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    Raynaud's Phenomenon

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    Raynaud’s Phenomenon In 1862, French Physician A. G. Maurice Raynaud discovered a condition that caused an intermittent lack of blood flow to the extremities. Dr. Raynaud highlighted the symptoms and probable causes of the condition in a doctorate thesis; and later published a book entitled, De l’asphyxie locale de la gangrène symétrique des extrèmitiès (translated by systranet to be: Local asphyxiation and caused to become gangrenous symmetrical one of the ends), to further explain his observations

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    Raynauds Disease Essay

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    Raynaud's Disease Few people are aware of Raynaud's disease even though it is a fairly common condition. Raynaulds Disease is also referred to as Raynauld’s phenonmenon. Raynaud's is a condition in which cold temperatures or stress cause blood vessel spasms that block blood flow to fingers, toes, nose, and ears. This causes these body parts to suddenly turn ice cold and to become a purple or blue color. Later when the blood flow becomes normal the area turns a reddish color and later returns

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    Clinical Features: Criteria for Systemic sclerosis 2013 ACR/EULAR Classification Criteria for Scleroderma were developed by the American College of Rheumatology(ACR) and the European League Against Rheumatism(EULAR).Twenty-three candidate items were considered.They were reduced by clustering items and simplifying weights and was then tested by comparing performance in scleroderma patients and control patients, and validated with a group of experts.Skin thickening of the fingers extending proximal

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    Raynaud’s phenomenon is an episodic vasospasm of the peripheral digital arteries and veins that is triggered by extreme heat or cold, emotional stress, or chemical stress such as exposure to polyvinylchloride1-3. It is characterized by a signature three-color progression of the fingers or toes starting with pallor and moving to cyanosis and ending with erythema as the digits are reperfused. Primary Raynaud’s phenomenon is having these attacks as an isolated symptom without any underlying conditions

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    Raynaud Phenomenon Raynaud phenomenon is a condition that affects the blood vessels (arteries) that carry blood to your fingers and toes. The arteries that supply blood to your ears, lips, nipples, or the tip of your nose might also be affected. Raynaud phenomenon causes the arteries to become narrow temporarily (spasm). As a result, the flow of blood to the affected areas is temporarily decreased. This usually occurs in response to cold temperatures or stress. During an attack, the skin in the

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    The work presented here attacks the issue of understanding the chemical evolution of prebiotic and biotic materials, such as amino acids, from multiple fronts. From an observational standpoint, the identification of carbodiimide in the ISM for the first time has added a new molecule to the known molecular inventory. Beyond this result, and perhaps more importantly, it has hopefully opened others up to the possibility that searches for molecules that should be undetectable under LTE conditions may

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    Brittney Centeno EDUC 554 Inquiry/Constructivist Lesson Plan Format Written by: Brittney Centeno Science Subject Area and Grade Level: Water / First Grade New York State Science Learning Standards: • Make observations (firsthand or from media) to construct an evidence-based account for natural phenomena. (2-PS1-3) • 2-PS1-1. Plan and conduct an investigation to describe and classify different kinds of materials by their observable properties. Materials: • Materials

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    Myths And Myths Of Myths

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    word and reality. The scholars whose expertise fall within the field of myths and their investigation claim that myth as a genre of literature reflect the human history from the point of view of the culture which took place. In other words, the phenomenon of myths serves as a connection between ancient and contemporary generations. Under these conditions, there are the questions which are necessary to answer to evaluate and understand more profoundly the nature of myths and the function they perform

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    In our society, media is constantly being used not only to communicate but also to learn about what is going around the world. The web gives the chance to share news and even lets people talk to one another. The internet spreads information and ideas quickly and reaches out too many people. Much of what our society sees and reads often come from sources provided by the internet. Based on these sources, knowledge is gained, wither it is real or fake. Constantly seeing media gives our society the idea

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    unique man and had an interesting theory that I like very much. He was concerned most with the expanding population. He didn’t understand how we can continue to grow in population in an Earth of finite resources. A quote by Teilhard de Chardin in “Phenomenon of Man”, “The success of humanity’s evolution will not be determined by survival of the fittest but by our own capacity to converge and unify”. What he meant by this is that it isn’t about who is going to be the best but can we come together as

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