to treat headaches. Electroconvulsive therapy on humans originates from research in the 1930’s into the effects of camphor-induced seizures in people with schizophrenia (Guttmacher‚ 1994). In 1938‚ two Italian researchers‚ Ugo Cerletti and Lucio Bini‚ were the first to use an electric current to induce a seizure in a delusional‚ hallucinating‚ schizophrenic man. The man fully recovered after eleven treatments. This led to a rapid spread of the use of ECT as a way to induce therapeutic convulsions
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Commerce & Industries Minister‚ Kassim Parekh‚ past Governor of State Bank of Pakistan‚ Haji Hanif Tayyab‚ a former Federal Labor Minister‚ Ahmed Dawood‚ the epitome of Pakistany entrepreneurs‚ Ilyas Shakir‚ a noted journalist and Editor of Quomi Akhbar‚ Kassam Dada‚ the most well-known Pakistany Rotarian‚ Arif Habib‚ alongwith five other ex-Chairmen of Karachi Stock Exchange‚ and so many others were all born in Bantva. January 24‚ 1940 was a red-letter day in the history of this town. It was
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which in turn allowed us to re-evaluate ourselves. This allowed us the platform to incorporate her knowledge into our discussions inside and outside the classroom. The act of sharing showed the variations of capacities and levels of acquired knowledge (Bini‚ 2010). This in turn allowed us as pupils to question our
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THE POSITION AND EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN IN RURAL NIGERIA: THE GENDER IMPLICATION Omoyibo‚ Kingsley Ufuoma (Ph.D)‚ University of Benin‚ Department of Sociology‚ Edo State; Egharevba‚ Etinosa Matthew (Ph.D)‚ Covenant University‚ Department of Sociology‚ Ota‚ Ogun State and Iyanda‚ Olalekan Ezekiel‚ Demographer‚ National Population Commission‚ Edo State. ABSTRACT Nigeria ’s participation on issues that related to the position and empowerment of women has been a recurring phenomenon for the
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There was a time when people used to write on palm leaves. This was before the discovery of paper. Some of the old Manuscripts written on palm leaves are preserved in our National Manuscript Library in Delhi. The Chinese were the first to invent the art of printing. They made wooden blocks to print letters. This was started during the period of the Tang Dynasty in 600 AD. The oldest known surviving printed work in a woodblock is a Buddhist scripture of 684 AD. It is now exhibited in a calligraphy
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As medical advances are being made‚ it makes the treating of diseases easier and easier. Mental hospitals have changed the way the treat a patient’s illness considerably compared to the hospital described in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. " Please understand: We do not impose certain rules and restrictions on you with out a great deal of thought about their therapeutic value. A good many of you are in here because you could not adjust to the rules of society in the Outside World‚ because you
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Therapy Ugo Cerletti believed that Pentylenetetrazol was much too dangerous since it was uncontrollable and feared by the patients. He also knew that an electrical circuit could cause convulsions. Cerletti gathered a couple of his colleagues‚ Lucio Bini and L.B. Kalinowski‚ and convinced them to help him develop what was to become known as Electroconvulsive Therapy. Cerletti and his colleagues started off by practicing on animals in order to “get it right” and then moved on to humans. The procedure
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INDIVIDUAL ESSAY Essay Title: Cultural tourism festivals and events in Nigeria Name: Deborah Vincentsdaughter TABLE OF CONTENTS Contents INTRODUCTION 3 Cultural tourism 3 LITERATURE REVIEW 4 Festivals and events 4 Cultural festivals in Nigeria 5 Festivals and impacts 6 Igue festival 6 New yam Festival (Iri ji Ohuru/iwa ji 7 Gbagyi Gbodogun 8 CRITICAL ANALYSIS 11 CONCLUSION 11 REFERENCES 12 INTRODUCTION Tourism generally has to do a lot with social activities
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HISTORY OF ITSEKIRI‚ WARRI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA‚ DELTA STATE The Itsekiris are a peculiar and unique people in the Nigerian Niger Delta. They have inhabited their homeland‚ which now constitutes the Warri Local Government Areas of Delta State‚ Nigeria‚ for centuries. The Itsekiris have rich traditional and cultural practices. In the 15th century‚ the early Itsekiris adopted a prince (Ginuwa) from the kingdom of Benin as a monarch‚ and quickly united into a kingdom under his rule. Prior to this
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About the Author : A charismatic nationalist leader‚ Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) Indian nationalist leader and statesman fought for Indian independence from British rule for nearly three decades beginning in the late 1910s. He was deeply involved in the political opposition and was imprisoned numerous times for civil disobedience. The nationalist movement achieved its goal when India gained its freedom at midnight on August 14‚ 1947. Upon Britain’s withdrawal‚ Nehru became independent India’s
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