What Is Rickets? Alishia Keef Virginia College What Is Rickets? Rickets is a disease of bone most commonly caused worldwide by a deficiency of vitamin D. The deficiency may be caused by a lack of vitamin D in the diet‚ a lock of exposure to sunlight‚ or a problem the body has with absorbing or using vitamin D. Rickets is characterized by improper hardening of the bones‚ resulting in skeletal deformities if left untreated. Rickets affects primarily infants and children because bone growth
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Dementia Notes The term ’dementia’ is used to describe the symptoms that occur when the brain is affected by specific diseases and conditions. Symptoms of dementia include loss of memory‚ confusion and problems with speech and understanding. When a person with dementia finds that their mental abilities are declining‚ they often feel vulnerable and in need of reassurance and support. The people closest to them - including their carers‚ friends and family - need to do everything they can to help
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1.3 Describe factors that may impact upon the development of the baby during: Pre-conception‚ Each stage of pregnancy‚ During first year of life Preconception: It is important to get the body ready to carry a baby. Also it is important to be aware that half of pregnancies are unplanned and these parents run a greater risk of having a premature and low weight baby. This is due to the fact that the body is not ready to carry a baby. In order to help prepare the body to carry a baby the mother
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global challenge; it is observed in all parts of the world‚ including developed economies.[5][6] UNICEF estimates half the worlds children (or 1.1 billion) live in poverty.[7]Poverty has various causes‚ while some of them can be removed by various measures‚ eliminating the most complicated underlying causes remains a challenge for both developed and developing
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2. 3.3 -describe the actions to take in response to evidence or concerns that a child or young person has been abused‚ harmed‚ (including self harm ) or bullied or maybe at the risk of harm‚ abuse or bullying? there is many diffrent signs to spot a child or young person who has been abused‚ the childs behaviour may become from overly aggressive to overly passive‚ the child may rock from side to side or suck a thumb be fearless when approached by a person known to them. The child may be reluctace
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(CAGR) GDP per capita at starting point (% of US) China (1990-97) 10.0 5 Korea (1970-85) 8.2 6 Thailand (1985-95) 7.8 10 Indonesia (1988-97) 5.9 6 India (1993-99) 4.2 4 Source: World Development Indicators; The Economist (2000) Exhibit 3.2 20000211DL-ZXL350_8(ECO-PERF) Indexed to US in 1996 = 100‚ 1990-99 BREAK-UP OF INDIAN GDP PER CAPITA Labour productivity 100 36 29 GDP per capita 22 8 100 49 25 23 US Korea Poland
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Safeguarding a vulnerable older adult This essay will discuss the older adult whose illness referred them to palliative care and onto safeguarding. I will first explain what safeguarding a vulnerable adult on palliative care is and explain my scenario and discuss what had happened and what could have helped the patient who was at the end of life care. The Department of Health‚ (2011) defines Safeguarding as a multi-disciplinary work that works together to minimise and manage risks to vulnerable
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[pic] IIBM Institute of Business Management Semester-1 Examination Paper MM.100 Organizational Behaviour Section A: Objective Type (30 marks) Part one:Multiple choices: 1) Friendship groups are a) Party Groups b) Formal Group c) Evolved informally d) Social Groups Answer: Social Groups 2) Effective communication is the foundation a) Of modern organization b) Of formal organization c) Of Foreign relations d) Of informal organization Answer: Of modern organization
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individuals have strong concerns about privacy (Widespread concerns about privacy‚ no date)‚ many are still not aware the ways how privacy can be infringed. The threats of privacy are indicated in following aspects. Firstly‚ individual’s personal data can be tracked and gained through databases‚ spyware and cookies‚ which give providers wider chances to access personal information. The WWW servers can create extensive log of the users who are accessing the web. It is even possible to record the address
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Alexander Di Franco TA Victoria Fast Geography 108 18 November 2012 The Motor City: Industrial Hero to Zero The Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI) is a fantastic model to measure the overall well being of the economy in great detail. Opposed to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP)‚ which only takes into account total dollar value‚ the GPI does just that‚ but also includes figures that represent the cost of the negative effects related to economic activity. It gives the important details
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