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    Impulse Control Disorders

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    IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDERS Many of the self-control disorders involve disturbances in the ability to regulate an impulse - an urge to act. People with impulse control disorders act on certain impulses involving some potentially harmful behavior that they cannot resist. Impulsive behavior in and of itself is not necessarily harmful; in fact, we all act impulsively upon occasion. Usually our impulsive acts have no ill effects, but in some instances they may involve risk. Consider the following

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    Paige Logsdon Mr. Martinous Composition II April 8, 2015 The Cause and Effect of Impulse Control Disorders Most people love watching other humans and like trying to figure out why they do what they do. It’s called people watching and we have all been guilty of it. The human race is fascinating and it is very interesting how we were created and what makes us tick. Have you ever wondered why some people have an uncontrollable urge toward destructible behaviors? Do you ever wonder if the behavior

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    Pyromania: An Impulse Control Disorder Essay

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    Fire: bright, burning, wondrous thing; the embodiment of life and death. It is easy to understand the fascination that pyromaniacs have with flame. It is, after all, a fascination that extends back countless centuries from the first discoveries of spark and fire. The Greeks saw fire as the embodiment of knowledge; dangerous when used carelessly, but awesome in its abilities. Fire is used every day to cook meals, heat homes, although not so much in Florida, and has many other beneficial uses.

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    Abstract With improvements in capacity and performance and a decrease in cost, FPGAs have become a viable solution for making custom chips and programmable DSP devices. This paper presents an efficient implementation of Finite Impulse Response Filter (FIR) using Distributed Arithmetic (DA) architecture based on FPGA with the help of xilinx system generator software. Here, the multipliers in FIR filter are replaced with multiplierless DA based technique to remove high frequency Electrocardiogram(EMG)

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    An impulse purchase decision can be defined as the result of complex behavioural processes, thoughtful and deliberate consideration of information about the good in question and its alternatives (Bayley & Nancarrow, 1998). An impulse purchase is typically associated with reckless decision making as the assumption is that it is a decision made without thinking about the consequences too much. However, this definition by (Bayley & Nancarrow, 1998) suggests that the impulse decision is one made using

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    Impulse Buying

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    Running head: CAUSES OF IMPULSE BUYING Impulse Buying EN1320 ITT Technical Institute Impulse Buying Everyone does it from time to time. I’m talking about acting upon impulse. In some cases, impulsive actions can be harmless or even rewarding. This is usually not the case though when it comes to making impulsive purchases. Studies have shown that on average, between 50 and 65 percent of items purchased while shopping we’re not on their lists, and we’re bought out of impulse. The question at hand

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    Impulse Evaluation

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    I would recommend the energy drink Impulse to athletes that want to increase their performance. This drink has many different components that will boost your mental and physical state. Impulse was introduce in the spring of 2002. After it was introduce, production started in Miami, Florida. As the months went on, Impulse was a high demanding drink that quickly sold off shelves. Impulse is a high demand because of the different ingredients that improves a person performance. The sources of energy

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    Afferent Impulses

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    carries electrical signals from receptors to the CNS. Motor neurons or the efferent neuron carries impulses from CNS to effector organs. Interneurons which carry information between sensory and motor neurons. Allowing the impulses to travel faster, Nodes of Ranvier is the gap that impulses travel. Axon terminals are where the neuron makes contact with dendrites with a receptor or effector. Impulses are transfer from one cell to other cell is known as synapse. The electrical current travels along

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    Impulse Scenarios

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    sister/brother etc keep a feelings journal to record how we feel and how we can improve the way we react to the situations. Impulse control (discuss some ability to control our behaviours) write many things as possible in groups of 3. learning to identify and challenge unhealthy thinking, get needs met in healthy ways, plan and problem solve effectively Session 4: Wellbeing –optimism - Impulse scenarios- provide some scenarios, or ask them to make their own and how they will respond 3 responses and why they

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    The Impulse Sparknotes

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    I chose the book Impulse by Ellen Hopkins for my book report. This is a fictional book but it relates to real life experiences and brings good insight to current issues going on in young peoples lives as well as issues that are covered in this class, social class, suicide, drugs/overdose, cutting/self-harm, sexual abuse, mental health and illnesses, and abortion. The setting for this book takes place in a psychiatric hospital, for teenagers called Aspen Springs. Throughout the book the three teens

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