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    INTRODUCTION : Series-Parallel Connection is also known as the combined resistive circuits. This is the combination of series circuit and parallel circuit. Series circuit can be described as a circuit with only one path for charges to move along. This was also the common circuit connection in most rural areas. On the other hand‚ Parallel circuit can be described as circuit with multiple paths intended for charges to flow freely. This type of circuit connection was used in most urban areas around

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    The Mind-Body Connection

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    Group 7: The Mind-Body Connection Friday‚ November 30‚ 2012 Principles of Anthropology ANTH200 LF Instructor: Adrienne Kitchin Overview The mind – body connection can be seen as a point of balance between one’s mind and their body; it is the point at which the mind and the body are at equilibrium.  "There should be a comprehensive approach for both mind and body. This reciprocal relationship maximizes health benefits‚ and has exponentially positive consequences

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    and comfortable movement at the joint‚ eliminates stiffness improves posture and relieves muscular tension during old age and enhancing their ability to move more independently. LIMITATIONS TO EXERCISE. Organised physical activity with the elderly needs to be approached with care and caution as There are many limitations to exercise that exist‚ both physically and physiologically. Limitations include: Within the respiratory system‚ the heart may not pump as effectively as it once did in

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    Poverty and Crime

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    Americans who are living in extreme poverty has reached a 32-year high. This rise in poverty extends beyond ghettos and reaches to suburbs and rural communities. Poverty and crime has been a controversial subject over the years. Scholars argue that poverty does not have a relationship to crime because there are countries where poverty is very high but the crime rate is low. In the US it would be hard to argue that there is not a relationship between crime and poverty. The poor people make up an overwhelming

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    Elderly Occupational Therapy

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    2007; 14: 173 Á182 ORIGINAL ARTICLE Elderly persons’ expectations of day-care rehabilitation ´ ANITA TOLLEN‚ CARIN FREDRIKSSON & KITTY KAMWENDO ¨ Department of Health Sciences‚ Orebro University‚ Sweden Abstract The aim of this study was to explore elderly persons’ conceptions of what they expected to gain from attending day-care rehabilitation centres (DCR). A purposeful sampling procedure was employed. Interviews with 22 prospective elderly daycare patients were carried out and analysed

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    Substance Abuse and the Elderly Substance abuse in the elderly exists just as in any other population. Many seniors develop substance abuse problems due to circumstances or situations due to the aging process. A report by the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment/Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration indicates that 17% of adults age 60 and older are affected by alcohol abuse and abuse of legal drugs. The report also states that a third of those seniors who abuse substances did

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    1. In what ways can low income and/or poverty affect children’s development? Low income and/or poverty have been associated with higher incidences of negative psychological‚ physical and academic consequences (though not applicable to every low SES child). Here are a few that show a positive correlation between low SES and the variables mentioned below. Psychologically‚ children of low socioeconomic status tend to exhibit more aggressive behavior‚ represent higher incidences of anxiety‚ depression

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    Elderly Health Care in the United States The population of the elderly in the United States has increased steadily over the 20th century. The declining mortality in the elderly age groups‚ do to increased knowledge and technology in the medical field‚ has an exerting impact on the accumulation of the elderly and the vulnerable with in our society. General health and well being for this demographic is a growing concern as well as financing Medicare. With these growing numbers of the elderly population

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    Chronic Poverty

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    Poverty: Causes‚ Responses and Consequences in Rural South Africa Elizabeth Francis‚ April 2006 Development Studies Institute London School of Economics Houghton St London WC2A 2AE e.m.francis@lse.ac.uk CPRC Working Paper No. 60 Chronic Poverty Research Centre ISBN: 1-904049-59-1 Elizabeth Francis is a Senior Lecturer in Development Studies at the London School of Economics. Acknowledgements The research on which the case study is based was carried out as a collaborative project

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    Throughout history imperialism has unleashed throughout the world. Many countries had been taken under control with force by Britain. The White Man’s burden is a poem about making Africans send their best people into exile to work for their captives. The Africans exiled were to protect their captives‚ never attempt to do less‚ allowed to be blamed and hated by their captives‚ and to be patient and hold back their pride. Things Fall Apart is about Okonkwo and his clan who followed their Igbo culture

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