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    Presenting Complaint KB a very pleasant lady aged 79 was interviewed in her home during my GP placement. Her presenting complaint is that she has not left the house in six weeks secondary to pain in her legs, and immobility on a background history of chronic pain (diagnosed with somatoform disorder) in legs and arms since age 16. History presenting complaint- No recent medical illness, but reports a decrease in sleep and a reduction in mobility secondary to pain over last 6 weeks. Personal…

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    With that in mind, I believe Cristopher Columbus had a great need for a GPS because he was trying to get to Asia and ended up in the Americas, which would never have happened if he knew the distance, his location and the exact direction to go. During his expedition, he was unaware of America’s existence which is something he would have known to expect and prepare for if he had a GPS to guide him to his destination. A GPS would have also told him the estimated time and distance until arrival so…

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    same: the features are incomparable with other rangefinders. It’s safe to say that Bushnell creates some of the most elite rangefinders out there. They are easy to use. Bushnell is an innovator in rangefinders. That’s pretty much obvious with their GPS watch and Hybrid rangefinders. Their main goal is to make your life as a user easier. If you have been frustrated by the difficult controls of other rangefinders in the past, switch to this brand. They are reliable. Well, Bushnell is popular for…

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    P1: Ankylosing spondylitis, or AS, is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease of the axial skeleton with a strong link to genetics, which mainly effects the joints of the spine and the sacroiliac joints of the pelvis. The strong genetic links sit with the HLA-B27 gene which has unusual properties in those with AS, and there is evidence to suggest that it may interact with the T cell receptors in association with CD4. Evidence suggests that AS has association with, not only the HLA-B27 gene,…

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    Yellowstone National Park

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    and had a GPS collar attached to them and some of them were shaved at places where hair loss due mange was common such as their leg. The experiment observed four group of wolves. Healthy, little hair loss, moderate hair loss, and severe hair loss. Their energy loss was measured during a winter month. The effect was measured by the energy lost because parasites by definition causes energy loss for the infected. In order to measure this energy loss, they used infrared thermography and GPS collar.…

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    effective supervision, while electronic monitoring could solve this problem efficiently. In fact, 90% of offenders who were under house arrest were monitored by EM (electronic monitoring) in 2004. Paragraph 3 Main idea: Global positioning system (GPS) is a more advanced and…

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    emergency list from mobile contacts with a timer or on a right away settings to push a single button. By doing so, the application will immediately notify the predefined emergency contacts of the costumer by sending their current position through using a GPS service to pin down the map and some predefined messages. The application is distributed1 and based on client/server structure more focused on client. The client side works on the…

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    impressions as “[A]ll our more lively perceptions, when we hear, or see, or feel, or love, or hate, or desire, or will” (Hume, p.18, gp.13), and he furthers this by explaining that “[I]mpressions are distinguished from ideas, which are the less lively perceptions, of which we are conscious, when we reflect on any of those sensations or movements above mentioned” (p.18, gp.13). The basis of Hume’s argument is that humans acquire knowledge from experience—what is seen, heard, felt, etc.—and that…

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    are diminishing. Reliance on high-tech gadgets allow people to get the answer without the necessary skills needed to get it. GPS, medical monitors and cell phones all contribute to the important skills diminishing. First, with GPS devices we no longer need to learn how to navigate or read a map. All you need is the address or coordinates for where you want to go and the GPS can give you directions and in some cases even navigate you, turn to turn. I see navigation skills diminishing even in the…

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    Double Effect Essay

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    There arise two problems when discussing the doctrine of double effect, the first being the close connection theory, and the second being choice description relativity. First, we’d discuss the choice description relativity. The idea behind choice description relativity is that you can explain the harm away to make it foreseen and unintended. In both CC and HC, the doctor intends to have the fetus and mother survive, and if given the chance to save both, it is expected they would. By stating this…

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