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    INTRODUCTION: Water is an essential thing for life. The earth and the entire living organism are made of water. A water molecule goes from high concentrated solution to a lower concentrated solution to try to equalize the concentration. The water molecules are always moving, and the rate of the movement depends on the concentration gradient. The bigger the difference in concentration the faster the molecules move down the concentration gradient. To figure out what diffusion was

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    part of an adjacent carbon that results in an alkene (Ketcha, 98). Dehydration is an example of an elimination reaction. Just likes its opposite (hydration, the addition reaction), it could also result in multiple products: one product would be “major” where it is one that was mostly form as it is mostly stable, and one is the “minor” which is less stable then the major and least likely to form (Ketcha, 98). The mechanism of dehydration is a three step process. First the protonation of the -OH, then

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    Norovirus: A Pathological Phenomenon Noelia Gonzalez Health Science Technology 6th period 3/4/2016

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    Assessment This assignment is on Focused Assessment of the case study, in which the 22 years old female patient presented with the history of flu like sickness and uncontrolled vomiting about eight days showing signs and symptoms of severe dehydration, and fainting attack (Grand Canyon University, 2010). On the arrival of such case it is indicated for focused assessment at once to rule out the current physiological state of the body by linking underlying pathophyiology. Non compliance by using

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    Cholera Cholera has re-emerged as a major infectious disease in the recent past with a global increase in its incidence. In 1994, cholera cases were notified from 94 countries-the highest ever number of countries in one year (WHO, 1995). Two disturbing aspects of global cholera picture in 1990s have been-dramatic and unexpected reappearance of epidemic cholera caused by V.cholerae 01 E1T or in Latin America after 100 years absence from the region and unexpected appearance in 1992 in South India of

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    Acid Base Balance Paper

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    145 and a potassium balance of 5.3 which has a normal range of 3.5 to 5. His hematocrit also was at 63% showing that he was dehydrated. Mr. D.H. was in diabetic ketoacidosis and needed to be treated to regulate the electrolytes balance and the dehydration he was suffering. Fluid is water plus the substances dissolved

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    Some people are under the illusion that all bottled water is spring water. However not all bottled water is spring water. The carbon molecules in naturally carbonated water actually deplete our minerals. The carbon molecules in naturally carbonated water are bound to minerals found in the rock bed and deliver them into our bodies, but the carbon in carbonated drinks is unattached and binds to minerals in us, taking them from the body. For this reason people who consume a lot of carbonated drinks

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    The body loses fluids that contain proteins and electrolytes. Since, the tissues are damaged in that area, this leads to dehydration and electrolyte imbalance. Renal failure and circulatory shock is what happens when the body becomes dehydrated from being burned. The extent of a burn is determined by a concept known as the rule of nines, which assess how much of the body is burned, so that the right treatment can be provided immediately. Burns are classified according to their severity: first degree

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    Hydrated Drinking Water

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    dose not drink water. if a person dose not drink water he/she could die from it or could get very sick. why it is importent to stay hydrated and drink plenty of water. it is important beacuse if you dont drink plenty of water you could die from dehydration or if u drink littel amounts of water but not all the time you could get very sick and die from that but if you drink water all the time and try to stay hydrated u wont get sick or die. so rember to try to stay hrdrated and drink plenty of water

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    Oh Crap! Yes, that is what we are discussing today. Have you ever had white flecks in your poop? Have you ever heard of rice water stool? Have you ever pooped so much that you could feed the whole population of poop eating bacteria. If so, then you have probably had or heard of cholera. Cholera is a bacteria that affects the small intestine. It is most common in third world countries due to lack of clean drinking water. Cholera (also known as Vibrio Cholerae) spread across the world from its original

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