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Tuberculosis and Newspapers, 2007.
An analysis of how tuberculosis is covered in the popular press.
939 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 33.95
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The paper reviews the manner in which tuberculosis - a notorious and very dangerous microbial malady - is addressed by the popular press. The paper looks at two articles that each emphasize different aspects of the disease. The paper discusses how Erika Niedowski seizes upon the social causes of tuberculosis while Jeffrey Gautreaux focuses on local government policies designed to quarantine and manage local TB sufferers. The paper concludes that Niedowski's article presents a better-rounded, more holistic approach to the disease.
From the Paper
"The first article to be critiqued is one by Erika Niedowski of the Baltimore Sun. Niedowski writes at length about the tuberculosis outbreak presently ravaging Russia and pays especial attention to the crumbling medical infrastructure and to the widespread poverty, unemployment and alcoholism which conspire to facilitate the spread of the microbe. Additionally, Niedowski also points out the inability of many stricken Russians to access health facilities and she likewise acknowledges the troubling dearth of anti-TB drugs in a country that insists it is every bit a modern, western nation (para.1-18). Not to be overlooked, Niedowski's fairly exhaustive review (at least by newspaper standards) of Tuberculosis in Russia notes that many of those who have TB also suffer from other disorders like cardiovascular disease and diabetes and that TB is the leading cause of death for those unfortunate Russians stricken with HIV (para.18)."
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Mycobacterium Tuberculosis, 2004.
An overview of mycobacterium tuberculosis, the microorganism that causes tuberculosis including method pathogenicity, treatment programmes and the world wide implications of tuberculosis.
1,560 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
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This paper examines how mycobacterium tuberculosis is a very efficient pathogen with a uniquely successful method of pathogenicity. It describes why it is an excellent pathogen, features of a tuberculosis infection and looks at social and economic impacts. Treatment and control programmes are also mentioned. Although a number of control programmes have been developed to help eradicate the organism, there is no definitive answer to the major endemic.
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"Mycobacterium tuberculosis does not produce toxins but it does however have a number of virulence factors that enable it to successfully infect a host. Cord factor (trehalose dimycolate) found in the cell wall is toxic and has both adjuvant and granuloma inducing properties, it also non-specifically activates macrophages.
The presence of secondary hydroxamates, which are iron-chelating agents, in the cell wall allows the bacteria to utilise the host?s iron. The waxy outer capsule allows Mycobacterium tuberculosis to survive in air and dust for a long time, which contributes to the problems associated with eradicating this organism."
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High School Newspapers, 2007.
This paper argues against the censorship of high school student newspapers.
770 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 27.95
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This paper explains that the Supreme Court held that student newspapers could be censored by the principal or other administrators.
The author points out that student newspapers are not censored in California because, in this state, this type of censorship would be a violation of the First Amendment. The paper stresses that student newspapers should not be censored because many of the issues in these newspapers are faced by students on a daily basis. The author argues that reading about these subjects help students to understand better these problems. The paper includes quotations.
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"The principal refused to run the two pages because he believed it was wrong for students to talk about sex and similar topics. ... The two articles that were pulled from the school newspaper were about divorce and pregnancy, thus being inappropriate for younger ages. These topics according to the principal were too mature for students in the school. ... Quite frankly, this gives schools the "carte blanche for censorship." While principals and other administrators may believe students are not mature enough to hear or discuss controversial issues, the fact is that students are dealing with these issues on a daily basis..."
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Newspapers in the Internet Age, 2008.
This paper examines the fate of traditional newspapers in the Internet age.
1,065 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 37.95
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This paper explains that the Internet has had a pervasive influence on more conventional media. The author points out that, with the emergence of the Internet as the full-blown force, newspapers have found that they must adapt or be overwhelmed. The author further describes how leading newspapers, such as the "New York Times", have embraced the Internet and have moved forward with ambitious plans to make themselves available on the Internet in modified forms. The paper underscores that one of the remarkable things that newspapers have done with the Internet is to make themselves more widely available than at any time. The author concludes that traditional newspapers will have a valid place in the media as long as they continue to support relentless reporting.
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"One way in which the Internet has influenced other forms of media is to put a tremendous emphasis on imagery as opposed to print. While are still primarily print, the Internet is filled with photos, drawings, graphics, and other visual representations, to the point where images are losing much of their power because we see so many more of them than ever before. Given the ease with which images can be manipulated, we face as a culture a serious problem of retaining the ability to know what is real versus what has been packaged for consumption."
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Tuberculosis, 2004.
An overview of the history of tuberculosis and its impact on the Native American population after colonization.
1,886 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 60.95
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The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss, and analyze the topic of the disease tuberculosis. Specifically, it describes how the white men brought tuberculosis (TB) with them as they colonized America and how the disease decimated the Native American population. It contains specific details about this event, including time-frames and the resulting impact on human history. It also contains conjecture about what would have happened historically had the event not occurred. Tuberculosis is a deadly disease that is making a comeback around the world. When it was first introduced to what would become the United States, it was little understood and uncontrollable.
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"Tuberculosis is actually a very ancient disease, but it was not until 1882 that it was actually discovered, by a scientist named Robert Koch. Before Koch made his discovery, tuberculosis was called many things, including the most accepted, "consumption," which was thought to be a wasting infection that involved the lungs. At the time, Koch's discovery was an important one for all of mankind. In fact, historian Rene Dubos notes, "All textbooks dealing with infectious diseases consider the discovery of the tubercle bacillus as the highest peak of the science of medical microbiology" (Dubos 93). Tuberculosis usually affects the lungs, but it can also have an effect on the intestines, bones and joints, the skin, and the lymphatic and nervous systems, though this happens less frequently than lung problems."
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Tuberculosis, 2002.
A look at the the incidence of tuberculosis among low income people.
2,650 words (approx. 10.6 pages), 9 sources, $ 97.95
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This paper explores whether the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) is higher among low income people because they are less likely to seek medical care. It investigates two urban districts that compare in terms of race and income level, these being Harlem and West Central, USA. To determine the role of race and economic disadvantage in the incidence of tuberculosis in these geographic areas, ethnographic methods are used to analyze the information. It appears that there are significant race and class dimensions to the incidence of tuberculosis in these areas, but there are other confounding factors - such as (human immunodeficiency virus) HIV and the times at which sufferers sought medical help. This study suggests that there is a pressing need to improve our understanding of the socio-economic aspects of problems affecting public health, such as TB in the United States.
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College Newspapers, 2006.
An analysis of challenges facing college newspapers.
2,450 words (approx. 9.8 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 74.95
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This paper discusses the current state of college newspapers and the challenges that face their continued existence. The paper begins with a discussion of how university policies support or inhibit student newspapers. Next, the paper studies the specific issue of censorship and its impact on academic freedom. The paper then turns to an evaluation of the quality of college newspapers, focusing on examples of particular high-level journals.
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"This is against the principle of education promoting academic freedom which ensures the liberty of students and the staff to make statements even if the statements are viewed as being untrue or one-sided. One does not deny that untrue and defamatory writings have no value in terms of free speech, but the students have to be taught that they have the liberty to have their own opinion, and express them in the student publications in the right manner. This has to be accepted, especially if the student magazines permit anonymous publications. Also, if anonymous publications are permitted, then certainly students cannot be punished for such articles. (Censorship of College Student Newspapers) One can clearly see that the biggest reason for all the legal problems has been the difficulty in adjusting with each other, and one has to realize that both the students and their teachers have to accept adjustments in their thought and behavior when they work together in a college."
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Tuberculosis, 2005.
An analysis of the types of tuberculosis, causes and treatment options.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 5 sources, $ 89.95
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This paper examines tuberculosis in terms of demographics, causes, treatments and future trends. All eight types of tuberculosis are defined and the differences pointed out. Evidence is presented as to how tuberculosis is contacted and the treatments used in treating the disease which is, again, on the rise.
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"The Facts about Tuberculosis The Facts: Oftentimes the most appropriate manner in which to introduce a subject and catch the reader's attention is to present immediate facts about the subject being reviewed. Therefore, placing a long introduction aside the facts about TB are as follows (Dye, Gammet, Sleeman & Williams, 1998): 1. TB kills 1.7 million people every year and of these, almost half a million people are co-infected with HIV. One in three of the global population, or approximately 2 billion people-have latent TB infection. Approximately 10% of these will go on to develop the disease. 2. TB is spread by infectious droplets-through coughing, sneezing, or spitting and thrives wherein conditions of poverty and overcrowding exist. Not surprising under these conditions a person with active TB can infect an average of 15 people per year."
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Tuberculosis and Compliance with Medical Protocols, 2002.
A paper which discusses the forced detention of tuberculosis sufferers and the urgency for a solution to be found to the problem of non-compliance with medical protocols.
3,745 words (approx. 15.0 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 103.95
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The paper shows that most tuberculosis sufferers are homeless or substance abusers and by not complying with medical protocols on TB treatment, they are endangering the general public. The paper questions the right of the State to detain these people by force in an attempt to protect the public, and further outlines a research proposal designed to determine how medical professionals could better work with patients to produce a higher level of compliance with medical protocols for the treatment of tuberculosis.
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"People often have very good reasons for being non-compliant, and in fact their non-compliance often results from the failure of medical staff to be empathetic towards their problems. One reason, for example, that people fail to comply with drug protocols is due to side effects. Medical staff who do not adequately explain the severity of possible side effects, who do not express concern for the patient?s experience with these side effects, and who do not treat these side effects as effectively and vigorously as possible are themselves contributing to non-compliance in those patients. This is clearly part of the process of treatment in which nurse?s behavior can be changed and the effects of these changes studied."
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The Germ Theory and Tuberculosis, 2006.
An analysis of the effects of the germ theory on the spread of disease with a particular focus on tuberculosis in America.
1,210 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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This paper examines how the discovery of germs and more particularly Robert Koch's discovery of the tubercle bacillus and consequent germ theory changed the way in which the world viewed the white plague and its victims. It also looks at how the discovery of the germ theory and the tuberculosis prevention education campaign that evolved, changed the private and public lives of both the people living with tuberculosis and the lives of those around them.
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"With the isolation of tuberculin proving useless in the synthesis of any kind of vaccine or treatment, it remained imperative to avoid contracting the disease in any way possible. The Germ Theory explains the transmission of disease by way of microbes or bacilli that travel through the air on a person's breath or in bodily fluids, the most dangerous of which was saliva, with the common practice of spitting in the streets proving just as dangerous as kissing. The public were advised to avoid physical contact with any person infected with the tubercle bacillus, they were not to shake his hand, and mothers must take particular care not to let them kiss their children lest he infect them with the deadly consumption. "
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Tuberculosis Rates in the United States and South Korea, 2001.
This paper is a study of the outbreak of tuberculosis in the United States and South Korea.
2,675 words (approx. 10.7 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 80.95
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This paper examines the terrible disease of tuberculosis and its spread in the 18th and 19th century In Europe. It details the disease's symptoms and their treatment as well as the discovery of anti-tuberculous drugs. Furthermore, it gives a valid comparison of the prevalence of tuberculosis amongst the populations of the United States and South Korea and studies the statistical data of these two very different countries. It concludes that better living conditions can bring down the amount of people sick with TB.
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"Tuberculosis is a communicable disease that usually affects the respiratory system but can infect any other system of the body. It is transmitted by droplet infection in the air from a person with the active disease. The pathogens are bacteria known commonly as Mycobacterium Tuberculi. Tuberculosis was a fatal disease in the 18th and 19th centuries, prominent all over Europe even in the well off classes. With the discovery of Streptomycin and other anti-tuberculous drugs, along with strict health regimens and isolation procedures the more developed nations managed to control this epidemic by the 20th century. Underdeveloped countries however were still a source of the infection and it was endemic in many third world nations."
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The Epidemiology of Tuberculosis, 2008.
This paper explores the global incidence of tuberculosis.
2,162 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 67.95
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The paper reveals that the incidence of tuberculosis tends to be low across affluent areas but continues to be pronounced among impoverished, isolated and marginalized populations. The paper looks at the agent, host and environment of this disease and discusses how research remains crucial in relation to designing more effective testing, as well as more potent drugs to overcome tuberculosis.
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Introduction
Agent
Host
Environment
Web of Causation
Natural History and Control and Prevention
Conclusion
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"Epidemiology refers to "the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in specified populations, and the application of this study to control of health problems" (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2004, p. 250). Tuberculosis is a global problem but certain populations even in affluent nations such as Canada are at high risk for tuberculosis. These populations include "aboriginal peoples, foreign-born residents from countries with a high prevalence of TB, disadvantaged inner-city populations, and those with HIV infection" (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2004, p. 914)."
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Tuberculosis, 2004.
An analysis of the disease, tuberculosis.
2,586 words (approx. 10.3 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 78.95
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This paper discusses the prevalence and statistics of tuberculosis. The paper explains how a diagnosis of the disease is made. The symptoms and features of the disease are presented. The paper outlines the various types of tuberculosis that are prevalent primarily in a socioeconomically disadvantaged population. The different methods of treatment of the disease are examined, including the various medications available.
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"This incidence of M tuberculosis in the US has steadily declined since 1992 and has remained significantly low to this time (Martin and Lazarus 2000). Further reductions on the level, however, appeared feasible only along with global efforts to eradicate the disease in potential reservoir (Jerant 2000). In the meantime, M TB continues to plague some Asian and sub-Saharan African countries, which have more than 300 cases per 100,000 population. Almost up to 50% of those infected with HIV/AIDS are co-infected with M tuberculosis. Thus, tuberculosis continues to rise and afflict the rest of the world, especially developing countries, where pulmonary TB is still common particularly among the socio-economically disadvantaged population, the aging groups, the chronically debilitated and prisoners (Karam). It is said to be present in one-third of the world's population, with approximately 8 million new cases and 2.6 to 2.9 million succumbing to it every year around the world (Martin and Lazarus)."
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Newspapers and the Digital Media, 2005.
A look at the impact of the internet on printed newspapers and their transition to digital media.
1,006 words (approx. 4.0 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 35.95
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The paper looks into the newsroom cuts of two large newspaper companies; Knight Ridder and New York Times Co. It then reflects on the impact of the internet moving in on traditional newspaper turf including blogs. In conclusion, it reflects on the way newspapers have begun to count readership and report it to potential advertisers.
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"Now, when adding in the readership online and subtracting the duplicate readers that subscribe both in print and online, the NAA "found that Web sites increase the total audience by an average of approximately 12%" and more importantly "this was especially true among younger people, with adults 18 to 24 raising their numbers 16% (Saba)." The latter group being most significant to the newspapers as learned in lecture to the vitality and revenue of a newspaper. This is very encouraging to the newspaper medium and beginning to shape ad departments at newspapers nation wide. Some newspapers have merged online and print ad departments so as to be most flexible to clients' needs."
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Newspapers as Sources for Historians, 2000.
This paper provides an analysis of several themes found in the newspapers of the time of World War II on December 15 1941, and how they were used by historians.
2,100 words (approx. 8.4 pages), 4 sources, $ 65.95
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This essay discusses several themes found in the newspapers of the time of the Second World War on the day of December 15 1941 , showing the usefulness as well as ineffectiveness of these sources for historians. The author examines sources that include authentic documents, personal accounts, diaries, memoirs, and newspapers.
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"By researching and studying various aspects of newspapers from times of war, we are able to determine their usefulness to historians as sources. Newspapers contain a wide variety of information on many different subjects, some of which are useful and some of which prove inadequate. Newspapers, especially during times of war, contain large amounts of factual information, such as accounts of battles and gains and losses of military assets. By studying the way in which this information is expressed in newspapers, and by comparing it to other sources, we are able to conclude that this factual information contained in newspapers is usually incorrect, inaccurate or misleading. In this sense, newspapers prove useless to historians as a source. In contrast, newspapers prove to be extremely useful as a source for determining both social and political attitudes of the time."
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