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Understanding the Basics

When converting direct speech to indirect speech (also known as reported speech), several changes typically occur in verb tenses, pronouns, and time expressions. The following tables provide a comprehensive look at these transformations.

Tense Changes

Pronoun and Adverb Changes

Active to Passive Voice Examples

Here are some examples illustrating the transformation from active to passive voice:

• Police use trained dogs to find drugs. (Active)

  Trained dogs are used by the police to find drugs. (Passive)

• Nurses give the patients their medicine every morning. (Active)

  The patients are given their medicine every morning. (Passive)

• A lifeguard rescued the drowning boy. (Active)

  The drowning boy was rescued by a lifeguard. (Passive)

• An electrician is repairing our water heater. (Active)

  Our water heater is being repaired. (Passive)

• A defense lawyer will represent you. (Active)

  You will be represented by a defense lawyer. (Passive)

• They clean the rooms daily. (Active)

  The rooms are cleaned daily. (Passive)

• Customs officers searched her

Food Contamination Risks

A food item is potentially at risk of contamination from the time of harvest until it is consumed. The risks related to food safety can be classified into:

• Microbiological contamination: Bacteria, fungi, viruses, or parasites. Often causes severe symptoms.
• Chemical contaminants: Natural substances, residues of veterinary drugs, heavy metals, etc., unintentionally introduced into the food supply during cultivation, breeding, processing, transportation, or packaging.

Common Food Contaminants

• Heavy metals
• Shellfish toxins
• Mycotoxins
• Pesticide Residues
• Environmental organic chemicals

Factors Influencing Contaminant Risk

The health risk posed by a contaminant depends on several factors:

• Absorption and toxicity of the substance
• Amount

Diagnostic Tests and Procedures

Scanning and Recording (Tests Diagnosed Tics)

Clinical History is the initial interview with the doctor, where a thorough and systematic interrogation is conducted about the patient's history, current state, and finally completed with a physical exam and follow-up on their evolution.

All information is documented to form the clinical history, including surgical operations and procedures performed.

The clinical history comprises the following parts:

1. Interrogation or Amnesis
2. Physical Examination
3. Tracking the Evolution of the Patient

1. Interrogation (Amnesis)

Personal History (of the patient): Name, age, marital status, address, etc.

Family History (Clinical): Information about relatives, including their health status, diseases,... Continue reading "Diagnostic Tests and Procedures in Medical Examinations" »

English 3

I. Routines and Temporary Events

Exercises:

• a) I usually go to the gym twice a week.
• b) This month, I am eating a lot of snacks.
• c) I generally eat healthy food.
• d) I am doing karate right now.

II. Practice

• a) How do you cope with stress?
  Well, I am taking a course in aromatherapy right now, and I am enjoying it. But everybody in my family is pretty relaxed. We don't get stressed very often.
• b) What kind of exercise do you usually do?
  I like swimming. My wife and I usually go to the pool every day in the summer. Right now it's cold, so I am not swimming at all. But my wife goes every day, even when it's cold.
• c) Are you eating a lot of fast food these days?
  Well, I love it, but right now I am trying to eat a balanced diet. It's hard because my

Steps to Make a Decision

1. Sensation: Reconnaissance of dissatisfaction
2. Decision to change: To bring in the vacuum or Moonrace
3. Implementation: To implement the decision

Steps for Making a Decision

1. Identify the problem
2. Acknowledge the problem
3. Set parameters
4. Consider alternatives
5. Make the decision
6. Evaluate the results

Understanding Cancer

Cancer is a set of diseases in which the body produces an excess of malignant cells (known as carcinogens, or cancer).

Benign vs. Malignant Tumors

A benign tumor or malignancy is an alteration of cells that causes uncontrolled growth of these. Malignant tumors are cancerous. Cancer cells can invade and damage tissues and organs near the tumor.

Cancer Classification

• Stage 0 or Carcinoma in Situ: The cancer is in its initial stage,

A

• Aloa: A poem, shortly.
• Altruistic: Trying the good of others without expecting profit.
• Allude: Mention.
• Arancel: Official rate.
• Argue: To dispute, to debate.
• Aria: Musical composition.
• Arrogant: Proud, graceful, brave.
• Augustus: Having respect for something majestic.
• Augur: Prophet of negative events.

B

• Banal: Trivial, vulgar.
• Buero: Pointless.

C

• Callow: Immature.
• Caustic: Aggressive, trenchant.
• Celibate: Unmarried.
• Choleric: Easily carried away by anger.
• Customary: The usual.

D

• Diaphanous: Transparent.
• Diatribe: Speech against someone.
• Dim: Resign.
• Discourteous: Disagreeable.
• Discolo: Conflictive.

E

• Egis: Protection.
• Emplaster: Place a layer of plaster on the wall.
• Epitome: Summary, outline.
• Equity: Equality.
• Eremite: Hermit.
• Execrate: To damn.

F

• Famished: Hungry.
• Feeble: