Applications of time and measurement describe mathematical calculations particularly susceptible to propagating successive errors in downstream operations. Those flows create compounding phenomena‚ known as Propagation of Error‚ with the potential to severely degrade accuracy unless otherwise corrected or compensated. Imagine the profound corollaries of erroneous ship navigation while crossing an ocean‚ missile trajectory on a defense system or medical research for an experimental cancer treatment
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Shakespeare’s play The Comedy of Errors‚ Shakespeare writes a play which incorporates both comedy and tragedy. The play is about two sets of twins‚ Antipholus and Dromio of Ephesus and Antipholus and Dromio of Syracuse. They were separated at birth due to a shipwreck when they were still infants. Antipholus and Dromio of Syracuse visit the island of Ephesus‚ unaware that this is where their long lost twins reside. As the play progresses‚ there is a series of error and confusion which occur due to
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Tragedy and its Tragic Heroes Tragedy: A story that tells of the ruin of a great man. In tragedies the main character can sometimes be characterized as a tragic hero. A tragic hero is “a literary character‚ who makes an error of judgment or has a fatal flaw‚”(Merriam Webster) which is actually their downfall. In Oedipus The King‚ the main character‚ the king of Thebes‚ is seen as the tragic hero on this particular tragedy. Now‚ fast-forwarding through time to 1949 Arthur Miller wrote Death
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Scott Colon Professor Wilkerson American Federal Government 18 January 2013 Examining the Constitutionality of the Louisiana Purchase The acquisition of the Louisiana Purchase caused a political debate of the constitution in the early United States government. There was a difference of opinions between politicians including Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine. Many believed that the provisions outlined in the United States Constitution should be strictly followed‚ but others believe that the
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There are many factors that can determine why a historian arrives at a certain viewpoint. These are factors not limited to: The zeitgeist in which the source was written‚ the information available to them (e.g. where the US or Soviet archives open to the historian)‚ the focus of the source‚ the historical methods employed‚ the assumptions they make‚ their political convictions and their agenda (the purpose of the source). Evaluating these different areas can help explain the various discrepancies
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Prevention of Medication Errors Medication administration is one of the highest risks in health care‚ and the errors can occur in many ways. Medication errors occur at points of transition in care: admission to the hospital‚ transfer from department to another‚ and at discharge home or to another facility (Taylor‚ Lillis‚ & LeMone‚ 2015). It is at these times we see the greatest room for errors from communication between other departments and facilities. In 1999‚ medication errors were the 8th leading
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UNIT 11: The role of error What is the role of error? This unit focuses on mistakes learners when they speak or write in English. Mistakes are often divided into errors and slips. Errors happen when learners try to say something that is beyond their current level of language processing. Usually‚ learners cannot correct errors themselves because they don’t understand what is wrong. Errors play a necessary and important part in language learning. Slips are the result of tiredness‚ worry or other temporary
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reaches the patient and at any of these stages an error can occur. This assignment explores types of medication errors‚ statistics‚ factors contributing to medication errors‚ failures to report and prevention. National Patients Safety Agency medication error defines as ‘The process of prescribing‚ dispensing‚ preparing‚ administering‚ monitoring or providing medicine advice‚ regardless of whether harm has occurred or was possible’ (NPSA‚ 2007: 6). Error can occur at any stage of medication process
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Define scientific reliability and validity. Reliability focuses on the consistency and stability of measurement. There are pros and cons to obtaining reliable measurements. One way to test reliability in a measure is to perform the same test on the same population multiple times which is called reliability coefficient (Branson‚2014). Another way to test reliability is by randomly splitting test questions in half‚ administering‚ then look for consistencies‚ which is called split-half reliability
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The historian and the search for truth A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous‚ methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. History‚ in its broadest sense‚ is the totality of all past events‚ although a more realistic definition would limit it to the known past. Of all the fields of serious study and literary effort
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