Dietitians and Multiple Sclerosis Ryan Herndon Kaplan University Professor Seeman June 26‚ 2012 Multiple Sclerosis (M.S.) is an autoimmune disease that affects the brain and spinal cord (PubMed Health‚ 2012). Approximately 250‚000 to 350‚000 people have been diagnosed with M.S. in the United States (Schoenstadt‚ 2006). Every week‚ 200 new people are diagnosed with M.S. in our country (National MS Society‚ n.d.). M.S. can affect each person differently. Damage to the myelin in the Central
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Multiple myeloma Multiple myeloma (also plasma cell myeloma also known as MM‚ myeloma‚ plasma cell myeloma‚ or as Kahler’s disease) is a progressive hematologic (blood) disease. It is a cancer of the plasma cell‚ an important part of the immune system that produces immunoglobulins (antibodies) to help fight infection and disease. The immune system is made up of several types of cells that work together to fight infections. Lymph cells (called lymphocytes) are the main type of cell in the adaptive
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Multiple sclerosis is a chronic‚ progressive neurological disease affecting all aspects of life: physical‚ cognitive‚ emotional‚ and social (Abma). It is known as an autoimmune disease‚ Where the body’s immune system turns against the body and destroys the protective covering that surrounds nerve cells. This damage to the nerve cells causes many problems for the patient including weakness‚ muscle stiffness‚ poor coordination and balance‚ tingling‚ numbness‚ tremors‚ blurred vision‚ slurred speech
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Cloud Intelligence. There are 3 new things in the cloud intelligence compared to the old business intelligence. 1. Elasticity Dynamic on-demand pro-visioning of resources. For cloud computing‚ this term has mostly been used in relation to scaling up/down the performance‚ e.g.‚ the number of processing nodes. While this form of elasticity is obviously also relevant for cloud intelligence‚ an even more important type of elasticity is the ability to dynamically bring in new data sources to meet
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The intelligence cycle is taught to all new analysts stepping into the intelligence community. It is basically a circle moving from one step to the next and then‚ rinse and repeat. According to Keithly (2010)‚ “The process generally divides intelligence efforts into six phases: (1) direction and planning‚ (2) collection‚ (3) processing and exploitation‚ (4) production‚ (5) dissemination and integration‚ and (6) continuous evaluation” (p. 2). It would be important to remember these phases revolve
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Artificial intelligence From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search "AI" redirects here. For other uses‚ see Ai (disambiguation). For other uses‚ see Artificial intelligence (disambiguation). Artificial intelligence (AI) is technology and a branch of computer science that studies and develops intelligent machines and software. Major AI researchers and textbooks define the field as "the study and design of intelligent agents"‚[1] where an intelligent agent is a system that
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Many would say defining intelligence is easily done‚ or that intelligence is clearly the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills. However‚ there is more than just one type of intelligence in people. Not every human has the same thought process and abilities. Every individual has their own set of unique abilities and talents that cannot be defined and captured in one sentence. Intelligence is defined by human beings‚ and by their actions‚ theories‚ beliefs‚ and innovations. Many have searched
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An investigation of the employee perceptions on the relationship between employee job satisfaction and the leader’s emotional intelligence among the workers of Eskom in Alice Town 1 INTRODUCTION For organisations to survive in today’s changing world they should maintain their competitive advantage through the use of the whole workforce. In order for the change to take place‚ the employees‚ and the leaders should be adaptive to the environment‚ effective working and the continuous improvement of
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INTRODUCTION Artificial intelligence (AI) is the intelligence exhibited by machines or software. It is also an academic field of study. Major AI researchers and textbooks define the field as "the study and design of intelligent agents"‚ where an intelligent agent is a system that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its chances of success. John McCarthy‚ who coined the term in 1955‚ defines it as "the science and engineering of making intelligent machines". AI research is highly
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everyone will know that you are my disciples‚ if you love one another.” John 13:35 A colleague’s wife was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). They battled the disease together for a few years‚ until Robert (not his real name) became attracted to another woman and left his sick wife. Compare that love to the commitment Bruce Merrick has for his wife. Gina has battled Multiple Sclerosis for most of her adult life. MS is an inflammatory disease that affects the central nervous system. The chronic
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