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Introduction

The concept of consumption and consumerism involves a situation in which people are continually purchasing and using products mainly promoted by a capitalist economy. Virtually, the current society consists of consumers, making consumption and consumerism a part of the modern life. Ideally, consumption and consumerism determine the level of demand as well as the level production. Additionally, all innovations around the world are geared towards satisfying the consumers’ needs. As the consumers buy products in bulk, the economy develops, which in turn sustains the political class (Miles 148). Ironically, the consumers do not get much recognition, and they are ...

In 1872, the 22-year-old George Huntington presented a paper describing an elaborately outlined inheritance pattern of a disease, which during the time was referred to as "chorea." In his paper, which was presented at the Meigs and Mason Academy of Medicine at Ohio, George described all the features of the adult-onset form of the disorder and outlined the disease’s autosomal-dominant pattern of inheritance. Although the mechanism underlying the inheritance pattern of the disease was not understood until the rediscovery of Mendel’s works, his paper was so comprehensive that George Huntington quickly became widely acclaimed. In fact, he ...

INTRODUCTION

There are many different conditions, diseases, infections and disorders that can negatively affect human beings, damaging their bodies, compromise overall health, diminish their quality of life and very often lead to the sufferer’s death. Polycystic kidney disease in one of these more serious conditions. Polycystic kidney disease is an incurable condition that encourages the growing of cysts which can overtake the kidneys, cause them to malfunctions and even fail all together. More than 600,000 people in the United States are living with polycystic kidney disease and the condition contributes to more than 5% of all cases of ...

There are a number of theories applied in sociology that help determine the social aspect of human beings in terms of their experiences. These theories include: conflict theory, feminist theory, sociological theory just to mention but a few. These theories define the interaction of social groups and helps evaluate their experiences in terms of race, gender, ethnicity and social class. These issues can be observed through various sociological perspectives such as functionalism, conflict theory and symbolic interactions (Leger, 2003). Therefore, the focus of the paper is assessing two ethnic communities in the United States in terms of race, gender and social ...

INTRODUCTION

The objective of this paper is to evaluate and explain the importance of mission and statement, and values in determining the direction for the business in forthcoming years. In order to do so, this paper proposes a mission statement for the business by taking into consideration a variety of factors that are essential for growth of the business. The vision statement, on the other hand, helps in the deciding the future of the business. By taking into account the importance of vision statement, this paper focuses highly on developing a vision statement to define the strategic path and direction of the business ...

Financial crisis is not a new word in today's economy. The world's economy has consistently been a victim of the financial crisis, and these cases will continue to happen. The global financial crisis in 2008 relates to the 1930's great depression that nearly brought down the economy of the United States. The actors in the financial sector have grown big and are becoming uncontrollable. These financial institutions have now become tough to monitor and control.
Government and central banks have a duty of controlling commercial structures through proper supervision and regulation of financial market (Flannery 275). Due to the ...

Introduction

Handedness can be considered as the use of the hand for better, faster and more precise performance or control in certain tasks. In the concept of handedness, right and left hands are considered, and generally the use of one hand more than the other is considered. However, there are four kinds of people in terms of handedness: right-handed people, left-handed people, mixed-handed people, and ambidextrous. Left-handedness is less frequently found than right-handedness. Researchers have found that left-handedness is fairly more common in men as compared to women (Papadatou-Pastou, Martin, Munafo, & Jones, 2008).

Theories of left-handedness

Several theories have been presented in order ...

“Leaders are not born, but made. Leadership qualities are forged in times of distress. It is quite easy to take a sip of coffee while sitting with feet up on the desk dictating theories to subordinates but quite difficult to lead when the business is on the verge to collapse” (Lee Iacocca).
Acquiring fame, money and power may be thrilling for others, but to Iacocca, all these outcomes did not matter much. To Iacocca, these outcomes were mortal that would vanish with time. Iacocca has always focused on leaving quality impression through his zeal and contributions. Making a difference in ...

A complex society and a classical society and their effect to the world

The world societies have been transforming since the beginning of history. The earliest forms of societies were of a rather complex nature. These eventually gave way to more classical societies that later paved way for the current modern societies. Several factors which included in most cases political and economic contributed to the transition inherent in these societies. The complete change of government structures from the complex to the classical societies could not go unnoticed. This change had a rather significant transformation to the human society as a whole.
This paper will analyze two ancient societies, Mesopotamia a complex society and the Roman ...

A society is a combination of different components that make up the society. Among these components is marriage as well as families. Power is among the pillars of any society and whoever is in power decides how the society will be. This is always a tricky position that requires one who is careful so that the people of such a society are kept at peace and that all the intended functions of the society continue as planned. The issue of gender equality however varies with different societies. There are societies that have women in higher positions while there are others that do ...

Use of Video Games among the Youth

Introduction
The exercise of video games has been on the rise with the increased use of computers and the internet. Video games have grown to form one of the most popular entertainment industries in North America. The sale of entertainment software in North America grew by 3.4%. There is a growing concern of the use of video games amongst the youth. Majority of the video game enthusiasts are aged between 6-17 years. The growing use of video games raised concern amongst researchers. There is the concern of the content that video games have on teenagers. Also there is a growing ...

Introduction

Diversity refers to the practice of understanding, acknowledging, accepting, celebrating and valuing differences among people with regard to class, ethnicity, age, physical and mental prowess, gender, race, sexual orientation, religion and public assistance status (Green, López, Wysocki and Kepner, 2013). In the current global scenario when the driving forces of globalization like communication, transportation, advent of technologies, transnational companies and internet have diminished boundaries, the work place environment has become extremely diverse with people of various cultures, beliefs and backgrounds interacting with each other on a daily basis on account of work and business. The demography in USA has ...

The Punic Wars

In early world history, the Romans has been considered one of the most influential and powerful civilizations as they have revolutionized as to how society is organized and led. Like other civilizations, the Romans attempted to expand its territory outside its territories in order to sustain its people and also defeat possible threats that can challenge their ruling. One of the regions Rome had tried to conquer is the Mediterranean, which included the city of Carthage. Although both had respected their claims within the region, it was an inevitable occurrence that both would meet each other in the battlefield ...

The Punic Wars

In early world history, the Romans has been considered one of the most influential and powerful civilizations as they have revolutionized as to how society is organized and led. Like other civilizations, the Romans attempted to expand its territory outside its territories in order to sustain its people and also defeat possible threats that can challenge their ruling. One of the regions Rome had tried to conquer is the Mediterranean, which included the city of Carthage. Although both had respected their claims within the region, it was an inevitable occurrence that both would meet each other in the battlefield ...

INTRODUCTION

The objective of this study is to evaluate and assess the internal and external environment of Dunkin’ Donut. In order to do so, this study focuses on creating a SWOT table. The factors identified in the study will be along with one primary strength, weakness, opportunity and threat.

DUNKIN DONUT

External Forces
The analysis of external environment of Dunkin’ Donut is as follows;
- Legal and Regulatory
Legal and Regulatory framework has always been a threat for Dunkin’ Donut. Being an internationally recognized organization, Dunkin’ Donut takes extensive measures in its operations and properties to meet the laws and regulations ...

An analysis of Coinmach Strategic Planning

Executive Summary
According to various research works, Laundry and dry cleaning businesses across the world provide a huge revenue payback of up to $120 billion annually. Coinmach is the largest market player in the United States and its operational scope is hugely diverse as its work framework is based on the growing needs for commercial and industrial laundry services. Laundry service delivery provision is based on changing clientele needs and the core factors attributed to this are satisfaction, better link to the wider business array and improved convenience for a real market. In 65 years, Coinmach service provision has significantly ...

The United States is considered one of the biggest contributors to the increasing rate of carbon emissions throughout the globe. While China is admittedly similar to the US’ contribution to carbon emissions, the US had held the position for more than a century as it was one of the nations who supported the Industrial Revolution. Since carbon emissions are considered one of the primary causes of global warming, the US, alongside other world governments and organizations, had come up with various solutions to reduce emissions and resuscitate the once sustainable environment. With emissions come mostly from the use of non-renewable ...

Introduction

Genetic evolution refers to change(s) in inheritable traits occurring across succeeding generation of organisms. The change (evolution) is responsible for the diversity at all levels including the molecular level e.g. genetic variations, individual organisms in the same species (intra-species variations) and among species (interspecies variations). It is believed that all organisms emanated from common ancestry about 3.7 billion years ago and then evolved over time to the present biodiversity. Therefore all organisms have some shared traits at the morphological and molecular level with the species sharing a more recent ancestry having more similar traits. The process of evolution involves ...

Indian History

History is an important aspect one should understand as they try to understand a group of people or a location. It gives the roots of the current situation and more importantly can be an important tool in anticipating for the future. Furthermore, studying the historical background of any given place enlightens the view held as regarding that region. With this in mind, the rewinding of New Delhi life is an important aspect in the quest of understanding the present city. This city’s history dates back thousands of years ago with it being a capital city for several empires over this period. ...

Research article summary

Literature review summary
Summarizing the relevant research related to the interconnection between eating disorders and parenting styles, the authors point to the general scientific interest for connections between types of parent-child bonds and overall psychological and mental implications for the child. The authors state that the existing research on long-term psychological implications of parental bonding style is predominantly retrospective, while the body of research shows the connection between overprotective parenting (especially from mothers) with eating disorders and particularly anorexia, bulimia and drive for thinness (Lobera et al., 2011, p. 729).
At the same time, the reviewed research shows a ...

Description

The Rett syndrome is originally known as cerebroatrophic hyperammonemia. It is a rare genetic disorder which commonly affects women although there are cases where it could be found in male patients. It is considered as a postnatal neurological disorder which affects the grey matter of the brain. Rett syndrome is also considered as a progressive disorder which affects the development of the brain. It is also considered as one of the common cause of mental disorders among women. It occur about 1 in 10,000 births and it typically develops at age 6 to 18 months. The signs or ...

Abstract

Rhetorical criticism is basically an analysis of the items people use to communicate, such as images and words. There are different strategies that one can employ when conducting such an analysis. Most importantly, the first step is the selection of an artifact to analyze since the strategies used may differ with the artifact. In this paper, the artifact to be analyzed is an advertisement from Apple and the method employed is ideological criticism, which evaluates the message presented by this advertisement.

Research Question: What is the main message behind this advertisement and was presented in a way that was ...

Art and architecture: Term paper

Introduction
The history of Chinese and Japanese architecture and design confirms a close connection between these two nations, their common Far-Eastern roots. At the same time, they have deep distinctions. Japanese architecture took a lot from Chinese traditions over centuries - therefore we cannot consider it separately.
In a number of aspects differences between them show that the Chinese architecture and interior design are essentially older than Japanese. Long before AD, Chinese culture and art had achieved an advanced stage of development in planning and constructive solutions.
As for the Japanese, they have been building lightly built houses for a ...

The Pantheon is one of the most recognizable ancient buildings in Rome, Italy. The building has stood for thousands of years and was constructed under the rule of Emperor Augustus. The name comes from for two Greek words. The first is “pan” which translates to everything. The second is “teon” that essentially translates to divine. The Pantheon was constructed in 126 AD. The architects of this phenomenal building were Marcus Agrippa, who was assisted by Apollodorus of Damascus. The Pantheon has often received wide praise and acclaim for its architectural design as well as its concept of space. It ...

Forewords

South Korea is an East Asian nation located in the southern part of the Korea Peninsula. Prior to 1948, the South and North Korea were one nation under different occupying forces. The forces of the United States occupied the south while the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) occupied the north. However, in 1948 after the World War II, the nation of South Korea was established, and the two parts were partitioned. This partition caused unbalanced economic units. This was because North Korea controlled majority of the natural resources and heavy industries which were created during the time in ...

Organization Culture

Organization Culture
Organizational Behavior is the study that dwells on how humans behave in organizational settings. Organizational behavior may also mean how people react to various situations in an organization. One of the topics learnt in organizational behavior is organization culture. This paper examines, evaluates and analyzes organization culture as the main idea that many companies look into to ensure they achieve their organizational goals. Culture in an organization includes shared meaning, sense making and understanding within an organization. Culture collectively entails the dominant perspectives, values visions, standards and varied models of behavior that an organization as set. ...

The crisis of modern society is expressed in a crisis of identity as an individual social individual (man) and individual communities. The relationship between global, „world „society of individual communities is mediated by the so-called . Mega - trends: scientific and technical progress, economic integration , information and communication revolution , the movement for human rights and the practice of globalization, exposes contradictions identity of traditional and modern society , and identity of human existence in general . Where is the social process role and place of politics and religion - working on new content identity of a man and society , or maintaining the status quo ...

Comparing Z. Freud’s Conceptions and E. Erikson’s Theory of Psychosocial Development
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Psychosocial development theory is the theory of psychosocial reeks of personality, created by Eric Erickson, in which he describes the eight stages of personality development and focuses on the development of the individual I am.
The issue of personality psychosocial development is not only of scientific interest. Psychoanalysis seeks and finds the roots of the problems in the various stages of childhood and adolescence. It turns out that not only all of us from childhood, but our ...

Right brain vs. left brain

The theory of the function and structure of the brain implies that the brain consists of two sides that are different and they control the brain. The longitudinal fissure is what that splits a human brain into distinct cerebral hemispheres that is the right and the left side. These two hemispheres show a not complete but a strong bilateral symmetry in the ways they both function and how they are structurally made.
Generalizations that are widely being made in the field of popular psychology suggests that these sides have characteristics that are labeled to them. Normal myth is that the left side ...

Two Horses: Red and Blue is a pictorial art work of an animal painting by Franz Marc done in 1912. Franz Marc was a German painter and print maker based in Munich. His father was a great painter and he tried to influence him to also become a painter but he chose to do theology and philosophy (Partsch and Marc 37). He is described as an impressionist as his work was mainly influenced by the work of other artists that he met like Kandinsky who used to paint from the spiritual side of nature. Marc, on the other hand, angled his work on ...

Abstract

Inferno is a terminology in Italy, which connotes Hell. Dante Alighieri uses this allegory in the form of an epic poem of the 14th century. The poet, Dante, narrates his ordeals as he maneuvers through hell in an effort to reach a certain solace. The chief references in the story circumnavigates between the guides of Virgil. The allegories of the allures determine nine circles of pain and suffering established within the global earthly expanse. The poem and its ordeals are allegorical in the representation of the soul and its journey to God. The inferno in the poem is reminiscent of a cognizant ...

Aristotle was an ardent proponent of slavery. One thing that is worth noting is that the topic of slavery remains controversial both exponents and defenders of slavery fail to agree whether slavery is unjust or not. In contemporary times, slavery would be viewed as a breach to human rights which is well stipulated in the universal rights spelt out in international treaties and conventions. However, in the ancient times slavery was viewed by a reasonably large proportion of society as being just. This paper seeks to critically analyze aspect of slavery in politics.

First of all, Aristotle maintained that there are ...

Marketing Petrochemicals

Abstract

Petrochemicals are a word used to mean all the chemical compounds or products that are obtained from petroleum and natural gas. Petroleum and natural gas are used in making petrochemicals since they are cheap and available. Their processing procedure to obtain the petrochemicals is also easy. Examples of primary petrochemicals are aromatics, methanol and olefins. From the primary petrochemicals, intermediate and derivative products can be obtained through chemical conversions.
The chemical conversion usually varies depending on the desired end product. Petrochemicals, just like any other manufactured or processed commodity has to be marketed well in order to make ...

Introduction

This is a form of aphasia which usually results from destruction of the anterior part of the brain. This area of the brain is the dominant part of the brain as regards to language development/activities. The condition was discovered by Carl Wernicke in 1974 and the condition usually occurs in an area tagged no 22 region/Wernicke’s area. Wernicke’s aphasia can be defined as a language disorder that impaired comprehension and meaningful language production. The affected individual usually has the problem with understanding spoken language. The related neuroanatomy is that of posterior and superior temporal gyrus, planum temporale and lower ...

Introduction

Efficient transport in terms of cost and transportation time is a vital element towards the realization of economic development; this implies that transport activities are bound increase steadily due to the need to achieve economic development. Railroad transport is a means of moving passengers and freight by use of wheeled vehicles on fixed rail tracks, whereby the locomotive is channeled by the infrastructure of the railroad tracks. Rail transport serves as one of the effective means of transport that can be used to meet the increasing transport demands such as freight and passenger transport (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 58). ...

A legitimate government is crucial to the prosperity of a country and its people. A government that is acceptable to everybody is a product of a democratic process. Democracy is a system of governance where electing and replacing of an incumbent government is done through free and fair elections, (Adams Henry, 2008:2-5.)In a democratic system the government and the citizenry enters a social contract. The government is given the mandate by the electorate, to implement the social contract for the fixed period of time, failure to which it is kicked out through an election. Besides elections a democratic system displays the following features: Recurrent free ...