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Childhood Lead Poisoning, 2002.
Proposes research to examine parental knowledge of childhood lead poisoning.
3,300 words (approx. 13.2 pages), 11 sources, APA, $ 94.95
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The United States Department of Health and Human Services (1991) reports that childhood lead poisoning is one of the most common pediatric problems in the United States. The result of industrialization, the report notes that lead is ubiquitous in the American human environment and children are particularly susceptible to its effects. This paper proposes a research study to examine parental knowledge of childhood lead poisoning as well as related knowledge and perceptions in a sample of Michigan parents living in a large urban area of the state. The paper begins by presenting a review of the pertinent literature. It continues with a brief description of the problem of childhood lead poisoning, including its sources and common treatment options. This is followed by a review of the few studies that have been conducted to explore for parental knowledge of the condition. The paper then explains the research design for the proposed study, including methodology, instrumentation and statistical analysis plan.
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"Interested in recommendations for screening for lead poisoning, Goldman et al. (1998) attempted to determine the screening practices of a state-wide, representative sample of New Jersey physicians (N = 333) to examine whether practices were consistent with key CDC recommendations. Approximately 60 percent of the sample engaged in practices that were not in accord with CDC recommendations. Only 42 percent of the interviewed pediatricians and 24 percent of family practitioners said they screened the majority of the children in their practice by age 2 years. About 60 percent of all respondents reported not providing lead exposure education to half their patients."
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Lead Poisoning, 2007.
An analysis of the the pathophysiological and biochemical basis of lead poisoning in children and adults.
3,066 words (approx. 12.3 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 89.95
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This paper reviews the history of lead poisoning and its various implications in adults and children. It describes the incidence of the problem today and follows with a discussion of the epidemiology of lead poisoning and the pathophysiological and biochemical basis of lead poisoning in children and adults. The paper then provides recommendations for preventing lead poisoning in the United States and abroad.
Outline:
Introduction
Review and Discussion
History of Lead Poisoning
Incidence of the Problem
Epidemiology of Lead Poisoning
Pathophysiological and Biochemical Basis of Lead Poisoning in Children and Adults
Recommendations to Eliminate Lead Poisoning as a Public Health Hazard
Summary and Conclusions
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"Lead has been used by mankind for centuries, but the dangers associated with its use have only been identified fairly recently. The research showed that in spite of some progress in recent years, lead poisoning represents one of the leading preventable public health threats for young people in the United States and abroad today. The research showed that there are no safe levels of lead exposure for children, and lead levels as low as 10 [micro]g/dL have been shown to affect child development. A host of other health issues are implicated in lead poisoning as well, but most people tend to recover completely if appropriate treatments are provided in a timely manner. Finally, the research was consistent in emphasizing the inherent problems in addressing the problem of lead poisoning among low-income families where the exigencies of daily life preclude concern over this potential threat. Clearly, lead poisoning represents a challenging and ongoing threat to the nation's welfare, and public health officials continue to pursue increasingly aggressive campaigns to address the issue, but the studies to date suggest that these initiatives will remain ineffective unless and until the economic disparities that exist between the world's affluent and poor are addressed first."
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The Biochemistry of Lead Poisoning, 2003.
A look at the chemical mechanisms and biological effects of lead poisoning.
1,395 words (approx. 5.6 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 46.95
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This paper describes lead poisoning, focusing on the chemical processes that take place as lead (II) displaces zinc (II) from ALAD and inhibits hemoglobin synthesis. The technical details of the inorganic and biochemical processes at play are explored and discussed, as well as the mechanisms of various lead poisoning therapeutic strategies. This paper also contains several referenced illustrations and figures.
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"The protein ALAD, also know as porphobilinogen, is crucial in heme biosynthesis (2). ALAD, a ZnII metalloenzyme, consists of A and B subunits each of which contain a zinc atom when functional. The functionality of the A and B sites has been determined experimentally by displacement of zinc. When magnesium displaces zinc at the A site ALAD is marginally active. Furthermore, when magnesium replaces the zinc in the B site no change in the activity of the enzyme is observed (3). Thus the A site is key to the activity of the enzyme. However, when PbII displaces the active ZnII ion present in the A- site, the enzyme is rendered useless."
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The Detroit Lead Problem, 2002.
This research paper is about the lead poisoning problem specifically concerning Detroit.
1,995 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 63.95
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This paper examines lead and its many uses. It gives an historical overview of leaded products, such as leaded gasoline and leaded paint and how they were used. It details Detroit specifically and how it has already begun fighting its lead problem. It concludes that the elimination of lead poisoning everywhere, and in Detroit specifically, will result in more educated people, less crime and therefore a better city of Detroit.
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"One of the most pressing problems in American cities is the danger of lead levels in its suburbs. Excess exposure and contact with lead can result in lead poisoning. Throughout the 1900s, Detroit, in particular, used enormous amounts of leaded gasoline in automobiles and lead-based paint in Detroit housing. Unfortunately for Detroit citizens, lead is a poisonous substance that does not break down over time. Lead poisoning results in an array of physical and psychological defects, but poisoning can be prevented if the lead hazard is detected and if appropriate measures are taken to remove or contain the hazard. Detroit must take action to eliminate its lead poisoning problem."
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Mercury Poisoning, 2005.
Looks at whether or not mercury poisoning causes malformations in young children.
1,610 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 55.95
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This paper looks at whether or not mercury poisoning causes malformations in young children. There is some evidence for brain damage in fetuses from mercury which crosses the placenta and the blood-brain barrier, but there is no conclusive evidence on malformations caused by mercury poisoning. Mercury is a neurotoxin, so most of its affects are within the nervous system.
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Cadmium Poisoning, 2002.
This paper discusses the not very well-known source of poisoning through cadmium, a zinc ore that resembles tin.
1,331 words (approx. 5.3 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 44.95
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This paper begins by giving a scientific content breakdown of cadmium, explaining what it looks like and what its uses are. It discusses where the risks exist where one could get cadmium poisoning and what areas are exposed to such an agent. It also looks at toxicological concerns which are the health problems which could occur when exposed to cadmium over a long period of time. It concludes with suggestions for exposure control.
OUTLINE
Introduction
Cadmium poisoning on the Increase
Description of Cadmium
General Concerns about Toxicity
Exposures
Underground Mineral
Water
Airborne
Food
Industrial
Toxicological Concerns
Renal Dysfunction
Immunosuppressant Problems
Emphysema
Anemia
Role in Cancer, Hypertension and Heart and Kidney Disease.
Exposure Control
Safe Levels
Exposure Reduction
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"Cadmium poisoning was chosen as a topic because it is a threat that can be avoided and because it is not a well-known source of poisoning. Better knowledge of the issue would help reduce incidence. Cadmium, the name for which was derived from the Greek kadmeia, is a zinc ore that resembles tin. It is a metallic blueish white element with the atomic number 48 and the atomic weight of 112.40. Cadmium has many uses in industry. At one time, Cadmium was included in medications, but these have since been replaced by less toxic drugs. A recurrent problem is cadmium poisoning, brought about through the inhalation of cadmium in fumes created by welding, smelting, or other industrial processes involving solder. Cadmium bromide is used in engraving, lithography, and photography and can cause severe gastrointestinal symptoms if swallowed. Cadmium poisoning may also be caused by the ingestion of acidic foods prepared and stored in cadmium-lined containers, such as lemonade in certain metal cans."
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Campylobacter Food Poisoning, 2005.
This paper discusses campylobacter food poisoning, or campylobacteriosis, caused by C. jejuni.
785 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 27.95
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This paper explains that the symptoms of campylobacter food poisoning usually present within 2-5 days after the consumption of the organism and include diarrhea, which may have blood or white blood cells in it, fever, abdominal pain, nausea, headache and muscle pain. The author points out that campylobacter is commonly found in raw chicken, raw milk and non-chlorinated water; the bacteria can be destroyed, thus preventing food poisoning, by cooking chicken, pasteurizing milk, and chlorinating drinking water. The paper relates that, although they are rare, there are a number of complications associated with the disease: Reactive arthritis, hemolytic uremic syndrome, septicemia and infections of organs, meningitis, recurrent colitis, acute cholecystitis and Guillain-Barre syndrome; the estimated case/fatality ratio for all C. jejuni infections is 0.1, meaning one death per 1,000 cases.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Cause and Nature
Victims and Extent of Disease
Complications
Foods and Outbreaks
Remedies
Conclusion
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"While there is usually only a small population of people affected at a time, generally fewer than 50, Bennington, VT experienced a "large outbreak involving about 2,000 people while the town was temporarily using a non-chlorinated water source as a water." Dairies can be responsible for outbreaks when children become infected during field trips, or if they do not properly pasteurize the milk according to industry standards, such as the case in 1986 when 32 students of an elementary school became infected."
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Food Poisoning in Hong Kong, 2002.
An overview of the impact and possible management of food poisoning in Hong Kong.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 10 sources, $ 89.95
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This paper will explore the topic of food poisoning and assess its health impacts. Subsequently the issue will be examined in the context of the situations prevailing in Hong Kong, and efforts will be made to look at current, as well as some suggested future strategies to manage this major health concern.
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Substance Abuse and Poisoning, 2008.
This paper addresses the problems of substance abuse and poisoning.
1,998 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 63.95
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The paper discusses the abuse of alcohol, marijuana and tobacco and describes the alarming increase in the use of prescription-type of psychotherapeutic drugs for non-medical uses. The paper looks at the abuse of volatile substances such as hydrocarbons, paints, gases, air fresheners and adhesives. The paper then considers solutions and approaches to these problems.
Outline:
The Substance Abuse Problem
Volatile Substance Abuse and Poisoning Problem
Proposed Solutions and Approaches to These Problems
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"Chairman and President of the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at the Columbia University Joseph A. Califano, Jr. called for a down-the-line and complete change not only in attitudes towards substance abuse and addition (Manchikanti 2007). He also called for a radical change in the nation's systems in healthcare, criminal justice, social service and education in addressing the drug abuse issue. He backed his position up with the statistical revelation on the stealthily rising incidence in prescription drug abuse. This, he said, was the hidden reality to the publicized success in the control of alcohol and illicit drug use and the decrease in the incidence in teen smoking, the abuse and addiction to controlled prescriptions and stimulants. He stressed that prescription drug abuse had accounted for increasing emergency hospital visits and unintentional deaths (Manchikanti)."
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Methylmercury Poisoning in Minamata Japan, 2006.
A study of minamata disease and related issues.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 10 sources, $ 106.95
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The following assignment is a study of methylmercury poisoning or "minamata Disease" in Minamata Japan. The paper explores various related issues including the effects of methylmercury in the environment and human health.
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"The relationship between the environmental, human economic activities and human health is a complicated one. In many case the industries wanting to reduce costs in order to remain competitive cause harm to the environment and human health. However, economic activities are important for ensuring human prosperity. It would seem that some type of balance between human economic activities, the environment and human health is required. This essay will explore what happens when the balance between the environment, human economic activities and human health is disrupted. To explore this issue a specific situation in which the balance was disrupted will be examined."
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Corporate Ethics & Tylenol Poisoning Case, 2001.
Response of Johnson & Johnson to 1982 crisis. Impact on company's ethical marketing program. Company history & credo. Proctor & Gamble competition.
2,925 words (approx. 11.7 pages), 10 sources, $ 103.95
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"any companies consider what they might do if faced with an ethical dilemma and how they might recover from some disaster, but only a few companies ever have to face doing so in the way Johnson & Johnson did with the Tylenol crisis in 1982. Johnson & Johnson weathered that crisis in a way now emulated by other companies. The issue of ethics had been important to the company before this, and it had originally marketed Tylenol in what it called an "ethical marketing program" directly to doctors before deciding that the product could also reasonably be sold over the counter to the consumer, beginning in 1975. Johnson & Johnson remains a major company not just in the United States but worldwide. Johnson & Johnson today is number 51 on the list of the Fortune 500 companies, with annual sales in 1999..."
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Poisoning the Planet, 2005.
This paper is an extensive discussion of the many ways in which the planet is being destroyed and the efforts required to save it.
8,255 words (approx. 33.0 pages), 27 sources, MLA, $ 176.95
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The paper explains that lack of awareness of threats to the environment and man's greed for wealth and short-term gains have caused the four billion year old bio-geophysical system to be destroyed. The author points out that experts are of the view that the economic value of the rainforest will increase by leaving the rainforests as they are and reaping its nuts, fruits, oil producing plants and medicinal plants rather than simply cutting them down to generate grazing land for cattle or for timber. The paper relates that, if the exploitation at the present rate goes on unhindered, the coastal regions will be annihilated and the ecosystems and the communities of plants and animals they house will be extensive depleted.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Pollution of our Waterways
Loss of Rainforests
Decimation of Forests
Wetlands disappearing
Ignoring Global Warming
Acid Rain
Fish Die
Animal Species are Threatened
Mercury Levels in Water
Unhealthy to Drink or Swim in Large Portions of our Coastline
Call to Action on Matters of the Environment
Conclusion
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"Presently, the effluents find their ways to the Great Lakes in several ways. However, the main three vents of effluents are seen at the point source, non-point source and atmospheric pollution. The point source pollution occurs when the effluents come to the waterway by means of a particular entry point like a drainpipe draining directly into a river; it is known as point source pollution. The Industrial water wastes and sewage treatment mechanisms are considered to be the significant offenders of such type of contamination. Contrary to the point source pollution, non-point source or NPS pollution stems from many different dispersed sources and is quite difficult to standardize and manage; hence many experts consider that NPS pollution is the most hazardous confronting the Great Lakes today."
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Lead, 2004.
Discusses the dangers of lead contamination.
1,081 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 37.95
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This paper focuses on the damage caused to young children by lead contamination. The paper looks at where and how lead contamination most commonly occurs, which groups are the most vulnerable, and the physiological damage caused by lead poisoning. The paper also outlines what can be done, and, in particular, what parents can do to prevent lead contamination, and the actions government must take to help protect children from lead poisoning.
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"Lead is a serious environmental contaminant that puts our most vulnerable citizens -- small children -- at risk. Fortunately it is preventable if parents are diligent about managing potential risks. Lead contamination can also occur in workplaces, but children experience more damage from lead ingestion than adults do. At work led may be in the air or dust. Children sometimes eat paint chips from lead-based paint because the lead makes them taste sweet. They can also breathe dust or get it on their hands and then into their mouths if the soil is contaminated. Lead poisoning can damage the kidneys, the nervous system and even reproductive systems (ATSDR). The EPA, in charge of cleaning up environmentally contaminated sites, reports that over 1,000 of their approximately 1,500 targeted sites have lead as one of the contaminants (ATSDR). In children, some effects of lead poisoning may be permanent, making it vitally important that they be protected."
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Content Analysis of Childhood Obesity, 2008.
This essay analyzes the problem of childhood obesity and includes a working definition of childhood obesity, a look at its causes and effects, and suggestions for solving the problem.
785 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 27.95
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This essay focuses on the problem of childhood obesity and is based on a systems analysis approach to the problem. The author first defines the key terms that are involved in the problem of childhood obesity, and then determines how the problem as a whole can be dealt with. The author concludes that child obesity is a significant problem in modern society fortified by mass media, but that there must be more active familial responsibility in order to correct childhood obesity.
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"Although this is a systems analysis, the role of cause and effect cannot be overlooked. The problem of childhood obesity cannot be solved without looking at what might cause this problem. What are some of these causes? Many experts who study nutrition and diet have concluded that a big cause is today's culture. First, people want things quickly and done easily, as their time seems to be limited. As a result of this cause, parents give their children too much "fast food" and other types of prepackaged and prepared foods that are often highly unhealthy and filled with fats and cholesterol. The second cause is today's high-tech media, which gives many people, including children, a very "sedentary" or nonactive life style."
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Middle Childhood, 2007.
This paper discusses middle childhood and the importance of applying theories on middle childhood in the classroom.
1,658 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 53.95
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In this article, the writer analyzes the importance of understanding the stages of human development in the classroom. Specifically, this work analyzes some of the problems that might result from a teacher's lack of such understanding. The focus of this paper is on middle childhood and includes a discussion of teacher behaviors that serve to promote students' thinking abilities, behaviors that would help students achieve greater success and behaviors that would promote the social and emotional well-being of the individual student, as well as improve the classroom environment for children in that stage. Finally this work includes classroom practices and materials that serve to promote diversity and equity within the educational experience.
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Objective
Introduction
Developmentally Appropriate Classroom Practice
Classroom Practices: Diversity and Equity in Education
Summary and Conclusion
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"At this stage of development the students are very conscious of what their peers think of them and it begins to be important to be accepted among their peers at this stage of development. It is important at this stage of development that the teacher motivates students to participate in classroom activities and discussions and that the students are rewarded for participation. The teacher must work towards the students feeling good about participation even when they give a wrong answer, therefore motivation and reward must be focused toward participation and not just giving the right answer. The teacher should be able to assess the social dynamics among the group of students and in doing so call upon those she has noted are 'leaders' in the group to assist her in motivating other student's participation. In motivating the natural leaders of the classroom group in participation of learning it will become socially acceptable for others in the group to actively participate in classroom activities."
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