...ANDROMEDA STRAIN 1. Name and type of microorganism (actual disease mimic) indicate the name and the type of microorganism that caused the pandemic in each movie and what actual disease they mimic Code name: “andromeda”. Andromeda Strain is a deadly extraterrestrial virus. I mutates with each growth cycle, changing its biologic properties. The microbe contains chemical elements required for terrestrial life and appears to have a crystalline structure, but lacks DNA, RNA, proteins, and amino acids, yet it directly transforms matter to energy and vice versa. The scientists learn that Andromeda grows only within a narrow pH range; in a too-acid or too-basic growth medium, it will not multiply—Andromeda's pH range is 7.39–7.43, like that of human blood. Leptospirosis. 2. Origin and how it spread state where the organisms came from and explain how they were spread Project Scoop was one of several attempts to investigate a singularity, or a worm hole, that has mysteriously appeared in the Solar system. Sent specifically collect biological samples, the satellite malfunctioned upon approaching the worm hole and fell back to Earth. It was picked up and released the deadly agent. Piedmont, Utah. Further investigation determines that the bizarre deaths were caused by a crystal-structured, extraterrestrial microbe on a meteor that crashed into the satellite, knocking it from orbit. 3. Cause and Symptoms...
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...The Andromeda Strain, a novel by Michael Crichton is science-fiction. The story takes place in Piedmont, Arizona and a lab in Nevada. The story is set in the 1960s. This is the story of a mysterious and deadly bacteria and the group of scientists who are trying to stop it. Jeremy Stone is an an impatient person. He makes other people feel as though they are wasting his time. He is also an intelligent person. He has won a Nobel Prize due to his intelligence. Mark Hall is a heroic person. He prevented an atomic bomb from killing everyone at the lab in Nevada. Charles Burton is the opposite of Jeremy Stone. He is a sloppy and impulsive person. He is also a clumsy person. He often trips over his own shoelaces. Peter Leavitt is a...
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...Passion for work can lead to stress in many cases. In the book, “The Andromeda Strain”, by Michael Crichton, four scientists try to find the source of the destruction caused in Piedmont. Discovering how all the inhabitants in the town of Piedmont died, except for two, was a stressful process that was worked on by the group of scientists. They were to look for the answer through clues and discoveries. Two scientists look around Piedmont with no ideas on where to begin looking for clues. They entered Piedmont worried about the amount of work to be done, “They were painfully aware of how much there was to learn, to do. Some catastrophe had struck this town, and they must discover all they could about it. But they had practically no clues, no points of departure” (Crichton 85-86). It was very stressful arriving into Piedmont, especially when they had “no clues”. They were to find many factors in the town that would contribute to finding a prevention, so the endangerment of other people was in their hands. Stress from events like these may cause or foreshadow anger....
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...ready to go and play tennis, don’t forget to stay properly hydrated when doing any intense activates such as tennis. There are many hazards and injuries that your body can sustain while playing tennis. The first thing comes to my head is a groin strain, luckily that has never occurred to me while playing. Since you are running the whole time on your feet on a hard surface, it is a possibly to cause a plantar fasciitis. Lastly with the force that your shoulder endures while serving the tennis ball at high speeds, could possibly cause a rotar cuff injury. The possibility of having all these injuries is very likely, and there could be more if you are not careful. Although not all injuries can be prevented like we have discussed in the personal injury discussions, there are some steps you can take to lessen the chance of getting hurt. All of the example of injuries above can easily be prevented by the stretching before, warming up, stretching after, and not being too reckless. Stretching is so important for any sport. Stretching warms up your muscles, and prevents any possible strains. People often forget to stretch after a workout, but it is very beneficial and can keep you playing a sport that you love. Groin Strain: A groin strain is a tear or rupture to any one of the five adductor muscles. We explain the...
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... Apply RICE (Rest, Ice, Compress, Elevate) to reduce swelling. It may also result in other complications eg. fracture, tendon injuries and loss of proprioceptive control. It may take days to a few months to heal with adequate rehabilitation. Meniscus Tear Normally caused by a sudden twisting movement of the knee during footwork resulting in the tear of the meniscus. There will be pain in the joint-line of the knee, mild swelling and unable to flex or extend the leg in full. It may be having accompanying collateral or cruciate ligament injury. Muscle Strain Sudden explosive loading of a muscle resulting in rapid contraction of muscle fibers like a sudden overhead smash. It may result in the disruption of muscle fibers and will cause muscle pain, swelling, bruising and lost of function (depending on severity) eg. Hamstring strain, gastrocnemius strain, adductor strain, quadratus lumborum/ lumbocostal strain. Overuse Badminton...
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...BTEC National Sports injuries Unit 18 Assignment 2 Physiological & Psychological responses to injury (p3/P4/M2/D1) Scenario: You have impressed during your work placement at Thornensians rugby club and have been asked to stay for an additional week. The club physiotherapist has suggested that you look to improve your knowledge surrounding the rehabilitation of players returning from injury, paying particular attention to their physiological and psychological responses. Checklist * Introduction * Psychological Responses- anxiety, frustration, isolation, anger, depression, drop in motivation, stress * Physiological Responses- inflammation/swelling, scar tissue/ remodelling, clotting * Strains- Grade 1,2 & 3 * Sprains- Grade 1,2 & 3 * Haematoma- (intra & inter) * What are they? * How does the body respond? * M2 explain? * D2 analyse Introduction In this assignment I will be discussing how to improve my knowledge surrounding the rehabilitation of players returning from injury, paying particular attention to their physiological and psychological responses. Psychological Responses When an athlete faces significant injury, there are a number of predictable emotions and phases he/she might experience. A serious injury often requires surgery, recovery time and physical therapy. After surgery, many athletes often repeat the injury in their mind, feel afraid, feel angry, and wonder "Why did I make that play...
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...Neck injury is a very serious concern for any athlete who participates in a contact sport. If not avoided, neck injuries can have long term effects and cause problems down the road. Some common injuries related to contact sports are neck sprains and neck strains. Although both of these injuries are caused by sudden or severe stress on the neck, they affect different parts of the neck. A neck sprain is caused by overstretching the ligaments that connect the small bones, or vertebrae, in the neck. A neck strain is when one partially tears the muscles in their neck. Both of these injuries are treated with rest and rehab. A common symptom for both of these injuries is when the neck pain worsens with movement. Neck injuries should be prevented at all costs. Prior to a contact sport, an athlete should always warm-up their neck. Included in the warm up should be stretching. In a sport like rugby where there is no headgear, there are precautionary measures that can be taken. For instance, a rugby player would not tackle head first as a football player would. Rugby players are trained to tackle cheek to cheek. This is a saying to remind players to place the side of their face on or near the opponents hip when performing a tackle. This strategy is becoming more effective as time goes on. Some professional football teams are even having tackling clinics for their players ran by rugby coaches and players. Another more serious problem with neck injury is the possibility of spinal cord injury...
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...student-athletes even after the school nurse and other staff have left for the day. This is when the athletic trainer begins the daily routine of injury rehabilitation, injury evaluations, protective taping, practice preparation, monitoring environmental conditions such as heat and humidity, consulting with physicians, checking the status of weather conditions, conducting concussion follow-up and honoring return-to-play protocols. Coordinating care with teachers and other administrative staff, and student workers to make sure that everyone is on the same page to what is expected and time schedule for treatment and thing of that nature. I would try to detect care for a wide range of injuries that occurs more often. Injuries vary from sprains and strains to more severe, unusual injuries or conditions that require specialized training, recognition, management and treatment. Along the way I would be developing relationships with local physicians and specialists so that I can provide referrals and expediting medical care for injured athletes. As an head athletic trainer I think I’ll be tough cause I would not allow and injured athlete to perform until I feel they are at least 90% ready to get back on the field so I would definitely have to keep up with collecting medical forms, completing injury reports, completing...
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...Task Number: 081-831-0038 Task Title: TREAT A CASUALTY FOR A HEAT INJURY Conditions: A casualty is suffering from a heat injury. You must treat the casualty for a heat injury. All other more serious injuries have been assessed and treated. You will need water, a thermometer, intravenous (IV) administration set, ringer's lactate or sodium chloride, stethoscope, sphygmomanometer, and a DD Form 1380 (Field Medical Card (FMC)). You are not in a CBRNE environment. Standards: Provide the correct treatment for the heat injury without causing further injury to the casualty. Task Number: 081-831-0039 Task Title: TREAT A CASUALTY FOR A COLD INJURY Conditions: You have a casualty who is having symptoms of cold weather injuries. You must treat the casualty for a cold injury. All other more serious injuries have been assessed and treated. You will need dry clothing or similar material, sterile dressings, a thermometer, and a DD Form 1380 (Field Medical Card (FMC)). You are not in a CBRNE environment. Standards: Provide correct treatment based upon the signs and symptoms of the injury. Task Number: 081-833-0073 Task Title: TREAT A CASUALTY FOR SNAKEBITE Conditions: You have a casualty with a snakebite. All other more serious injuries have been assessed and treated. You will need antiseptic cleaning solution, iodine, water, soap, and a DD Form 1380 (Field Medical Card (FMC)). You are not in a CBRNE environment. Standards: Determine the type of snakebite and...
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... Every physical activity one can do can easily lead to an injury of sorts. When one thinks about it, their first though could go so a concussion from football or a kick to the leg while playing soccer. Figure skating isn’t a contact sport at all, but it can still cause common injuries in different parts of the body due to the different tricks there are along with the fact that everything is on the ice. When skating, most injuries occur from over training or having a poor technique (Figure). With how much the athlete is jumping around, not being able to stick a landing can cause injuries within the legs and back area (Figure). This goes for practicing and preforming. Many competitive skaters find that they need to practice the moves but over practicing can cause stress within the joints of the legs (Skating). This can go for both recreational and elite skaters. Since skaters are wearing close to nothing in terms of padding it can make it easier to bruise when hitting the ground. Even the shoes they wear can cause injury with how tight and stiff they need to be in order to not fall off (Olympic). It is a common misconception that because there is lack of contact in solo skating there aren’t as many injuries when in fact ice-skating can cause some of the most injuries within the leg region. (Skating). The injuries can range greatly within these regions. The most common of these are pump bump, lace bite, and tendonitis which are overuse injuries (Common). Lace bite is an irritation...
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...Volleyball is a non-contact sport that allows players to play as a team and build skills without any physical contact between teams. Even though this is a non-contact sport, injuries happen due to running into others, landing or jumping wrong, and overuse of muscles. Due to this, research has been conducted on the percentage of injuries and the best ways to prevent specific injuries. There are different ways for prevention and some positions are more at risk than others. In volleyball, it is more important to take steps to prevent ankle injuries that overuse or knee injuries. The ankle is most prone to injury and occurs most often, when playing volleyball, because of previous study and the effects the injury has had on playing time. Ankle injuries are 40 percent of acute and overuse injuries while they are 52 percent of all acute injuries in volleyball (Verhagen, et al, 479). Ankle injuries are greater than half of all acute injuries and this means that the ankle should be better prepared to prevent injury for. Out of all acute and overuse injuries, there are 40 percent and are more common than most other overuse or knee injuries. Most injuries are not career threatening or season-ending threatening; although, 15 percent of ankle injuries have influenced volleyball careers in a negative way (Zetou, et al, 131). This is important to know so that one can take measures to prevent injury and understand that some do get hurt and have to postpone or stop their volleyball career. The...
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...MIT - 16.20 Fall, 2002 Unit 2 Loads and Design Considerations Readings: Rivello (Ch. 1) Cutler book (at leisure) G 7.1 Paul A. Lagace, Ph.D. Professor of Aeronautics & Astronautics and Engineering Systems Paul A. Lagace © 2001 MIT - 16.20 Fall, 2002 Sources of Stresses and Strains Depends on type of structure Aircraft Launch Vehicles Space Structures General Other Considerations Paul A. Lagace © 2001 Unit 2 - p. 2 MIT - 16.20 Fall, 2002 Can generally divide these into: • Normal operational effects (regular use) • Environmental effects (internal stresses, material property degradation) • Isolated effects (lightning, impact) In a (large company) • “Design” group does general management • “Loads” group determines operating conditions • This is passed on to “stress” group that analyzes stresses and deformations • “Materials” group provides material ultimates, etc. ⇒ Need to understand each part NOTE: New approach in companies: IPT (Integrated Product Teams) DBT (Design Build Teams) - people from each branch including manufacturing and marketing ⇒ even more important to understand various factors Paul A. Lagace © 2001 Unit 2 - p. 3 MIT - 16.20 Fall, 2002 Factors, Margins, etc. Two important definitions for static considerations Limit Load/Stress/Condition: Maximum load/stress/condition where structure shows no permanent deformation. Ultimate Load/Stress/Condition: Maximum load/stress/condition where...
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...The Strain Theory Professor Jaske CRM 3407 15 February 2016 Thus, the Social Learning Theory appears to be the best theory to explain how people of different cultures and origins are able to co-exist in a ship since the theory gives credibility to the ability of people to live cordially as they learn a particular living environment or system. The Strain Theory does an excellent job of explaining white collar crime, along with the contextual anomie/ strain theory. While examining this theory, it was discovered as the most compelling in our constant battle with white collar and corporate crimes. Ever since the beginning of recorded history man/woman has tried to achieve a better life, but not much has changed in today’s standards, since it can be said it is more now than ever. From television, and radio we see the American dream of home ownership, the ability to fit into the society with the latest gadgets. At the same time trying to further their education has its roots in the American dream of more pay, a better job, and the ability to retire all these things is associated with the American dream of more money. While reading this theory I took a closer look into what fuels the human mind in our society. White collar crime in most cases, according to the Strain Theory and my own beliefs is what fuel the human desire to be successful. Greed has always and always will be a driving force in our society, I see no relief in sight unless we as a society find some way that...
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...Theory of Strain The strain theory explains delinquency as being caused by the strain or frustration of not having an equal opportunity or means to achieve commonly shared goals such as economic or social success. Persons with little formal education and few economic resources are denied the ability to acquire the goals of American society, thus producing a sense of alienation, hopelessness and frustration. Because opportunities for success are more open for the middle – and upper classes, strain is experienced most by those in the lower socioeconomic class, where quality education and employment opportunities are more limited. Strain is more common among lower-class persons, who live in inner-city urban areas that are characterized more by social problems and crime. As a way to enhance educational and employment opportunities and reduce delinquency, the government funded policies such as “Head Start” and job programs for the lower-class youths. The Head Start program is a federal program for preschool children three to five years of age in low-income families. This program promotes school readiness by enhancing the social and cognitive development of children through the provision of educational, health, nutritional, social and other services to enrolled children and families. They engage parents in their children’s learning and help them in making progress toward their educational, literacy and employment goals. Significant emphasis is placed on the involvement of...
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...The strain theory foundation was laid by a well known sociologist Robert Merton. Merton believed that when groups of people do not have access to particular resources within the community, they are faced with the issues of obtaining those achievements and/or resources. Often times the process by which these achievements and/or resources are obtained will lead to criminal action. This places tremendous pressure on individuals which can be described as strain. Merton also refers to the inability to obtain the achievements and/or resources honestly as blocked opportunity structure (Agnew 2006). Over time many studies regarding strain theory have been conducted which has altered the meaning of strain theory. Merton’s foundation of strain theory was built upon by a modern sociologist named Robert Agnew. Agnew took Merton’s strain theory and changed the theory behind which Merton believed that strain led to criminal and deviant behavior. Agnew’s newly defined definition of strain theory including the inability to obtain the achievements and/or resources need; but the loss of property and negative behavior displayed by others created strains (2006). Agnew also provided a structuralized approach to the strain theory by providing categories which the different behaviors can be classified. Agnew’s classification of the various form of strain theory can be determined by the resources available to an individual, behavior of others, and the experiences (both anticipated and unanticipated)...
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