A health care facility has received a request to participate in a statewide study on cleft lip and cleft palate. This study would include data from the past year and subsequent years. Given that each of the data sources cited below contains the necessary information, the initial data would be most easily collected from the

a. newborn records.
b. birth defects registry.
c. maternal records.
d. state bureau of vital statistics.

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What best explains whether bromine (br) or neon (ne) is more likely to form a covalent bond? bromine forms covalent bonds because it has seven valence electrons, but neon has eight valence electrons and already fulfills the octet rule. bromine forms covalent bonds because it has many electron shells, but neon has only two electron shells and is tightly bound to its electrons. neon forms covalent bonds because it can share its valence electrons, but bromine has seven valence electrons and can gain only one more electron. neon forms covalent bonds because it has only two electron shells, but bromine has many electron shells and will lose electrons in order to fulfill the octet rule.

What is the main reason that attitudes are more often revealed in spoken rather than written language? a. in writing, we try to put the "best face" on what we write. b. we speak far more often than we write. c. in writing, we can more easily conceal our attitudes. d. in spoken language, we are often careless in our use of words.