Deep Vein Thrombosis - A Patients Guide What is a deep vein thrombosis (DVT)? A DVT is a blood clot that has developed in one or more of the deep veins in the leg. The vein may be partially or completely blocked and this may cause pain‚ swelling‚ and redness in the affected limb. Why might DVT occur? Sometimes a reason cannot be found‚ but the following have been identified as potential risk factors for developing a DVT: Previous thrombosis or family history Pregnancy Recent surgery/Trauma
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managing left-sided colonic obstruction. However‚ there is a constrained data about SEMS insertion for right colonic lesions. The reason is that right colonic obstruction causes retention of less amount of fecal material(17)and can be managed by 1-stage emergency surgery (resection and primary anastomosis) without any bowel preparation andcolostomy/ileostomy formation(18).Albeit SEMS insertion for right colonic obstruction could be a significant therapeutic option‚ but conflicting results subsist‚ hence
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that all men are created equal’." -Martin Luther King Jr. The Civil Rights movement may have started out on a mission to improve the lives of the large population of African-Americans‚ but who would have guessed that King’s quest for racial integration would provoke the same quest for individual rights by another completely different group of people‚ this time the Gay and Lesbians of society. The quest for equal rights by people‚ who had unjustifiably been repressed for hundreds of years‚ would
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Civil rights movement contribution to LGBTQ Movement Martin Luther King JR once said‚ “the arc of the moral universe is long‚ but it bends toward justice.” His statement can’t be any more truthful in the context of the United States and its painfully slow movement towards equality and equal protection of its citizens. As a nation‚ we still struggle with racial tensions as a result of slavery as well as a confliction in belief and ideology‚ which is apparent in our treatment of non-Christians most
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redetermine the limits of voting rights. Each change was made to increase certain rights and decrease inequality‚ whether it was about race‚ color‚ gender‚ and age. Therefore‚ after the civil
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Human rights are not a given in all countries around the world and the same is true democracy. Half the world ’s population live without democracy. The development of democracy has come a long way in Norway and the rest of Europe. The development of human rights have occurred in parallel with democracy and there is a great deal of similarities between the two. The individual is central to human rights and democracy. In human rights by individuals with their own rights and democracy by enabling
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Canadian Law Position Paper “Minority Rights” Law - Position Paper CLN4U1-01 Ali Essop In Canada it is imperative that we protect the rights of minorities‚ but only to an extent. Canada is country with a strong policy to accepting immigrants‚ standing up for statutory minorities (even non-statutory minorities)‚ and supporting equality
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New Varieties (UPOV) Convention. The UPOV Convention‚ formed in 1961‚ acknowledges breeders of new plant varieties through uniform and clearly defined principles for exclusive property rights‚ based on criteria that the variety is distinctive‚ uniform‚ stable and novel.33 33 Commission on Intellectual Property Rights‚ 2002. 34 The Light Years project and in a recent World Bank report (Barconcelli et al.‚ 2004). Geographical Indications are a second measure used to protect diversity in access and
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Human Rights or Technology? In today’s highly technological world everyone wants the latest and greatest gizmo on the market. Companies like Apple‚ want to make as much money as possible. With both Apple and society being held responsible for the outrageous working conditions in the factories in China workers can be treated more like people. In the article “In China‚ Human Costs are Built into an iPad‚” Charles Duhigg and David Barboza argue that Apple and society are responsible for the repugnant
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September 2010‚ Wellington‚ New Zealand | I S S U E S P A P E R 1 8 ThE PUblIc’S RIghT To KNoW A REvIEW of ThE offIcIAl INfoRmATIoN AcT 1982 ANd PARTS 1–6 of ThE locAl govERNmENT offIcIAl INfoRmATIoN ANd mEETINgS AcT 1987 The law commission is an independent‚ publicly funded‚ central advisory body established by statute to undertake the systematic review‚ reform and development of the law of New Zealand. Its purpose is to help achieve law that is just‚ principled‚ and accessible‚ and that
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