Plague Notes Lifespan of yersinia pestis bacilli outside of living host: • In frozen cadavers (years) • In putrefying cadavers (a few days) • In ground (dies rapidly) • In micro-climate of rodent warrens (several months→ years) Urban cycle is important for mass destruction of urban ways? A flea bites rodent‚ and then the wild rodent will have some type of contact with a human. Or the infected flea will direct the person. INFLUENZA • Acute respiratory infection due to influenza virus
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Sarah Ghaffoor is from New Jersey. She was accepted into Mercer County Community College‚ where she earned her associate degree in exercise science while playing collegiate soccer. After two years at Mercer County Community College‚ she transferred to Chowan University to further her education and continue her soccer career. At Chowan University‚ she is a member of the Women’s Soccer Team and currently a senior who is majoring in the exercise science field of study. She is currently applying to
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Cabugao Institute CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER : THE ABNORMAL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE LIVER By: Benedict C. Piamonte IV-PROGRESS A Research Paper in English IV Presented to Mrs. Susana S. Gazmen February 24‚ 2012 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to thank to my friends‚ my classmates‚ especially to my teacher Mrs. Susana S. Gazmen for sharing her time in preparing this research paper successfully and to the teacher in library‚ librarian Mrs. Maricel Galamgam who allowed me to do
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years especially‚ with problems regarding concussions. In July 2009‚ researchers published findings that suggested a causal link between head injuries sustained while playing football and a degenerative brain disease known as chronic traumatic encephalopathy otherwise known as CTE (“NFL Head Injuries”). CTE‚ a progressive degenerative disease of the brain‚ causes the brain to increasingly deteriorate over time. CTE has led to multiple counts of player suicides and other symptoms after retiring from
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negligence or asphyxia during labour play a role (Perlman‚ 1997). (It should be noted that intrapartum asphyxiation is responsible for an estimated 1.6 out of 10‚000 cases of neonatal encephalopathy (American College… 2003)). While
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mortality risk due to TEN. Here patient developed Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis after taking the tablet Ofloxacin. Due to severe desquamation of skin and hypovolemia patient died on the nineteenth day of reaction. His poor baseline conditions and uremic encephalopathy due to renal failure are also contributory factors for
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and gender (too often dubbed as “social” categories) to imperialism - generally regarded as a “political” category - demands attention to the specifics of the historical time frame … The widespread fears around the hopes of controlling sexually transmissible diseases made prostitution a laboratory for medical surveillance; gender and class made the prostitute a vulnerable if not always obedient
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A neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is an intensive care unit specializing in the care of ill or premature newborn infants. The first official ICU for neonates was established in 1961 at Vanderbilt University by Professor Mildred Stahlman‚ officially termed a NICU when Stahlman was the first to use a ventilator off-label to assist a baby with breathing difficulties. A NICU is typically directed by one or more neonatologists and staffed by nurses‚ nurse practitioners‚ pharmacists‚ physician assistants
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are: * Drinking alcoholic beverages. * Having alcoholic substances. What organ it effects? It affects several organs. For example: * Brain: Drinking a large amount of alcohol causes damage to the brain. It can lead to the hepatic encephalopathy that is known as a fatal brain disorder. * Liver: Basically‚ in taking of alcohol means in taking of toxins. Liver tries to get rid of these toxins by breaking them but the liver turns out fatty. Alcohol results in an increase in the
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Sports have made a huge impact in people’s and communities lives. The article “Hard Knocks” is all about how football might be just too dangerous to play. Even some people have been severely injured while playing football. The long term negative health effects of high impact sports injuries are concussions and C.T.E.’s. Football is one of the many sports that causes concussions‚ which can lead to long term effects. “Bryce Monti was about to make a routine tackle when he knocked heads with one
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