Mucinous cystic neoplasms (MCN) are a group of rare pancreatic lesions that include benign cystadenomas and malignant cystadenocarcinomas. Middle aged women are almost exclusively affected‚ with a female to male predominance of 20:1 and an average age of diagnosis of 50. Affected individuals are frequently asymptomatic and lesions are discovered incidentally. Few present with nonspecific symptoms‚ such as abdominal pain‚ or sequelae of metastatic spread. Wide-spread availability and improved resolution
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Children love to watch TV and prefer to stay “glued” to the TV screen all day‚ rather than playing outside. In the USA‚ 47% of children ages 2 to 18 years have a television set in their bedrooms. On a typical day‚ they spend on average of 5.5 hours using media‚ including television‚ computer games and the Internet (Kaiser Family Foundation‚ 2001). TV is the number one after-school activity for 6 to 17 years old. Although television is loved by children and has helped them a lot‚ it has influenced
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2013 What Pressure on Students Has Caused There is so much pressure amongst students in schools to not only excel academically but to also participate in sports‚ extra-curricular activities‚ and community service. This pressure on students has gone unrecognized and is now an alarming problem. It is an alarming problem because parents and teachers are realizing that there are consequences occurring due to this immense pressure on students in schools. The pressure comes from parents who want the
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and taking care of children’s education. From the day women are born they are taught that women grow up‚ marry and have children. They are brainwashed into believing that this is what is expected of them and this is what will naturally occur. As a result‚ women carry the great deal of responsibility on their shoulders because they are protagonists in family life. Women are more active in taking care of children‚ and controlling of home’s economy than man. Moreover‚ they assume the most of household
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Popularly‚ heroes of kids are the ones who have incredible strength or own the x-ray vision such as Superman‚ Batman and Spiderman… However‚ my hero is just a normal person with no power or ability to fly. Instead of those supernatural abilities‚ he has a brave heart which deeply influences my personality. He is Mr Hanh-one of my beloved teachers. I first met him when I was studying in the second grade. As being stubborn and lazy child at that time‚ I studied in the class for naughty students and
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ECN 112 Chapter 2 Lecture Notes 2.1 What Goods and Services are Produced? A. What We Consume 1. In the United States‚ medical care is the single largest consumption category. 2. Over time‚ incomes in the United States have increased and our expenditure on necessities has fallen as a percentage of income while expenditure on services has risen as a percentage of income. B. What We Produce Most of what we consume is produced in the United States‚ and most of what we produce is services. 1
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The planet has no Plan-B for climate change Introduction Climate change is arguably the most discussed and talked about term from the fag-end of the 20th century till today. Since the initial knowledge on climate change was acquired in 1950s and since the first conference on climate change was held in 1979‚ numerous treaties and frameworks have been devised to curb and bring down emissions that cause the climate change. After several decades‚ in 2011‚ we have realised the bitter truth
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What Does it Mean to be a Man or a Woman? A theme the tragedy of Macbeth routinely reveals is one of gender roles. Throughout the play‚ many characters struggle with conflict within themselves; not unlike conflicts that we face inside ourselves today. Various major conflicts throughout the screenplay are somehow connected with characters’ roles as men or women. The dominant question is‚ do the characters know who they are as men and women? Although Macbeth’s age was never stated‚ it is concluded
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between apartments revealed little has changed. Thank God‚ and a competitive market‚ for e-readers and digital versions from here on in. My mother used to laugh about the story of The Brave Little Tailor‚ which apparently I couldn’t get enough of as a child. If you’ve not read it‚ it is strange as far as fairytales go. My best summation of the moral of the story is “shoot your mouth off‚ and maybe it’ll happen.” When I was about 10 years old‚ I won a local cross country race and decided that I
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Masculinity: Who has claim? Throughout the course of history‚ the social concept of the hunter and gatherer remained unprovoked. The responsibility of the hunter fell on the shoulders of men while the responsibilities of the gatherer burdened the women. Men were born to lead‚ protect‚ and fight while women were born to be submissive‚ serve‚ and care for the home. Over time‚ society defined the roles of the two genders. Men were attributed as “the head of the family” and “the provider”; women were
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