Survey of Lifespans Professor Nalbandian Due Date: October 1‚ 2012 Topic 1 : Activity 2 Genetic and Chromosomal Abnormalities There are many genetic and chromosomal abnormalities that ail much of our population today. The three that I chose to discuss‚ not only peak my interest‚ but are also disorders that I plan to work with in the future: Klinefelter Syndrome‚ Fragile X Syndrome‚ and Downs Syndrome. All three disorders impair those that they affect‚ in mental‚ cognitive and physical
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What is the most significant abnormality shown in the serum chemistry? -The most significant abnormality is a rise in the Potassium levels. The reason this is the most significant is because of the narrow physiologic range. What abnormality is shown in the EKG? -There are “peaked” or “tented” T waves. The T wave represents the repolarization of the ventricles which is normally demonstrates soft gradual rise following the QRS complex‚ however in this case the t wave is not properly formed.
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Looking at the Graph‚ we are able to project a potential incremental growth of demand versus supply. Incremental is based on the following criteria. 1. Total local market population of the business location 2. Minimum initial projected average sales of 35-50 units per day for six days to cater a potential market population of 1‚000 people. 3. A six month projection with a 10% incremental boost in sales for the first quarter to the 4th month and a plateau projection at the 5th month onwards
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Shannon-Weaver Model of Communication “mother of all models” by Claude Shannon and Warren Weaver. It embodies the concepts of information source‚ message‚ transmitter‚ signal‚ channel‚ noise‚ receiver‚ information destination‚ probability of error‚ encoding‚ decoding‚ information rate‚ channel capacity‚ etc. a model which reduces communication to a process of ’transmitting information’. Components: o Information source o Transmitter o Channel o Receiver o Destination o Noise Physical
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Associate Level Material Appendix C Acute Care Patient Reports Fill in the following table with a general description of each type of patient report‚ who may have to sign or authenticate it‚ and the standard time frame that JCAHO or AOA requires for it to be completed or placed in the patient’s record. Four of the reports have been done for you. |Name of Report |Brief Description of Contents |Who Signs the Report |Filing Standard | |Face
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Behaviourists approach assumptions - The main assumption of the behaviourist approach to understanding abnormality is that all behaviour‚ normal or abnormal‚ is learned from the environment. This means that if a behaviour is associated with a positive outcome it is likely to be repeated‚ but if is associated with a negative one it is unlikely to be repeated. The three types of learning are classical conditioning‚ operant conditioning and social learning. Classical conditioning is learning by association
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Behavioural Perspective of Abnormality ( Behaviour is determined by our experiences ( Concentrates on behaviours- the responses an organism makes to the environment ( Behaviours can be external (actions ) or internal (feelings or thoughts) ( Behaviourists believe that people are the sum total of their learned behaviours ( Believe that abnormal behaviours/functioning can be learned. ( Applied principles of conditioning and social learning theory to explain development of psychological
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Abnormal Psychology 1) Abnormality is defined from an average where common behaviour is defined as “normal” and rare behaviour is defined as abnormal. These characteristics can be shown and placed on a scale “graph” that would reveal how common their score is in comparison to everyone else. There are problems deciding how rare behaviour has to be to be considered abnormal‚ phobias could be defined as normal as they affect a lot of the population. Different cultures have different definitions
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Seven Elements Of Abnormality In 1998 Rosenhan & Seligman described the seven elements common to most definitions of abnormality. The seven elements they can up with are suffering‚ maladaptiveness‚ irrationality and incomprehensibility‚ unpredictability and loss of control‚ vividness and unconventionality‚ observer discomfort‚ and violation of moral and ideal standards. Suffering is when patients report that they are suffering. Maladaptiveness is behavior‚ which prevents people from achieving
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com/children/congenital-abnormalities-congenital-abnormalities/ DEFINITIONS Congenital Abnormalities (Congenital Disorders) is a disorder in the structure‚ function or body metabolism that is found in the baby when she was born. Approximately 3-4% of the newborn has a severe congenital abnormality. Some new abnormality found at the time the child begins to grow‚ which is about 7.5% diagnosed when the child was 5 years old‚ but mostly mild. CAUSE Most babies born with congenital abnormalities have parents
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