Project on Air Pollution BIO-103.3 Summer 2013 Prepared for: Dr. S.M. Mostafa Kamal Khan (SKK) Introduction to Pollution: What is Pollution? Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that causes adverse change. Pollution can take the form of chemical substances or energy‚ such as noise‚ heat or light. Pollutants‚ the components of pollution‚ can be either foreign substances/energies or naturally occurring contaminants. Air Pollution: Air pollution is the
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No Child Left Behind The education policy that I chose is on education today and the influence of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act. In 2001‚ President George W. Bush signed into law the No Child Left Behind Act. The NCBL is a United States Act of Congress‚ which includes Title 1 (program for disadvantaged students offered by the government). This Act requires states to develop assessments in basic skills. Each state is required to give these assessments to all students to receive federal school
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Lung Cancer Have you ever thought of what it’s like to have Lung Cancer? It’s a common disease for adults but‚ rare for kids to get. About 234‚030 people have been diagnosed with Lung Cancer this year‚ mostly male adults. It’s a very common disease for adults world wide. It’s the 5th worst disease in the world. Read to find out all about Lung Cancer. Lung Cancer is a common disease caused mostly by smoking weed and tobacco and Asbestos. Asbestos is a mineral that can woven into fabrics for fire-resistant
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Air Quality Index As a community health nurse‚ if I had patients with respiratory issues that were affected by poor quality air index‚ modifying their care and giving proper education would be my focus for these patients. Air quality index tells you how clean or polluted the air is. When air pollutants are high it makes it harder for patients with asthma and other respiratory diseases breathe comfortably. While we can’t control outdoor air pollutants‚ we do have some control of the air inside
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Lung Cancer Jean Flick‚ RN‚ MS; Marty Carlson‚ RN‚ MS; and Diane Maxwell‚ RN‚ MS Top of Form Diagnostic Tests The healthcare provider completes the examination and prescribes a chest x-ray‚ which is scheduled for the next morning. 1. Which instructions should the nurse provide to prepare Mr. Prieto for the x-ray? A) "You should not eat or drink anything after midnight." Feedback: INCORRECT It is not necessary to be NPO prior to an x-ray. B) "You will need to remove jewelry‚
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tea removes fatigue‚ tiredness and headache. It also increases the capacity of thinking. It is also used for lowering body temperature. The principal constituent of tea‚ which is responsible for all these properties‚ is the alkaloid-caffeine. The amount of caffeine in tea leavers varies from sample to sample. Originally it was thought that caffeine is responsible for the taste and flavour of tea. But pure caffeine has been found to be a tasteless while substance. Therefore‚ the taste and flavour
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02/21/2011 Fresh Air Portland Community College decided to become smoke-free in the fall of 2009. They were just one of the many colleges in Oregon‚ and by extension‚ in the United States‚ to become smoke free campuses. Most people know that smoking is bad‚ but how bad is secondhand smoke? Many people that go to campuses dislike breathing in secondhand smoke. PCC’s policy‚ as of fall 2009‚ to become a non-smoking campus‚ was a wise decision that listened to the students. Secondhand smoke
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No Child Left Behind Over the last decade‚ America has had countless challenges. Between the attacks on September 11‚ 2001 to the war on terrorism‚ this nation has had its share of new policies put in place to better the country as a whole. One of the most popular and challenging ones that has been in and out of the news is the‚ “No Child Left Behind Act.” The No Child Left Behind Act was created to better the education and the future of the American child. The act has many different element
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Essay 1 Air Pollution: Causes and Effects It keeps us alive but at the same time‚ it can also be harmful. We breathe air everyday. Air provides us with oxygen that is essential for living. Nitrogen‚ water vapor‚ and inert gases comprise air along with oxygen. Emission of substances that contaminate air results to pollution. Causes Air pollution is both natural and human-based. Natural air pollution is caused by phenomenon such as volcanic eruption‚ wind erosion‚ decomposition and radioactive
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species belong to theses forests; it is their natural habitat which we are annihilating by deforestation. These animals without their natural habitat will not be able to survive. One of the major causes of global warming is deforestation. The huge amounts of carbon emission for our factories and cars are released into the atmosphere. The plants and trees‚ which inhale the excess carbon dioxide being released‚ are now being cut and global climate change will soon reach its peak. Also‚ in these forests
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