INTRO Prader-Willi syndrome or PWS‚ is not a disease many people have knowledge about‚ or have even heard about it. Only about 1 in 25‚000 children are born with this rare syndrome. In 1956‚ Prader-Willi was first described by Andrea Prader‚ Heinrich Willi‚ and Alexis Labhart. Prader and Willi‚ both Swiss pediatricians‚ and Labhart‚ an internist‚ were the first people to publish a report on this syndrome (Nord‚ 2015). In the research‚ they described characteristics observed of the affected children
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Context and concepts Paul Willis conducted a study called “Learning to labour” in 1977 in which he studied 12 working class students in their last 18 months at a school in the West-Midlands‚ the methods he used were observation and participant observation. The boys he studied were known as the “lads”. These boys knew what they needed to do in order to achieve and get qualifications but instead they chose to reject school and developed laddish behaviour‚ because they believed that education was
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The patient I chose for my case study is a one-year-old female infant. The patient was born to term‚ but was lethargic at birth and had feeding difficulties. At 3 months’ old‚ she was diagnosed with Prader-Willi syndrome. According to the U.S. National Library of Medicine‚ “Prader-Willi syndrome is a complex genetic condition that affects many parts of the body. In infancy‚ this condition is characterized by weak muscle tone (hypotonia)‚ feeding difficulties‚ poor growth‚ and delayed development
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Cross-cultural Management 380 Assignment One ; Joe Willis Feeling the Heat of Thailand By Cécile Branco-cote Due on October 7 1- Reading the case study‚ there is two challenges that stakeholders have identified as a threat to the efficiency of Thailand’s Fasco Motors subsidiary. The first one is the lack of trust between the three new executives and the Thailand’s team members. The second challenge‚ deriving from the first‚ is the lack of affective communication between members. The three
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thousands‚ if not millions. Prader-Willi Syndrome is a genetic disorder that causes obesity‚ intellectual disability‚ and shortness in height. PWS was first described by Swiss doctors Andrea Prader‚ Alexis Labhart‚ and Heinrich Willi in 1956 based on the clinical characteristics of nine children they examined. PWS is recognized as the most common genetic cause of life-threatening childhood obesity. It is estimated that in one 12‚000 to 15‚000 people has Prader-Willi syndrome. Although considered as
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Prader Willi Syndrome Prader Willi syndrome‚ or more commonly known as PWS is a disorder that causes “obesity‚ intellectual disability‚ and shortness in height” (Mayo Clinic). PWS is a not a common disorder. According to MNT‚ it is estimated that “one in 25‚000 people have PWS in the US and it affects an estimated 350‚000 to 400‚000 people worldwide.” However‚ PWS is the most common genetic cause of life-threatening childhood obesity that has been identified to date in genetic clinics. There is
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Susan Willis is a very intelligent woman that is an English Professor at the University of Duke. Even though she has a high intellect‚ Willis often views her surroundings through a skewed point of view. Because Willis is a communist‚ she tries to belittle anything positive about a democratic organization. Having such a biased opinion makes Susans remarks fairly invalid. At the very beginning of Willis’s essay she says “spontaneity is so great that spontaneity itself has been programmed.”Not even
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Medical factors that may impact the behavior: Bonnie has been diagnosed with Prader-Willi syndrome a life-threatening disorder which begins in childhood. Individuals with Prader-Willi syndrome develop an insatiable appetite which results in chronic overeating and obesity (United States National Library of Medicine‚ 2015). Bonnie’s diagnosis of Prader-Willi syndrome is a strong causal link for strong desire to obtain food. Bonnie also has multiple disabilities and sensory problems. Individuals with
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Estate Plan for Willis and Wanda Notimeleft Advance Business Law Willis and Wanda Notimeleft have a net estate of $8.5 million dollars. They are 87 and 86 years of age‚ respectively. They have 3 children‚ Daryl (56 YOA)‚ Darlene (54 YOA)‚ and Derelict (49 YOA). They desire to pass their property on to their children and do not believe in giving money to charities. Daryl is a priest who recently was honored by the Pope at a ceremony at the Vatican. He has one child‚ Ohio‚ who nobody knows
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FURPS + F > Functionality- Feature set‚ Capabilities‚ Generality‚ Security U> Usability- Human factors‚ Aesthetics‚ Consistency‚ Documentation R> Reliability- Frequency/severity of failure‚ Recoverability‚ Predictability‚ Accuracy‚ Mean time to failure P> Performance- Speed‚ Efficiency‚ Resource consumption‚ Throughput‚ Response time S> Supportability- Testability‚ Extensibility‚ Adaptability‚ Maintainability‚ Compatibility‚ Configurability‚ Serviceability‚ Installability‚ Localizability
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