Essays on Sensitization

Capstone Project Milestone 2

Asthma is the most common cause of in-patient admissions in acute care hospitals. Poor education and training of patients with respect to self-care and symptom management has led to an increase in the number of asthmatic patients reporting to the emergency department (ED) or acute care hospitals. It is empirical to understand the cause or trigger factors that relate to acute exacerbations of asthma. Some of the common triggers that causes asthma include exercise, infections, allergens, smoking, infection, gastric problems, hear burns, and indigestion. Based on current evidence, food allergens are considered as the most common form of allergens ...

Introduction

Policy development should pass through some analysis processes before drawing the levels of authenticity, credibility and legitimacy required for them to be rated as authoritative. Importantly, policy development follows many deliberations aimed at ensuring that they offer solutions to specific challenges in the society. In most cases, policy developers will engage in debates and stem out the merits and demerits of the policies that they seek to pass as per the demands of the existing challenges. Imperatively, public participation and sensitization is always a core exercise that is always critical to the entire exercise of policy development. In the ...

Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (MSbP) is a mental health disorder that involves a caretaker causing illness or injury to an individual under his or her care, for example, a child, elderly adult, or physically challenged people. MSBP disorder is relatively rare and its name is credited to Baron von Munchausen, a German dignitary who existed in the 18th-century, and was famous for creating stories of his expeditions to gain attention. The last two initials, B.P. (By Proxy), imply that the parent or care giver is feigning and fabricating symptoms in a child. The problem of MSBP is classified as ...

Introduction

The early childhood education plays a critical role in shaping the overall personality of a child. The focus of early childhood is not just restricted towards quality education, but it is nurtured by imparting a decent moral character in them. This paper will evaluate the role of teachers in the awareness of cultural diversity in Early Childhood Education. It has been proven through research that the early five years in the life of a child are extremely critical for learning new skills and concepts. Adding the element of diversity awareness at an early stage is of sheer significance as ...

Question One

System An estimate of between 200 to 1000 migrants and homeless people has set camp “along the railroads tracks west of Quincy, FL, and South of US 90.” The camp in question sits on a ground that is susceptible to tornadoes. Specifically, the ground is marshy coupled with the fact that it has been “in the path of several tornadoes” in the past. The underlying problem is that the evacuation plan and other emergency response mechanisms might not be effective in the event of an emergency. This potential failure is attributable to the fact that the camp residents might ...

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Abstract Fibromyalgia is a muscular disorder characterized by pain, sleep disturbance, and fatigue. In case of pain, certain “tender points” can develop in the body, which are highly sensitive to any kind of pressure. This disorder is most commonly found in women as compared to men. Patients of rheumatoid arthritis and autoimmune disorders have more chances of developing the disorder. It is often difficult to diagnose as the symptoms are vague and generalized. Although, exact cause of the disorder is not clear, increased sensitivity to the signaling of central nervous system, genetic factors, and psychiatric aspects ...

Business:

Introduction Leadership Foundation has been profitable, from the formation time in 2008, all the profits have been reinvested back to the organization. However, how to secure long-term and sustainable funding is a very important issue to be considered so as to ensure the sustainability of the organization in future. Being a social engineering organization, the organization can initiate some strategies to attract long-term sustainable funding by engaging in alternative projects to sustain the foundation. By adopting all these new strategies, the Leadership Foundation shall focus on leading the way to diversify their programs so as to serve concerned individuals, ...

Introduction

Stainless steel is an alloy with iron as major part and chromium with at least 11% by weight . Stainless steel industry grew rapidly during the 1989-93 period . This paper analyzes stress corrosion of stainless steel along with prevention measures and selection methods for stainless steel. After carrying out the study, it would be established whether stainless steel is an effective alloy or not for major uses in steel industry through adopting various selection parameters. Stainless steel is called stainless due to the resistance to rusting and corrosion .

Stress-corrosion in Stainless Steel

In order to reduce various occurrences of intergranular stress-corrosion cracking and severe ...

Nationalism and the Press

Nationalism is a feeling of loyalty and devotion a person has towards his country. It is a sense of national consciousness where an individual praises his country and places primary emphasis on the country's culture and interests as opposed to other nations. Nationalism can lead to uniformity of thoughts, actions and assumption among various individuals in a country. Nationalism is a major cultural defining factor in any state. It mainly depends on a country's ideology and way of life. The press, on the other hand, is an independent body that sensitizes the citizens on various aspects of life including ...

The HIV/AIDS global epidemic has ravaged millions of lives across the world. In the past, prior to the discovery of effective control measures through medication such as antiRetroViral medication, the disease had infected millions of lives. At the present time, although the discovery of a vaccine has not yet been made, scientific research has made some leeway with regards to this issue. One would expect very low prevalence rate of the disease in the most powerful country in the world owing to the high level of medical technology and innovation systems available. However, this situation is further from the ...

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Sometime back, this young boy was harassed at an elementary school by his seniors for being feminine. The matter is now in oblivion as no media covered the incident. Also, no action was taken against the harassers. One of the burning issues of the world in the present times is the incessant gender discrimination that thwarts the holistic development of the human society. In a society that is immensely patriarchal in nature, male dominance has become institutionalized. Concepts of gender have come to be complicated, as the individual is influenced by the hegemonic markers that tend to ascribe ...

Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has remained to be an unfinished agenda in the world today as halfway through the intended period when they were to be achieved not so much has been gained. In Thailand, the people are still battling HIV and Aids, and it remains to be a pandemic that is yet to be contained. Studies indicate that of the total population of 60 million people in Thailand, around 440, 000 were living with HIV and Aids by the year 2013 (Fordham, 2015). Further, about 18,000 people had succumbed to the disease in that year ...

- Montreal is a great city, but needs to improve on some key issues. People cutting line to get on a bus, a lack of understanding and appreciation of our language diversity and finally, motorists ignoring the plight of pedestrians at pedestrian crossings, are some of the issues raised in the article (Goldstein, 2006).

- The primary rhetorical mode utilized in this essay is narration. The author uses this mode to present her case in the form of a story. This mode helps her develop her case progressively, taking the reader through all the aspects of the city she wishes to expose. A ...

The Elms is among the neighborhood regions in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Islington Avenue and Humber River are on the west and east of the elms respectively. Thistledown is on the north of elms while highway 401 lies to the south of the Elms. Apart from that, Ward 2 North Etobicoke is among the neighborhoods of the elms. According to the National Household Survey of Statistics Canada held in 2011, the Elms Old Rexdale has a population of 9437 with the majority of groups being lone parent families and under age 19 years (City of Toronto 3). The elms harbor the ...

Introduction

This chapter gives an analysis of the results of the study to derive insights on why insider threats remains to be one of the leading and challenging security issues to deal with. The results of the study present a vague picture of what motivates insider threats in private organizations. The questions of why, what and how will be answered with references to the data obtained from the study. This section also demonstrates the actions taken by organizations and tries to link it with theoretical frameworks and pool of knowledge developed by earlier scholars.

Analysis

The belief that insider threats ...

Introduction

Program evaluation and assessment in projected to the activities that are carried out in regard to the development determination. Project assessment helps the sponsors and the investors to have a clear overview of the program. The sponsors of the investment or the program are involved in the entire process as it they are the main player. Therefore, the process that is employed in the development planning, they are provided with the report as the evaluation and assessment are done. There are several steps followed in the conducting assessment and evaluation of the program. These steps include obtaining program description ...

Globalization of corporations has led to various pros and cons. Multinational corporations have proved beneficial for the economy and the company’s returns. However, there is more than just the economic perspective of globalization of firms. Most firms have been accused of eco-terrorism, child labor and other unethical issues. Most consumers benefit from cheaper products, but they do not understand what goes on in the production process. The thesis of my essay is to analyze the unethical issues involved in globalization of companies. These issues include child labor, which is one of the most prevalent ethical issues surrounding ...

Anderson Air Force Base – Guam is a military port based in the United States of America located approximately 4 miles northeast of Yigo. Along with the Naval Base of Guam, they were placed under the Joint Region Marianas on the late 2009 that was in October. Anderson Air Force Base was established in 1944 as North Field and was a posthumous recognition in the name of the late of Brigadier General James Roy Andersen (Mulligan and Gibbs 2005). This base was built to serve as a bomber forward operating locations of the United States Air Force, which provides back-up support to the ...

This scandal took place at the time of Iraq War from late 2003 to the early period of 2004.This scandal entailed cases of human rights violation by the soldiers and the Central Intelligence Agency of the U.S. The soldiers tortured the prisons in Abu Ghraib prison. The prisoners were tortured, raped, sodomized, physically and sexually abused by the military personnel of the U.S Army. This scandal came to the attention of the media early in 2004 when the Taguba report was released. This attracted the public attention in April 2004.The aspects of torture and abuse by the military of ...

Introduction

More often citizens look at the government as the all-powerful, and able to meet all the challenges faced by the state. The fact is that there are numerous issues that the government has to grapple with and sometimes it is the individual citizen or groups of citizens who take the initiative to remedy the shortfall. The bureaucracy, and in part the enormous challenges that the government has to face on a daily basis may require that individuals take the leading role in certain social issues. For the purpose of this paper, and having considered the direct role played by the ...

Pain is one of the common health problems that prompt immediate medical attention. Pain, a normal bodily response to negative stimuli, can negatively affect one’s quality of life if treatment is not readily administered or applied (Baliki, Geha, Apkarian, and Chialvo, 2008). Pain, as described by The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), is considered as the unpleasant sensation felt by a patient in the event of potential or actual exposure to any forms of tissue damage (Kyranou and Puntillo, 2012). Pain serves as an automatic withdrawal reflex that signals the occurrence of a potential or actual harm (Kyranou ...

The center for disease control and prevention define public health as, ‘the science of protecting and improving the health of families and communities through promotion of healthy lifestyles, research for disease and injury prevention and detection and control of infectious diseases’ .The recent Ebola outbreak in west Africa and the first ever transmission of the virus in the united states soil have raised a lot of questions on how CDC handled the outbreak. The outbreak is termed as the worst Ebola outbreak in history with more than 6,000 people has died from the virus mainly in western African country ...

Abstract

Organ transplantation is an important life-saving procedure for those people, who have some problems in their organs. However, the problem of organ transplant rejection is an important issue in this case. In this problem, patient’s immune system starts rejecting the organ as a foreign body. This problem of rejection of the organ can be acute or become chronic. Several diagnostic procedures have also been developed to reduce the problem of rejection of an organ. Scientists have done a lot of research in this regard. Acute rejection needs immediate care. In order to reduce the problem, specialists will check the area ...

Introduction

Computerized physician order entry (CPOE) is a design or technique that has been applied in clinical practice integrating technology in the ordering of medication, laboratory test and billing of clinical data. The CPOE technique has in recent years gained prominence in healthcare settings to optimize care, minimize duplication and errors and subsequently optimize patient outcomes. The focus is on the technical aspects of the implementation process for a healthcare setting that wishes to adopt the CPOE technique (Doolan & Bates, 2002).

Method of obtaining the necessary approval(s) and securing support from your organization's leadership and fellow staff

For any new project, the success of its implementations and full utilization lies with the approval and support that the project ...

Film adaptation is always perceived to be controversial. Movie directors often capturecapture storylines and try to send deeper meaning of hidden information within a two hour film. For example, the movie Smiley is a 2012 horror film directed by Michael Gallagher. The movie is a product of the American Psychological Slasher Film Company and it seeks to attractentice viewers with cheap scares. Moreover, the viewers’ expectation anticipation of watching the movie matches the deeper meaning that the director sends viewers. SSmiley is not all about horror for entertainment, but rather social atrocities associated with the Internet. An overview of this horror film ...

The patient, 35 years, Female had been suffering from low back pain for 7 years. The patient underwent a 5 week physiotherapy treatment and is ready to be discharged. The general physician (GP) had advised her to visit an exercise group, a psychology consultant. The patient was also advised to appoint a social worker for domestic purposes. The discharge plan has been designed as per the doctor’s opinion for a faster recovery.

Exercise group

Group exercise would decrease the signs and symptoms of low back pain. Exercise is said to lower the severity of low back pain in more than 90% of patients. Cognitive ...

Question one

The government of United States had been exposed to extensive communism that had been considered an element of exclusive concern. Through the element massive changes had been experienced in the nation. The government had used its extensive powers to influence how activities flow in the country. The case was revolving around a prayer that had been defined as the overall prayer that all the public schools were supposed recite. The prayer dictated “Almighty God, we acknowledge our dependence upon Thee, and we beg Thy blessings upon us, our parents, our teachers, and our Country.” It was believed that this prayer ...

The name of the program is Mulierum spes sanationis et restitutionem. This is Latin for the Women’s shelter for healing and restoration. It will be offering assistance to Latinas who are or have been victims of domestic violence.

Analysis of the problem

Domestic violence against Latinas is rife within the Latino community. Latinas are subjected to such violence by their male counterparts, whether spouses or close relations, almost on a daily basis (Rivera, 1994). The level and extent of occurrence has precipitated treatment of such violence as a normal way of life, or a Latino culture. Accordingly, it has rarely been discussed as a problem within ...

Applying the precautionary principle to consumer household cleaning product

Development. Summary Precautionary principle, which can be summarized as when an activity raises the threat of harm to human and the environment, preventive actions should be taken even if some cause and effect relationship are not fully established scientifically, is the common principle used to guide in managing scientific uncertainty in ingredient safety assessment (Cara , 2011). The available registered disinfectants in the consumer market are quaternary ammonium, sodium hypochlorite and Triclosan. However, there is a possibility of existence of the relation between these disinfectants and human health and environmental issues. Triclosan is a spectrum anti-microbial found in anti-bacterial ...

Adolescent suicide is rated as the third-leading cause of death among individuals that fall between the ages of 15 to 19. This trend, however, according to pundits can reversed through early screening for depression, suicidal behavior and ideation. The American Academy of Pediatrics Clinical report Suicide and Suicide Attempts in Adolescents notes that there are several signs and symptoms that re exhibited by suicidal adolescents. These are depression, low self esteem, withdrawal from social circles, suicide thoughts and aggressive behavior. This vice can be prevented early enough through primary, secondary and tertiary methods. Suicide in Children and Adolescents ...

Introduction

A drug can be defined in a myriad of ways depending on the context. From a chemistry perspective, a drug is defined as a chemical substance, with medicinal, intoxicating or performance enhancing effects on the body of an animal or a human being when ingested, injected or applied tropically. From this perspective, food substances are not classified as drugs. However, the perspective acknowledges that certain active ingredients found in food items can be purified and used as drugs. The debate on whether sugar should be considered can be argued on very many levels, borrowing knowledge from different subjects and perspectives. As the paper will ...

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INTRODUCTION

A Political Economic, Social and Technological scanning is essential to summarize micro-environmental high-level trends as they relate to the target population, markets and technology. This kind of studies is necessary for preparing a strategic plan with the main goals of identifying threats and opportunities related to CENTRE FOR OBESITY, DIABETES AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES at the University of Sidney. This paper will exploit the political and regulatory developments being undertaken recently and their impending effects on the country population, staff and the entire community for University of Sidney. The CENTRE FOR OBESITY, DIABETES AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES ...

Environmental protection posses many challenges in today’s society, not least considering a range of different social, economic and environmental concepts across the world. Through the work of environmental enforcement authorities, some aspects of environmental conservation have been streamlined to ensure best practices. Under the stewardship of environmental concise agencies such as UNEP and UN-HABITAT, many programs have been undertaken to, better, understand the impacts of environmental degradation and graft measures of conserving the environment. It is noble vision is geared towards rehabilitation, restoration and maintenance of environmental resources such as water, land and air. The programs are directed at ...

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People and Junk Foods Many Hhealthy and nutritious foods have been replaced by the new food named Jjunk Ffoods. Children and JJunk foods is are a critical emerging issue within thein society as far as their children’s body health is concerned. This is an issue that deteriorates wWhen children consume high level of junk foods, their health is thereby compromiseding their body health and later on deteriorates. It is clear that junk foods is are appealing, convenient and tasty. Food stuff such as burgers, chips, pizzas, ice-cream etc. are some of junk foods associated with that children love ...

Introduction

This research paper compares and contrasts the views of professionals with respect to fibromyalgia; whether it is of psychological or physical nature / origin. Having conducted the following research and studied the views of others, especially those who we would all hope should know – the medical professionals, the view of this researcher is that fibromyalgia is more psychological in nature, even though that opinion is changed considerably from the view that was almost universally held in less enlightened times, when referring to a condition as having psychological causes was interpreted as implying the person was suffering from a mental illness, which ...

Introduction

Race is an important social aspect that serves as an identification of one’s heritage. For decades, however, people have used racial differences as grounds for discriminating against minority groups. The prevalent racism we observe in the modern society has roots in the colonialism era of the 1400s. During that time, Europeans colonized Africans and Americans with white settlers adopting a misconception that they were superior to all other races. With this, white settlers conceived that they were the only civilized race hence their role to civilize savages. Europeans used this false notion as a justification for their inhumanity. They could ...

Introduction

The term migraine refers to a chronic neurological disorder characterized by persistent moderate to severe headaches that are usually linked to various autonomic nervous system symptoms. A typical case of migraine presents itself as a pulsating headache that affects only one side of the head for a period of two to seventy two hours. Within this period, the patient displays symptoms such as photophobia, vomiting, nausea and phonophobia. There are four documented sequential phases of a migraine i.e. the prodrome phase (1), aura phase (2), headache/ pain phase (3) and prodrome phase (4). Analgesics such as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are normally administered ...

The theory proposed in this paper is based on motivation and addresses some of the concerns regarding stage-based theories such as the trans-theoretical theory of motivation. The various tenets of motivation that are attributed to change are propounded in the initial sections as described below. Motivation is a key to change. The incentive sensitization theory of addiction explains addiction from a motivational perspective with respect to mental processes. Arguably, a motivational change process would therefore be an ideal recovery mechanism. Due to the complexity and multidimensional nature of change involving human behavior, this theory calls for a multifaceted approach that does not necessarily ...

- Scope of the problem Poliomyelitis which is also referred to as polio or infantile paralysis is an infectious disease that mostly affects children. It is caused by poliovirus. It affects the nervous system resulting in paralysis and in some instances death within a couple of hours. Polio mostly affects children who are under the age of 5 years but it can affect individuals of any age. In poor countries, polio is transmitted via the faecal oral route while in rich countries it is transmitted via the oral- oral route. The symptoms of polio are often evident in less ...

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Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Literature review 2.1 Definition of GM products and foods. 2.2 Historical development of GM Foods. 2.2.1 Bioengineering and agriculture. 2.2.2 Biopharming. 2.3 GM food regulation and legislation

2.3.1 Production regulations

2.3.2 Import regulations

2.3.3 Labeling requirements 2.3.3.1 Article 8 Regulation (EC) 258/97. 2.3.3.2 Regulation (EC) No 1830/2003: Traceability and labeling. 2.3.3.2.1 “May contain GMO” labels. 2.3.3.2.2 “Does not contain GMO” labels 2.4 Risk assessment of GM ...

1. Introduction

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2010), nearly one billion people suffered from hunger in 2010, representing nearly 16% of the population of developing countries. At the same time, the world population is growing and global warming threatens the production of crops. Profound changes are needed in the way that food production and food consumption are perceived, or the world may face mass starvation. Genetically modified (GM) technology has been found capable of feeding the world but there are concerns regarding its safety (Moseley 2002, Carpenter 2010). Consumer acceptance of GM foods in the ...

1. Introduction

1.1 Perception of GM foods in the UK According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2010), nearly one billion people suffered from hunger in 2010, representing nearly 16% of the population of developing countries. At the same time, the world population is growing and global warming threatens the production of crops. Profound changes are needed in the way that food production and food consumption are perceived, or the world may face mass starvation. Genetically modified (GM) technology has been found capable of feeding the world but there are concerns regarding its safety (Moseley 2002, ...

With more than 25 percent of the world’s population reportedly suffering from allergic-reaction related conditions, allergy is increasingly becoming one of the world’s widespread conditions. Oft marked with a characteristic features such as itching, sneezing and vasodilatation, an allergy, according to Ahmed (2011), is an overreaction of an individual’s immune system to a substance (allergen) which does not usually cause any reaction to other people. Such an overreaction occurs when the body recognizes a substance as foreign thereby inducing an immune response marked with the production of antibodies.

Mechanism of an Allergic Reaction

An allergic response, as affirmed by Ahmed (2011), can conveniently be ...

Obesity refers to the excess accumulation of body fat to levels that can have adverse effects on the health of individuals (World Health Organization 63). This often leads to reduced life expectancy and increased health complications among victims. One is considered obese if their BMI index is between 25 and 30.These ones are considered to be pre-obese, while for people whose BMI is above 30 are considered obese. Obesity cases have in the recent past increased in the United States, a situation which most doctors say is attributed to the lifestyle and the food consumption of majority of the victims ( ...

Introduction

Drug trafficking as defined by the UNODOC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime) refers to the illicit trade involving the cultivation, manufacture and sale or distribution of drugs in contravention of the law prohibiting the handling of drugs. This vice has been in operation for quite a whole now. This saw Clinton’s drug czar Barry McCaffrey retort that drug trafficking has been in place from as far as 1996 (Suddath, 2009). The truth is that drug trafficking has been a global issue for over 40 years. The war on drug trafficking was instituted in an early stage. Mora (1996) ...

It is after much consultation with my colleagues and some health professionals capped by in-depth research on this issue that I write this letter. The issue of smoke free mental health facilities has been adopted by many nations and Australia should not be an exemption. This is not because we should follow every wave that the world moves with but it is specifically due to the benefits that are accrued to the creation of laws that total ban smoking in all health facilities that cater for mental patients. I believe that the facts that I have included in this ...

Introduction

The Walter Widget Manufacturing plant risks the plight of being subjected to greater insurance premiums by its insurance cover Company. During this hard economic times that have been on a downwards trend, the impact of increased premiums would lead to crumbling financial muscles of the plant. The number of employees and the costs of production are likely to shoot thus agonizing any efforts made towards profitability. It thus means that diligent and carefully selected measures have to be undertaken for rectification of the situation. Therefore, the study adopted in this research paper is justified in trying to identify and enhance ...

LITERATURE REVIEW

Notably Rovai (2002) argues that student sense of community refers to the feeling of belonging among people who are brought together by common goals and interests. The research undertaken by the various authors as expostulated in this paper takes a bias in assessing the role played by sense of community in the student fraternity and its overall effect on education and academic achievement. Drovin & Vartanian (2010) challenge the traditional view that direct face to face educational interaction is limited in terms of building a community of relations. Direct face to face educational set up is seen to be more profound in ...

Introduction

A special population is a population that has some unique features. Any population can be described as a special population as long as it has some distinct features or it is a subset that is different from the general population. In categorizing special populations, the presence or absence of some features are taken into consideration and one of the most common type of identification feature is based on the ethnicity of the group. Gender can also be used to categorize a population as special. Geographic location is also an important aspect when categorizing populations. Age can also be used in this kind of ...

Abstract

This research presentation consists of an in-depth study into a community public health problem derived from two separate epidemiological approaches. It is also written in two parts; namely Part I and I1.The goal, primarily, is to demonstrate the fundamental community health nursing skills involved in describing a population’s health problem using appropriate descriptive epidemiological straxtegies. Secondly, it encompasses applying statistical interpretations and Healthy People 2020 objectives. Thirdly it embraces analyzing the development of health problems integrating epidemiology and theoretical models for explanations. Fourthly, it affords community health practitioners the opportunity to identify levels of prevention when applied to the chosen ...

1.0 Introduction Serological blood grouping has been used successfully for decades to ensure safety in blood transfusion. However blood incompatibility continues to be a significant challenge in transfusion medicine reflecting the inherent limitations of the hemagglutination based serological blood typing. Some of the limitations of serological blood grouping include weak reactivity of some antibodies that are clinically significant; weak expression of some red cell antigens; the subjective nature of the available tests and lack of universal methods of detecting and identifying antibodies. In addition there are several issues related to the reagents used which include the wide variability of ...