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    End stage renal disease (ESRD) is a gradual loss of the kidney function. Multiple conditions can cause End Stage Renal Disease; being the top three Diabetes type I and II, Hypertension and Glomerulonephritis. Patients need to be on dialysis or receive a kidney transplant to maintain alive. A kidney transplant is the closest thing to living a normal life after having this disease, although patients have to be on many medications in order to preserve the new kidney in optimal conditions. Since patients

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    resources to. Ceylon Biscuits Limited have been chosen as the organization to complete this report. William’s Biscuit factory, Sri Lanka’s first biscuit factory owned by Mr. Williams was a small scale handmade biscuit venture. In 1939, Mr. Simon Arthur Wickramasingha (1902-1984) acquired this factory,

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    Ironically, Moving to America was the right decision for Ganga and her mom because there was nothing much left in Sri Lanka anymore for them. At first Ganga wasn’t really happy about this because she spent most of her life back in her home country. Later on she slowly becomes okay with this and plus she says she will get to know her cousin a lot more and spend her time with her since she left homeland since she was a little kid. Ganga and Dharshi was attending the same school here in the U.S, Which

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    Children, the very special group of people in this world, who are vulnerable to the sexual abuse the most. Although the federal government as well as NGOs are putting a lot of effort on preventing children from sexual abuse, the situation has not been alleviated. Thus, it is fairly to argue that child sexual abuse (CSA) is one of the most critical social issues in Australia. In 2012, the Royal Commission had conducted a 5-year detailed national-wide survey about the facts, the problems, the barriers

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    desperate and vulnerable. They decide to become soldiers due to poverty as they want to support their family or because they are lonely. Frequently, children are encouraged to join armed forces as culturally child soldiering is accepted. For example, in Sri Lanka, society transmits the idea of “bravery” to children and makes them idolize warriors and soldiers (Silva). While, in African countries, such as Sudan and Kenya, part of the society views child soldiering as a “escape from poverty” which is not true

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    Tsunamis become disasters because of the human context in which they occur. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Use examples of known tsunami events recently and in the past to illustrate your arguments. According to Wisner et al 2004, "disasters occur when hazards meet vulnerability,” implying that in unpopulated areas hazards can not become disasters as there is no vulnerability (Quarantelli E.L. 1998). Without humans being involved, tsunamis are nothing but giant waves; they may modify

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    Street Hospital for Women is the chief ladies ' doctor 's facility in Sri Lanka. Ready to serve a wide exhibit of services to women and men, it as of now has a quality of 442 beds. It gives services to expecting moms, gynecological patients, sub fruitful patients neonates and significantly more. The doctor 's facility performs more than 16000 conveyances for each year. It additionally has one of the biggest neonatal units in Sri Lanka. The clinic is a tertiary care showing doctor 's facility and is a

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    Ackeem Salmon Visual Culture of Africa Professor Amy Lazet Research paper Kehinde Wiley Rough Draft         Born on February 28, 1977 in Los Angeles, CA, African American Painter Kehnide Wiley grew up in an environment that was driven by some of the defining elements of “hip-hop, the violence, antisocial behavior, and streets on firestreets on fire” (Whiley Studio). . These environmental factors never stopped Wiley from pushing his career. Both him and his twin brother were constantly motivated

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    Religious extremism is often assumed the major cause of terrorism. This assumption became justifiable in the minds of numerous people because the terrorist groups are frequently associated with a religious organization, such as Islam. However, the focus on religion deters from other plausible explanations that cause terrorism. Although, religious extremism is a popular belief of the cause of terrorism, I pose it is not a major cause of terrorism due to the errors with misrepresented claims and support

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    Despite all the advances of the 21st century, slavery still plagues society. The most noticeable and detrimental kind is that of sexual slavery and the mistreatment that follows prostitution. While girls engage in this industry for a number of reasons from coercion from family members, personal choice, or out of desperation, the driving force behind them all and the industry itself is extreme poverty. This lack of money can destroy people's lives and causes the disease that is the extreme harm that

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