Mitral valve regurgitation means that one of the valves in your heart-the mitral valve-is letting blood leak backward into the heart. Heart valves work like one-way gates, helping blood flow in one direction between heart chambers or in and out of the heart. The mitral valve is on the left side of your heart.
acculturation. [Ékulâ²chÉrÄâ²shÉn]. 1 the process of adopting the cultural traits or social patterns of a different population group. 2 the modification of culture of a group resulting from association with another group.
âCulture is the collective programming of the human mind that distinguishes the members of one human group from those of another.Culture in this sense is a system of collectively held values.â -- Geert Hofstede.Culture is the deeper level of basic assumptions and beliefs that are shared by members of an organization, that operate unconsciously and define in a basic âtaken for grantedâ fashion an organization's view of its self and its environment.â -- Edgar Schein.