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  2. Status quo - Wikipedia

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    Status quo is a Latin phrase meaning the existing state of affairs, particularly with regard to social, political, religious, scientific or military issues. [1] In the sociological sense, the status quo refers to the current state of social structure or values. [2] With regard to policy debate, it means how conditions are contrasted with a ...

  3. Medical state - Wikipedia

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    Medical state. Medical state is a term used to describe a hospital patient 's health status, or condition. The term is most commonly used in information given to the news media, and is rarely used as a clinical description by physicians . Two aspects of the patient's state may be reported. The first aspect is the patient's current state, which ...

  4. Social status - Wikipedia

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    Social status is the relative level of social value a person is considered to possess. [1] [2] Such social value includes respect, honor, assumed competence, and deference. [3] On one hand, social scientists view status as a "reward" for group members who treat others well and take initiative. [4] This is one explanation for its apparent cross ...

  5. Legal status - Wikipedia

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    Thus, legal status is "a feature of individuals and their relationships to the law." [5] Tiffany Graham added to Balkin's definition: "legal status refers to a set of characteristics that define an individual's membership in an official class, as a consequence of which rights, duties, capacities and/or incapacities are acquired." [6]

  6. Mental status examination - Wikipedia

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    The mental status examination (MSE) is an important part of the clinical assessment process in neurological and psychiatric practice. It is a structured way of observing and describing a patient's psychological functioning at a given point in time, under the domains of appearance, attitude, behavior, mood and affect, speech, thought process, thought content, perception, cognition, insight, and ...

  7. Alternating current - Wikipedia

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    Alternating current ( AC) is an electric current that periodically reverses direction and changes its magnitude continuously with time, in contrast to direct current (DC), which flows only in one direction. Alternating current is the form in which electric power is delivered to businesses and residences, and it is the form of electrical energy ...

  8. Gantt chart - Wikipedia

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    Definition. A Gantt chart is a type of bar chart [4] [5] that illustrates a project schedule. [6] This chart lists the tasks to be performed on the vertical axis, and time intervals on the horizontal axis. [4] [7] The width of the horizontal bars in the graph shows the duration of each activity. [7] [8] Gantt charts illustrate the start and ...

  9. Socioeconomic status - Wikipedia

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    Socioeconomic status. Socioeconomic status ( SES) is an economic and sociological combined total measure of a person's work experience and of an individual's or family's access to economic resources and social position in relation to others. [1] [2] When analyzing a family's SES, the household income and the education and occupations of its ...