Abstract There are mutual influences between an individual and their social environment. There are also at-risk factors involved in the life of a developing adolescent that interconnects with a series of reciprocal systems. I can recall as a developing adolescent quickly maturing into adulthood‚ the many social‚ economic‚ external and internal influences that contributed to certain at-risk behaviors. These type of influences impacted me directly and indirectly. I was influenced by the several environments
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The truth about crime prevention is more complicated less utopian than some liberals would like‚ but far more promising than conservatives will admit. Prevention can work and that it can be far less costly‚ in every sense‚ than continuing to rely on incarceration as out first defense against violent crimes. Instead of simply insisting that prevention is better than incarceration‚ then‚ we need to pinpoint more clearly what kinds of prevention workand why some programs work and others do not‚ the
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IMPORTANCE OF TERTIARY SECTOR WHAT IS TERTIARY SECTOR? The tertiary sector of the economy (also known as the service sector or the service industry) is one of the three economic sectors‚ the others being the secondary sector (approximately the same as manufacturing) and the primary sector (agriculture‚ fishing‚ and extraction such as mining). The service sector consists of the "soft" parts of the economy‚ i.e. activities where people offer their knowledge and time to improve productivity‚ performance
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Adolescence Years A child’s body begins a period of rapid change in size and shape approximately around the age of 10 years in girls and 12 years in boys. This is called the “adolescent growth spurt.” During the next four years‚ an average girl may grow 10 inches taller and gain 40 to 50 pounds. An average boy may grow 12 inches taller and gain 50 to 60 pounds. At the same time‚ their body shape begins to change‚ too. The nutritional requirements of young people are influenced primarily by the
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How can AKI be prevented? According to the National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death 2009‚ up to 30% of cases of acute kidney injury may be preventable and the best ’treatment of AKI is prevention.’ [3]This can mainly be done by identifying patients most at risk as early as possible. This would involve constant monitoring of urinary output and serum creatinine levels for the high risk patients. However in general‚ all hospitalized patients with acute illness should be monitored
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Pertussis Prevention Kyla Peyton-Buzi Herzing University- Madison‚ WI Pertussis Prevention Bordetella pertussis‚ commonly referred to as whooping cough‚ is a “highly contagious infection with an 80% transmission rate in susceptible close contacts” (The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC]‚ 2010). Generally speaking‚ infants and adolescents act as the reservoirs for this disease‚ but it can also be found in adults. Often‚ the symptoms of this disease may be mistaken for an upper
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The period of transition from childhood to adulthood is called Adolescent with accelerated physical‚ biochemical and emotional development. It is a unique period of dynamic change which may be referred to as “Growing up”. Adolescence is the time period that begins with the onset of puberty and lasts nearly a decade i.e.‚ from the age of 12-13 to around 20 years of age. It is a period of rapid growth and maturation in human development. It is this period that the final growth spurt occurs. If the
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INTRODUCTION: Nigeria‚ a nation endowed with natural‚ human and capital resources with a population of over 160 million people an estimated growth rate of 4.65 percent and covers 923.8 thousand square kilometers‚ about the size of California‚ Nevada and Arizona states in the United States‚ (Usman‚ 2007). Nigeria as a country‚ is the eight largest oil exporting country in the world and its oil reserves are estimated over 1000 trillion cubic feet (Usman‚ 2007). It is unfortunate that a country with
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the youths themselves to the programs. Research has extensively documented the harms of tobacco to people‚ specifically youths but none of it has stopped the tobacco industry from creating advertisements intended for youths. According to the World Health Organization “Tobacco companies must attract a new generation of tobacco users to survive. The industry constantly loses customers because many current smokers quit smoking or die from tobacco-related diseases. As a result‚ tobacco companies develop
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MANAGING CULTISM IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS BY SULAIMAN ABDULLAHI KARWAI‚ Ph.D‚ fmca‚ mnim‚ mimc‚ DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY‚ ZARIA. Abstract Importunate secret cult activities have created a culture of fear and turned many tertiary institutions into centres of violence‚ where Fear‚ anxiety and insecurity of lives and properties are the order of the day. These scenarios have resulted in poor learning‚ poor performance and low academic attainment. The objective
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