ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE | -AND ITS VARIATION | | ABSTRACT: The Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR)‚ also branded as sedimentation rate or Biernacki Reaction‚ is the rate at which red blood cells sediment in a time of 1 hour. To execute the test‚ anti-coagulated blood is positioned in an erect tube‚ known as a Westergren tube‚ and the rate at which the red blood cells fall is calculated and accounted in millimeters per hour (mm/h)
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Who Commits Crime? Statistics indicate that men are more likely to commit crime than women. For example‚ in 2002 80% of known offenders (481‚000+) were men. As there are a number of problems with the reliability and validity of statistics‚ an alternative to information are self-report studies. These are anonymous and some believe because they all but guarantee anonymity they encourage respondents to be more truthful than if they were involved in an interview. In the past‚ sociologists tended to
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Student absenteeism is a major concern for lecturers at institutions of higher learning. Absences create a dead‚ tiresome‚ unpleasant classroom environment that makes students who come to class uncomfortable and the lecturer irritable (Marburger 2001). Absenteeism disturbs the dynamic teaching-learning environment and adversely affects the overall well-being of classes (Segal 2008). In quality terms‚ absenteeism is a waste of educational resources‚ time and human potential. Student absenteeism
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“The US government has betrayed the internet. We need to take it back” By: Bruce Schneier The internet has changed drastically for the worst the past couple of years and it is time for a change. The NSA has taken over the privacy of our internet access‚ which is not appropriate. When the internet was invented this is not what the creators thought would happen. The computer engineering community needs to step in and take it back from the NSA. Companies that host our private data that we once trusted
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since Haiti became and independent nation. Because of Haiti’s rough economic start as a free nation and foreign and internal factors‚ Haiti was not properly set up to industrialize and be able to join a competitive free market without damage being done to the local industries that support Haiti. Before Haiti became a free‚ independent nation‚ it was sugar and coffee producing powerhouse owned by the French that relied on slave labor. By period of the French Revolution‚ plantations in Haiti produced
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Nais mong maabot lipunang malayaIbig mong makamit kaginhawaan ng madlaPaano mo mararating ang pangarap na itoKung bulag ka sa nangyayari sa paligid moTainga mo nama’y bingi sa karaingan ng taoDi mo pinapansin ang kanilang pagsusumamo.Pananaw mo sa buhay‚ bakit ba ganyan?Nais mong tumulong ikaw nama’y nag-aalinlanganIkaw ba’y natatakot iyong karapata’y ipaglaban?O iniisip mo lamang ang sarili mong kapakanan?Nasa pagkilos ang ating paglayaHindi sa pangarap at patunga-tungangaKung hindi ngayon kailan
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to Yossarian’s assertions about the firms’s returns. Ironically‚ returns had been the sub-ject of debate within the firm’s circle of senior managers in recent months. A num-ber of issues had been raised about the hur-dle rate used by the company in evaluating performance‚ and in setting the annual capital budget. Since the company was ex-pected to invest nearly $2 billion in capital Wall Street Daily News‚ January 9‚ 1996
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according to the National Electoral Council‚ the new electronic voting system is “100% fraud-proof”. Jimmy Carter‚ ex-president of the United States‚ described Venezuelan election system as “the best in the world‚” and even “superior to that of the US”. Also‚ he declared that the system is “among the most heavily scrutinized” which “provides
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Once Upon a Time by Gabriel OkaraOnce upon a time‚ son‚they used to laugh with their heartsand laugh with their eyes:but now they only laugh with their teeth‚while their ice-block-cold eyessearch behind my shadow.There was a time indeedthey used to shake hands with their hearts:but that’s gone‚ son.Now they shake hands without heartswhile their left hands searchmy empty pockets.‘Feel at home!’ ‘Come again’:they say‚ and when I comeagain and feelat home‚ once‚ twice‚there will be no thrice-for then
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Katie Martin Honors 366H Professors Mahlis‚ Miller 12 March 2013 Paper One Saxton Pope wrote upon Ishi’s death: “And so‚ stoic and unafraid‚ departed the last wild Indian of America. He closes a chapter in history. He looked upon us as sophisticated children–smart‚ but not wise. We knew many things‚ and much that is false. He knew nature‚ which is always true”. In order to analyze Ishi’s commentary one must first begin to ask is Ishi’s opinion correct? From what I know and understand about
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