Australia is the sixth largest country in the world and fifth largest destination for overseas students. In 2007-2008 a total of 278 184 student visas were granted (Commonwealth of Australia, 2006). Australia has earned about 7 billion from overseas students compare to 4 billion that it earns from sales of wool. Many international students come to Australia for better and higher quality of education, for me I have came for the same reasons. It gives us internationally recognised qualification...
PKPD modeling integrates a pharmacokinetic and a pharmacodynamic model component into one set of mathematical, statistical and numerical expressions that allows the description of the time course of effect intensity in response to administration of a drug dose [1] A major goal in clinical pharmacology is the quantitative prediction of drug effects. The field of PKPD-modeling has made many advances from the basic concept of the dose-response relationship to extended mechanism-based models. The...
Every year thousands of people die from tobacco usage. Smoking cigarettes, involuntarily breathing in the fumes, or chewing tobacco, are all harmful to the human body. The substance, tobacco, is a lethal drug that is death-defying to people's lives. Tobacco is just as harmful as other drugs, and it can cause the same amount of fatal harm as cocaine and marijuana the two most highly used illicit drugs. Therefore, all forms of tobacco should that be banned from the U.S. market. There are many r...
Global View: The veterinary healthcare industry has a very important role in catering for the health and productivity of the 16 million poultry and 3.3 billion livestock globally. This industry also maintains the well-being and health of the 1 billion companion animals worldwide (Evans & Chapple, 2002). The companion animal market alone was worth £33.7billion globally as at 2006 and the UK market was worth 2.6 billion (7.7% of the global market share). In the United States alone, veterinary h...
Introduction Death is a common phenomenon; it is eternal, expected, and often misunderstood. We will all die; however, determining where, when and how is impossible. Death is an unacceptable concept to acknowledge in life (Cupit Noppe & Noppe, 2004). Death was indeed an incomprehensible idea to take in. For my family, it was a very trying period. I was 18 when my grandfather died due to complications of cancer. He left behind his wife of 20 years, nine children and 17 grandchildren. I was at ...
Intravenous urography ivu examination of the urinary system IVU intravenous Urography means radiographic examination of the urinary system with the inclusion of water-soluble contrast media to helps doctors to check the abnormal function of the urinary system or have problem with the urinary system patient. This inspection is to demonstrate anatomy and evaluate the function of structures that make up the system, such as kidney, urethra , urinary bladder and urethra. This examination aims to a...
Part One The term “professional” is often associated with the famous sportsmen and women that are seen in the media all the time, but the general public never really associate “professional” with healthcare workers. According to Welie“a profession is a collective of expert service providers who have jointly and publically committed to always give priority to the existential needs and interests of the public they serve above their own interests, and in turn are trusted by the public to do so.”...
According to the latest statistics from the World Health Organisation, cancer causes around 7.6 million deaths worldwide each year. Changes in lifestyle and improved prevention and screening policies could prevent up to 40% of all cancer cases (WHO 2010). Physical inactivity has been identified as the 4th leading risk factor for global mortality. It is estimated to be the main cause for approximately 21-25% of breast and colorectal cancers (WHO 2009). Several biological mechanisms have been p...
Communicable diseases are those diseases that are contagious, that one can pass to another through certain types of contact and according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2008 there were 14,136 cases of Chlamydia in Arkansas, which is above the national average rate at 498.66 per 100,000. The second largest number of communicable diseases in related to sexually transmitted diseases was Gonorrhea, followed by Syphilis. 1 Across the United States there were more than 1.2 mi...
1 Introduction: Tuberculosis or TB is a bacterial disease.The most common microorganism that causes TB is mycobacterium tuberculosis. This organism was discovered in 1882.Robert koch was the scientist who made the discovery. This organism has slow growth and a very thick capsule outside that protects it from threats and hence it is one of the most toughest organism causing very tough infections. There are a few other organisms that cause the disease as well. America was considered to be one o...
