RNTCP Response to Challenges of Drug resistant TB in India January 2012 (Update) Prevalence of Multi-drug resistant TB (MDR-TB): MDR-TB is defined as resistance to at least isoniazid and rifampicin (two of the most potent first line anti-TB drugs)‚ with or without resistance to other first-line drugs. MDR TB is important because patients with this type of drug resistance respond extremely poorly to standard anti-TB treatment with first-line drugs. MDR TB requires relatively costly laboratory
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Earthquake Resistant Buildings A Research Paper in Writing in the Discipline Emilio Aguinaldo College In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of the Course in Writing in the Discipline Submitted by: Manicdao‚ Marlone S. Introduction Earthquakes are major geological phenomena. Man has been terrified this phenomena for ages‚ as little has been known about the causes of earthquakes‚ but it leaves behind a trail of destruction. There are hundreds of small earthquakes around the
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Why it is important to believe in change for individuals with disabilities in today’s community. (Hader)Developmental Services‚ Inc. is a nonprofit agency established in 1975 to help children and adults with mental‚ physical‚ and emotional disabilities reach their greatest potential at home‚ work and in the community. DSI provides early intervention services as well as job training and job placement‚ independent and group living‚ life skills training‚ respite care and family support. DSI currently
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9/20/2013 Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus also known as MRSA is a bacteria frequently found on the skin of generally healthy people. MRSA is usually spread through skin to skin contact or contact with an object containing the bacteria. Most of the time you may be carrying the bacteria but you are not ill. Mostly people with weak immune systems and have been in health care centers
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2.3 Explain why change can be beneficial to business organisations Organisations need to change for a wide variety of reasons. Some of them are internal reasons – things going on within the organisation that need to be addressed. Some of them are external reasons – things happening out in the rest of the world that influence the organisation and prompt a need for change. Several things can prompt the need for organisational change‚ including: • changes in technology – e.g. telecommunication companies
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Gold is widely used in modern day medicine to treat disorders. This is because gold is very resistant to bacteria. Bacteria are microscopic single-celled organisms. Bacteria are prokaryotes‚ meaning the entire organism consists of a single cell with a simple internal structure. The DNA of a prokaryote is neatly packed in the nucleus. The bacterial DNA floats freely in a twisted threadlike mass called the nucleoid. Gold is unaffected by almost everything. The only materials that can affect gold are
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requires bold programs to drive high performance along three dimensions: change management‚ leadership and culture.” Peter Cheese and Yaarit Silverstone. Topic: Managing Change in Global IT Projects and Organizations 1. Introduction 2. Background Information – The Emergence of Change Management 3. Organizational Change 4. Global Organizations and Change 5. The Change Management Process 6. Managing Change on International Projects 7. The Cross-Cultural Management Model 8
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29 April 2013 Topic 7: Power and Conflicts Textbook question: Which power bases lie with the individual? Which are derived from the organisation? (max. 200 words) Power bases that lie with the individual include expert power‚ which is the power gained because of the ability of someone with expert knowledge in a field. Another one is the referent power‚ which is the power that gained due to individual possessing characteristics desirable to others. Power bases that are derived from the organisation
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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus September 22‚ 2013 Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus also known as MRSA‚ is a bacteria that is resistant to many antibiotics. In the community‚ most MRSA infections are skin infections. In the medical facilities‚ MRSA causes life-threatening bloodstream infections‚ pneumonia and surgical site infections. (Methecillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections‚ 2013) Individuals would benefit
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Electronic Journal of Structural Engineering‚ 6 (2006) Seismic Pounding between Adjacent Building Structures Shehata E. Abdel Raheem Civil Engineering Department‚ Faculty of Engineering‚ Assiut University‚ Egypt E-mail: shehataraheem@yahoo.com ABSTRACT: Investigations of past and recent earthquake damage have illustrated that the building structures are vulnerable to severe damage and/or collapse during moderate to strong ground motion. Among the possible structural damages‚ seismic induced
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