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| | MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Inability to use objects and perform tasks |
 | | For instance, if given a screwdriver, the person may try to write with it as if it were a pen. | | | A person with praxia cannot perform previously-learned tasks or movements even though the muscles and senses work properly. | | | Apraxia; Movements - inability to perform useful tasks |
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http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003203.htm
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| | Llewellyn Encyclopedia: How To Perform Hypnosis |
| | Many hypnotists regularly have soothing music or a special tape of the ocean’s surf playing in the background while they perform the induction. | | | I have tried both sounds and found them to be satisfactory. | | | I have seen many beginning hypnotists deliberately try to alter their voices when performing, to try to have a more resonant, deep, theatrical sound. |
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http://www.llewellynencyclopedia.com/article/225
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| | ipedia.com: Speech act Article |
| | A speech act is an action performed by means of language, such as describing something, asking a question, making a request or order, or making a promise An interesting type of speech acts are perform... | | | In these expressions, the action that the sentence describes (nominating, sentencing, promising) is performed by the sentence itself. | | | An interesting type of speech acts are performativess, which are expressions such as "I nominate John to be President.", "I sentence you to ten years imprisonment." or "I promise to pay you back.". |
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| | CNN.com - New muscles: faster, lighter, better? - Dec 6, 2005 |
| | But research conducted by nuclear engineering and materials science and engineering Professor Sidney Yip and his team at MIT has raised the possibility that artificial muscles could be made that would work 1,000 times faster than their human counterparts. | | | Similar devices are already being sent where it is too hot, cold, small or remote for humans, but at present their efficacy is hampered by their relatively low speed, inefficient design and limited control available to operators. | | | LONDON, England -- A new study has raised the potential for a new generation of robotic "artificial muscles" to be used to perform tasks currently impossible for humans, from carrying out dangerous repair work to assisting in complicated surgery. |
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http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/12/06/robot.muscles
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| | St. Louis Public Library: KIDZONE: Follow Cool Kid Links: Study Hall |
| | Students can perform "traditional" encyclopedia research on a site with access to over 17,000 articles. | | | The Virtual Reference Desk (VRD) can help you find information and answers to your questions about school subjects, fascinating facts, and research topics. | | | Get answers your questions on severe and extreme weather. |
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http://www.slpl.lib.mo.us/kidzone/links/study.htm
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