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    cleaning studies say? Healthcare-associated infections (HAI) are a leading cause of illness and death in the United States; on any given day, 1 in 25 hospital patients has at least one HAI. The cleaning of hard surfaces is essential to curbing this affliction. Therefore, a survey examining the cleaning, disinfecting, and cleanliness monitoring practices of patient rooms was conducted based on studies spanning the period of 1990 to the February of this year. Reported in the Annals of Internal Medicine

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    through his choice of words. He puts an image in the readers’ mind, which helps produce the mood. For instance, “Leaving his friends in haste, Achilles wept, and sat apart by the gray wave, scanning the endless sea”, creates a mood of desolation and affliction. Furthermore, the endless sea symbolizes the emptiness inside when Agamemnon took his girl, Briseis. Another example is “Shamefast, pale with fear of him, they stood without a word”, produces a mood of guilt and

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    his work mates, the way they speak to him proves an unsafe space at his place of work. 4. 5. Summary of literature A safe space is an environment where people accept other people’s belief, culture, knowledge, behaviours, attitudes, religious afflictions and share ideas. Safe space also refers to self-expression and working without fear and being accommodating to other peoples cultures (Quappe& Cantatoe,2006). According to Holly and Steiner,(2005) safe space refers to an environment where one is

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    In ancient times, being bitten by a snake was one of the worst ailments that could happen to a person and was difficult to cure. Legend says the Goddess Athena gave Asclepius a vial of Gorgon blood. This blood contained the power to heal any affliction, including snakebites, as well as bring the dead back to life. Asclepius is usually depicted holding a rod with a snake coiled around it. This is called the rod of Asclepius. Today this symbol is still used to represent medicine. The American Medical

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    room, my mind is racing, heart pounding, and palms sweating. I’ve been waiting for three years to meet with him, but of course, Dr. Johnson was completely booked until now. Each night I have been taunted with an atrocious dream and ready for the affliction to cease. Finally, he appears in the doorway and calls my name. Instantaneously, I stand up and shuffle behind the therapist to the cubicle. Once inside, I sat upon a soft, leathery couch with orange pillows. There are bountiful vibrant posters

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    Several techniques have been perfected in animal testing, such as hip replacements. Animals have similar afflictions as humans, such as cancer, TB, flu, and asthma. Through animal testing several medicines have been perfected and increased the length of human life and made previously fatal diseases manageable ("About Us." Forty Reasons Why We Need Animals in Research

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    Governments have several theories to support the use of punishment to maintain order in society. A theory of punishment used by government is utilitarianism. The utilitarian theory of punishment seeks to penalize offenders to discourage or deter future wrongdoing. Since the theory of utilitarianism revolves around the greater good of the whole society, it implies that laws should be used to maximize the happiness of society. Since crime and punishment are on the opposite end of the spectrum of happiness

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    A CASE OF KLEPTOMANIA

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    important to her. As a result, it is clear that the patient is seriously need psychotherapy to deal with her passive-dependent striving and conflicted sexual identity. Abrahamsen (1960) sounds that kleptomania is more related to obsessive-compulsive affliction. This is because the patients usually know recognize that their act is wrong but they just can’t resist doing it repeatedly. In this case, the patient was clearly aware that her stealing action was illegal and unhealthy, but she usually suppressed

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    encounter mental health and substance abuse related problems, it is something that should be considered and looked at more seriously. Mignon (2016) indicated that failing to address these issues of neglecting mental health and substance abuse afflictions of imprisoned women will result in the problems continuing following their release and could have disadvantageous effects on their lives such as joblessness, homelessness, and the potential for loss of custody of children. Priority in health for

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    of the novel, Unoka, Okonkwo’s father had died of swelling in his stomach and limbs. In the novel, it states on page 18 “When a man is afflicted with swelling in the stomach and limbs he was not allowed to die in the house.” Presenting it is an affliction to the earth goddesses, preventing Unoka from having a proper burial,

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