Introduction First Aid is the medical care given to an ill or injured person before the arrival of professional responders. First aid is basic medical care given to an ill or injured person by a non-professional in an emergency. What is interesting is the purpose of first aid; to prevent further harm - for example‚ if someone has collapsed in the middle of a road where they might not be seen‚ you want to make sure that they won’t get hit by a car too. To preserve life - so to prevent them deteriorating
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COVID 19 through a dilution effect. Disease-causing parasites and pathogens tend to survive and spread better if they infect animal hosts that are abundant rather than rare simply because there are more to infect (1). Birds‚ bats and rodents act as reservoirs for disease transmission and limit the spread but when those populations decline it creates a spillover to humans (1). In the case of COVID 19
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Interlinking of rivers – A different view The Supreme Court issued a judgment on 27 th Feb 2012 to the Government of India to implement the scheme to interlink rivers. The government shall set up a high level committee on interlinking of rivers; the committee shall meet “at least‚ once in two months”; in the absence of any member the meeting shall not be adjourned; the committee shall submit a biannual report on actions to the Union Cabinet‚ “which shall take final and appropriate decisions in the
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booth is the central theme of this work. Semi-conductor based thermoelectric modules can be used to alter the temperature of the booth to a considerable extent‚ with respect to the ambient condition. For designing of this unit‚ water is stored in a reservoir placed beneath the booth and is circulated through
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Percutaneous Nephrostomy Percutaneous nephrostomy‚ or nephropyelostomy‚ is an interventional procedure that is used mainly in the decompression of the renal collecting system. percutaneous nephrostomy catheter placement has been the primary option for the temporary drainage of an obstructed collecting system. With proper training‚ technical success is achieved in more than 95% of cases. Diagnostic imaging often demonstrates the level and cause of obstruction; however‚ at the time of tube placement
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Identifying Heroes: The Godfather and Pulp Fiction The form of Classical Hollywood films is‚ first and foremost‚ invisible. In a Classical Hollywood film‚ the narrative is foremost‚ and style serves the narrative. Camera angles‚ lighting and editing patterns such as the shot/reverse-shot pattern aim to give us the best possible perspective on the unfolding events(1). These events are arranged in a strongly causality-oriented linear narrative‚ with one event causing the next. This narrative is
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Since the early 90s‚ the electrical energy sector has undergone profound and dramatic changes. More and more countries moved towards the deregulation of their energy sectors‚ from a regulated and monopolistic industry to one were the market forces of supply and demand determine the unit price of electricity. The first case of energy sector deregulation in Europe was recorded when the United Kingdom with the Electricity Act of 1990 created the Electricity Pool for England and Wales. Norway soon
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* Intravenous therapy or IV therapy is the infusion of liquid substances directly into a vein. The word intravenous simply means "within a vein". Therapies administered intravenously are often called specialty pharmaceuticals. It is commonly referred to as a drip because many systems of administration employ a drip chamber‚ which prevents air from entering the blood stream (air embolism)‚ and allows an estimation of flow rate. * Intravenous therapy may be used to correct electrolyte imbalances
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Why is that all policy makers‚ scientists and interest citizens argue that species extinction is one of the most serious environmental problems? The importance of the need for protecting endangered species is discussed below. i) Value as genetic reservoir: Plants and animals possess undiscovered or undeveloped traits‚ which are very important for the survival of a particular species. When all the genes of all the individual members in a given population are added together‚ a gene poll is created
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near the mine‚ and a representation of the general public who believe that hydraulic fracturing is not an ethical method of extraction. Talisman Energy has recently been granted a long term contract to utilize fresh water from BC Hydro’s Williston Reservoir. Local residents are concerned about the additives used in Talismans fracking process‚ as well as the depletion of their fresh water source. The major environmental concerns associated with hydraulic fracturing include the presence of fracking
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