hospitalization and after consultation with Dr. Kato‚ treatment options were discussed with the patient. At this point‚ she has elected to return to treatment with methotrexate albeit at a lower dose with concurrent use of folic acid. DIAGNOSTIC DATA: White blood cell count 5200‚ hemoglobin 12‚ platelet count 422‚000. Westergren sedimentation rate was mildly elevated at 36 mm per hour. Serum cholesterol 120 mg/dL. Albumin 3. Total protein 6.6. Liver enzymes were within normal limits. DISPOSITION:
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Case Study 1: Martin Martin‚ a behavior analyst‚ is working with Sara‚ a 14-year-old girl with severe developmental delays who exhibits self-injurious behavior (SIB). The self-injurious behaviors included pulling her hair‚ biting her arm and banging her head against the wall. After conducting a functional analysis‚ Martin decided to employ an intervention program consisting of differential reinforcement of other (DRO) desired behavior. Martin collected data on Sara’s SIB before and during the intervention
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CASE 4-1 Hardee Transportation (A) Jim O’Brien has realized for quite some time that some of Hardee’s customers are more profitable than others. This is also quite true for certain freight lanes. However‚ Hardee has traditionally structured its prices around discounts off their published tariff rates. Most of the discounts have been based on freight volume only. Jim knows that his drivers and dock people do more for certain customers than move volume; they count freight during loading‚ sort and
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February 25‚ 2015 In a simple definition‚ shared governance is one of the most innovative and idealistic of organization structures‚ was developed in the mid-1980s as an alternative to the traditional bureaucratic organization structure (Huston & Marquis‚ 2004). Shared governance is based on the principals of equity‚ accountability‚ ownership‚ and partnership. This process of management allows each healthcare worker to have a voice in the decision-making and encourage input that will
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QANTAS AUSTRALIA – CORPORATE GOVERANCE AND CARBON FOOTPRINT RESPONSE * What is Corporate Governance? To ensure the benefit of everyone concerned in an organisation‚ corporate governance must be enforced. Corporate governance is a term that refers broadly to the rules‚ processes‚ or laws by which businesses are operated‚ regulated and controlled (Search Financial Security‚ 2008). It involves internal factors defined by the officers‚ stockholders or constitution of a corporation‚ but also involves
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Systems Coursework Part 1: Big Data Student ID: 080010830 March 16‚ 2012 Word Count: 3887 Abstract Big data is one of the most vibrant topics among multiple industries‚ thus in this paper we have covered examples as well as current research that is being conducted in the field. This was done based on real applications that have to deal with big data on a daily basis together with a clear focus on their achievements and challenges. The results are very convincing that big data is a critical subject
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Ensuring Data Storage Security in Cloud Computing Cong Wang‚ Qian Wang‚ and Kui Ren Department of ECE Illinois Institute of Technology Email: {cwang‚ qwang‚ kren}@ece.iit.edu Wenjing Lou Department of ECE Worcester Polytechnic Institute Email: wjlou@ece.wpi.edu Abstract—Cloud Computing has been envisioned as the nextgeneration architecture of IT Enterprise. In contrast to traditional solutions‚ where the IT services are under proper physical‚ logical and personnel controls‚ Cloud Computing
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DATA COMPRESSION The word data is in general used to mean the information in digital form on which computer programs operate‚ and compression means a process of removing redundancy in the data. By ’compressing data’‚ we actually mean deriving techniques or‚ more specifically‚ designing efficient algorithms to: * represent data in a less redundant fashion * remove the redundancy in data * Implement compression algorithms‚ including both compression and decompression. Data Compression
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A glimpse of Big Data Jan. 2013 What is big data? “Big data is not a precise term; rather it’s a characterization of the never ending accumulation of all kinds of data‚ most of it unstructured. It describes data sets that are growing exponentially and that are too large‚ too raw or too unstructured for analysis using relational database techniques. Whether terabytes or petabytes‚ the precise amount is less the issue than where the data ends up and how it is used.”------Cite from EMC’s report
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responsibilities. (7.1.1) The BTEC PTLLS award is necessary before a person can teach at a Further Education institution such as Aylesbury College. To support this qualification Lifelong Learning UK has published a new set of overarching professional standards 1 that any teachers in this sector will need to adhere to. This describes in generic terms‚ the skills knowledge and attributes for those that perform roles in this sector. It is disconcerting to hear that the qualification will soon be replaced following
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