1. Statement of Need/Rationale Traumatic injuries are a leading cause of death and disability for all age groups‚ with spinal cord injuries (SCI) and traumatic brain injuries (TBI) being among the most devastating. Both SCI and TBI can lead to paralysis and other life-altering health impairments. Most injuries are preventable‚ but education is key to helping people understand these vital parts of our nervous system‚ how they are important to us‚ what can occur if they are injured‚ and simple steps
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RN‚ CEN Liberty University Abstract There are many types of spinal cord injuries (SCI). Patients with SCI can symptoms that range from mild neurologic impairment (such as numbness and tingling of extremities or neck pain) to devastating total body paralysis depending on the extent of damage and where in the spinal cord the damage occurs. Management of airway‚ breathing and circulation are key with SCI patients‚ as well as immediate immobilization. With proper care and intervention‚ chances
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TADEPALLIGUDEM AMARA INST. OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY‚NARSARAOPET AMALAPURAM INST OF MGMT SCI COLL OF ENGG‚MUMMIDIVARAM ANNAMACHARYA INST. OF TECHNOLOGY. AND SCI.‚HAYATHNAGAR ANNAMACHARYA INST OF TECHNOLOGYAND SCIENCES‚TIRUPATHI ABDULKALAM INST. OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCI.‚KOTHAGUDEM AKRG COLLEGE OF ENGG AND TECHNOLOGY‚NALLAJERLA ALFA COLLEGE OF ENGG. AND TECHNOLOGY‚ALLAGADDA ANANTHA LAKSHMI INST OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCI‚ANANTAPUR AL-AMAN COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING‚VISAKHAPATNAM AMINA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY‚KANDLAKOYA
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SCI is an unexpected and devastating disease‚ which is caused by direct mechanical damage to the spinal cord and usually leads to motor and sensory dysfunction subject to the condition of injury. SCI is one of the major causes of death and disability in clinical situations. SCI brings enormous psychological and economic burdens to individual family as well as the whole society as a whole. (1‚2‚3‚4‚5) In the United States there are approximately 282‚000 people suffering from SCI and an average growth
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ANNEXURE - I Thomson Reuters (formerly ISI) Web of Knowledge is a premier research platform for information in the sciences‚ social sciences‚ arts‚ and humanities. Impact Factors are calculated yearly for journals indexed in Thomson Reuter’s Journal Citation Index. It is a measure of the frequency with which the "average article" in a journal has been cited in a particular year or period. RANK 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ABBREVIATED JOURNAL NAME 4OR-Q J OPER
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According to the National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center at UAB‚ the distribution of the causes of SCI have changed drastically since 2010. SCI caused by vehicular is at 39 % which allows for the need of rehabilitation facilities once care is done in hospitals (National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center at UAB‚ (2012). Outpatient rehabilitation programs are needed because hospital stays have declined bur 24 days to 11 days and then the inpatient rehabilitation went from 98 to 36 days.
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Available online at www.sciencedirect.com Polyhydroxyalkanoates: bioplastics with a green agenda Tajalli Keshavarz and Ipsita Roy Production of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) has been investigated for more than eighty years but recently a number of factors including increase in the price of crude oil and public awareness of the environmental issues have become a notable driving force for extended research on biopolymers. The versatility of PHAs has made them good candidates for the study
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SPECIAL SECTION: MICROBIAL DIVERSITY Rumen microbial ecosystem D. N. Kamra Microbiology Section‚ Centre of Advanced Studies in Animal Nutrition‚ Indian Veterinary Research Institute‚ Izatnagar 243 122‚ India The inhabitants of the rumen microbial eco-system‚ a complex consortium of different microbial groups living in symbiotic relationship with the host‚ act synergistically for the bioconversion of lignocellulosic feeds into volatile fatty acids which serve as a source of energy for the
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SCI 1400 – F2012 Assignment # 1 Name: SI Units‚ Train Track & Conversions Page 1 of 14 1. When discussing measurement systems‚ the abbreviation “SI” stands for _____________________________________ 2. The predecessor of the SI system of weights and measures is the ____________ system. 3. Name two other measurement systems still in use today. ______________________ _________________________ 4. The SI system officially came into being in the year ________________. 5. The metric
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Service Corporation International This case entails Merger and Acquisition analysis of Service Corporation International’s (SCI). SCI has historically relied on growth through acquisitions‚ which has helped it with synergies due to the “cluster” approach. The growth through acquisition has turned out to be effective strategy to build on synergies by sharing various costs such as cremation‚ transportation‚ staffing‚ and inventory to achieve economies of scale. Further the three criteria of finding
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