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    Shock is a life-threatening condition with a variety of underlying causes. Shock is caused when the cells have a lack of adequate blood supply and are deprived of oxygen and nutrients. In cases of shock, blood is shunted from peripheral areas of the body to the vital organs. Hemorrhage and decreased blood volume are associated with some, but not all, types of shock. Adventitious lung sounds occur in the upper airway D) Heart and respiratory rates are elevated Ans: D Feedback: As sepsis

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    basal ganglia as well as the broca’s area in the left hemisphere. The Broca’s Area is in charge of articulation so if someone were to cuss consciously, then the v-chip would send a shock. The right basal ganglia is in charge of the automatic speech, therefore if someone were to cuss unconsciously, the v-chip would send a shock. The role of the basal ganglia is necessary for automatic speech. It lies embedded beneath the cerebral cortex, playing a role in selecting the relevant motor actions by restricting

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    the public domain.(Zimmerman) The Antiwar Protest used three rhetorical strategies: empathy, shock value, and symbolic actions.(Trodd) Of the three strategies, the movement relied most heavily on shock value. Professor Trodd explains shock value as a strategy that “inspires outrage, agitation, and a desire to correct social ills”.(Trodd) Bill Zimmerman, an antiwar protest leader, explains the shock value was the most effective because once seen, the images were hard to remove from your mind:

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    As i a still learning i am/did have trouble with this. This time I am going to connect it into one section(I will try and split them up but they may run together) 1. & 2. I think we really get to see what the mood is when she goes to the room and has her epiphany(which I believe was that she was going to be able to have freedom and not be controlled by anyone and life has a lot of opportunity, even though it would be tough she was looking forward to her new found self and freedom.So she be came

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    In 2000, Dai Sijie wrote a semi-autobiographical novel named Balzac & The Little Chinese Seamstress. This novel discusses the political and social reforms of the Chinese Government during the re-education era. The re-education program sought to regulate the country of the distinct classes that it previously had. Educated individuals (especially youths) would get sent to villages where they would be instructed by peasants on how to do manual labor. Any type of advanced knowledge, such as literature

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    Trench Kids After evaluating the image called Battle of Britain, many could conclude that the children were intrigued by what was going on around them while they were in the center of the war, and that each child was innocent yet greatly affected by the aftermath of the war. All in all, this image portrays the struggles the children faced trying to understand what was going on around them, living in a world surrounded by war and violence, and how it affected the people who lived in Britain during

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    The Near-Death Experience The thought of death and my grandfather colliding with each other had troubled and depressed me. All of us were rolling through life just fine. Then, I was stunned that the ball might stop rolling for him. His life took a very sharp turn and all of ours had done so too. My day had been perfectly well until my happiness went to an utter discontinuation. My mother had received the call. His heart was immensely affecting him. My grandfather was in his house

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    the innocence Holden wishes to preserve in Phoebe's school and entices to enter the stage of awareness. Although Holden consistently tries to find a way to mask any further stages of the rite of passage, his ability to stay innocent departs by the shock in his brother Allie’s death. His death causes Holden such traumatic pain he “broke all the goddam windows with my fist, just for the hell of it” to cope with the initial pain” (Salinger 50). Allie’s death begins the stage of Holden’s alienation from

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    able to interact with the learner. One of the differences in interaction, in Slater’s study, is that participants were also able to interact through text message, which was shown to cause less tension in the participant when they had to administer shocks. Even though Milgram’s participants were all real people and Slater used an avatar, both studies showed similar results when participants were able to interact and hear the learner’s responses. For example, in Milgram’s study, participants showed

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    In Kate Chopin’s short story “The Story of an Hour,” Mrs. Mallard hears news from her sister Josephine that her husband, Brently Mallard, is dead. Mrs. Mallard seems to show a sense of immediate shock; she quickly flees to her room to be alone to take in this news. After embracing and accepting the death of her husband, she is ready and willing to continue living her life. She opens the door of her bedroom and walks down the stairs approaching her late husband’s friend, Richard. Suddenly, the door

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