THE NERVOUS SYSTEM The nervous system allows the animal to quickly detect, communicate and co-ordinate information about its external and internal environment so it can make efficient appropriate responses for survival and/or reproduction. The two major parts of our nervous system are the central nervous system (CNS) and peripheral nervous system (PNS). The CNS is made of the brain and spinal cord. The cranial nerves, spinal nerves and ganglia make up the PNS. The cranial nerves connect
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ISSU ES I N CLINICA L NUR SIN G Living with unexplained chest pain Margaretha Jerlock MSc, RN, RNT Lecturer, Faculty of Health and Caring Science, Institute of Nursing, The Sahlgrenska Academy at Goteborg University, ¨ Goteborg, Sweden ¨ Fannie Gaston-Johansson PhD, RN Professor, Faculty of Health and Caring Science, Institute of Nursing, The Sahlgrenska Academy at Goteborg University, ¨ Goteborg, Sweden, and Johns Hopkins University, School of Nursing, Baltimore, MD, USA
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authoritarian and the expansion of its conceptual model to the analysis of social ills and attendant policy. “Medicalization” refers the process by which non-medical problems become defined and treated as medical problems, usually in terms of illness and disorders”. This review is based mainly on three objectives; (a) first is to explain the nature of medicalization- i.e. what medicalization actually is and why there is need of de-medicalization, (b) second is to explain the how the medicalization has negative
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EUTHANASIA: The intentional killing by act or omission of a dependent human being for his alleged benefit. (If death is not intended, it is not an act of euthanasia) ARGUMENTS FOR EUTHANASIA: It provides away to relieve extreme pain It provides a way of relief when a person’s quality of life is low Frees up medical funds to help people It is another case of freedom of choice ARGUMENTS AGAINST EUTHANASIA: Euthanasia devalues human life Euthanasia can become a means of health care
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2 Negligence: The Basic Principles of Duty of Care The arrangement of this and subsequent chapters Negligence is a large and amorphous subject, and all parts of the law on it are interlocking. It is often difficult to understand one part without having studied the whole, and therefore in arranging the material I have decided to set out the basic principles first, leaving the more sophisticated developments until later. Accordingly the next three chapters on duty, standard of care, causation and
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Nutrition test 1 Nutrition- study of nutrients in food and how body handles them: ingestion, digestion, absorption, metabolism, storage, excretion Diseases that have a strong correlation with diet: heart disease, malignant neoplasm, cerebrovascular diseases, DM, aspiration pneumonia Nutrient- substance obtained from food that is needed by the body for growth, maintenance, and/or repair Energy providing nutrients (provide calories): * Carbohydrate – 4 Kcal * Protein – 4 Kcal * Fat – 9
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July 2002 • NREL/TP-550-30769 A Literature Review of the Effects of Natural Light on Building Occupants L. Edwards and P. Torcellini National Renewable Energy Laboratory 1617 Cole Boulevard Golden, Colorado 80401-3393 NREL is a U.S. Department of Energy Laboratory Operated by Midwest Research Institute • Battelle • Bechtel Contract No. DE-AC36-99-GO10337 July 2002 • NREL/TP-550-30769 A Literature Review of the Effects of Natural Light on Building Occupants
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Obesity is chronic condition where there is an abnormal accumulation of fat causing excess body weight which in turn is detrimental causing health issues and ultimately a lower life expectancy. The prevalence of obesity in Australia is 20.5%: 19.1% for males and 21.8% for females. The prevalence of being overweight but not obese was 39.1%: 48.2% for males and 30.2% for females. The number of overweight and obese adults increased from 4.6 million in 1989–90 to 5.4 million in 1995, 6.6 million in
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Recruiting & Selection Process of Harrods. | | | | | | Submitted by: Syeda Sikder Table of contents Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………………………….…..2 LO1: Understanding the differences between personnel management and human resource management..............…...3 P1.1: Distinguishing between personnel management and human resource management...…………………………...4 P1.2: Assess the functions of the human resource management in contributing to organizational purposes………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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Table of Contents Conditioning 3 Memory 14 Thought 21 Perception 25 Sensation 33 Personality Theory 39 Abnormal Behavior 49 Psychotherapy 56 Emotion 59 Motivation 62 Social Psychology 70 Intelligence 75 Physiology 78 States of Consciousness 84 Statistics 88 Human
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