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The paraphrase for the following extract has kept certain words. Why? Choose the correct option. The referencing in the paraphrase is correct, so do not concentrate on this.The original text or extract:Furthermore, study results have shown that the survivors are not a homogeneous group, and that the heterogeneity is indicative of differences in post-traumatic adjustment (Kaminer & Lavie, cited in Stroebe, Stroebe & Hansson, 1993: 334).The paraphrase of the above:In addition, research findings have revealed that survivors do not comprise a homogeneous group; rather, heterogeneity characterises differences [disparities] in post-traumatic adjustment [adaptation] (Kaminer & Lavie, cited in Stroebe, Stroebe & Hansson, 1993: 334).

What conclusion can be drawn from the extract below? Choose the most suitable option.Preventive treatment was associated with a reduction in TB disease among children who had tuberculin skin test conversion (aHR, 0.23; 95% CI, 0.12 to 0.47). However, most cases of TB disease (78 of 98; 79%) occurred among children who had tuberculin skin test conversion but were not administered preventive treatment.

Your knowledge of doctor-patient communication skills consists of barriers to effective communication that you as a HEALTH CARE practioner needs to evade. These are…

What is the best paraphrase for the following extract? The source references are correct, so do not concentrate on them. Only concentrate on the paraphrase. Choose the correct option. Studies have demonstrated that learned helplessness can occur through observing helpless models (Brown & Inouye, 1978; DeVellis, DeVellis, & McCauley, 1978).

Read the following texts and answer the questions that follow:The field of Medicine forces a confrontation between scientific and everyday language. Outside the world of research laboratory and clinic, there exists daily routine of medical practice, a situation where a doctor tries to understand the problems of a patient, and the patient attempts to understand the doctor’s diagnosis. The initial statement of symptoms of any disease is of critical importance as it guides the doctor’s search for the clinical signs of the condition. Similarly, the doctor’s explanation of the problem, and the recommendation for treatment need to be clear and complete if the patient is to understand and follow the correct course of action.The need for careful listening and expression by both parties should be obvious in a field as sensitive and serious as health. Patients worried about their health care often uncertain and confused in their accounts. Busy doctors will not have the time to take up every point the patient has referred to. Moreover, the tradition of medical interviewing hinders the development of genuine communication.From the passage, why are doctors sometimes unable to treat patients properly?

QUESTION 3A previous study of this cohort found high rates…What can you infer from the extract?

In the Extract below, what is the noun form of effective and another adjectival form for nutritional as they are used in this text? Margaret P Rayman, in a 2000 Lancet medical journal article, titled “The importance of selenium for human health”, explains that selenium is an effective immune booster. As a broad-spectrum, anti-viral nutritional supplement it works to both help prevent and treat viral infections. Selenium helps against most viruses that cause disease in humans. … Just as selenium helps against HIV, hepatitis B and C, influenza, rhinovirus (common cold), Coxsackie, Ebola, Marburg and Hanta, it should also help against Covid-19. (Taken from an information leaflet provided by Selenium Education and Research Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa, May 2020.)

Which word-class is the word trajectories?

Tunicates, or sea squirts, belong to which subphylum of chordates?

Insects belong to which subphylum of Arthropoda?