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According to beauty oriented studies, averageness refers to the average phenotypic characteristics evident in a person. This is the facial outward appearance and one’s general appearance. They communicate about one’s fertility and health. A bigger proportion of the studies were based on photographic overlays in which the images are morphed together. Factors like youthfulness, similarity and symmetry are also considered when attractiveness is concerned. There is a possibility of beauty not being in the eyes of the beholder. Beauty can be less arbitrarily considered as a cultural whims’ slave. Views on attractiveness do not vary across many races hence ...

Exploring he theme of Isolation in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short stories; “The Minister’s Black Veil”, “Young Goodman Brown” and “The Birthmark” Nathaniel Hawthorne is the author of many short stories in which he portrays his characters with some dilemma where they must make up their minds about what is wrong from what is right. His stories end with morals that can be learned through his characters’ actions. Most of the stories he wrote are filled with themes of guilt and there are many themes of loneliness and sadness. His main characters are reclusive and lived sheltered lives. ...

LITERATURE REVIEW

Notably Rovai (2002) argues that student sense of community refers to the feeling of belonging among people who are brought together by common goals and interests. The research undertaken by the various authors as expostulated in this paper takes a bias in assessing the role played by sense of community in the student fraternity and its overall effect on education and academic achievement. Drovin & Vartanian (2010) challenge the traditional view that direct face to face educational interaction is limited in terms of building a community of relations. Direct face to face educational set up is seen to be more profound in ...

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Literature Review Scholars have extensively studied the importance of good business interaction. Most of these studies stress the centrality of good business communication in establishment of any business relationship. They all stress on the fact that information has to of high quality in terms of richness of information and frequency to establish a good relationship between business entities . Borghini and Rinallo (2013), argue that the development of beneficial business relationships is very crucial especially in marketing between different business entities. This state depends on the quantity and quality of information that the businesses exchange. The business community has turned ...

Literature Review: SME’s facing difficulties in Europe

Definition of SMEs varies depending on individual nation and their financial institutions. (Beck ,2013) notes the differentiation relating to various aspects as number of employees, capital, sales and turnover. SMEs take a significant role in the economic development of the nation as it has a critical role in shaping the economy of any nation through job creation, social stability, foster economic growth, generate low income for people, and development of firms. Therefore, financial services are significant in creating vibrant environment for SMEs. Nonetheless, access to the financial services has always been a hindrance for SME’s and this report will extensively discuss ...

Difficulties ESL Students Face When They Come to America

English as a Second Language or ESL students, study in the United States to fulfill more of their dreams. As what have mentioned, there are difficulties and challenges that ESL students are experiencing in which they need to face along with their native speakers classmates. Yasuko Kanno and Sheila Dermer Apple Baum (1995) claim that ESL students are having an issue of raising their concerns in the classroom as they have limited vocabulary or some students may have not the awareness that they have the same right to raise their concerns (Kanno & Baum, 1995). This kind of issue is ...

You can tell a lot about a person merely by what their appearance is telling you; these ‘channels’ of the body are what express the mind’s emotional state, and help to judge someone’s personality, and whether something is affecting their state of mind. Nonverbal behavior is an important component to forming impressions about people's personality, sociability, and mood, among other things (Ambady and Rosenthal, p. 439). When someone typically tries to figure out what someone’s emotional state may be, three determinants are used; the emotional state of the observer, the emotional state of the observed, and the information ...

4.0 Literature Review

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4.1 The Role of Women Owned Businesses in Saudi Economy The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has embarked on an economic transformation program that seeks to transform Saudi Arabia’s resource-based economy into a knowledge-based economy. To accomplish this national objective, the country is leaning towards the development of a dynamic entrepreneurship sector, which is recognized worldwide as a key driver of economic growth and societal revitalization. Thus, the creation of new employment opportunities for Saudi Arabian nationals is a critical concern of the Saudi Arabian government. Government leaders believe that employment opportunities can be created in the private sector ...

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Cyberbullying is a recurrent reason of emotional distress among children and adolescents. This situation becomes further complex by interpersonal safety issues. These safety issues come through the peer group of adolescents and are difficult to control and monitor. This paper will give an account of cyber bullying, some common responses of adolescents to cyberbullying and the ways to fight it. There exist a lot of technological tools to combat cyberbullying. But it is an interpersonal issue in the social situation. It is, therefore, necessary to build a foundation ...

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Saudi Arabian economy is over-dependent on oil reserve and petroleum based revenues. Recently the Saudi government has recognized the importance of developing other industrial sectors and small and medium size businesses for the country's economic growth. The development of entrepreneurial sector would remain incomplete unless men and women join hands to contribute to the growth of the country's economy. Almost half of the population in Saudi Arabia is women and therefore, the government in recent times has undertaken a lot of positive measures in support of Saudi women's entrepreneurial endeavors. This paper has discussed upon the role of Saudi businesswomen ...

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Saudi Arabian economy is over-dependent on oil reserve and petroleum based revenues. Recently the Saudi government has recognized the importance of developing other industrial sectors and small and medium size businesses for the country's economic growth. The development of entrepreneurial sector would remain incomplete unless men and women join hands to contribute to the growth of the country's economy. Almost half of the population in Saudi Arabia is women and therefore, the government in recent times has undertaken a lot of positive measures in support of Saudi women's entrepreneurial endeavors. This paper has discussed upon the role of Saudi businesswomen ...

Introduction

Texting is the act of crafting instant messages and short messages on mobile phones using abbreviations and other techniques. The standard body of rules in the English language, i.e. English grammar, and the usual word spellings are not always followed in texting. Texting has spread so widely throughout the world that it is now even being regarded as an emergent language some believe deserves to be registered in its own right. This is largely because of the widespread of Internet-based instant messaging (IM) and mobile phones. For numerous years, parents have blamed texting for several ills, such as ...

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Literature Review International students often face unique challenges when they move abroad to study. The severity and the type of the challenges that they face depends heavily upon their home culture and their level of familiarity with both travel and the English language. Much research has been done on the different ways that international students struggle in Australia; similarly, there has been much research done on the ways that international students cope with the changes that come with a life-changing decision of the magnitude of choosing to live abroad. Different educators and researchers often focus on specific ethnic ...

Reflective essay over literature

Reading through literature work by various authors has made me have a different perspective towards life. Analysing the literature I have read in class, i have come to appreciate the challenges that come with life and more especially the wars that i face on a day to day basis. Even though the main theme that has been presented in the literature is about war there is much more to it that reflects on the conflicts that we face and the consequences depending on how we face them. Conflict is part of human life and how a person faces it will determine the outcome. With ...

Introduction

There are numerous non-profit donors in the United States of America. The country’s non-profit sector accounts for a better part of the country’s gross domestic product. As well, it employs a good number of the USA’s workforce. The non-profit sector is exceedingly competitive, and many organizations constantly work to attract grant funding, donors, media attention, employees and volunteers.

Just like non-profit organizations, for profit organizations derive a lot of benefits as a result of creating a long lasting relationship with the organization’s supporters (Weir and Hibbert, 2000). Gaffney (1996) demonstrates that an organization not only becomes profitable in terms of ...

Retaining Careers Contribute to Child Well-Being and Future

Introduction The purpose of this literature review is to assess various researches into the positive impacts of being a working mother, and to assess whether or not working mothers have positive impacts on their children’s well-being and future when compared to stay-at-home mothers. Evidence suggests that working mothers can serve as good role models and caregivers for their children in comparison to mothers who stay-at-home with their children (Figes 1) (Heinrich 122) (Sherman 1). The labor participation rate of mothers with underage children was almost 70 percent in 2013 (“Latest Annual Data”). These statistics suggest the importance and ...

The aim of this essay is to present you with research findings on the effect of technology on children as far as their way of thinking and behaving are concerned. Each era is characterized by specific traits one of which is to be proven as the most dominating of all giving the main beating characteristic of each historical period. Nowadays era is the one characterized as the most rapid, technologically advanced period of time in humans’ history. The effects of technological and scientific progress are numerous and as expected they affect all fields of life. But young people are ...

Literature Review

Takakusu (2006) looks at the family unit in the article The Social and Ethical Value of the Family System in Japan. In doing this, comparisons are drawn with the west. According to Takakusu (2006), while in Western societies the individual forms the unit of the society, in Japan; it is the family that is the unit of the society. According to Varley (2000), the Japan’s family system ensures mutual cooperation on the part of those people who are related by family ties. For example, parents assist their children and children assist their parents. An example provided by Takakusu ...

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Introduction Since WWII, Japan has grown to become an economic powerhouse in the world, leading to a boom in foreign business investment. For Australia, Japan is a strategic business partner, with a partnership that has, and continues to evolve over fifty years. Japan has a population of about 127 million people, and its market is made up companies with firm global orientations and willingness to invest in long-term sustainable services and products, and consumers who have high disposable income levels. Therefore, doing business with and in Japan offers many benefits for Australian companies and organizations. However, a number of cultural challenges might cause ...

Finding a person who will do anything and face every danger in the name of love is very hard. ‘The Heartless Lover’ and ‘The Dedicated Lover’ stories are very insightful when it comes to this. The compassion and distinction that is carried out on this paper focuses on the notion of figurative differences, that is, between The Heartless Lover and The Dedicated Lover in the two stories. They explore the circumstances when love is tried and how fatal it sometimes turns out to be from the storyline.

In the two stories, the topic of love is exploited insightfully in a ...

Waiting for Godot

Waiting for Godot by the Irish writer Samuel Becket is a powerful play attesting to the inevitable suffering inherent in human existence. The play depicts this agony even more poignantly by the fact that it is devoid of a well-organized plot and a conventional setting: “A country road. A tree” (Act 1). This is all the setting there is. .Devoid of these familiar elements, the audience or reader has no choice but to face one of the most fundamental elements of the play: an endless wait. As the play opens, the audience or reader meets Estragon, or rather Gogo, who is struggling ...

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Introduction to Burnout

Burnout refers to the condition of exhaustion of physical or emotional strength, or loss of motivation to work. Usually, burnout is caused by prolonged stress or frustration affecting the involvement of employees for meaningful impact on work. Burnout has also been described as extreme fatigue, inefficacy, and loss of idealism and passion for the job. Burnout syndrome can be illustrated by the “feelings of emotional exhaustion, negative attitudes and emotions towards those who are beneficiaries of the service (depersonalization), and sentiments related to professional failure and low accomplishment (lack of personal accomplishment)” (Schaufeli, & Maslach, 1993). Any person with ...

“Nick stood up. He was all right. He looked up the track at the lights of the caboose going out of sight around a curve," are the words Ernest Hemingway’s “The Battler” begins with. From the first sentences, it becomes apparent who is the main character of "The Battler.” Moreover, Nick Adams is a protagonist of a series of Ernest Hemingway stories. For the first time “The Battler” was published in 1925 and it was a part of the collection entitled “In Our Time." In spite of being protagonist, Nick is not the only person this story is about. He is an ...

Technology in education

Interactive learning Teaching and learning process is progressively getting enhanced by technological invention. In other words, technological inventions and innovations are creating new possibilities of transforming the process of teaching and learning especially in the modern society. The need to integrate the use modern technology in teaching and learning has led to programmatic changes aimed at developing more advanced approaches and learning teaching. The process of integrating technology in education according to Sessoms (2008, p. 2) requires that the changes be a reflection of the transformation in the teaching methodology and pedagogy. As such, teaching and learning process has ...

Background information

Workplace violence in nursing refers to violent acts towards persons who are on duty. The violence occurs when the practitioners face threatening situations from patients, colleagues and relations of the sick through verbal abuse, threats and physical assault that occur in a setting inside or outside a work setup (Chappell, 2009). Workplace violence affects many professions and it occurs in areas that occurs were the employees deal with the public directly and includes exchanging money, transportation of passengers, service and goods delivery. The groups that are prone to this kind of violence are social workers, health care professionals, community employees in ...

Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Birthmark” is a story of a man and his love for science and his wife, Georgiana. Aylmer, a chemist, has given up his scientific studies to win the heart of a woman he loved. At one stage, the birthmark on his wife’s face disturbs him “as being a sign of earthly imperfection” (7). According to him, she becomes an imperfect thing. While trying to remove her mark by using chemical, she dies. His desire to win both love ends up in the rivalry that ruins his life. This story is the best example of Girard’s mimetic desire, which ...

The SMS language or texting has evolved to be a popular form of communication in this digital era where mobile phones are easily accessible to millions of people around the world. Further, the SMS language or texting is preferred by many persons engaged in it on both gender. The preference for texting can be attributed to a number of reasons. The early mobile phone messaging had a number of features that necessitated the use of abbreviations in testing. For instance, it was difficult to make text entry since it required multiple pressing on the keypad in order to generate the required letters. ...

Introduction

In the current world, nursing workforce is comprised of staff and nursing leaders from a different generation groups. There are four nursing generation workforce with different attitudes, beliefs and work habits. As a result of differences in ideologies between the generations, nursing leaders have found it challenging to deal with the situation at hand. Nursing leaders should acknowledge the differences between generation workforces and view the weaknesses as potential strength. Disparities between the generation workforces need to be evaluated for the purpose of formulating a possible solution. Nursing leaders are expected to strengthen their skills in solving the differences between generations. It ...

Impacts of the implementation of a mentoring program that utilizes essential elements of effective mentoring on the level of job satisfaction and retention of faculty in a school of nursing Research has revealed that the reasons that might cause nurses to abandon nursing practice and education could include inadequacy, feelings of stress, anxiety, disempowerment resulting from horizontal violence, and oppression (Rhodes, 2012). Other factors could also include general apathy with regard to collegial support, low morale, reduced resources, heavier workloads as well as higher patient insight. This research describes the responsibility of a mentorship program as one that assists others to ...

A person’s lip shape holds much more importance than being a mere facial feature. Older studies of Petajan et al. and more recent works of Daubias , Goecke , and Nakata & Ando , have shown that the movement of the mouth plays a crucial role in speech detection. The Audio Visual Speech Recognition or AVSR and Mobile Phone Visual System for the hearing impaired or MPVS multimedia systems also rely on visual lip reading to function effectively . Further, lip shape and prints can be used as evidence for identifying persons for criminal and forensic purposes. Lip prints of a person remain the same throughout ...

Introduction

Healthcare involves the collaboration of various medical organizations, institutions, and providers, all of whom manage their own data under different storage and retrieval systems, and though practical and efficient within the target system, there is a lack of uniformity in structure across other systems (Masud et al. 2012). Moreover, there are often variations in data compiled from the same resources. This lack of synergy between the various data storage systems, and the types of information stored, preclude the sharing of data among the various healthcare professionals, institutions, and organizations. E-health systems, on the other hand, allow the storage and retrieval ...

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Consents taking and documentation is a vital part of legal and medical ethics that guides medical practice. It serves as a tool for effective patient management. It is meant to be taking before any form of treatment simply because all patients capable of understanding of such form of information has the right to receive accurate information regarding his or her illness/condition, the physician treatment plan, associated complications and effect, and other available treatment options. It is the responsibility of the physician to ensure this is achieved and properly documented before any start of treatment.

Improper taking and documentation

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Literature review

Over the past number of years, the issue of violence has generated a lot of concerns in the workplace. Different sectors experience different levels of workplace violence with 85 percent of non-fatal assaults occurring in retailing and service industries. The health care sector falls under the service industry and workers in this sector are at higher risks of workplace violence. It becomes hard to estimate the true incidence of violence towards health workers because of different definitions and data collection systems (Hartley, D., & Ridenour, 2011 #1).

Violence among health workers triggers most psychological and physical outcomes. Some of the ...

Invisible Life: A Book Review

The story revolves around Raymond Winston Tyler Jr., a lawyer from Alabama. He is popular and had a perfect life. He dated Sela, the only black popular cheerleader in the campus. One day, he met the star footballer in the campus – Kelvin Ellis who is adventurous. He admitted to Raymond that he is bisexual. One kiss and further intimacy changes it all for Raymond. During his struggles, his friends JJ and Kyle were beside him. Another man popped in Raymond’s life – Quinn Mathis whom he had sexual and indoor relation. As time goes, Raymond discovered that Quinn was already married ...

Introduction

The existence of classes in the society has a long history dating back to the 19th century in the Western Europe after the industrial revolution (Abrutyn, 2013). As such, because of the industrial revolution, classes emerged. In this regard, the classes that emerged comprised of those of the rich and those people who worked for them. However, since then different forms of stratification emerged in the society. Examples of such stratifications or classes are the ones based on gender, race, age, and religion (Bartos & Wehr, 2002). Consequently, various arguments exist concerning these new forms of stratification with some people viewing ...

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C. Discuss Cherlin’s argument for why Americans have both high rates of marriage and high rates of divorce compared to other industrialized nations. Andrew Cherlin reviewed the historical changes while noting that marriage still remained the most common and effective living arrangement for bringing up of children. However, children are more likely to grow up in single-parent families, and to experience instability of families especially minority and poor children. His view why the US has high marriage and divorce rates, which is called family metabolism, is attributed to cultural and economic forces that have continually transformed family ...

The novel A Good Man is Hard to Find written by Flannery O’Connor tells a story about a family that is going out on vacation. The story uses a couple of literary aesthetics to tell the story. One theme that stands out is his evident use of religion, and Christianity for that matter. Through the Grandmother and the misfit, one gets to see how a Christ- like incarnation and the grace of God are brought out. There is recognition of divine powers in the story but then one is not mislead when looking at the Misfit as an anti- Christ figure. Nevertheless, ...

Abstract

The first article majorly focuses on the factors that lead to the lengthening of the duration of the civil war between the government and the rebel protagonists. Many factors are taken into account. This paper is based on the religious and spiritual factors that influence the decision making of a legislator. It majorly emphasizes on the facts that the religious belief of the legislator, the religious credence of the citizens and the spiritual views of the board of the legislator mainly influence the decision making regarding the state. It also focuses on the transition towards democracy, its sustainability and importance ...

Introduction

Hospital-home transition is a very challenging task that if not well managed leads to a number of challenges. It is commonly known that most patients face a number challenges in the first few weeks after discharge. Such readmissions lead to extra hospital cost making it expensive in the end. Therefore, there has been unceasing research on the various ways through which readmissions to the hospital can be reduced. Follow ups after discharge has been perceived to be one of the effective ways of reducing readmission cases. Specifically, follow up phone call after discharge is believed, though not confirmed, to be a way of ...

1.0 Introduction to E-Commerce Literature Review E-commerce is the utilization of electronic means and technologies to conduct commerce (sale, purchase, transfer or exchange of products, services or information). It began in the year 1995, and since then e-commerce has been characterized by a steady growth in the United States from zero to £362 billion retail, travel and media business and a £4.1 trillion business-to-business juggernaut. It is bringing out enormous changes in business firms, markets and consumer behaviour (Awad, 2002, p. 25). 1.1 Success of E-commerce/e-tailing There are several technologies that facilitate e-commerce, which have immensely contributed to ...

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Anger is an emotion that enrages a mind, increases the blood pressure and makes heart beat faster sending adrenaline rush into the system. Anger mainly has three components; physical reactions, the cognitive experience of anger and behavior (PBS Online, 2011). The physical reactions of anger show in increased blood pressure and heart rate, muscle tightening and 'fight or flight' response. The cognitive experience of anger makes one feel angry because of a situation making him feel wronged and threatened. Behavior is the expression of anger that includes a wide range of behavioral reactions from slamming doors to raising voice and from turning ...

Young Goodman Brown is a moral story about a Puritan minister, which is told by one religious leader. The author of the story is Nathaniel Hawthorne, who used unimportant concepts in order to show the story’s alternative meaning. In his allegorical story he symbolized the things and feelings in people’s life, like faith, love, fear and others, and different characters and setting are used to represent these feelings. The main character of the story, Goodman Brown ventures on a journey into the local forest and meets a devil, who tempts the man for different things. Young Brown must refuse that the ...

Did the Welfare System Cause the Dissolution of the Black Family?

Introduction

In 1965 when the civil rights movements was experiencing an explosion, Daniel Patrick Moynihan penned a report to President Johnson claiming that one of the major reasons for poverty amongst black Americans was the fact that a quarter of black families were being headed by women. While that report caused a lot of uproar for the then White House aide, today we still see that many African American homes are manned by single women as many black babies seem to be born outside of wedlock. This is a problem that looks to ...

Cross cultural communication barriers in provision of health care are global problems have been reported in various parts of the world. In provision of personalized care, it is necessary for nurses to consider the cultural identity and needs of patients in their care. It is therefore imperative for the nurse to play an ethical role in providing culturally acceptable care to the patients. The establishment of nurse patient therapeutic connection is dependent on the ability to communicate and share a common interpretation (McCarthy, Cassidy, Graham & Tuohy, 2013). Consequently, the therapeutic communication ought to be a focused and objective association that takes ...

Analysis (compare and contrast) of the stories ‘The Lottery’ by Shirley Jackson and

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This paper will present you with the analysis of two stories, widely acknowledged in the borders of the literary community, in terms of their context, main theme, risen thoughts and issues as well as their reflections caused by their readings. Emphasis will be given not only on their common elements regarding their thematic core but on their different way of approaching it. Both ‘The Lottery’ - written by Shirley Jackson and published on June 26, 1948 - and ‘The ones who walked away from Omelas’ - written by Ursula K. Le Guin and published in ...

Theme in a story or a narrative is the main idea carried in the events unfolding. According to chapter seven a theme gives the one an idea of what the story is about. In the story “I used to live here once” the main idea that could give what the story is about is the idea of change. The author points out at the process of change, the difficulties and tribulations that process is associated with. Rhys has indistinctly discussed the theme of change while giving very vivid occurrence of the transition. He uses the girl persona in explaining the changes that ...

The Asian Art Gallery at the New Gallery of Victoria is one of the biggest repositories of Indian and Chinese artefacts in Australia. The Pauline Gandel Gallery of Japanese Art, in particular, sheds a great deal of light on the history of 18th and 18th century Japanese art, and some of its most beautiful examples. Paintings, armor, lacquer, clothing and more can be found in this exhibit, demonstrating a distinct understanding of the beauty that is found in this genre of art. The content, form and context of these works belie an incredibly beautiful yet patriarchal and honor-based culture, as the ...

The story of Cinderella is, perhaps, one of the most well-known stories in the world. Many cultures have traditional folk stories involving the rags-to-riches story arc; becoming massively successful in the face of adversity seems to be one of humanity's driving personality features. Because the story of Cinderella is so ubiquitous, it is not surprising that great storytellers borrow tropes, character arcs, and thematic ideas from the folktale. Tales like the Cinderella story are generally not created merely as a form of entertainment, but also as a way to educate people-- particularly children-- about cultural mores and societal expectations. These tales ...

good evening what i need done is literature on bullying with 2 reference and the reference put on separate paper also i need 4 lesson plans on bullying on 1 page each im figuring in total with everything about 9 pages the lesson plans is how can i tie the lesson plan into career development basically what they will learn from the lesson plan

INTRODUCTION & DEFINATION OF BULLYING

Bullying often begins in the early years and can take many forms. It is estimated that one in seven children in the years between Kindergarten and eighth grade is either a bully, a victim or both. . The way that plays ...

Courtney, M., E. &Iwanec, D. (2009) Residential care of children: comparative perspectives. New York: Oxford University Press, Inc. This reading is reflecting the situation of foster care children and teenagers from 11 countries for indicating that institutionalized care has negative consequences upon them, as growing members of society. The lack of preparation of the staff in charge with educating teens in institutionalized care and the lack of abilities of the residential care parents to assist them with their education leads to foster teens acquiring an educational gap compared with other adolescents. Generally, the educational level of foster teens ...

Introduction

The use of marijuana as a drug or a form of medical treatment in the rehabilitation of patients with a wide range of disorders has long been a controversial topic. Some countries in the continent of Europe have already accepted the researched fact that marijuana, either for medical or leisure purposes, does not pose any real and direct threat towards the person using it. Majority of the countries in other continents, on the other hand, still have not accepted the idea. Policies regarding the use of marijuana for medical purposes vary from one state to another. It is therefore important to know the ...

Ray Robert, comments on Shakespeare’s use of the word “complexion” in Shakespeare’s sonnet 18. Editors and critics of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 all agree that the word “complexion” refers to both facial complexion as well as the face of the personified sun. The face of the sun is at times dimmed by clouds and similarly internal clouds of melancholy darken the disposition or complexion of the young man. The author notes that, Shakespeare in his sonnets refers to a “combination of humors of the body” which determines a person’s “complexion” or his/her temperament. As such, the author asserts ...

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Concept analysis involves processes designed to familiarize a researcher with a particular concept based on his or her field of study (Southern Louisiana University, 2013). In the field of nursing, some of the major concepts include; managed care, health, nursing, coping and parenting (Snider, 2003). In reference to the concept of coping, an analysis will make it possible to communicate meanings, feelings and understandings related to it.

Definition of concept: Hope in coping with terminal illness

According to Johnson (2007), a terminal illness is a disease that has proven to be beyond possible cure or adequate treatment thus leading to death as an inevitable end. Some of these are progressive illnesses such ...

Literature Review

Literature review is the process of describing the relevant literature to a given topic or piece of work. It is beneficial because it gives the reader a glimpse of the existing, relevant theories and hypotheses including the methodologies useful in that field of work or topic. It makes use of secondary sources a representation that the research has no new information. In my literature review, I will discuss the different aspects of homelessness among blacks and ethnic minority groups in the UK. My method of searching for relevant sources include a wide search of various websites among them, governmental departments, shelter England, ...

In 2008, almost thirteen hundred US citizens had fallen ill from Salmonella poisoning, where raw consumed tomatoes initially assumed to be the bearer of Salmonella poisoning. The food and drug administration later pointed fingers to the Mexican peppers, which were imported from Mexico. The introduction of the food poisoning produce from Mexico into the US is a sign of an increasing interdependence of the global economy, due to the increase in international travel trade, contamination from one-country leads to a crisis in other countries. The World Trade Organization introduced treaties for the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary ...

It has always been the case in the modern world that, technological advancements in any area spark moral issues and a good example of such comes from the subject of abortion. What has prompted this kind of assumption is the fact that whenever technology comes up, there are always questions that come about. It has been proven to be very true that technology has enabled many people to understand where human life begins from. In this case, people have been made to know all that goes on before a baby is born but this has not been taken well by many ...

"The Gentlemen from Cracow" - Analysis

The allegorical short story "The Gentlemen from Cracow" is a very well-known and important piece of Yiddish folklore; a short story in which the poor villagers of the Polish town of Frampol attempt to deal with their own poverty in very interesting ways. When a drought is followed by a hailstorm, then locusts and other supernatural happenstances, the titular gentlemen arrives to offer these villagers a solution. The story itself is a treatise on conspicuous consumption, especially as it befalls a society that is unused to it. Attempting to transform this simple village into a haven for consumerism has disastrous consequences ...

Shakespeare’s Protests against Institutional Racism in Elizabethan England

Othello is not the only play in the Shakespearean canon that features racism, and it certainly is not the only play that challenges social mores. Whether it’s the feisty Beatrice, in Much Ado About Nothing, turning social convention on its head, in the sense that women were supposed to be prim and proper in Elizabethan England, when she wows Benedick with her powerful desire to save Hero, or whether it’s the Jew Shylock in The Merchant of Venice, endowed with many of the physical characteristics associated with the worst stereotypes associated with members of his religion but ...

Introduction

Aggression is hostile behavior aimed at causing physical or psychological harm. Aggression can be indirect or direct, verbal or physical and active or passive. There are several social factors that cause aggression. These factors include media violence, Stereotype and social identity, threat Collective narcissism, Status, competition and mating motives personal characteristics, cultural factors direct provocation and frustration among others.

When an individual watches media, observational learning takes place. This brings the indication that excessive exposure to media violence increases probability of any individual to behave aggressively. (Barbara etal, 2010). Metaanalysis and reviews have indicated that this effect is ...

1. Holocaust is the story of Nazi atrocities going way beyond mere extermination of Jews. Doris L. Bergen, historian and an author gives new insights and nerve-chilling details using several survivor and eyewitness testimonies. Bergen has uncovered hitherto unknown photographs. The systematic extermination of Afro-Germans, non-Jewish Poles, the Soviets, and homo-sexual men, among others is far gruesome than what was thought earlier. Hitler’s men, police, and even his doctors were trained to be killers. Hitler’s regime created a sense of legitimacy to these vicious acts of genocide. Timothy Snyder describes in gross detail of how Jews on their ...