Problem Article Reviews Samples For Students

The following is the critique of the research article titled: “Measuring the nursing workload per shift in the ICU”.

Research problem/purpose: The purpose of the study is to evaluate the differences in nursing workload between consecutive shifts, using a nursing workload measurement tool. The aim of the study is to measure the workload of nurses between two consecutive shift using the Nursing Activities Score (NAS). This study is designed to solve a common problem related to handling of nursing manpower in the ICU. The research is in line with existing knowledge about man power placement and workload. This research addresses an important issue pertinent to managing the global problem of nurses man power shortage and finding ways to ...

Capstone Project Milestone #1:

PICO Worksheet
Purpose: To identify a problem or concern that nursing can change and develop a PICO question to guide the change project.
Directions: Use the form below to complete the PICO assignment in Milestone #1. This includes filling in the table with information about your research question and your PICO elements.
Step 1: Select the key PICO terms for searching the evidence. Clearly define your PICO question. List each element P (problem, population, or problem), I (intervention), C (Comparison with other treatment/current practice), and O (Desired outcome). Is the potential solution something for which you (as nurse or ...

Introduction

The article written by Auberbach for the USA Today gives a comprehensive description of the situation of domestic violence and sexual assault in American Football particularly within the elite players (Auberbach, 2015). The current problem that this sport faces, which includes university teams as a brand, coaches, and players, is the growing stigma that football players are violent and tend to beat and sexually assault women. Due to several cases of star players that were found guilty of these charges, increased the bad press of this sport. Furthermore, coaches are facing a potential job loss, and universities are being ...

Children having children

The article ‘Children having children’ by Claudia Wallis aims at drawing society’s attention to the problem of teen pregnancy. Throughout the twentieth and twenty- first centuries, raising of this issue may seem corny. However, people have realized the negative effects of being an under-age parent and started reacting to the problem not a long time ago. Surely enough all the consequences are caused by certain reasons. Accordingly, the author is aimed to find out and investigate both – the reasons and the consequences of teenage pregnancy. One can find a lot of causes mentioned in the article, though a low ...

Article critique

The title of the study provides a clear and succinct indication of the issues which will be touched on in the main study. The issues which will be discussed in the study includes nurse staffing, nurse work schedule and patient mortality have been clearly captured. Such a realization provides the reader with a sneak preview of what to expect when they read the study.

Abstract

The abstract of the study provides a clear breakdown of what the reader should expect to see while reading the paper. The problem of the study has been clearly stated as the independent effects which ...

The article is impressive in the manner it discusses issues regarding the challenges that people face in their bid to achieve social justice. It is particularly remarkable given that it exposes a contemporary society that is geared towards prosperity by all means possible while disregarding equally important conservative principles. The aspect of fighting for social justice is apparent when the author observes how the Buddhists embarked on a mission to address a local problem of deforestation and destruction of the ecosystem after realizing how harmful the trend was to the community. From the article, the use of religion by ...

Crumpacker, M., & Crumpacker, J. (2007). Succession planning and generational stereotypes: Should HR consider age-based values and attitudes a relevant factor or a passing fad? Public Personnel Management, 36(4), 349-369.

Problem Statement

The problem statement in the article ‘Succession planning and generational stereotypes: Should HR consider age-based values and attitudes a relevant factor or a passing fad?’ by Martha Crumpacker and Jill M. Crumpacker establishes that the labour force of the present day consist of no less than four age groups, which spread more than sixty years apart. The capability of the department of the human resources to operate with the ...

Introduction

Cognitive Behavioral Interventions are approaches that use soft instruments to correct or enhance behavioral characteristics of individuals, either to comply with society expectations or to unlearn a particular behavior. A person with a drugs problem may be trained to handle the urges of taking drugs and avoidance of risky situations, with an aim of solving the problems. Cognitive behavioral therapy, commonly referred to as CBT, teaches the subjects a new set of skills designed to increase awareness of thoughts and emotions of an individual. The idea is to re-empower the individual to understand how certain exposures to situations, people ...

Abstract

Alcoholism is one of the major problems in many communities around the world. Regardless of ethnicity and economic status, alcoholism can be problem that can affect the person’s finances in the event that alcoholism already requires rehabilitation or hospitalization if there is already a negative health effect. It was presented in the articles that ethnicity and religious belief can be the reason of either alcoholism or declining alcohol consumption. In the UK, it shows that Blacks and Asians are occasional drinkers, while Whites and Sikhs are the ones who frequently consume higher amounts of alcohol. In effect, alcoholism ...

The delay problems arose from the failing of the software. A system that worked well with one team or one project could easily fall when used on a different team. The waterfall approach was also to blame for the delay problems. The system relied on the mass launch rather than a sequential launch of the software (Bright pg 2).
Why has the Waterfall Method "stuck around"? i.e. why is it still in use?
The Waterfall method has stuck around since waterfall method mostly offers the stepwise approach to any problem. It shows the developers the steps and the ...

Introduction

The article “Theory and Practice: A Discussion by William K. Cody” is a summary of ideas pertaining the nursing theory and practice. It also tries to explain the relationship between theory and practice in nursing. The nursing theories lay the foundation of practice to ensure that the eminence of life and improvement of care. However, the author is not contented with the revolution of the nursing theory practice, and there a need to change the healthcare systems to improve health and livelihood.
After reading the article carefully, I agree with the author’s argument that theory guides practice in ...

The article we are to analyze is devoted to an urgent and pressing problem of global terrorism and the ways how government can prevent and preclude it. There are at least four methods that, according to the source in question, may be used in the process of fighting off terrorism. These include the following initiatives both on the part of government and general public: Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System (CAPPS), CAPPS 2 – a more developed and a little different system from CAPPS though the same in its essence, Secure Flight, Biometrics and Registered Traveler Program.
However, the article focuses ...

Reducing Problem Behaviour

Functional communication training, referred to as FCT, is among the most trusted procedures for dealing with severe behaviour problems. Carr and Durand described the treatment process in the publication, which has helped in evaluating and developing new treatment methods. The paper will review and tackle the procedures used in the treatment process and determine the credibility of each step. In essence, the paper will discuss and review the research methods employed by Carr and Durand will be considered and determine how the use of these methods can produce likely results.
The study design in this experiment meets the standards ...

Homelessness is one of the very serious problems because it is constantly replenished the ranks of the homeless people today: they are troubled teens, graduates of boarding schools; migrant workers; veterans, people survived the crisis. The authors believe that homelessness leads to stress, mental disorders and substance abuse, especially alcohol, although this may be due to homelessness. Social exclusion is a strong negative factor, weighting personal and behavioral disorders in the homeless, especially for adverse childhood experiences.
Studies devoted to homeless show the interest of the researchers to the resolution of the problem of homelessness and about possibility for ...

Boudjeltia et al., in their study “Sleep restriction increases white blood cells, mainly neutrophil count, in young healthy men: A pilot study,” examined what would happen if sleep were restricted to around four hours a night. The title itself is extremely appropriate; it gets directly to the point, and even indicates the results of the study, thus intriguing the reader and making them want to know how this was determined. It focuses on the results moreso than the purpose of the study, which is interesting and intriguing – the big picture (atherosclerosis and/or cardiovascular events) is not elaborated upon, which could ...

National University

What is “Cyprus problem”? When and why did it appear?
“Cyprus problem” is the ethnic conflict between the two main ethnic communities on the island – Greek majority and Turkish minority. Stevens (2014) underlines that British Empire faced with it in 1925 when Cyprus became Crown Colony. Both communities think that Cyprus is their motherland but don’t want to live in peace together. Since 1974, they divided the island between them and separated from each other. Cyprus problem is a great question of nationalism. People are so biased that they forget about humanism and equality. Such problems are ...

Description and social roles among boys and girls

China’s national views on gender roles between girls and boys have been challenged over the years, and the video describes the problem faced in the country. Girls and boys have been treated differently, and there is a strong need for equality advocacy to be able to attain gender balance. In the country, women assumed a subordinate role than the male gender that is often considered superior to the female gender. However, today women have transitioned from the passive wives role to the passive workers role though this is yet to be attained in many regions of the country. ...

In present economic scenario many people are underemployed even though the unemployment rate is low i.e. workers are less unemployed but still the underemployment rate is high. This underemployment is a social problem. It affects the job growth, poverty levels, business growth and career growth.
Unemployment rate is the fraction of the labor force that is out of work and looking for a job or expecting a recall from a layoff. But underemployment is the measure of employment and labor utilization in the economy i.e. the way the labor force is utilized in terms of skill , expertise and availability ...

Chris Goldfield, one of the chief scientists, was 200 miles away from Tohoku when 2011 tsunami and earthquake struck that place. He checked the exact time, as every seismologist know that the decent proxy for its magnitude is the time an earthquake lasts. The shaking hit Four-minute mark and it was a proof that the Japanese Cassandra right. By the end of the day, Tohoku tsunami killed a bit more than 18000 people and cost 220 billion dollars, however, for Chris this quake was a sign of another one coming.
Many people know only one fault line named as ...

Washington State University

The need for gambling disorder treatment increases due to the growth of the gaming operations in the United States of America and globally, there is a rise in recognition of clinical investigators together with the creation of awareness among the public to be able to assess gambling symptoms and its harmful consequences on the lives and overall function of gamblers. In this effort to recognize and ameliorate the symptoms of gambling, instruments were created to identify the severity of the gambling symptoms and also any changes that are reflected due to changes from treatment. In empirical research, a variety ...

Entrepreneurial Mindset

Module 1
Today, being rather poorly equipped the strategists of many companies face wicked problems. Though, the complexity of a problem may be caused by its incorrect definition by the scholars. Wicked problems are usually the result of the market instability, pressure of the shareholders, changes in the consumer behavior, unfair labor conditions and many other issues. The existence of wicked problems may lead to confusion and fear about the future among stakeholder as well as lack of progress in various fields. The main difficulties of such problems is that they are constantly changing, thus, there may be no ...

Klein, D. V. (1990). Foiling the cracker: A survey of, and improvements to, password security. In Proceedings of the 2nd USENIX Security Workshop (pp. 5-14).

The article ‘‘Foiling the Cracker’’: A Survey of, and Improvements to, Password

Security by Daniel V. Klein was published in 1990. Klein looks into system security and discusses how people can hack passwords. He claims that the issue of security has always been a challenge to most individual accounts as there are people who know how to manipulate such accounts such that they hack them and get vital information about another party. He discusses the various ways in which technology has motivated the interference of system ...

1. Which company is the focus of this article?
a. Specific US company: the article focuses on the Abt Electronics Company, founded by Jewel Abt and her husband, David
b. In which particular country/region of the world is this company’s business the topic of the article? The United States of America, with its headquarters based in Chicago, Illinois
c. Provide some basic BACKGROUND INFORMATION about the company and its focus based on your research. (2 paragraph summary):
Abt Electronics started a small business in the local area of Logan Square, in Chicago. The company began in the ...

A. Forces in the Singing Valley Resort Market

Customers' bargaining power- the clients of the Singing Valley Resort have a weak bargaining power because of the high-quality levels of the services it offers.
Substitution threat- Singing Valley Resort has a comparatively low substitution threat since most high-end customers prefer it stemming from the best services they receive. It is evidently portrayed from the high revenues and the high occupancy at the resort.
Suppliers bargaining buyer- they have a moderate power. It stems from the fact that the suppliers have the propensity of increasing the costs of their commodities because of the type of clientele that visits the ...

Various businesses are recognizing the opportunity which they can utilize to gain a competitive advantage which is associated with the supply chain. For the businesses which operate internationally, supply chain strategies are recognized to increase operational efficiencies. The supply chain is a dynamic model, unlike other business affecting factors such as technology and other factors. The project managers who are in charge of the supply chain projects are faced with different types of challenges which they are expected to overcome for the projects to be successful. The paper is meant to discuss different roadblocks and problems which are faced ...

1. State the purpose of the study and identify the problem.
The paper “Tragedy into Policy: A Quantitative Study of Nurses’ Attitudes Toward Patient Advocacy Activities” by Lisa M. Black, presents research that was done on the attitudes of healthcare workers in Nevada regarding patient safety. The need to provide protection to patients in such settings is important as they are often profoundly affected by the prevailing beliefs and values that their caretakers have towards them. These cultural norms present an underlying problem when considering the results of poor patient care in a medical environment. The author’s intent ...

Description

The article at hand refers to the thoughts and ideas of scholars who observed the process of analytical reasoning and found some useful tips and suggestions for making it effective. The first thing that the article pays attention to is that it is better to find approximate answer to the correct question than completely correct answer to the wrong one. The degree of information loss and misleading is far much in the last case. The choice of the problem is crucially important for the effective reasoning and qualitative analytical work.
Another striking point is that evidence is crucially important ...

This course has allowed me to become more aware of South Asia, not only with its geographic value, but more so about the unique culture, economic, traditional and religious aspects. I likewise learned of the existence of the South Asia Association for Regional Cooperation (SARRC), and its global importance given that it comprises about one-fifths of the world’s population. As such, the member-nations that make up SARRC, which are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, are unique in their own way but nevertheless exhibit similarities common to the South Asian culture.
For one, I ...

2007 Economic Crisis Review

Abstract

This article is an academic review of the economic crisis that struck in 2007 whereby the world economy experienced deep and long prolonged recession with the crisis being considered as the worst to be experienced since the Great Depression . This article largely lies its basis on the U.S experience during that period with the effects, which resulted from the crisis in the overseas markets outlined. Also, the article brings an understanding of some of the conceptual underpinnings of the issues lying at the heart of the economic crisis. The underlying causes of the economic crisis ...

Integrated Literature Review

Directorship on Child Care
Introduction
Childhood is an important stage of human development in which proper guidance are necessary in order to ensure that a child’s welfare is being addressed. In many ways, the work of a program director encompasses a difficult role in terms of regulations and program strategies that aims to have a positive influence towards child development. In this discussion, the role of a director in child development will be explored by examining literatures that articulates the topic on teacher’s needs, ethics, leadership, roles and responsibilities, and best practices. Directors are institutional leaders that ...

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The problem is that a male –centric society doesn’t perceive beautiful women as full members of a society. Ann Cahill proclaims that beauty is a problem for the feminist theory. The author states that «feminists have often encouraged women to throw off the demands of beauty to gain social and political equality.» The idea of «male gaze» means that people change objects –especially women’s bodies – according to their «masculine» standards. In other words, men tend to perceive the beauty without their inner world (Cahill 42-64). For example, a woman makes herselfs beautiful and the ...

The Effect of Teams on Firm Profitability and Consumer Satisfaction by Charles, R. Emery and Lawrence D. Fredendall speaks about how the work structure group which can be traditional or teamwork based will impact consumer satisfaction and profit in an organization. The writers have used the research model named self-directed work team to analyze the effect on profit and consumer satisfaction. The article has also explained how the compensation system and leadership styles affect the performance of a team in the organization.
The firm, which has been examined under the article, is related to automobile dealer service garages. The ...

Bose, S. (2016). Xerox (XRX) Misses on Q1 Earnings, Split Likely in 2016. Zacks. Web. 21 July 2016.
Supriyo Bose (2016) discusses financial results of Xerox Corporation in first-quarter of 2016. Despite a little decline in earnings some years ago and a challenging macroeconomic environment, a company has improved its positions and productivity that resulted in adjusted earnings. The author informs about the current economic environment, financial result of Xerox, and provides points of view of experts on how to increase earnings.

Areas of Agreement

Supriyo Bose (2016) proclaims that Xerox has adopted a decision to provide a three-year strategic transformation program ...

Basis of opinions

The presented case was argued on 13th October, 2004 where the constitutionality of capital punishments for juveniles was challenged through an appeal. The basis of the argument of the Eighth Amendment as it is related to unusual and cruel punishments for crimes committed by individuals (Lane, 2005). The decision of the Supreme Court in 1988 under Thompson v. Oklahoma was to bar the execution of offenders who are below 16 years. Another case was heard in 1989; Stanford v. Kentucky, which indicated the possibility of having capital punishments rendered to individuals below 17 years.
Based on the evolving standards ...

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Cranberry is a very tart red berry used for sauce or juice. Extracts obtained from cranberries growing on numerous shrubs of genus Vaccinium are used for various purposes such as for the treatment of infections. One of the most important advantages of American cranberry extract (Vaccinium macrocarpon) is its use in preventing urinary tract infections (UTIs). It is one of the cost-effective treatment options for young and pregnant women. It can also help in decreasing pyuria and bacteriuria in elderly women (Barnoiu et al., 2015).

Significance

UTI is among the most commonly encountered infections originating in hospitals; ...

Bernie Sanders on Economic Inequality

The main ideas of the author are to articulate how the Democratic presidential aspirant hopeful, Bernie Sanders, views economic inequality in the United States. According to Bernie Sanders, the middle-income earners in the United States have been on the decrease in the past forty years (Louwes, 2016). Additionally, as the number of the middle-income earners reduce, the gap between the poor and the rich is widening. To address this problem, Bernie Sanders suggests a five strategic plan. Acknowledging the economic disparities is the first step to solving the economic inequality the US is facing at the moment. After putting ...

Abstract

The article “Divorce Trends and Patterns in the Western World: A socio-legal overview”, written by Tony Fahey, contains a profound overview of all the patterns and trends in divorce in the modern world in developed countries of the Western World. It regards the definition of the world “divorce” and its meaning, the causes and reasons of divorce, the legal process, and usual consequences thereof. Tony Fahey has made a deep investigation of marital breakdown in the modern society over half of a century. The author indicates that though the number of divorces has radically increased recently, the reasons of ...

Article Reviews

The newly developed SASB allowed companies to take into consideration external events (Eccles, 2016) that cannot be controlled such as the effects of climate change. The reason for the accounting standard addition is that governments cannot ignore the effects on industrial markets and their investors (Eccles, 2016). The value of accounting standards is that it allows individuals, companies, and governments to generate wealth since it allows financial performance comparisons (Eccles, 2016). The problem is that there was no previous standard developed for nonfinancial performances (Eccles, 2016) especially on environmental and social activities.

Areas of Agreement

The advantage of the article is that ...

This article entitled Urban Pollution- Many Long Years Ago is an intriguing reminder of humanities ongoing struggle with the pollution of their major cities. This article shows how humanities necessity to colonize and industrialize a particularly profitable location inevitably leads to contamination of this area. This article analyzes some of America's largest cities Boston, Chicago, Columbus, Detroit, Milwaukee, and New York. It shows society's progression from the excessive use of the horse as a means of personal and commercial transportation; to the utilization of the automobile for these same purposes, and more, from 1850 to 1920's. This article identifies ...

The article Police Interrogation from a Social Psychology Perspective discusses a stage of the investigative process called the interrogation of suspects. The article deals with two interrogation techniques from a social psychology perspective. It discusses the effects of these techniques and provides the overview of the techniques. Thus, the research questions posed in the article are as follows. What are the effects of the interrogation? How to conduct it in the best way (Hartwig, Anders Granhag, & Vrij, 2005, p. 381).
The issue raised in the article is based on the social psychology theories. The article also addresses a legal ...

Response to Paper 1:

The problem of sexual violence has several reasons rooted in human psychology and norms of society. They refer to the themes of hypermasculinity, sexual attraction through behavior, and stereotypes that society has about the female behavior towards sex. One should note that expected female behavior towards sex differs, and not all women like gentle sex; some of them prefer aggressive porn videos and rough sex and like to feel physical dominance of their partner. It may cause misunderstandings; for instance, a man who got accustomed to rough sex and specific kind of women meets a woman who prefers gentle ...

The article Eyewitness Accuracy Rates in Sequential and Simultaneous Lineup Presentations: A Meta-analytic Comparison discusses the sequential and simultaneous lineups and their results, as well as target-absent and target-present lineups. Nowadays a simultaneous presentation technique is the most often used by police. However, Lindsay and Wells offer another technique that is called sequential lineup. If to take into consideration twenty-three papers referring to sequential and simultaneous lineup presentations, the identification of perpetrators occurs from simultaneous target-present lineups more often than from sequential ones. Nevertheless, in the real world conditions this situation changes considerably. In addition, sequential lineups correct rejection ...

China seems to be noticing a problem with the overuse of smart phones. One report on the subject highlights two incidents were injuries occurred from distracted smartphone users. The incident that was the most troubling was the one of the teenage boy who walked off a bridge because he was not paying attention to anything but his phone. The government it is noticing the issue in calling for a change stating “something has to be done” (Shaver, 2016). In America distracted driving or using your cell phone while driving a vehicle was an issue of concern until recent studies ...

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The discussions of addiction challenged the way I view substance use problems because they contain a lot of scientific information. Alan Leshner (1997) stressed that drug addiction is a disease that is the result of the prolong effect drugs on brain. It includes behavioral and social-context problems. The author stated that the public perception of this problem does not respond real scientific facts. The important idea is that people should be aware that drug addiction is a real disease in order to treat in a right way. Sally Satel and Scott Lilienfeld (2010) mentioned that the ...

The performance quality is affected by social behaviors. The paper was carried to come up an answer of how daily social skills, social behaviors during ensemble practice, and the evaluation of music ensemble performance. 64 out of 68 female music majors responded to performance questionnaires created for the study entire. To assess the causal model of the relationship among social skills, social behaviors during ensemble practice, and the evaluation of group performance, it works employed structural equation modeling. The scores for social skills, styles of handling interpersonal conflicts, and leadership, the scores and social behaviors during ensemble practice revealed ...

I. Summary
The New Urbanization system is an important tactical decision in developing socialism in Chinese characteristics. This has an insightful implication for the extensive plans towards the development of a prosperous society, as it helps support the acceleration of socialist modernization, as well as other causes. Accordingly, the growth among new urbanization systems demands the provision for any relevant and required mechanism in the system. Based on the released documents from the State Council, the promotion of new development schemes in urbanization system is a vital element if only to achieve new urbanization in 2015.
According to the ...

Institutional

Introduction
As Ford, Stuart and Vakil (2014) have clearly noted in their article Culturally Responsive Teaching in the 21st Century Inclusive Classroom, the main challenge that faces public schools in the US involves the ever increasing need to meet the exceptional or special needs of culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students. That is, the need to have a socially or culturally inclusive classroom in light of the diverse nature of the US population is becoming more relevant than ever before. This, they note, is informed also by the fact that there exists a strong link between learning and culture. ...

Summary

This article provides insight regarding the comparison between associations that are highly likely to expose women to the risk of being raped and surroundings where the probability of rape is lower. From the start, the authors observe that people do not understand the rape culture. The article begins the article by presenting information that defines what rape culture is. It presents rape culture as the beliefs and values that change surroundings into areas that are conducive for rapes to occur. The authors imply that a proper understanding of the rape culture plays an important role in changing the attitude ...

Jonathan Simon writes this article with an aim of ending mass incarceration that was rampant during his time. Simon believes that mass incarceration leads to both torture and degradation of human dignity. However, modern correctionalism and the likes of rehabilitation curbs the problem associated with mass imprisonment, providing a more decent place for prisoners. Some institutions may fail to embrace human dignity, but the emergence of Red Cross in 1860 showed concern for humanity that everyone wanted. Prisoners from California are tortured, but only a few people know it, but the majority believes that prisoners suffer less than the ...

In her TED talk, a sociologist and law professor Dorothy Roberts examines the faults of race-based medicine. She critics the Western medicine's tendency to consider the race as a biological rather than a social category, pointing out the injustices and negative implications of this biased and outdated practice.
Roberts argues that race is used as a useless proxy that more often than not distracts rather than helps with diagnoses and treatments. When doctors focus on race they disregard patients' symptoms, family illnesses, as well as other potentially useful information. She asserts that these variables are more evidence-based than the ...

In the study of development and action, development of coordination is an essential and fascinating problem. The ontogeny of coordination is primarily the major problem of the ontogenetic origin of behavior. Coordination in physical activity occurs apparently during infancy as during this time basic patterns of posture and movement occur (Newell, 1986). Basic patterns of coordination are referred to as phylogenic activities as they are seen as fundamental to the survival of human species. The species ontogenetic activities reflect socially driven skills as well as shorter-term demands of individuals that vary with culture. All these developments are directly associated ...

Introduction

Incidences of horrific violence such as the 2012 shootout in Chardon, Ohio, has put immense pressure on the local agencies as well as states to provide the students with learning environments that are conducive and safe. The fatal day ended with three students dead (Losinski, Katsiyannis, Ryan & Baughan, 2014). The education system has been accused of being marred by inequalities in terms of socioeconomic conditions, race, and ethnic affiliations. These factors have been listed as some of the reasons that have led to incidences such as the above mentioned (Teske, 2011). Gage, Sugai, Lunde and DeLoreto (2013) suggest that ...

Introduction

Type 2 diabetes is a category under the disease diabetes and before we jump into the discussion, there are a few things worth mentioning in relation to diabetes. This disease can attack anyone it has no specific weaknesses of attack. Research indicates that over 380 million people worldwide are affected by the disease (White et al., 2013). This makes the disease kill more people than both AIDS and breast cancer does in the entire world. With a claim of 1 person in a span of every three minutes in the USA. Diabetes is a metabolic disease where the body ...

Kyle Torpey. “Hyperinflation in Venezuela: How Bitcoin May Help.” Inside Bitcoins.
The problem with the Venezuelan economy is that it has been collapsing for a long time so far. Bolivar, endemic currency, has lost in value so significantly that nowadays even the biggest bill in the Venezuelan system costs maximum sixty American cents. That is why the Venezuelan economy badly needs a boost.
Potentially a very good boost of Venezuelan economy may be introducing bitcoin. The idea is to trade bolivars to bitcoins and therefore reduce the amount of bolivars in Venezuela therefore increasing their value. However, there is ...

Lauren (2011) in “Pediatric Heart Murmurs: Evaluation and management in primary care,” gave an overview of the cardiac assessment, diagnosis of heart murmurs, and referral recommendations among children. Lauren noted that most of the heart murmurs were innocent resulting from a turbulent flow of blood in the pulmonary arteries or due to delayed cardiac development that leads to slight ductus arteriosus in neonates. Pathological heart murmurs result from ventricular septal defect, severe cases of patent ductus arteriosus or congenital heart diseases.
The prevalence rate of heart murmurs among newborns is between 0.6% and 4.2%. About 90% of infants and ...

Why are homeowners continually losing? They are losing their homes. They are losing their finances. And they are losing their rights to be protected from acts of disservice from the banks they trusted to secure a home mortgage. And there seems to be no winning in sight because the federal and state attorneys general cannot agree on a feasible settlement to hold the banks accountable for the misappropriation of foreclosure transactions.

Why would 50 state attorneys general collectively agree to present a draft settlement that was unclear, knowing that federal officials, Democratic and Republican, would attack it? These officials support the efforts, ...

Introduction

The article, “Genotyping and identification of mycobacteria by fingerprinting Techniques” by Khosravi and Seghatoleslami (2009) shows how fingerprinting can be used to identify mycobacteria in combating Tuberculosis (TB) which for a long time has been a serious health concern by the World Health Organization (WHO). Some of the techniques used in molecular epidemiology like MIRU-VNTR and spoligotyping are described in the article.

Summary

The article has deeply illustrated the various ways of carrying out Genotyping of mycobacteria for carrying out epidemiological studies. It has also shown that through molecular typing of MTB the disease can be controlled. The study of the epidemiology ...