task‚ you are being asked to prepare a portfolio to showcase your learning. You will complete one artefact for each unit (see below). You will be able to put your portfolio together in the format of your chose (in paper or online). Be as creative as you like but please adhere to the word count guidelines. UNIT BIG IDEA ARTEFACT #1: Diversity Human activities affect the diversity of living things in ecosystems Choose a recent newspaper article (within the past 3 years) that shows how humans impact
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Introduction The purpose of this review is to evaluate three assessment batteries used for the evaluation of neurocognitive disorders; specifically‚ dementia and aphasia. According to Murray and Clarke (2014)‚ dementia is defined as “a chronic‚ progressive deterioration of memory and at least one other area‚ such as personality‚ communication ability‚ or executive control functioning.” In contrast‚ Murray and Clarke define aphasia as “a disruption in using and understanding language following a neurological
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1 Explain what is meant by the term ‘dementia’ Learner answer 1 dementia is not a disease or illness its an overall term which describes a wide range of symptoms associated with a decline in memories or a persons other mental abilities which in turn can reduce a persons ability to perform everyday tasks. 2a Incorporating your assessment pack and using the diagram as a guide‚ describe the key functions of the brain that can be affected by dementia. a) Name area 1 of the brain and its key function
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News media has affected American culture in many different ways. News media is considered to be those elements of the mass media that focus on delivering news to the general public or a target public ( Parks‚ 2012). The media is the means of communication. The development of media has increased massively over the last few years. Now that social media has taken over the world we now ask does media have a social responsibility. If there is social responsibility what is it? Media has also played a
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DEMENTIA AWARENESS 3.4 Identify prevelance rates for different types of dementia. Prevelance shows the number of new cases of dementia in a given time period. The well established prevelance rates for dementia in the UK are – 40-64 years - 1 in 1400 65-69 years – 1 in 100 70-79 years - 1 in 25 80+ - 1 in 6 It is estimated that by 2021 there will be one million people with dementia in the UK this is expected to rise to over 1.7 million people with dementia by 2051. A steady rather than
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Describe how groups can influence people in positive and negative ways. We as people have many different roles within our life‚ these roles serve many different purposes. We also we find we belong to different groups in which we play our different roles‚ this makes up our social identity. It is these groups that can have a negative or a positive effect on ourselves. We can be part of the “in group” or the “out group” depending on somebody’s experience of the membership of that group‚ sometimes
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such as the children who live in homes where partner abuse occurs? Although‚ the awareness about the rate of domestic violence in our society is increasing‚ the majority of the medical literature to date has focused has only focused on the primary victim and not the secondary victim. It is estimated that 3.2 million American children witness incidents of domestic violence annually. According to “The Miami Times” magazine in many domestic cases‚ it is always the children who are the silent witnesses
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Dementia is a broad description that consist of numerous different types and involves several symptoms‚ therefore‚ making this disease the greatest misunderstood conditions in medicine today. The cause of dementia are factors such as age‚ family history‚ hardening of the arteries‚ heavy alcohol consumption‚ high blood pressure‚ high cholesterol and diabetes which leads to damaged neurons. When the brain cells become injured‚ they lose the ability to communicate with other cells‚ leading to memory
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MKT357/1 Human Resource Management / Spring 2013 Catalogue of Questions for Mid-Term Exam Please prepare for the following topics. You will get 8 questions out of these. 1. Explain what HR management is and how it relates to the management process. 2. Why is it important today to make their human resources into a competitive advantage? Explain how HR can contribute to doing this. 3. What items are usually included in the job description? What items are typically not shown? Why? 4. What is job analysis
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Globalization is a process of interaction and integration among the people‚ companies‚ and governments of different nations‚ a process driven by international trade and investment and aided by information technology. Aspects of globalization: trade and transactions‚ capital and investment movements‚ migration and movement of people and the dissemination of knowledge.[4] Further‚ environmental challenges such as climate change‚ cross-boundary water and air pollution‚ and over-fishing of the ocean
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