Case-control study

together. There were a total of 4 groups in our experiment; 2 groups were the experimental groups and the other 2 were the control groups. We determined whether each group was going to be randomly assigned into the experimental or control group with a lottery method. We wrote the words “experimental” and “control” on 4 pieces of paper (2 slips for experimental and 2 for control) and placed these…

Sexual Education Should sexual education be taught in high schools? It may come to surprise that many high school students are unaware of sexual education because they were never informed. In most cases parents do not know how to address the topic of sex. Teens and parents believe that the discussion of sex is uncomfortable to address. As a result, high school students who are not educated in sexual education are more likely to become sexually active because they are not informed of the…

popular methods of contraception for those women are the birth control pill and female sterilization. Despite those two being the most popular, there are many other forms available for women. For example, many women get intrauterine devices, also known as IUDs, implanted into their uterus to block the male’s sperm from entering their fallopian tubes and fertilizing the eggs. Women may also use vaginal rings, birth control shots, birth control patches, and the most preventable method of…

inventors of the oral contraceptive pill. Not only that, but due to the breakthrough of the birth control pill, methods have been opened to implantable devices, barrier and hormonal methods, and emergency contraction rather than relying on practicing abstinence, withdrawal, and natural family planning. Though there are negative side effects to many methods that some people seem to focus on, birth control is still a great idea for those wishing…

such as that the same funds had multiple commitments and a mathematical and typographical error of $2.5 million in the budget, usage of wrong data, and miscalculations in the ADM numbers that were used for state and federal aid. In CFO Robertson’s case, he violated the School Board policy regarding the approval of transfers for anything over $10,000. Robertson committed the fraud when he made 21 transfers that were not approved by the school board and automatically approved Spigot’s bills…

More and more organizations utilize a management control system (MCS). A MCS can assist an organization with evaluating the organization, as well as implementing corporate strategies that will enable the organization to roll out corporate-wide systems. Typically a MCS covers the administrative and financial areas of an organization. A MCS is designed based on the policies, procedures and methods derived by senior management, with built in controls and assurances that will monitor and safeguard…

these heroes contributed heavily to the current nursing profession. Margaret Sanger is among those who went through tribulations and made remarkable contributions to the nursing profession. Sanger went through hardships in her course to promote birth control and family planning among women. Although Sanger faced numerous challenges in fighting for women rights, her journey in the nursing profession involved many activities that brought about liberation of women in making decisions regarding…

One of the internal control deficiencies that found in Societe Generale is the incapability of back office in detecting and inspecting the fraud activities. Based on the case study, we know that the back office staffs are unaware about the responsibilities to disclose the abnormal or significant transaction to their supervisor, because it is not specifically stated in their job description. Besides that, even though the back office staffs have discover some abnormal transactions that may cause…

With respect to the Enron case, there were initially two red flags leading to the fraud that should have been noted and thoroughly reviewed: (1) Enron and other corporations previously pressed for deregulation of the energy industry, and (2) lack of monitoring the industry and corporation practices by the government after deregulation (Albrecht. Fraud Examination, p. 431). After the deregulation of the industry, many corporations were, more or less, free to do as they please, which provided the…

surroundings. In a study conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation, 48% of teens ages 12-17 reported they felt “a lot” of pressure to take part in sexual intercourse and/or do sexual acts. This pressure can come from a number of sources, but the biggest perpetrators are their fellow peers and the media. Mostly it is young men who feel a large pressure from their friends to have sex. While 23% of girls said they feel pressure to have sex, one third of the male subjects in the study said they felt…