This week’s readings focused on the use of visual and graphical expressions to convey all or part of one’s historical argument. John Theibault makes two salient observations about visualizations. First‚ how the author presents the graphic can shape the reader’s perception of the argument in either intended of unintended ways. For example‚ a map that illustrates election results by county of any recent presidential election gives the perception of a Republican Party landslide. A Cartogram or
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Problem Statement Unplanned extubation in critical care patients has been greatly scrutinized over the past years because of its contribution in higher risk for mortality‚ morbidity‚ and resource utilization (Epstein et al‚ 2000). Unplanned extubation is defined as a "premature removal of the endotracheal tube by the patient" (Chevron et al‚ 1998)‚ i.e.‚ self-extubation or "premature removal during nursing care and manipulation of the patient" (Betbese et al‚ 1998)‚ i.e.‚ accidental extubation
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“M]odelling human mental disorders in experimental animals is fraught with difficulties. Depression models generally lack both clinical and scientific credibility and have‚ thus far‚ failed to inform treatment strategies previously acquired through serendipity.” Meaning that just because humans and chimps have some similar characterizes there is millions of DNA sequence differences plus innumerable and variable differences in gene expression between our two
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every vending machine glitched. Chance could not explain why Ata‚ and only Ata‚ received the double drops. Chance could not explain why we wasted $200 on candy we didn’t want‚ and chance could not spark a witch-hunt for answers (and gummy worms). Serendipity requires luck‚ but only magic
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Market Economy Notes (Capitalism): Capitalism was both an economic and political theory that grew throughout the Enlightenment. This is why it is sometimes referred to as “Classical Liberalism”. Adam Smith (1723-1790) -His books‚ The Theory of Moral Sentiments and An Inquiry Into the Nature of Causes of the Wealth of Nations were published in 1776. -The Theory of Moral Sentiments: In the work‚ Smith critically examines the moral thinking of his time‚ and suggests that conscience arises from social
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imagined. One of the things people do not understand about Planned Parenthood is that it teaches kids how to have safe sex. I learned that 50 percent of pregnancies are unplanned‚ and one third of unplanned pregnancies result in abortion. Planned Parenthood is all about giving people knowledge so that they wont have to have an unplanned pregnancy. One of the many things Planned Parenthood teaches teenagers is abstinence. Many conservative Christian groups believe that Planned Parenthood should
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1101-003 22 April 2013 Comprehensive Sex Education: The Most Effective Way to Prevent Teen Pregnancy Americans are affected everyday by unplanned pregnancies. “Every year 400‚000 babies are born to girls younger than age 19” (Foreman 26). There is no arguing that the teen unplanned pregnancy rate is high and according to The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy‚ the American rate is still the highest in the industrialized world. The argument comes with what approach should be taken
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channels increases membrane permeability to water. Many human cell types express them‚ as do certain bacteria and many other organisms‚ such as plants for which it is essential for the water transport system. Agre said he discovered aquaporins "by serendipity." His lab had an N.I.H. grant to study the Rh blood group antigens. They isolated the Rh molecule but a second molecule‚ 28 kilodaltons in size (and therefore called 28K) kept appearing. At first they thought it was a piece of the Rh molecule‚ or
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Here I would like to emphasize a bit on Social Capital. Social capital according to me is the pool of ties that a person encompasses during his lifetime including strong and weak ties. Persons with higher social capital are bound to be better off with greater health and general well being. Social capital helps to leverage the people we communicate with for the benefit of our shared and individual interest. We can relate this with a famous punch line - “I scratch your back‚ you scratch mine.” The
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WHERE GOOD IDEAS COME FROM The argument of this book {Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation By Steven Johnson} is that a series of shared properties and patterns recur again and again in unusually fertile environments. The have been distilled down into seven patterns. The more we embrace these patterns—in our private work habits and hobbies‚ in our office environments‚ in the design of new software tools—the better we will be at tapping our extraordinary capacity for innovative
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