On The Threshold: Environmental Changes as Causes of Acute Conflict Part 1 Thomas F. Homer-Dixon Trudeau Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies‚ University of Toronto International Security‚ Vol. 16‚ No. 2 (Fall 1991)‚ pp. 76-116 {draw:rect} We can narrow the scope of this research problem by focusing on how environmental change affects conflict‚ rather than security‚ but still the topic is too vast. Environmental change may contribute to conflicts as diverse as war‚ terrorism
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Unit 2 Acute response to exercise is short term effects that exercise has on the body. Musculoskeletal response An acute response of the musculoskeletal system during exercise includes an increase in blood supply. The short term effects on your muscles increases the temperature therefore there is more activation energy so chemical reactions are used by the musculoskeletal system and the metabolic activity increases. As the oxygen demand increases‚ more oxygenated blood needs to be supplied
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CONGESTIVE CARDIAC FAILURE Congestive cardiac failure is defined as “the state in which the heart is unable to pump blood at a rate adequate for supplying the requirements of the tissues with function parameters remaining within normal limits usually accompanied by effort intolerance‚ fluid retention and reduced longevity” (Denolin‚ 1983‚ p. 445). Congestive cardiac failure or heart failure continues to be a major public health issue worldwide. This paper is a case study report about C.B‚ a 60
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Nursing Diagnosis 1. Acute pain R/T: inflammation and obstruction of the gallbladder AEB: patient verbalizes abdominal pain of 7/10‚ grimaces‚ rubs his stomach‚ BP 158/79‚ T990F 2. Deficient knowledge R/T: lack of knowledge about the importance of incentive spirometer AEB: patient says that he does not know how to use and needs to know more about its importance. 3. Risk for deficient fluid volume R/T: restricted intake 4. Risk for imbalanced nutrition less than body requirement R/T: impaired
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directly involved‚ helps to justify the suggested diagnosis. Suzy notes she is having intrusive memories‚ flashbacks‚ along with nightmares about the traumatic event. The consistency and accuracy of these feelings can be justified as intrusion symptoms. Acute Stress Disorder criteria suggest that the individual
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Acute or chronic conditions. With acute or chronic conditions the patient should see improvement within 24 hours. For an injury such as a crushed or trapped fingers‚ the patient may respond very quickly‚ in minutes or even seconds. Whereas a subacute condition‚ for example an enflamed joint or rheumatic problem‚ then the response would be seen over days‚ repeating the remedy for a few days after. Usually in chronic conditions patients will see an improvement in a few days‚ usually a slow improvement
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Acute stress disorder is when someone lives through or witness a traumatic event to which they react with intense fear‚ horror‚ or helplessness. Some of the symptoms are mental numbing‚ unware of surroundings‚ and forgetfulness. Symptoms of depression might be shown by not enjoying activities that they enjoyed previously and troubles with concentrating. One might have guilt if they survived an accident while others got badly injured or did not survive. Symptoms can last up to a few months. There
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SCIENCE Energy Resources Research Assignment Nuclear Fission Nuclear energy is a power produced during the nuclear reaction‚ It is an energy that is found in the nucleus of an Atom. Energy must be released so it could create electricity‚ it is released from the atoms in two ways by Nuclear Fusion or by Nuclear Fission. Nuclear Fusion is when energy is released which is when atoms are combined or fused together to form a bigger atom. Nuclear Fission
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NURS 3530: Caring for Adult Clients I HEART FAILURE CASE STUDY Your client‚ Mr. Black‚ is a 72-year-old man who called his TeleNurse Line from home and‚ based on the symptoms he described‚ was advised to go directly to the Emergency Department at his local hospital. His admitting diagnosis is exacerbation of heart failure (HF). His Ht is: 5’9”‚ Wt. 235 lbs. He states that his usual weight is about 220. Upon admission‚ his symptoms are: extreme shortness of breath; unable to tolerate lying
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uchumi failureFebruary 2009 Njuguna G. Amos. amnjuguna@usiu.ac.ke Uchumi Supermarkets Limited Uchumi Supermarket Limited (USL) was established as a wholly government-owned company from three existing stores in Nairobi in 19751. USL became a public company traded on the Nairobi Stock Exchange in 1992 when the Kenya government divested 48% of its shares. However‚ the Kenya government retained 52% of the stock that was held through three state corporations namely; ICDC Investment Company Limited
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