BIG IDEA: WHY DID THE IDEA FAIL?[1] Abstract: The case of Phil Vischer and Big Idea Entertainment‚ the company that created the VeggieTales video series‚ illustrates many of the problems faced by successful small businesses as they attempt to grow into larger firms. VeggieTales‚ a computer-animated series for children‚ was the most successful direct-to-video series in history yet‚ due to a series of misfortunes and miscalculations‚ Big Idea Entertainment went bankrupt and was ultimately
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Chapter 1 Cardiovascular Disorders I. Normal cardiac anatomy‚ physiology‚ and function A. Cardiac and coronary artery anatomy (see Figure 1-1) The left anterior descending artery is the most common site of coronary artery occlusion. B. Cardiac cycle (see Figure 1-2) In 10% of patients‚ the posterior descending artery derives from the left coronary artery. C. Cardiac output (CO) 1. Heart rate (HR) a. Number of cardiac contractions per unit time; commonly expressed as beats per minute (bpm)
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES 1. Group A Strep is least likely to cause which of the following complications: a) scarlet fever b) necrotizing faciitis c) impetigo d) subacute bacterial endocarditis e) glomerulonephritis 2. Septra is used in AIDS patients to prevent which opportunistic organism? a) Pneumocystis carinii b) M. tuberculosis c) S. pneumoniae d) CMV e) Cryptococcus 3. Severe bloody‚ afebrile diarrhea is associated with what bacterial infection? a) Salmonella infection
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SHOULD ANY VACCINES BE REQUIRED FOR CHILDREN? SHOULD ANY VACCINES BE REQUIRED FOR CHILDREN? Most Vaccinations protect people from certain diseases which can make them sick‚ disabled or can in some cases even kill them. The vaccination helps boosts people’s body’s defence system‚ also known as the immune system. Vaccines create immunity which protects people from infections without causing suffering of the disease itself. Vaccines can also be called shots‚ immunizations or needles. (Smith
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Circulatory system From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search This article is about the organ system. For the band‚ see Circulatory System. For transport in plants‚ see Vascular tissue. Circulatory system | | The human circulatory system. Red indicates oxygenated blood‚ blue indicates deoxygenated. | Latin | systema cardiovasculare | The circulatory system is an organ system that passes nutrients (such as amino acids‚ electrolytes and lymph)‚ gases‚ hormones
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PREPARED BY IRFAN MIR ---- USMLE STEP 2 CK KICK THE BOARDS BEFORE U CONSIDER THESE NOTES PLZ READ THIS. CONTENTS NOTES FROM KAPLAN Q BOOK & MOCK EXAM ---------------------------------------------- page 2 - 24 NOTES FROM PASSING STEP 2CK 2009 - 2010 ------------------------------------------------- page 24 - 65 NOTES FROM KAPLAN REVIEW BOOK 2009 --------------------------------------------------- page 65 - 134 NOTES FORM UW Q BANK 2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------
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CARDIOVASCULAR Dsyrhythmias * Etiology * Disturbances in automaticity – initiation of impulse is altered * Disturbances in conduction – alteration in the speed the impulse travels * Reentry of impulses – cardiac tissue is depolarized multiple times by the same impulse * Speed‚ distance and location can be changed or affected (blockages cause change in heart rhythm) * Risk factors * Cardiovascular disease‚ MI * MI – death of tissue – no electricity
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Pneumonia is one of the most common infectious diseases prevalent nowadays and affects all ages. It is an acute or chronic infection of one or both lungs caused by microorganisms‚ such as viruses‚ bacteria or chemical irritants. (Schmitt‚ 2011) It has different types‚ and one of them is Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP). CAP is a disease in which individuals who have not recently been hospitalized develop an infection of the lungs. It occurs because the areas of the lung
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71 23 Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy 75 24 Patent ductus arteriosus 78 25 Pulmonary stenosis 80 26 Dextrocardia 83 27 Coarctation of aorta 84 28 Eisenmenger syndrome 88 29 Fallot’s tetralogy 91 30 Absent radial pulse 93 31 Constrictive pericarditis 95 32 Permanent cardiac pacemaker/implantable cardioverter-defibrillator 97 33 Pericardial mb 100 34 Primary pulmonary hypertension 102 35 Ebstein’s anomaly 104 NEUROLOGY 107 History and examination of the nervous system 36 Bilateral spastic
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<b>INTRODUCTION</b><br>In today’s society‚ people are gaining medical knowledge at quite a fast pace. Treatments‚ cures‚ and vaccines for various diseases and disorders are being developed constantly‚ and yet‚ coronary heart disease remains the number one killer in the world.<br><br>The media today concentrates intensely on drug and alcohol abuse‚ homicides‚ AIDS and so on. What a lot of people are not realizing is that coronary heart disease actually accounts for about 80% of all sudden deaths.
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