Sample Descriptive Essay

On October 4, 1951, Henrietta Lacks died, but her cells, HeLa, continue to live today. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (2010), discusses Mrs. Lacks life, her cells after she died and how her cells are still living. Success has been reached by advancing medical research of multiple vaccinations, such as a polio vaccine (Skloot, 2010), but Henrietta and her family have been disrespected by not being reimbursed for Henrietta’s contribution to medical research. Henrietta’s…

Evaluation of Epidemiological Problem - Chlamydia Sexually transmitted diseases (STD), used to be known as venereal diseases, are infections that are spread through sexual contact. Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common reportable bacterial sexual transmitted disease in the United States and can affect a wider spectrum of people than other STDs. Approximately half, of the nearly 20 million yearly reported STD cases, involves males and females under 25 years old and Chlamydia comprises…

Participants All patients who have had an elective, subacute or acute PCI procedure for ≥1 coronary occlusion participated in this study. They were recruited from the cardiology ward of the TweeSteden hospital (Tilburg). Participants were excluded if they were under the age of 18, had cognitive impairment, poor linguistic competence, dementia or other aspects that could have a negative impact on self-report. Participants with life threatening comorbidity (e.g. terminal illness) were also…

website, which is an online forum for patients with different types of knee pathologies. Inclusion criterion was set as initial ACL reconstruction. Subjects who underwent revisions or had multiple ligament repairs were excluded from the study. The sample size was compromised of 126 subjects, consisting of 61 males and 65 females. Data analysis was done with SPSS for Windows 14.5 software package. Correlations were carried out using the Spearman rho in order to detect any possible correlations…

In her article Is It Possible to Curtail Copy & Paste? Lisa Eramo (2017) discusses the prevalence of copy-and-paste documentation in electronic health records, along with its challenges and benefits, and strategies to prevent documentation errors. This article utilized qualitative methodologies to examine issues caused by cloning of electronic documentation in patient’s medical files, using examples from a report published by the ECRI institute and Patient Safety Organization (PSO). This…

Researcher’s role. When measuring Qualitative Research, the researcher is an integral part of the research process. Before beginning the process, the researcher will make contact with the district and participants explain the intent of the research. The participants will have an opportunity to ask questions before they agree to the process. This process often begins with an inquiry and questions of the research. The researcher is also the facilitator of the group and will observe social…

in this study is all California pinon pines. The researchers took an average of the ages of trees within each plot as their unit measurement since the pinon trees contained within the 10-hectare plots cannot be described as a random sample. It is a non-random sample because the trees…

Hypothesis H11b: there is a difference between the effect of quality of information (diversity and up-to-date dissemination) on hedonic shopping value among users with different income statuses. Hypothesis H12a: there is a difference between the effect of quality of service (speed and accessibility) on utilitarian shopping value among users with different income statuses. Hypothesis H12b: there is a difference between the effect of quality of service (speed and acceptability) on hedonic shopping…

the imaginations of his son (Hsu, 2015). The word was Alek’s attempt to say the word “bicycle”. Dan Santat’s wife suggested Beekle will be a great picture book character. The book started with a few sketches in black and white and one full colored sample. Like Beekle, Dan Santat’s has been though a journey. His parents who are immigrants from Thai always dreamed for him to be a doctor but he followed his dream and instead of enrolling in dental…

He administered a “line test” to willing participants and actors. The experiment consisted of a sample line A and three lines following. One of the following three lines is the same length as line A but the actors in the room are asked to say that a different line is the same line as line A so the participant will become confused and choose the wrong…