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Ray WA, Chung CP, Murray KT, Hall K, Stein C. Prescription of Long-Acting Opioids and Mortality in Patients With Chronic Noncancer Pain. JAMA. 2016;315(22):2415-2423. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.7789.

Prescription of Long-Acting Opioids and Mortality in Patients With Chronic Noncancer Pain
Wayne A. Ray, PhD1; Cecilia P. Chung, MD, MPH2; Katherine T. Murray, MD2,3; Kathi Hall, BS1; C. Michael Stein, MB, ChB2,3
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JAMA. 2016;315(22):2415-2423. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.7789.

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ABSTRACT | INTRODUCTION | METHODS | RESULTS | DISCUSSION | CONCLUSIONS | ARTICLE INFORMATION | REFERENCES
Importance  Long-acting opioids increase the risk of unintentional overdose deaths but also may increase ...

Problem

What is the problem the study was conducted to research?
Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is a global health issue. There is an increase in type 2 diabetes in African-Americans. Lack of knowledge in lifestyle and treatment interventions has led to the increase of T2DM in African-Americans. Type 2 Diabetes is a leading cause of blindness, renal diseases and lower limb amputations. African-Americans having T2DM also suffer from high blood pressure and low glycemic levels in blood.

Why is the problem an important one for nursing to research?

Diabetes has become a serious health issue among the public. Registered nurses should have latest knowledge about different interventions for diabetes. The article is ...

Article Summary

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Humor is considered as the effective means of enhancing the wellbeing of the individuals by means of developing the positive inclinations in the individuals and become socially active. Humor is categorized in two categories, adaptive and maladaptive humor, hence, their effects are considered to alter the wellbeing of the individuals. The humor exercises are found to be effective in enhancing the mental health of the individuals. The current study was aimed to determine the effectiveness of humor, gratitude and savoring exercises on the wellbeing of the individuals. The participants of the study in a control group incorporated the ...

Formative Critique of Two Journal Articles

Pieterse, H. J., Caniels, C. J. M. and Homan, T., 2012. Professional Discourses and Resistance to Change. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 25(6): 798-818. DOI 10.1108/09534811211280573

Overview of the study

Strengths and weaknesses
At a glance, the topic of resistance to change is vital as well as practical for business organizations. Hence, taking the initiative to investigate the causes of resistance to change is the first strength of the study. More importantly, the authors have a detailed, thorough and comprehensive analysis of the prior literature on the topic. The exhaustive analysis of the change management literature gives the study a legitimate ...

The article “Identifying Customer Requirements for location-based Services” by Matthias Möller, Sascha Vukovic, Jonathan Landgrebe aims to explore strategies that can be effectively used in the early development phase of location-based mobile technologies. They define location-based services as those providing location-specific information additionally tailoring it to user characteristics and personal details. Some examples of such services could be car navigation or tourist tour planning (Schiller & Voisard, 2004). This technology can significantly reduce user effort in finding information that is specific to his/her current location and time. Successful implementation of these strategies, according to the authors, could ...

Article Summary

Kuo, J. R., & Linehan, M. M. (2009). Disentangling emotion processes in borderline personality disorder: physiological and self-reported assessment of biological vulnerability, baseline intensity, and reactivity to emotionally evocative stimuli. Journal of abnormal psychology, 118(3), 531.
Borderline Personality Disorder is defined as “A pervasive pattern of instability of interpersonal relationships, self-image, and affects, and marked impulsivity beginning by early adulthood and present in a variety of contexts.” The essential features of a personality disorder are “impairments in personality (self and interpersonal) functioning and the presence of pathological personality traits” (APA, 2013).
In 1993, Marsha Linehan proposed a theory of Borderline ...

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Is the title clear and concise? (Yes or No):
Comment: Yes
Does it promise no more than the study can provide? (Yes or No):
(Hint: Read article completely and work through other sections before answering this one.)
Comment: Yes
Carbon monoxide is known to be an exceedingly perilous indoor contamination prompting serious wellbeing results. In any case, CO-related mortality information is not accessible through standard reporting plans, and accordingly, the extent of CO- related mortality has dependably been liable to estimation.
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Wright, A.G.C., Pincus, A.L., & Lenzenweger, M.F. (2012). Interpersonal development, stability and change in early adulthood. Journal of Personality 80/5, 1340-1372. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-6494.2012.00761.x . Retrieved 22 Nov 2014, from EBSCOHost database.

Introduction

The paper aims to research the ‘development of the interpersonal system’ mapped by the ‘interpersonal circumplex’ in early adulthood (ages 18-22).
The paper recounts the considerable body of previous research studying the personality changes that occur across the life span of a human being. Researchers have observed that personality traits are highly stable in adulthood, barring exceptions. The mean rate of change in personality traits remains minimal, ...

- Where did you find the research article? Did experts in the field review it before it was published?
The research article was published in the Journal of Education for Business in 2011 . The paper was classified as peer-reviewed, therefore, validating that it was reviewed by experts in the filed before it was published.
- Does the article have a stated research question or problem? That is, can you determine the focus of this author’s work? If so, what is the stated research question or problem?

Research Question 2: What values do students place on interview traits?
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Introduction

My stand is that citizens should never be executed. Executing a citizen amount to a gross violation of ethics and it brings more harm than correction. In the emotional perspective, execution of a citizen leaves a mark that cannot be erased on hearts of persons close to the executed person, it can never heal. Rather than being a corrective means, it turns out as a traumatizing experience to the family members of the executed; it can take a very long time for them to recover and come into terms with the reality. Capital punishment can very effectively be replaced by life imprisonment, which though separates the ...

1 Peter 3:19-20 In the Light of Dominant Themes

In Jewish Literature

Wayne Grudem
Wayne Grudem, in his “Christ Preaching Through Noah: 1 Peter 3:19-20 in the Light of Dominant Themes in Jewish Literature,” offered an interpretative analysis of Peter’s writing. His analysis revolved around three important questions: (1) Who are the spirits in prison? (2) What did Christ preached? (3) When did He preached? He then expounded on them using Views 1to 5, as restated and explicated in concise form below:
View 1: When the Spirit of Christ "which was in them," such as in Noah when he ...

There are countless social problems in countries all around the world, but arguably there are more in developing countries, such as those in Africa. Furthermore, what can begin as a problem caused by nature, such as a drought, can soon become a social problem with many facets. In her article, East Africa Food Crisis 2011, Shah describes how the worst food crisis is taking place in East Africa, namely in Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya. Published on July 31, 2011, on the Global Issues website, the piece explains how in spite of consecutive futile rains, the emergency has been assessed as unnecessary and ...

In her article, “East Africa Food Crisis 2011,” Shah describes how the worst food crisis is taking place in East Africa, namely in Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya. Published on July 31, 2011, on the Global Issues website, the piece explains how in spite of consecutive futile rains, the emergency has been assessed as unnecessary and man-made, as the situation had been foreseen numerous months prior by a global early warning system. Both international and local governments have been blamed for taking little action in the approach to this emergency. Furthermore, high food prices have caused many people to not be ...

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The reviews on Africa’s solar based enterprises are quite recent and cover a majority of related topics. He has reviewed the factors that provided an impetus to solar power based enterprises and the existing opportunities. However, the need for some more reviews on the reasons addressing slow development in the field is evident. Nevertheless, it is successful in drawing the readers’ attention on the gaps existing in the current review of scholarly works.
The three basic research questions raised in the study clearly underline its problems and the purpose. Through these questions the author seeks to address the ...

Tesla Motors is one of the most promising companies in automotive industry regardless of its business struggles in the past. In fact, despite the costly prices of its unique cars, the company has gained strong based of consumers and followers of the brand. With this impressive performance in the market, a study concerning its business strategy through SWOT analysis and Value Chain analysis is worth setting. It is interesting to note the fact that the company has reportedly reconfigured its system and has taken full charge and ownership of its value chain concerning strategy. This is with a determined ...

Corporate decision makers and governments have subscribed to the view that cashflow is a reliable indicator of a firm’s health.usually, cash flows are pragmatic yardsticks. One need not look into other sources of information, but in the level of cash coming in versus the amount of cash being spent, to determine the feasibility of a business.
However, Gentry says that cashflows, particularly operating cash flows are not as reliable as they seem to be. Taking off from a study done by Casey and Bartzack, it has been found that operating cashflows do not provide significant information on the ...

Brief Introduction and Importance to Mental Health Nursing

The article entitled “Recovery in Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD): A Qualitative Study of Service Users’ Perspectives” written by Katsakou, Marougka, Barnicot, White, & Lockwood (2012) presented an exploration of the perception of recovery from individuals diagnosed with BPD, classified as service users, or those contracting professional mental health treatment. The study had been pursued due to the lack of clear understanding of the manner by which persons diagnosed with BPD attained their respective personal recovery goals and were deemed to be consistent with the recovery goals or clinical improvements provided by mental health practitioners. The study is considered important ...

Article #1: Becker, R., et al. (2011). “Functional dysphagia therapy and PEG treatment in a clinical geriatric setting.” Dysphagia, 26, 108-116.
1). Summary: The article by Becker et al. delves on the outcomes of two Functional Dysphagia Therapy (FDT) with one group using percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG), and another group of non-PEG users.
2) Element: The victims of stroke and those with cerebrovascular diseases have neurogenic dysphagia, 50% and 30% respectively. The result of this study revealed a mortality rate of 19.7%, and lower for the second group of non-PEG users which is at 8.6%.
3) Outcome: Those ...

Article: Does the Need to Belong Moderate the Relationship Between Perceptions of Spirit of Camaraderie and Employees’ Happiness?

Authors: Amernio Rego, Solange Souto & Miguel Pina e Cunha
What research question (s) or hypothesis did the study address?
The main purpose of the authors for formulating the paper is to highlight how the perception of spirit of camaraderie can explain the 5 different dimensions of the employee’s affective well-being and how the mentioned relationship is moderated with the help of the employees’ need to belong (Rego et al, 2009). In line with the main purpose of the article, the authors listed the following hypothesis that they aim to address in the study: (1) Employees with ...

Abstract

Despite receiving little attention from many, the subject of Pentecostal soteriology continues to confuse majority of the congregation with a few of them having little insight, if any on matters of the Holy Spirit and baptism. Often these subjects are tackled by church ministers who often suffer from prejudice, sometimes lacking the expertise to interpret scripts from the bible. Previous studies also do not offer convincing enlightenment on the same subject. Following this trail, this paper refers to some prior studies and continues to guide the reader through a journey on the study of the Pentecost along with its integration to ...

White collar crimes are financially motivated and non-violent crimes majorly committed by people of high social status. The term “white collar crime” was coined in 1939 by Edwin Sutherland in his speech to the American Sociological Society.White collar crimes are difficult to detect and prosecute. Perpetrators employ highly sophisticated methods to commit crimes and hide the heinous activities through a chain of complex financial transactions. Punishment for these crimes involve: incarceration, restitution, community service, probation, criminal forfeiture, fines or disgorgement.

Bernie Madoff's $50 Billion Ponzi Scheme-Forbes Magazine

This prominent investor was involved in a Ponzi investment scam with the Madoff’s Hedge Fund. A Ponzi scheme is a fraudulent ...

1. In Schenck v US, 249 U.S. 47 (1919), members of the socialist group distributed antiwar circulars to new military recruits in violation of the Espionage Act. The Court held that words are not protected by the First Amendment when they are used in a way that bring about substantive evils to which Congress has a right to prevent. This clear and present danger test was subsequently used in Abrams v. US 250 U.S. 616 (1919) and Gitlow v New York, 268 U.S. 652 (1925). In Abrams, the Court upheld the conviction of the defendants on the grounds of clear and ...

Response Paper

In his paper, Notes of a Painter, Henri Matisse presents the idea that art should be able to speak for itself and should present itself, in a way, that a context is not mandatory to appreciate the art piece. He says that expression does not lie in passionate human face or violent movements. He believes the entire setting in a picture is expressive and everything plays its role in projecting the image of the artwork. So if something is not useful in a picture, it obviously means that it is harmful. He believes that expression lies in the very composition of the picture too, ...

David Kolb developed the Experiential Learning Cycle theory in 1984. In his theory, Kolb explained that learning happens in four stage cycles and four separate learning styles where the recipient learns by undergoing the different knowledge phases from experience to reflection, followed by conceptualizing and ends with Action.
The Experiential learning theory according to Kolb outlines learning as the process of gaining, assimilating, transforming and owning knowledge by interacting with the environment (Kolb, 1984, p. 41). These interactions include abstract, concrete, reflective and active participation forms of learning.

The learning process follows this basic model (Saul McLeod, 2013)

As indicated in the model. Kolb’s learning model follows a ...

PSYC101 Journal Article ReviewAssignment - Part 2Article Analysis, Connection, and ReflectionDue: 11:55pm ETSunday at the end ofWeek 6of the 8-week course termYou may work on this assignment ahead of its deadline but may not submit it prior to Week 6.Points Possible: 140
OVERVIEW: For Part I of this two-part assignment you identified and summarized elements of a published scholarly article selected from the classroom Resources Folder. For Part 2, which is due by the end of Week 6, you will analyze, connect, and reflect on aspects of your selected article. Note that the words “succinct” and “thorough” repeat regularly ...

David Chandler in his essay “Representing the Mad King: George III in Cinema” argues that different representations of the notorious King were affected by currents of the time that those representations were created. George III is an infamous historical. Chandler points out that there were three areas of everyday life that George III’s unique rule irrevocably changed. He calls his illness “the most famous” in British history and lists three areas where the consequences of it can be measured: political, attitudes towards the monarchy, the understanding of mental illness” (Chandler, 74). As understandings of mental illnesses, madness and ...

Helen Keller reflects on what she calls “the most important day” of her life when she met her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan. The day was March 3rd, 1987 and Helen Keller was seven years old at the time. She describes her experience prior to this meeting, and prior to her education, as being immersed in a dense fog. This fog was lifted by her education. Her teacher taught her to spell words by tracing the individual letters into her hand. Helen Keller describes her frustrations as a deaf and blind girl with no knowledge of language, and how her teacher slowly ...

Introduction

Facebook is widely known social network tool that is used by different users for different purposes across the globe. Facebook attracts 845 million users globally. These statistics shows that; there are more Facebook users in the entire globe, and these users use the social network tool for different functions. Facebook attracts individuals as well as corporates to reach out to the outside world. These functions include; marketing, relay of important information, and enlightening the public about some life based issues.

Marketing through Ads

Facebook group allows users to use the site freely. It has free entry, free exit policy that does not ...

The article, “Predicting Human Brain Activity Associated with the Meanings of Nouns” was written by Tom M. Mitchel, Svetlana V. Shinkareva and their five associates. The article was published in Science in May 2008. It outlined a computational program that predicted which parts of the brain were stimulated and would respond to certain words and images, or certain stimuli. I found several concepts of the article very interesting. For example, the basis of the article’s studies was founded on creating a computational framework subject to linguistics. In layman terms, a grid of the mind was drawn up, based on nouns. Scientists ...

Q1. What is their hypothesis?

Q2. What are the objectives and endpoints and are they clear?
Q3. What ethical permissions were obtained and are they suitable?
Ethical permissions for research involving human participants were approved by Ethics Committee of Human Experimentation of Tehran University of Medical Sciences.

Q4.Is it double blind/placebo controlled and is the protocol appropriate in this area?

It is not double blind/placebo controlled and the protocol was not appropriate, since only females from a single university were allotted. This could be a biased study.

Q5. How suitable is the randomization?

The randomization was not suitable for the sample, since it chosen via advertisement but there were a suitable randomization for choosing both groups (Gregory et al., 1993).
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Q6. Has it recruited a suitable cohort of patients?

Suitable cohorts of ...

The article reports on a Cessna 525A jet accident. At the time of the accident, the jet was found with four bodies’ two men and two women whose identities could be immediately established. Charles Muttillo vice president of Morley builders of Santa Monica issue a statement stating that the jet was ferrying Mark Benjamin, CEO of Santa Monica-based Morley Construction, and his son, Luke Benjamin, a senior project manager with the company, and two other occupants from Hailey Idaho to Santa Monica California. The pilot did not report any mechanical trouble prior to landing and there was no any communication from the ...

Introduction

As a teacher, it is essential to talk to students on issues related to plagiarism and how to avoid it. Therefore, prior to a writing assignment, I would first let my students know the exact meaning plagiarism. This is because studies show that some students lack a clear comprehension of plagiarism. , assert that teachers should let students understand the difference between cheating and collaborating. Secondly, I would set rules that have to be adhered to in order to avoid plagiarism. Anyone who breaks any rule would have to face dire consequences such as suspension or even expulsion. By so doing, I believe ...

- Introduction
The title of this research paper is “To determine the effects of a prenatal breastfeeding workshop on maternal breastfeeding self-efficacy and breastfeeding duration”. The setting of this research is in the city of Ontario in Canada. The intended population in this research is a woman in Canada (Noel-Weiss et al., 2006, p.128). The size of the sample used in this research is a hundred and ten. The characteristics of this representative sample include women who are expecting to deliver a single child. The child has to be healthy and fully developed and cognitive. The purpose of the research is to ...

Nagel, M. and Daniel R. (2007). Washington "Redskins" – Disparaging Term or Valuable
Tradition? Legal and Economic Issues Concerning Harjo v.Pro-Football, Inc. Retrieved from http://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/25801/1/Redskins_draft_4.pdf
- This article discusses how Washington Redskins have had issues with their trademark, which was targeted towards marketing and improving the image of the football team. Furthermore, the concept of rebranding and financial impact on the organization is discussed. The major reason for not changing its name has been attributed to the good financial gain it has received over the years.
- The name Redskins has come under a lot of scrutiny because ...

A. Pricing for International Markets 5

B. International Marketing Channels 6
C. Products and Services for Customers 8
D. Cultural Dynamics in Assessing Global Markets 10
4.0 Summary and Opinions of Influential Cultural Factors 11
5.0 Conclusion 13 Work Sited 15

Highlighted Points

The purposes of practicing and aiming for international marketing are to understand how and why:
- cultural diversity has been known to influence international marketing in pricing and contractual agreements
- analyzing the roots of culture to integrate it into a global marketing plan enhances coherent business strategies for successful worldwide marketing
- the references listed at the ...

George E. Curry reported in The Scanner on November 12, 2012, in his article entitled “No Surprise – Income Inequality Growing” about the divide between the have and the have-nots in the United States, and how the rift is just getting larger. Curry analyzed a government report which was issued by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the Economic Policy Institute, entitled, “Pulling Apart: A State-by-State Analysis of Income Trends,” studied the incomes of all levels of households in the United States.
The report divided the income levels into three categories: high-income, middle-income, and lower-income households. Much of ...

Log Assignment #1: DOJ/SEC Drop Bribery Probes of 3M

In an article written by Matthews (2012), the author disclosed that the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reportedly dropped their probe on allegations of bribery for 3M, in the company’s subsidiary transactions and dealings in Turkey. The report indicated that no charges were made since 3M, which voluntarily initiated the investigations, were noted to cooperate and disclose all crucial information. The investigations were actually delved into in an effort to intensify 3M’s corporate compliance and adherence to ethical standards.
One strongly admired the move as initiated by 3M to investigate ...

The article under review is titled “The critical period for language acquisition: Evidence from second language learning” by Catherine Snow and Marian Hoefnagal-Hohle.

The article was developed to deal with the common debate that common formulation of the critical period hypothesis that younger is always better in L2A. The article claims that according to critical period hypothesis, first language acquisition needs to take place prior to the completion of cerebral lateralization, around puberty age.
The authors make one anticipation of the aforesaid hypothesis, stating that second language acquisition is likely to be more rapid, successful, and qualitatively same ...

This article leads to the current study about the prevalence of Dyslexia in the United States. Though this article builds on prior hypothesis that have been conducted, this research does not devise a new methodology in being able to come up with original findings. This means that both the empirical and normative values that have been stressed by this research are based on the values and bias that had been witnessed in prior research. In terms of the argument that this research makes, it is clear that the author has a clear hypothesis that personal factors are among the key reasons ...

The Corporations Act of 2001 (Cth) is at times referred to simply as the Corporations Act. This is generally the actual act of the Commonwealth of Australia that overly sets out the laws and regulations that deal with various business entities within the borderlines of Australia. The scope and geographical jurisdiction with reference to the Corporations Act is applicable at both federal and interstate levels. The main focus of the Corporations Act, just as its respective name suggests is on companies. However, this aspect is not so entirely as various partnerships and also managed investment structures are within the ...