The 2012 Presidential Election With the 2012 presidential election just around the corner‚ President Obama’s chances at reelection remain full of speculation and interpretation. Although Obama stands at the top of the polls‚ will he overcome his devastating poll decreases or will the Republican primary knock him out of office? In 2008‚ Obama was elected with 67% approval rating giving America hope to better the economy and other crises after the Bush presidency. Today‚ according to Gallup’s
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Evidence Based Practice: Influenza Vaccination Compliance among Healthcare Workers Pamela Ferguson Jefferson College of Health Sciences Influenza Vaccination Compliance among Healthcare Workers Clinical Problem Influenza affects an estimated 5-15% of the world ’s population and results in 500‚000 deaths annually (World Health Organization‚ [WHO]‚ 2009b). In the United States (US)‚ between 1979 and 2001‚ an average of 226‚000 persons was hospitalized and 36‚000 died each year
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BIO204 02-25-13 Discussion One Topic(s): Each year the influenza virus will infect anywhere between 5-20% of our Nations population and upwards of 200‚000 will become hospitalized for further treatments from complications. Most cases can occur between the months of October through May among those January and February is the peak months of the flu season. People most at risk of complications are the elderly above 65 years or older‚ children younger than 2 years old‚ and anyone who have chronic
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Avian Influenza Avian influenza is also known as bird flu. Avian influenza is a group of viruses that occurs naturally in wild and domestic birds. Avian influenza is easily spread (contagious) among birds and is deadly to them. Birds become infected when they come into contact with infected birds or contaminated surfaces. The avian influenza virus is spread from country to country through the international poultry trade or by migrating birds. Though rare‚ avian influenza can cause severe illness
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The influenza virus has had detrimental effects on society throughout history. In 1918‚ the influenza strain H1N1 caused a global pandemic (Billings‚ 1997). One of the major problems with the spread of H1N1 was that soldiers were living in terrible conditions throughout Europe and were susceptible to the virus (Billings‚ 1997). Soldiers travelled worldwide‚ spreading the incredibly fatal virus that had no known vaccine to their families and friends (Latson‚ 2015). The symptoms of the Spanish flu
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American Pandemic In the early years of 1918 through 1920‚ influenza stormed around the world in the worst pandemic in recorded history‚ killing at least fifty million people‚ and more than half a million of them were Americans. Yet‚ despite the devastation‚ many groups of people within the United States handed this epidemic very differently from each other. There were differences between “men as well as women‚ whites as well as people of color‚ middle and upper classes‚ as well as the working
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Study “Influenza” The second case study of the semester is centered around the topic of influenza. There are two areas of reading/research for this case study. The first (homework #1) pertains to a pandemic influenza that affected people worldwide in 1918-1919. The second (homework #2) involves research into more current strains of influenza that have been found. Please type a response/explanation to the seven questions listed below. You may put both homework assignments on the same page(s). Be sure
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INFLUENZA A virus called an Orthomyxovirus causes influenza. Often called flu‚ sometimes-even grippe. It is a very contagious disease‚ and it infects many parts of our bodies. This also includes are lungs. A person can get influenza if someone coughs‚ sneezes‚ or even talks around you while they are infected. Influenza is sometimes considered serious in some cases but can be prevented and treated. When you get the "flu" in the lungs‚ the lining of the respiratory tract is damaged by becoming
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In addition to the lack of knowledge‚ the army was also short of medical workers‚ including physicians and nurses‚ which led to delayed treatment‚ inadequate care of patients and failure to contain and control the influenza. The Army Medical Department enrolled about 30‚591 medical officers‚ and the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery recruited about 3‚000 medical workers‚ but they were not adequate even in non-epidemic time. For example‚ on Jan. 2nd‚ 1918‚ army nurse Maude Frances Essig complained
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Abstract Global outbreaks of human influenza occur from influenza A viruses with novel Hemagglutinin (HA) molecules to which humans have no immunity. So understanding of the origin and evolution of HA genes is of particular importance. Host-origin classification based on the two outer proteins Host classification based on the HA protein achieved accuracies between 91.2% and 100% using KNN and random forest. While host classification based on the NA protein achieved accuracies
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