Compounding

explore health and science related fields of study. After attending the Careers in Pharmacy Program at Midwestern University in the summer of 2017, I knew that I wanted to be a pharmacist; I loved every minute of the lectures and labs. Being in the compounding lab was such an amazing experience; learning the basics of pharmacy curriculum with a group of new friends is something that I will never forget. The field of pharmacy drew my attention because it involves biology and chemistry, and also…

Concepts of time value of money The concept of time value of money lies in the argument that a dollar today is worth more than a dollar in the future. This is mainly because money loses value over time due to many different factors. One of the factors that affect the value of money is inflation. Interest rate is another factor that affects the value of money. Fisher (2006) argues that inflation has an effect on the value of money because it reduces the buying power of money. Concepts about time…

I started my observation at 10:00 AM and finished at 11:00 AM on March 8/2016 in a Walgreen’s pharmacy located at 9150 Skokie Blvd, Skokie IL. First I met Pharmacist Majid Kamal and the working Technician, Betty. They both greeted me with professional manners. Pharmacist Majid Kamal was wearing a neat and ironed white blouse which had a walgreen sign and a name badge on his left pocket, he was also wearing a really comfortable black clean closed shoes. Technician Betty was dressed in a clean…

Bullying The website stopbullying.gov defines bullying as unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. This behavior is often repeated over time ending with both the bully and the victim sustaining lasting problems that they carry with them through their lives. Students who become bullies show the following characteristics: physically bothering another student (shoving or hitting), mocking (teasing) or continuous mental abuse (being…

on the drill pipe. After a second test, which indicated similar results, collaboration among BP, Halliburton, and Transocean, resulted in a third test, which tested the main drill shaft which did not indicate pressure fluctuations or leakages. Compounding this matter was the fact that “BP did not have a standard procedure in place on how to conduct the negative pressure test, nor was there guidance on how to interpret the results” (Crandall, Parnell, & Spillan (2013). Thus, as a result of the…

The first large wave of Haitian immigrants coming to the US happened from 1957 through most of the 1960’s, as Haitians were fleeing the fascist and oppressive Duvalier regime in control of the Haitian government. The Haitian immigrants were families of upper class educated professionals and middle-class skilled workers, with the majority of those groups leaving Haiti, depleting it of its educated and highly-skilled societal members and workforce. The Haitian immigrants in the US were seen as…

it ended, white supremacists will always find a way to keep black people down. “Two hundred fifty years of slavery. Ninety years of Jim Crow. Sixty years of separate but equal. Thirty-five years of racist housing policy. Until we reckon with our compounding moral debts, America will never be whole.” Whenever one tribulation ends, they find another different way to keep black people down. We need to work against this, to finally create freedom for ourselves. Knowing everything about our history…

Cornwallis attacked, the militiamen threw down their weapons and fled. The continentals fought valiantly but they were overwhelmed and within three months, two American armies disappeared. In the meantime Greene was placed in command of West Point. Compounding the agony was the treason of Benedict Arnold conspiring to selling the plans of West Point. Greene felt the responsibility of his position and put the location in an acceptable defense in order to be ready for a British attack. If Arnold,…

+ (.10/12) ]360 – 1} / (.10/12)] = $678,146.38 CHAPTER 6 B-20 20 25. In the previous problem, the cash flows are monthly and the compounding period is monthly. This assumption still holds. Since the cash flows are annual, we need to use the EAR to calculate the future value of annual cash flows. It is important to remember that you have to make sure the compounding periods of the interest rate is the same as the timing of the cash flows. In this case, we have annual cash flows, so we need the…

I shadowed at the Radiopharmacy of Indianapolis during summer break and had the opportunity to shadow Dr. Kevin Boyd. Dr. Boyd spent 2 hours introducing the industry of nuclear pharmacy to me and went through his job description and duties. Through my experience, I learned that although nuclear pharmacy also works with drugs, it is a whole lot different from other pharmacy settings. The major differences that set nuclear pharmacy apart are the type of drug the pharmacy carry, the size of the…