pollutes the Bay and its rivers comes from the air • Pollution from a very large geographic area can eventually wind up in the Bay • Air and water pollution are not separate problems. There is a close link between the health of our air and the health of our water Water Quality Fertilizers‚ waste water and vehicle emissions: Increased nitrogen and phosphorus fuels unnaturally high algae growth in the water • Algae turns color of the water brownish or greenish - blocking
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bowed legs and knock knees‚ which gave them a twisted appearance” (Kumar & Pania 2004). Rickets can occur because of a nutritional deficiency in vitamin D. Today this type of rickets is rare in developed countries. Children growing up in poor communities where vitamin D rich foods may be scarce are the most susceptible to rickets. Children living in areas where there is a lack of sunshine‚ such as in the Northern Hemisphere in the winter‚ also are susceptible. Another form of nutritional rickets
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Diagnosis and Management of Alagille Syndrome The first documentation of Alagille Syndrome was by a pediatric doctor named Daniel Alagille‚ in France of 1969. Later in 1973‚ Doctor Watson and Doctor Miller noted that the same disease also runs dominantly within a family‚ suggesting that it might be an inherited condition. By 1975 the specific symptoms and conditions were laid out and thus named Alagille Syndrome‚ also referred to as Alagille-Watson or Watson-Miller syndrome. The primary characteristic
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Cultural Background Summary Cultural background can refer to many different attributes in a person’s life. My cultural background is first made up of my ethnic background. My primary ethnic heritage is American‚ however my race is African American. Many people do not understand the distinguishable difference here. Americans are born in America‚ however that does not mean their ethnicity and cultures are American in nature. My ethnicity and cultures come from my African American heritage and
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BEC1 Study guide – Updated (please discard any other study guide currently in your possession and replace it with this one) – only 33 pages. Yah!! Introduction (Chapter 1 – Munro e-book) Know the definition of population‚ sample‚ parameter‚ & statistic Be able to identify and/or provide examples of descriptive statistics & inferential statistics Know the properties of & be able to identify or provide examples of quantitative vs. categorical variables Basic Concepts (Chapter 2 – Munro
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Southwest Community Health Center has been for the last five years a place of employment where I have had many experiences. The first position I served in was with four girls we worked as receptionists in the Internal Medicine department. Next door to this department was the Behavior Health department. The Internal Medicine department had three primary care physicians and three license practical nurse who mostly cares for homeless‚ or less formulate people of our community. Very rarely
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GLT1/TASK 1 WESTERN GOVERNORS UNIVERSITY GLT1 August 5‚ 2013 Economic globalization has brought the world closer together and through this epic integration‚ many cultures‚ civilizations and indigenous people are being discovered. The people are experiencing other cultures and they are caught between two worlds. The western world is experiencing and learning of new cultures and people while the indigenous world has to balance their traditional values and views while adapting to
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The Effects of Dual Diagnosis on a Person’s Life Jamie Sivels Georgia Military College November 28‚ 2012 The Effects of Dual Diagnosis on a Person’s Life People with severe mental disorders also experience a co-occurring substance abuse problem; approximately 50% of individuals with a mental disorder are also affected by substance abuse; 37% are alcohol abusers‚ 53% drug abusers (Medline). This is also called dual diagnosis which is when someone has a mental disorder
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Medicare Severity-Diagnosis Groups Diagnosis related groups (DRGs) have been around since the early 1980s‚ evolving over the years as a patient classification system. However‚ since October 1st‚ 2007‚ Medicare relies on the Medicare Severity-Diagnosis Group (MS-DRG) system to facilitate payments of services rendered for Medicare inpatients. The Beginning of MS-DRGs In the late 1960s‚ Yale University’s School of Management worked with Public Health to begin design and development of the DRG system
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according to “the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism’s National Longitudinal Alcohol Epidemiology Survey concluded that dependence and mental illness go hand in hand” (NIH‚ pg. 1). Dual Diagnosis A person who is being “treated in a psychiatric hospital may be given a dual diagnosis” (Stevens & Smith‚ pg. 158). This
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