Refractive index

The book Anti Politics machine is a Foucauldian critique in development. James Ferguson describes different stages of development programs that took place in a small landlocked country called Lesotho completely surrounded by South Africa. It has a population of 2 million where 40% of them live below International Poverty line of US . Thaba-Tseka is a district in Lesotho and its capital Camptown is the only town in the district. Same as it is historically and geographically isolated, the Third…

screening tool was “developed and validated specifically for adults ages 65 and older. It consists of six questions related to food intake, weight loss, mobility, recent psychological stress or acute disease, dementia or depression, and body mass index (BMI)” (p. 38). Subjective data can be obtained from the patient using this form. The…

Kelsey Timmerman began his journey by traveling all over the world to find the negative impacts of globalization on developing countries and developed nations. In Kelsey Timmerman’s novel “Where Am I Wearing”, his search revealed mixed conclusions about globalization. When he met factory workers in China, Cambodia, and Bangladesh, he saw the positive impact of globalization in that more people had better opportunities and were coming out of poverty. However, they still worked in terrible…

Ever had a Barbie doll? I know everyone has! The first Barbie doll came out in 1959! Around 350,000 Barbie dolls were sold during the first year of production. So the question is Barbie dolls good or bad? Well in 1965 Mattel came out with a new “Slumber Party Barbie” that had a scale set to 110 pounds and a book entitled “How to Lose Weight.” Inside the book it had the advice specifically said “Don’t Eat.” After this doll came out Barbie’s sells drastically dropped! So Mattel came out and said…

Evaluation The family will acknowledge they understand my teaching of having the patient wear proper footwear by being able to describe appropriate shoes that should be worn versus shoes that provide a trip hazard and the reasons behind the difference. At the end of teaching the family the importance of removing throw rugs in the home, the family will be able to verbalize how a throw rug can become a trip hazard and cause the seniors wheelchair to flip and the caregiver will remove the throw…

Type two diabetes results from obesity unlike type one which is genetic. Gestational diabetes is diabetes occurring during pregnancy. To qualify as obese, one must weigh twenty percent more than their weight that corresponds to their height. Obesity can be caused by a endogenous hormone. For example, hypothyroidism is one. Hypothyroidism is when TSH is increased, and thyroxine is decreased. There are two types of obesity, idiopathic and endogenous. Idiopathic is caused by a person's…

I examine data collected from several international organizations, I scrutinize three indicators that best represent basic services ( i.e. Human Development Index, access to health and education). To analyze if foreign aid is helping Haiti’s economic growth and development I monitor changes in Human Development Index, trends in the numbers of those who have access to health and education. I also focus on the impact of food aid, humanitarian aid. I focus on these indicators for three reasons:…

Introduction “Maria obsessively counts calories, measures food portions, and weighs herself at least twice a day. She refuses to eat at restaurants, in the school cafeteria, or anywhere else in public, and she lives on salad dressed with vinegar, rice cakes, and sugar-free Jello. Maria also has a large stash of fat-free candy in her room. She allows herself to indulge as long as she goes for a run right afterwards.” This type of behavior is the perfect example of anorexia. Anorexia is a very…

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Gene-environment interaction and its effect on obesity disease Unlike what is usually portrayed on media, obesity is not just a problem of unhealthy lifestyle but in fact influenced by genetic factor as well. Genetic factor is believed to attribute 40 – 70% in the development of obesity (Shawky & Sadik, 2012). In other words, environment, genotypes and the association of these two factors play roles in the phenotype expression, which, in this case, is obesity. With regards to environmental…