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    Running head: Descriptive and Analytic Epidemiology TUI University Lea Glover MPH 504 Descriptive and Analytic Epidemiology Case Assignment #3 Dr. Sharon Nazarchuk Abstract Descriptive epidemiology is defined as the study of the amount and distribution of disease within a population by person, place, and time. Descriptive epidemiology answers the following questions: Who is affected? Where and when do cases occur? It describes cases by person, place, and time (TUI University 2008).

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    joint-stock company Joint-stock companies provided money for colonization in the 1600’s. A joint-stock company was formed by a number of individuals who each contributed various amounts of money in exchange for a certain amount of shares. Joint-stock companies established the first profitable colonies. charter A charter is written authorization that gives an organization permission to do business. The London Company and the Plymouth Company asked King James I to allow them to create a joint-stock

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    Communicates the activity to the finance team and IT departments to troubleshoot technical issues that arise from day to day activities. Essex County College, Newark, NJ Accounting, Intermediate Accounting and Spanish Tutor, for 100 students     Sep 2013 – May 2016 • Improved standardized test scores by 17% utilizing tailored educational plans • Tutored and mentored students in a team environment

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    The Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as thirteen newly independent sovereign states, and no longer under British rule. Instead they formed a new nation—the United States of America. John Adams was a leader in pushing for independence, which was unanimously approved on July 2. A committee

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    The Underground Railroad

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    The Underground Railroad was the name of the network that was used by enslaved African Americans. It consisted of very intricate routes that were used so that those moving along its path could lose pursuers traveling under the guise of darkness and staying in safe houses during the day. The goal of the railroad was to get the slaves from the South to the Free states and to Canada where slavery was prohibited. A slave knew that once they crossed the border into any one of the Free states that they

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    Second-Hand Smoke

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    The Effects of Second-Hand Smoke Imagine yourself sitting down to dinner at a restaurant. You are sitting down trying to enjoy your dinner when all you can smell is smoke. Not only are you just breathing in the smoke, it is also damaging your body at the same time. Or imagine yourself at your work place, whether it be a restaurant or office, and you are forced to breathe in second-hand smoke the entire time you are there. In this paper you will be informed of the harmful effects of second-hand

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    committee. Dickinson had begun his political career in 1760 when he served as the speaker of the Three Lower Counties in Delaware. Starting in 1965, Dickinson used his journalism skills to assist in the rebellion against Great Britain. His most famous work took place from 1767 to 1768, which was a series of newspaper articles, Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania published in the Pennsylvania Chronicle. His articles protested taxation policies enforced by the British government, but insisted that

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    Welding Most of the dangers in welding are related to the wielder. Others are due to the environment that they have to go to. In welding, most people can do most all things people would want to do. The four main types of welding are Shielded Metal Arc Welding (The stick or SMAW), Metal Inert Gas welding (Mig or GMAW), Oxyfuel Gas Welding (Oxyfuel or OFW) and Tungsten Inert Gas welding (Tig). Welding is also a great career path because it pays well. The only drawback to it is that the wielder will

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    The Slate Belt

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    The bioregion of the Slate Belt is in the northeastern most corner of Northampton County Pennsylvania. This bioregion is unique to others in the region due to the Martinsville Shale deposits. These deposits contain high quality slate that when quarried and sold on the market, lead the industry in the United State for over 100 years. The industry in the south valley consists of cement plants due to rich limestone deposits and abandoned iron mines in the west for the now defunct Bethlehem Steel. To

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    functions; conduct investigations, issue search warrants, arrest individuals, and carry firearms (Schmalleger 145). State level agencies can be organized in a matter of two manners: centralized or decentralized. States such as Pennsylvania, Michigan, Vermont, and Delaware employ a centralized model; their state police agencies typically assist local law enforcement in investigations, operate identification bureaus, maintain criminal records, patrol state highways, and train officers (Schmalleger

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