Essays on Bruises

One of the major public health problems and the societal concerns these days is the maltreatment of children which impacts millions of children all over the world. There are a variety of long and short-term health consequences of child abuse and neglect which leaves a long-lasting impact on the mental and social growth and development of the children. Child abuse does not just mean broken bones or bruises, it impacts the safety, physical, social, mental, emotional and educational needs of the children. Child abuse and neglect as defined by the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) of 2010, ...

Colonization and infection

The population of elderly adults has been on a rise within the US, and this has been attributed to the improved healthcare system and especially on increased access to care for these populations. Within this perspective, life expectancy has increased and today the healthcare system is dominated by consumers within this category of elderly citizens (Koyano et al., 2014). Their risks of illness in this population is attributed to the aging mechanisms of tear and wear which therefore means that their systems and organs and particularly the defense mechanism tends to lose its agility with age. The one of ...

Abstract

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the bruising of the brain due to an impact received on the head. The brain injury can be termed as primary if its caused directly by the impact blow or secondary if its caused by reaction processes such as swelling due to inflammation. Common types TBI include hematomas, contusions, diffuse axonal injury (DAI), concussion, and coup/contrecoup lesions. The type of injuries are characterized by symptoms such as dizziness, headaches, amnesia, loss of consciousness, going into a vegetative state or a coma or death in extreme cases. There is no clearly defined body of knowledge ...

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Tache noir

Tache noir is a skin condition that occurs at the posterior edge. It can manifest itself on the surface of either heels or one. It is significant since it shows the early signs of postmortem ocular. For example, the condition aid in autopsy during the medical examination to find the cause of death. b.

Tardieu spot

This is critical in assisting to establish if the death person was strangled or asphyxiated. It is significant during autopsy as it displays the tissues of the person and indicates if they were squeezed on pressed hard causing death. For example, it is a ...

Summary of the teaching plan

Health promotion is a vital activity across the lifespan of an individual. Thus, older people are not too old to start exercising, change their diets or stop smoking, etc. This teaching plan is aiming to teach older adults about the prevalence of diabetes, the risk factors, and the available prevention measures. It will focus on the teaching strategies to be adopted by the older adults so as to accommodate for the typical aging changes. This is because chronic illnesses tend to increase after 50 to 60 years old and hence, there is a need for seniors to focus on ...

In most cases of sexual assault, the act of molestation is very much private in nature, which means that only the two of them, the accused and the accuser, were present during the commission of the crime; unless there was someone else who must have actually witnessed the alleged rape. Hence, without the direct witnesses, the prosecution merely resorts to the gathering and collating of circumstantial evidence which could possibly prove that the felony was indeed committed and that the accused actually did the crime. On the part of the defense, it will put up a case by damaging ...

Question 1

Are there possible criminal aspects of HIV/AIDS? Consider the case law presented in your textbook and elsewhere, and explain. Please provide specific examples.

The intentional spread of HIV is considered a criminal act. Pozgar (2012, p. 362) describes the case of an inmate who knew that he was infected with both HIV and the hepatitis virus. He was also informed of the ways that he can transmit the infection to others. He bit two correctional officers knowing that he can possibly infect them in this way. He was consequently charged with assault and battery. In State of Louisiana v. Schmidt, ...

In the circulatory system, various elements come together to perform a single duty, that of delivering nutrients throughout the major organs of the body through blood. Three major elements are contained in blood. First, there is the plasma, which is the fluid portion of the blood (Chapter 7, p. 152). This carries the materials contained within it to their destination. Floating within the plasma are red blood cells, or erythrocytes; they carry oxygen throughout the circulatory system and supply it to the various parts of the body, including major organs like the heart and the brain (p. 152). Finally, platelets ...

Introduction: My favorite hobbies are gaming, movies, animals/pets. I am at MSU to study social work. I am in the MSW program. One thing that I’d like others to know about me is that I love animals of all kind. I have a Russian Tortoise, three freshwater aquariums. I also have 2 min pins or miniature pinchers which are a cross between a German pinscher Italian greyhound and dachshund. The Monster Under My Bed: The monster that lives under my bed is about two feet tall and looks like a short, squat goblin with bat wings that fold against its back. ...

In the olden times, it was the primary duty of men to provide food and care for their family. Men would search for food and fight if the need arises in order to keep their family away from harm. As the world advanced, women started taking different roles which were considerably different from being protected and taken care of in the past. Fast forward to the present, women are now active participants in shaping the society and in most parts of the world, this new representation of women as successful and hard-working are widely accepted. According to psychologist Cordelia ...

Two Types of Child Abuse and Their Effects on Child Victims

Child abuse refers to any action or a series of actions of commission or omission committed by a parent, guardian, or any other caregiver that cause bodily or psychological harm to a child. Child abuse can occur in school at home or within communities that children interact with. There are various types of child abuse which include: emotional, sexual, neglect, and physical abuse. Child neglect and physical abuse are some of the most common forms of child abuse.

Child Neglect

Child neglect refers to a situation where the parent or any other person that has the responsibility to provide basic needs to a child fails to ...

The theory of operant conditioning created by behaviorist B.F. Skinner explains that a behavior can be understood by looking at the external apparent causes of an action and the related consequences resulting from that action. Skinner's theory was inspired by the Law of Effect theory of Edward Thorndike, but he added one additional component to Thorndike's law of effect and that is Reinforcement (McLeod, 2007). Reinforcement is of four types - positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, punishment and extinction. According to Skinner, behavior can be reinforced through rewards and punishment. Both positive and negative reinforcement strengthen a behavior and encourage it to ...

- Summary of the book The book talks about Arnold Spirit Jr. a 14 year old boy whose life is full of tragedies. Junior as he is popularly known is born with excess cerebrospinal fluid in his skull. This condition and the surgery to correct the problem leave him with a number of physical problems. He has a big head, big hands and big feet with a skinny body. He also suffers from poor eyesight and frequent seizures. Due to these problems, Arnold is mistreated by others in the reservation where they live. His family is also very poor as are other ...

Child abuse refers to the emotional, sexual or physical mistreatment of a child. It may also refer to the act of neglecting a child. A child`s abuse may occur in various places such as homes, schools, organizations or in the society at large. Maltreatment and abuse is not limited to a particular age group. Considering the case of school-age children, there are various forms of abuse that are often inflicted on them. These include sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional or psychological abuse, and neglect. Child sexual abuse occurs when a child is forced to engage in sexual activities such as actual sexual ...

Genetic diseases are generally caused by abnormality in the individual's genetic makeup or genome. The effect of this abnormality ranges from mild to severe. Those effects depend on the affected genetic components. The changes or abnormalities could be a mutation in a single base to that which could affects the large chromosome. The main forms of occurence are either through inheritance or spontaneous mutations. The basic types of inheritance are; single gene inheritance, multifactoral inheritance, chromosome abnormalities and mitochondrial inheritance. Haemophilia A is a type of chromosomal abnormality associated with a defective X chromosome hence tagged as X-linked disorder.

Haemophilia A

Haemophilia A is a genetic ...