Essays Tagged: "Strokes"

Seurat

mindis his "pointillism" his painted pictures of divided color. His Applying paint inregular small strokes giving a picture a look of national order and a new Neo-Impressionism style.Seurat had been ... ct. When a viewer gets close to La Grande Jatte thebrushwork appears quite varied and animated. The strokes vary from smalldots. On the tree trunk the marks change direction and move outward on thebra ...

(2 pages) 130 1 3.2 Dec/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

This is a research paper about animals in research for a phycology class about the pros and the cons a compare and contrast essay 4pages

Nobel Prize in Medicine. The research led to a new understanding of diseases ranging from cancer to strokes to AIDS (American for Medical Progress: New Scientist 2002). Scientist are not intentionally ...

(3 pages) 143 1 3.0 Dec/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Why did Stalin take power and not Trotsky? The power struggle between the Bolshevik after Lenin's death.

for some time and it was obvious he was not going to live for much longer after having a series of strokes. But there were going to be a few problems as Lenin was not Royalty his son could not take o ...

(5 pages) 69 1 5.0 Feb/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers

The Tiger's Rising (Tiger Woods) This essay is a short history on Tiger's journey from his childhood fame to becoming the the greatest golf player ever!

mportant golf tournaments in the world. Not only did he win the tournament; he had also won by more strokes than any other player ever to win the masters had! As he hugs his father, Earl Woods, tears ... demic standard. Tiger quickly became star of the team. He won his first college tournament by three strokes and by the middle of the season, he became the nation's top ranked college player.Eldrick (T ...

(4 pages) 59 0 3.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

King Arthur.

rthur was able to conquer much of Britain."Sir Accolon would have killed Arthur with '...many great strokes, and for the moste parte every stroke Accolon gaff wounded him full sore. And always King Ar ...

(3 pages) 65 0 4.6 Apr/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

This was a project i did talking about the backhand shot in tennis.

sed upon footwork, grip and use of one or two hands. We can specify the following types of backhand strokes; Classic One Handed Backhand topspin, Open Stance Backhand topspin, Flat backhand drive, Sid ...

(3 pages) 27 0 3.0 Jun/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

An account of Stalin's rise to power in the Soviet Union in the form of a newspaper article.

are the people who supported Lenin and his views on Stalin. After Lenin's death resulting from two strokes, which greatly affected his ability to retain power at the level necessary to maintain suppo ...

(1 pages) 70 4 3.0 Aug/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

This is an essay that relates the song "Enter Sandman" by Metallica to Enkindu's dream from the Epic of "Gilgamesh".

ging electric guitar brings you face to face with Ereshkigal, the Queen of the Underworld. The long strokes of the bass guitar cause the servants that fetch baked meats to come alive. Then as all the ...

(1 pages) 26 0 3.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies > Performers & Composers

CVA (Cerebrovascular Accident) aka Stroke.

only known as a stroke, is a sudden interruption of blood flow in a vessel that supplies the brain. Strokes are the third leading cause of death worldwide; 600,000 strokes occur in the U.S. each year ... by clot or atherosclerosis, known as cerebral infarction. CVA's of this type account for 80% of all strokes (Taber's 2069). Cerebral infarction is usually treated with thrombolytic drugs (breaks up th ...

(2 pages) 101 0 2.0 Sep/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Ernest Hamingway in "Cat In The Rain" tells about a couple having problems.

lifestyle. The woman wants to have the cat so that she can have it sit on her lap and purr when she strokes it. She wants o eat with her own silver and she wants candles. She wants new clothes and wan ...

(2 pages) 90 1 4.1 Oct/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Media Analysis.

limited source of information. We are able to access information on any subject with just a few key strokes. For many, the internet has taken the place of the public libraries for research, taken the ... d fit more activities into daily life. Through the internet a great deal is possible. With a few keystrokes the household groceries are ordered and scheduled to be delivered at a time that is convenie ...

(6 pages) 176 1 5.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Diabetes

disorder that affects almost every major part in your body. It can cause blindness, heart disease, strokes, kidney failure, amputations, and nerve damage. Diabetes is a metabolism disorder. A metabol ...

(6 pages) 177 0 3.6 Feb/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Ephedra

came to the government's attention whenephedra was linked to 155 deaths and many heart attacks and strokes. Due to the deathsThis drug caused, the government had no choice but to ban ephedra. This is ... ephedra. Ithas finally been proven that this drug is related to high blood pressure, heart problems,strokes, and deaths. Many addicts will continue to ignore risks of this drug and will findillegal su ...

(2 pages) 44 3 3.5 Mar/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs

Hunter Turns Into Prey

Rainsford described.He swam in the direction form which he heard the shots. He started to count his strokes when a scream from an animal in horror pierced through the night."I was in shock, and did no ...

(6 pages) 21 0 3.7 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

Foods That Protect You from Stroke

or at least lower their chances of having one. The reasons are that more women than men are having strokes and they can be more crippling for women. All that is needed is for women to change or add h ...

(2 pages) 26 0 3.0 May/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases

Ephedrine: Is it Worth it?

heart rate and blood pressure. However, effects of ephedrine that users do not often hear about are strokes and even death. ''It is my professional opinion that the toxicity of ephedrine played a sign ...

(2 pages) 17 0 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

"French Satin at a Pissup" - A short story about a teenage girl struggling with cultural differences in a new country.

along her lips and observed the results, leaning back a little as a painter does to reflect on his strokes, then the indigo mascara, the curling iron, the eau de toilette her cousin had given her for ...

(5 pages) 63 3 4.6 Jun/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories

Research paper on stroke

Stroke 1StrokeStrokes have been around for thousands of years. Hippocrates recognized and described what we ... okes have been around for thousands of years. Hippocrates recognized and described what we now call strokes as the onset of sudden paralysis. In ancient times stroke was called apoplexy and this term ... led to the renaming of apoplexy to cerebrovascular disease." (AHA)There are basically two types of strokes, ischemic stroke and hemorrhagic stroke. Ischemic stroke occurs when an artery supplying blo ...

(6 pages) 139 0 4.5 Jul/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology

Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five and Joseph Heller's Catch-22

e of war painted by Heller and Vonnegut is highlighted by their utilization of irony. Their careful strokes of irony on the canvas of their novels help to prove one of their numerous shared themes." ( ...

(5 pages) 33 0 1.0 Aug/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Stroke patient and the motor pathways involved.

A), a stroke is a life-threatening event in which part of the brain is deprived of adequate oxygen. Strokes are extremely dangerous, accounting for more than 160,000 deaths in 2001, according to the A ... leading cause of adult disability and institutionalizationFig1. [reference 5]There are two kinds of strokes. An ischemic stroke , which accounts for more than 88% of stroke occurs when the blood suppl ...

(6 pages) 73 0 5.0 Mar/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health