The Boston Marathon bombing occurred on April 15th, 2013 when two homemade pressure cooker bombs exploded near the finish line just 12 seconds apart, ultimately killing 3 individuals and injuring 264 others. The winners of the marathon had crossed the finish line two hours prior, but 5,700 runners remained on the course and hundreds of
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A Critical Window for Recovery After Stroke The BLAM (Brain, Learning, Animation, and Movement) lab at John Hopkins University is focusing research on promoting optimal recovery for patients suffering a stroke or TBI. Their Kata Project is a collaboration between neuroscientists, robotics, computer science, and animation. Stroke is one of the leading causes of disability
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Thinking about death has always been something that makes me uncomfortable. I used to think that these uneasy feelings surrounding death were “normal”. However, the more I think about it, and talk about it, the more I think my feelings are influenced by the culture and society I live in. Death is not something
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A “sedation vacation” or “spontaneous awakening trial (SAT)” is a period of sedation cessation during which a patient can be assessed to ensure they are receiving the proper level of sedation. The patient is first screened to ensure they meet the criteria for a SAT. If they meet the criteria for an SAT, sedation will
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Article: Too Much, Too Little Sleep May Harm the Heart We’ve all heard that proper diet and exercise is crucial to lowering our risk for heart disease. This study focused on another major factor that often doesn’t receive as much attention, sleep. With the American mentality of work hard, play hard it often
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I had planned on tracking my food for today, September 8th, as I kept forgetting to take photos of my meals over the last few days and thought it would be nice to add some photos to the post. Then I started thinking about it and to get a realistic view of what I actually
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I’m excited to dive into WordPress. As I mentioned in class I currently manage an internal property management website for my employer but it is maintained on Google Sites. I used WordPress ~10 years ago and am curious to learn more about it and make my own site!
Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!
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