...Nuclear Medicine Tammy Angle Argosy University Dr. Demeis In our family we've had seven nurses, and one ER physician, including my Mom, who worked all of her years at the hospital, and then on island when we moved. I worked in several clinics including, neurology, urology, and then my specialty, pediatrics. I've ordered every kind of test imaginable, I've had them done myself due to my health problems, and I've also been with my Mom during several CT scans. She used to joke saying that she was going to be glowing from all of the radioactive medicine infused via I.V. Which is quite common with that test. Nuclear medicine, in my opinion, is a huge reason why people are living much longer today. These tests can be scary, especially for children, but they're necessary for a doctor to have a complete picture so that he or she can diagnose their patients accurately. Nuclear medicine is the application of radionuclide technique to diagnose and treat different types of human disease. It was first used in the investigation of thyroid disease in 1946 by utilizing radioactive iodine to cure the thyroid cancer. And, from there nuclear medicine has grown tremendously! Most doctors that were educated prior to nuclear medicine's debut do not understand how valuable radioisotropic procedures really are in diagnosing their patients. Radiologists must read the results of the nuclear medicine applications, so...
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...Report 2 Living on Other Planets Introduction: * How would facilities function * How would they get supplies * How would people get to the locations The focus of colonization is a topic that has brought up several debates on how it could be possible. But, the first step towards that effort is to find a reason to migrate ourselves to other planets. Different minerals and precious metals from the surfaces of alien celestials are vital to the importance of any specific colonization effort. The industrial implications of a solid core of functional work environment for employees and civilian presences populating the platforms are essential. Facilities will consist of domed structures contained a self-sustained atmosphere and environment. Simulated weather for each of the seasons as well as integrated day and night cycles would keep the habitants on a routine familiar to them of our own home planet. This would include housing opportunities for employees to bring their families while honoring their agreed upon contract terms. Each Dome is specifically engineered and conditioned for their celestial home. There in, being resistant to the unique external environmental issues that would come from any given body’s location. Initial supplies for the project will be flown in prior to the colonization by unmanned crafted and landed carefully on the alien surface. Pioneer crews will depart with the final shipment and begin assembly of the primary dome structure. Once the...
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...Volcano Disaster Assistance Program: Pros and Cons The Volcano Disaster Assistance Program was formed in 1986 in response to the devastating volcanic mudflow caused by an eruption of Nevado del Ruiz volcano in Colombia. The mudflow destroyed the city in 1985, killing more than 25,000 people. Unfortunately, the tragedy was preventable. Better education of the local population and clear communication would have allowed warnings to be received, understood, and acted upon prior to the disaster. Volcanologist is the expert that works monitoring the activity of the volcanoes to prevent any disaster. The volcanologist’s work has direct importance to the lives of people who live near to the volcanoes but also it is a high-risk job for their own lives. There is no room for any mistake. As a result the volcanologist’s job requires an educational preparation and training to develop the functions. In addition, there are another pros and cons of working as a volcano expert and it is my purpose to develop some of them along this essay....
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...Warming………………………………………..... 6 5. Measures toward prevention of Global Warming ………………… 7 6. Conclusion……….…………………………………………………. 8 7. References …………………………………………………………. 9 Introduction. I decided to talk about this matter because many people do not think that Global Warming is a threat to their life. Global warming is one of the most serious problems that currently exist in our planet, therefore we need to know, analyze, and why not to seek for a solution. There are many people in the planet that still do not believe in global warming, people who state that there is no scientific evidence that there is an increase in temperatures, it is obvious that temperatures are changing and the effects can be disastrous for mankind if we do nothing about, future generations will suffer. We need somehow stop or monitoring closely deforestation, trees are the lungs of our planet, without them human being cannot breath. Our land is drying and it will get even drier if we continue ignored this situation. What is Global Warming? Global Warming is the rising of temperatures in Earth’s atmosphere. However, to understand global Warming I think we need to start understanding a natural process called Greenhouse effect. As we, all know when...
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...an outcome of a design which focuses on- environment friendly design, energy efficiency, water conservation, rain water harvesting, sewage treatment, recycling of treated effluent, zero waste water discharge, fire safety, excellent indoor air quality, day lighting, and building management including lighting controls by lux level as well as occupancy, and fresh air on demand. Air conditioning consumes nearly 25% of world energy and a major contribution can be made by this industry towards reducing global warming. We keep our homes and work places cool in summer and warm in winter. The sum total of all our pollutions has already added half a million million tons of carbon-dioxide to the atmosphere which has changed the world so completely that hardly any of our decedents will be there to see it. We will be thinking selfishly only of welfare of humans and ignoring Gaia (A thin spherical shell of matter that surrounds the incandescent interior) have caused our own extinction. To overcome this...
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...Stop it and The Effects it has on our World Jay A. Clemons ITT-Technical Institute – West Palm Beach Campus (Global Warming, 2014) Global Warming: How Do We Stop it and The Effects it has on our World Throughout Earths long history the planet has cooled and wormed several times, such as, the great Ice Age, the volcanic activity when dinosaurs ruled the Earth, and the apparent meteor that hit the Earth and wiped out the dinosaurs. Some of these have been caused by shifts in the Earth’s orbit, or from a meteor that may have hit the planet or volcanic activity causing massive clouds of dust and debris to block out the sun. Now for the last century we have forced the Earth’s next warming trend. Since humans have started using fossil fuels and emitting greenhouse gases, the Earth has started its next warming trend. (Table 1) Carbon dioxide and methane gases have increased in the upper atmosphere causing it to absorb more heat, which increases the Earth’s temperature. This warming triggers many undesirable effects on the planet. Literature Review Have you noticed that the severity of the weather on our planet in the last thirty to forty years has changed dramatically? Such as, record droughts, increased tornado activity, rising ocean levels, severe periods of heat and cold. These are being caused by the excesses of humanity. The use of fossil fuels, gas and oil, the cutting down of trees in the rainforests and elsewhere, wildfires in our forests caused by lightning or human...
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...Environment The biggest threat to our environment is global warming and there are many theories as to what causes it. Scientists have concerns that over the past 250 years, man-kind has been artificially raising the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere at an ever-increasing rate, mostly by burning fossil fuels. Over the last century the burning of fossil fuels like coal and oil has increased the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2). This happens because the coal or oil burning process combines carbon with oxygen in the air to make CO2. To a lesser extent, the clearing of land for agriculture, industry, and other human activities have increased concentrations as well. https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=clear+land+&FORM=HDRSC2 https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=clear+land+&FORM=HDRSC2 While many people blame fossil fuels as a cause to global warming, there is also illegal clearing of lands for developing agriculture companies that cause tropical deforestation and global warming. According to Wikipedia, tropical deforestation is clearance or clearing and removal of a forest or stand of trees where the land is thereafter converted to a non-forest use. Developing agriculture companies demand overseas trees and other supplies such as; wood products, beef, palm oil, and soy. The global demand for beef requires large areas of fields to raise cattle. These demands lead to tropical deforestations because companies clear about 35% percent of...
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...BUGEN5930: Business, Society and the Planet. Assignment Task 1: Reflective Journal Topic: Sustainability issues, challenges, concepts and approaches. Increasing economy and globalisation has converted many small towns in South-east Asia as emerging global megacities. And I belong to one of those megacities, Hyderabad, India, also known as Hi-Tech city for its tremendous contribution in IT sector. Being a municipal corporation in early 1900’s, Hyderabad has grown in size and activities in early 2010 and thus was made a Greater Municipal cooperation. Still accommodating more and more IT firms in the heart of the city has led to many environmental issues like, dense pollution, low quality of air, water pollution, solid waste pollution etc. Air pollution is, by far is the biggest concern in my locality, followed by bad roads and industrial emissions. Every increasing motors vehicles and their activities, rapid rate of industrialization, wide spread construction activities has contributed to poor air quality in Hyderabad. Resulting in poor health for citizens and premature death in carrying mothers. According to Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), respirable suspended particulate matter level in my city is on rise and it might cross the acceptable limit soon. According to Times of India, a famous national News daily, 20% of lung cancer patients who die in the city are exposed to high levels of air pollution. Central Pollution control board (CPCB), a government organisation...
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...EFFECTS OF TELECOMMUTING Social Effects of Telecommuting: How Society is Changing Abstract Telecommuting is a recent trend that allows individuals to perform their work from home, instead of making their presence at the office essential. The increase in telecommuting increases productivity, the opportunity to retain the needed skilled force, and the ability to be environmentally friendly. However, telecommuting does also negatively effect society since it threatens the collective nature of organized labor. Overall, the increase of telecommuting has impacted everyone’s life and not just the life of those who telecommute. Researchers have predicted that by 2020, 30% of the workforce will be only telecommuters. The workplace has been faced with a multitude of changes in the past couple of decades and most if not all of these changes are encouraged by the advancement in technology. These advancements have allowed individuals to be much more efficient. However, the influence of technology has invaded the offices all around the globe, which has affected the organization and the structure of the workplace. One of the best examples of how extensive use of technology has affected the workplace is telecommuting. Telecommuting is a recent trend that allows individuals to perform their work from home, instead of making their presence at the office essential. The actual definition of telecommuting is “work performed in allocation away from the central facilities wherein technology...
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...Possible Alternative Energy all over the World: * It does not seem quite sensible to keep on utilizing the same dirty sources of energy every time, and also keep worrying about them running out. If we think over this, we will come as funny. If we could tame the energy of the water, wind and the sun, we would be living in a world that had an inexhaustible and infinite source of energy. In addition to all these, the energy obtained would also be clean. Also, there would be no potential risks for the environment, and we could live in a world that would be completely free from any detrimental impact on the environment. It is our call to keep the pollution under check, since it is us who ever started the pollution in the first place. The technology that we created earlier was intended to make the energy sources we have now work for us. It is therefore now our responsibility to take proper care of the ecosystem. * The technology that is essential for the utilization of the alternative sources of energy has become quite affordable in these times. This is because more and more number of people is now using it. And for those who are not, this is the perfect time to start doing it. Here's another good thing about using these alternative sources. * The prices of diesel and petroleum derivatives tend to rise more and more. Every year, oil consumption grows and oil reserves get lower. Besides there’s the political problem: every war threat or international crisis makes the barrel...
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...air, forests, land, animal habitats, water, and climate. The change in climate has been caused by the amount of greenhouse gases from the increase in industry, and auto emissions, the amount of energy coming from the sun, and the properties of the Earth’s surface. These factors have a warming effect on the planet, called global warming which acts like a blanket trapping this solar energy, and gasses close to the Earth. This causes river and lake water levels to be lower in arid areas, and glaciers to melt causing floods. With the temperatures predicted to be up one hundred degrees Fahrenheit worldwide over the next one hundred years, threatening extinction for thousands of plant and animal species. Because of agriculture clearing, and aggressive logging over the past 30 years almost half of the world’s forests have disappeared. Land has been altered for forestry, farming, pastures, roads, industry, and houses. The amount of land altered for our use totals half of the world’s total land. Habitats are threatened by human growth, everywhere on Earth oceans are overfished causing extinction for some species already. Rising temperatures has caused Coral Bleaching, coral reefs are home to thousands of species, and protects the shorelines of some islands. Half of the world’s coral reefs and islands whose shorelines they protect will be gone, as will thousands of animal species. The Earth is covered by 70% of water, but only 2.5 of it is fresh water, needed for irrigation, drinking, and...
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...principles: * Employment of appropriate workers * Workplace safety * Pay and hours * Respect for individuals * Environmental standards * Ethical standards * Trade unions * Inspection requirements Supplier should be transparent and ready share all kind of information with the company. Frequent audit needs to be done to maintain the standards. consequently we believe we have a responsibility to support our home agricultural economies and to help rural communities to thrive. Consumers expect factory-prepared and packaged food always to be perfectly safe to eat. All food producers know that to deliver this mandatory standard requires complex technical skills and disciplines, minute attention to detail, and assiduous scrutiny and checking. We expect the highest standards of our suppliers, all of whom are audited against robust and comprehensive benchmarks on the quality of their products and the good practice of their businesses. Our programme of continually raising the bar on standards is achieved in part by consolidating our supplier base, focusing increasingly on those suppliers...
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...Introduction………………………………………………………….…….... 3 2.0 Starbucks……………………………………….….……………….…….. …4 2.1 Starbucks and farmer loans………………….….…………………..……. 6 2.2 Starbucks Share Planet…………………………..…………………..….... 7 2.3 Reducing Energy Use……………………………..…………………..…. .8 2.4 Reducing Water Use……………………………….…………………..… 9 2.5 Recycling……………………………………………..………………..... 10 2.6 Starbucks and Competitors……………………………………………… 11 3.0 Conclusion………………………………………………..….....………….. 12 4.0 References………………………….…………………....…………….. 13 Appendix……………………………….…………………..……………… 15 1.0 Introduction Google image, Healthy people,2010 :http://www.healthypeople.gov/document/html/volume1/08environmental.htm Nowadays we are facing with environmental and ecological problems which lead us to such effect like air pollution, acid rain, ozone depletion, smog, water pollution, overpopulation, animal extinctions and forest destruction. But people are so blind that they do not want to see how they are destroying our Earth and they do not even try to change themselves; they think that for each problem there is specific organization which will solve it or government whose responsibility is to protect their own nations. Very sad to say, that most of population are taking our “home nature” for granted. They want to consume and never contribute, so here is a base of problem that is why many people suffering from global warming which lead climate...
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...The president tells the nations that N.A.S.A has explained it to him, that our planet has collided into a black hole and there is nothing no one can do about it and we are all about to die. So his last instructions to us is to hold our loved ones give them a kiss and say your goodbyes and pray that it’s over fast. The hologram shuts down and there was nothing but silence. I look outside again, now it is more visible and looks even closer and blacker. I have no one to kiss good bye or even say I love to at this point. My mother and father have passed away ten years ago and I never got married or had any children, hell at this point I wished I would have gotten a dog at least. I look into my death now since there is nothing else I can do. I can only describe it as watching the needle go in when the nurse draws the blood, you know they need the blood and there is nothing you can do but watch them...
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...the Central Solar Battery Charging Station (CSBCS) Abstract— Solar Battery Charging Station is the beginner's outline of the Central Solar Battery Charging Station which can be worn as an alternation of the complementary power source or electricity for assembling the ever-increasing demand of our country, Bangladesh. Solar energy is a form of best renewable energy and by implementing this project as a prototype one; our motto is to extend the voice for “Go Green-Save the Planet-work for existence”. Software implementation is needed to monitor the charging status of the individual batteries in a station. It can also detect whether the battery has been damaged or not at a certain voltage level. Thus, we have deliberated our software to monitor all the probable actions in the software development for Central Solar Battery Charging Station. It indicates the charging status independently for each battery coupled to the prototype central charging station through a charge controller that deliver the requisite quantity of current to the battery and also connected superficially with a Data Acquisition Card to examine the battery state with our software deployed using VISUAL STUDIO 2010 in C# programming language. Consequently, the entire charging process of the central charging station is a solitary means of communication as we are going to provide input quantity directly from PV solar panel or diesel generator (unconventional source). Keywords- Central Solar...
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