any direct contact between the two nations. In this war‚ the United States fought for capitalism and the Soviet Union fought for communism. The United States and Soviet Union fought each other through Proxy wars - wars incited by a major power that does not participate in the war. Two examples of Proxy wars during the Cold War are the Korean and Vietnam Wars. The Korean war began in 1950 when North Korea surprise attacked South Korea. While China fought for North Korea who supported communism‚ the
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Munchausen’s syndrome (MS) is a difficult disorder to diagnose and treat. It is an acute form of the factitious disorder‚ which is when an individual fabricates or induces an illness to oneself for unknown reasons. Another form of this disease is Munchausen’s syndrome by proxy‚ in which a parent fabricates illness onto a child. Physicians have a difficult time to diagnose such a rare kind of disease. That’s why it’s very important that physicians‚ psychologists‚ and also social workers become more
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Syndrome-Based Defenses‚ Title Page The Exploration of Unique Syndrome-Based Defenses Kathryn Davis Nelson Staples CRJS 256 Criminal Law March 25‚ 2010 Syndrome-Based Defenses 1 Abstract Many court cases involve some type of syndrome-based defense‚ whether it be anything from battered women’s syndrome to Vietnam syndrome to fetal alcohol syndrome to attention deficit disorder. In these cases‚ the accused tries to use their disease or disorder as a reason to get a not guilty charge. A syndrome-based
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XYY Syndrome‚ Jacob Syndrome XYY Syndrome‚ better known as the Jacob Syndrome is a rare genetic disorder which affects males due to an extra Y chromosome. Healthy males have 46 chromosomes including one X and one Y chromosome. Men with XYY syndrome have 47 chromosomes‚ two of which are Y chromosomes. It is not known why the extra Y chromosome occurs. The disorder is present at birth and is estimated to occur in one out of every one thousand live births (1). In very rare instances‚ the syndrome
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FUNCTIONS OF A PROXY SERVER A proxy server has a large variety of potential purposes‚ including: • To keep machines behind it anonymous (mainly for security). • To speed up access to resources (using caching). Web proxies are commonly used to cache web pages from a web server. • To apply access policy to network services or content‚ e.g. to block undesired sites. • To log / audit usage‚ i.e. to provide company employee Internet usage reporting. • To bypass security/ parental controls. • To
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By Donald Rohrbacher ___________________________________________ Planning Your Proxy Server Implementation A key factor in determining the success of any installation is planning. Planning involves several phases-from understanding your current capabilities‚ to determining your current needs‚ anticipating your future needs‚ and‚ ultimately‚ finding a viable solution. We have all been in situations where the immediate need surpassed the need for planning and the installation was rushed. More
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• Compare two proxy conflicts in two different regions. • Analyze the role of détente. • Analyze political developments in China (Great Leap Forward‚ Cultural Revolution) • Discuss the Sino-Soviet split. • Evaluate the process and effectiveness of various arms control regimes. • Examine internal dissent in the communist world. • Determine to what extent the Soviet Union and its satellites collapsed or were forced into defeat. Compare two proxy conflicts in two
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s Rett’s Syndrome Website: http://understandingrettsyndrome.webs.com History Rett Syndrome is a developmental disorder experienced almost always in girls‚ and is first recognized during infancy. Before the discovery of this disorder‚ incidents of Rett Syndrome were mistaken for many other neurologic disorders such as Autism‚ Cerebral Palsy‚ or Nonspecific Developmental Delay‚ especially in females. An Austrian physician‚ Dr. Andreas Rett‚ first described this
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Reye Syndrome Reye Syndrome is an extremely rare‚ non-contagious disease thought to be triggered by aspirin use. The actual origin of the disease is unknown. Reye’s Syndrome‚ occasionally called Reye-Jacobsen’s Syndrome‚ is known to follow any viral infection. Two of the most common viral infections it precedes is influenza‚ "the flu"‚ and chicken pox. A now-familiar warning on bottles of aspirin‚ most notably Tylenol‚ is not to give Tylenol to a child who is recovering from the chicken
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Down Syndrome Down syndrome is a genetic condition that typically causes some level of learning disability and a characteristic range of physical features. Most babies born with Down’s syndrome are diagnosed with the condition after birth and are likely to have: reduced muscle tone leading to floppine eyes that slant upwards and outwards a below average weight and length at birth Although children with Down’s syndrome share some common physical characteristics‚ they do not all look the same
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