...Christopher Cernat Mr. Naccarato EWC 4U1 April 7th 2015 The Fall of Weston Everyone has an aura. Some shine so bright anyone can see you from a valley away. Radiance, that is what you are most likely contemplating currently. My name is Wallace of the Servitum house and I can truly see peoples aura. I work for the Velantis, the current ruling house and my position is officially throne advisor. I prefer not to lie to myself and to see it as executioner. Over the past nine years I have convicted over two thousand souls to their pitiful end, I have seen their auras gray with guilt then black, empty as their torso. My employer utilizes my skill, seeing it as a just method. Ryard Velantis is the current head, he owns me to say. After the reform of the Centis age, his house claimed all others, executing the ones they felt threatened by, and making use of the others as slaves mostly. My house, the Servitum, is rightful heir to the throne, but the oligarchy that is the Velantis house has kept the throne vacant for far too long. My birth rite is my gift, this aura, the perception is passed down my lineage. I however, am bestowed with a mutation of the gift; I can see how someone will die. It frightened me as a child, especially my mother’s glowing pink aura when she was carrying my youngest sister. I know now that is means death while in labour. My father raised us well, once part of the main council he gave us everything he could. Out of six children I was the only one sent...
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...Speech Outline Title: What is a Migraine and how does it affect people? General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform the audience on what a migraine headache is and how it affects the people who get them. I. Introduction A. How many people in this class get headaches raise your hand? How many of you get them so severe that they disrupt what you are doing at the time? B. Those of you who raised your hand to either of those questions could suffer from migraines. C. I’ve suffered from them since I was in the seventh grade. I still get them quite a bit. D. Although the exact cause of migraines is unknown, they can become so severe that they disrupt your daily life. E. Things you need to know about migraines are what they are and their symptoms, what causes them, and how sufferers deal with them on a daily basis. Transition***The first among these points is what a migraine is and what the symptoms are. II. Body A. A migraine affects more then just your head. 1. The NMA defines migraine as a throbbing headache that is usually one sided but can be two sided. The throbbing is usually accompanied by nausea, sensitivity to light, sound, and smells, sleep disruption, and depression (National Migraine Association – “NMA”). a. When I get a migraine the slightest movements send my head banging and I usually get the sensitivity to light and sounds with a little nausea. b. Think of how...
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... Throbbing pain on the temple, the ability to see being ripped away from you, aching pain all down, through your neck, and being demobilized are just some of the symptoms I’ve experienced. My first migraine greeted me when I was only three years old. I would approach my mom while holding my head, whining, “Mommy.. My head hurts!”. Although I’ve experienced migraines since I was three, they’ve become a part of my everyday life and a daily struggle for me the older I become. When I hit the ages of thirteen, fourteen, I was experiencing migraines four to five times a week; some would last one day and pick up the next, some I would have a day break in between them hitting and others would last, consecutively, up to three or five days long. My right side of my head throbs endlessly, I lose vision out of my right eye, or see blue dots out of my right eye, I’m not able to keep any food or liquids down, I can’t even get comfortable in a dark room to rest my eyes. When I keep my eyes open, the pain only gets worse; it felt as if my brain is about to pop out of my head. After having a migraine for five days, straight, my mom finally took me to my doctor. My doctor had recommended putting me on birth control to regulate my hormones; which worked for awhile, until the pain came back even harder than before. We went back to the doctor and they had put me on seizure medicine to relax the nerves on the back of my head, while staying on the birth control. These pills I required me to, well...
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...def Pixel_RGB(px): setColor(px, makeColor((getRed (px) / 128) * 255, \ (getGreen(px) / 128) * 255, \ (getBlue (px) / 128) * 255)) return def Pixel_Negate(px): setColor(px, makeColor(255 - getRed (px), \ 255 - getGreen(px), \ 255 - getBlue (px))) return def Pixel_Mono(px): Avg = (getRed(px)+ getGreen(px) + getBlue(px))/3 if Avg > 127: setColor (px, white) else: setColor (px,black) return def Pixel_Gray (px): grayScale = (getRed(px) + getGreen(px) + getBlue(px)) setColor (px, makeColor(grayScale, grayScale, grayScale)) return def Pixel_Inc_R(px): R = getRed(px) R = R + 20 setRed(px, R) return def Pixel_Dec_R(px): R = getRed(px) R = R - 20 setRed(px, R) return def Pixel_Inc_G(px): G = getGreen(px) G = G + 20 setGreen(px,G) return def Pixel_Dec_G(px): G = getGreen(px) G = G - 20 setGreen(px,G) return def Pixel_Inc_B(px): B = getBlue(px) B = B + 20 setBlue(px, B) return def Pixel_Dec_B(px): B = getBlue(px) B = B - 20 setBlue(px, B) return def Pixel_Lighter(px): R = getRed(px) G = getGreen(px) B = getBlue(px) R = R + 20 G = G + 20 B = B + 20 setRed(px,R) setGreen(px,G) setBlue(px,B) return def Pixel_Darker (px): R = getRed(px) G = getGreen(px) B = getBlue(px) ...
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...The Future of Cardiovascular Diagnostics THE MARKET, TRENDS & FUTURE DIRECTIONS Extracted on: 20 Apr 2011 Reference Code: BI00021-008 Publication Date: 02 Mar 2010 Publisher: Datamonitor © Datamonitor This content is a licensed product, no part of this publication shall be reproduced, sold, modified or stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of Datamonitor. The information in this document has been extracted from published research by a registered user of the Datamonitor360 platform. Datamonitor shall not be responsible for any loss of original context and for any changes made to information following its extraction. All information was current at the time of extraction although the original content may have been subsequently updated. Please refer back to the website http://360.datamonitor.com/ to view the most recent content and the original source of the information. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law we exclude all representations, warranties and conditions relating to the facts of all publications. At time of publication no guarantee of accuracy or suitability, whether express or implied, shall attach to this publication (including, without limitation, any warranties implied by law of satisfactory quality, fitness for purpose and/or the use of reasonable care and skill). Please note that the findings, conclusions and recommendations...
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...Literature Review When dealing with patients' sensitive medical records, it's always important how one also deals with medical images that should also be kept private. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability initiated on April 14, 2013 by the federal government, establishes all relevant standards to address the issue of privacy protection. The HIPAA requires for integrity and confidentiality in all of current, previous and future from hospitals, doctors, and other relevant professionals. In an era where digital technology has become of major importance, there is a series of medical images that can now be kept in digital format and become quite easy to retrieve, store and preserve. Watermarking – An Essential Aspect for the Protection of Medical Images A. Ethical reasons and relevant legislation define Medical Information Assurance & Watermarking Medical directions. USA's HIPAA and Europe's EC 95/46 Directive are the major legislations defining relevant directions. When dealing with medical information records, thus, which involve a series of clinical examinations, diagnoses, and EPR images, three major security attributes should be considered: • Confidentiality: only authorised users can view and evaluate medical information; • Availability: Scheduled accessing periods should be set when entering the information system containing the medical data; • Reliability: The information should be examined by authorised people and not changed by unauthorised...
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...Jennifer Boice Charles Dold ENG-0900-83053 30 October, 2010 Work/Career Essay-Radiologists Salaries Radiology is a field of medicine that uses medical imaging techniques to assess patient conditions and administer treatment. To become a radiologist, one must complete a great deal of schooling, but the job rewards, both personal and financial, may be well worth it. Radiology techs are not only high in demand in most communities, but also highly paid relative to other allied health professionals. As with any job, there are many variables that will determine how much money people can expect to see not only at the start of their job, but throughout their entire career. The amount of schooling, experience, and location are the three main variables that will determine annual salaries. The amount of schooling is one of the important variables needed to raise ones yearly salary. This includes whether or not graduates received their education from an accredited school, along with what kind of degree or certification earned. Most radiologists will need the standard four years of undergraduate study, followed by medical school and residency. In most cases, radiologists must be board certified, which means taking and passing an exam to earn approval to practice from the American Board of Radiology or other governing bodies. Not only does schooling have an affect on ones salary, experience does as well. The experience a student has is the second important variable....
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...Ovarian Cancer Ovarian cancer is one of the most under-detected types of cancers in existence because many of the symptoms are not noticeable until the later stages of the disease. These symptoms typically follow a pattern that helps determine whether or not a woman has ovarian cancer. The symptoms are “frequent bloating, pain in your belly or pelvis, trouble eating, or feeling full quickly, urinary problems, such as an urgent need to urinate or urinating more often than usual, fatigue, indigestion, pain with intercourse, constipation, and menstrual cycle changes.” For women who have ovarian cancer, the symptoms follow three common attributes: “they start suddenly, they feel different than your normal digestive or menstrual problems, and they happen almost every day and don’t go away.” However, another problem with the symptoms of ovarian cancer is that there are some women that just naturally have them, and that makes it very difficult to determine whether or not they have cancer (http://www.webmd.com/ovarian-cancer/guide/ovarian-cancer-symptoms - Symptoms). The risk factors that are associated with ovarian cancer are not absolute. However, like in any type of disease or infection, the more risk factors that a person has, the more likely they are to become disease-ridden. The risk factors of ovarian cancer can be very complex, but simplify as a person gets older. One factor is gene mutations within families. Most of the mutations come from families that have a prominent number...
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...Schizophrenia is one of the most common serious and scary psychiatric illnesses in the United States. It’s a chronic, severe, and disabling brain disorder that has affected people throughout history. Approximately 1% of all Americans suffer from this illness, but it occurs in 10% of people who have a first-degree relative with the disorder. A person with schizophrenia hears voices that no one else around them hears. They believe that people around them are constantly plotting to harm them. They act really agitated. Schizophrenia not only affects the person but it also affects their friends and family. The symptoms of schizophrenia fall into three general categories: positive symptoms, negative symptoms, and cognitive symptoms. Positive symptoms are psychotic behaviors. Some of the positive symptoms of n,Disorders. Negative symptoms are related with interruptions to normal emotions and behaviors. Negative symptoms are often confused for Depression. Some of the negative symptoms are: Little or no interaction, Lack of beginning or completing a planned activity, & Flat affect which is when their face doesn’t move or they speak in a monotonous voice. Cognitive symptoms are more restrained. These symptoms are harder to recognize. They are often detected during more intense tests. Some Cognitive symptoms are: Having a hard time understanding information and using it to make decisions, hard time focusing or paying attention, and having a hard time using information immediately...
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...The Ravishing Outlook and Features of the New iPad The new iPad was released on the 16th of March this year. It was announced in the beginning of the month and unlike other apple products, the iPad 3 or the new iPad, as it is dubbed, did not come with as much anticipation. Display As expected, the new iPad keeps the same screen size as its predecessors, sporting a 9.7 inch screen with 1536 x 2048 pixels, a pixel density of almost 264 pixels per inch. While this is lower than the pixel density of the iPhone 4S, which boasts 330 ppi, it is still pretty impressive for a tablet. In contrast, the iPad’s closest rival, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 only has a pixel density of 149 ppi. This represents a massive upgrade from the 132 ppi pixel density on the old iPad which had 768 x 1024 pixels on the 9.7 inch screen. Steve Jobs famously claimed that you would need to file your fingers if you are to use a 7 inch tablet comfortably, which indicates that the iPad will continue making 9.7 inch iPads. Storage The iPad 3 is manufactured and accessible with three variable inbuilt storage capacities, that is of 16GB, 32GB and 64GB. The iPad 3 also supports a memory card of up to 64 GB, which means that you can have a maximum memory of 128GB on your iPad, more than what is available on any tablet so far. Software and Processing The iPad 3 is going to come boxed with the iOS 5.1 but can be upgraded to iOS 6.0 by the users. It boasts a 1GHz dual core processor along with a PowerVR SGX543MP4...
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...Solution to Musculoskeletal Injuries in Sonography Sonography, as a profession, is often enticing. When most individuals think of sonography, the thought that comes to mind is a sonogram with the pictures of a baby in gestation within a mother’s womb. Though this can be an interesting and rewarding career choice, this profession, as in most, can have its drawbacks. Many sonographers are at risk of suffering from musculoskeletal injuries and a significant amount are already experiencing injuries, especially those with considerable workloads and ones who have been in the profession for a large amount of time. In order to make sonography a safer profession, the work environment of sonographers must be redesigned with better ergonomics in mind. Having a safer ergonomic design must play an essential part of equipment design, along with changes to the layout of the work setting. Musculoskeletal Disorder also known as work-related musculoskeletal disorder (WRMSD) can include a number of symptoms ranging from swelling and inflammation of the muscles, spasms, tingling or burning sensations, to the loss of sensation completely (Coffin, 2014). In certain cases, a loss of muscle strength can occur. While this disorder is accumulative, the symptoms considered to be small can evolve to become more critical and also debilitating. Among North American sonographers in 1997, the occurrences of musculoskeletal injury were 84% and increased to 90% in 2008 (Coffin, 2014). According to the...
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...Intervention | A modern fluoroscope | ICD-10-PCS | B?1 | MeSH | D005471 | A barium swallow exam taken via fluoroscopy. Fluoroscopy is an imaging technique that uses X-rays to obtain real-time moving images of the internal structures of a patient through the use of a fluoroscope. In its simplest form, a fluoroscope consists of an X-ray source and fluorescent screen between which a patient is placed. However, modern fluoroscopes couple the screen to an X-ray image intensifier and CCD video camera allowing the images to be recorded and played on a monitor. The use of X-rays, a form of ionizing radiation, requires the potential risks from a procedure to be carefully balanced with the benefits of the procedure to the patient. While physicians always try to use low dose rates during fluoroscopic procedures, the length of a typical procedure often results in a relatively high absorbed dose to the patient. Recent advances include the digitization of the images captured and flat panel detector systems; modern advances allow further reduction of the radiation dose to the patient. Contents [hide] * 1 History * 2 Invention of commercial instruments * 2.1 Analog instrument * 2.2 Digital instrument * 3 Risks * 4 Equipment * 4.1 X-ray image intensifiers * 4.2 Flat-panel detectors * 4.3 Contrast agents * 5 Imaging concerns * 6 Common procedures using fluoroscopy * 6.1 Gastrointestinal fluoroscopy * 6.2 Cine * 7 See also * 8 References...
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...Captial Capital Purchase Justification Yvonne Brown-Ramirez Grand Canyon University April 27,2016 The equipment that I recommend is the CAT scan because I think it will help the hospital more than the MRI machines since it will help examine the whole body instead of just one certain part of the body.CAT scans are very useful because it helps us figure out the cause of why the patient is sick and it takes pictures that are more detailed than the MRI. Computed tomography (CT) is an imaging procedure that uses special x-rays equipment to create detailed pictures or scans areas of the body. When using this type of machine, it helps take continuous pictures in a spiral fashion instead of taking a series of pictures as the MRI does, I do not know much about MRI or CAT SCANS but I think CAT SCANS are better and will help determine the cause of cancer or any type of sickness the patient may have. I think the CAT SCAN equipment would be useful and beneficial to the hospital because it will help reduce the amount of radiation that is used during the test and it will use less radiation for the older equipment. The hospitals want to be equipped with the most up to date equipment to make sure that it will last for as long as five to ten years at the most because they do not want to spend excess money they may not have to purchase the CAT SCAN equipment. According to Modern Healthcare, “The average price of computed tomography systems went up 15% in the past month as more...
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...different machines to view different aspects of the human anatomy, it is impossible to recommend what scan a person should have without taking into consideration the illness/injury and history of the patient. Without doubt a PET scan should be avoided as much as possible as the radiation the patient is confronted with is equivalent to 8 years of everyday living and substantially larger than other methods of imaging however, the advantage of a PET scan is its ability to show how parts of the body are functioning and detect problems much earlier (NSP Medicine Wise, 2010). Whilst this may be seen as a great advantage, the PET scan is far more dangerous to the human body than any other method of imaging as the gamma rays penetrate structural components of cells and break DNA of biological molecules with the potential to cause mutations and cancer (K. Henderickson, 2014). CT scans can only image half the aspects of the human anatomy as the PET scan yet only project three...
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...Medical sonographer creating a better tomorrow. Imagine having a baby, when sonography was not a thing. Not being able to determine if it was a male or a female, if the baby was in good conditions or having complications throughout the pregnancy. My grandma once told me a story of a girl who lived in her town when her mother was young. She told me that this girl was pregnant for almost 8 months and no one notices. The girl was so small and skinny that her tummy just looked like gaining weight. She herself did not know. The girl had a mischarged for not knowing about the pregnancy, a few months later she committed suicide. All of the could have of been prevented with more information. Medical sonography; will prevent that it will help everyone know what they must know, it could even save a life. Sonography has expanded new horizons in the medical field, not only with babies, but sonography is also used in many other situations. With the right training and hard work anything can be accomplished. Medical sonography does not only involve sonograms for pregnant women, used to also check joints, muscles and tendons. Making a better day for someone else by helping them, is already making a better tomorrow. On the road of running the career of medical sonography. Sonographers have to view the job responsibilities, salary, educational requirements, and job advancements when studying and dedicating their knowledge and time to medical sonography. The job responsibilities of a medical...
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