A computer is not an acronym and is sometimes abbreviated as comp or ’puter. The term "computer" was originally given to humans who performed numerical calculations using mechanical calculators such as the abacus and slide rule. The term was later given to a mechanical device as they began replacing the human computers. Today’s computers are electronic devices that accept data (input)‚ process that data‚ produces output‚ and then store (storage) the results. The first computer was called the ENIAC
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neurotransmitters‚ chemicals that carry signals from nerve to nerve. It is needed for normal brain development and function‚ | Water Soluble | In children and infants : seizure activity. In adults : anemia‚ irritability‚ and depression. | Progressive sensory neuropathy | Vitamin B12 | Organ meats (liver‚ kidney‚ heart‚ and pancreas)‚ | * Participates in three essential enzymatic reactions in the human body | Water Soluble | Anemia ‚neurologic changes‚ affects growth and repair of cells. | No toxic effects
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Alcohol...alcohol is everywhere in the United States. Commercials on tv show drinking to be fun all the time‚ but they don’t tell you what really happens when you drink all the time. Drinking can be fun‚ but when you start drinking every weekend your health starts going bad. According to MADD almost every 90 seconds a person is involved in a drunk driving accident. The U.S.A’s legal drinking age has caused many people to want to change the drinking age to 18. Lowering the drinking age to eighteen
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Consumer Protection Paper – Super Size Me Based on our group discussion‚ we came into a conclusion that Consumer Protection are made to ensure fair transactions and along with that are truthful information’s in the marketplace. This is advantageous especially consumers‚ so that they would not fall into the traps of businesses that will not do them any good. This is also to save them from businesses that are engaged in fraud or any unfair practices that the company does. The four basic rights
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Occupational therapists intervene in the lives of individuals who are physically and mentally incapable of performing daily routines. Occupational therapists treat individuals with a variety of disorders including cerebral palsy. Cerebral palsy is one of the more serious disorders occupational therapists have to come across in their careers. In actuality‚ cerebral palsy refers to a group of disorders and is prominent in children‚ “Cerebral palsy is a blanket term that refers to a group of disorders
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Modernity is defined as the state or quality of being modern and the theories of development have emerged as a result of this concept. Sociology and Modernity developed hand in hand and were based on similar foundations. Rational forms of thought and organisation; a belief in the ability and right of humans to shape and control their own lives; faith that technology and science could fix human problems and reliance upon manufacturing industries to improve living standards are some of the concepts
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ICD-9 vs. ICD-10 The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) is a standardized diagnostic classification with a comprehensive coding system that is endorsed to analyze the mortality and morbidity trends through identifying the sources of disease‚ injury and death. It is published and maintained by the World Health Organization (WHO). There has always been an essential need for the periodical revision of ICD to better align the health and medical science with progress in health information
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machine for more than two weeks. Room 370’s past medical histories include: multiple strokes‚ vertigo‚ HTN‚ benign prostate hypertrophy (BPH)‚ diabetes mellitus type 2‚ which Room 370 is currently taking insulin for‚ vitamin D deficiency‚ diabetic neuropathy‚ chronic kidney disease stage 3‚ and
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Paradoxical Vocal Fold Movement (PVFM) is a condition characterized by occasional attacks of breathing difficulty in which one’s vocal folds involuntarily adduct during inhalation and/or exhalation‚ and therefore restrict the airflow to and from the lungs (Mathers-Schmidt‚ 2001). It is also referred to as Vocal Cord Dysfunction and although it is not necessarily a voice disorder‚ voice disorders often co-occur with it. This paper will look to explore factors influencing the differential diagnosis
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from the brainstem to the abdomen‚ with branches in the neck‚ thorax and abdomen 68. The vagus nerve is part of the autonomic nervous system‚ has efferent fibers‚ ascending signals from the brain to the peripheral organs‚ as well as afferent sensory fibers‚ and transmits information from the peripheral tissue to the brain. The ANS consists of three components: the sympathetic‚ noradrenergic and parasympathetic‚ cholinergic systems that occur in the CNS‚ with the cell body in the brainstem and spinal
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