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A Critical Review of Thomas, V.J., & Taylor, L.M. 2002. Contextualisation

A Critical Review of Thomas, V.J., & Taylor, L.M. 2002. Contextualisation The paper to be reviewed is a qualitative study on the psychological implications of living with Sickle Cell Disorders (SCD). SCD refer to a group of hereditary blood conditions marked by the existence of abnormal haemoglobin which causes the production of ‘sickleshaped’ red blood cells (Midence & Elander, 1994). ...

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Research Proposal: Individual Differences and Instance Based Decision Making

  Name Institution Table of Contents CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION 4 1.1 Introduction 4 1.2 Rationale/justification 5 1.3 Research aim and objectives 6 CHAPTER II: LITERATURE REVIEW 8 2.1 Introduction 8 2.2 Decision making 8 2.3 Risk perception and the dual Process theories 9 2.4 Emotions in decision making 12 CHAPTER III: METHODOLOGY 14 3.1 Introduction 14 3.2 ...

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Real interest rate ≈ nominal interest rate − inflation rate

This implies that nominal rate of return = real interest rate + inflation rate For the assets The nominal rate of return (stock) = 1+ (2240.779-2240.088/2240.779)*100=1.03 The nominal rate of return (bonds) = 1+ (10048.52-9074/10048.52)*100=10.69 The nominal rate of return (cash) = 1+ (3769.44-3315.59/3769.44)*100 =13.04 The nominal rate of return (bills) = 1+ (234.812-233.049/234.812)*100= 1.75 Nominal rate of return 1 ...

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Institutional affiliation

Report Student’s name The Stock and Price 500 Total Return Index is a ranking system that observes the trading of dividends for a selected number of companies. These companies are 500 in number. The dividends returns that accumulate from the 500 companies are reinvested into purchasing more stock. One thing that sets apart the two indices is the impact that ...

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Todd Shaffett Southeastern Louisiana University

Chapter 1 Introduction CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Background and Significance of Problem The skin is the largest organ of the human body and is the most susceptible to disease and affliction. According to the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (2012), more than 12 million people across America are receiving home health care services for various reasons, including the treatment ...

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Representativeness in Corpus Design

DOUGLAS BIBER Department of English, Northern Arizona University Abstract The present paper addresses a number of issues related to achieving ‘representativeness’ in linguistic corpus design, including: discussion of what it means to ‘represent’ a language, definition of the target population, stratified versus proportional sampling of a language, sampling within texts, and issues relating to the required sample size (number of ...

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MRI Techniques in Diagnosis of Pituitary Disorders

Name Institutional Affiliation Table of Contents CHAPTER ONE 4 INTRODUCTION 4 1.1 Background Information 4 1.1.1 Harm and Risk Factors of Pituitary Disorders 4 Figure 1: Tumor within the Pituitary Glands in the Brain (Wattson et al, 2014) 5 1.1.2 Pathophysiology of Pituitary Disorders 5 1.2 Role of MRI in Diagnosis of Pituitary Disorders 7 1.3 Anatomy of the Pituitary ...

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MRI study of the pituitary gland in adolescent depression

Frank P. MacMastera,b,*, Vivek Kusumakarc aInstitute for Biodiagnostics (Atlantic), National Research Council, 5909 Veterans Memorial Lane, 9th Floor – Psychiatry, Abbie J Lane Memorial Building, QE II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 2E2 bDepartment of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada cDepartment of Psychiatry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada Received 3 July 2003; received in ...

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Pituitary adenoma, craniopharyngioma, and Rathke cleft cyst involving both intrasellar and suprasellar regions

: differentiation using MRI S.H. Choia, B.J. Kwona,*, D.G. Naa, J.-H. Kima, M.H. Hana,b,c, K.-H. Changa,b,c aDepartment of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, bClinical Research Institute, Seoul National University Hospital, and cInstitute of Radiation Medicine, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea Received 28 June 2006; received in revised form 23 November 2006; accepted 7 ...

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Pituitary microadenomas

Neuroradiology (1989) 31:293 298 Neuro — radiology © Spfinger-Verlag 1989 Originals Does Gadolinium enhance their demonstration? P. Macpherson 1, D. M. Hadley 1, E. Teasdale 1, and G. Teasdale 2 Departments of 1 Neuroradiology and 2 Neurosurgery, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, Scotland Summary. Ten patients with biochemical evidence of a hormonally active pituitary adenoma were exam- ...

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