mon bENTLEY UNIVERSITY | Harmonic Hearing Co. | Case Analysis | | Yijing Zhou | 2013/3/26 | | Issue Burns and Irvine need $28.3 million to purchase Harmonic from its founder and complete and launch the new hearing aid. They have to determine the costs and benefits of different financing alternatives and‚ finally‚ select the optimal financing package in terms of expense‚ expected return to investment and financial flexibility. Analytical approach Unlevered free cash flows to
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Case study one discusses the current situation that a 27-year old male‚ Josh is going through. Three months ago‚ Josh was walking to meet his Fiancée for lunch one day when she was struck and killed by a car‚ right in front of his eyes. He was with her in the final moments that she was alive‚ and has recently quit his job. It has become too difficult for him to revisit the area in which his Fiancée was killed and now lives with his parents. Often he finds that he relives the scene of her death in
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follow a disease or illness episode. The person suffering from the disease may ask these questions‚ or their family and friends may ask them. Doctors and other health care professionals may also ask questions about the disease in order to work out the best course of treatment. Theses questions may cross from the biomedical side of the disease to the social side and must include a variety of factors before the disease can be properly understood and treated. In module 1‚ my questions about disease classification
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Psychiatric Disorders‚ Diseases‚ and Drugs Schizophrenia means “the splitting of psychic functions.” It is a psychotic disorder characterized by loss of contact with the environment‚ by noticeable deterioration in the level of functioning in everyday life‚ and by disintegration of personality expressed as disorder of feeling‚ thought‚ perception‚ and behavior. The first symptoms start to appear in young adulthood. “Its symptoms are complex and diverse; they overlap greatly with those of other psychiatric
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Case Study‚ Chapter 63‚ Assessment and Management of Patients With Eye and Vision Disorders 1. Ellie Lee‚ a 74-year-old patient‚ is admitted to the hospital in the same-day surgery unit for nasal surgery. The patient is legally blind. The patient was diagnosed with a genetic disease‚ recessive retinitis pigmentosa (RP)‚ which results in degeneration of the photoreceptor cells. A patient with RP has a progressive loss of visual acuity‚ progressive night blindness‚ and progressive loss of peripheral
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& Assessment Axis 1: Clinical Syndrome: Dissociative Identity Disorder Sherry has recently been given the diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder or formally known as multiple personality disorder. She has had multiple hospitalizations over the last several years‚ and has been given multiple different diagnoses ranging from schizophrenia (disorganized type)‚ bipolar disorder‚ major depression‚ and borderline personality disorder. She has been placed on several different types of medications
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: By Oliver Sacks Oliver Sacks wrote a collection of narratives titled‚ The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat‚ we see the suffering of those with neurological diseases‚ their attempts to cope with these diseases and the conclusions that Sacks makes on their conditions. Sacks is the physician in these narrative stories that tell about his studies of the person behind neurological deficits. Sacks’ interests are not only in the disease itself but also in the
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as the women apparel - Very less dressing/changing rooms and mirrors were present‚ which are a key factor in decision making of women to my clothes - Decline in the market share of Sears to its competitors such as Wal-mart - Sears is unaware of who its consumers really are? - Sears is unaware where do they exactly stand in the market? - Drop in the share price of Sears in 2004‚ after gaining an 83% decrease in net income - S&P credit rating was dropped‚ so their credibility was also under question
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A single disease‚ either communicable or non communicable is already tough to deal with‚ imagine the double burden of disease. The Double Burden of Disease is generally defined as when a country is having deal with communicable diseases such as common cold‚ measles‚ STD’s etc. and ferocious non-communicable diseases like obesity‚ heart disease‚ beri-beri. Although in the past few decades‚ new improvements have been found in healthcare facilities‚ the tally of people dying due to the innumerable diseases
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impulsive. He shares his impaired judgment and its strain on his marriage‚ as well as his lack of sleep and appetite. He is restless and speed is loud and pressured. He also speaks about impregnating his secretary and taking out a second mortgage on his house in order to pay for three law offices. Based on these symptoms‚ Melanie would most likely diagnose Rick with a Bipolar Spectrum Disorder. Rick’s subjective symptoms include his claims to multitasking with great success as well as his emotionally labile
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