Why is health care so expensive? List at least three factors that contribute to the cost of health care.

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Answer 1

Answer:Hospitals, doctors, and nurses all charge more in the U.S. than in other countries, with hospital costs increasing much faster than professional salaries. In other countries, prices for drugs and healthcare are at least partially controlled by the government. In the U.S. prices depend on market forces.

Explanation:

Answer 2

In the United States health care is becoming very expensive and many factors are contributing to it.

The health care in the United States:

In the United States, the greater cost of medical care is one of the greatest challenges faced by the people of the country. This is affecting everything from the individual behavior to the economy of the nation.

The three factors, which have been identified as the driving forces behind the elevation of health care costs in the United States are:

Administrative expensesCorporate greed and price goughingHigher use of costly medical technology

Thus, the health care is becoming expensive in the United States due to many factors.

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What two mandates did the Affordable Care Act incorporate?

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Which scenario is an example of feedback?

A human adopts a pet dog and teaches the dog its name.

A plant grows around a rock in order to reach the sunlight.

A plant takes energy from sunlight and turns it into an energy source.

An animal passes its genes on to its offspring.

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Answer: B.

Explanation:

A plant grows around a rock in order to reach the sunlight

The example of feedback is A plant grows around a rock in order to reach the sunlight.

The following information should be considered;

The feedback refers to the information related to the reactions to a product. In the given situation, the second option should be correct as it represent the feedback.

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Which of the following is true about personal hygiene practices Foodhandlers should never eat drink while working with food be smoking while cooking will not contaminate the food C picking your nose while working with food is OK as long as you don’t have a cold dear no one at work will notice if you don’t shower for a few days

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Answer:

the smoking one

Explanation:

Which stage of HIV would a client with a CD4+ T-cell count of 325 cells/mm' be classified?
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 4
Confident
Not sure

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Answer:

stage 2

Explanation:

Stage 2 describes a client with a CD4+ T-cell count between 200 and 499 cells/mm3. Stage 1 describes a client with a CD4+ T-cell count of greater than 500 cells/mm3. Stage 3 describes a client with a CD4+ T-cell count of less than 200 cells/mm3. Stage 4 describes a client with a confirmed HIV infection but no information regarding CD4+ T-cell counts is available.

The client with a CD4+ T-cells count of 325 cells/mm be classified into stage 3 of the HIV infection. Thus, the correct option is C.

What is the Stage 3 of HIV?

AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) is a chronic immune system disease which is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). HIV is a virus which attacks the body's immune system. If HIV is remain untreated, it can lead to AIDS infection. There is currently no effective cure for this disease. Once a person get HIV, they have it for the whole life. However, with the proper medical care, HIV can be controlled.

AIDS is the most severe stage of HIV. This is the stage 3 of HIV infection. People with AIDS disease have badly damaged immune systems. They get an increasing number of severe illnesses, called as the opportunistic infections. Their CD4 cell count drops below the level of 200 cells per milliliter of the blood.

Therefore, the correct option is C.

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How do this website works?

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you can ask questions that you dont know the answers to, and people on the platform can answer your question! you can also go along and look at other peoples questions and try to answer them for points. have fun!

Which foods better help the body with satiety and appetite control?

A. Nutrient dense foods
B. Energy dense foods

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Answer:

A

Explanation:

A because I saw someone else say it

In volley ball Which is NOT a component of the set pass?
A. Head down
B. Arms above head
C. Extend arms
D. Look through the window at the ball

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Answer:

A

Explanation:

You have to keep your eyes on the ball

In volleyball, a component of the set pass should not look outside the window. Therefore, option "D" is correct.

What is volley ball?

Volleyball is a game played by two teams with six players each. The players use their hands to bounce a ball over a high net in an effort to get it to touch the court within the opponents' playing area before it can be returned.

In association football, a volley is an air-borne strike in which a player's foot meets the ball and directs it angularly before it reaches the ground. A volley can be extremely difficult to aim, requiring timing and good foot-eye coordination.The ball is like a volleyball however might be somewhat bigger.

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15. The author includes the fact that medical expenses are the leading cause of bankruptcy

to illustrate bankruptcy is a serious problem in the United States.

paying for health care can be
very difficult for families.

many people don't have access to health care.

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Answer: paying for health care can be  very difficult for families.

Explanation:

In stating that medical expenses were the leading cause of bankruptcy, the author is showing that paying these expenses takes such a toll on a person's resources that they can lose all they have and file for bankruptcy.

It is very difficult therefore, for some families to pay for health care because if doing so is so expensive that it causes bankruptcies, it only makes sense that these expenses are very taxing on families.

how many calories in the average fast food meal

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Answer:

Adults fast food contained an average of 836 calories. However, adults thought the food they ordered had 175 fewer calories. Meanwhile, teens on average underestimated the number of calories in their 756-calorie meal by 259 calories.  

Explanation:

Barrier: Between work, family, and other demands, I am too busy to exercise. What is a good solution?

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Answer:

i would push away every thing and take ur time to do what ever u want to do

Explanation:

U have to live life cause u get one chance so do what makes u happy

Answer:

i think taking walks is a good solution

Explanation:

try to find ways to walk around outside for 20 minutes a day

What do the deformed Erythrocytes do?

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It carries oxygen and nutrients to your body’s tissues and organs. But if they are irregularly shaped they may not be able to carry enough oxygen.

2. If the traffic light is not functioning at the intersection,
drivers should
a. go through the intersection first
b. proceed with caution and use right of way laws
c. sit and wait for a police officer
d. there are no rules

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Answer: If the traffic light is not functioning at the intersection,

drivers should b. proceed with caution and use right of way laws

Explanation:

You approach an intersection and the traffic signal lights are NOT working. You must make a complete stop and then proceed when it is safe to do so.

yup it’s b. proceed with caution and use right way of laws

1. Most crashes occur at intersections because
a. drivers fail to search and identify a safe path of travel when
approaching an intersection
b. drivers don't identify or understand the risks
c. drivers fail to develop good driving habits to effectively manage
the risks
d. all of the above

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Answer:

D

Explanation:

Because all drivers are just wreck less in driving

the risk of heart disease, type II diabetes, heart attacks and strokes can be reduced by: a. improving flexibility
b. Improving cardiorespiratory endurance
c. Improving muscular strength
d. Improving muscular endurance

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b. Improving cardiorespiratory endurance
Improving cardiorespiratory endurance

A 68-year-old mechanic presents to the emergency room for shortness of breath. You are concerned about a cardiac cause andmeasure his jugular venous pressure (JVP).

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Answer:

I'm they taught me a little bit so maybe his lungs were to weak for all that work

Describe one adverse health-related outcome (i.e., chronic disease, infectious disease, injury, drug abuse, mental health conditions) that is preventable.

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Answer:

Drug abuse is preventable because, if you don't use drugs or only use the amount that is suppose to be used by doctors orders then you wouldn't abuse them.

Explanation:

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TRUE / FALSE
Failing to diagnose a disease early enough can interfere with effective treatment.

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Answer:

true

Explanation:

Answer: True

Explanation:

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35. Which of the following is an example of delayed gratification?

Exercising every day

Using credit cards to pay for a vacation

Recognizing the long-term consequences of smoking

Saving for the down payment on a house before buying one

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Saving for the down payment on a house before buying one i think im not as sure

A) Using the Genetic algorithm approach – reproduction crossover and mutation technique, determine the number of guesses that will enable you arrive at the following secret string of genes:
101010

Assume that four strings selected randomly as shown below have been initially presented to your opponent
A. 010100 = 1 digit correctly guessed
B. 111101 = 2 digit correctly guessed
C. 011011 = 3 digits correctly guessed
D. 101100 = 4 digits correctly guessed

(20 marks)

b) Genetic algorithms are said to be similar to a biological process.
Discuss. (5 marks)

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Christopher Scheidel

Christopher Scheidel

over 3 years ago

Great introduction for those new to GAs. I’ve been working with GAs for about 19 years now and another way that my business partner and I have represented them is as binary trees. With this concept you can think of mutation as “leaf replacement” or…...

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Jeff Flynt

Jeff Flynt

over 3 years ago

Coming from a microbiology background I understand the biology portion, but can you provide a real world problem that this can be applied to? I see you mentioned search, but can you go into more details?

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Dan Lovy

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Very nice article. I have just completed a GA project that applies this to neural simulation —

Eranga Heshan

Eranga Heshan

over 3 years ago

Wow… Need to run the code see by myself O:)

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Anuradha Wickramarachchi

Anuradha Wickramarachchi

over 3 years ago

Excellent piece of work!!

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mem ento

mem ento

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Hello Ms Mallawaarachchi,

Very nice article !

Germán Meléndrez Carballo

Germán Meléndrez Carballo

over 3 years ago

I think that a very valuable resource/reference you can provide is the book: Introduction to evolutionary computing, 2nd edition, A. E. Eiben & J. E. Smith.

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Wenderson Júnio

Wenderson Júnio

about 3 years ago

Awesome ! Very well explained ! Thanks for sharing.

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Dip Patel

Dip Patel

over 3 years ago

Great Post!!

Can you do more deeper into Evaluation Strategies in next post ?

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Arun Prasad T S V

Arun Prasad T S V

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Hello!

Please share the coding for creating cryptography (encryption,decryption) using genetic algorithm.

with regards,

T.S.V.ARUNPRASAD

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Introduction to Genetic Algorithms — Including Example Code

Vijini Mallawaarachchi

Vijini Mallawaarachchi

Jul 8, 2017·4 min read

A genetic algorithm is a search heuristic that is inspired by Charles Darwin’s theory of natural evolution. This algorithm reflects the process of natural selection where the fittest individuals are selected for reproduction in order to produce offspring of the next generation.

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Notion of Natural Selection

The process of natural selection starts with the selection of fittest individuals from a population. They produce offspring which inherit the characteristics of the parents and will be added to the next generation. If parents have better fitness, their offspring will be better than parents and have a better chance at surviving. This process keeps on iterating and at the end, a generation with the fittest individuals will be found.

This notion can be applied for a search problem. We consider a set of solutions for a problem and select the set of best ones out of them.

Five phases are considered in a genetic algorithm.

Initial population

Fitness function

Selection

Crossover

Mutation

Initial Population

The process begins with a set of individuals which is called a Population. Each individual is a solution to the problem you want to solve.

An individual is characterized by a set of parameters (variables) known as Genes. Genes are joined into a string to form a Chromosome (solution).

In a genetic algorithm, the set of genes of an individual is represented using a string, in terms of an alphabet. Usually, binary values are used (string of 1s and 0s). We say that we encode the genes in a chromosome.

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Population, Chromosomes and Genes

The simplest and most obvious
psychological effect of stress are
following except:
Select one:
a. Blood Pressure
b. Irritability,
c. Boredom,
d. Procrastination

= Blood Pressure​

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Answer:

boredom

Explanation:

Answer:

A

Explanation:

When you have High Blood Pressure you will stress out a lot more.

describe how you took care of someone who was ill in 8-10 words.​

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Answer:

I made them soup to make them feel better.

Explanation:

How is the Oxford University study different from past studies on the effects of video games?
A
It included measurements of game playing time as well as gamers' experiences.
B
It used different mental health and mood metrics than previous studies.
C
It included device data provided by game companies.
D
It used popular video games rather than those built for the study.

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Answer: C

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Ef, 70-year-old man is scheduled for surgery to remove gallstones. He has been in fairly good health and is scheduled for surgery to remove gallstones. His only other problem is a terror in his hands. His primary physician would like him to start on benztropine after surgery for his tremor. Preoperative medications, meperidine 75 mg and atropine sulfate 0.4 mg, were given intramuscularly 1 hour before surgery.
What are the advantages of giving atropine sulfate before surgery?
What are some complications of atropine sulfate?
If a patient received an atropine-like drug for several months, what assessments should be made related to its effects?
How does atropine sulfate differ from bethanechol chloride?
This patient will receive benztropine for his tremors after he heals from surgery:
What classification of drug is benztropine and how does it work? Explain your answer.
What patient teaching should the nurse include related to the use of benztropine?

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Answer and Explanation:

1. The advantages of the medication are: stability of the heart rate, reduction of the mucus that can harm the surgery.

2. Possible complications are: nausea, vision problems, decreased coporal sweating, decreased saliva.

3. If the patient has received a similar medication for several months, it is necessary to make assessments of the patient's body condition, especially regarding sleep stability.

4. Bethanechol chloride is used to reduce bladder problems, while atropine sulfate is used to maintain cardiac stability, especially during surgery.

5. Benztropine is classified as an anticholinergic, which are drugs that act on the nervous system, preventing the tremors caused by Parkinson's disease.

6. The nurse must inform that the patient must take the medication three times a day, in doses of 0.5 - 2 mg, which should be increased gradually.

List the types of vessels in the order a drop of blood would flow through in the in the systemic circulatory route beginning with the aorta. which come first capillary, vein , artery, venule, arteriole. In anatomy

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Answer:

The types of vessels through which a drop of blood would flow in the systemic circulatory route starting from the aorta are: artery, large, medium and small caliber → arteriolescapillary vesselsvenuleveins, small, medium and large caliber.

Explanation:

The circulatory system is part of the cardiovascular system and consists of the blood vessels responsible for carrying blood throughout the body. Each of the blood vessels branches off, forming large-, medium-, and small-caliber vessels.

Arteries carry oxygenated blood from the heart to all body tissues and organs.The capillary vessels are very small in caliber and allow the exchange of blood, nutrients and gases with the tissues.Veins are in charge of taking non-oxygenated blood from the whole body and carry to the heart.

From the heart the blood passes to the lungs so that the alveolar gaseous exchange occurs.

If a drop of blood is found in the aortic artery, its pathway through the systemic circulatory route is:

Artery, large, medium and small caliber → arteriolescapillary vesselsvenuleveins, small, medium and large caliber.

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You will choose a weekend activity and plan It accordingly in this practice.
Assume you will be gone for two days and two nights.

Answer the following questions based on what you have learned.

Weekend activity:



1. What preparation does the activity involve? Be specific. For instance, where are you going? Who will you tell where you're going? How will you get there? Et cetera.


2. In addition to the Ten Essentials, what supplies and provisions does this
specific activity require?


3. How many people will go? What will the division of responsibility be? (Who
brings what, cooks what, and so on?


4. What safety precautions should you be prepared to take? For instance, will you
be in bear country? Is the weather uncertain? Be specific.


5. What will you do during the day? Give a rough itinerary and schedule for each day

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Answer:

Weekend activity: Camping trip in a national park

Preparation for this activity involves researching a suitable national park for camping and reserving a campsite in advance. I will also inform family and friends of my itinerary and provide them with a map of my intended route. I will drive to the national park and bring a tent, sleeping bag, camp stove, and food for the trip.

In addition to the Ten Essentials, this specific activity requires a camping stove and fuel, a cooler with ice, food and cooking supplies, and appropriate clothing for the weather conditions.

Two people will go on the camping trip. The division of responsibility will be shared equally, with each person bringing their own camping gear and food. One person will be responsible for cooking breakfast, while the other person will be responsible for cooking dinner.

Safety precautions for this activity include being prepared for weather changes, such as packing rain gear and warm clothing. Additionally, it is important to be aware of wildlife in the area and take precautions to store food properly and follow any bear safety protocols in the park.

Rough itinerary and schedule for each day:

Day 1:

Arrive at the national park in the morning and set up camp

Hike a nearby trail and have a picnic lunch

Return to camp and cook dinner over the camp stove

Enjoy a campfire and stargaze at night

Day 2:

Wake up early and cook breakfast over the camp stove

Spend the day exploring the park and hiking to scenic viewpoints

Have a picnic lunch on the trail

Return to camp and cook dinner over the camp stove

Enjoy a campfire and stargaze at night

Day 3:

Wake up early and cook breakfast over the camp stove

Break down camp and pack up gear

Go for a morning hike or explore a nearby attraction before departing the park.

Daryl is 16. He’s a wrestler – the best in his weight class. But if he gains 5 pounds, he’ll be bumped up a weight class and have to wrestle larger guys and possibly lose. Justin exercises obsessively. He also takes laxatives to lose weight, and he has thrown up a few times after friends dragged him out for fast food. Justin even stops drinking water a day before he gets weighed in for a match.
Possible signs of Daryl eating that other people might notice?

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Answer:

Spitting a lot. Always moving

Explanation:

Wrestlers spit before weigh-ins to help them lose that extra couple of ounces to meet weight.

SCENARIO 1

A 28 years-old, male Foodpanda rider involved in a motor vehicle crash with a car. He was hit by the car from the back and then fall down on his left side.

On arrival, the victim was lying by the roadside, probably moved by the other road users. He looked pale and tachypneic. He complained pain on the left leg.​

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Answer:

Heart rate of victim is 100 beat per minute

Blood pressure 90 / 68 mmHg

Respiration rate 22 breathe per minute.

Explanation:

The victim has hurt his left leg. His heart rate is low and blood pressure is declined. His breathe rate is also low according to a normal adult. He has hurt and he is complaining of pain in his left leg. The doctor should examine his ankle and abdomen to identify the injuries.

2. Which BEST explains why it is important to address body image issues?
They are more about perception rather than reality,
Everyone has them, but most people get over them.
They can have long-term mental and physical health effects.
Body image issues are usually based on positive experiences,

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Answer: They can have long-term mental and physical health effects.

This is because some people with body image issues tend to dislike themselves, and therefore they can end up doing things that can harm themselves just to make themselves look better. It can be very dangerous, as well. Knowing that it can cause the person with body image issues to become anorexic or bulimic.

It is important to address body image issues as they can have long-term mental and physical health effects. The option C is correct.

What is the reason behind image issue?

This is because some people with body image issues tend to dislike themselves, and therefore they can end up doing things that can harm themselves just to make themselves look better. It can be very dangerous, as well. Knowing that it can cause the person with body image issues to become anorexic or bulimic.

Mental imagery means pictures in the mind or what one is visualizing. Mental imagery is caused by mental images in the mind of a person. But it is different from perceptual images (images from perception) because mental images occur when there is no external stimuli.

Images from perception are a result of some external stimuli. But it is different from perceptual images (images from perception) because mental images occur when there is no external stimuli.

Therefore, It is important to address body image issues as they can have long-term mental and physical health effects. The option C is correct.

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Which system can a pathogen enter in order to circulate through the body?
A.the kidneys


B.the lungs


C.the lymphatic system


D.the waste system

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C. Is the correct answer!

Which statement is true based on the two labels?
Product A has 5 grams of protein.
O Product B has 6 grams of sugar.
Product A has a serving size of 1 gram.
O Product B has fewer calories than Product A.

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We need to see the labels

Answer:its d

Explanation:

product b has fewer calories then product a

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