2. Literature review This chapter reviews the literature on hypertension and hyperlipidaemia and their relation to risk factors including age‚ gender‚ genetics‚ diet and weight‚ alcohol‚ smoking‚ lack of activity and co-morbidity. It also examines mediating factors including economic factors‚ stress/personality‚ medications‚ lifestyle modifications and complementary therapies including foot reflexology and foot massage. Finally‚ it reviews outcomes (quality of life) including physiological‚ psychological
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her analysis‚ Orleck looks to the social world of eastern European women in the late nineteenth century. As young girls‚ Newman‚ Schneiderman‚ Cohn‚ and Lemlich‚ were exposed to Marxist ideas of socialism and a revolutionary spirit which touted a faith in progress and the belief that political commitment gave life meaning. The girls were also taught that gender‚ class‚ and ethnicity were fundamental social categories and are essential building blocks for social change. With this education‚ came the
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Internet penetration in Malaysia has increased steadily in the past 10 years‚ either through computers or mobile phones. Internet penetration refers to the percent of the population using the internet. It clearly means the number of people in Malaysia that have been using the internet since the internet was introduced to Malaysia in 1995. From that point on the internet usage of Malaysians has increased rapidly since 1995. Internet penetration in Malaysia has been divided into two groups. That is
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your future‚ alter your decisions today.” ~ Anonymous I have never been to Binangonan or to any place he describes in the book‚ but the author Clarence M. Batan made me feel as if I had been there in the long sunset of March 7‚ 2000‚ when a social researcher named Clarence decided to visit her grandmother‚ Nanay Biday at the hospital. This book tells us how a typical Filipino family strives hard to achieve comfort in life. I researched first on the Internet the book‚ which is “Batong
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Market penetration Depth of sales of a particular product in a given market. The deeper the penetration‚ the higher the volume of product sales. In order to expand the sales of current products in markets where their products are already being sold‚ marketers utilize market penetration strategies such as cutting prices‚ increasing advertising‚ obtaining better store or shelf positions for their products‚ or innovative distribution tactics. Market penetration (existing markets‚ existing products):
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place the index card on a poster board along with the rest of my classmates for viewing. Throughout this paper‚ I will discuss how the post secret exercise relates to the social penetration theory‚ my reaction to the post secret exercise‚ how anonymous self-disclosure differs from interpersonal communication. The Social Penetration Theory explains the differences in communication in relation to the depth of interpersonal relationships. The theory states that relationships begin and deepen through
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WRT 107 Lit Review Draft 2 10/25/2013 Research Proposal Question Do violent video games cause teenagers to commit violent crimes? Most people would argue that video games cause teenagers to commit violent crimes‚ but not everyone agrees with that. There are many cases that people have conducted research on teenagers that have committed acts of violence after playing video games. The authors of these articles state that video games leads to aggression and violence in the people
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Abstract The Effects of Facebook Communication on Social Penetration Theory This paper examines a possible study to measure how CMC -- specifically Facebook communication -- is changing and evolving social penetration theory (Altman & Taylor‚ 1973). More specifically‚ the surveys are designed to determine if self-disclosure is happening more quickly in Facebook relationships. Altman and Taylor examine the stages of self-disclosure in social penetration theory and this study will determine if the lines
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The state of the chemical‚ i.e.‚ solid‚ liquid‚ or gas‚ affects the chances of pesticide penetration into the body. Liquids or gasses can get into the body through all three routes‚ whereas solids tend to have a lower chance of entry through the lungs. However‚ if solid particles are small enough or if they remain on the skin long enough‚ penetration into the body can take place in the same ways to those of liquids or gasses. The most common route by which pesticide users are poisoned is absorption
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Ansoff Matrix: Market penetration: Harley-Davidson can use some international marketing techniques like advertising `in existing market like U.S‚ U.K and other countries like Japan. As it has a very good brand name it’s easy to hold their competitor market share which provides more customer benefits. Market penetration can be a good choice where mostly in U.S where competition is very high. They can expand and increase the sales by providing a good customer satisfaction not only in U
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