The religious and political events of the Tudor era made peo…

The religious and political events of the Tudor era made people newly aware and proud of their national identity and led them to define those who lay outside that identity in new ways: Elizabethan London had a large population of merchants and artisans from France, the Netherlands, Portugal, Italy, Spain, and Germany. The English also perceived the Welsh, the Scots, and the Irish as other and distinct from themselves. Religious others in London included Protestant radicals such as the Puritans and Jews, who had been expelled from England by King Edward I in 1290 and who were not officially permitted to resettle in England until the mid-seventeenth century.

Jose is an 37 year old man with a long history of marathon r…

Jose is an 37 year old man with a long history of marathon running and low weight training. At a recent family pool party, Jose’s sister noticed he struggled to lift up his left arm during each stroke. Jose is a radio announcer for a weather station and kept dropping his pointer when reporting on the weather. With these occurrences, Jose decided to see his doctor before making changes to his weight training with the intent to strength his upper body. Jose’s physician ordered the following tests: EMG, nerve conduction studies and serum laboratory testing. What is the most probable diagnosis of Jose’s condition?