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    good health. 9. Training table. A table in a dining hall that where athletes are provided with special meals to aid their conditioning. Participants Our study included a 109 varsity athletes from UC Merced athletic department. The athletic training staff of UC Merced was contacted to participate for the collection of subject data. Female athletes accounted for 51.4% of the subjects and males the remaining 48.6%. The average age of all athletes was 19.7. Of the athlete respondents

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    important to me and honestly is something that I enjoy. I started high school at Buhach Colony in 2013 and the following summer I started taking college classes at Merced College. I did volunteer work at a retirement home in 2014-2015 and when I find the time I plan to hopefully start to volunteer at possibly the Boys and Girls club of Merced. In late 2015 I got hired to actually start working at the retirement home I volunteered at due to the close relationship I developed with the management. I currently

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    coach and athletic administrators. By using the Best Practices of the University of California risk management UC Merced has established some duties that will help in negligence of the athletic department. Strategically managing risk to create greater financial stability and help the university achieve

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    Hmong Traditions

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    Lee’s story changed the way government implemented healthcare in California forever. The New York Times said this about Lia’s story “In Merced and far beyond, Lia’s legacy is pervasive. In 1996, largely in response to her case, Healthy House, a social-service agency that facilitates medical care for Merced County’s non-English-speaking residents, was founded in Merced, the county seat. Among its services is an interpreter training program, which provides medical interpreters in a half-dozen languages

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    California Oak Savannas

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    Since native plants and trees are expensive, people rather plant others alternative plants instead, for example; UC Merced trees are dying every season. They look attractive and beautiful, however, they slowly died insentient ly. In fact, the cost of exterminating those trees are expensive either. My professor Kara Ayik told me the price for each tree cost about $700-$800

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    Walgreens Boots Alliance

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    Walgreens Boots Alliance has purchased Rite Aid for about $9.4 billion. I believe this consolidation has to do more about the adaptation and reaction to the Affordable Care Act. As stated in the article, “Companies have been pressured to keep cost down (Merced, 2015).” This will be a way for them to control their cost on a large scale with acquiring their biggest competition.

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    My name is Lily Chhun, I am a first year undergraduate student, currently attending UC Merced, and majoring in psychology while also planning on minoring in English as well. As I reflect on my time at UC Merced, by far, I have come at a realization that as my first year as an undergraduate student I have had the greatest opportunity to learn about what it like to live the college life. As a student at UC Merced I have gained many experiences academically and socially, I have also gained the opportunity

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    family, came to the United States in the 1970s as refugees from Laos, and lived in Merced, California. Unlike most immigrants, the Hmong population was less amenable to assimilation. The traditional health beliefs and practices of the Hmong population were disputed by the practices of Western medicine. This became very event when the Lees took their three-month-old daughter, Lia Lee, to the emergency room in Merced. Lia was diagnosed with epilepsy a disease that had two different meaning among the

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    services and healthcare education to the underserved communities in the Central Joaquin Valley in California. It is organized as a 501(c)(3) California nonprofit public benefit corporation and is headquartered in Merced, California. Horisons operates seven healthcare clinics in the cities of Merced, Mariposa, Livingston, Chowchilla, Newman, Patterson, and Los Banos. The Organization was founded in 2004 by Sandra Haar. From the formation of the Organization until February 2017, Ms. Haar acted as CEO of

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    “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down” by Anne Fadiman presents the story of a Hmong child and her family and the obstacles that they face through her battles with epilepsy. The story takes place in Merced, California and centered around the Merced Community Medical Center. The Hmong child is Lia Lee and her parents are Nao Kao and Foua Lee. The parents of Lia did not understand English nor do they speak it which caused a lot of confusion and commotion among the staffs as they tried their best

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