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Arterial stiffness and its relationship to cardiovascular disease risk

Intermittent blood flow converts to steady blood flow due to arteries cushioning the pulsation. The expanding and contracting of the aorta promote steady forward flow of blood. Figure 1 show the design and muscle type of the arterial wall.

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Threats to sustainable agriculture: The Organic Center's predictions

There are many aspects of sustainable farming. Not only does this include healthy foods grown, healthy farming practices and systems, but, furthermore, healthy working conditions on the farm.

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Nestle's ethical challenges and strategic recommendations for profitability

Nestle is one of the world's leaders in the packaged food industry, with products ranging from candy to bottled water to -- due to a relatively recent acquisition from Kraft -- frozen pizzas.

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Calcitonin treatment for osteogenesis imperfecta and related bone disorders

Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) also known as Brittle Bone Disease, or Lobstein syndrome is a genetic bone disorder. People with OI are born with imperfect connective tissue, or devoid of the ability to make it, usually because of a lack of Type-I collagen.

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Roe v. Wade: constitutional controversy and the right to privacy

In the years preceding the landmark case of Roe v. Wade in 1973, the United States underwent a great deal of social upheaval (Cohen, 2005).

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The evolution of U.S. health care reform and insurance access

For quite some time, the debate on the health care reforms has been centered on a number of key issues.

~10 min read

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Nursing perspectives on intimate partner violence in emergency care

Domestic violence is a widely prevalent and highly underreported social healthcare issue. As a major public health concern, intimate partner violence needs to be more effectively addressed.

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Tiger Woods' infidelity, media coverage, and ethical judgment

Tiger Woods is guilty of serious and habitual infidelity. His sexual promiscuity while persisting in a marriage with two children constitutes an ethical trespass which calls into questions Woods' traits of honesty, his capacity to differentiate between right and wrong, his ability to execute…

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Transforming a traditional learning unit into online instruction

David Thornburg with regard to utilizing technology in the learning environment: "Our challenge is not to do old things differently, it is to do different things."

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Nazi expansion in Europe and the Allied response, 1939-1940

The general situation in Europe had become critical at the end of the 1930s, as the Nazis in Germany had advanced significantly, both in armored power and in influence.

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