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    Dental Hygiene: Beyond the Operatory Chelsea E. Mercier Lincoln College of New England Abstract Dental Hygiene is a multifaceted, science-based profession that requires thorough research upon implementation into the clinical setting of an operatory. It is no longer enough to define a dental hygienists role in oral health care in regard to someone that simply ‘cleans teeth’; dental hygienists of today provide a strong skillset in practicing with an evidence based research of knowledge and a continuance

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    common movement disorder associated with the degeneration of dopaminergic neurons of a substantia nigra” (Wang et al, p. 548, 2011). The national library of medicine indicated symptoms of Parkinson’s disease include “trembling of hands, arms, legs, jaw and face, stiffness of the arms, legs and trunk, slowness of movement, and poor balance and coordination (“National Library of Medicine,” 2014). Even though some may hear or even see a person with Parkinson’s disease (PD), there is a lack of knowledge

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    Yellow Stone National Park Alejandro Otero SCI/256- People, Science and the Environment Ms. Nathalie Basma July 30, 2013 Yellow Stone National Park “The human history of the Yellowstone region goes back more than 11,000 years. From then until to the very recent past, many groups of Native Americans used the park as their homes, hunting grounds, and transportation routes. These traditional uses of Yellowstone lands continued until a little over 200 years ago when the first people of European

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    Haemophilia In Australia

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    affects the clotting factor in the blood and makes patients more prone to spontaneous and injury-resulted bleeding which is usually internal. According to the Haemophilia Foundation Australia (2015), there are over 3,000 cases of haemophilia in Australia, and more than half the cases are in males. The National Haemophilia Foundation (2013) website shows that cases of haemophilia go back to the 2n d century, where Jewish boys who have records of uncontrollable bleeding leading to death in their family

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    examined for their relative merits; one which is meant to just meet the recommended California mathematics standard as set forth by the Common Core State Standards Initiative (2005), and one which is recommended by a practical body, the National Science Foundation (NSF), to encourage students to achieve a higher,

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    sophomore year, he is accepted into the Beta Club. Through this organization he learns the obligation to serve others, open his mind, lead, and help join the movement to change the world for the better. “Let Us Lead By Serving Others” (The National Beta Club). The National Beta Club is composed of nearly half of a million future leaders that come together to lead and serve our communities. We are some of the brightest, intellectual, and intelligent people in the entire nation waiting to unleash our potential

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    Essay On STEM

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    Bill Gates once said, “We cannot maintain an innovative economy unless we have well trained people in science, math, and engineering”. STEM vs. STEAM is topic that some people consider not important, however; this argument is what will make the United States education system better or worse. STEM is what the United States education system is using right now and has great goals for students in grades K-12, while STEAM is trying to add another component to the system and adds a number of goals to schools;

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    to enroll in education because they can get paid better in the hospitals and the ones who consider being instructors to not had the master’s or docatorate’s levels to prepare them for teaching (Benner, Sutphen, Leonard, & Day, 2010). The Carnegie Foundation believes that the number of nurses with appropriate education must be increased to 90% in order to meet the high demands (Benner, Sutphen, Leonard, & Day,

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    high-quality images. When, why and by whom was it originally developed? The ALMA was an international collaboration between the European Organization for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere (ESO), the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), and the National Institutes of Natural Sciences of Japan (NINS), all with the cooperation of the government of Chile. Smaller parts of the telescopes

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    facilitates geoscience research and education. UNAVCO was founded in 1984 and it formed under the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Currently, UNAVCO has over 100 US academic advisors and supports 65 organizations. UNAVCO is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and operates in Boulder, Colorado and has other facilities located in San Clemente, California and

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