November 15‚ 2007 Multiple Sclerosis Multiple sclerosis is a disease of the central nervous system that affects the brain‚ spinal cord‚ and the optic nerves. In MS‚ the myelin sheath‚ a fatty tissue that surrounds and protects nerve fibers‚ is damaged. Inflammation also occurs which further destroys the sheath and eventually the nerves that it encompasses. This leads to areas of multiple scarring or sclerosis which can slow down or even block nerve
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development | 0-1 year | 2-4 years | Physical | Physical development is usually very rapid. At birth babies depend on reflexes for movements so they can feed‚ or grasp a dummy and can kick their arms and legs by the age of one they have much more control over their bodies. They are learning to crawl‚ bum shuffle‚ pulling and pushing on things and trying to stand and walk holding on to thing. | Between one and two years the child will begin to walk unaided they will start toilet
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Recently‚ the Malaysian government has launched a campaign of 10 000 steps a day to create awareness to the public on healthy lifestyle. At the school level‚ all students are required to sit for the SEGAK test to determine the fitness level of students based on a few physical tests. Among the elements of the test is taking the pulse rate of each student. Based on the SEGAK test conducted in your school‚ get the pulse rate of 50 students before and after the step up board activity. Complete the
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pregnant. If two people have sex and one of them has a sexually transmitted disease (STD) then they could pass it on to the other person. Using a condom is the best way to prevent any infection from being passed from one person to the other. If a couple are going to use a condom for protection against pregnancy or infections‚ they should put it on the man’s penis as soon as he gets an erection. Some men say they worry about using condoms in case they lose their erection or have difficulty putting
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Learning Disabilities Learning Disabilities Students with special needs‚ a learning disability or communication disorders can learn the curriculum and can understand what is going on in the classroom. The only difference that they have from the other students is that they learn the information in a different way. They may learn it at a slower pace‚ different rate and it may take multiple times to get the information. But these students do get it and do learn in school. As educators
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Additional Duties of the Phlebotomist Chapter 16 Additional Duties of the Phlebotomist providing instructions and materials for specimen collection Collecting throat and nasopharyngeal swabs Performing sweat electrolyte collection Assisting physicians in bone marrow aspiration Interviewing blood donors Blood donor collection Transporting/receiving non-blood samples Delivery of samples to appropriate sections/shipment to reference lab Use of laboratory information system Patient Instruction
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identification of a person experiencing Mental Retardation to the term Intellectual Disability. There are several types of Cognitive Functions from mild to severe that coincide to people who have some form of Intellectual Disability that are viewed. The test of a person IQ is one of the main assessments that are used to diagnose a person experiencing an Intellectual Disability. People with Intellectual Disabilities experience Cognitive difficulties in: memory‚ reading‚ math‚ visual‚ speech‚ cognition
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A Learning Disability (LD) “is a disorder in one or more of basic psychological process involved in understanding or using the language which may manifest in an imperfect ability to think‚ speak‚ listen‚ read ‚ write ‚ spell or conduct mathematical calculations” . (Zastrow‚ & Kirst-Ashman‚ 2007) It involves difficulty in processing information and/ or using this information to communicate. Children with LD currently make up to 6 present of the school- aged population in the United States and
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Construction‚ Inc. subcontracted with Gary Porter Construction. Gary Porter Construction‚ Inc. performed their work based on specific plans as well as some work outside of the plans. The combined total from the planned project was $146‚740. The additional work completed at Fox’s request cost Gary Porter construction additional costs and Fox refused to pay for the additional work done outside the subcontract. Procedure: A suit was filed by Gary Porter in the Utah State Court against Fox with alleging breech
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both do think elections matter whether the president serves 4 years or even 8 years. Most of the time‚ a president has more of an impact on the country than we think. Lots of people believe that presidents don’t have enough time to really do anything as president and my wife and I tend to disagree with this statement. My wife and I believe that a president’s decisions impact the generations after he served. Take Trump for example‚ the policies he proposed on immigration caused the country to become less
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