Disabilities Case Studies Samples For Students

Spina bifida is neural tube defects that are caused by ecological and hereditary factors that are not yet fully understood. There is no known cure yet for Spina Bifida condition, the damaged nerve tissue cannot be replaced. Some surgical interventions depend on the severity of the disease. In the worst case scenario, if the severe conditions are detected earlier through ultrasound, abortion is recommended.
Folate, also called folic acid is a B group vitamin that can prevent most neural tube defects. The recommended dose for the women who are planning to become expectant is 0.5 mg every day for Continue reading...

- Introduction
A compound light microscope represents two or more lens. The term compound refers to multiple or mixture. In compound light microscope built with binocular lens and objective lens. The binocular lens present near the eyepiece and objective leans near to nosepiece. The objective lens helps in enlargement of images and also to collect the light source. According to the requirement the objective lens also changes. In advanced compound light microscope the phase contrasts also possible. In earlier 1595 Zacharias Janssen invented the first light microscope using collapsing tubes. It produced a magnification of 9x. Now the magnification Continue reading...

Investment Analysis

The Coca-Cola Company is widely established worldwide. It mainly deals with carbonated soft drinks. These drinks are distributed globally to restaurants, stores, and vending machines. The company has a registered trade mark of “Coca-Cola”, originating from the United Sates, on 27th March 1994. The coca cola company made an announcement in January 2013 that it had acquired the Bottling Coca-Cola company of Sacramento. This was a huge boost to this company because an extensive investment was pumped into the acquired company. The company increased its shares, and their market grew wider after extending to Sacramento. New investors were acquired Continue reading...

Introduction

IT management is an important function for any organization. The way the IT services are managed will affect the outcome of the IT strategy and the role of the strategy to the overall management of an organization. This paper will focus on the management of IT services at Alcan Company. It will assess the current and new IT services management.

Advantages of the current IT management system

One of the advantages of the current IT management system is that each business function will invest for their IT systems. Changes will be easy to implement in the current management. This is because the business units are small Continue reading...

Facts

The case under scrutiny is named as Echazabal v Chevron USA, Inc. This is a case about a legal tussle between a man called Mario Echazabal and the firm for which he used to work viz. Chevron. The reason why Echazabal decided to sue his employer Chevron was that his employment offer was rescinded due to direct threat reasons by Chevron. The company came up to such a decision because they came to know about the ill-health of Echazabal and also that it was getting damaged due to him working in the cocker unit of the refinery. Echazabal was Continue reading...

- You are required to evaluate, the two options for the production of product Z.

Comment and advise Tony accordingly in the production of product Z.(25 marks)

Answer:
Assuming 40,000 production levels, the cost associated with both the options are as below:
It can be easily seen that the cost of producing 40,000 units is less in case of labor intensive option than the machinery option. For low production levels, it is recommended that labor intensive option is a better option.
However, as the production level goes up, machinery option covers up for the extra machine rental expense and at some level produces units at a lower cost than Continue reading...

- What value does Partenón provide to Banco Santanr?
The evolution of technology, particularly in the global banking industry, has considerably revolutionized the manner in which banks carry on their financial operations. From the analysis of the case, it is obvious that Banco Santanr has not been locked out been locked out of the technology world. Here, evidence reveals the bank have recently acquired Partenón in an attempt to boost its banking operations (Busquets et al., 2011).
Although acquired (built) at substantial costs of approximately €70 million, there are positive prospects that the new core banking system ( Continue reading...

- (a) Identify and briefly describe 3 consequences of Title IX that were positive.
The first positive consequence of Title IX is that Girls and women’s teams have had access to equitable facilities, equipment and uniforms. Before the Title IX laws and regulations come to being in 1972 women and girls were facing some many challenges including discrimination against when allocating resources. The fact that there were few women and girls in sports before 1972 meant that women and girls were not interested in sports. Even though there were at least some women and girls who participated in sports Continue reading...

1. John Smith sustained a reportable injury. According to OSHA (2014a), the basic requirements in recording injuries or illnesses are work-related incidents that result in death, loss of consciousness, restricted work, transfer, days off from work, and receipt of medical treatment apart from first aid (OSHA, 2014a).
In John’s situation, he sprained his ankle within his working environment. Moreover, his sprain caused him work restriction as he could not step through his foot and would have to come to work on crutches the following day.
2. The case of William Kane is not a reportable injury. Although his Continue reading...

The NFL's Concussion crisis is an example about brain injury that football players are at risk of experiencing even without their knowledge. Football is a collision sport and people risk brain trauma since they get involved in it for a long time. From the story of Mike Webster, it is evident the NFL does not put the interest of the retired NFL players in mind (PBS Frontline). The ethical issues in this case include the denial of concussion case by NFL. The industry is seen to have conflicts of interest at the expense of the player’s wellbeing. NFL Continue reading...

Input Controls:

Input Controls:

Introduction and Functions of Input Controls:

Data input controls refer to application specific user interface components, data and/or transactions used to ensure that data in a computer system is accurate, complete and is entered in a timely manner. Input controls are mainly used when entering data into a computer application or when converting data from the source format into computer data. Data is usually entered into computer applications and systems through manual online input, or through the use of automatic processing. The main function of input control is to ensure data integrity in business applications regardless of whether data is entered into the Continue reading...

Oticon: Building a flexible world class organization

Oticon was a business founded in 1904 by HansDemant, who got inspired by his wife who suffered from hearing impairment. He started the hearing aids importing business from the US for his business, as well as for his wife. The products range from hearing aids, church hearing aids, hospital receivers and patients receiver systems. The company continued until the beginning of the World War II when importing hearing aids became impossible. The company came up with a radical change program aimed at altering the structure process, organization job content and careers. Despite the company aiming at its new innovative Continue reading...

Business

The U.S.-Vietnamese Catfish Dispute
The U.S.-Vietnamese Catfish Dispute
- Advantages and Disadvantages for the U.S. to protect its Catfish Industry
There are some advantages for the U.S. to protect its catfish industry by imposing an extensive inspection on imported catfish from Vietnam. Primarily, the domestic catfish growers in the U.S. will have a bigger profit as the importation of catfish from Vietnam will be limited. It was also proposed that the imported fish must have different names than those fishes that are sold locally. This is to comply with the consumers’ right to know what he or she is Continue reading...

Dr. Smith can be charged with aggravated battery. Aggravated battery, according to s 784.045 of 2014 Florida Statutes, is committed when great bodily harm results, or when deadly weapon is used. Great bodily harm was defined in Coronado v. State 654 So. 2d 1267, 1270 (Fla. 2d DCA 1995) as a "distinguished from slight, trivial, minor or moderate harm and as such, does not include mere bruises as are likely to be inflicted in a simple assault and battery.” Shooting a person’s leg could result in serious injury. However, it is the use of a gun, which is Continue reading...

Bush administration passed the amendments of Disabilities Act that prevents discrimination of mentally and physically people. In addition to that the act prohibits employers, agencies, labor unions and the government from discriminating disabled people while hiring, application procedures and other issues during employment. According to the act, one should not discriminate a disabled person provided they could perform the task. It is wrong to discriminate disabled people in the workplace. The case entails the discrimination of a disabled person that is qualified whom the employer rejects since the employee will have a high hiring cost at the expense of Continue reading...

MGM Resorts International is a reputable hospitality firm with diverse networks and investment portfolio in major parts of the globe. The gaming industry is one dynamic sector and viable corporate are thus advisable. This fact has been the informative factor for MGM Resorts International has been merger and commercial acquisition of casino and other firms in the industry. This strategy has seen the Resort increase its asset portfolio and assets base in different parts of the globe where the acquisitions lay. As much as MGM Resort International has strived to give the bet in terms of customer services, improving Continue reading...

The remote jack unit failure creates a major problem since 2009. The problem due to the following reasons 1. Pin break 2. Audio loss and Mono audio 3. Ring missing issue. These problems being a major problem in the top management and there also refer the poor performance with low reliability RJU. The further improvement in the RJU still shows no improvement in the issue. The issue discussed with the technical engineers to conclude that the design is still a major problem. The RJU places the major factor in passengers report about the RJU design, location, and shape. The Continue reading...

Introduction

Nowadays, MDPD is one of the most innovative police departments of the country. The DRNC Conference is about to take place in Miami and the major of the city should do everything possible to prevent riots and strikes. Before taking measures on preventing riots, I, as the major Warrant, should analyze why MDPD has become the most innovative structure in the country, as well as the reasons for it becoming less successful. In this report, I will analyze the factors, as well as the measures that should be taken to encourage police officers becoming more innovative and initiative. Besides, Continue reading...

The use of force is Prerogative of law enforcement officials. Sometimes using force becomes necessary but it should not be exercised unnecessarily or exceed the limit. Authorities, in no case, should exercise excessive force and doing so is a criminal offence. Law enforcement authorities though do not hesitate from using excessive force and the same was evident from the incidents that took place in Los Angeles County where numerous prisoners were beaten severely by deputy of sheriff department.
Videos show how inmates were screaming while and after beaten up by deputy of sheriff department and his men. They were Continue reading...

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Software Development Life Cycles

The software life cycle s a diagrammatic presentation of what processes are include in its making. It consists of all the activities that are required to be done on order to get the final product. Software development life cycle maps basically the same phases in different orders according to the model being followed. The different relationships that are mapped are together milestones, deliverables, mechanisms, feedbacks, etc. There are many software development life cycles that are being followed. Each model has its advantages and disadvantages over the other.

Some of the most commonly used models are explained below:

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The scenario presented in the case study ought to be considered from an inclusive perspective that takes into consideration of all the interests of the stakeholders. From the Stakeholder Utilitarian Theory, it is advisable that decision making assumes an approach that benefits the majority and disadvantageous the minority. To that extent, it is imperative to appreciate that Valley State Enterprises is justified in its approach by terminating the CSP workers. However, the justification does not necessarily dispense with the ethical issues in question. By isolating a group of disabled persons and thereby terminating their contracts of work, elements of Continue reading...

The introduction of web 2.0 technologies (social media) has adopted a different way to conduct business in organizations. Examples of social media that are being used in organizations include social bookmarking and tagging, blogs and Wiki’s. More are being developed.
Blogging involves blogs which are publishing tools that are similar to online journals. The readers can subscribe so as to comment and share their views in regard to the item being discussed. Wikis is websites where users can add, remove and edit the content. Social bookmarking enables the users post a list of favorite bookmarks so that other Continue reading...

Google Inc. is a quite a young company that has grown in leaps and bounds within the six years it has been in existence. It was established with a mission to organize world information and make it universally accessible and useful. It is a mission it has achieved tremendously and even extended to levels that were not imaginable in the very beginning. Within the short duration of time that Google has existed, it has been able to gain a lot of popularity and usage. It has set a benchmark for other search engines to compete. Its popularity has brought Continue reading...

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

According to Sims (2003, p. 43), corporate social responsibility “is a continuous commitment by a business to behave ethically and contribute to economic development while improving the quality of life of the workforce and their families as well as the community and society at large.”
There are various advantages associated with corporate social responsibility. One of them is in savings costs. A good case in point is General Mills which has made significant energy savings as illustrated by the figure below.

Source: Generalmills.com

Another advantage of carrying out corporate social responsibility is to encourage employee engagement. For example, Solo Company engaged Continue reading...

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The pathophysiological template of an ischemic stroke involving the dominant left hemisphere of the brain is usually caused by the arterial occlusion resulting from a thrombus that embolized from a more proximal anatomical structure in the body that is closer to the brain, such as the heart and lungs and arterial plaques. The thrombus may cause a significant occlusion to the major intracranial arteries like the middle cerebral artery which carries the blood flow to the frontal, parietal and temporal lobes. A left middle cerebral artery stroke will manifest a right hemiplegia and hemiparesis with the upper extremities more Continue reading...

Medical technology has increased rapidly in the past few decades and it is now a challenge for the human beings to understand and evaluate it realistically. Medicalization is to understand and treat a medical problem or a disorder, and it follows a theory that some miracles happen because of the medicine. Elizabeth Grosz in her article “Intolerable Ambiguity: Freaks as/at the Limit” refers Siamese twins as freaks who are sufferers of social ostracism. Medicalization is clearly depicted in the article with an example of Siamese twins, who were examined by various doctors to separate them, and finally they decided Continue reading...

Citation: Toyota Motor Mfg., Ky., Inc. v. Williams, 534 US 184 (2002).
Procedural History
Who is appealing on what issues?
The petitioner to the United States Supreme Court is Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky. They are appealing a decision by the Court of Appeals of the Sixth Circuit that Williams’ impairments substantially limited her in the major life activity of performing manual tasks, thus meeting the definition of “disabled” under the American Disabilities Act (ADA). In particular, they are asserting that the Court of Appeals applied an improper standard in making that determination.
What happened in the lower court?
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Abstract

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a Clause statute. Its main aim is to guarantee that all children with a disability access free and appropriate public education. Each district is given the mandate to create a specialised education program for each child with a disability. An individual and a county have to satisfy certain requirements to obtain funds from the Education for all Handicapped Children board. The petitioner Amy Rowley demanded this hearing after being denied a sign interpreter in her regular classrooms in Furnace Woods.
Keywords: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, special education, disability, individualised education Continue reading...

Reconciliation Income Statement

For the year ended 31 Dec 2011 .
Profit as per GAAP $1,000,000
Add
Inventory (realizable) 190,000
Deducted impairment loss 6,000
Gain from sale and lease back 150,000
Total income 1,346,000
Deduct
Inventory (historical) (152,000)
Impairment loss (5,000)
Net Income (IFRS) 1,189,000

Reconciliation Statement of Stockholder’s Equity

For the year ended 31 Dec 2011 .

Stockholder’s equity as per GAAP $8,000,000

Add

Revaluation gain 720,000

Intangible assets fair value adjustment 1,000
Total 8,721,000
Deduct

Development cost capitalization adjustment (120,000)

Stockholder’s equity as per IFRS 8,601,000
Notes
The addition of inventory at net realizable value 190,000 is because the international financial reporting standards Continue reading...

Before a claim is filed in court, there are considerations a party has to bear in mind. These are regarded as pre-action considerations. They assist in determining factors such as the type and validity of the claim, the right parties, and the costs vis-à-vis the award. Essentially, they assist a party in determining whether litigation is the best option and if so, how it will be conducted.
Candy Tang wants to sue Sid Ho for injuries sustained because of an accident that occurred due to Sid’s negligence. The injuries have prevented her from carrying on her work Continue reading...

RTE 1503

Abstract:
Hypertensive pulmonary edema is a frightening disease that occurs occasionally with acute hypertension. This case study analyzes a middle aged woman and her visit to the hospital emergency department when she collapses and has difficulty breathing. It is shown by the x-ray technician that she is suffering from hypertensive pulmonary edema and after proper medical management she quickly gets better. It is important to distinguish this disease from cardiogenic pulmonary edema, which is chronic in nature and has a very different clinical picture.
A 47-year-old woman with a history of hypertension recovering from a recent bout of the Continue reading...

Question 1

The elements of negligence include the duty of care which involves taking reasonable precaution to reduce harm. Breach of duty indicates that lack of reasonable precaution leads to the breach of the initial duty of care (Miller & Jentz, 2010). Factual causation involves proving that there has been negligence while the last element is the damages payable to the plaintiff.

Question 2

Causation indicates the coexistence of causes and effects of the activity which are required to be proved in a court of law. It is necessary to prove causation as it indicates the relation between of the activity being claimed and Continue reading...

Which of the two target markets should Eliza Minden pick, and why?

Minden has two markets to hose from, including the professional dancers and dance students, mostly from the age of 10 to advanced students through to adulthood. Minden should pick the professional dancers segment as it has advantages compared to dance students. Minden managed to produce patented shoes from a common sense approach, by promoting their comfort, durability, and injury prevention. This target market makes their choices for pointe shoes based health, safety, and durability. From the interviews, most ballerinas agree that comfort and fit are the most important factors that affect the choice of pointe shoes they make. From Continue reading...

HAZARD IDENTIFICATION

During a session in the physics laboratory, the following hazards were identified
- Exposed Belts
Some of the machines in the laboratory did not have shields covering the belts and pulleys the machine. This holds the potential hazard of clothing getting caught between the pulleys and the belts. There is also the hazard of one's fingers getting caught between the pulleys and the belts. Risk Matrix – E[III] E[x]
- Exposed Live Socket Wires
Some of the wall sockets were broken and had the live wires sticking out of the wall. This holds the potential hazard of electrocution Continue reading...

- Using the framework presented in text, and information from the case, describe Yahoo!'s environment.
Business environment is the surrounding within which a business operates. It can be classified into internal and external environment. Internal environment comprise of management, money, material, machinery and man. On the other hand, external environments are those factors beyond the control of the business like social cultural factors and political factors. In the case of yahoo, it is managed by a board of directors headed by Tim Koogle. A significant percentage of its capital is financed through equity and, therefore, pays dividend. Externally, Continue reading...

A behavior is termed as abnormal when it differs from what is normally accepted. However, there are several ways one can define abnormal behavior, some of the definitions are as follows:
- Social deviance: Behavior, thoughts and emotions which are not common; disturbing and not acceptable by the society that defies the cultural norms is termed as abnormal.
- Uncommonness: Strange or rare behavior whether it is negative or positive which does not fit into the society norms is termed as abnormal behavior.
- Distress: Behavior or a negative feeling which a person finds distressing and is deeply affected Continue reading...

Autism refers to an intricate developmental disability. Professionals deduce that autism manifests itself in the first three years of a child’s life. Autism is an outcome of a neurological disorder which affects normal functioning of an individual’s brain. This in turn affects the advancements in communication, social interaction and play skills of the affected child. Using a case study of Jolie, a girl who was diagnosed with autism in her earlier ages, this paper seeks to assess the social difficulties she may experience in school. Additionally, the papers will propose ways in which the teacher can manage Continue reading...

Principles for an Inclusive Curriculum

The Los Niño’s Preschool program (“Chapter 2,” n.d.) conformed well to the six principles for an inclusive curriculum, which were proposed by Mallory & Rous (2009). In accordance to the first principle, which advocates for programs that are “based on a coherent and integrated conceptualization of children’s learning and development” (Mallory & Rous, 2009, p. 286), the Los Niño’s Preschool program has a curriculum that applies to both the disabled and the non-disabled students. The curriculum also successfully integrates the children’s behavior functioning (e.g. washing of hands and cleaning up), biological maturation (e.g. play time Continue reading...

Expectations if Walmart acquired Patagonia

In case Walmart acquired Patagonia, the same results could not have been achieved. This is based on the advancement of the operations of Patagonia. The acquisition could have made Patagonia to lose its dominance on controlling the commercial market affairs. Capitalized on the business codes of operation, Walmart learns more about business practices sustainability. The sustainability emphasized in this article captures both the supply chain and the business inside.
Amongst the many commercial practices involved in the business activity, Walmart learns a lot from Patagonia. The main lesson learned involved the development of sustainable business index for all the Continue reading...

Introduction:

General Motors, commonly known as GM is an auto manufacturing multinational company based in Detroit, Michigan. Before 2009, GM was the world’s largest automaker by vehicle unit sales. The company employs over 202, 000 people. GM places employee’s security at the pinnacle of the company’s goals because auto making is a labor-intensive exercise. Auto –making is a rigorous exercise that is monotonous and can be harmful to body organs such as the spinal cord and back area. As the safety manager of the GM Detroit plant, I am writing a report that explores the effectiveness of Continue reading...