A. Trachoma This is an infectious disease caused by the bacterium “Chlamydia trachomatis”. The infection causes the inner surface of the eyelids to become rough leading to pain in the eye‚ breakdown of the cornea and possible blindness. Untreated‚ repeated trachoma infections result in entropion - a painful form of permanent blindness when the eyelids turn inward‚ causing the eyelashes to scratch the cornea. Children are the most susceptible to infection due to their tendency to easily get dirty
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Personality tests are used to better understand how one is perceived by others in day to day interactions. Although the questions asked seem very random at times‚ they cover a wide range of topics to better evaluate the individual. Along with evaluating someone’s personality‚ the tests are also used to give suggestions of possible career fields that would best suit the individual. After taking a few of these tests myself‚ I hope to have a better idea of my personality and apply the results to my
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Proteins Purpose: To test for the presence of starches and protein macromolecules‚ to introduce the concept of variations in chemical compounds. Hypothesis: If biuret is blue after a test for protein‚ then it is a negative result because biuret reagent is blue to begin with. If a solution is pinkish purple‚ or purple‚ then the test for protein is positive. The test solution for starches is yellowish brown. If any substance that is yellowish brown when mixed with iodine‚ then the test for starches is
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Marcia’s Cosmetics for several years. She has always been friendly to Marcia but treated the other staff with indifference. When Marcia retired‚ Jill lost the account for what key reason(s)? | | a. | It was time for a new sales representative. | b. | No one knew her. | c. | No one was educated about her products. | d. | Jill’s communication style was different from the new buyer’s. | e. | Jill failed to develop good personal relationships with key people. | | 2. | Kenny works for a
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The Perfectionism Disease Perfectionism‚ the definition of perfectionism: is refusal to accept any standard short of perfection. The root word of Perfectionism is perfect‚ but perfectionism isn’t perfect. Perfectionism is a disease. Once you get the disease you are most likely to deal with the things you were trying to avoid. Dangerous side effects of this horrible disease is depression‚ stress‚ and being self-critical. Depression‚ is basically being sad all of the time. Why would anybody be
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Equine Diseases I have had pretty much every “farm animal” except a horse. I’ve always liked riding my uncles house and I think it would be nice to understand some of the different terms and diseases in horses. They are different from the hogs and cattle we’ve had and they seem like they need more care to stay healthy. I always hear different terms that I’m not exactly sure what they mean. One of them is “cribbing”. This is a fairly common issue in horses that are kept in a smaller area. It’s
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Unit 4222-264 The principles of infection prevention and control Outcome 1 Understand roles and responsibilities in the preventiont and control of infections 1.1. Explain employee’s roles and responsibilities in relation to the prevention and control of infection. Infection is a major cause of human suffering. Even relatively minor infections can become more serious‚ leading to major infection and can‚ in some cases‚ lead to patient death. In addition to patient suffering‚ infection causes
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INSERT INTRO Although contrary to popular belief Lyme disease is very easily prevented. The easiest way to do this is when outside where long clothing that covers up almost all of your skin. This makes it harder for ticks or any other insects carrying the disease to burrow into your skin and use it as a shelter. Another very easy prevention for Lyme Disease is to avoid areas that are known to have insects that carry this disease. The most common places to find these insects is rural or suburban
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Amanda Bower MAE Disease Paper May 28‚ 2013 Kuru Disease The disease Kuru first appeared during the 1950s to 1960s. It mainly occurred in the New Guinea region. A person can develop Kuru from consuming a family member’s dead brain tissue. Another way an individual can acquire the disease is through contact with opened sores or wounds present. Kuru can be considered a prion disease due to the fact it is part of a class of infectious diseases known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies(TSE)
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both eyes. These cataracts may be so small that they do not affect vision. If they do‚ the lenses may need to be removed. 4. Radiation cataract- Cataracts can develop after exposure to some types of radiation. GLAUCOMA Glaucoma is a group of diseases that damage the eye’s optic nerve and can result in vision loss and blindness. However‚ with early detection and treatment‚ you can often protect your eyes against serious vision loss. At first‚ open-angle glaucoma has no symptoms. It causes no pain
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