Please answer to this discussion post with a minimum of 200 words, cited, APA style. 

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The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is an independent panel of experts in primary care and prevention who Health Screenings are examinations and tests to look for a disease before patients develop any symptoms. It is important because from a medical perspective prevention is better than cure. It is also often easier to treat or indeed cure a condition in its early stages systematically reviews the evidence of effectiveness and develops recommendations for clinical preventive services.  The purpose of screening individuals or populations is to reduce the risk of death or future ill health from a specific condition by offering a test intended to help identify people who could benefit from treatment.  Long and Colorectal cancer screening are tow among others recommendations from US preventing task force.

Lung Cancer (both small cell and non-small cell) is the second most common cancer in both men and women. The American Cancer Society’s estimates for lung cancer in the United States for 2019 are: About 228,150 new cases of lung cancer (116,440 in men and 111,710 in women) About 142,670 deaths from lung cancer (76,650 in men and 66,020 in women). (Society, 2019)

Summary of Recommendation and Evidence for lung Cancer 

Population: Adults Aged 55-80, with a History of Smoking. The USPSTF recommends annual screening for lung cancer with low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) in adults aged 55 to 80 years who have a 30 pack-year smoking history and currently smoke or have quit within the past 15 years. Screening should be discontinued once a person has not smoked for 15 years or develops a health problem that substantially limits life expectancy or the ability or willingness to have curative lung surgery. The USPSTF updated its definition of and suggestions for practice for the grades A, B, C, D, and I. Lung Cancer Category B. It means that the screening is high certainty that the net benefit is moderate or there is moderate certainty that the net benefit is moderate to substantial.

On the other hand, Colorectal Cancer is one of the most common cancers diagnosed in the United States. Excluding skin cancers, it is the third most common cancer in both men and women in the U.S.

Population: 

Adults aged 50 to 75 years. The USPSTF recommends screening for colorectal cancer starting at age 50 years and continuing until age 75 years. The risks and benefits of different screening methods vary. Starting with a simple FBOT or FIT test at the office or sigmoidoscopy every 5 years and colonoscopy every 10 years. The recommendation for this group is category A (The USPSTF recommends the service. There is high certainty that the net benefit is substantial). 

Adults aged 76 to 85 years. The decision to screen for colorectal cancer in adults aged 76 to 85 years should be an individual one, taking into account the patient’s overall health and prior screening history. Adults in this age group who have never been screened for colorectal cancer are more likely to benefit. Screening would be most appropriate among adults who 1) are healthy enough to undergo treatment if colorectal cancer is detected and 2) do not have comorbid conditions that would significantly limit their life expectancy. The recommendation for this group is category C (The USPSTF recommends selectively offering or providing this service to individual patients based on professional judgment and patient preferences. There is at least moderate certainty that the net benefit is small). (Force, 2014)

References

Force, T. U. (2014, June 12). Recommendations for Primary Care Practice. Retrieved from The U.S. Preventice Services Task Force : https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Page/Name/recommendations

Society, A. C. (2019, May 17). Cancer Facts and Statistics. Retrieved from American Cancer Society: https://www.cancer.org/research/cancer-facts-statistics.html

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Kim’s friend John started taking a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor for depression. His doctor told him that serotonin is a neurotransmitter. John asks Kim what a neurotransmitter is and if there is more than one neurotransmitter. What should Kim tell John? Include answers to the following in your response:

• Define the purpose of neurotransmitters.
• Describe the function of serotonin.
• Name three other neurotransmitters and describe their functions.

Carol is working in a nursing home and is approached by a woman whose mother is recovering from a stroke. The patient can speak but has difficulty understanding others. The woman wonders what area of the brain was damaged by the stroke. She also wonders how doctors can identify the location of the damage. Answer the following questions:

• Name the damaged area and describe its location.
• What area of the brain might be damaged if the patient could understand speech but didn’t make sense when she was speaking?
• Name each lobe of the cerebral hemispheres, describe the location, and give an example of a specific skill that could be affected if the lobes were damaged.
• Name and discuss three brain imaging techniques. Describe what happens to a patient during each of these techniques, what is measured, and what the test results look like.

Submit your answers in a Microsoft Word document.
Name your document: SU_PSY3001_W1_A3_LastName_FirstInitial.doc.
Submit your document to the W1: Assignment 3 Dropbox by Saturday, July 1, 2017.

Cite any sources you use using the APA format on a separate page.

Assignment 3 Grading Criteria	Maximum Points
Analyzed and defined the purpose of neurotransmitters. Analyzed and described the function of serotonin. Named three other neurotransmitters and described their functions.	10
Named the damaged area and described its location. Analyzed and identified the area that might be damaged if the patient could understand speech but didn’t make sense when she was speaking. Named each lobe of the cerebral hemispheres, described the location, and gave an example of a specific skill that could be affected if the lobes were damaged. Named and discussed three brain imaging techniques in detail.	10
Used correct spelling, grammar, professional vocabulary and APA format.	5
Total:	25

PLEASE SELECT THE CORRECT ANSWER

1

The vertical acceleration of a projectile

Choose one answer.

	a. equals g pointing sometimes upwards and other times downwards
	b. continuously increases
	c. equals g pointing downwards
	d. equals g pointing upwards
	e. is zero

Question 2

The horizontal acceleration of a projectile

Choose one answer.

	a. stays constant
	b. sometimes decreases and sometimes increases
	c. continuously increases
	d. is zero
	e. continuously decreases

Question 3

When an object reaches its terminal speed, its acceleration is zero.

Answer:  True False ?

 

Question 4

The horizontal speed of a projectile

Choose one answer.

	a. stays constant
	b. continuously decreases
	c. is zero
	d. continuously increases
	e. sometimes decreases and sometimes increases

Question 5

The vertical speed of a projectile

Choose one answer.

	a. is zero
	b. continuously increases
	c. stays constant
	d. sometimes decreases and sometimes increases
	e. continuously decreases

Question 6

All forces have specific directions associated with them.

Answer:  True False?

 

Question 7

If object A has more mass than object B,

Choose one answer.

	a. A will weigh more than B.
	b. A will be harder to keep moving in a circle.
	c. A will be harder to accelerate than B.
	d. all of the above

Question 8

The force that keeps your feet from sliding as you walk is

Choose one answer.

	a. centripetal force
	b. kinetic friction
	c. static friction
	d. weight

Question 9

Two forces of 4 N and 12 N act on a body simultaneously. The net force on the body is

Choose one answer.

	a. 4 N
	b. 12 N
	c. impossible to tell from the given information
	d. 8 N
	e. 16 N

Question 10

As an object moves faster through the air, its terminal speed increases

Answer:  True False?

 

Question 11

If the net force on an object is zero,

Choose one answer.

	a. the object’s acceleration must be zero
	b. the object must be at rest
	c. there must be no forces acting on the object
	d. there can be no friction acting on the object

Question 12

You are presently exerting a gravitational force on the earth.

Answer:  True False ?

Question 13

 “Net force” means the vector sum of all the individual forces acting on a particular body.

Answer:  True False?

 

Question 14

An example of an action at a distance force is

Choose one answer.

	a. static friction
	b. weight
	c. tension
	d. kinetic friction
	e. none of the above

Question 15

Which is larger, a newton or a pound?

Choose one answer.

	a. a pound
	b. This question is nonsense—they don’t measure the same physical quantity.
	c. a newton
	d. They are the same size.

I NEED A POSITIVE COMMENT BASED IN THIS ARGUMENT..BETWEEN 100-120 WORDS

There was a cross-sectional study conducted in 2013, with the use of data from 21 University Health System Consortium hospitals,that analyzed the association between RN education and patient outcomes. The results from this study showed that Hospitals with a higher percentage of RNs with baccalaureate or higher degrees had lower congestiveheart failure mortality, decubitus ulcers, failureto rescue, and postoperative deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism and shorter length of stay. This particular article stated that how studies dating back to 2002, linked the percentage of RNs in a hospital with baccalaureate degrees to decreased patient mortality (in-hospital and 30-day mortality, failure to rescue) However, other studies have not found significant relationships between mortality and nursing education. It further mentinoed how the few studies that examined the impact of baccalaureate education on other patient outcomes, particularly those that are considered sensitive to nursing care, did not find beneficial effects. This study also mentioned how the ducation of RNs did not affect hospital-acquired infections once other characteristics were controlled, whereas nurse staffing levels did (Blegen, Goode, et al, 2013).

Looking back on real life experiences, one thing I have observed is that some of the BSN prepared nurses that I have worked with were more skilled at critical thinking that the ADNs which now I can see why after being in this program which requires much more research. The BSN prepared Nurses are more detailed oriented in assessments and charting as well. 

 

Begen, M, Goode, C, Park, S et al (2013). Baccalaureate Education in Nursing and Patient Outcomes. Retrieved 9/19/2017 from  http://www.aahs.org/aamcnursing/wp-content/uploads/Baccalaureate-Education-in-Nursing-and-Patient-Outcomes.pdf

 

In this activity, you will write the third part of your term paper.

Explain why we need a rectifier and a forward converter to make a DC power supply.

Please go through the given instructions and write a paper on switch-mode DC power supplies. Please see detailed instructions for requirements from the term paper document below. Use illustrations if necessary.

Your paper needs to answer the following questions along with your comments and discussion.

In this part of the term paper, design a single-phase switch-mode DC power supply with a forward converter. Provide answers to the questions below.

Please combine the single-phase full-wave rectifier from part two of your term paper with a forward converter to produce a switch-mode DC power supply, as shown below. The output of the bridge rectifier serves as input to the forward converter.

As explained, a forward converter is a popular switched mode power supply (SMPS) circuit that is used for producing isolated and controlled DC voltage from the unregulated DC input supply. It consists of a fast switching device ‘S’ along with its control circuitry, a transformer with its primary winding connected in series with switch ‘S’ to the input supply, and a rectification and filtering circuit for the transformer secondary winding. The load is connected across the rectified output of the transformer secondary. It is basically a DC-DC buck converter (as seen in part one of the term paper) with the addition of a transformer for output voltage isolation and scaling. When switch ‘S’ is turned on, input DC gets applied to the primary winding and simultaneously a scaled voltage appears across the transformer secondary. When switch ‘S’ is turned off, the primary as well as the secondary winding currents are suddenly brought down to zero. Current through the filter inductor and the load continues without any abrupt change. Diode ‘D₂’ provides the freewheeling path for this current. The DC output is similar to that of a buck converter multiplied by the transformer winding ratio:

  

Assume all ideal components including the isolating transformer,    and switch frequency is 16.7 kHz as in part one of the term paper. Design this switch-mode DC power supply by doing the following:

·         Determine the duty ratio D so that the DC output to the load is 12 v. Draw the waveform of the input AC voltage V₁, bridge rectifier output (see part two of the term paper; this is also the input to the forward converter), voltage after diode D₁, and voltage at the load (with all harmonics blocked).

·         Explain why a transformer still works even with a DC input to the forward converter.

·         Explain the function of diode D₁.

Please include all necessary circuit diagrams or block diagrams in your paper. Please also draw the necessary waveforms together with your comments or discussion.

Your paper should be at least two pages, typed single-spaced, using 12-point font and 1-inch margins on the top, bottom, right, and left. You should use the APA guidelines for writing and citations.

Keep the following points in mind:

·         The efficiency of a buck DC-DC converter.

·         The principle of a buck DC-DC converter.