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Question 1

mediator vs moderator variable

Answer 1

moderator variable is not affecteed by independet variable

mediator variable is affected by IV

Question 2

guiding factors in treatment of malaria, as per CDC

Answer 2

1. Infecting Plasmodium species
2. Clinical status of the patient
3. Expected drug susceptibility of the infecting parasite as determined by the GEOGRAPHIC AREA where the infection was acquired
4. Previous use of antimalarials, including those taken for malaria chemoprophylaxis

Question 3

Malaria species that can cause rapidly progressive severe illness and death

Answer 3

P falciparum and P knowlesi

CDC

Question 4

When is malaria severe

Answer 4

end-organ damage
and/or
parasite density ≥5%
(does not include gametocytes since most of anti-Malarials don’t target this stage)

Question 5

other name for shabu and minimum weight

Answer 5

methamphetamine hydrochloride

50 grams

Question 6

other name for ecstasy and minimum weight

Answer 6

methylenedioxymehtamphetamine (MDA)

10grams

Question 7

other dangerous drugs with minimum of 10 grams

Answer 7

Morphine
Marijuana resin
Opium
Cocaine
Heroin
Ecstasy (methylenedioxymethamphetamine)
LSD (lysergic acid diethylamine)

listed as S1 (tightly regulated)

Question 8

what dangerous drug has minimum weight of 50grams

Answer 8

shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride)

Question 9

level of significance

Answer 9

denoted as alpha or α
probability of rejecting the null hypothesis when it is true

such that a significance level of 0.05 indicates a 5% risk of concluding that a difference exists when there is no actual difference

Question 10

what is p-value

Answer 10

a measure of the probability that an observed difference could have occurred just by random chance