children often place toys and other objects in their mouth‚ ingesting dust‚ soil and possibly a higher level of lead. The effects of lead poisoning are also much more aggressive‚ as they are rapidly growing and their systems are not fully developed. Research has shown inverse relationship between blood-lead levels and cognitive function. Issues like lower IQ scores‚ hyperactivity‚ aggression‚ learning disabilities‚ visual- motor skills deficits‚ etc. The manufacturing and sale of lead-based paint has
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Abstract In today’s modern society‚ patient safety in the hospital setting has evolved to a number one priority. Medication errors account for a great deal of incidents in hospitals. Practicing healthcare professionals must be competent when administering medications; therefore‚ The Joint Commission has implemented National Patient Safety Goals to prevent patients from being administered the wrong medication. Also‚ the National Patient Safety Goals holds the practicing healthcare professional accountable
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Pro Gun Control Debate: Our Right to Safety Many arguments for and against gun control in our country revolve around the second amendment. Unfortunately the majority of those arguments are based on an individual’s perception of what the second amendment means. The second amendment was adopted into the United States Bill of Rights in 1791‚ which was 222 years ago. The second amendment states‚ “A well regulated Militia‚ being necessary to the security of free State‚ the right of the people to keep
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ProCon.org recently featured an article that studied gun control. “Stricter state gun laws associated with fewer gun deaths‚ study finds.” The article discussed gun control laws in states with stricter laws tend to have lower rates of gun related homicides‚ and a suicide (ProCon para. 1) Gun control in the United States is becoming a wide spread issue and is becoming a problem everywhere. Although I am living in a city with uprising crime that has been skyrocketing over the years‚ I wasn’t aware
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ROAD SAFETY RESEARCH NEEDS AND THE ROLE OF ACCIDENT RESEARCH CENTRE (ARC) Dr. Md. Mazharul Hoque1‚ Zobair Ibn Awal2 ‚ Sabreena Anowar2‚ Shahnewaz Hasanat-ERabbi3‚ S. M. Sohel Mahmud3‚ 1 Professor‚ Department of Civil Engineering & Director‚ Accident Research Centre (ARC); 2 Junior Research Fellow‚ 3 Research Assistant‚ Accident Research Centre (ARC) Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET) Dhaka-1000‚ Bangladesh Phone: +88 02 861 0081‚ FAX: +88 02 861 0081‚ E-mail: dirarc@arc.buet
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is a new era for education and school safety‚ now that President Trump is in office. His Secretary of Education nominee‚ Betsy DeVos recently had her Senate Confirmation hearing and answered all questions fluently and decorously. DeVos is clearly proficient in her subject matter; when asked whether or not schools should have guns‚ in light of the recent school shootings‚ DeVos took the time to reflect upon this complex and nuanced question and answered that guns need to be brought into schools to protect
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murdered (Djansezian). Looking at gun violence in this light makes it very understandable why support of stricter gun control has increased drastically in the recent past. A 2015 Gallup poll found that 55% of Americans say we should have stricter gun laws‚ up a significant 8% from 2014. Ideally‚ intensifying gun control laws would keep the weapons out of the hands of criminals or other people that would use the weapons illegally. However‚ would creating stricter gun laws actually decrease violence
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POLICY PAPER ON GUN CONTROL FRANCIS OTIENO OTIATO (T00524520) October 2013 Policy Paper on Gun Control The fact that over 40% of households in the United States own a gun is terrifying. Despite the fact that owning a gun for the self-defense purpose is a human right‚ a lot of speculations and debate on the same is still contentious. Although a lot of efforts have previously been dedicated to ensuring policies are put in place‚ the problem related to the problem still
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Keep Calm‚ Safety First. Many people wonder why several tragedies such as gun violence appear in news and happen in our day-to-day lives. A lot of families has suffered to see the death from their family members or friends for these reasons. Some major ways to preclude this from happening are‚ checking backgrounds from every person that is going to purchase a gun‚ stricter safety and security in every public place‚ and taking classes that can be just for the people that need or are purchasing
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Critical Paper-Gun Control Gun control is government regulation on the manufacture‚ sale‚ and possession of firearms. As a heavily debated and very controversial matter‚ many advocates undoubtedly have different opinions. In the forthcoming paragraphs‚ I will discuss those differing opinions. Presented from two separate articles‚ the opinions discussed will be those of two different authors who have their own viewpoint as to why gun control is or isn’t necessary. In Russ Thurman’s article‚ “Guns up
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