show and winning the Ig Nobel Prize. This created awareness of Clocky activated both the needs of some consumers as the interest of consumers who viewed this as a fun product because of the “quirk” factor that was emphasized Support of M.I.T.’s Media Lab – provided guiding and support for the prototype No funding – the prototype was build with a family loan. Getting funding from sponsors might limit the control over the actual
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The Leading Causes of Infant Deaths "Infant mortality (as defined by Wikipedia Encyclopedia) is the death of infants in the first year of life." Infant mortality deaths can be caused by several different factors including health of the mother‚ health practices‚ and living conditions of the mother. "In the United States‚ about two-thirds of infant deaths occur in the first month after birth and are due mostly to health problems of the infant or the pregnancy such as preterm delivery or birth defects"(www
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Journal Article Review 1/2 The second article that I chose for this week was relating to the most common population that is seen in the pediatric developmental clinic: premature infants. The article begins with an introduction informing the reader of some statistical information relating to premature births and the costs of hospital stays. In the introduction‚ the problem is presented‚ informing the reader that there is a need for interventions that are evidenced-based‚ to help reduce hospital
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Premature babies and some of the complications Premature Babies and some of the complications There have been many medical advances in both prevention and intervention that will hopefully lead to lower premature birth rates. Premature births affect 500‚000babies-which is 1 of every 9 infants born in the United States. Worldwide‚ more than 15 million babies are born to soon each year. Prematurity exponentially increases a variety of complications such as breathing problems. Teen pregnancy
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“Bath Salts”: A New Drug Epidemic—A Case Report Article Review #2 This article dealt with the aspects of the new and rising epidemic to which is referred as “bath salts”‚ or methylenedioxypyrovalerone (MDPV). The author shows an example of the effects of the drug by using set person‚ Mr. S‚ to show what happens to the average bath salt user. Mr. S is a fifty year old man who has had a prior substance abuse to methamphetamines and a history of violence resulting in incarcerations. After extensive
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Infants who have a cleft lip and/or cleft palate have craniofacial anomalies that affect their ability to efficiently consume nutrients. Specifically‚ these infants have openings on their lips and/or palate that make breastfeeding or obtaining fluids from standard bottles difficult. Consequently‚ management for feeding and swallowing is vital to ensure that these infants are receiving the necessary nutrients to grow and be healthy. The role of the speech language pathologist (SLP) is to facilitate
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There’s no question that "breast is best"‚ but breast milk is particularly beneficial for the premature baby. However‚ babies born prematurely often have difficulty breastfeeding. This article will explore ways to overcome these breastfeeding challenges in order to provide your premature infant with the invaluable benefits of breast milk. The content of your breast milk is uniquely tailored to your specific baby’s needs. As your child grows from newborn to toddler‚ the nutritional content of your
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COMMUNICATIONS 5N0690 Assignment 3 – Communication Technology Essay DANIELA BALINT COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY ESSAY Communication 5N0690 Assignment 3 DANIELA BALINT Page 1 of 8 COMMUNICATIONS 5N0690 Assignment 3 – Communication Technology Essay DANIELA BALINT Table of Contents Introduction .............................................................................................................. 3 Advantages and Disadvantages of Communication Technology .
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Running head: THE DEMOGRAHICS OF CRYSTAL METHAMPHETAMINE 1 THE DEMOGRAHICS OF CRYSTAL METHAMPHETAMINE 11 The Demographics of Crystal Methamphetamine: Who Uses it‚ and Why? Student?s Name College The Demographics of Crystal Methamphetamine: Who Uses it‚ and Why? Crystal methamphetamine (meth) use evokes passionate discourses in popular culture‚ and in‚ official‚ scholarly‚ and clinical circles. A synthetic drug that has roots in the German amphetamine of the late nineteenth century; crystal
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I met with the gentlemen of Graffiti Research Lab Vienna‚ aka‚ GRLv‚ and they were kind enough to break it on down and show me how to set up a laptop‚ camera‚ projector‚ and laser to be a nondestructive and awesome graffiti tool. The following is copied directly and without edits from the README file as found in the Laser Marker zipfile that you can find in the sidebar at http://graffitiresearchlab.at. Laser Marker // Graffiti Research Lab Vienna ======================== ====== ======================
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