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HLTH 503 midterm epidemic - Answer- marked increase in the occurrence of disease over and above expectation for a community during a defined period of time pandemic - Answer- epidemic spreads over several countries or continents endemic - Answer- disease regularly and continuously present in a community incubation period - Answer- time interval between exposure to an infectious or non-infectious agents and appearance of the first sign or symptoms of the disease. (minimum, max, range...

HLTH 503 Final: Cumulative Quiz questions The epidemiologic and clinical descriptions of a disease are different. - Answer- True In current thinking, the term epidemic is used only to describe outbreaks of infectious disease. - Answer- False The Framingham Heart Study, begun in 1948, pioneered research into coronary heart disease risk factors. - Answer- True Which of the following activities characterizes a clinical approach (as opposed to an epidermiologic approach)? - Answer- Descr...

HLTH 503 Final True or False? Reliability refers to the ability of a measuring instrument to give consistent results on repeated trials, regardless of its accuracy. - Answer- True A new screening test for Lyme disease is developed for use in the general population. The sensitivity and specificity of the new test are 60% and 70%, respectively. Three hundred people are screened at a clinic during the first year the new test is implemented. Assume the true prevalence of Lyme disease among cli...

HLTH 503 Epidemiology - Answer- ____ is concerned with the occurrence, distribution, and determinants of "health-related states or events." (p. 8) Framingham Heart Study - Answer- The ongoing ____, begun in 1948, is one of the pioneering research investigations of risk factors for coronary heart disease. (p. 41) John Snow - Answer- ____ work, a classic study that linked the cholera epidemic to contaminated water supplies, is noteworthy because it utilized many of the features of epide...

Wildland Firefighting The range of ignition temperatures of wood is between ____and ____degrees Fahrenheit - Answer- 400 & 700 Normally the woody fuel of the wildland will burst into flame at approx. ____ degrees ( assuming sufficient 02 is present) - Answer- 540 The highest temperature that the sun could be expected to develop on a wind sheltered surface is ____ or ____ degrees - Answer- 150, 160 Fire will burn as fiercely in darkness as it did in the daytime as a result of ____ -...

AMEDD BOLC The AMEDD views threats from what two perspectives? - Answer- General threat and health threat What is a health threat? - Answer- composite of ongoing potential enemy actions; adverse environmental, occupational, and geographic and meteorological conditions, endemic diseases, CBRN, etc What is health Service Support (HSS)? - Answer- All support and services performed, provided, and arranged by the AMEDD to promote, improve, conserve, or restore the mental and physical well b...

INMT 342 Exam Set physical database design purpose - Answer- translate the logical description into technical specifications for storing & retrieving data physical database design goal - Answer- create a design for storing data that will provide: - performance - data integrity - data security - data recoverability - simplify application development physical design process inputs - Answer- - normalized relations - volume estimates - attribute definitions - response time expectati...

Diet and Health Study Guide Identify factors that protect people from the spread of infectious diseases and describe the role of immunity. - Answer- Purification of water, safe handling food, immunizations, antibiotics. Adequate intake of nutrients supports the immune system, if malnourished, immune system is impaired. The immune cells of the body do not include: a. B-cells b. T-cells c. Antigens d. Phagocyted - Answer- c. antigens Which of the following produce antibodies? a. ph...

Nutrition, Chapters 9, 10, and 11 What is energy metabolism? - Answer- -Breakdown, synthesis, and transformation of energy-yielding nutrients and alcohol *Store and/or use for energy -Maintain steady supply of ATP it is important to consistently generate ATP *At our lowest level of rest, we need ATP to support the functioning of our cells What is the metabolic pathway? - Answer- A group of biochemical reactions that occur in progression from beginning to end What are intermediates...

Nutrition Now Final Exam treatment for osteoporosis - Answer- - weight bearing exercises like walking - mg/day calcium - sun exposure of 10-15 minutes/day for vitamin D or 400-800 mg/day - milk and calcium fortified foods Risk factors for osteoporosis - Answer- - 1 in 4 females and 1 in 8 males - caucasian, asian and hispanic - peak bone density - 30-40 years old - decreases with age - 30-40% at 70 years old vitamin c - Answer- What vitamin increases the absorption of iron from ...