Essays on Implantation

The concepts presented in the film, Gattaca are not entirely fictional. Advances in science and technology have presented some exceptional cures and treatments for the human species. There are numerous discoveries and inventions that have made the quality of one’s life better than what was once possible. However, along with the numerous phenomenal breakthroughs in medicine, there are also some developments that come into question as unethical. The premise of the movie was structured around genetic engineering of embryos’ to be designed into the perfect human based on the requests of the parents-to-be. The main character Vincent was ...

Interview contamination is an occurrence that happens when investigators negatively impact the process of interviewing. The resultant outcome is that the interviewee ends up providing inaccurate information. Contamination may from time to time interfere with the subject’s ability to assist in the investigation at hand effectively. Memory contamination often impedes the process of truth investigation and might end up compromising the case being investigated. From the innumerable studies conducted by memory experts such as Elizabeth Loftus, astounding results have been arrived at regarding the capacity of false memory implantation in a person’s mind. Age, occupation, gender and ...

With four treatment options, the patient must undergo a thorough consultation with the clinician, covering each restoration type. Each treatment presentation will include the benefits and drawbacks the that particular method, risks and/or impediments associated with placement, complications that can arise after placement and daily maintenance protocols. The presentations must be clear and concise and devoid of scientific terminology that may not be recognized by the patient. To enhance understanding, it is recommended that the presentations utilize models, photographs and/or drawings representing the final product; images of previous cases can be used if they comply with all patient confidentiality ...

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GENERAL INFORMATION ON DENTAL IMPLANT TREATMENT

Objective of dental implants After losing teeth, the supporting bone segment is no longer essential and begins to gradually disappear (Misch, 2008). Once this begins, the missing portions can be replaced with removable dentures or fixed bridges; this process enhances visual appeal, corrects speech impediments and improves mastication. However, complications can occur when replacing living tissues with artificial apparatuses. Dentures have been shown to decrease the efficiency of the chewing process, initiate additional bone loss and often experience inadequate retention (Knowles, 1958). Furthermore, dentures may require additional support, which affects the healthy teeth that are ...

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Heart valve surgery is used for the repairing or replacement of valves of the heart that are diseased. The patients receive general anesthesia in this type of surgery whereby the surgeon makes a large surgical incision in the breastbone. The incision is meant to enable the surgeon to reach the aorta and the heart (Kato Paragraph 2). The relevance of stroke to the procedure of open-chest valve surgery is that it is one of the risks associated with cardiac surgery. Other risks include death, failure of the kidneys, cardiac arrest, irregular beats of the heart, and post-pericardiotomy syndrome (Kato ...

The stages of human development from a single cell to a whole being are very interesting. It has been widely studied and today the stages of human development are well documented. The development stages are divided into four. These are: germinal period, embryonic period, fetal period and full term or delivery (Kail and Cavanaugh 53). There is a wide variability in the features of the baby-to-be at the various stages of development.. The normal gestation period takes about 40 weeks (Charlesworth 169). After this a mature baby can be delivered. The germinal period, also known as the zygotic stage ...

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Genome imprinting is the latest technique that has genetically modified the face of infertility; it is an epigenetic phenomenon through which the parental origin of a gene is determined based on its expression. 1 There are a vast number of genes in mammals that are marked with their parental origin, and the result of this phenomenon is a single parental allele. These marked genes are known as “imprinted.” They rely on the epigenetic machinery determining their parental identity and maintaining their origin-specific gene expression. There are 100 imprinted genes estimated in human and 200 ...

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Environmental adaptation is essential to the survival of any animal. In fact, this attribute helps organisms obtain nutrients, build homes, withstand extreme weather conditions, attach mates and enhance their safety (Nelson et al. 2008). With this in mind, it is worth appreciating the fact that polar and grizzly bears have different physical and behavioral characteristics due to environmental adaptation in spite of their species similarities. The polar bear is specially adapted to survive in the cold pole regions. Its body structure and genetic composition have substantially evolved to accommodate the low temperatures and harsh environmental conditions. Its behavioral attributes ...

In this ever emerging world, we are now stuck amidst the situation whereby possible solutions seeming bright prospects are equally faced with controversies. Nature is perfect but humans are not! Our hunger for exploration, inventions and discoveries have paved way to better understanding of the universal entities but with that has come a wide variety of problems to deal with. One such arena is medical field whereby new kinds of pathogens, diseases, illnesses, disabilities, defects related to birth or accidents have already taken a toll of human population. Constantly, with the emerging new clinical problems faced every day, the ...

I. Google Search A. http://www.mymsaa.org/about-ms/overview/ This is a website of Multiple Sclerosis Association of America. Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease wherein the myelin sheath sof the nerves are damaged causing symptoms such as numbness, fatigue, mobility problems and more (Mymsaa.org). 5 Facts

A steroid (Cortisone) was first to treat Multiple Sclerosis relapses in the year 1951.

The French neurologist, Jean-Martin Charcot gave MS its name in 1868. The myelin sheath or the protective covering of nerves is damaged in MS. “Lesions” or “plaques” are the inflamed or damaged areas in the brain and spinal cord. Worldwide, about 2.5 million individuals have Multiple Sclerosis. (Mymsaa.org) No specific author was indicated in the page. ...

Placenta previa refers to an obstetric complication that in most cases occurs as painless vaginal bleeding especially in the third trimester and is secondary to abnormal placentation that covers the cervix. When there is a complete coverage of the cervix, a complete Previa occurs (Joy, 2015). Joy (2015) stated that if the leading edge is below two centimeters from the cervix but not partially covering it, such a case presents the marginal Previa. Partial placenta previa occurs when the placenta covers a section of the cervix. In particular, placenta previa occurs when the placenta implantation occurs at the lower ...

Selection from an 8 year-period of pulmonary valve replacement and cross sectional follow up of a commercially available biological valve, assessed with established and a new method

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Pulmonary valve replacement is a procedure necessary in many congenital heart defects and in-valve degeneration cases. Surgical results are excellent, but the longevity of artificial valves is very limited. Our goal was to give a retrospective overview of methods and results from the year 2000 until 2008 at Rikshospital, as well as the prospective five year follow-up of a biological valve made from bovine pericardium. Follow up included clinical examination with ECG, echocardiography, spirometry, treadmill testing, echocardiography ...

Quality management is a necessary function in any organization for the improvement in efficiency of organizational processes. Through quality management systems, a firm is able to attain good customer satisfaction, improved value in the supply chain, increased performance, and improved employee morale in customer awareness & satisfaction. According to Owlia (1997, pp. 527-543), during the quality management systems implementation phase, firms experience challenges, which at times may lead to failure in implementation of otherwise good systems. As a result, the organization is unable to reap the maximum benefits from the proposed improvements in organizational processes. The management has to look for the ...

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The hypotheses identified for purposes of this assignment is “Sustained middle ear infections among children from birth to 5 years will have a detrimental effect on language development.” The hypotheses states that middle ear infections have a significant impact on the ability of the infant to acquire the necessary information to inform the development of language. That has the effect of leading to language disorders that may spill into adulthood. The assay will discuss various articles that seek to approve or disapprove the above-stated hypotheses. The articles seek to identify the full impact that middle ear infections has on the language ...

Part – 1 (Assignment Worksheet Quantitative)

The title of the quantitative research study systematically attempts to explore the variables determining the performance of nursing students in NCLEX-PN licensure examination. The study variables including the test scores of nurses, their theory grades, nursing education, selective admission practices, cumulative GPA (grade point average), SAT/ACT/NLN scores and grades obtained in pre-nursing courses prove to be the preliminary factors in determining the success of nurses in NCLEX - PN examination. The evidence based research literature contends the significance of previous academic performance and examination preparation of nurses on their prospective performance in various professional evaluations (McKenzie, 2008, p. 30). ...

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In his book entitled Redesigning Humans: Choosing Our Genes, Changing Our Future, Gregory Stock observes that genetic profiling and pre-conception screenings will soon become obligatory because of its supposed ideal advantages. He believes that humanity will soon be tracking the path to genetic manipulation. Many healthcare facilities in many parts of the world today offer pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, which aims to evaluate the health of embryos whether they are inflicted with diseases or have higher chances of developing genetic disorders. Also, there are medical procedures available today that would allow prospective parents to avail of sex selection. Stock finds ...

Stem cell therapy nowadays has become a great subject for the medical research work.

A prolonged debate has been going on since many years over its applicability and rate of success. - INTRODUCTION It is believed that the embryonic stem cell has the capability to generate any organ in the body, it could be brain, heart, pancreas or any other organ that is diseased or needs to be repaired after significant degeneration, specially the ones which lacks the ability of regenerating on their own. Due to this ability of the embryonic cells they are also called as pluripotent cells. The embryonic cell is the cell which is formed right after conception ...

The current business environment is extremely competitive, and more focus has been put on product or service quality. Quality products or services lay down a strong foundation for any successful business. Quality benefits the organization through brand loyalty; repeat purchases and positive word of mouth. A number of studies indicate that quality results to customer satisfaction; satisfied customers positively impact on loyalty, retention and repeat purchases. The studies further point that satisfied customers always share the experience with other five or six people. On the contrary, displeased customers are more like to share the displeasure with other ten people (Klein et ...

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Orthopedics refers to the branch of surgery devoted to the diagnosis and treatment of illness, injuries malformations and deformities of the musculoskeletal system (Goriainov et al. 2014). The system includes the muscles, ligaments, tendons, joints and bones. Orthopedic engineering leverages biomaterials in the form of implants such as sutures, joint replacements, bone plates and so forth. It also deals medical devices to replace damaged and defective parts of the body (Goriainov et al. 2014,"Material, Technology and Profit” 1988). Biomaterial is termed as "Any substance (other than drug) or combination of substances, synthetic or natural in origin, which ...

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“Cochlear implants are electronic devices that contain a current source and an electrode array that is implanted into the cochlea” (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, 2004) and where electrical current is used for stimulating the surviving auditory nerve fibers. With the development of the cochlear implant having undergone a long history, this paper aims to discuss this history, focusing particularly on the evolution of the cochlear implant over the last thirty years. In addition, this paper discusses the advantages and disadvantages of the implant, as well as the public’s response to its development and use.

Early Beginnings of the Cochlear Implant

The development of the cochlear implant started ...

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The current development of computer intelligence is in the converging of human bodies with that of machines. There are researches that are being undertaken, in different research institutions, to have computer memory chips integrated to the human body. This body of research has raised many concerns. It is lauded as a breakthrough that will enhance the enhancement of the human brain with machines. It will be one way in which the humans will have extra memory. This research paper will focus on the combination of the human body with computer technology. The paper will focus on artists, musicians, and scientists ...

Ever since humankind realized that proper practice of commerce would be dependent on some common medium of exchange, the use of objects as mitigation to the challenges of barter was to take root as early as 9000BC. This quest for a better way of doing commerce has led to evolution from the use of cowry shell in China, to the use of coins, paper money, and electronic funds transfer. While the development of money was gradual from 9000 BC, the 21st Century saw a steady rise in innovative evolution of money it would not be too unrealistic to speculate that in ...

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Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman were found death outside Brown’s Bundy Drive condo in Los Angeles in the Brentwood area. It is said that Nicole Brown Simpson and the O.J.Simpson divorced two years earlier. Police believed that O.J.Simpson was the murderer due to the evidence, which were both found and collected at the scene. Nicole was found to have defensive hand wounds. He also had several stabbings on his head. The larynx could be seen through a gaping in her neck and there was an incision of a vertebra C3. Simpsons lawyers during trial the begged for permission ...

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Physiology of Normal Pregnancy 2 Germinal stage3 Embryonic stage4 Foetal stage..5

Placental development and function6

Uterine.7 Structural and Functional Changes to Maternal Systems 8 Maternal Physiological Adaptations of the Respiratory System 9 Upper respiratory system..10 Thorax and Diaphragm..11

Maternal Physiological Adaptations of the Renal System 12

Summary 13 Figure 1. The left-hand duplicate displays a woman's body before she her pregnancy, and the right-hand appearance shows her body carrying a foetus full term.14

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Introduction A lot of the human cells are usually reproduced and then replaced throughout the life of a pregnant woman. However, the procedure does vary when it comes to the type of ...

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The human body consists of tissues and organs that contain over 200 different cell types.1 these cells carry out all the functions required for viability and reproduction. It was argued long ago, that in some tissues, the differentiated cells have a shorter life span and that they are not able to self -renew.2 This led to the notion that such tissues are maintained by cells that have an extensive renewal capacity, and the ability to differentiate and generate daughter cells. These cells were termed as ‘stem cells”.2 Stem cells generate only the differentiated lineages of the tissues they reside in, ...

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IT has grown to become one of the vital organs of any organization. With growing markets and competition, organizations are hard pressed to optimally utilize their IT budgets while gaining maximum benefit at the same time. This applies all the more to organizations whose main business is IT itself. Such organizations need constant analyzing and fine tuning of their IT as this affects their business directly. The emergence of cloud-based computing has proved to be a God-send for organizations aiming to optimize efficiencies and minimize costs along with high scalability of resources to meet fluctuating mission-critical needs . Cloud ...

Diamond has several applications: it is used for decoration, to manufacture high quality stereo equipment in addition to being included in cutting instruments. It is therefore important to determine the quality of the diamond. This can be done a simple, nondestructive method that is known as Raman spectroscopy. This method is used in the characterization of the morphology of the molecules of carbon materials. The bands that are detected on the Raman spectrum are dependent on the frequency of the vibrations which is attributed to the bonds within the molecule. This technique has several applications in diamond science: it is ...

The term bioethics was coined in the early 1970s by biologists who brought to the public’s attention two pressing issues; the need to maintain the plant’s ecology and the implication of advances in the life sciences toward manipulating human nature. Van Rensselaer Potter has focused on the growing human ability to change the nature, including human nature and the implication of this for our global future [ CITATION Van71 \l 1033 ]. While bioethics has been interdisciplinary since its inception, theology played a fundamental role in its creation. It continues to have a profound influence today also. At its inception, ...

The government has created a committee to investigate the potential of implanting a chip in every U.S. citizen. It is an attempt made by health authorities to reduce issues surrounding safety including patient identification, and maintenance of a complete and accurate history of disease processes and medications, this chip will contain all of the individual's medical information. When the patient arrives at a point-of-care, the CHIP is scanned, and all of the information is uploaded into the provider system. Upon discharge, information is then downloaded back to the CHIP. It is my opportunity as a nursing representative in the state of ….to provide a report ...

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Group discussions are essential in any school setup since it aids students to grasp the content better. My participation in group work made me understand so many things about post-meningitic hearing loss management. Although I had read and done a lot of research in this field, I still did not have the full facts about this condition. One aspect, which I fully grasped during the group work, was the nature and causes of this condition. Although I had some idea on the possible causes and symptoms of the condition, I understood these aspects better because the group members ...