In Jerome Groopman’s fascinating New York Times article “What’s the Trouble‚” we learn of three specific cases in which skilled physicians‚ “rely[ing] on shortcuts and rules of thumb...known...as ‘heuristics’” (Groopman 4)‚ fail to make accurate diagnoses concerning the unknown maladies of their subjects. However‚ since the article is written from the limited perspective of a medical professional‚ it lacks insight into the heuristic techniques of the patient‚ the cursory and sometimes imprecise trial-and-error
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Jerome Murdough‚ a fifty-six-year-old ex-Marine‚ was looking for a safe place to sleep in 2013‚ when he was arrested and charged with trespassing. He was fined over two thousand dollars and‚ due to his insufficient funds‚ was sent to Rikers Island—where he met his end. Murdough was in the suicide watch section of the prison due to a history of mental illnesses and was supposed to be periodically checked every fifteen minutes. Autopsies show that he likely died of heatstroke or severe dehydration
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Jerome Kerviel - Genius of Fraud Background: Imagine growing up in a working class European family that is getting by but is by no means rick. You ’ve done well in undergraduate college and are on the verge of graduating with a Masters in Finance from a reputable university but didn ’t do much to differentiate yourself while there. After grad school‚ you receive an offer for a middle office position at a large investment bank who guaranteed there ’s room to grow into a trading position‚ you
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Interpretation. “A victim to one hundred and seven fatal maladies”. The text is written by an English writer and humorist Jerome K. Jerome‚ best known for the comic travelogue “Three Men in a Boat”. The story is about one young healthy men who thought he became “a victim to one hundred and seven fatal maladies”. The story is written by a humorist‚ that’s why it contains a lot of different funny moments and special stylistic devises. The first one we met already in the name of the story “A victim
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correlating to a similar real world action. Fast forward a couple hundred years to the 1940s‚ choreographer Jerome Robbins followed the 19th c. ballet tradition. Robbins placed an emphasis on utilizing gestures and mime to create ballets that had realistic‚ individual characters which can be observed in his ballets Fancy Free‚ The Concert‚ and Dances at a Gathering. Robbins’s focus on character development made his ballets more relatable
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the 18th century. His artwork St. Jerome in Penitence is one of his typical artworks‚ and it was made in 1798. It is oil on canvas painting and moderate in size of 75 x 45 inches. According to the Royal Academy Classification‚ the type of this painting is genre. There is a figure in the center‚ and the figure posed as desperately praying to cross on left hand in his common daily life. This centered figure position makes more focus on the human figure. St. Jerome was the Christian scholar and not
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Jerome David Salinger was one of the most prominent writers of the 20th century. His crowning achievement was The Catcher and The Rye. Along with this he also boasted A “Perfect Day for Bananafish”‚ For Esmé – with Love and Squalor‚ and the Glass family novellas‚ to name a few. Most of his works involved adolescent youths growing up and loss of innocence in harsh times. This is probably to his rough early years‚ his involvement in WWII‚ and the myriad of his relationship and religious changes.
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Wednesday‚ October 10‚ 2001 This essay is based on the two theories by Jerome Bruner and B.F. Skinner. In this essay B.F.Skinners ’ theory on Operant Conditioning is compared to that of Jerome Bruners ’ theory on cognitive learning. This states the ideas and opinion ’s of the two persons ’ and their theories on learning. Jerome Bruner had a great effect on cognitive learning. Bruners ’ theory states‚ " to perceive is to categorize‚ to conceptualize is to categorize‚ to learn is to form categories
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Biology 511 Article Summary Vital Signs By H. Lee Kagan Vital Signs by an internist H. Lee Kagan is an account of a healthy-looking woman without warning (no crying‚ no clutching of chest)‚ suddenly collapsed onto the floor during check in at a clinic. A doctor acts swiftly to diagnose the potential fatal conditions the patient might be experiencing. First‚ the doctor checked the three most important things: airway‚ breathing‚ and circulation and concluded that the patient has no cardiac or respiratory
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Kagan continues to evaluate the idea of death and the effects it has on a person through possible arguments and conditions. He concludes that death can be a negative experience for a person. Death is bad for a person because it deprives them of the good they might have received if they continued to live. Although death can be unfortunate for a person‚ Kagan continues to explain that it is neither appropriate nor reasonable to fear death. Kagan begins his discussion on why it is unreasonable to
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