Structure of the Atom Dense nucleus composed of neutrons (0 charge) and protons (+ charge) and surrounded by orbital electrons (- charge). Neutrons and protons firmly held in the nucleus while electrons are very loosely held and are easy to remove. When electrons are removed from the atom‚ two charged particles (ions) are produced the positively charged atom and the negative electron. Energy is absorbed to remove the electron from the atom. Atomic Notation Chemical symbols such as C for carbon
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TITLE: EFFECTS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION ON HUMAN HEALTH. Table of Contents DECLARATION 2 APPROVAL 3 DEDICATION 4 ABSTRACT 7 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 7 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 9 1.1 Background information 9 1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM 10 1.2.1 Current situation 10 1.2.2 Research to find out the effects of electromagnetic radiation on human health. 11 1.3 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY 13 1.3.1 General objective 13 1
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What is MBCT? Kabat-Zinn has developed the practice of combining CBT with mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) program and named it “Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy” (Segal et al.‚ 2013). Cognitive component includes education about depression‚ while mindfulness part covers meditation and simple yoga exercises (van der Velden et al.‚ 2015). Unlike CBT‚ where the focus is on the changing the thought context‚ MBCT patients observe the thoughts and learn to disengage from them. Therefore
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Lit 2 May 2013 History of Cancer: Radiation There is a broad group of different types of cancers and they all have a wide range of causes. Each cancer is different according to its biology and pathophysiology. Cancer is a very broad topic but chose four topics that show that radiation is the main cause of cancer. Before I can prove radiation is the cause of cancer‚ there needs to be an introduction as to what cancer is and how it spreads
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personal‚ familial and occupational impairment mediated through their direct effects and subsequent consequences (Range & Marlatt‚ 2008). Several psychological approaches were adopted to enhance recovery and maintain abstinence. Cognitive behavioral therapy (referred later as CBT) was one of the most applied approaches in this field. CBT was originally designed to treat depression to help solving current problems by challenging maladaptive thoughts and behaviors. Now‚ CBT use was widened to involve substance-related
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Before I can explain the role an Occupational Therapist and the Occupational Therapist Assistant will have in the recovery of a Traumatic Brain Injury patient‚ we first need to understand exactly what it is. The brain is made up of numerous unique parts and functions that depend on each other. Damaging the brain can have long-term side effects on an individual‚ depending on what part of the brain was injured. Depending on the type of brain injury this will affect the type of treatments that are
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Scenario J.B.‚ a 45-year-old woman‚ is an office manager for a busy law firm and single mother of two children. While cleaning a shower stall‚ she experienced a sharp pain in her lower back. Over the next few hours‚ her lower back became increasing more painful. By the time she picked up the children from their sporting event and drove to the nearest walk-in medical clinic‚ she had a sharp shooting pain into her right buttocks. Her spinal x-rays were not significant‚ and she was diagnosed with acute
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Interpersonal Therapy Case Study of Susan � Interpersonal therapy is short-term therapy for depression and other problems that looks for solutions and strategies to deal with interpersonal problems rather than spending time on interpretation and analysis. In the initial stages of interpersonal therapy‚ therapeutic goals typically include diagnosis‚ completing the requisite inventories‚ identifying the client ’s major problem areas‚ and creating a treatment contract. PRESENTING PROBLEM This case study
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When Good Kids Kill Studies show that parents are six times more likely to kill their children than children are to kill their parents. But these facts are changing. The number of adolescents in jail has doubled over the past ten years and 115‚000 of these arrests were for violent crimes. Michael D. Kelleher‚ author of When Good Kids Kill‚ has looked into cases of teenage violence and why they happen. What happens when a good kid decides to murder? What causes
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the device had to be fail-safe from a consumer perspective – and so it needed indicator to signal the approaching end-of-life of the consumable refill component (which was subsequently named ‘Germ-Kill Kit’)‚ and also to have an auto-shut off mechanism that would shut the flow of water when the germ-kill power of the consumable refill component was over. Notably‚ at the time‚ even premium UV and RO purifiers that were priced at USD 100+ did not have an end-of-life indicator‚ or a safety auto-shut
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