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The US economy is exhibiting a slower recovery after the recession of 2009. The second quarter of 2015 has shown moderate growth though the first quarter was rather low on growth pace. While the first quarter growth rate was 0.6 per cent after a contraction of 0.2 percent in the previous quarter the second quarter growth was a modest 2.3 per cent . The economy grew at an annual average rate 0f 2 per cent from 2012 -14. In the second quarter of 2015 the growth was 1.5 per cent which is lower than the growth rate in the same ...

This article review will critically evaluate Combat College: Cognitive Fatigue as a Challenge in Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury: Pilot Study Survey Results that was written by Dan Smee, Sandra Buenrostro, Thomas Garrick, Shoba Sreenivasan and Linda E. Weinberger. Smee et al’s (2013) hypothesis for this article is that many Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) who face high intensity cognitive demands may result in cognitive fatigue which is more than likely to act as a barrier to college success (p.25).

The type of research that was being used to produce ...

Introduction – how it all started and what is its effect on the economy

E-business is by far the largest growing form of business in the world and this is also obviously true for the UK. Although there is the perception that this is a relatively recent phenomenon, actually e-business has been around for quite a long time, actually since the late 1970’s when Michael Aldrich invented online shopping (1979) although commercial prcatise ac ross the internet was strictly regulated until 1995 when rules began to be relaxed and companies began offering their services through the internet.
Initially services offered through e-business focused on sale of books, CDs and other similar equipment but ...

Article Summary

The US economy has grown at the rate of 3.4 per cent in the second half of 2013 but this pace of growth has died down in the first quarter of 2014. The GDP of the US contracted by 1 per cent in the first quarter of 2014 . In 2011 the economy had contracted by 1.3 per cent but has not seen any contraction since then until 2014. The immediate cause of this contraction is the severe winter weather conditions this year that has subdued economic activities in many regions of the country. It is believed that the unmet ...

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Article Review

The motor vehicles industry in Mexico is facing a jolt due to the fall in demand from Europe, Latin America and Asia. The economic slow-down in these areas have reduced demand for cars and light trucks whose production has fallen by 4.1% in February this year from the previous year. But there is the brighter side as well. Though the world outside North America is under recession the USA is experiencing robust growth with the job market faring quite well. This is reflected in the 75 per cent of export of the auto industry of Mexico finding ...

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A few years ago China was the largest supplier of rare earths in the world with 95 per cent of the world production of rare earths coming from China . In 2010 China took a turn in its marketing strategy for rare earths. It restricted export of rare earth by imposing a quota of 40 per cent on exports of rare earths. Export to Japan was totally cut off due to some dispute between the two countries. The ensuing uncertainty about rare earth supply led to the sky-rocketing of the price of rare earths in the world market.
The high ...

Article Critique

Immigration in the US has for long been a controversial debate, having both its pros and cons. On the one hand of attaining cheap and valued labour, it also poses an imminent threat to the Native Americans on the grounds of employment. One of the main reasons of the conflict also resides in the diversity of the ethnicities. Often there are clashes on the basis of colour, creed or any other discrimination the human conscience has crop up. Unsurprisingly, the US Government in various states is now coming up with stronger laws and stricter punishments to drive these illegal citizens ...

Part 5: Final Draft

This paper has several sections. First, it gives an analysis of a psychological report which was published in popular media. The second part documents the original research cited in the psychological report in section one. The third step gives a comparison between the first and second report.

Analysis of a Psychological Report

The title of the report was Silent Cerebral Emboli May Hasten the Progression of Dementia (Journal Watch, 2012). The author notes that the findings of the report were drawn from two groups: patients with dementia (loss of cognitive ability particularly, memory, attention, and language) and patients with Alzheimer disease. The author begins by notifying ...

Article Summary

Japan is presently facing a shortage of both skilled and unskilled labor. The shortage has occurred from three primary reasons. One is the ageing population. Japan is facing a situation of falling demographic dividend as a higher percentage of the population is at the dependent age group of 65 years and above. The percentage of population in the workable age group of 16 to 65 years is lower in Japan. Secondly, strict immigration laws in Japan does not allow the gap between labor demand and supply be filled with foreign workers. Thirdly, there is a mismatch between the skill ...

Purpose of the Study

Talent acquisation is central to the organizational development and success of any sport that is played as a team. This paper seeks to discuss a study on acquisation of new talent in the National Football League.The study evaluated the success of National Football League (NFL) teams acquiring new talent through drafts. NFL teams acquire new through trades, free agency and drafts. To this end, the study developed four objectives. Firstly, to evaluate team draft success among NFL teams. Secondly, to evaluate which playing positions provided the worst and best value for NFL teams. Thirdly, to evaluate wether success of NFL players ...

Comparing the 2008 Us Crisis with the Japan’s “Lost Decade”

Both the Japan’s lost decade and the 2008 United States and the world financial crisis were caused by excess savings and inflation of huge asset bubbles. By 1980s many Japanese resorted to a lot of savings on their income as they expected to retire. This translated negatively on the economy as it lowered the Gross Domestic Product and weakened local demand of commodities. Furthermore, much savings simply meant that the Japanese citizen had foregone consumption. However, this problem was disguised in the Japanese poor finance policy as well as financial technology. Inflation therefore arose from poor regulation of the ...

Introduction

Apprentices and trainees currently represent 25 per cent of the 1.7 million students enrolled in the Vocational Education and Training (VET) system and 3.8 percent of the entire workers (NCVER, 2010). More than 13 per cent of the entire Australian workforce comprises of 1.2 million workers in the technical and trade sector (Expert Panel, 2011: 8). Therefore, the quality and effectiveness of the Australian Apprenticeships systems will impact on the productivity of the wider Australian economy. For decades, Australians have completed apprenticeships and traineeships that have provided pathways into satisfying and rewarding careers in trade or vocation, or into ...