Doctorate Degree Online

For busy working adults who want to get a university or college degree, perhaps the best way to do so is to study online.There are many long distance accredited and good online colleges and universities to choose from.

Just do a search for online university degrees and you will see many institutions offering online degree courses for basic degrees to MBAs and even Doctorate PhDs in business, wealth management, technology management, information systems, education and even in nursing.

Why study for an online degree? This is because for most working adults, taking time off to go to classrooms or campuses for lessons regularly is almost an impossible task and this is a very important reason why so many working adults are deprived of good university degrees. By giving lessons online, these long distance colleges and universities are able to reach out to these potential adult students who otherwise may never have any opportunities to get a university or college degree.

Since these degrees are long distance online courses, you can simply log on to your computer and start the lessons immediately. The convenience of the Internet makes earning your degree not only possible but much more affordable as well because these universities and colleges do not need to count the costs and overheads they need to incur should you attend classroom on campus lessons.

Many of these universities, for example, The University of Phoenix Online also offer financial assistance and flexible fee payment plans. You may wish to check with the university of your choice on the various types of financial aids available.

Perhaps the most attractive thing about studying for a degree online is that you can study anytime you want to, study where you are without wasting commuting time and for some, there are no timelines for lessons, tutorials, projects and even examinations.

Most online universities and colleges give their long distance learning students the same exacting standard of quality education, curriculum, faculty and resources, the same as those offered at their brick and mortar campuses. You can then have the luxury to complete your education at the time and place most convenient to you. All you need is a computer, a phone connection, and an internet service provider. Most people in developed countries will have no problem setting this up or already have internet connection set up.

With easy to use Internet access software, you have access to lectures, questions and assignments from your professors and then you can print them out and review them off-line. You will also have access to a full range of online research libraries and services.

At the same time, you can also interact with other successful professionals, sharing ideas, debating issues, and learning from their experience.Throughout whatever degree courses you are studying, your instructors will provide guidance and feedback on your progress.

All interaction is conducted online, so you can participate at your own time and convenience. You never have to rush from the office or your home to a night-class or miss a lecture because of some time scheduling conflict.

Want to get an online university degree? Your opportunity may now be here.

Indian Institute of Alternative Medicine ( www.altmedworld.net ) Highlights

A school dedicated to distance learning certificate and degree programs in an alternative medicine discipline Customizable education to fit students’ needs More than 305,000 students and graduates Affiliated with the Indian Board of Alternative Medicines, duly incorporated under Act XXVI of 1961 of Government of West Bengal, based on the Central Government Act XXI of 1860, Literary & Scientific Institutions Act, 1854.

About Indian Institute of Alternative Medicine Distance Learning

Founded in 1991 Indian Institute of Alternative Medicines is an distance learning school that offers programs in alternative medicine education including holistic nutrition, traditional naturopathy, natural health, oriental and chinese medicine, acupuncture, acupressure, reflexology, bach flower remedies and wellness. The school is a member of about 70 different organizations and affiliations tied to their mission. These include holistic and natural health agencies, naturopathic boards, herbalists groups, practitioner associations and more.

Indian Institute of Alternative Medicines Academic Programs ( www.altmedworld.net/courses.htm )

The school’s programs are built around the principle of alternative medicine that acts as a complementary to modern allopathic medicine. Courses cover topics that range from underlying philosophies to practical applications. Several programs are designed to ready students to become a naturopath, a natural health consultant, or to mesh alternative health approaches into an established healthcare practice.

Indian Institute of Alternative Medicine’s degree programs include:

Diploma – All Disciplines of Alternative Medicine  Bachelor – All Disciplines of Alternative Medicine Doctor – Alternative Medicine, Naturopathy, Holistic Medicine, Oriental Medicine

Learning Options at Indian Institute of Alternative Medicine

Students create their own learning environment, studying at their own pace and managing their own educational goals All IIAM programs are self-paced

Admissions

Applicants must have graduated from high school or satisfactory completion of the GED. Home-schooled students will be evaluated through their portfolios. Bachelor’s level applicants may be eligible for life and work credit.

Previously earned college credits may be transferable to the school after evaluation. Graduate program applicants are required to submit transcripts validating completion of prerequisite degrees.

Graduation Ceremony and Conferences (http://www.altmedworld.net/conference.htm )

International Seminars, Conferences and Award Ceremonies are held regularly.  Besides the numerous stalwarts from the field of alternative medicines, the Board’s conferences have come to the attention of international figures and dignitaries from around the world who have been most forthcoming in their praise and support of these events. Prominent amongst those who have expressed their support are the WHO, UNICEF, UNESCO, the Commonwealth Secretariat, the President and Vice-President of India, Government Ministers and international world renowned personalities such as Mother Teresa, the Dalai Lama, Queen Elizabeth, Rev. Desmond Tutu and UN Secretary Generals. The importance of these occasions is amply reflected by the participation of Mother Teresa, state governors, union and state level ministers, chief justices, judges and diplomats.

Indiana State University (ISU) is located in Terre Haute , Indiana . This public university was set up in 1865. The Princeton review rater the Indiana State University as the best in the Midwest . The University offers a majors program in over a hundred fields. The graduate programs and programs in financial services, nursing and clinical psychology are widely recognized.

History

Indiana General Assembly established Indiana State University as Indiana State Normal School in December, 1865. The School was later renamed as Indiana State Teachers College in 1929 which was renamed as Indiana State College in 1961. Finally it was named as Indiana State University in 1965. The university was started with an aim to educate elementary and school teachers. But the growth with years made it diversify into educating other sections of the society.

Ratings and Accreditations

The University is currently classified as a fourth tier university. The university is presently classified as a Doctoral/Research university by Carnegie classification. Indiana State University is accredited to North central Association of Colleges and Schools. The Graduate and Nursing programs offered by Indiana University are regularly rated in the Top 100 programs in US.

Courses Offered

Indiana State University offers a chance to its students to pursue major programs in hundred plus disciplines. College of Arts and Sciences offers graduation, major and doctoral programs in Arts, Biology, Chemistry, Earth and Environment Studies, Criminology, Economics, Political Science and Theatre to name a few. This centre also has Centre for Urban and Environmental Change.

Donald W Scott College of business is one of the best business schools around. It is accredited by Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. The Indiana State University also has Centre of Technology dealing with research in modern fields like Aerospace, Electronics and Computer, Manufacturing and Construction Technology and Workforce development.

Uniqueness

The university is spread over 200 acres, full of scenic beauty and has eight man-made lakes. The buildings are made of limestone and brick, which is spread over 93 acres. It was also the first public university to make a laptop compulsory for every freshman. The university has over the thousands students attached to the various courses. The students at Indiana State University come from diverse background with over 2.4% international students and 17.9% minority students.

I know some distance learning courses offering PhD and/or DBA, but I do not know how convincing this is to prospective employers and peers. Do people look down on “distance learning” doctorate degrees? Is it worth the $15,000 to $40,000?

I currently work and would want to get a doctorate part-time. In the country I reside in, there are universities which offer part-time brick-and-mortar doctorate degrees. What do I do?

Extended Essay (EE)

Swati Sugandh

Rape is not a simple crime. Worse than murder, it is scar the victim has to carry his or her’s whole life. Defining rape is moreover not simple. The Oxford Dictionary defines rape as the crime, committed by a man, of forcing another person to have sexual intercourse with him without their consent and against their will, especially by the threat or use of violence against them. Rape is not only about physically damaging, it is emotionally traumatizing and more psychologically involved with a deep impact, that will be proved later in the cases dealt with below. Thus, that makes the whole yarn about rape even more complex.

Legally, its definition varies the world over, from countries having very lenient perspective on the crime to countries with exhaustive laws of all aspects of rape, to very strict laws. In some extreme cases, rape is meted out even as a punishment. For instance, in Pakistan, the Mukhtar Mai Case made headlines around the world in 2002. Mukhtar Mai’s adolescent brother was accused of sexually assaulting a young woman from another clan. A tribal council ordered that Mai be publicly gang-raped as punishment in order to shame her family. Moreover, historically rape has been used as a weapon of war. Rape seems to have been used differently by different social or cultural groups over time. Hence rape is viewed in multiple perspectives.

Referring to statistics, and focusing on the endless surveys, there is a very dangerous picture that gets etched. A particular survey indicated that at least thirteen per cent of females above the age of eighteen had been victim of at least one rape; not considering rape attempts at all. It is a huge social, cultural, and criminal stigma that has been there since mankind has been evolving.There are different patterns of rape that we will see in the cases studied below. Firstly, anger rape that is characterized by physical and verbal abuse, while the action is taking place and debasing the victim to take out the frustration in order to discharge the anger and using sex as a weapon.  Secondly, power rape, Sex becomes a way to compensate for power rapist’s underlying feelings of inadequacy and feeds his concerns of capability, strength, authority and mastery. The power rapist relies upon verbal threats, intimidation with a weapon, and only uses the amount of force necessary to suppress his victim.  Thirdly, sadistic rape, generally involves torture and self-possession. The victim’s injuries will be primarily focused on the sexual areas of her body; there may be damage of these areas. In some cases, sexual gratification may not be the mail goal, or even an aspect of what the rapist wants. Sometimes it may be about showing dominance and control. Sometimes to just cause fear and suffering, or any other such analogy. The rapist uses some type of instrument or foreign object to penetrate his victim. That effectively means that nearly every eighth or seventh female has been a victim of at least one rape in her life.  

India with all its diversity and vibrancy, different languages, different cultures, different social and cultural environments can help us find some answers we search to study what exactly leads to rape. Delhi the capital of India and Bihar a state of the Indian republic in the north of India are places where these incidents have found to be occurring in a lob-sided manner when compared to other parts of India. Delhi leading to be called the rape capital of India, while Bihar got the infamous name- Rapistan for the same reasons. Case studies from these two regions should therefore make for some interesting insights into our understanding of rape.

Delhi as the capital of India, over a predominantly Punjabi culture has a high influx of people from all over India, primarily from the northern states as people migrate towards better opportunities and living conditions.  Delhi with rapid urbanization and growth, high rates of education and intense access to media resulting in a heavy western influence in schools, still has high rape rates that are increasing. The urban spaces of Delhi are not friendly to women at all.
According to the most recent National Crime Records Bureau annual report, Delhi has the highest crime rate of 357 percent amongst mega cities in 2006. The previous year figures show that Delhi is risky for women. It has the highest rate of crime against women, 33 percent rape cases, 23 percent molestation cases, is the highest for any metro city. But this does not find proof in Delhi. Delhi has high literacy rates. People here are highly aware.  It has stronger government and less corruption. Up to ninety percent of the cases which happen every twenty four hours are solved and rapists prosecuted. Thus there in theory should be less of rapes. But a case contrary to this is in place. What could be a possible reason for all this could be as in the rape case explained earlier, high amount of sexual frustration in the youth culminating from the fact that, Delhi has a heavy western influence. This pours out itself in manners, one of which is rapes.

Bihar on the other hand now, is one of the most underdeveloped states in India. It is known for corruption, mis-governance and illiteracy which have successfully thwarted the state’s growth in terms of civil and economic growth, educational growth as well as cultural and social growth leading to high levels of stigma in society, high levels of backwardness and deep penetration of superstitious belief. One factor that speaks loudest about the state of affairs in Bihar is the huge divide in the literacy rates in the state between males and females, both being low as well. Another factor is the sex ratio which is the most skewed in the country. The sex ratio of 911 for the composite state, Bihar and 907 after the division (Bihar and Jharkhand) state, recorded in 1991, is much below the national sex ratio of 927. At the Census of India 2001, sex ratio of Bihar at 921 is still lower as compared to the national sex ratio which is 933.

By interviewing the rape victims themselves we get a greater sense of how women from diverse backgrounds seem to reflect similar psychological consequences of rape. And moreover understand the pain they went through which is sometimes forgotten when these incidents are overtaken by the media.

Being able to take an interview with a person who has gone through this ordeal is a daunting task in itself and questioning the victim is a much graver task.  The incident itself has been a very depressing incident and asking the victim to relive the experience is something that should not be warranted off a victim. So questions to be asked have to be sensitive to the incident and take into account the victim’s background, not making the victim uncomfortable at any point of time.

The NGO which I found in Bihar was one which I selected was doing exceptional work at a very micro level, which I believed had maximum impact. It dealt with helping victims of rape to cope up with their drowned confidence of being a female figure, get back to leading a normal life and give them counseling and in some cases vocational skills to get over the trauma.

Through these NGOs I was able to meet three victims of rape incidents. These case studies are similar in that they were not reported to the police and remained at the level of NGO support. These cases are different in that we are dealing with women from different socio-economic backgrounds however there is a stark similarity in their psychological response to the rape. One was in Delhi, and the other two in Bihar. One of the two in rural Bihar and the other in Urban or by international standards semi-urban parts of Bihar, which is its capital Patna, located at the very center of the state. What is strange about these three incidents is that they are completely different in reason of the crime, the psychology behind them, and in many other factors.

Under directions of the NGOs I was only allowed to ask few questions after they went over the case study of the victim. I went through a lot of case studies in this regard. This process gave me one important realization, more than just rape, some of which are reported, there are a lot more cases of molestation, rape attempts and other atrocities on women and children across different places in India. The problem is much more deep spread and stronger than we can anticipate by our flow of knowledge which comes from the media.

One of the many cases I read through in Bihar was one of the most typical cases of rape in the region. This was a case where three ‘adivasi’ or tribal girls who worked as bonded labors were raped. This was in a rural part of Bihar where these three girls worked in a brick kiln in the Nalanda District, under imaginably bad conditions. These women through the day, under the heat of the sun or the blistering cold, they work long hours at very low pay. These women and children, who work here, live in nearby temporary huts and are offered very little amenities. Thus this all leads to there being no security, in any manner and living conditions below the poverty line.

The huts are 3′x6′x3′ which is a used for all purposes like cooking, sleeping, etc. There are no doors. They have made up doors made from straws and wood to keep away dogs. There is no provision for a protection at this kiln. Anybody can enter and leave without any hindrance. There is even no arrangement for toilets or bathing places for any of these laborers. No basic needs are met. All of this results in girls going to the fields for toilet purposes and end up being teased by local boys. There is absolutely no privacy for bathing and being watched by boys roaming around. These women are constantly under threat of sexual harassment, sometimes even by employers. In these conditions, women have been known to be regularly mistreated, and in some cases that I came across even sexually harassed. Here in this brick kiln 11 months ago, a group of men, who were armed, robbed the brick kiln at night, and then entered the huts of these laborers’ where they found these women.  Three of these women were captured, beaten up and raped by the group of men.

I was able to secure an interview of one of these victims who was taken under custody by one of the NGOs. When I first met the girl, my first reaction was of surprise and second of pity and a sudden jolt of a synergy of shock, sadness and finally anger. This girl who was raped was a lot younger than I was. Her face had lost most of its youth, and a tired façade was what her face portrayed.

I was myself a bit scared and very careful in transcending the talk to the actual rape itself, being vigilant about my words as they might not hurt her. But when I finally did I was again surprised by her strong reply. It gave me a clear perspective on her and that she had accepted the incident by her openness to talk about it.

I interviewed Kumari, who is a migrant from Bangladesh (possibly illegally, though I never questioned her on that) and was here so they (She and her family, who also worked in the kiln) don’t die of starvation. So they rather work in the most inhumane conditions than be hungry. The incident day she was forced to work for more hours as she didn’t go on work the previous day and that night, despite, after paying for her absence from work, she had to go through another catastrophic circumstance which is now stamped in her life ceaselessly.  She tried informing the people on work the next morning about herself but continued working from the very next day, swallowing pride and under all the shame. This only resulted in continuity of such incidents, and safety decreased substantially. She went on to say that more than anything one’s dignity and life was important, of which there was no respect in the kiln.

“I was helpless, I couldn’t do anything, nobody paid attention to me” said by Kumari says a lot about the increasing rate of rape.  Under these circumstances, the rape victims feel varying degrees of fear, guilt, embarrassment and anger. These emotions do not sit at the surface of the mind but affect the woman for a long time after the attack. The fear a woman feels may interweave through all aspects of her life. More than likely she was attacked going about her business, feeling safe in her world. Once that security is raided, the woman may be apprehensive about her daily regular habits. She may approach strangers and even friends and acquaintances with a new caution.

A woman feels guilty for being the victim of such a vindictive incident and why was she who was targeted. The question that would mount in her mind would be “did she ask for it” or someone got a wrong impression of hers. The embarrassment period to pass through this rough phase of trauma is to face the people who are going to think negative about her. This may lead her to avoid men in her life for a longer period of time and nervous of having sex again. And finally the anger that will be burning inside her could be of her freedom being violated and disrupted and hence the man who made her life a misery is still moving free. Anger may lead to different forms but most psychologists feel that this emotion of their life may lead to successful recovery from the tormenting experience. It is a juncture that the woman wants to struggle back and get her life in order. However there is a risk of this anger may be projected onto others who are not involved.

Another case in Patna was unique in another sense. This was that shocking again as it infringed another boundary, which is trust. In this case a 16 year old girl was raped by her school principal in school premises itself. “Sahib, took me to a classroom patting his hand on my back, I thought he was going to praise me for my achievements on the sports day” said by the faded voice of the rape victim over the phone. The carefree smile and the cheerfulness went away from the girl’s face when she became the prey of this unexpected horrid rape attack. The school was a government school, where the principal got the girl into a secluded class room and raped her. The strange thing was that this case was not reported or filed for a week till a week after the rape itself. This was because of a culmination of factors, one being scared of non-acting authorities, and pressure and threats from principal himself. In a place where you cannot trust the authorities, the basic social infrastructure from rights to laws falls apart.

I got to communicate with the girl who was the victim in this case over the telephone. The girl spoke in well spoken English and was polite. She knew the topic of discussion and spoke little about the events that happened. To me the most striking thing was her saying that she has lost trust and confidence in this world. In a school, which in Indian culture is considered a temple of learning, a sacred place, where teachers are considered greater than parents, when such an incident happens; there is no rationale to trust even walking alone on the road.

Such has been the breaking of trust and confidence that a rape victim entails. When I got more enquiries into the present condition of the case, the principal was shifted to another government school, where he continues at his post. And the child was shifted to a private school. The case which has been running for 3 years against the accused, and the parents are willing to drop it as they see no solution. In no way this is a path of punishment and retribution that a judicial case should be executed at, and moreover sets a bad example. The slow and corrupt judicial system only encourages more rapists to rape and plunder.

Moving from Bihar to the capital of the country, Delhi, we see a vast change of demographics, governance and society, but still the number of rape cases is high. One of the cases I looked at was one in the affluent colony of Delhi. A 26 year old married woman was raped by a group of young teenagers. The lady was abducted into a car by the boys and taken to one of their houses in the colony where she was subject to more than two hours of terror.

Getting to talk to her, I got to know about rapists and was shocked to know that this time the rapists were younger than I was. The lady said in rage “If my child was a part of it, I would have committed suicide better than being called his mother”. Having asked her what imprint the rape incident left on her, she answered that beyond the physical aspects, what will remain will be shock and fear that children will commit such acts and with such ruthlessness as she experienced. The retribution was swift in New Delhi, as these teenagers all studying in good schools were sent off to Juvenile correction center. Hence, in this case Sexual desire is less a stimulus for the boys than violent aggression.

Rape as a crime of violent behavior is maybe best understood by investigative studies of the rapist, who he is and why he does it. However, it is somewhat disconcerting.Investigation done by Amir in the 60’s and 70’s indicates that rapist is not the psychopathic, rebellious men one would think them to be. Offenders interviewed by members of the organization at a maximum security state mental hospital believed that the prevention or evasion of rape was the blame on the women. According to Amir’s theory there are two categories that rapists are labeled under “criminal” and “psychiatric”. He views criminal rapists as a poor, uneducated man from the lower socioeconomic level having a criminal record of crimes such as exhibitionism, fetishism, etc.  Mostly, antisocial and easily influenced by his surroundings. The psychiatric rapists are a well educated man from a higher economic group; they end up raping because of some personal problems or insufficiency and might go through the feeling of guilt after the assault. Nevertheless, these theories are not generally conventional but are considered as a stepping stone in an additional profound research. A more broadly accepted theory is that many rapists comes from different cultures and most of them end up doing this crime in order to show their masculinity and supremacy in competition with the dominant culture. Therefore these adolescents and young men may be indicating their toughness and maleness in a more violent and harmful manner.

There are thousands of rape cases occurring everywhere around us, every day we read about them in the newspapers. More and more of such horrific crime keep happening. This crime has sustained itself over centuries. Leading us to wonder if this crime is an innate feature of mankind. Is this the way our way is wired to allow such crimes to be repeated and passed down in genetics.

In Bihar, we can get a better perspective on the high frequency of rapes, going as high as every 6 hours; point out to a problem with the population as a whole. This starts from a weak government influencing corruption, less development work, less education, going onto less awareness and more backwardness, leading to subjugation of women and more rape cases.

If we look at the three institutions with which a woman will come into contact are as follows; the police, the hospital, and the courts.

In most locations the patrolling officer responds to a complaint by a rape victim and in most situations, this officer has probably had little, if any, training in dealing with rape.

Unfortunately, many police officers are hostile towards the female rape victim. They might find it embarrassing to question a woman about their sexual assault.  The frequent questions asked by the  police focuses on the reason woman being targeted for the assault , by her dress or invited a man to her house, taking a lift from a man , going to a bar unescorted, or by her previous sexual experiences. The cop may stay asking on the sexual aspect of the rape, asking her to illustrate her feelings during the attack, the rapist’s genitals, or the place in which she is raped. Fortunately, in many areas, police departments are launching special rape units and hence training police officers when dealing with rape victims.

No matter the rape victim informs the police about the rape attack but she should definitely obtain medical care. When a woman who has been raped arrives at a hospital, medical personnel hold several responsibilities. They must treat the patient and also get ready with the evidence handing in to the police that a rape did occur.

The rape victim apart from obtaining medical care should also go for pregnancy and venereal disease tests. A doctor should be able to explain the reason for the requirements of these tests and should check for the presence of semen in the vagina and also on other parts of her body and clothes. In the hospital emergency room, where rape victims are immediately taken, doctors do not always react sympathetically. And therefore, women often report they are issues to unfriendly and irrelevant questions

Some women do report to the police but they do not put charges on the rapist. Although the police and medical personnel often throw unfair questions to the rape victim in the court room. She may choose to have her own attorney, but the person only works as an advisor and thus the court appoints the prosecutor over whom she will have no control. It’s a cycle that still continues. Moreover it provides the necessary nurture to nature that makes up a deadly combination that cumulates into rape tendencies

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Doctors have long known that marijuana can be useful in the treatment of emaciated and anorexic patients from diseases like chemotherapy and AIDS. Many doctors have and still prescribe marijuana – yes it can be obtained legally through a prescription. Now, the government is doing research into a patch or possibly gum, along with the Marinol pill and other similar treatments to treat more malodys like gulf war syndrome, migraine headaches and similar.

The Food and Drug Administration has recently granted several researchers from large universities and research centers from Harvard to Maryland approval to study the effects of THC (Tetrahydrocannabinol) in various delivery methods. Some of these The oral methods have recently been approved and released for treatment of chemotherapy and AIDS related weightloss issues. They, along with injectible and patch and gum or lozenge methods of delivery are now being researched for treatment of migraines, psychological associated diseases (Gulf War Syndrom and similar), and even ADD and ADHD (Attention Deficit Disorder) and mental and psychological abnormalities. The list of research the U.S. Government has recently backed continues to grow.

The U.S. government is giving in to the undeniable fact that marijuana does have medicinal properties that can help patients with various conditions and that it should be made more readily available. Recently marijuana and THC have been brought down to a class 3 drug under the DEA. This will make it easier for doctors to prescribe THC and marijuana and get it to those who need it. The National Institutes of Health and an affiliate of the National Academy of Sciences have concluded that the active ingredients in marijuana can ease the pain, nausea and vomiting of cancer and AIDS (courtesy National Academy Press). Even charitable organizations that long withstood the attributes of marijuana have changed their views:
“The American Cancer Society has always been on record against people smoking tobacco and marijuana,” said Allen St. Pierre, executive director of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws in Washington, D.C. “This is a way to assuage opponents.” The American Cancer Society is currently funding a three-year, $361,000 grant for research at the Albany College of Pharmacy.

There is currently only a few choices smoking, oral (Marinol) and injection (Sumatriptan). According to patient research the smoking method is still preferred as the patient feels more comfortable in determining what amount of “high” they receive. The complaints with the pill is that it takes too long for it to have effect. Then when it does take effect the patient is rendered useless for a period of time. This seems to be a delivery problem and being that there are no competing manufacturers the doctor and patient have little choice.

A THC patch or gum could easily solve this problem as these delivery methods, similar in property to smoked marijuana, can easily be removed when the patient feels comfortable and is sufficiently medicated. This would put control back in the patients and doctors hands with more choices. It would also make these medications less expensive and more apt to be accepted by society. The patch and gum are currently in use for smoking control and cesation and are very effective in this delivery method. This is not to mention the cancer factor from smoking is removed making it much safer and acceptable.

It would be believable to assume a THC patch and possibly gum will be available and through the clinical trials in the next few years. As more acceptance for the medicinal use of marijuana and THC grows it is possible that it may gain universal acceptancebe for medicinal use.

I am thinking about pursuing a ph.d online. However, I want some advice. Do traditional colleges take serious people who obtained their doctorate degree online? I want to teach at the college level and I want to make sure that I have a chance with getting a job.

There is no doubt that it is very difficult to get a good job that pays you well. However, a lot of people keep looking till they get the job that they find suitable for them. Some of them even keep changing jobs very frequently. However, in the field of nursing, this kind of attitude does not work. Nursing is not a piece of cake and it takes a lot of hard work, dedication and patience to be a nurse. The nursing profession cannot be taken lightly, and this is the reason why there are a lot of openings for registered nurse jobs.

There is a very high demand for registered nurse jobs and it is a fantastic option for people with the right kind of skills. This profession is not like any other; it requires proper knowledge, accuracy and the ability to take responsibility. The world of medicine has taken gigantic leaps and a lot of strain from insurance companies to circumvent in-patient hospitalization, leading to an increase in the registered nurse jobs. The services of registered nurses are necessary for places like hospitals, bureaus offering health care at home, clinics as well as offices of doctors, outpatient care centers, short-term assistant agencies, agencies run by the government, schools, as well as nursing homes.

The most popular fields worldwide in which you will be able to find registered nurse jobs include sensitive care, women’s health care, pediatrics, family practice and adult practice. Other than health care surroundings there are schools, various summer camps, the military, and correctional facilities as well that require the services of registered nurses.

The responsibility of a registered nurse is to avoid the spread of disease, to encourage good health practices and facilitate patients throughout their phase of illness. The most important factors involved in registered nursing jobs are the amount of experience and the educational qualifications. Registered nursing jobs require extra commitment as well as tolerance. The main tasks of a registered nurse are to monitor and control the treatment given to patients, inform the family and the patients regarding diseases, and offer guidance and emotional support to the family members of the patient. Excellent writing skill is essential for registered nurse jobs with the purpose of following the doctor’s prescriptions well.

In a majority of registered nurse jobs, nurses function in tandem with physicians, surgeons, and additional health care practitioners to provide serious health care. Supervision of physical treatment and medication, work out and diet plans, and post-treatment care at home are taken into consideration as well by registered nurses.

There are many organizations that emphasize on a college degree; it could be an associate or a bachelor’s degree from a recognized establishment for a registered nurse job. The subjects that have to be covered for the degree in this field are nutrition, chemistry, behavioral science classes, physiology and anatomy. In the complicated fields like surgery or neo-natal intensive care, nurses are required to have advanced clinical experience. A master’s degree is very important for a nurse to become a licensed midwife nurse, licensed anesthetist nurse, as well as a practitioner nurse.

There have been various studies done on the issue of moderate vs. light pressure in massage therapy, and many have concluded that moderate pressure has a much more significant effect on the subject than light pressure. One study by Miami, Florida’s Touch Research Institute, which has provided a great deal of the current knowledge about the physiological and psychological effects of massage therapy, focused on adult EEGs and heart rate. The findings of this study found that when it comes to moderate vs. light pressure in massage therapy, moderate pressure is more effective than light.

One of the doctors involved with this study, Tiffany Field PhD, said that light pressure is experienced liked a tickle stimulus, whereas moderate pressure actually influences the flow of positive psychological change in the human body. She said that the findings of the study led them to the conclusion that moderate pressure is interpreted by the central nervous system differently and provides more long-term benefits.

When investigating moderate vs. light pressure in massage therapy, the Touch Research Institute also studied the effects of mechanical vibratory massage, utilizing EEG, electrocardiogram readings and self reporting of study subjects. They found that a decrease in faster alpha and beta waves coupled with an increase in the slower delta waves led to an increase in alertness and relaxation. Although all study subjects reported a reduction in anxiety and stress with the application of massage, it was most pronounced when moderate pressure was used in the massage.

So, although all types of massage are described as pleasant and relaxing, researchers have found that moderate pressure provides the greatest level of long lasting physical and psychological results for patients or clients. The massages that provide light pressure, which are common in spas and resorts, appear to have only minimal, temporary results for the reduction of stress and anxiety, while moderate pressure is able to provide a more long lasting and pronounced result. So, whether you’re going into the masseuse / masseur trade or just going to get a massage and considering the benefits of moderate vs. light pressure in massage therapy, it seems that moderate is the way to go.