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A health related example would be the patient that is chronically readmitted to the hospital for COPD exacerbation on a frequent basis. The patient acknowledges taking their medication as prescribed and attending all follow-up appointments. However, the patient refuses to stop smoking. As healthcare providers we may find this very frustrating, but it is important to continue to educate the patient on the hazards of smoking and how it continues to affect their disease process. A work related…

million in lost tax revenue” (Siwek). According to Ahrens, this report released September 2006, funded by NBC Universal and the MPAA, and used the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis model to calculate the potential ripple effect of those lost sales, factoring in lost jobs, worker earnings and tax revenue (Ahrens). Conclusively, the loss of jobs affects not only the movie industry, but also numerous…

I live in a world of crazy numbers and fancy acronyms, the world of sabermetrics. Originally defined by Bill James in 1980, sabermetrics is "the search for objective knowledge about baseball", yet the term has grown into much, much more. Sabermetrics give ordinary people like me, the tools to predict the future, to forecast the worth of a human being with a couple of intricate formulas and a pinch of extrapolation. It appeared to be magic when I first learned about the masses of statistics…

High schools in the United States are inconsistent when it comes to GPAs. Some high schools use weighted GPAs and others do not. There are even variances within the weighted GPA systems, such as how many points an honors class is worth within the GPA. Weighted GPAs provide many advantages to not only students, but to the school’s reputation as well. A few of these advantages are: higher consideration from colleges, recognition for hard work, and encouragement of academic improvement. Schools…

proving yourself worthy, because in that time gaining the trust of the gods was very empowering. Proving your worth to the gods and gaining their trust took a lot more than simple things like bribery. First off, the god had to like you overall. Factoring in the irregular personalities of these gods, one liking you was not the easiest. Your actions were the next to determine your worthiness. A god would really like you if…

especially when it is incorporated in dating back the establishment of an RNA world. The authors of this article are precise to refute this challenge by not consenting with Bowman and his colleagues’ idea because they argue out their idea without factoring in the Darwinian process of descent with biological modification and natural selection about refinement and evolution of ribosomal peptidyl transferase center (PTC). It is clear from the authors that uniting the perception of the origin of…

discussed on a later date for now id like to discuss the Political bosses, The effects that industrialization at the turn of the century had and also the statement provided above on the progressive era. My position on this statement would be the factoring on how it is presented to the bad situations. So in a way i would say that it was the right…

The Four P 's of Marketing Your Fleet Key purpose of the article Pricing is one of the four major P’s of the marketing mix. The article suggests that when the other three P’s of promotion, place and product are equal, then pricing becomes a major and influential factor in the success of an organization and the purchase decisions of customers. Identify two pricing concepts that you learned from reading this article. The article highlights the importance of coming up with an appropriate price…

Obtaining a college education in today’s society is important. There are stories of those who skipped over college and amassed a fortune. That being said, those stories are few and far between as compared to those who skipped college and do not have that high paying job that is so sought after. The topic of supply and demand can be applied to most everything when money comes into the equation. When the supply is low or deficient, and demand increases, then the amount of money paid will also…

Insulin Sliding Scale What is an insulin sliding scale? Find an example of a scale and how insulin doses change per patient. Write a brief description of how the scale is used and how insulin affects glucose. Sliding scale therapy approximates daily insulin requirements. The term "sliding scale" refers to the progressive increase in pre-meal or nighttime insulin doses. The term “sliding scale” refers to the progressive increase in the pre-meal or nighttime insulin dose, based on predefined blood…