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| Angelina Total Posts: 130 | Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2007 05:02 am Suicide risk factors Quote: SAD PERSONS: Sex: male Age: young, elderly Depression Previous suicide attempts Ethanol and other drugs Reality testing/ Rational thought (loss of) Social support lacking Organized suicide plan No spouse Sickness/ Stated future intent Pi: value to 31 decimal places Quote: "How I want a drink, alcoholic of course, after the heavy chapters involving quantum mechanics. One is, yes, adequate even enough to produce some fun and pleasure for an instant, miserably brief": The number of letters in each subsequent word of these two sentences give the value of pi to 3.141592653589793238462643383279 Alternatively: If only want first 6 decimal places, use the sentence "How I wish I could calculate Pi! " Poisson distribution formula Quote: MNEMONIc: M to the Nth power times E to the Minus nth Over N factorial Formula is: ((m^n) * (e^-n) ) / n! · Note: the factorial (!) at the end is an inverted lowercase letter i. Accuracy of test: sensitivity vs. specificity Quote: seNsitivity of a test: related to the rate of false Negatives. sPecificity of a test: related to the rate of false Positives. · Alternatively written: seNsitive: No Non-Negatives. sPecific: Puny Psuedo-Positives Alcohol withdrawal effects Quote: "S#IT": Shakes/ Seizures/ Sweats/ Stomach pains (n/v) Hallucinosis (auditory) Increased vitals/ Insomnia Tremens (delirium tremens-the lethal part) Informed consent: requirements, exceptions Quote: "Sign this DOC before we can start": Discussion Obtain agreement Coercion-free · Exceptions to informed consent are WIPE: Waiver Incompetent Privilege (therapeutic privilege) Emergency Hill criteria for causality Quote: " 'Clowns Pursuing Epidemiology' Commonly Behind The Silly Samples": Consistency Plausibility Experimentation Biological gradient Coherence Temporality Strength of association Specificity Cigarette smoke: major carcinogens Quote: PANT: Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons Aromatic amines Nitrosamines Tar · Nicotine and Carbon monoxide are Non-Carcinogenic |