Definition The median nerve‚ which controls movement and feeling in the palm-side of the hand‚ runs from the forearm to the hand through the carpal tunnel in the wrist. The bottom and sides of this tunnel are formed by bones‚ and the top of the tunnel is covered by strong band of connective tissue called a ligament. Repetetive movement‚ or certain conditions such as pregnancy and arthritis‚ can cause swelling within the carpal tunnel. The swelling puts pressure on the median nerve and can cause
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Vol. 41‚ No. 6‚ November–December 2011‚ pp. 534–547 issn 0092-2102 eissn 1526-551X 11 4106 0534 http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/inte.1110.0544 © 2011 INFORMS Designing New Electoral Districts for the City of Edmonton Burcin Bozkaya Sabanci School of Management‚ Sabanci University‚ Orhanlı-Tuzla‚ 34956 Istanbul‚ Turkey‚ bbozkaya@sabanciuniv.edu Erhan Erkut Ozyegin University‚ 34662 Istanbul‚ Turkey‚ erhan.erkut@ozyegin.edu.tr Dan Haight Centre for Excellence in Operations‚ University of
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QANT 610 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT TAKE HOME MIDTERM EXAM Q1. Bob Richards‚ the production manager of Zychol Chemicals‚ in Houston‚ Texas‚ is preparing his quarterly report‚ which is to include a productivity analysis for his department. One of the inputs is production data prepared by Sharon Walford‚ his operations analyst. The report‚ which she gave him this morning‚ showed the following: 2008 2009 Production (units) 4‚500 6‚000 Raw material used (barrels of petroleum by-products) 700 900 Labor
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The colonial overseas British empire was made possible by (modern) science in two ways. First‚ science provided the physical means of acquisition of territory and its control. Second‚ the development of the powerful intellectual system of modern science gave Europe a cultural and ethnic superiority which in turn provided legitimacy for the colonial rule. From 1869 till‚ say‚ 1914 the Indian upper class made conscientious efforts to cultivate pure science with a view to countering the ideological
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Ch. 1 1. To what causes can the improvements in workplace safety made to date be attributed? Improvements in safety until now have been the result of pressure for legislation to promote safety and health‚ the steadily increasing costs associated with accidents and injuries‚ and the professionalization of safety as an occupation. Improvements in the future are likely to come as a result of greater awareness of the cost effectiveness and resultant competitiveness gained from a safe and healthy
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Section 1-2 Ex. 26 Surgery vs. Splints – A study compared surgery and splinting for subjects suffering from carpal tunnel syndrome. It was found that among 73 patients treated with surgery‚ there was a 92% success rate. Among 83 patients treated with splints‚ there was a 72% success rate. Calculations using these results showed that if there really is no difference in success rates between surgery and splints‚ then there is about a 1 in 1000 chance of getting success rates like the one obtained
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The ultimate demise of Levi Jeans Company came long before the announcement was made on the closing of eleven of its US factories‚ ending the jobs of over 6‚000 employees--many of which had been long term. Although many manufacturing type businesses are notorious for their "slave labor wages" and less than reputable working conditions‚ Levi ’s Strauss broke the mold by maintaining its character of always treating its workforce fair and employees as valued. The company was ranked in many polls and
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Film Paper: Island of Flowers Island of Flowers is a short documentary that follows the life of tomato from its cultivation to its demise. The first few minutes of the film are rather comedic with the narrator’s monotone description of the most mundane of things; how humans have opposable thumbs‚ the explanation of what money is‚ etc. However‚ the film takes a rather serious turn towards the end when we visit what’s known as the “Island of Flowers.” This area is essentially a dumping ground
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Career Interest - Administrative Assistant For as long as I can remember‚ I have always wanted to work in an office environment‚ around computers and other professional peers. I enjoy working with computers mainly because they are very interesting and you can learn a lot of things by working with them. I like to surf the net‚ to create scrapbook pages‚ and do all my banking and personal finances on my computer. My friends and family call me the “Computer Guru” because I have taught them most
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Public speaking persuasive speech Cmst 60 200 points Nancy Hickson 3-5 minutes Body 1 There are several negative impacts to university students who were addicted to play video games. Too much video game playing makes us anti-social. Also‚ we may spend less time in other activities such as doing homework‚ reading‚ sports‚ and interacting with the family and friends. Video games do not exercise our imagination actually. Using imagination may be important in developing creativity. Some video
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