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What tone does President Kennedy adopt in his inaugural? What language does he use? What imagery does he adopt?

Routine diagnostic testing is indicated for all patients with fibrocystic breast changes.

The Earth probably warmed 100 million years ago because the overall albedo of the planet was relatively low.

Based on the data depicted in the graph, identify the function of the behavior and explain how responding differs between the control condition and the experimental condition that you believe demonstrates the function. 

You have never conducted a FA before, and are given a list of four individuals that you need to conduct FAs for.  Joannie, a 17 year old, with severe self-injury. She already has a behavior plan in plan and is up for a re-assessment per the schools guidelines (i.e., every two years). The team thinks the function of her self-injury has changed, and it’s possible that she has a hard to treat subtype of automatic reinforcement. Katherine, a 4 year old with self-injury. She currently came in with a helmet because she was targeting corners of desks. The interdisciplinary team (e.g., Senior BCBA, speech therapist, parents and teacher) all are confident that she engages in self-injury to get attention from others.  Hank, a 10 year old with severe aggression toward staff, he is currently being staff 2:1, and he is stable, but if one of the staff are out his behavior rates are elevated. While he has a plan in place, it has been really tough trying to figure out why he is engaging in aggression since there is no clear pattern.  Karl, a 7 year old that have been referred for services, he engages in stereotypy that limits his academic success but is not life threatening. No one knows why he engages in it, and it has been a mystery for about two years. Based on this list, which child would you conduct an FA with first? Explain your rationale. Look to Iwata and Dozier (2008) for assistance. Remember, you are a new BCBA with no experience running FAs. You have the time, and people to help you conduct the FA, including oversight from a Senior BCBA who is an expert in functional analysis and expertly trained staff. The new school you work at even has padded session rooms for safety and no restrictions on when you can run assessments.   

When the Earth is covered by large inland seas, the climate warms due to lower albedo.

What are the five limitations to FAs according to Cooper et al. (2020)?

The nurse is caring for a client with mitral valve stenosis. What clinical manifestations alerts the nurse to the possibility that the stenosis has progressed?

A nurse is providing sick day education to a diabetic patient who is ill with flu-like symptoms. Which instructions should the nurse include in the teaching? Select all that apply

The client on an intensified insulin regimen consistently has a fasting blood glucose level between 70 and 80 mg/dL, a postprandial blood glucose level below 200 mg/dL, and a hemoglobin A1c level of 5.5%. What is the nurse’s interpretation of these findings?