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Financial aspect is a topic which guides us on how to manage the hotel finance
Food and beverage it' s part of our lives . 
studying food and beverage course it's an open minded idea which helps you and world al large ...This is a very important topic in a food and beverage unit Financial ASPECTS which helps not only in hospitality.
What causes smallpox and how transmitted? - Cause: a virus 
Transmitted by: aerosol, contact with contaminated material 
 
How did smallpox come to the New World? - Christopher Columbus' second journey (1492), could have came with slaves 
 
Smallpox in the Americas prior to 1775 - How prevalent? - numerous smallpox epidemics, depopulated North America 
 
Where was inoculation done in the Americas? - Was outlawed in some colonies, was okay in middle colonies. Many military men were inoculated. D...
What is infectious disease surveillance? - Ongoing collection, analysis, and interpretation of infectious disease-related data coordinated with the timely dissemination of data to those responsible for preventing and controlling the data. 
 
Why do surveillance for infectious disease? - - detecting outbreaks 
- helps evaluate effectiveness of control measures 
 
What is involved for infectious disease surveillance? - - the patient 
- physician 
- hospital/clinic 
- county health department 
- st...
Germ Theory of Disease - idea that infectious diseases are caused by pathogens 
 
Early ideas about disease transmission - punishment for sins, miasma, hexes/spells, spontaneous generation 
 
miasma - a highly unpleasant or unhealthy smell or vapor 
 
Louis Pasteur - A French chemist, this man discovered that heat could kill bacteria that otherwise spoiled liquids including milk, wine, and beer. 
-disproved spontaneous generation 
-vaccines for rabies and anthrax 
 
Robert Koch - country doctor ...
Bio warfare - intentional use of disease causing organisms or products of organisms to harm populations to attain military a objective 
 
bioterorism - intentional use of disease causing agents or products of organisms to harm humans, other animals, or plants in order to cause civil unrest and panic or to commit a crime 
 
Advantages of biological weapons - -Readily available "easy to grow" -inexpensive -highly transportable -not easy detected -Tasteless, odorless, invisible -Suicide "infecto...
High Income - >12.6 thousand per person per year 
 
Low Income - <1 thousand per person per year 
 
Extreme Poverty - <$1.90 per person per day 
 
Poverty line in the US - $25,000 per family of 4 per year 
 
Is development linked to better health outcomes? - Yes 
 
What is the link between infectious disease burden and economic wealth? Exception? - USUALLY higher per capita GDP and higher life expectancy 
 
Exception: 19th century England 
- : Industrialization led to steady economic gr...
Understand differences between catabolism / anabolism and what these reactions have to do with metabolism - anabolism: simple substances are synthesized, ENDERGONIC, needs input of energy, ex: peptidoglycan, enzymes, exotoxins 
 
catabolism: breakdown of complex molecules, EXERGONIC, energy released 
 
metabolism needs both, glucose is broken down via catabolism and the energy from that is used to make enzymes via anabolism so that the bacteria can 'eat', anabolic and catabolic reactions are c...
biowarfare - intentional use of disease-causing organisms or products of organisms to infect populations to attain a military objective 
 
bioterrorism/biocrime - intentional use of disease-causing organisms or products of organisms to infect humans, animals, or plants in order to cause civil unrest and panic or instigate a crime 
 
pontiac's rebellion (french and indian war) - the english used variola-laden (smallpox) blankets in 1763 at fort pitt to subdue indians loyal to the french during t...
The Business Case will provide detailed information on organising a Marathon .This report will clearly indicate the aim, financial requirements, challenges and constraints of organising a marathon. Benefits and Current situations are also indicated in the business case along with the preliminary budget requirements and financial requirements supported with an NPV analysis. 
The report will highlight requirements, marketing and promotions as well as the potential high risks associated with organi...