QT interval

A growing number of non-cardiac drugs have been found to delay cardiac repolarization, causing QT interval prolongation and predisposing patients to an increased risk of potentially fatal ventricular arrhythmias, known as torsade de pointes (TdP) (Letsas et al, 2007; Yap and Camm 2003; Sanguinetti and Tristani-Firouzi). These drugs include the second-generation, non-sedating antihistamines astemizole and terfenadine, withdrawn from the market in Europe and the United States (in 1997 and 1999, respectively) due to cardiac safety concerns (Davila et al, 2006; Kannankeril et al, 2010; WHO, 2011). Drugs with the potential to cause TdP most frequently inhibit the rapid component of the delayed rectifier potassium current (IKr), which causes a…

Sometimes all Nico needs is a little push. An actual one. Right between the shoulderblades to be exact. Thank you Annabeth. I’d noticed Nico staring at Reyna for weeks now. I always notice more than is good for me. Like, say, one day, I noticed Nico standing just the right distance away from Reyna that a good push would send him toppling into her. Most likely he’d hit her. So I decided to play Matchmaker. I reached diagonal from where I was sitting with Percy and pushed right between the…

to the chromatic scale, attempted to write all the possible heptatonic (seven-tone) scales in his book Sketch of a New Esthetic of Music. Busoni states: That some few have already felt how the interval of the Series of Seven might be differently arranged (graduated) is manifested in isolated passages by Liszt, and recently by Debussy and his following, and even…

This text to me is about temptation, wanting something when you know you shouldn't have it. I imagined a person secretly and quietly going into the icebox and eating some delicious plums that were crisp and frosty. To me the emotion of this poem, is satisfying along with saddening. I do not find myself happy when I finish reading this poem, thus, I find that there is mostly an instability of emotions. The concept that the person who ate the delicious plums betrayed the person who owned them.…

The use of media is growing and is involved in almost every aspect of life. No individual can escape using social media whether it be in their personal life or work life. For this research my topic is media use and body image. Individuals spend hours using or watching media. I personally spend almost 3-4 hours on social media or watching media. With its growing influence media has the opportunity to influence individuals of all age groups. Whether it be with their political choices, or their…

variability appeared on numerous occasions. Variability is the extent to which the values measured or observed for a variable differ. Variability had to be documented in order to keep measures in order. The next thing involved the between subjects design in which two groups or more of subjects are being tested by a different testing factor. In the article, the subjects in each of eight conditions and one out of four crime videos. Likert type scales were also used within research. A Likert scale…

This book highlights on the several themes including injustice, forgiveness and penitence. It involves a young woman whose life comprised of traumas from a terrible crime and a young man whose life was destroyed by the false accusations and conviction. This story was brought upon Jennifer’s life which took a turn of events one particular morning upon waking up to a stranger who raped her with a knife held at her throat. The assumed perpetrator, Cotton, after serving eleven years in prison was…

Providing struggling readers with effective intervention and instruction is imperative for academic success. These interventions include explicitly teaching of good reading behaviors and providing time to practice those modeled strategies (Laureate Education, Inc, 2009a). By doing so will help to enhance comprehension. "Comprehension is a creative, multifaceted thinking process in which students engage with the text" (Tompkins, 2010, p. 258). Comprehension depends on several factors. These…

Confidence is a state of mind, where the individual has self-assured and has faith in their abilities to succeed. Confidence levels can vary from person to person, depending on how much confidence an individual has, which can affect their position in life. In fact, Failing to realize my self worth has been my biggest failure. My failure began when I started elementary school. As I was entering Pre-k, my teachers and my parents noticed something that differentiated me from my classmates. I did…

A Suspicious Bandit and an Inquisitive Beauty Alfred Hitchcock was a brilliant director of the mid-twentieth century directing very famous films such as Psycho (1960), Rear Window (1954), and To Catch a Thief (1955). The film To Catch a Thief, starring Cary Grant and Grace Kelly, is a suspense-thriller about an ex-jewel thief accused of committing crimes parallel to his work in the past. In the film, the main characters John Robie (Cary Grant) and Frances Stevens (Grace Kelly) were…