...Personal Impact Paper Bernard R. Bossert Jr. NUR 427 October 4, 2014 Professor Beard Personal Impact Paper According to The Center for Managing Chronic Disease at the University of Michigan (2011) website, chronic disease can be defined as any medical condition in which the treatment expectation is one of control, rather than cure. The website further states that up to 70% (1.7 million) of deaths in the United States can be attributed to chronic disease. This statistic is not limited to the United States. The World Health Organization (2014) website states chronic disease accounts for 60% of all deaths worldwide, and half of those deaths occurred in people under the age of 70. The diagnosis of a chronic disease impacts a person in multiple ways, bringing with it new feelings, fears, questions, and lifestyle adjustments. This paper will explore some of these issues involving a person who is living with a chronic disease. For this paper, I chose to explore the chronic disease of asthma and the impact it can have on a person. I chose asthma because I personally live with it every day and know firsthand the effects it can have on a person, thus I can examine how this disease has personally impacted myself. As an emergency department nurse, I have treated many patients with asthma and have seen how this same disease can affect different people in different ways. The conversations I have had with those that also suffer from asthma have opened my eyes to new ways to cope with...
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...National Geospatial-Intellegence Agency (NGA) Research Paper Table of Contents... Title Page...............................................................................Page 1 Table of Contents..................................................................Page 2 Thesis.....................................................................................Page 3 History....................................................................................Page 3 Past Operations.....................................................................Page 4 Present Operations...............................................................Page 5 9/11......................................................................................Page 5-6 Bibliograpy.........................................................................Page 7-8 The National Geospatial-Intellegence Agency is a critical agency in the protection of the United States and its people and for the use of imagary intellegence. This paper will delve into the history of the National Geospatial-Intellegence Agency, some past and present operations and focusing on their successes and failures, and its importance post 9/11. After WW1, aerial photography became a large asset to battlefield intelligence, by using stereo viewers, photointerpreters assesed thousands of images, with many of those images being of the same target just a a different angle or time, giving rise to what became modern imagery analysis...
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...IMPACT OF STEALTH TECHNOLOGY ON AIR DEFENCE “Stealth refers to a wide range of steps that can be taken to make aircraft harder to detect. There is a payoff and a price.” - Jay H Goldberg [i] CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1. The latest trends in military aircraft manufacturing are towards development and incorporation of technology which can provide with means to avoid detection. This enhances its survivability by reducing its radar signature and hence reducing the possibility of being detected by enemy radars. The degree to which this is achieved differs from aircraft to aircraft. Certain aircraft like the B-2 and F-117 have been manufactured with this technology as the basis and are thus referred to as Stealth Aircraft. In other aircraft, stealth is achieved to a lesser degree but it nevertheless helps them in enhancing their survivability against enemy air defence. The day is not far when this technology is likely to find wide spread use in the field of aviation. 2. The dictionary defines stealth as "evasion of notice". Applied to Aerial Warfare, it implies the ability of an aircraft, or platform, to carry out its mission without being detected. Other terms such as "LO" - low observables, or "RO"- reduced observables, have also been used which imply the same thing. The very concept of 'Stealth' conjures up an image of something moving in secretly without being detected. 'Stealth' technology actually is all about the art of making aircraft, missiles and...
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...and the active use of extreme measures in the name of peace keeping? Annotated Bibliography: Source #1: Cook, Martin L., Dr. “Ethical Issues in Counterterrorism Warfare.” Ethical Issues in Counterterrorism Warfare. Santa Clara University, Sept. 2001. Web. 09 Mar. 2013. <http://www.scu.edu/ethics/publications/ethicalperspectives/cook.html> The author of this essay, Dr. Martin L. Cook, is an Elihu Root Professor of Military Science and a Professor of Ethics under the Department of Command, Leadership and Management at the U.S. Army War College. Under the guidance of the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, U.S. Army, Cook was asked to prepare this paper. Prior to his current position, Cook engaged his professional expertise at the Santa Clara University and taught under in the Department of Religious Studies. Cook’s paper first states that as a result of the recent September 11th, 2001 attacks pertaining to the Pentagon (Washington D.C) and the World Trade Center (New York City), the concept of just warfare - the moral and legal traditions of just war and its appropriate, yet effective response has vastly differed and have been challenged. Not only are they subjective to interstate war, but are also adapted to the war against...
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...Atmospheric Pollution Research 5 (2014) 79‐86 Atm spheric Pollution Research www.atmospolres.com Assessment of air pollution around coal mining area: Emphasizing on spatial distributions, seasonal variations and heavy metals, using cluster and principal component analysis Bhanu Pandey 1, Madhoolika Agrawal 1, Siddharth Singh 2 1 2 Laboratory of Air Pollution and Global Climate Change, Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi–221005, India Environmental Management Group, Central Institute of Mining & Fuel Research (CSIR), Barwa road, Dhanbad–826015, India ABSTRACT Jharia Coal field (JCF) in Jharkhand is the richest coal bearing area in India, which contains large quantities of high grade coking coal. The conventional coal fuel cycle is among the most destructive activities on the earth, threatening the health, polluting the air and water, harming the land, and contributing to global warming. The variations in air quality in terms of sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and particulate matter around JCF were evaluated over the period of 2010 and 2011 at five sites during different seasons. Air pollution index (API), calculated on the basis of suspended particulate matter (SPM), SO2 and NO2 concentrations was highest near the coal mining area. The ambient concentrations of heavy metals (in PM10) also showed significant temporal and spatial variations at different sites around coal mining areas...
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...Safety Implementations and Respond to Emergency Conditions Blackboard assignment 3.10 Dharmik Vora Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University ASCI 202 Nov 10th, 2013. Abstract This research paper discusses about the response action that any airline manager should take after the accident has taken place or safety implementation prior to the accident. The paper overall, is discussed on the basis of incident that took place at Sioux City Gateway airport with United Airline flight 232. The National Transportation Safety Board claimed aircraft maintenance as the main cause of the crash. Therefore this paper briefly analyze the proactive safety management system, proactive hazard identification system that any airline safety manager should implements to avoid accidents and make sure maintenance and inspections are conducted at regular intervals. Finally, it also summarize the duties of airport safety manager and the contingency plan that can be put into action after the plane crashes at the airport, to minimize the casualties and save as many lives as possible. Brief History United airline flight two three two was scheduled from Stapleton Airport (Denver) to O' Hare International airport (Chicago) on July 19th. The flight encountered power failure in its second engine and lost all its flight controls therefore crew members were able to save only ninety six lives. After NTSB investigation, it was found that engine failed because of the manufacturing defect in the fan disk which...
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...qtr_02 10 A quArterly publicAtion boeing.com/commerciAl/ AeromAgAzine building better communication New Air Traffic Surveillance Technology complying with the Aging Airplane Safety rule new tool for collaboration on in‑Service issues Fuel conservation Strategies: Descent and Approach AERO cover photo: 777 APU exhaust bay. AERO contents 03 building better communication Four years ago, we reintroduced AERO magazine in response to a boeing customer support survey. late last year, we went back to you to find out how well we are doing. 07 New Air Traffic Surveillance Technology Air traffic service providers and regulators are moving toward airspace and flight operations to enable greater flexibility and adaptability along with assuring improved traffic flow, capacity, efficiency and safety. A key part is the transition from radar to ADS‑b surveillance. 07 15 complying with the Aging Airplane Safety rule new materials help operators comply with the u.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s new rule on aging airplane safety. 21 15 new tool for collaboration on in‑Service issues 21 boeing introduces a new collaboration platform that integrates two previous elec‑ tronic bulletin boards in a single application and includes a number of new features. 25 Fuel conservation Strategies: Descent and Approach 25 www.boeing.com/c o m m e r c i A l / A e r o m A g A z i n e the descent and approach...
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...Air Force Base. With an unknown quality level of air within the soldering area there is a need for a sample to be taken and options to be considered to improve the working environment. Even though the air sample may reveal that levels are under threshold levels, the simple fact that employees are uncomfortable doing the task may warrant solutions as if the sample was above limits. Those changes would not be required by anyone outside of the Air Force, but would be considered based on employee well-being. This research paper will reveal the findings of the air quality sample, the methods of testing, and countermeasures intent on improving air quality. Most research has concluded that the soldering flux is the real contaminate and that the lead based solder does not become airborne during the process; which is exciting in the fact that expanded measures are not needed to account for lead. There are many solutions available to correct the air quality and this paper will assess the most applicable and cost effective. Keywords: soldering, flux, rosin-core, air quality, ventilation Soldering Air Quality Hazards and Solutions The current set-up for soldering avionics component parts has questionable ventilation to account for the increased tasks that involve this practice. New procedures were developed to re-solder batches of circuit cards at a time which means the process occurs for hours as opposed to the past when it may have been minutes a day. Typical early symptoms...
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...Air Pollution What is Air Pollution? Air pollution is actually the addition of any harmful substances to the atmosphere, which causes the damaging of the environment, human health and the quality of life. With the development in industry, came along the increase in air pollution, which occurs inside homes, schools, offices even in the countryside. Consequently there has been an increase in the death rates resulting from various diseases caused by air pollution varying from breathing problem to lung cancer. Air pollution does not only affect people but it also damages the whole ecological system in which plants and animals are harmed as well. Air pollution has reached such a critical stage where it affects the earth's atmosphere as it lets in more harmful radiation from the sun. Consequently, our polluted atmosphere is becoming a better insulator, thus, preventing heat from escaping back into space. That is why there is a global rise in temperature which scientists refer to as " global warming". As a result of this rise in temperature the world food supply and sea level will be affected, also there is the probability of increase in the tropical disease. Sources of Air Pollution The combustion of gasoline and other hydrocarbon fuels in automobiles, trucks, and jet airplanes produces several primary pollutants: nitrogen oxides, gaseous hydrocarbons, and carbon monoxide, as well as large quantities of particulates, chiefly lead. In the presence of sunlight, nitrogen oxides...
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...PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS QUOTES If your opponent is of choleric temper, try to irritate him. If he is arrogant try to encourage his egotism. (If the enemy troops are well prepared after reorganization, try to wear them down. If they are united, try to sow dissension among them. General Tao Hanzhang, translated by Yuan Shibing, Sun Tzu's The Art Of War To capture the enemy's entire army is better than to destroy it; to take intact a regiment, a company, or a squad is better than to destroy them. For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the supreme of excellence. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the supreme excellence. Sun Tzu "The first casualty of war is truth. Rudyard Kipling One need not destroy one's enemy. One need only destroy his willingness to engage. Sun Tzu There are but two powers in the world, the sword and the mind. In the long run the sword is always beaten by the mind. Napoleon Bonaparte In War, the moral is to the material as three is to one. Napoleon Bonaparte We were as hypnotized by the enemy's propaganda as a rabbit is by a snake. General Eric Von Ludendorf, German General Staff, 1918 The British bombarded our front not only with drum-fire of shells, but also with a drum-fire of printed paper. Besides bombs which kill the body, they drop from the air leaflets which are intended to kill the soul. Fieldmarshall Hindenberg, 1918 All propaganda has to be popular and has to adapt its spiritual level...
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...HVAC Design for Cleanroom Facilities Course No: M06-008 Credit: 6 PDH A. Bhatia Continuing Education and Development, Inc. 9 Greyridge Farm Court Stony Point, NY 10980 P: (877) 322-5800 F: (877) 322-4774 info@cedengineering.com HVAC FOR CLEANROOM FACILITIES Indoor air quality is of paramount importance for human comfort and health. Air, whether it is from outside or re-circulated within the area, acts as a vehicle for airborne contaminants brought in by the movement of people, material, etc. Since many of these airborne contaminants are harmful either to products or people working in such environments their removal is necessary on medical, legal, social or financial grounds. Cleanrooms are specially constructed, environmentally controlled enclosed spaces where the concentration of airborne particles (contaminants) is kept within specified limits. In industry, cleanrooms are used in the manufacturing of electronic hardware such as integrated circuits (ICs) and hard drives. In biotechnology and medicine, cleanrooms are used when it is necessary to ensure an environment free of bacteria, viruses, or other pathogens. Four fundamental rules apply to cleanrooms. 1) First, contaminants must not be introduced into the controlled environment from the outside. 2) Second, the apparatus or equipment within the controlled environment must not generate or otherwise give rise to contaminants (for example as a result of friction, chemical reactions, or biological processes). 3) Third...
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...| Green Bank Report: Finding the best green banking deals and rates * Home * Eco-Friendly Banking * iPhone * Green Bank Deals * Credit Cards * Savings Rates * Checking Accounts * CD Rates What is the Meaning of Green Banking? Posted by Clark Schultz on Friday, September 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment Defining green banking is relatively easy. It means promoting environmental-friendly practices and reducing your carbon footprint from your banking activities. This comes in many forms. Using online banking instead of branch banking. Paying bills online instead of mailing them. Opening up CDs and money market accounts at online banks, instead of large multi-branch banks. Or finding the local bank in your area that is taking the biggest steps to support local green initiatives. Any combination of the above personal banking practices can help the environment. So this leads to the question, which banks are green. In general, online banks and smaller community banks have better track record than larger banks. For instance, take a look at the banks that British Petroleum has been reported to seek lines of credit from this past summer after the oil spill. Goldman Sachs (GS) Citigroup (C) JP Morgan (JPM) Bank of America (BAC) These banks have at least one thing in common. That is, they are all large billion-dollar asset banks. They are also in the group of banks that received TARP money in the government bank bailout program. In would seem common...
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...Concepts in community and public health Safaa Soueid Grand Canyon University: NRS-427V-0191 March 16,2014 Communicable disease is a disordered caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi or parasites. Many organisms live in our body, normally they are unable to cause harm, but under certain circumstances may cause diseases (Mayo Clinic, 2013). The mode of transmission may vary; some infectious diseases may be transmitted via contact from person to person, or caused by bites from insects or animals (Mayo Clinic, 2013). Signs and symptoms may vary but very often include fever and chills (Mayo Clinic, 2013). The communicable disease chosen for this paper is chickenpox or varicella. Varicella is an infection caused by a virus called varicella zoster virus or VZV (CDC, 2012). The mentioned infection also is well known by herpes zoster and dates to the ancient civilizations; it was reported in 1888 that a relation between herpes zoster and chickenpox was suggested (PubMed, 2000). In 1954, Thomas Weller isolated the VZV virus from the fluids contained in the vesicles of both chickenpox and herpes zoster lesions in cell culture (CDC, 2012). In the 1970 a varicella vaccine was developed in Japan (CDC, 2012). The vaccine was licensed to use in the United States of America in 1995, and the vaccine that helps reduce the risk of herpes zoster was licensed in 2006 (CDC, 2012). VZV is a DNA virus and one of the herpes virus group, VZV persists in the body after the first infection, that...
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...conduct of war in the twenty-first century, perhaps more so than in any previous era. It is surprising, therefore, how little academic attention has been devoted to the changes that are taking place in the technology, management and integration of the intelligence systems that will underpin any RMA. It is the contention of this article that the transformation of intelligence architectures, particularly in the West, is no less profound than that of the weapons, platforms and warfighting systems they are designed to support and enhance. Moreover, the cumulative weight of the changes in prospect will redefine the way in which intelligence is used and conceived. The old demarcation lines between strategic and operational intelligence and between operations and intelligence, once starkly differentiated, will become more amorphous and blurred. Decision-makers will have better access to intelligence as a result of advances in electronic ‘pull’ technology which have made possible intelligence on demand....
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...future warfare. RMA are closely linked and combined with economics, politics, technologies, security and strategies for RMA to have it changes. The original theorizing about RMA was largely done within the American military, other nations are exploring similar shifts in organisation and technology. 2. Interest in RMA and the structure of future US force have made many other militaries have done researched and considered RMA as and organizational concept. 3. Malaysian Army also now in the planning to modernise it organisations after experienced in insurgency era to the conventional warfare (CW). The modernisation that planned to take place in Malaysian Army is logistic, weaponry, knowledge and doctrines . AIM 4. The aim of this paper is to highlight and discusses to give some understanding of RMA and how it relevant to the Malaysian Army. DISCUSSION TOPICS 5. The topics that will discuss are as follow: a. The Meaning of Revolution in Military Affairs. b. RMA Relevant To The Malaysian Army. c. Implication on Doctrine. d. Future Planning in The Malaysian Army. e. Conclusion MEANING OF RMA 6. Definition of RMA had been defined as the changes in the concept of warfare that brought by the changes in military doctrine, equipment, political and economy of a country . This revolution occurs when the application of new technologies into a significant number of military systems combines with innovative operational concepts and organisation adaptation in a way that...
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