Donor fatigue Response Paper: Dead Aid Africa is the poorest continent in the world. This could be explained by a lot of different things. One of the main reasons is that the country has always (since the Africa’s colonization by the European) been dependant of the donations and help of Western countries. To illustrate this point‚ we can just watch the number and see that during the last 50 years Africa received $400 billion of Aids‚ with no significant results. The fact that a lot of money
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DOWN SYNDROME TRISOMY 21 BY: CYNTHIA AGUILAR 11/05/2012 Down syndrome affects many people in this world. Not only does it affect the person diagnosed as Downs‚ but it also affects their family and everyone around them. There are physical characteristics that help you identify somebody with Downs. There are also some health concerns that you need to worry about. Down’s Syndrome‚ it is one of the most frequently occurring chromosomal
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hypertension‚ chest pain‚ and heart disease. Chronic pain is the stress that wears people away day after day‚ year after year. It destroys mind‚ bodies‚ and lives. It is caused by an unhappy marriage‚ or a despised job. It comes when a person does not find a way out of miserable situation. People die of this by suicide‚ violence‚ heart attack‚ stroke‚ and sometime even cancer. A 2013 survey says the teens are having emotional and physical distress‚ including chronic stress. Teens have to at least get
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Metabolic syndrome Insulin resistance syndrome; Syndrome X Last reviewed: June 2‚ 2012. Metabolic syndrome is a name for a group of risk factors that occur together and increase the risk for coronary artery disease‚ stroke‚ and type 2 diabetes. Causes‚ incidence‚ and risk factors Metabolic syndrome is becoming more and more common in the United States. Researchers are not sure whether the syndrome is due to one single cause‚ but all of the risks for the syndrome are related to obesity. The
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Dysexecutive Syndrome occurs when there is a loss of executive brain function. The term was first coined by Alan Baddeley and may result from physical trauma such as a blow to the head‚ a stroke or other internal trauma. Executive brain function‚ which includes insight‚ judgment‚ planning and initiative‚ makes it possible for humans to successfully manage the problems of everyday life. These functions allow individuals to carefully navigate day to day activities‚ make certain decisions‚ while
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Nursing and Health Sciences (2010)‚ 12‚ 235–243 Research Article Compassion fatigue within nursing practice: A concept analysis nhs_526 235..243 Siedine Knobloch Coetzee‚ rn‚ rm‚ bcur‚ mcur‚ phd(c) and Hester C. Klopper‚ rn‚ rm‚ bcur‚ mcur‚ phd‚ mba School of Nursing Science‚ North-West University (Potchefstroom Campus)‚ Potchefstroom‚ South Africa Abstract “Compassion fatigue” was first introduced in relation to the study of burnout among nurses‚ but it was never defined within this context;
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cognitive dysfunction even at a lower concentration [1]. It has been shown to have more intense effect in children [2]. Chronic arsenic exposure induces a significant deficits in the long term memory in children [3]. Inorganic arsenic modulates locomotor activity and behavioral task suggesting the impairment of sensory and motor nerves [4]. Epidemiological studies reveal that chronic arsenic exposure through drinking water causes cerebral infarction‚ microvascular diseases and impairment in neural conduction
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In this imbalance research paper‚ it will discuss and explain of a certain disorder in the nervous system called Tourette’s syndrome. It will also acknowledge the current studies and research that can potentially find a way to cure this disorder. First‚ we need to more knowledgeable about this disorder. Tourette’s syndrome “is a nervous system (neurological) disorder that starts in childhood. It involves unusual repetitive movements or unwanted sounds that can’t be controlled (tics)” (Mayo Clinic
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Hunter Syndrome Hunter syndrome is a rare genetic disease that almost always occurs in males. This incurable disease is also called mucopolysaccharidosis II (MPS II). This disorder is caused by the deficiency of the lysosomal enzyme iduronate-2-sulfatase (I2S). This enzyme is needed to successfully break down glycosaminoglycans‚ as part of the body’s normal recycling and renewal process. In a person with Hunter syndrome‚ enzyme I2S is missing or not working correctly. It is the accumulation
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Often times the management of chronic wounds can become challenging for clinicians. In the article by Sibbald et al (1) they emphasize that wound healing should be achieved through an interprofessional team approach where the focus is holistic‚ focusing not only on the patient’s wound but on the patient as a whole. Once the cause of the wound is identified‚ the wound can be classified into three categories: healable‚ maintenance and non healable (1). Referring to the wound bed preparation paradigm
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