Tetanus is a neuromuscular disease caused by an anaerobic‚ Gram-positive‚ spore-forming bacillus called Clostridium tetani‚ a species of bacteria of the Clostridium genus‚ that produces a powerful neurotoxin called tetanospasmin The most common first symptom of tetanus is spasms or tightening of the jaw muscles referred to as "lockjaw". Other symptoms include headaches‚ sudden muscle spasms-often in the stomach‚ sweating and fever‚ painful muscle stiffness throughout the body‚ difficulty swallowing
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verbs by native writers and the use of modal verbs by non-native Spanish writers. The most remarkable aspect is that Spanish writers show a deviant handling of hedges and boosters. Therefore‚ they have difficulties in establishing a proper tenor when they write in English. Keywords: research articles‚ modal verbs‚ hedges‚ boosters‚ epistemic stance. Resumen En este artículo se lleva a cabo un análisis intercultural‚ cualitativo y cuantitativo del uso de los verbos modales como marcadores de posición
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<b>Thesis Statement</b><br>The hydrogen bomb is a nuclear weapon in which light atomic nuclei of hydrogen are joined together in an uncontrolled nuclear fusion reaction to release tremendous amounts of energy. The hydrogen bomb is about a thousand times as powerful as the atomic bomb‚ which produces a nuclear fission explosion about a million times more powerful than comparably sized bombs using conventional high explosives such as TNT.<br><br><b>The Hydrogen Bomb</b><br>The Atomic Bomb Was A Essential
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On January 26‚ 1986‚ one of the greatest disasters of our time occurred. The shuttle‚ Challenger‚ blew up in front of a live audience. The space launch was being broadcasted across the United States live from Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This launch was one of the most publicized launches due to the first civilian going into space and also that the launch had been delayed six times before. The U.S. Centennial of Flight Commission detailed that the launch took place on January 28‚ 1986 at Kennedy
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Common Childhood Diseases 1.1 Introduction Children are more prone to diseases. They catch disease easily and recover fast too. You must learn to protect your children from diseases and also from many other problems which can be prevented‚ if you care a little. In this lesson‚ you will learn about some diseases which are more likely to affect a child in the first few years of life. 1.2 Objectives explain the importance of immunisation for children; give the immunisation schedule for
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respiratory depression in a healthy adult female. The patient’s respiratory rate has been between 10-14 most of the day‚ but is now 8 breaths per minute and is accompanied by moaning. The charge nurse says that Miss Jenson is to be given a 20 mg booster. Miss Jenson’s previous substance abuse has resulted in a high tolerance to morphine. The nurse is now faced with an ethical dilemma. Does she give the dose further compromising the patient’s status‚ possibly acting in a way that will result in
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athletes need to be rewarded and credited for their achievements. Not only are these athletes not being rewarded but they are also living with no money. Because the athletes are living off of no money they are very vulnerable to taking money from boosters and others that are willing to help them out. The problem with this is that the athletes are not only getting themselves in trouble but their athletic departments as well. Recently college athletes have been granted permission to work‚ from the
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usually used as a "booster" vaccine after this first series. Closely follow the vaccination schedule provided by the doctor.Booster injections may be needed at the time of injury in older children and adults if it has been 5-10 years since the last tetanus vaccine was received. Booster injections should also be given every 10 years even if no injury has occurred. This injection or an injection with tetanus/diphtheria or tetanus/diphtheria/pertussis may be used for the booster. HOW TO USE: Read
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This week’s class was about disaster due to error in engineering design. The example we focus on was the Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster in January 28‚ 1986. It was a disaster that really touch the public. Unfortunately‚ all the seven members of the crew including the teacher Sharon Christa McAuliffe died. She was the first civilian astronaut from the President Ronald Reagan project the TISP: Teacher In Space Program. The Space Shuttle Challenger was NASA’s second space shuttle orbiter to be put
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Running Head: THE ETHICAL AND LEGAL IMPLICATIONS The Ethical and Legal Implications of the University of Miami Ponzi Scheme Abstract The University of Miami case was one of the biggest financial scandals in the past year. Former UM Football Booster‚ Nevin Shapiro‚ orchestrated a $930 million Ponzi scheme‚ with which numerous NCAA rules were violated. Shapiro allegedly provided cash‚ goods‚ prostitutes‚ assorted favors and on one occasion‚ an abortion to University of Miami football players.
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