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    Rheumatoid Arthritis APHY 101 April 18‚ 2011 Rheumatoid Arthritis Rheumatoid Arthritis is normally a disease we consider for an older person but as Joan Rooney states‚ “Most people who have it develop it in their 50s and 60s‚ but some experience symptoms in their 20s and 30s---or even younger.” (62) Even though we don’t know the cause we do know that it is a connective tissue disease that affects any of the synovial joints. “The disease can be characterized by progressive disability‚ severe

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    I also felt like hurting some people. Okay... this is the truth‚ and nothing but the truth. MaNgcobo‚ I didn’t shoot your husband. Seriously. I didn’t. Okay. So you’re telling me that everything’s okay between you and Nkunzi? You don’t care that he slept... with your girlfriend? Your beloved Fikile... slept with Nkunzi. Don’t you care about that‚ huh? Captain... Nyawo. - I told you we’d get the warrant. - Captain‚ my captain. What we must do now is go to the panelbeaters and turn it

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    groin stretch involves a passive and relaxing stretch that is done while lying down with your face upward (a supine position). While lying on a supine position‚ spread your arms to the sides as you bring the feet towards the torso. The knees should fall to the sides and your soles together‚ in the meantime‚ make sure that the feet are perfectly centered. Note that you should not push or force your knees down with your hands or leg muscles; it is also not a must that your lower back must be flat

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    Risk This assignment will critically evaluate theories of risk‚ and consider the approaches to practice for the role of a local authority social worker in the identification‚ assessment and management of risk of social work with children‚ young people and families. There will be consideration given to the impact of social work practice on service users and carers including my understanding of anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive practice. The idiom ‘damned if you do and damned if you don’t’

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    well lit‚ especially stairs. 4. Any hazards such as torn carpets‚ trailing cables‚ defects to floor coverings‚ faulty lighting etc. should be reported immediately to the Admin Office or H&S Manager. Electrical equipment  (electric shocks or burns from using faulty electrical equipment)  L 1. All portable electrical equipment must be tested for electrical safety at correct intervals and labelled with the date of the test. 2. Electrical cables and plugs should be regularly visually inspected

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    different types of sport injury’s Soft tissue injuries like hamstrings can range in severity‚ a hamstring injury occurs when the muscles fibres become irritated‚ strained‚ or teared it can range from a hour of discomfort to weeks out of sport and can cause bruising and discoloration to the area due to blood being realised from the injured muscle. The pain will occur at the back of the leg in between the glutes and the back of the knee. This is a very common injury in sports like football where the local

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    eds.‚ Fractures in the Elderly. Philadelphia‚ Lippincott-Raven 1998. Court-Brown CM‚ Garg A‚ McQueen MM. The epidemiology of proximal humeral fractures. Acta Orthop Scand. 2001;72:365-371. Curwin S. Shoulder Injuries. In Zachazewski JE‚ Magee DJ‚ Quillen WS‚ eds. Athletic Injuries and Rehabilitation. Philadelphia‚ 1996‚ WB Saunders. Goldman RT‚ Koval KJ‚ Cuomo F‚ Gallagher MA‚ Zuckerman JD. Functional outcome after humeral head replacement for acute three- and four-part proximal humeral fractures

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    Injuries are an inevitable consequence that come with being an athlete. In the fourth basketball game of my freshman season I collided with a player from the opposing team and tore my ACL. My injury‚ although devastating‚ taught me a lot about myself and what I was capable of. This event not only made me grateful for the opportunity to play sports but it drove me to work harder and made me more empathetic towards other athletes with injuries. Not everyone is blessed with the chance to play sports

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    Autumn Hollingsworth Knee Injury Case Study Part 5 What are the primary movements of the knee joint? The primary movements of the knee joint are flexion and extension but can also slightly rotate. What muscle groups are the most important in flexion and extension of the knee? The muscle groups most important are the quadriceps and the hamstrings. The quadriceps extend the knee using the following muscles; rectus femoris‚ vastus medialis‚ vastus intermedius‚ and vastus lateralis. The hamstrings

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    Artificial Intelligence as a Positive and Negative Factor in Global Risk Eliezer Yudkowsky (yudkowsky@singinst.org) Forthcoming in Global Catastrophic Risks‚ eds. Nick Bostrom and Milan Cirkovic Draft of August 31‚ 2006 Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence Palo Alto‚ CA Introduction By far the greatest danger of Artificial Intelligence is that people conclude too early that they understand it. Of course this problem is not limited to the field of AI. Jacques Monod wrote: "A curious

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