Essays on Nomenclature

Psychology: Baddeley’s Working Memory

Introduction – Baddeley’s Working Memory Short term memory is an important aspect in human lives as it influences behavior and outcomes in daily lives in more ways than one – of which the role played in development of working memory is an important factor. Even though short term memory is considered to have significant differences from working memory, they are considered to be related by eminent psychologists. The most common factor behind this perspective is that both short term memory and working memory are involved in the storage of information temporarily in an individual. Working memory can be best described ...

One of the sciences involved in the field of nursing is nursing informatics. It is a relatively new branch of science which focuses on the integration of nursing information and knowledge with information and communication technology management to help in the promotion of the people’s health globally. It has been claimed that the field of nursing informatics greatly helps the healthcare practitioners achieve a healthcare which is patient-centered. Nursing informatics can be used in multitude of ways such as (1) development of various representations and standards that can provide appropriate support for different researches and evidence-based practices; (2) ...

Chapter #16:

Question 1. Insect-eating birds will decrease in number since their source of food has been reduced. The birds may also migrate to warmer areas during this period.

Question 2.

The habitat is the specific place where the organism lives e.g. a fish’s habitat is water. On the other hand, niche is the position and the role played by the organism in an ecosystem. It includes how the organism obtain food and shelter, the mode of survival, and the mode of reproduction (Sutton & Anderson, 2009, p. 46). For instance, a lion’s niche in the ecosystem is that of a predator.Question ...

Information Architecture and Digital Marketing

Information Architecture is a discipline that focusing on the professional practice of how information is been accessed, organized and used in order to create a systematic infrastructure that delivers the content to the users that are needed in the most efficient way. Although in the modern use of Information architecture is mainly refers design of information digitally, it was once defined as “the conceptual structure and functional behavior, distinguishing the organization of data flows and controls, logical design, ad physical implementation.” (Amdahl et al 1964), then from the mid 1980s, the idea of information architecture has developed as an ...

The introduction of the HIPAA affected organizations. The Act brought a new order in healthcare industry. With the introduction of the Act, healthcare organizations were expected to evolve from a cottage type industry to a new industry contributing to advanced medical research (Califf and Muhlbaier, 2003). The healthcare organizations were either to comply with HIPPA or risk facing severe penalties including but not limited to criminal prosecutions and fines. Implementation of HIPAA guidelines came at a cost. Organizations had to invest a lot of resources and implement organizational changes to meet the requirements. For example, transitioning from paper records ...

Questions

The Lunar Society of Birmingham was an informal society of industrialists and philosophers that met on full moon nights because the moonlight made traveling easier. Members included Matthew Boulton, Erasmus Darwin, Joseph Priestley, James Watt, and Josiah Wedgwood. Erasmus Darwin was Charles Darwin’s father and the Lunar Society often met at his home. This exposed young Charles Darwin early on in life to creative scientific thinkers that surely influenced his studies in later years. .

What purpose did Linnaeus system of binomial nomenclature (also known as his binary system) serve? Carl Linnaeus has been called “the Father ...

Identification of each individual from the massive inventory of living organisms requires appropriate classification system. This system allows not only identification of all specimens that are already collected, but also allows identification of the newly discovered organisms in the future. The classification system is robustly based on science and logic, so this system is universally applicable. The classification system starts by grouping the specimens into two major categories namely animals and plants. In general, animals are grouped by the presence of appendages that implies the ability to move on their own while plants are grouped together based on ...

In the studying how the human species evolved, a lot of astonishing discoveries, great public interest as well as a great level of controversy have always been involved. Since the early twentieth century the discovery of new hominid fossils has altered the widespread perceptions held concerning how our species evolved. Piltdown Man and Ramapithecus are examples of these new discoveries (Szpak, 2014). The objective of this discussion is to address Australopithecus with regard to migration and subsistence habits. With its first appearance being in Africa about 4.2 million years ago and later diversifying into various forms, australopithecines is a broad group ...

Tina Barry

Introduction Modern psychology relies primarily in experimentation. Since animals and human beings constitute the subjects of experimentation, precautionary measures continue to improve the process of experimentation while producing the less possible amount of damage to animals or human beings. Thus, different models, approaches and theories keep coming up as to how to do experimentation in psychology for furthering research. Danziger (1985) writes that the experimentation in psychology has evolved as a social institution (Danziger, 1985, p. 133). Similarly, Schultz (1970) recognizes that modern psychological experimentation is the result of a long history of developments that have shaped this science ...

Introduction

South East Arabia covers the area occupied by the ancient Trucial Oman and the regions of Abu Dhabi. The region has numerous resources that have provided a livelihood for the people over the years. Such resources include oases in the desert, coastlines, and mineral deposits in some regions. It falls into two categories. These areas are maritime South East Arabia and Mainland South East Arabia. The maritime part comprises resources and advancement made in the region’s seawaters. On the other hand, the mainland consists of regions, resources, and advancement made on the land areas inhabited by both man and ...

Ms. Griffin was diagnosed with left-sided heart failure 8 years ago related to decades of uncontrolled hypertension. She is in skilled nursing care on oxygen by nasal cannula 24 hours a day. Ms. Griffin remains in bed or in a wheelchair because she has episodes of angina and dyspnea even at rest. Her weight has dropped from 160 pounds to 93 pounds over the past 2 years. Recently she had a “PEG” (percutaneous esophageal gastrostomy) feeding tube inserted. 1. Explain Ms. Griffin’s classification of heart failure according to the New York Heart Association Functional Classification. Ms. Griffin’s classification ...

Abstract

Introduction Display of Data Materials and Methods Results Discussion Conclusion Abstract The aim of this project was to investigate the incidence of follicular carcinoma in follicular lesions as reported by fine needle aspiration (FNA) in King Abdulaziz University Hospital. It was observed that a high percentage of these follicular lesions were benign. Of major concern is that a large percentage of these clients undergo surgery to establish a diagnosis. It is advocated that alternative measures should be adopted to reduce unnecessary surgeries. Hence, reducing cost, morbidity and the psychological impact on the patient of uncertain ...

Therefore, to some, relationship between WCO and other countries may be termed as sour especially given the fact that some regions are highly volatile in terms of a country’s stability and the regions within. Similarly, to some, issues that deal with narcotics and other illicit drug mar their relationships with WCO. In other cases, countries known to have high levels of production of counterfeit commodities masquerade and export/ import commodities that are substandard to unsuspecting buyers thus unscrupulously making gains while failing to adhere to WCO regulations. This tends to taint the figure of a country since most individuals tend ...

Abstract

The Human Variome Project (HVP) is a global initiative to collect, curate and make accessible data on genetic variations that affect human health. The HVP was launched in 2006 following the recommendations of a meeting co-sponsored by the World Health Organization (WHO) in Melbourne, Australia. The meeting came up with at least 96 recommendations that were grouped in 12 categories. The idea of the HVP was prompted by the fact there was a lot of ongoing work on curation of the genetic variation data across the globe but the efforts lacked coordination often resulting in incomplete or inaccurate data. HVP is therefore a ...