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    Like others in New York, you may have, at one point or another, needed surgery to repair internal damage or treat a medical condition, among other reasons. When undergoing such procedures, you, and other patients, put your life and wellbeing in the hands of your medical provider. All too often, however, surgical errors occur that could be prevented. Some of the most common medical mistakes are referred to as surgical never events. This is because it is believed that these errors are preventable,

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    What does the phrase ‘social justice’ mean? Is it fairness in terms of social life? Equity in the way people are treated within a community? Or even simply, justice for those who are social? Oxford Dictionary describes social justice as “ justice in terms of the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society,” (Social Justice). Economically, this can mean that monetary resources are evenly distributed throughout the general public. The equal opportunity aspect of social justice

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    National Air and Space Museum, also in DC. Many of these artifacts are from foreign countries that want them back. However, artifacts should not be repatriated to the countries of their origin because museums are to educate people about different places, things, objects, cultures, and eras. If the artifact is donated then the museum’s highest priority is to honor the donor’s wishes. And if the museum found the artifact(s) in a foreign country, then it should stay with museum

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    1. Judicial Intervention The root cause of all the delays in enforcement/challenging the awards is precisely the Judicial Intervention. The basic object of the Law of Arbitration has been defied in International Commercial Arbitration as there is an excessive judicial intervention where the award has been decided by the foreign court. This practice hampers the settlement of commercial disputes and also results in the pendency of large number cases in the courts. The courts should refrain from such

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    Braithwaite, & Gentle, 2003). This study examined how fish react to a noxious stimuli and how that effects their reaction to a new or fearful object (Sneddon et al, 2003). This study looked at three different aspects of fish in relation to noxious stimuli, the response to an object that was not familiar, response to a familiar object, and the response to an unfamiliar object once pain has been removed (Sneddon et al, 2003). To induce pain, fish were injected with acid and then compared to

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    from both cultures that accompanies this single story. Mora uses a comparison to highlight how a two-sided object can be conjoined to create one cohesive item. Comparing themself to “a handy token” the speaker references the ability to have two cultures, yet remain as one person. The metaphor asserts that the speaker is similar to a token, which is an object of two sides, yet one complete object. In the context of the speakers two competing cultures- Mexican and American, the speaker is still one person

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    large percentage of people who suffer from this eating disorder. Tooth damage and bowel obstruction are symptoms of pica. To get a diagnosis, blood tests are done to check iron levels. The habit of eating these items must go one for at least one month. There are different courses of treatment. Behavior therapy is one of the most successful way to quit eating items that should not be eaten. Complications of pica can include tooth damage, lead poisoning, and bowel perforation. People around the world suffer

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    pushing north quickly in fear of the Iraqi forces would engage in scorched-earth policy. Damage done by the Iraqis was minimal by retreating Iraq forces. Large numbers of Iraqi soldiers simply chose not to resist the advance of collation forces. The Iraqi army suffered poor morale; entire units disbanded into the crowds upon the approach of the invading troops, some sought ought U.S. forces to surrender to. Foreign volunteers from neighboring countries traveled to Iraq to take part in the fighting,

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    defense against microbes and foreign substances. The skin consists of an outer cells layer that produce keratin, which altogether with glands that secrete oily substances, lysozyme (an enzyme that can break down the wall of bacteria) and sweat, help to invaders. The mucous membrane, lines body cavities that open to the respiratory, reproductive, gastrointestinal and urinary tracts, and secretes mucus that delivers a moisture to the cavities and traps microbes and foreign substances. Another feature

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    there are multiple precautions to take to make sure the body does not reject the organ. The certain anti-rejection (immunosuppressant) medication that needs to be taken before a transplant to decrease the body’s immune response from attacking a foreign object (the transplant organ). The medication also lowers the immune system. Therefore, the immune system does not cause the body to reject the organ. Statists have shown, that up twenty percent of patients that get an organ transplant, experience one

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