...Participants 5 Procedure 6 Table 1: Descriptive Statistics for each Independent Variable: Age and TSO and Dependent Variable: PIU Score. 7 Results 8 Figure 1: Scatter Plot. Interaction and Line of Fit between IV1 (TSO) and IV2 (PA) 8 Discussion 9 Discussion 10 References 11 References 12 Introduction The dawn of the computer and internet access has passed, and the world-wide-web is accessible to over 2 billion global users. This access has, in the last 10 years, increased fourfold (see footnote for website details that evidence growth) and become abundantly available through the wireless revolution of appliances; whereby mobile internet use has developed and grossly contributed towards the mass global access and usage of the internet. The convenience and portability of such technology means that there is also an increased awareness into the associated pathologies that one may encounter- whereby negative compared to positive consequences resulting from excessive computer use have been highlighted on opposite sides of the spectrum. This expansion, which is exponential and has momentum, should be examined from both perspectives; both positive and negative. There are undoubtedly numerous benefits of having such a wealth of information and knowledge at ones disposal. However, reports of detrimental psychological and even physiological outcomes have been well evidenced and supported by current and archived research. Cumulatively the evidence is concerning and further study which...
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...Assessment is the first step in determining the health status of the patient. As a first year student and new in nursing field, I admit that I do not have much idea and have not experience doing it. At first, I thought health assessment is all about interviewing and taking vital signs only. But, after reading about the nursing process, I could say that, I was enlightened and gained understanding about the health assessment process. This essay will reflect on insights gained in two health assessment framework. The Gordon’s functional health pattern and the body systems approach. And the strength and weakness of these frameworks offered in collecting and organising clients’ comprehensive health assessment. The Gordon's system of functional health patterns provides an excellent, relevant format for nursing data collection to determine an individual's or group's health status and functioning (Carpenito-Moyet, 2006, p. 29). The patterns, which focus on behaviours that occur with time, present a total picture of the client, rather just a small part of his or her life (Craven & Hirnle, 2009, p 55). This framework is usually collected through interview process or history taking. It is where the client provides full picture of his well-being his ability to perform task of daily living. Moreover, the body systems approach is a framework that physicians and advanced nurse practitioners commonly use. It focuses on the pathophysiology involved within the specific body systems in e...
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...Bonjour à tous, 1. CONGES 2006 1.1. Droits à congés payés HP en France décompte les congés en jours ouvrés (c'est-à-dire travaillés : soit du lundi au vendredi). Au cours de la période de référence [1er juin 05 > 31 mai 06] chaque mois complet de travail ouvre droit à 2,08 jours, soit 25 jours ouvrés. 1.2. Congés pour ancienneté Ces congés sont acquis de la façon suivante : - 2 JOURS pour les salariés : âgés de 30 ans et ayant 1 an d'ancienneté ou ayant 5 ans d'ancienneté. - 3 JOURS pour les salariés : âgés de 35 ans et ayant 2 ans d'ancienneté ou ayant 10 ans d'ancienneté. (L'âge et l'ancienneté s'apprécient au 31 mai de chaque année de référence). 1.3. Période des congés Les jours acquis entre le 1er juin 2005 et le 31 mai 2006, doivent être pris entre le 1er juin 2006 et le 31 mai 2007. Le report d’une année sur l’autre n’est pas possible (excepté pour la maternité et la maladie sous certaines conditions). Au cours de la période allant du 1er juin au 31 octobre, les employés devront prendre un minimum de 15 jours ouvrés de congés payés dont 10 jours ouvrés consécutifs. Les salariés, qui au 31 octobre n’auront pas pris effectivement ce minimum, ne pourront plus prétendre à ces jours non utilisés. 1.4. Ordre des départs L’ordre des départs tiendra compte des besoins des services, des desiderata des employés...
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...the Oregon Trail. Traveling in our wagon is Pa, Ma, Billy (14), Maggie (6), and I. My name is Elizabeth, everyone calls me Lizzie, I am 19, single, and ready for a new adventure. Oregon sounds like it will be exciting, but I will miss my friends and family we are leaving behind. Aunt Grace and Uncle Frank are traveling with us but in their own wagon. Pa is a good hunter so we do not take as much food as everyone else; he figures he will hunt along the way. The wagons are all ready and the wagon master has just shouted “Wagon’s Ho” so here we go. Three days into our journey, it has been a quiet ride traveling over the plains of Missouri. We have met only a few of the other families. In the beginning, most of the families kept to themselves but as the journey continues people are venturing out and being neighborly. We have to corral our wagons at night to keep the livestock from wandering away. Looking around I see many campfires, children playing, women cooking, and the men take turns watching the camp. It is now April 9, 1848, and we have reached the Kansas River Crossing. I am a little scared because we have not crossed any water since we left and I am not sure how we are going to cross. As we entered the water, our wagon started to float. As we got deeper, the wagon started to lean to one side and we were afraid it was going to sink. Thank goodness we got it straight again and made it to the other side. We are wet and cold so Pa started a fire and went to hunt for meat. ...
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...REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL Microsoft Office Training RFP #10-075 Closing: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 2:00 pm local time. Halifax Regional Municipality Procurement Section P.O. Box 1749, Halifax 3 rd Floor, Duke Tower, Scotia Square, 5251 Duke Street Nova Scotia, Canada B3J 3A5 Halifax Regional Municipality July 27, 2010 RFP # 10-075, Microsoft Office Training Pa ge 2 _______________________________________________________________________________ Rev 01-01-2010 July 27, 2010 NOTICE REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL #10-075 Microsoft Office 2010 Training The Halifax Regional Municipality is seeking proposals from qualified individuals/ firms to provide Microsoft Office Training Sealed Proposals, Three (3) copies – Two (2) bound and one (1) unbound for #10-075, Microsoft Office Training , Halifax Regional Municipality, Halifax, Nova Scotia will be received by Halifax Regional Municipality Procurement Office, 3 rd Floor, Duke Tower, Scotia Square, 5251 Duke Street, P.O. Box 1749, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, B3J 3A5, until 2:00 P.M. local time, Tuesday August 10, 2010 All questions concerning the procurement process shall be directed to Stephen Terry, Senior Procurement Consultant, at (902) 490-2175, Monday through Friday, 8:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. or E-mail to terryst@halifax.ca and those of a technical nature to Frans Sanders , Phone 490-2909, or E-mail to sanderf@halifax.ca . Instructions, forms, and specifications may be obtained from the Halifax Regional Municipality ...
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...01 June 2011 MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD SUBJECT: Standard Operating Procedure for 2/7 IN Battalion Aid Station 1. References a. FM 4-02.4 Medical Platoon Leader’s Handbook b. 68W Advanced Field Craft: Combat Medic Skills c. AR 40-3 Medical, Dental, and Veterinary Care d. AR 40-61 Medical Logistics Policy 2. Purpose a. To establish and outline a Standard Operating Procedure for 2/7 IN Battalion Aid Station based off of the above references. 3. Scope a. The requirements herein are applicable to all personnel within the Battalion who work in or utilize the services of the Battalion Aid Station. 4. Policy a. Medical care is characterized by the ever present need for continuing education. All medics must be familiar with a wide range of medical references and participate in medical training whenever possible. To aid the BAS in patient screening, the triage process will be utilized to determine who will return to duty and who needs further care. b. The primary function of the BAS in garrison is to provide the Soldier with appropriate level one medical care at the Battalion echelon. The primary source of follow on care will be provided by the Troop Medical Clinic, while in garrison. The BAS will act in conjunction with the TMC by screening patients, and treating minor injuries only sending Soldiers to further care when it is beyond the medic’s capabilities. Under no circumstances should a medic extend themselves beyond their limitations...
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...Informal Logic Professor Robert Paixao September 2, 2013 Should Physician Assisted Suicide be Legalized? In today’s society there are many so many controversial issues one of the biggest being Patient Assisted Suicide, or PAS. PAS is defined as: “suicide by a patient facilitated by means or information (as a drug prescription or indication of the lethal dosage) provided by a physician who is aware of how the patient intends to use such means or information.” Merriam-Webster Dictionary (n.d.). Let us not get PAS confused with Euthanasia, this is different, to be euthanized is when the doctor himself physically administers the lethal dosage into the patient causing their death. PAS is just the doctor prescribing the drugs for the patient to give to themselves to cause them to die. There are people who are in favor of allowing a doctor to prescribe a lethal dose of medication or machinery for the patient to administer to themselves to end their own life due having a terminal illness. Then there are those who greatly oppose it, some being doctors, moralists, the general public, as well as some private groups. They claim physician assisted suicide to be immoral, ethically wrong, against religious beliefs, and unnecessary with proper palliative care. While PAS is a controversial topic in modern day society, it originally stemmed from ancient civilizations, which defended the rights of citizens to kill themselves. At this present time there are currently four states; Oregon...
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...Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) is a non-profit organization which provides forums, education, and publications for its security professional members. The main goal of ISSA is to promote leadership which will ensure confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information resources. Members include all levels of security professionals in a variety of different fields including government, public, and private sectors. (ISSA.org. 2011) Technology in Action doesn’t really cover computer security careers, it does reference the Information Systems Security Association web site on page 469 but no further discussion can be found in the text. (Evans, 2011) B. On the Helium web site author Chris Stubbs explains that one of the basic skills needed for any computer user is the ability to type. (Stubbs, 2009) In my opinion you don’t have to be able to type fast you just need a working knowledge of the QWERTY keyboard. Dan Morrill on it.toolbox.com references network engineering skills as the third and sixth most important information security skills needed out of the top ten. He writes that a core skill is being able to understand and use network properties like ARP, ICMP and TCP/IP to map, understand, and find vulnerable nodes on the network. And that you know enough about engineering to keep from being exploited. (Morrill, 2006) 2 The freedictionary.com site states that data communication is encoded electronic information which in used in LAN and...
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...security with the help of Shug and her sister Nettie’s letters. Celie finds independence and courage after years of abuse and other incredible obstacles. Nettie’s story is about a woman who left the United States to study becoming a missionary and hopes one day to reunite with her sister again. Nettie finds a good family and leaves the United States. B. Nettie keeps writing letters, hoping her sister will one day read them. III. Shug’s story is about a strong independent woman who was once the town whore and seeks love from men and helps Celie find love and courage to live on her own. Shug’s father did not want her to sing sinner’s music. B. She is known as a whore, but she presents herself as a strong and determined woman . In the novel The Color Purple, Alice Walker creates a woman who faces struggles and hardships as a child and as an adult. This story is narrated by Celie, the main character who has never be loved by no one but her sister Nettie. This is a story of a black female who lives in a racist town in Georgia in the mid 1900‘s. Celie lacks self-respect, love, faith, sexuality, and also encounters racism. Her sister Nettie was the only one who taught her the lessons she missed in school, but Celie had to depart from Nettie and get married. Later, Celie had...
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...their doctors to help them to cope with their illness and end their suffering. Physician-Assisted Suicide is an important topic that concerns people all over the United States. PAS is “the voluntary termination of one’s life by using means or information, such as a drug prescription or indication of the lethal dosage, provided by physician who is aware of how the patient intends to use such information or means”. Some people are against it because it goes against their religion and moral principals. Others are for it because it helps dying people to leave this world with dignity. Although opponent of PAS think that only God has the right to decide when a person has to die, others who are with it believe that a person has a right to end the suffering and pain by their own. One of the biggest benefits of PAS is that a person can stop their suffering and pain. There are many unhealed diseases such as cancer or multiple sclerosis that lead to pain and agonized death. Some patients suffer from vomiting, coughing, and extreme pain for long time. They just wait until their body gives up and pray, so they won’t wake up tomorrow. The patients know that pain is going to get worse and worse because there is no cure. The time is dragging for them, and one...
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...Moral Reasoning Prof. Paige Erickson November 30, 2015 When considering what physician assisted suicide is and what the long term effects could be of legalizing it in all fifty (50) states, one would need to ask if a physician should be given the right to administer a lethal dose of medication to a patient with the sole intent of ending said patient’s life? In 2006 the United States Supreme Court held in “Gonzalez v. Oregon (2006) that the Federal Controlled Substances Act does not allow the U.S. Attorney General to prohibit doctors from prescribing regulated drugs for use in PAS (Physician Assisted Suicide)” (Gloth, n.d.). There are many people that feel as if there is nothing morally wrong or right with “killing” or “allowing” someone to die so to speak, by way of a lethal dose of medication or injection. Physician assisted suicide is a means to bring an end to a terminally or chronically ill patient’s life by administering some form of medication either by injection or by mouth. While this could be considered one of the most pain free options, it is still not a viable reason to commit suicide. A Utilitarian would argue that by doing what causes the greatest happiness to a person should be done. When looking at physician assisted suicide from this view it is easily understood that PAS (Physician Assisted Suicide) is a means to an end, an end of a life. By forcing an end to the pain that riddles their body daily would cause the greatest good for that person, and the way to...
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...http://tychong.umuc.edu/wws/showSyllabus.jsp?sectionTitle=all Syllabus for 1206AMBA6509044 Faculty Contact Information Dr. Murray R. Millson Email: mmillson@csumb.edu Course Introduction AMBA 650, Marketing Management and Innovation is a 6-credit seminar in the MBA Program. There are 10 weeks in the semester. There is no break in the semester The Summer 2012 semester begins July 5 and ends September 11, 2012 The last date to withdraw is August 18, 2012 Course Description (Formerly AMBA 603.) Prerequisite: AMBA 640. An exploration of the essentials of marketing management: setting marketing goals for an organization with consideration of internal resources and marketing opportunities, planning and executing activities to meet these goals, and measuring progress toward their achievement. Focus is on the concept of innovation in business, including the introduction of new market offerings and the use of new technologies, strategies, and tactics for achieving marketing objectives. An integrative approach combines discussions on theory of marketing management with industry analysis and practical implications. Assignments include the design and marketing of innovative products, analysis of the application of modern marketing strategies and tactics using examples from participants organizations, and practicing a holistic approach to marketing management. Course Goals/Objectives At the end of this course, students should be able to: 1. Assess the role marketing plays in...
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...“Small is beautiful”[1]: Manufacturing Marketing Dilemma at Signode Tracko Components Ltd: PCB Division Amit Thomas was exuberant. Ever since he joined as Chief Marketing Officer, STC’s PCB division is showing exponential growth. From a sales of just over Rs24 million in 2000, during his first year of service itself, he could raise it to over Rs 40 million. Now browsing through the figures, he found that in the last nine months (Jan-Sep[2])the sales have reached over Rs 68 million[3]. He knew his strategy worked…Accepting both small and big orders had made this dramatic growth possible. He is looking forward to the next review meeting. He couldn’t wait to laugh at those production fellows who always cry foul at his strategies!!! The company Signode Tracko Components Ltd (STCL) is the Indian subsidiary of the Fortune 500 German MNC Signode Components Inc. STCL started operation during the rapid liberalization phase of India during early part of the last decade and soon positioned itself as an OEM and a major electrical component manufacturer that go into the production of many household white goods and electric equipment. During the late 1999, STCL decided to bifurcate its Printed Circuit Board division at Faridabad as an independent company under the same brand umbrella, to tap the booming electronic toys and edutainment market. During 1999, there were over 250 Printed Circuit Board (PCB) manufacturers in India, most of them in public sector. These manufacturers...
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...(H5N1) This articles discusses Bird Flu (H5N1). It talks about a lot of information from the causes, symptoms, exams and tests to detect it, the treatments and also the outlook or prognosis. The first human case was reported in Hong Kong in 1997 and was transmitted through chickens. This means that the virus was able to pass the barrier and mutate between animal and man. Since then there has been hundreds of cases and the mortality rate is approximetely 50%. Your risk of contracting the avian flu virus increases if you work with poultry, travel to countries where the virus is present or you consume undercooked poultry meat or eggs. The most recent case involved a 10 year old girl from Cambodia. After 5 days she was admitted to the hospital and after 2 days in intensive care she died (Zimmer 2012). The article states that treatment for H5N1 varies depending on your symptoms but generally can be treated with Tamiflu or Relenza to lessen the severity. These medications must be taken within 48 hours of the onset of symptoms for them to be effective. Typically with any virus the best treatment is a lot of fluids to help the virus run its' course more quickly. There have been cases of Bird Flu reported in Asia, Africa, Europe, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Pacific and near the East. It also goes on to state that the chance for a worldwide outbreak in humans goes up the more the the avian flu virus spreads. In conclusion, the avian flu virus, or bird flu is absolutely...
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...Associate degree versus baccalaureate degr Professional dynamics To become a RN, there are two main paths, by earning an associate degree, or a bachelor’s degree. One of the primary differences between an associate and bachelor’s is the length of time that each program takes to finish. To become an RN, more nurses choose to go for associate degree in nursing (ADN), because it is a faster program, 2 year program, and often more affordable. Bachelor versus Baccalaureate degree requires an increase length of study and more expensive. Both ADN versus BSN learn the some basic skills and, must sit for the NCLEX exam to be licensure. The national examination is the same for both ADN and BSN. BSN and ADN nurses must pass the NCLEX-RN exam, but not all nurses are equally prepared to practice at the same level. (“AACN”, 2012, p1). The nursing education system is challenged to balance the goal of providing adequate numbers of baccalaureate-prepared nurses while simultaneously advancing the educational level of nurses prepared at the associate degree or diploma level. (Cresaia, 2010) Baccalaureate degree nurses may go through more years of school, and pay more, but are more educated. “BSN programs cover all the materials covered in ADN program plus a more in depth treatment of the physical and social sciences, nursing research, public and community health, nursing management, and the humanities. The additional work provides new graduates with a better understanding of the cultural...
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