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    Journal of Health Care Organization‚ Provision‚ and Financing http://inq.sagepub.com/ Do Workplace Wellness Programs Reduce Medical Costs? Evidence from a Fortune 500 Company Hangsheng Liu‚ Soeren Mattke‚ Katherine M. Harris‚ Sarah Weinberger‚ Seth Serxner‚ John P. Caloyeras and Ellen Exum INQUIRY 2013 50: 150 DOI: 10.1177/0046958013513677 The online version of this article can be found at: http://inq.sagepub.com/content/50/2/150 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com Additional

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    translation competence is represented by the translator’s ability to offer an appropriate treatment of the culturallyembedded words‚ phrases and structures presented by the source text. What are the most effective means by which the translator trainer can help his/her students develop cultural competence? What are the translation trainees’ needs with regard to cultural training‚ and what kind of difficulties do they most frequently encounter from this point of view? The paper will discuss these aspects

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    Unsafe Abbreviations In 2001‚ The Joint Commission issued a Sentinel Event Alert on the subject of medical abbreviations‚ and just one year later‚ it’s Board of Commissions approved a National Patient Safety Goal requiring accredited organizations to develop and implement a lost of abbreviations not to use. In 2004‚ the joint Commission created its “do not use” list of abbreviations as part of the requirements for meeting that goal. Currently‚ this requirement

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    daily increases his/her risk to obesity by sixty percent (Frieden‚ 2010) Performing regular physical activity in childhood has a role in controlling the body weight‚ and building the bones and the muscles of the child. What types of policies could reduce childhood

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    A to Z - Abbreviations & Acronyms http://www.chipsplace.com/helpful/Airbus/A%20to%20Z.htm#Abbreviations A to Z - Abbreviations & Acronyms (complete list found in back of PH) The really short list of Airbus acronyms and abbreviations: (before you get to it try to figure out what THS is) α – Stands for ALPHA as in α PROT. Refers to Angle of Attack. ACM – Air Cycle Machine ACP – Audio Control Panel‚ allows pilot to select which radios or interphones to listen to. ADIRS - Air Data Inertial Reference

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    must be preventative measures implemented in various facets of our society in America to help bring the obesity epidemic to a screeching halt. In a news conference‚ the former United States Surgeon General‚ Richard Carmona‚ had an interesting take on how we should combat obesity within our society (Krisberg 7). He believes that it is actually a good business investment and decision to help take care of obesity with its employees (Krisberg 7). Living a healthier lifestyle has a positive correlation and

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    against sexual prejudices in the work place. Sexual prejudice was particularly clear in the field of medicine as there were no women doctors. One of the first women to pioneer the way for other women in the medical field was Elizabeth Blackwell. It was Blackwell that had the courage and the determination to break the boundaries of these prejudices. Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman to graduate from medical school in the United States and an activist for public health that opened doors for other

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    health care professions? Nurses do there best to improve health in the world around us and to help patients back up on their feet. Registered nurses do many things to provide care and help for their patients and play many important roles in their field to help patients. Registered nurses give assistance to the elderly‚ disabled‚ and ill to help them to recovery and support treatment for patients who are in need of emergency care. They are very busy and are assigned in many health care facility areas

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    GUEST TYPES; 1. Confidential 2. Government official 3. VIP 4. With Reservation 5. Walk Ins 6. Owner/Board of Director 7. Returning Guest 8. Employees 9. Celebrity MARKET SEGMENT ABBREVIATION CODE: 1. HU = House Use 2. Comp = Complimentary 3. Corp = Corporation 4. IT = Individual Travelers 5. FIT = Rack rate 6. LSG = Long Staying Guest 7. ALCO = All charges to Company 8. MTCO = Meal only To Company 9. RMCO = Room

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    How to Reduce Gold Import

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    WAYS TO REDUCE GOLD IMPORT Ruchi Gupta gupta.ruchi93@gmail.com  What is gold? CONTENT:-  Various uses of gold  Relation between price of gold and other economic factors  Importance of gold in India  Why increase in demand of gold in India.  Import of gold in India.  Negative effect of gold import on Indian economy.  Steps taken by government for reducing import.  Steps that should be taken by government to reduce import. WHAT IS GOLD? Gold is an element and a mineral

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