Running Head: LYME DISEASE The Epidemiology of Lyme Disease Justin Brewer Chamberlain College of Nursing NR 442: Community Health Nursing Spring‚ 2009 The Epidemiology of Lyme Disease Lyme disease is a significant public health concern in the United States. Despite a growing knowledge of the disease‚ the incidence of Lyme disease continues to increase (Corapi‚ White‚ Phillips‚ Daltroy‚ Shadick‚ & Liang‚ 2007). Borrelia burgdorferi‚ the bacteria that causes Lyme disease‚ is found
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Two triangles are said to be similar if every angle of one triangle has the same measure as the corresponding angle in the other triangle. The corresponding sides of similar triangles have lengths that are in the same proportion‚ and this property is also sufficient to establish similarity. A few basic theorems about similar triangles: * If two corresponding internal angles of two triangles have the same measure‚ the triangles are similar. * If two corresponding sides of two triangles are
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Bermuda Triangle is an area in the Atlantic Ocean between Miami‚ Puerto Rico‚ and Bermuda. It has been nicknamed the Devil’s Triangle because it is known as a place in the ocean where planes and ships mysteriously disappear without providing an explanation. Over the years‚ many people have proposed a variety of theories in the hope of finding an explanation for all the unsolved mysteries that are held within the Bermuda Triangle. Many theories suggest that since the location of the triangle is subject
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RIGHT TRIANGLE TRIGONOMETRY The word Trigonometry can be broken into the parts Tri‚ gon‚ and metry‚ which means “Three angle measurement‚” or equivalently “Triangle measurement.” Throughout this unit‚ we will learn new ways of finding missing sides and angles of triangles which we would be unable to find using the Pythagorean Theorem alone. The basic trigonometric theorems and definitions will be found in this portion of the text‚ along with a few examples‚ but the reader will frequently
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definition an iron triangle is a unique relationship between the bureaucracy‚ congressmen‚ and lobbyists that results in the mutual benefit of all three of them. They work together to generate policy. Health care is an example of an iron triangle. A form of health care is the Affordable Care Act. The Affordable Care Act includes doctors’ services‚ inpatient and outpatient hospital care‚ prescription drug coverage‚ pregnancy and childbirth‚ and mental health services. My iron triangle that I choosed
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Competency Assessment process Page 1 of 3 Competency Assessment: Step 1 : Effective Job Description: First ‚ We have to create an effective Job Description. Details would covered in within a job description would be : the job title; who is accountable for the employee; the location of the job; a brief description of what the job entails; a list of duties and responsibilities; working conditions . An effort will be to define clearly what the
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HCA 602 – Managerial Epidemiology National University October 2009 Marine Corps Recruit Depot is a Military training Command located in San Diego‚ California. Each month 500 young men are recruited and placed together in Recruit Enlisted quarters for the duration of their 12 weeks basictraining. The marine recruits share common facilities in this berthing such as bathrooms‚ dining area and recreational areas along with their training staff. These Marine recruits also perform very rigid physical
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Diabetes Prevention Diabetes is a disease that afflicts millions of Americans each and every year. For many of them diabetes has been with them for their entire lives‚ they have never known what life is like without it‚ others however develop diabetes as they grow older. "Diabetes is a caused by lowered levels of insulin which helps regulate the uptake of glucose into most cells from the blood" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabetes‚ 2006). There are 3 main types of diabetes that occur in human
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Diabetes Shayla Lynch HS200‚ Section# Unit 4 Capstone Project: Diabetes Kaplan University July 27‚ 2014 Type 1 diabetes‚ also known as juvenile diabetes or insulin-dependent diabetes is a chronic condition in which the pancreas produces little to no insulin. There are many factors that may contribute to type 1 diabetes‚ including genetics and exposure to certain viruses. Although type 1 diabetes typically appears during childhood or adolescence‚ it can also develop in adults as well
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Diabetes mellitus is a disorder in which blood levels of glucose are abnormally high because the body does not release or use insulin adequately (Merck 1999‚ p.788). There are two types of diabetes mellitus‚ which are type 1 diabetes and type 2 diabetes. A hormone called insulin‚ released by the pancreas‚ is the primary substance responsible for maintaining appropriate blood sugar levels. Blood sugar levels vary throughout the day‚ rising after a meal and returning to normal within two hours. Blood
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