will not empirically lead to more frequent and violent conflicts between civilizations, regardless of their relationship or proximity to each other. As proven through history, conflict is inevitable and today theorists continue to debate where and why the next war will occur. Our world is a mist a diverging global society with non-state actors competing for new world order. Many states are suffering great turmoil, while others are gaining economic strength and power. Although the world has reached a point that we are poised for conflict, there has actually been a decline in conflict among civilizations. Among those that are geographically positioned for a border dispute, there has been no significant increase in conflict. Many would argue that clashes between western civilizations and non-western civilizations should be at the top of the list, but this has not been the case either. Conflict and war has occurred since the beginning of man and has been recorded right along religious strife. Conflict occurs for several basic reasons including: an attempt to increase a standard of living, to prevent a decrease in a standard of living, greed-more power and territory, religious idealism, and corrupt governments. When developing an analysis to determine the next confrontation, there are several points that must be considered: relative power of non-state ...
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...“We Are Marshall” Reason for Choice of Movie The selection of film, I have chosen, is based upon my infatuation with the very intriguing storyline it offers. At first, one may believe that the storyline is nothing more than another movie concerning football. However, the storyline offers a combination of a beloved American sport, along with touching accounts of the lives of each main character, as they dealt with grief and despair independently. Most importantly, the storyline depicts the perseverance of one man who strived for perfection, even when everyone else neither believed in him nor shared his vision. “We are Marshall” correlates with the textbook as, the manner in which individuals adapt to difficult challenges vary from person to person. However, in order to achieve a true state of resiliency, one must allow the stages of grieving to be a fluid process. Finally, “We are Marshall” shows the actions of one, can lead to changes which positively impinge upon many. Summary of Movie “We are Marshall” is based upon a true story that occurred on November 14, 1970. “We are Marshall” begins with a plane crash that kills 75 members of the football team, including players, coaches, and fans. One can imagine how such a devastating event would impact the Marshall University community. Therefore, university President Donald Demond along with influential community members, decided in the best interest of the university, to discontinue the football program...
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...superiority in utilizing organized violence. Westerners often dismiss this fact, non-Westerners never do.” Samuel P. Huntington, Eaton professor of the science of government and director of the John M. Olin Institute for strategic studies at Harvard, wrote a thought-provoking article; “The Clash of Civilizations” was published by Foreign Affairs in the summer of 1993. (Foreign Affairs). Huntington’s article given in nine topics, gives the reader a big-picture look at the world which nerved to imagine that a bi-polar rivalry between communism and capitalism was about to be reinstated by a multi-polar world of contradicting civilizations. He argues that the short-term warfare between ideologies is being replaced by the ancient warfare between civilizations. People’s cultural and religious identities will result in future conflicts. Huntington cautions that all this proposes that there will be cultural clangorings in the future. He says the troubling ones "are likely to arise from the interplay of Western arrogance, Islamic intolerance, and assertiveness." This is indeed a debated statement. Such clangoring’s are by no means an evident necessity, after all. Neither is it at all apparent that in the lack of such exterior issues, Western society would not have very uncompromising internal complications with absolutism and wars. I. The Next Pattern of Conflict: Huntington advocates his thesis and begins with an introduction describing the problem modeled by the Clash of Civilizations...
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...of social factors influencing the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards”, Journal for Global Business Advancement, 2 (1-2), pp. 38-53. This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Accountancy and Legal Environment at Marshall Digital Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in Accounting Faculty Research by an authorized administrator of Marshall Digital Scholar. For more information, please contact zhangj@marshall.edu. An analysis of social factors influencing the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards Jeffrey J. Archambault• and Marie E. Archambault Division of Accountancy and Legd Environment, Lewis College of Business, Marsh!.ll University, One John Marshall Drive, HuntingtOn, WV 25755, USA E-mail: archambault@marshall.ecil E-mail: arcbambaultm@marshaU.edu *Corresponding autho r Abstnct: This paper examines the decision of 120 countries to permit or not to permit the use of l.nternational Finanrial Reprting Sran2 0.0()57 t-sratis ric 0.42 1.97 Coefficient -0.0469 0.0067 t·slatiJric 0.45 2.68 LT PR CL l.G ... ••• 0.0470 - 0.0719 0.0007 0.73 -O.S9 DV IF - 0.4164 0.0054 -0.0445 0.99 -2.80 1.26 .... • -0.3800 -3.25 ... •• fOR IE FAJD Model:...
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...Mid-Term Examination The Clash of Civilizations and Its International Implications By: Meidina Felita Alifandra 016201400183 IRE 2014 Diplomacy 2 Semester 7 I. Introduction As being stated by Samuel P. Huntington, the Clash of Civilization is a hypothesis in which the primary sources of conflicts in the post-cold war era are more dominant to the people’s cultural and religious identities. Civilization has three attributes which are the objective elements – language, history religion, customs, and institution; the subjective elements – variable levels of self-identification; and civilization itself is dynamic – they rise and fall, divide and merge. II. The Relation between the “Kin-Country” Theory by Samuel P. Huntington and The U.S. Attitudes Towards the Palestinian-Israeli Issues. Samuel P. Huntington also stated a theory about civilization rallying – or well-known as “Kin-Country Syndrome”. In his “Kin-Country...
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...(a) What are the eight major civilizations that Huntington presents in his argument? Is this an appropriate or accurate categorization/qualification of "civilizations?" Why or why not? (b) What are the five civilizational traits that Huntington presents in this article? What is one trait/aspect that he may have overlooked? Why was this potential "trait" not included among Huntington's original five? (c) In what three ways may non-Western civilizations potentially "respond" to the powers and values of Western civilization? Please choose two responses and provide and briefly describe/explain One specific real-world example depicting each of the two selected "responses." (d) In Huntington's view, why will civilizations clash? Please discuss in detail the six reasons Huntington uses to explain why a clash of civilizations is seemingly inevitable. (e) Do you agree with Huntington's argument as to why civilizations will clash? Why or why not? Provide at least ONE specific real-world example to support your answer. (HINT: In answering "why or why not," please consider whether Huntington overlooked and thus forget to add an important "reason" or whether he should omit/take-out one of his "reasons." Yao Jingjing Globalization and International Affairs October 9, 2012 Dr. Richardson Chapter 5 introduces a theory, “the clash of civilizations”, proposed by Samuel P. Huntington. According to this theory, “the fundamental source of conflict” after Cold war will be people’s cultural...
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