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Wrist and upper-arm blood pressure monitors are mainstays of the blood pressure monitor industry, but some people find them a little bit too bulky or intimidating to be of any use. Finger blood pressure monitors provide a welcome and handy (no pun intended) alternative to these more popular models. A lot of people are suspicious of finger blood pressure monitors and believe them to be unreliable and ineffective when it comes to delivering a reliable reading of one’s blood levels. While it is true that there are a lot of finger blood pressure monitors which fail to provide an accurate measurement of blood pressure, there are many which can hold their own against their upper-arm and wrist counterparts. Of course, finding those finger blood…

the time (4 participants). For each study, there was a control group (group without adjustable chairs) and a group with adjustable chair intervention. In addition, there was a one-year follow-up to monitor effects of the interventions (Niekerk, Louw, & Hillier, 2012). All five articles suggest that by providing adjustable chairs there was a reduction in musculoskeletal dysfunction. There are various types of chairs provided to the participants based on the participant’s nature of work, and body…

The United States Navy has been involved in countless engagements since their creation in October of 1775. Throughout the Navy’s history, the importance of having advanced technology and superior leadership was their key to becoming a world power and staying that way. However, some battles see a greater emergence of new technology and leadership than others do. The Battle of Hampton Roads during the Civil War is one of the paramount battles that lead to the growth of the United States Navy, due…

Product Review Summer Infant In View Digital Color Video Baby Monitor comes with a dynamic monitoring system equipped with a 5” flat-screen color display, a digital zoom camera and rechargeable batteries. This digital technology provides handheld portability which gives parent a secure and private connection with their kids at all times. Summer infant is the number on brand for baby monitors in the market today. They have a wide range of baby monitors from audio, video to internet baby…

Think about this situation, you are at school and suddenly there is an earthquake tornado or some other natural disaster. Sadly most of the students are killed, later the parents are called in to help identify some of the remains. How are these parents going to figure out if this corpse is their child? Hmmm… maybe by what they saw their child walk out of the house in that morning, so uniforms actually could cause a problem instead of help fix them.      School uniforms…

Studies have shown that this is the most worked muscle in the quadriceps muscle group during a football game (See diagram 1). Another mark will be made on the participant’s bicep femoris (See diagram 2). Two marks will be placed on the ground a metre apart. One mark will be for the participant to stand on and the other for the researcher to stand on to ensure the iPad measuring is under similar variables every time, which will help to improve accuracy. The second way to measure temperature will…

Technology and the internet give us content and information that's easily accessible, and we love it. In just a matter of clicks, we can find anything online. While this seems like positive aspect, it has a downside as well. Piracy is taking the world by storm and people are losing millions because of it. Thanks to sites like the Piratebay, anyone can steal movies, music, books and applications with a few clicks of a button. In the battle against piracy, many governments are struggling but…

Final EXAM Part II: C Antifederalists vs Federalists Debate Tyranny and the New Constitution Antifederalists like George Mason’s objected to the new Constitution based upon their fear that the National Government would hold too much power and become tyrannical. The main objection that most Antifederalists shared was the Constitution’s lack of a bill of rights to protect the rights of citizens. Mason argued that since the national laws held supremacy to that of the State laws the…

Copyright Laws: Are Web Photos Protected? If the computer and website allows one to download a photo, is this individual committing copyright infringement? Possibly, yes. Copyright laws are confusing to almost everyone, including the artists and composers, and/or the creator of this image or intellectual property, as well as the one who wants to download this composition, no matter the reason. There are exceptions, such as teaching purposes, ‘fair use’, 'public domain ', as well as for…

What is it about school that always has the student not wanting to go? Besides waking up early in the morning, children don’t really look forward to school. After the first day of class, the hype about being back on educational territory goes down. Teachers and school professionals should stop and ask themselves, why their students seem uninterested in learning? That is exactly what Gerald Graff, a professor at the University of Illinois did. What Graff realized is that “Intellectualism” can be…