Sentences with word «unconsciousness»

Although it's often hard for doctors and family to pinpoint important nuances that separate a lighter state of unconsciousness from a deeper one, the PET scan might help us fill in the gaps.

To put it another way, it is still an open question whether a person can consent to being choked into unconsciousness in the context of sexual activity.

They are euthanized by being given an overdose injection of Pentobarbital, a barbiturate solution which is regularly used to induce unconsciousness for an operation.

Invariably any blow to the head of such a nature to cause unconsciousness does so immediately post blow.

Essentia is driven by an ongoing journey to redefine the idea that sleep is just a state of unconsciousness by unveiling sleep's true impact as a whole - body rejuvenating & healing system.

Lentils Lentils have suffered from mainstream unconsciousness for years, and have only recently entered the spotlight as a great food to eat to stabilize blood sugar levels, keep you full for a long time, and get more fiber into your system.

His deliberate selection of «artisanal publishing» appears to represent the collective unconsciousness of the way authors are equivalent to brewer, wine maker, and bread maker.

The Withings / Nokia seemed accurate for recording when we went to bed and when we woke up (although it's hard to determine exactly how accurate sleep tracking is on any device, what with unconsciousness, but we've always liked Withings» presentation of sleep data).

The research will also move forward understanding of the relationship between genetic characteristics and anaesthetic requirements, he says: «Investigating the role of melanocortin system in the central nervous system is likely to help us understand fundamental questions such as which systems in the brain produce unconsciousness and which modulate pain perception.»

Even after 24 weeks, the fetus likely exists in a state of «continuous sleep - like unconsciousness or sedation,» due to the presence of chemicals such as adenosine in the surrounding amniotic fluid.

They allegedly beat 21 year - old Kevin Brown into unconsciousness while they were at a function on Ambergris Caye.

, but other side effects from marijuana can be quite severe, including lethargy, dilated pupils, drooling, being off balance, muscle twitching, vomiting, involuntary urination and even unconsciousness.

The Albany County District Attorney's Office said the indictment charges that Nickol choked the woman to the point of unconsciousness on June 14, 2015, at a home in Albany; that he struck her in the face, injuring her, on March 29, 2017; and that on Sept. 8, 2017, he struck her with a wire cord, causing injury.

This too supported the view that Parliament did not intend to include advance consent for sexual activity occurring during unconsciousness within the Criminal Code definition of consent.

Second, the majority rejected the argument that advance consent to medical treatment while unconscious (and other scenarios involving touching during unconsciousness) should be seen as analogous to the case at hand, noting that Parliament had chosen to establish specific rules of consent for sexual assault (at para. 55).

Conditions that fall into this category may include unconsciousness, severe bleeding, severe burns, obvious bone fractures or breaks, severe difficulty breathing.

Dave Howells in his letter defines «nothing» as unconsciousness, a bit like a virtual container that is empty (10 December...

Since I left the church almost two years ago, I've almost felt forced to enter into my own cave to wrestle with my own unconsciousness.

Everyone has moments of unconsciousness where his experience of the world around him is temporarily interrupted.

That coveted state of rest and renewal where unconsciousness rules while the body manufactures vital hormones — shifting some for immediate deployment while others are stowed -LSB-...]

«The art of running the mile,» said the first sentence of the first paragraph of the lead story of the first issue of SPORTS ILLUSTRATED, «consists in essence of reaching the threshold of unconsciousness at the instant of breasting the tape....

The jolt temporarily shuts down the muscular system and possibly causes momentary unconsciousness.

However, we also provide alert dogs for those with other very dangerous health conditions including Addisonian crisis, which causes severe pain, convulsions and unconsciousness which lead to collapse and hospitalisation; and severe allergic responses.

Justice Harry La Forme dissented, holding that «Ewanchuk conclusively establishes that... prior consent is not effective as a matter of law because unconsciousness deprives the person consenting of the ability to express consent or know whether they are consenting at the time the sexual activity occurs» (at para. 117).

The act of driving has become an almost unconsciousness act for you.

The methods of killing must be appropriate to the species, in all cases producing immediate unconsciousness without pain or panic and inevitable subsidence to death without the regaining of consciousness.

I thank my years of playing Dungeons & Dragons for my knowledge of a garotte, not a lot of initial damage (d3) but caused hit point loss each round until unconsciousness, death if not removed.

I had this image and concept flash across the barren landscape of my brain last night just before I entered unconsciousness.

But that's when the explosion happened: the Steph Curry unconsciousness that came completely out of nowhere given the way he'd played the first 13 holes.

Of watching someone drink themselves into near unconsciousness on a nearly empty Monroe street, with their friends struggling to hold the body up, and the Renaissance painting scene illuminated by the bright lights of Greektown casino and surrounding stores.

Much more rarely, allergies can lead to anaphylaxis, characterized by a rapid onset of many simultaneous reactions: itching, hives, difficulty breathing, swelling of the throat, dropping blood pressure, and sometimes unconsciousness.

She wasn't nursing herself into unconsciousness anymore and she started being more awake when I layed her down.

Delirium and then unconsciousness set in as brain cells deteriorate.

The transition from grayout to unconsciousness resembles floating peacefully within a dark tunnel, which is much like some of the defining characteristics of a near - death experience.

If consciousness has a physical basis, can the same be said about unconsciousness?

But even if clinicians might not yet have more delicate tools to dip patients into surgery - ready unconsciousness, Alkire notes, «understanding how it works puts you in a position to do better anesthetics eventually — if not with the agents you have right now.»

Fifteen years ago, a 20 - year - old man in France suffered traumatic brain injury in a car collision and fell into a persistent state of unconsciousness known as a vegetative state.

However, it's challenging to achieve just the right anesthetic dosage — enough to cause typical sleep - related obstruction without causing prolonged unconsciousness or causing a deep drop in blood oxygen level (oxygen saturation).

Mark Twain once said, «Ignorance, intolerance, egotism, self - assertion, opaque perception, dense and pitiful chuckle headedness — and an almost pathetic unconsciousness of it all, that is what I was at 19 and 20.»