It can be recalled in the report by The Telegraph‚ that the triatomine bug‚ a dangerous insect known as the "kissing bug" has crawled its way through more than half of the U.S.‚ health officials warn the public‚ Saturday. Why do health officials consider them "dangerous" and have begun raising awareness about the health implications of these creepy crawlies? These blood-sucking insects have been reported in 28 states‚ mostly in the South‚ according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Pressure ulcers are “ischemic wounds in the skin and underlying tissues caused by long-standing pressure force over an external bone or cartilaginous surface” (Guillén-Solà 2013). Pressure ulcers are a challenging part of the healthcare system due to prolong patient hospitalization and a reduction in the patient’s quality of life‚ since many patients that are in the hospital are there for either chronic conditions or intensive surgery‚ which may require an extensive and long term stay. Moreover‚
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*PEPTIC ULCER DISEASE* Brief Introduction * Peptic Ulcer is a break in the gastric or duodenal mucosa that arises when the normal mucosal defensive factors are impaired or are overwhelmed by aggressive luminal factors such as acid and pepsin. * Ulcers extend through the musvularis mucosae and are usually over 5 mm in diameter. * In the United States‚ there are about 500‚000 new cases per year of peptic ulcer and 4 million ulcer recurrences; the lifetime prevalence of ulcers in the adult
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Case 3C RUG BUG CORPORATION A. L. Young has come a long way with his latest invention‚ the Rug Bug‚ a motorized wheelchair made especially for children. His lightweight‚ relatively inexpensive model has no direct competition in a field dominated by companies that produce scaled-down versions of adult models that are inappropriate to the needs of children. A working prototype has been built‚ office space and manufacturing capacity contracted‚ and an initial sales force recruited. The only element
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Introduction to Buddhism Teacher Resource Guide By Kat Harrington Georgetown University East Asia National Resource Center An Introduction to Buddhism Buddhism is the practice of following the Buddha’s teachings with the goal of achieving ‘enlightenment’ and reaching nirvana. The core precept of Buddhism is that life is suffering brought on by humans’ attachments and desire‚ and that one must shed his or her attachments and be without desire in order to transcend life’s suffering. Buddhism
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Running Head: BUG‚ INC. PAPER BUG Inc. Paper Michael‚ Cherlunda‚ and Jason The Unersity of Phnix Busiss Law / BUS 45 Mr. Gs D mann May 11‚ 00 BUG Inc. Paper BUG Inc. is an American company that manufactures‚ designs‚ and sells electronic recording equipment (University of Phoenix‚ 2009). BUG Inc. ’s products tap into telephone wires and cell phone transmissions are records sounds through remote microphones (University of Phoenix‚ 2009). The clients of BUG Inc. are made up mostly of
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Specific measures of this problem will start with education (Haixia‚ Guohong‚ Cuirong‚ &Changping‚ 2016). Staff members are required to complete education for the Hospital Acquired Pressure Ulcers (HAPU) and present certification to their managers. Along with modules completed‚ wound care will be added to the competency fair. By providing more education‚ the goal is that nurses will be able to properly identify wounds‚ the importance of treatment‚ and the importance of the patients and the best
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A First Amendment Junkie By: Susan Jacoby Susan Jacoby (b. 1946)‚ a journalist since the age of seventeen‚ is well known for her feminist writings. “A First Amendment Junkie” (our title) appeared in the Hers column in the New York Times in 1978. It is no news that many women are defecting from the ranks of civil libertarians on the issue of obscenity. The conviction of Larry Flynt‚ publisher of Hustler magazine—before his metamorphosis into a born-again Christian—was greeted with unabashed
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What is bed bug? Bed bugs also known as Cimex lectularius are tiny‚ brownish-red colored‚ flat insects that feed off the blood of humans and animals while they sleep. Bed bugs are voracious eaters and find their prey‚ humans by seeking out carbon dioxide (CO2) in our breath and heat from our bodies. The adults can be seen by the naked eye‚ but nymphs; which is the immature bed bugs are seen by microscope and later become visible as they enlarge and gorge themselves on blood Bed bugs bite humans
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INTRODUCTION Pill bugs are most typically found in an outside environment and studies suggest that they prefer to live in a certain environment. This certain environment is moist‚ and in order to remain most it is most likely dark and cool as oppose to dry and hot. That is why most often when you turn over a large rock that hasn’t been disturbed in a while you will find pill bugs making shelter underneath of it. When pill bugs cannot have a habitat that provides them with enough moisture they
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