What is antimicrobial resistance? Why it is a problem for humans and animal health? Why E.coli was chosen? Why resistance to all 3 antimicrobials is being looked at?

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Antimicrobial Resistance. Using logistic regression (in RStudios) to investigate variation in the trends for E.coli resistance (to three major antibiotic classes) in European countries

Introduction:
What is antimicrobial resistance? why it is a problem for humans and animal health (one health)? Why E.coli was chosen (as it a hugley common zoonotic pathogen)? why resistance to all 3 antimicrobials is being looked at?

Method:
Gathered the data from https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/surveillance-atlas-infectious-diseases. The method should also specify where the ECDC was able to obtain this surveillance data.

Results:
Have a written script to be used in RStudios.
The script runs fins, gives P values, and Plots the Graphs, so the hard work for the results is done. It just needs writing up.

Discussion:
The main points to hit for the discussion is obviously to reiterate the main findings and objectives. What was found for each of the countries, not all the countries have significant P values so can be ignored.
Why this is important, potential limitations, maybe speculate why the results are as they are, and what more can be done preferably from a one health point of view.

create a data integration plan that includes a detailed mapping strategy for ICD-9 and ICD-10 codes. Implementation website, CMS implementation planning, and any other helpful reference that you can find. Your assignment should include.

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Data formatting and Data integration

As a member of the ICD-10 implementation team at Green Tree Healthcare, you are responsible for creating a process that will ensure the ICD-9 and ICD-10 data formatting satisfies Green Tree’s data integration needs. Your task is to create a data integration plan that includes a detailed mapping strategy for ICD-9 and ICD-10 codes.
Create a data integration plan for Green Tree Healthcare. In your plan, map all of the essential components of ICD-9 to ICD-10 in a 4–5 page document that utilizes the AHIMA ICD-10 implementation website, CMS implementation planning, and any other helpful reference that you can find. Your assignment should include:

Discussion of 3 data formats that exist in healthcare
Definition and discussion on data integration
Data integration plan for Green Tree Healthcare
Definition and discussion of data mapping
Data mapping plan
Discussion on challenges of data mapping and consequences of inappropriate data mapping
Discussion regarding data integrity data mapping

Provide a brief summary of the main research study aims/ objectives, methods and findings. Provide a critical appraisal of the article, justifying your rationale for the main strengths and limitations of the study.

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The Effect of Preoperative Exercise on Total Knee Replacement Outcomes

1. Provide a brief summary of the main research study aims/ objectives, methods and findings.
2. Provide a critical appraisal of the article, justifying your rationale for the main strengths and limitations of the study. Note that marks will be awarded for highlighting strengths and limitations of the study other than those stated by the authors throughout the article.
3. 250 – 300 words

Why did this material stand out for you? Did you agree or disagree with it? What other thoughts and connections did you make? Did it connect with your experiences outside the class? Did it connect with material you have learnt in other classes?

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MODULE REFLECTION & RESPONSE PAPER

You are required to write four first-person personal reflections and response papers on the class material. One for each module.

These assignments are based in an open-ended question in order to give you the freedom to focus on whatever material in that Module was most interesting or stimulating to you.

Part One: Reflection ! This is the website ( https://archive.md/v9hW )

In your own reflection include 3 components:

A description of the material including reference to specific reading(s). What was the main argument in the reading? I am looking here for a clear summary of the material. You are just simply describing what the material claims.

An analysis of the material. Here you are looking to identify any assumptions, limits in the material OR/AND the parts of the material that are compelling and evidence based

A reflective component. This involves an explanation of its personal impact: Why did this material stand out for you? Did you agree or disagree with it? What other thoughts and connections did you make? Did it connect with your experiences outside the class? Did it connect with material you have learnt in other classes?

This first part of the assignment must be between 350-400 words. At the end of the reflection post, you must include the word count in parentheses.

Part Two: Response

Choose one of your classmates post to respond to. This must include two components:

One way in which you share a perspective or agree with their post and why.

One way in which you differ or disagree and why.

Who was the author of this article? Are they an expert in the field, someone who is reporting what experts have reported, or are they sharing their opinion?

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Field Assignment: Article Analysis #3

Who was the author of this article? Are they an expert in the field, someone who is reporting what experts have reported, or are they sharing their opinion?
What is the author trying to accomplish by writing this article? Is there an ‘agenda’ that you think the author has for writing the article and leading the reader through his/her thinking, or a conclusion you think the author is trying to lead you to? If so, what might that be?
Purpose
Why is this topic worthwhile to write about? What is the purpose of the article? Who is it directed toward? Who was likely to be reading it where it was originally published? WHY would this topic interest readers?
Critical Thinking
In a strong paragraph, summarize the ‘message’ from this article. What would the author want you to remember from it?
Personal Application
What was your impression of the article? Did what you learned from reading this change your thinking in any way? How can/will you use the information from this article in your work with children? Are there conclusions drawn by the author that you strongly agree or disagree with? This is your educated, reasoned opinion but you need to back up your opinion with information from the article.

Write a list of immunotherapy agents by cancer type with listed studies, summarized results and mentioned any inclusion criteria including markers of response that respresented inclusion criteria.

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Immunotherapy response prediction in gynaecological cancers

Special focus should be put on markers of response to immunotherapy such as MMR expression, MSI status, PD1/PDL1 expression, tumor mutational burden. Additionally, studies that explored other, novel, emerging markers of response should be thoroughly included with clear description of marker type (for example tissue based – IHC, PCR based, NGS based, microscopy based etc. and possible blood based), correlation with clininical and histopathological data and conventional biomarker status.
The article should discuss the problem of current conventional response to immunotherapy prediction markers and the need to find novel ones that may enable more patients to benefit from immunotherapy as well as filtering the ones that may not benefit from immunotherapy.Suggested tables in the manuscript:

1. list of immunotherapy agents by cancer type with listed studies, summarized results (e.g. ORR, number of patients) and mentioned any inclusion criteria including markers of response that respresented inclusion criteria (e.g. MMR status, MSI status etc.)
2. list of novel, emerging biomarkers studied with summary of marker type, correlation with clinical and histopathological data and conventional biomarkers.

Example of a pubmed search for studies:
(“Ovarian Neoplasms”[Mesh] OR “Endometrial Neoplasms”[Mesh] OR “Uterine Cervical Neoplasms”[Mesh] OR “Vulvar Neoplasms”[Mesh]) AND “Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors”[Mesh]

Referring to the medical, ethical and practical issues involved in compulsory vaccination of healthcare workers in general, argue either for or against compulsory vaccination for healthcare workers against the COVID-19 virus.

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COVID-19 virus.

Referring to the medical, ethical and practical issues involved in compulsory vaccination of healthcare workers in general, argue either for or against compulsory vaccination for healthcare workers against the COVID-19 virus.

Write an essay investigating synergistic effects of silver and gentamicin against various strains of staphylococcus aureus biofilms.

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Synergistic effects of silver

Investigation of synergistic effects of silver and gentamicin against various strains of staphylococcus aureus biofilms.

Write an essay investigating synergistic effects of silver and gentamicin against various strains of staphylococcus aureus biofilms.

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Synergistic effects of silver

Investigation of synergistic effects of silver and gentamicin against various strains of staphylococcus aureus biofilms.

Discuss an accomplishment, event, or realization that sparked a period of personal growth and a new understanding of yourself or others.

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Personal growth and a new understanding of yourself

Discuss an accomplishment, event, or realization that sparked a period of personal growth and a new understanding of yourself or others.