Introduction Hepatitis B infection is one of the major and common liver infectious diseases worldwide‚ and caused by a small enveloped DNA virus‚ the hepatitis B virus (HBV). (Tong 2005Int J med Sci) Importantly‚ over 20 million people are infected annually with HBV and there are globally 350-400 million chronic carrier of HBV. (McMahon 2005.) Routes of infection include vertical transmission (through childbirth)‚ early life horizontal transmission (bites‚ lesions‚ and sanitary habits)‚ and adult
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Problem of bullying in schools Problem-solution essay Final draft Academic Reading and writing I Nurman Assima (ID: 20110635) November 25‚ 2011 Outline I. Introduction Thesis statement: Due to the fact that problem of bullying negatively affects students’ learning ability‚ their health and the entire school climate society should take definite and urgent measures to solve it. II. Background * School bullying is a kind of aggressive and angry behaviour. *
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Health promotion and disease prevention are processes that enable individuals to improve their health. Health promotion seeks to increase an individual’s control over their health by addressing behavior under the control of the individual. Disease prevention is associated with medical and public health activities to prevent diseases. Health promotion and disease prevention have been utilized in the U.S. health care system for many of years and extensive research has been done on which preventive
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Disseminated gonococcal infection is caused by hematogenous infection of N. gonorrhoeae from the primary site of infection. It occurs in both men and women‚ but is seen more frequently in women‚ because women with gonorrhea are often asymptomatic‚ which allows the dissemination of infection before the patient experiences symptoms. Pregnancy‚ menses‚ and terminal component complement deficiencies also increase the risk for disseminated gonococcal infection as a result of endometrial exposure of submucosal
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July 1‚ 1973‚ by Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1973‚ signed by President Richard Nixon on July 28.[2] It proposed the creation of a single federal agency to enforce the federal drug laws as well as consolidate and coordinate the government’s drug control activities. Congress accepted the proposal‚ as they were concerned with the growing availability of drugs.[3] As a result‚ the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (BNDD)‚ the Office of Drug Abuse Law Enforcement (ODALE); approximately 600 Special
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3. The MSN prepared nurse will have barriers no matter which clinical setting they practice. As the infection control practitioner at my facility‚ I will always face barriers in preventing the spread of infection. I work with many disciplines which include physicians‚ nursing‚ environmental services‚ facilities‚ dietary and the list is infinite for everyone participates in infection prevention. One of the biggest barriers faced is the “sacred cow” as described in the article Putting Evidence into
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Speech: A very good morning to the principal‚ Mr. Gan‚ the senior assistant‚ Mrs. Lim‚ respected teachers and fellow friends. I am grateful for your presence and I am extremely delighted with this valuable opportunity to meet you all in this great morning. Frankly‚ it is honour to be entrusted to deliver a speech to you on the topic “……………………..” Undoubtedly‚ it is the responsibility of the property owner to prevent mosquito breeding sources. The immature stages of the mosquito so called egg‚ larva
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æ Solutions Reducing use of fossil fuels would significantly reduce the amount of carbon dioxide produced‚ as well as reducing the levels of the pollutants which cause acid rain (Solutions). This can be achieved by either using less energy in general‚ or using alternative energy sources. There are many ways to conserve energy such as: turning off any lights in a room which isn¡¦t being occupied. If you¡¦re making a short trip to the store and it is in walking distance conserve energy and take
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Pressure Ulcer Prevention Capstone Project Milestone # 4: Pressure Ulcer Prevention Introduction Pressure ulcers continue to be a prevalent issue in the health care system and causes “pain‚ slow recovery from morbid conditions‚ infection and death” (Kwong‚ Pang‚ Aboo‚ & Law‚ 2009‚ p. 2609). In the field of nursing turning and repositioning patients is a well-known nursing intervention to prevent development of pressure ulcers. However‚ many hospitals and facilities still neglect to apply
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executable program that can hack the files of the victim’s computer and reformat‚ delete or modify the files. The virus is executed only when the file that contains the virus is opened or if the program with the virus is executed as well. It leaves infections as it travels from one computer to another. The spread of the virus relies on the users whenever users would use removable media devices‚ download or through e-mails. An example of a computer virus would be the Pikachu virus which was the first
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