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    On September 6th, 2017, I saw the play 1984 by George Orwell at The Hippodrome Theatre in Gainesville. The play was about how the main character Winston, who’s portrayed by Niail McGinty, goes on a journey to rebel against the party in control of his country, the Inner Party, and he runs into somebody he believes is an ally to him, O’Brien, who is portrayed by V Craig Heidenreich, but he is really a part of the Inner Party. They eventually convince Winston to believe in the Inner Party and their

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    A Short Story : A Story?

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    Glancing at the clock, he was shocked by how late it was. He left the office and went straight to the bedroom. He was going to see if there was anything that he could change into, but he immediately just collapsed on the bed. He wasn’t sure if his eyes closed before he fell asleep, but if they did, it was certainly a very close call. Chapter Three Aeron was woken at six o’clock sharp by an alarm clock. What’s that? I didn’t set an alarm. Rolling over, he slapped at where the alarm should be

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    Following the atrocities of World War II, the world was in awe from the reality of the Holocaust. Across the globe, people wondered how human beings could perform such acts and live with themselves. They assumed that the Nazis were psychotic and crazed; however, during the trial of Adolf Eichmann, a major organizer of the Holocaust, the world was exposed to what appeared to be a normal man (Velasquez). The fact that a normal person could be pushed to such an extreme state spurred even more questions

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    administered simple psychophysical test but primarily a discomfort assessment. An electric shock would be used on these people, according to a 7-point scale that would determine how uncomfortable they felt with 7 being the highest. Shocks, were delivered to their dominant hand with voltages ranging from 40 to 75 volts. The participants looked at a computer screen that had only two potential task before completing a shock. The participants in this experience were being told that the confederate in the other

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    What are the major causes of infections? References Baddour, L. M., Wilson, W. R., Bayer, A. S., Fowler, V. G., Tleyjeh, I. M., Rybak, M. J., ... & Bolger, A. F. (2015). Infective endocarditis in adults: diagnosis, antimicrobial therapy, and management of complications: a scientific statement for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association. Circulation, 132(15), 1435-1486. Fournier, P. E., Watt, G., Newton, P. N., Lamas, C. C., Tattevin, P., & Raoult, D. (2016).

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    Hypovolemic shock is an emergency condition caused by loss of whole blood (hemorrhage), plasma (burns), or interstitial fluid (diaphoresis, diabetes mellitus, diabetes insipidus, emesis, diuresis, and diarrhea) in large amounts. This makes the heart unable to pump enough blood to the body (Heller, 2014). The severe compromise in blood flow and therefore systemic perfusion contributes to cerebral, renal, or hepatic ischemia and possible organ failure. It is the most common type of shock in children

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    conducted their experiment on dogs, where they could study the causes and effects of learned helplessness. There were 3 groups of dogs: the escape group, the np-escape group, and the no-harness control group. The purpose of the experiment used electrical shocks to test Seligman's and Maier's psychological theory. When the experiment was completed, the results collected were as follows: In the escape group, the time it took for the dogs to press the panel and

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    My Presentation Analysis

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    the seven minutes or over. When organizing my presentation I wanted to end with the stories, because I wanted to end with the shock of a

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    A Critique of Stanley Milgram’s “Behavioral Study of Obedience” Stanley MIlgram is a Yale University social psychologist who wrote “Behavioral Study of Obedience”, an article which granted him many awards and is now considered a landmark. In this piece, he evaluates the extent to which a participant is willing to conform to an authority figure who commands him to execute acts that conflict with his moral beliefs. Milgram discovers that the majority of participants do obey to authority. In

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    Design Proposal Report for Fatigue Monitoring System (FMS) By Alvin Kuan, Sarah Fink, Shian Su and Suliman Altaleb 1. Abstract This paper presents some background briefing, implantation, ethical responsibility, and action plan of FMS design plan. FMS is a model purposely designed to detect and measure fatigue variables, i.e., blinking rate, yawning rate and head tilt for fatigue predictions. In addition, FMS will establish a crude estimate of fatigue and warns the user if a threshold has been

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