...TOXIC EFFECTS OF PASSIVE SMOKING Name Institution Passive smoking refers to involuntary inhale of smoke from other peoples cigarettes. Passive smoking in other terms is described to as second hand smoke. It is also referred to as the environmental tobacco smoke. It is the smoke that is exhaled by the smoker and the smoke that come at the end of a cigar. When a person close to you is smoking then you become a second hand smoker. Breathing in other peoples, smoke endangers everyone’s health. Children are particularly the most endangered as their immune is weak. Passive smoking comes with high risk in health. Below are some of the toxic effects of smoking. It increases the risk of contracting lung cancer especially to non-smokers.non smokers who live in the same quarters with active smokers stand at the highest risk. In united state it is estimate that out of a seventy cases reported for lung cancer ten is non-smokers.Non smokers suffering from lung cancer have an identifiable risk factor for development of disease. There is no secure point of exposure to passive smoke. Even the minimal levels of passive smoke can be very risk to body health. The safest way to secure non smokers from passive smoke is through is by eliminating indoor smoking.methonds like ventilating houses, ...
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...then passive investing will seem like the better path to follow. Active investing deals with applying humane intelligence and research to find the best deals in the market. Active investing can be compared to making a bet with your friend on a basketball game, and hoping to beat the odds. Passive investment, on the other hand, does not seek to forecast future securities prices nor does it favor certain securities. Instead, passive investing deals with investing in asset classes or indexes using historical data rather than the research active investors seek. Although there may be favorable outcomes to each form of investing, passive investing will be a better choice. The main reason to invest, whether passively or actively, is for profitability. When investing passively, there is the chance to perform close to the index, which does not necessarily reach the highest return at that moment. When incorporating fees for investing, the fees for passive investing are usually lower, due to less trading, than those of active investing. Less capital gains distribution also makes tax efficiency more favorable in passive investing. Engaging in passive investing also saves a busy investor some time since there is little to no research the investor has to find in order to make choices on certain securities. In its entirety, active investing typically cost more, which in turn takes away from any return, making profits lower than the actually seem. In the long run, passive investing...
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...A passive optical network (PON) is a system that brings optical fiber cabling and signals all or most of the way to the end user. Depending on where the PON terminates, the system can be described as fiber-to-the-curb (FTTC), fiber-to-the-building (FTTB), or fiber-to-the-home (FTTH). All PON systems have essentially the same theoretical capacity at the optical level. The limits on upstream and downstream bandwidth are set by the electrical overlay, the protocol used to allocate the capacity and manage the connection. The first PON systems that achieved significant commercial deployment had an electrical layer built on Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM, or "cell switching") and were called "APON." These are still being used today, although the term "broadband PON" or BPON is now applied. APON/BPON systems typically have downstream capacity of 155 Mbps or 622 Mbps, with the latter now the most common. Upstream transmission is in the form of cell bursts at 155 Mbps. Fiber to the curb (FTTC) refers to the installation and use of optical fiber cable directly to the curbs near homes or any business environment as a replacement for plain old telephone service (POTS). Think of removing all the telephone lines you see in your neighborhood and replacing them with optical fiber lines. Such wiring would give us extremely high bandwidth and make possible movies-on-demand and online multimedia presentations arriving without noticeable delay. Fiber to the curb implies that coaxial cable or another...
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...LITERATUR KLASSE 5 A LING A. SC. 2012 /2013 Sturm und Drang Um 1770 beginnt eine richtige Revolution, eine Gegenbewegung zur Aufklärung, der „Sturm und Drang“ (tempesta e assalto) heißt. Diese Bewegung, im Gegensatz zur rationalistischen Dominanz der Vernunft, hatte im Mittelpunkt Ideale wie die Natur, das Gefühl und die Phantasie. Als Vorbild dieser neuen Dichtung gelten die spontanen und primitiven Schöpfungen aus der Jugendzeit der Völker. Der „Sturm und Drang“ dauerte zirka 20 Jahre (1767 – 1785) und war eine Bewegung von jungen Autoren deren Leitworte: Natur, Gefühl (sentimento), Leidenschaft (passione) und Freiheit waren. Dank der Jugendwerke Goethes und Schillers bekam die Bewegung große Bedeutung in der Geschichte der deutschen Literatur. Johann Gottfried Herder war der Theoretiker des „Sturm und Drang“. Während die Aufklärer überzeugt waren, dass ein Dichter dauernd über die Regeln und die Aufgabe der Poesie nachdenken sollte, dachte Herder, dass uns die Realität, dass wir nachdenken und überlegen, zu wahrer Kunst unfähig (incapaci) macht. Ursprung wahrer Kunst ist nicht mehr die Vernunft sondern das Gefühl und die Leidenschaft. In diesem Sinne identifizierte er sich mit dem Kulturpessimismus und dem Motto Rousseaus „Zurück zur Natur“. Sein Meisterwerk ist „Stimmen der Völker in Liedern“. In diesem Werk zeigen sich kosmopolitische Elemente: neben deutschen Volksliedern stehen nordische und slawische Texte, schottische Balladen, sizilianische Reime, spanische...
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...Active and Passive Euthanasia James Rachels was an American philosopher who specialized in ethics and animal rights. Over the course of his career has written six books and over 85 essays. In 1975, Rachels wrote the article “Active and Passive Euthanasia”, in which he argued that the distinction so important in the law between killing and letting die which was based on the principle of double effect. He argued that if we allow passive euthanasia, we should also allow active euthanasia because it is more humane and that there is really no moral difference between the two. In my paper I have chosen two questions to answer concerning the article written by James Rachels. Rachels offers two principal arguments against the distinction between active and passive euthanasia. What are these arguments? Passive euthanasia is when the doctor does not do anything to bring about the patient’s death because the patient ends up dying at whatever illness they may have. While active euthanasia is when the doctor does something to bring about the patient’s death, for example, the doctor gives a patient with cancer a lethal injection which causes the death of the patient. Rachels claims that "killing is not itself any worse than letting die." What support does he offer for this claim? Do you agree? Why or why not? Rachel argues that there really isn’t a moral difference between the two because many believe that killing someone is morally worse than letting someone die...
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...out the inconsistency in discontinuing medical support but not going further with active euthanasia, because he sees no moral distinction between active and passive euthanasia, they are both intentional acts to terminate a life. Simply letting someone die is morally the same as killing someone so why is one more acceptable than the other? When a doctor lets a patient die, the doctor is not doing anything. In other words, contrary to how it may seem, doctors are acting by not acting. One is acting in the choice to not do anything. Rachel uses the example of a situation in which a doctor does not treat a patient of a life-threatening illness that is known to be treatable. By withholding treatment, the doctor is actually committing murder, However in a scenario where the illness is terminal withholding treatment is an acceptable practice based on the patient’s wishes. In these scenarios, active euthanasia would seem to be more humane but is not legal or acceptable. It seems to me that Rachel puts doctors in a situation where they must strictly either be torturers or murderers. In choosing to prolong the patient’s life, the doctor is criticized for prolonging suffering. If it is decided that medical support should no longer be given, the doctor is immediately a murderer. This is supported by Rachel’s’ argument that passive and active euthanasia have...
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...My research report is about passive solar. Passive solar is free energy from the sun, that can be used in the variety of ways. Passive solar means it allows light to pass though an object to heat it passive solar can provide electricity hot water. There are so many different ways. Today I am only going to cover a few. Such as the black aluminium screen option and the concrete floor option are a couple I am going to explain to you today. First lats start on how to heat your house, Garage, Barn, And other living spaces. With black aluminium screens hot and toasty in no time. Black aluminium screens capture heat energy from the sun. Special panels shade the screen. As air passes thru the screens the air around the screen warms and cases a conviction current. During the summer the sun shines on the roof of the house. In the winter the sun shines on the screens. Now that you know how to heat you house with screens lets learn how to cool your house with passive solar! Cooling your house with passive solar is easy. If you noticed Arizona has a lot of houses with concrete floors your right. A concrete floor ob sobs cold air if you live in a hot climate. I would recommend yousing a concrete floor. The cool fact is that even if its 135f out side with this floor in side would be 95f ,Good bye sweat. Hot water sytems work in a cycle. Cold water from the water company is transferd...
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...2630- Introduction to Ethics April 20, 2013 Active and Passive Euthanasia Most moral codes state that killing another human being is morally wrong. I would agree that to kill another human being in the heat of anger, for material gain or in the event of committing a crime would be morally wrong. But I feel that our moral codes are lacking in certain areas and do not take into account some situations where killing another human being would be morally acceptable. This type of killing would be to end the person’s suffering only. These cases the killing would be called active and passive euthanasia. Active euthanasia “taking a direct action to kill someone, to carry out a “mercy killing”. (Vaughn, 2010) “Passive Euthanasia is allowing someone to die by not doing something-by withholding or withdrawing measures necessary for sustaining life.” (Vaughn, 2010) In today’s medical profession, defining death has become more difficult, as technology has provided physicians and medical staff the ability to prolong a patient’s life by artificial means. In years gone by, once a patient’s heart stopped beating and respiration stopped, a person was declared dead. Today, machines can keep a patient’s blood flowing, heart beating and lungs breathing, thus technically keeping the patient alive, possibly for years with no hope of a full recovery, only to live in a vegetative state. In cases such as these, passive euthanasia is allowable by law, withholding food and water, allowing...
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...Active vs. Passive Euthanasia 1. Question What is the difference between active and passive euthanasia and is one form better or worse than the other when it comes to ending someone’s life? 2. Introduction There are a few differences between active and passive euthanasia. Active euthanasia involves assisting someone that is dying so they die quicker and painlessly. Whereas, passive euthanasia involves letting someone that is sick die by not prolonging their life with medication. It does not involve “killing” them, but instead letting their ailment take them more slowly. Is one of these methods more humane than the other when someone is dying? Is it more acceptable to let someone suffer for a longer period of time? Or would it be better to assist someone that is dying to end his or her life with dignity? 3. Position Statement Someone that is ready to die should be allowed to chance to die with dignity and with active euthanasia, as long as they are in the right frame of mind to make that decision. 4. Supporting Reason Allowing someone that is terminally ill or dying to die with dignity gives respect to the person in his or her last days. If someone is dying and they want to end their life, and not suffer, they should be allowed to have help from doctors to make that decision. The alternative would be to have them suffer for the remainder of their days, waiting for their time to die. This can cause depression and feelings of hopelessness. Not a good way...
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... Belinda Jones University of Phoenix Passive Smoke Smokers may never realize the harm they do to those around them. A smoker knows the risks they pose to their own health, but do they stop and think about the risks their second hand smoke poses to those who surround them. All nonsmokers are exposed to second hand smoke or passive smoke at one time or place, it simply can not be avoided. Until recent laws have taken effect exposure to second hand smoke was everywhere from the work place to public places. Children are often exposed to second hand smoke by their parents and can not choose to walk away from it like an adult can. Just consider how many adults smoke in a car when they have a child as a passenger. The media is full of commercials on cancer and smoking letting all know about that health risk. But besides lung cancer, there are other problems associated with the second hand smoke, especially in young children. Smoke in the Air First of all what is passive or second hand smoke? Second hand smoke is consider smoke exhaled by a smoker and the smoke from the burning tobacco product. Second how are people exposed to second hand smoke? Anytime we are in the company...
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...section of the Center for Writing Excellence. Thank you for using WritePoint. Health care communication Tamika Arnold HCS/320 July 22,2013 Kristin Thrun Health care communication Effective communication incorporate the basic elements of communication by understanding the process of communication this is necessary to improve effective habits of communication and skills of exchanging information between individuals through a common system of symbols, signs, or behavior. Individuals exhibit the importance of adequate communication through their daily activities. The basic elements of communication are relied [The passive voice is a form of "be" (are) and a participle (relied). Over-use of the passive voice can make paragraphs officious and tedious to read. Prefer the active voice. For example, passive voice = The paper was completed on time. Active voice = the student completed the paper on...
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...Welcome to WritePoint, the automated review system that recognizes errors most commonly made by university students in academic essays. The system embeds comments into your paper and suggests possible changes in grammar and style. Please evaluate each comment carefully to ensure that the suggested change is appropriate for your paper, but remember that your instructor's preferences for style and format prevail. You will also need to review your own citations and references since WritePoint capability in this area is limited. NOTE: WritePoint comments are computer-generated writing and grammar suggestions inviting the consideration and analysis of the writer; they are not infallible statements of right/wrong, and they should not be used as grading elements. Also, at present, WritePoint cannot detect quotations or block-quotes, so comments in those areas should be ignored. Please see the other helpful writing resources in the Tutorials and Guides section of the Center for Writing Excellence. Thank you for using WritePoint. Cognitive Dissonance PSY400 April 16, 2012 Cognitive Dissonance Leon Festinger made his way into the world of psychology by introducing the theory of cognitive dissonance (Myers, 2010). Cognitive Dissonance is a reduction in...
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...Cigarette Smoking The effects of cigarette smoking can be horrifying. Smoking is dangerous not only to those who smoke, but to non-smokers and unborn children as well. Cigarette smoking is also physically and socially harming. The large particles in cigarette smoke, commonly known as "tar", collect in the branching points of the lungs. The tar contains carcinogenic compounds that increase the risk of lung cancer. The small particles in cigarette smoke, including carcinogens, irritants, and corrosive chemicals, collect in the small air sacs in the lungs called cilia, and damage them. These air sacs are where the blood absorbs oxygen from the air. When the small particles from the cigarette smoke are absorbed into the blood stream and transported to other parts of the body, they include a variety of diseases. The smoke from a burning cigarette is a mixture of hot gasses and different sized particles that fills the air with over 4000 chemicals, including 43 carcinogens and over 400 other toxins (Glantz & Daynard, 1991). One of the gasses emitted by cigarettes is carbon monoxide, a colorless and odorless poison. By attaching to hemoglobin, the carbon monoxide lessens the blood’s ability to carry oxygen. There are many effects of cigarette smoking on the actual smoker. They include lung cancer and other cancers, cardiovascular malfunctions, strokes, chronic bronchitis, and emphysema. Cigarette smoking may even lead to changes in the smoker’s appearance such as early wrinkling...
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...help investment advisory firms to better establish their strategy. Indeed this index is based on fundamental criteria instead of market capitalization criteria (and thus it has an economic-centric view instead of a market-centric view). It has been proved through studies that portfolio weights decided by fundamentals are more reliable than by price. This interesting strategy, halfway between active and passive, has shown some significant higher returns over the past years, a fact that many pension funds have already noticed since the trend today for these funds is to invest more and more in passively traded funds. Even if such strategies seem to increase the investment exposure to market fluctuation they can still be considered as “smart-beta” strategies. In the end we will have understood that TW should follow that investment tendency and purchase RAFI’s license to offer a better performing investment strategy to its pension clients, keeping in mind that one should not invest all its AUM on a passive strategy but should rather diversify its portfolio between active and passive investment strategies. 2 Case Study Questions 1. What is the role of pension fund consultants such as Towers Watson (TW) towards their clients? What criteria should TW use to assess the suitability of...
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...directly affects everyone in the vicinity of a public place, restaurant or bar. Based on the evidence that a ban on smoking prevents secondhand smoke, it is important that an amendment banning smoking in public buildings is added immediately. The first and most pressing issue with smoking in public buildings is the major health risks involved with secondhand smoke. It is reported that over 50,000 Americans are killed annually by passive smoking (Garrison 44). Of that 50,000; 35,000 died from heart disease, 3,000 died from lung cancer, and the other 12,000 deaths are caused from other cancers. With this major death toll, it ranks second hand smoke as the third leading cause for premature deaths, it trails alcohol related deaths and smoking as the two leading causes (Smoak 129). Granted that not all secondhand smoke is consumed in public buildings, some people are exposed in their homes, over 2,000 people died in one year because of secondhand smoke and they did not smoke or live with someone that did (Garrison 44). Besides adults being affected by passive smoking, children are strongly affected and can become seriously ill. It was estimated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) that between 150,000 and 300,000 children under the age of eighteen months got pneumonia or bronchitis because of secondhand smoke (USEPA 33)....
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