Subscribe to blog Subscribe via RSS 52 Things to do in Singapore before you die Posted by Bryan Choo on Monday‚ 25 November 2013 in Featured Attraction ReviewsFont size: Larger SmallerSubscribe to this entryPrintSome say Singapore is boring. That there isn’t anything to do besides shopping‚ eating‚ movie watching and um... queuing. Why do people spend hours lining up for tyre manufacturer recommended dim sum‚ American donuts and black Japanese cats? They must be really bored to give up their
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Libor Scandal What is Libor and why does it matter? Libor stands for London Interbank Offered Rate. “It is considered to be an average interest rate which is estimated by some leading banks in London that they would be charged if borrowing from other banks.” Libor rate is considered to be the primary benchmark for short term interest rates around the world. It is the average cost of borrowing and is estimated on a daily basis by a group of banks as mentioned above. Libor rate gained momentum around
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Kidney Failure HCA/240 Kalkita Dodson Earl Benjamin February 2‚ 2012 * Scenario A: Acute renal failure. Ms. Jones‚ a 68-year-old female‚ underwent open-heart surgery to replace several blocked vessels in her heart. On her first day postoperatively‚ it was noted that she
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Knowing Your Kidney Disease Introduction (1) This book is being prepared in order to encourage and make the patient understand pathologies of diseases of the kidney. Kidney disease affects end-stage renal disease‚ which is kidney failure‚ affect 400‚000 patients currently in the United States today‚ of which new cases of kidney failure actually contribute about 120‚000 patients per year annually. The importance of early identification and knowing h0ow to live with kidney disease in
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benefits of kidney transplants. Kidney transplantation is the organ transplant of a kidney into a patient with end-stage renal disease. In the Early 1900’s European doctors attempted to save patients dying of renal failure by transplanting kidneys from various animals‚ including monkeys‚ pigs and goats. None of the recipients lived for more than a few days. And In the late 1940s and early 1950s‚ a team of doctors at Boston’s Peter Bent Brigham Hospital carried out a series of human kidney grafts
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Scenario A: * What is happening to Ms. Jones’s kidneys‚ and why is it causing the observed symptom? Mrs. Jones’ kidneys are impaired. The kidneys regulate their own blood flow as well as GFR. When the kidneys become hypoperfused in Mrs. Jones case‚ narrowing of the renal arteries‚ and vessels in the kidneys dilate with the help of prostoglandims to facilitate the flow. * What other symptoms and signs might occur? * The most common symptom is less urine output‚ but in Mrs. Jones
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The Case of the Man with the Swollen Kidneys Mr. Newman is a 49 year old male who has hematuria‚ fever and severe flank pain. He also has bilateral lumbar tenderness‚ bilateral renal enlargement‚ liver enlargement‚ ankle and facial edema‚ skin pallor‚ and lung sounds suggest pulmonary edema. His vital signs are as follows: BP 172/100‚ heart rate 92 beats per minute‚ and a temperature of 102.2 F. There have been some labs done. His red blood count is 3.1 million cells‚ white blood count is 22
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The GDP of Singapore at purchasing power parity per capita is the 4th largest in the world1. Yet‚ Singapore is small and vulnerable to global storms and was the first East Asian country to fall into a recession in the 2008 economic crises. Biggest impact of recession is the escalating job losses that have become a national dilemma‚ as resident unemployment hit highs of 3.8% (1999)‚ 4.9% (2002)‚ 5.2% (2003) and 4.3% (2009) during downturns2. Shorter economic cycles‚ increased competition due to
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Singapore officially known as the Republic of Singapore. Its English name Singapore is derived from the Malay word‚ Singapura‚ where Singa means Lion and Pura means town‚ referring the country as the Lion City. However the recent studies of Singapore indicate that lions have never lived there‚ the beast seen by the founder in the 13th century was most likely a Malayan Tiger. Singapore is a southeast Asian island. Singapore consists of 63 islands‚ including the main island‚ widely known as Singapore
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