stressor event is an occurrence that provokes a variable amount of change in the family system (Price‚ Bush‚ & Price‚ p. 7)”. There are ten dimensions of family stressors‚ which are internal vs. external‚ pervasive vs. bounded‚ precipitate onset vs. gradual onset‚ intense vs. mild‚ transitory vs. chronic‚ random vs. expectable‚ natural generation vs. artificial generation‚ scarcity vs. simple‚ perceived insolvable vs. perceived solvable and last but not least substantive content. The B factor is better
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Biological explanations for anorexia nervosa Biological explanations for anorexia nervosa include neural explanations and evolutionary explanations. 1st BIOLOGICAL EXPLANATION - Neurotransmitters -Serotonin Disturbances in the levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin appear to be a characteristic of individuals with eating disorders. Kaye 2005 found a reduction in the levels of the serotonin metabolite 5-HIAA in people with eating disorders. This suggests that brain serotonin pathways are underactive
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Chronic & Communicable Diseases Objectives Discuss & give examples of chronic diseases. Define communicable diseases & explain their significance. Discuss disease transmission. Explain how communicable disease is transmitted by: a. intestinal discharges. b. nose & throat discharges. c. zoonoses (animals) Discuss the disease spread by vectors and their control measures. Environmental Impacts Paradigm: Exposure-Response (EIA : EHIA) Exposure - def: any condition
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oral rehydration solution during oral rehydration therapy. A multicenter trial was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of Lactobacillus GG administered in the oral rehydration solution to patients with acute-onset diarrhea of all causes. Methods: Children 1 month to 3 years of age with acute-onset diarrhea were enrolled in a double-blind‚ placebo-controlled investigation. Patients were randomly allocated to group A‚ receiving oral rehydration solution plus placebo‚ or group B‚ receiving the same preparation
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Diabetes Mellitus Diabetes Mellitus (DM) – “a chronic‚ progressive disease characterized by the body’s inability to metabolize carbohydrates‚ fats‚ and proteins‚ leading to hyperglycaemia (high blood glucose level)” (Black & Hawks‚ 2009‚ p. 1062) Epidemiology: Pathophysiology Overview According to Canadian Chronic Disease Surveillance System‚ “[i]n 2008/09‚ close to 2.4 million Canadians aged 1 yr and older were living w/ diagnosed diabetes (either type 1 or type 2)” making diabetes as one
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Integrated Theories Terms Theoretical Integration: the integrated theory of crime was created because most crimes do not fit into just one theory. Therefore‚ the integrated was created so that theories can be lumped together Propositional Integration: involves the formal process of integrating different theoretical propositions. Through this process‚ a new separate theory is created. Generally‚ there are three types of propositional integration: side-by-side‚ end-to-end‚ and up-and-down. Conceptual
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. What type of medication is prescribed to diabetics? Insulin. 2. What type of medication is prescribed to diabetics? For human insulin‚ it is consists of two polypeptide chains in which the chain A has 21 amino acids and chain B has 30 amino acids (Beta Cell Biology Consortium‚ 2014). Other than that‚ the two polypeptide chains are connected by two inter-chain disulfide bridges (Beta Cell Biology Consortium‚ 2014). For insulin from other animals‚ the structure is almost the same as human insulin
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juvenile diabetes because the onset of this is type usually only happens to younger people. Such as children‚ teenagers and young adults. Although‚ there have been cases where adults have been diagnosed which type 1 diabetes. This type of diabetes happens with the beta cell in the pancreas stops producing insulin. Insulin is what the body products to turn food into energy. B. The other type of diabetes is Type 2 diabetes. 1. Type 2 diabetes is generally called adult-onset diabetes or noninsulin-dependant
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The behavior of nonverbal gestures at pauses in speech Studies that have examined bodily gesture reach a wide variety of conclusions as to the nature of gesture in relation to speech. Some hypothesize that the two occur in synchrony and are part of an integrated cognitive system ‚while others hypothesize that gesture is a paralinguistic phenomenon serving to aid speech production‚ and occurs more often when speech becomes difficult.These theories however are based on results from studies that
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Questionnaire data submitted by the site - Available supporting documentation for the reported event(s) excluding personal identifiers and treatment exposure details - Adjudication Response Form (Appendix A) pre-populated with subject ID‚ event term and event onset date. 7 EVENT VALIDATION AND ENDPOINT REPORTING Adjudication is completed according to the procedure described in PV-60-04: Case Adjudication Completion. Adjudication Response Forms are used by each team to capture the final determinations of
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