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    Nursing Vital Signs

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    Vitals signs include a person's temperature, pulse, respiration, blood pressure, pain, and the pulse oximetry as well (Taylor, Lillis, & Lynn, 2015, p. 579). They are important to be assessed routinely on every patient because the health status of a person is reflected in these vital signs since they are the indicators of body functions, and a change in vital signs allows the nurse or any other healthcare professional to know if there is anything wrong with the patient by being able to do a diagnosis

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    Capricornus Zodiac Signs

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    which are, Deneb Algedi, Nashira, Prima, Secunda Giedi, and Dabih. The constellation is also a very commonly mentioned zodiac sign, which is called Capricorn. It is one of the twelve astrology signs with the symbol of a “Sea Goat” just like how Capricornus means “Sea Goat” in Latin. Both are very similar except one is used as a constellation and the other is a zodiac sign that tells facts about the type of person you are. Capricornus is more than just a constellation in the sky, but can represent

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    Astrology helps us understand our personality and habits more. Some people believe in it and some people don't. There are 12 different signs in Astrology, 4 elements that affect us, Famous Signs, the dates, what body parts the sign represents, and the planet that rules over the sign. If you are born March 21 through April 20 you are an Aries. You are courageous but you are very impatient and headstrong. The symbol for an Aries and it’s the ram. Aries represents the head, and the planet that rules

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    The Hollywood sign: fantasy and reality of an American icon by Leo Braudy and Videoland: movie culture at the American video store by Daniel Herbert are two scholarly works that analyze the importance of place within various aspects of the entertainment industry. In The Hollywood Sign, Braudy provides a comprehensive history and analysis of the famous Hollywood Sign and successfully describes both the physical and metaphorical significance of the icon. Through use of factual information, chronologically

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    Monitoring Vital Signs

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    Kyriacos from the division of Nursing and Midwifery, Jennifer Jelsma, Michael James, and Sue Jordan were the authors of a research article, “Monitoring Vital Signs: Development of a Modified Early Warning Scoring (Mews) System for General Wards in a Developing Country.” Kyriacos et al discussed how there was a lack of monitoring vital signs in critically ill patients in Cape Town, South Africa. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to enhance the modified early warning scoring system, known

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    Prejudice towards other cultures by Europeans during the 19th and 20th century was common. The Sign of Four is a novel written by Arthur Conan Doyle in the late 19th century, and features Sherlock Holmes. In the novel, Dr. Watson and Sherlock Holmes undertake the mystery of the precious Agra treasure after being approached by a young and beautiful woman named Miss Morstan. She contacted the two in hope of discovering the reason for her father’s disappearance. This leads to Holmes, Watson, and Miss

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    Access To Sign Language

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    Access to a language and the ability to communicate with other people is one of the most under appreciated tools used in day-to-day life. The majority of the hearing society has complete access to their native language because the majority of the world is hearing. However, a large number of deaf children are born into hearing families, which in many cases can lead to isolation from Deaf signers (Padden). In first world countries, it is fairly easy to learn a signed language and get connected to a

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    Sign Language Analysis

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    people to share their thoughts and needs, establish a dialogue with each other and work together. Language is not just confined to the worlds of speech and printed text, there are many ways in which people are able to communicate such as Australian Sign Language, Braille, cultural skills, customs and art (Emmitt, Pollock & Komesaroff, 2010, p. 52). Aboriginal dreamtime paintings are an example of language as art, a skill passed down through thousands of generations, with different symbols that have

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    ANALYSIS OF SPEECH-SIGN SEMANTIC EQUIVALENCE IN SIMULTANEAOUS COMMUNICATION IN KENYA By Adoyo Peter Oracha Department of special needs education, Maseno University, P.O Box 333, Maseno Kenya. 1.0 Introduction Effective communication between teacher and pupil is a requisite factor for educational attainment. For the deaf, ineffective communication is a major problem especially when onset of profound deafness takes places at an early age before language is acquired. At school, the language of classroom

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    TITLE The Deaf community have their own culture that often goes misunderstood by those who are not involved with it. A lot of hearing people believe that the Deaf are sad to be deaf and that they are stupid and not capable of mundane tasks. American Sign Language is the language used by the Deaf community in Canada and the United States; ASL is not a universal language. In 1814 Dr. Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet wanted to teach his neighbors daughter how to communicate because she was deaf. At the time,

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