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Executive Summary 3 Introduction 4 Discussion 4 Conclusion 7

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Executive Summary Quality education is not always equals to a higher budget. This kind of education can be achieved by maximizing the readily available resources and optimizing human resource skills, and using modern technology at human advantage. When environment and human resources, and modern technology are properly used, an excellent quality of education is possible without the fear of workers’ strike and student protests. This study wants to present a possibility of a cost less quality education among the leaders and administrators of St. Vincent Community College. It is a ...

Facts

This case presents a compelling argument about the importance of maintaining good corporate practices in the business sector. Computer Associates is facing a difficult economic situation due to the flaws in the management. High profile executives like Stephen Richards utilize foul accounting practices to augment the company’s sales values and to improve its performance in the public traded stocks. For instance, the company employees manipulate the sales dates by calculating returns from different fiscal quarters. Additionally, the internal audit committee fails to reveal the nature of their financial inadequacies upon the first audit. By violating the Generally Accepted ...

Introduction

Performance enhancement in sports has been a controversial topic over the years. Specifically, sports organizations prefer the utilization of performance enhancement drugs to enhance their efficiency in the sporting activities while other humanitarian and government organizations raise concerns over the negative impacts of these drugs. As such, this paper discusses the negative impacts associated with performance enhancement drugs to the human body and the ethical concerns that emerge from this approach. In many instances, PEDs have been reported to enforce significant resiliency among the users and this is an advantage to sportsmen due to the enhancement of biological functions ...

Body fitness is essential to the welfare of one’s health. In fact, lack thereof compromises one’s medical status, and this could lead to the development of complications such as high blood pressure and obesity. As such, many individuals have resolved to take measures aimed at enhancing their body fitness through natural bodybuilding strategies. However, the utilization of steroids is a universal preference among sportsmen and people who want to improve their fitness. Due to the marketing strategies employed by the steroid manufacturing companies, most people are unaware of the adverse side effects these drugs cause on their ...

Abstract

Amazon is an online retail store that has manged to enhance its market situation value the use of big data. It is this large data at its disposal that normally help the management to assess the tastes and preferences of the potential customers. The same framework helps in the forecasting and decision making. There are three sets of problems that are discussed in this context. The first problem is concerned with the exploration of the survival aspects of the company in the wake of increased competition. The motivation is to asses how the management of Amazon can cope in ...

Being an international student at the Eastern Kentucky University pursuing my major in Elementary Education, have experienced a different learning environment in this institution as opposed to my native nation, Saudi Arabia. The most dominant difference is based on how the education system operates in Kentucky as compared to Saudi Arabia. For starters, there is a variance in the overall hierarchy of leadership and role division as opposed to my native country. Additionally, Learning from Abroad showed me that problems existed everywhere regardless of the economy of the nation. Initially, I thought the American education system is unflawed due ...

Introduction

Capital punishment or the death penalty is the process by which a state puts an accused person to death for perpetrating a grave crime. The matter has been of considerable controversy over the past century in various countries and states. Human rights activists have continually criticized the states of being inhuman, immoral, and irresponsible for the welfare of its people through killing suspected criminals (Vaughn 78). Religious groups such as Christians have also expressed their disappointments over capital punishment, as it goes against the wishes and plans of God. The various reasons that state carrying out the process hold ...

Introduction

Texas is one of the fascinating yet dynamic States of America. In 1980, the total population of Texas was around 11 million which got double in the 2000s. Today, this developing state population is around 23 million. Every developing state or country faces few public issues which need to be overcome to augment the welfare of human beings. Texas ranks considerably lower than the other states in many service provision areas. The emerging economy still faces numerous challenges but unable to deal proactively. There are different public issues that are faced by Texas people. Among all, the selected public ...

Sony Play station has been one of the most successful products of the century. Since the release of the first Play Station in December 1993, Sony has released three subsequent Play Stations with great success. Sony released the original play station in December 1993, and sold more than 70 million play stations worldwide by the time Play Station 2 was released in 2000 (USA Today, 2014). Play Station 2 sold more than 155 million by the time it was discontinued in December 2012 (USA Today, 2014). Sony released Play Station 3 in 2006, and had sold 80 million units ...

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The article primarily communicates to managers the three different types of strategies that can be utilized for innovative purposes in order to effectively address the prevailing trends. These strategies are augmenting, combine and counteract. It not only creates awareness of the factors that managers should consider when developing innovative strategy but also offers critical advice to enable managers to be more effective in analyzing trends. The article is authored by two distinguished scholars; Professor Eli Ofek teaches business administration at Harvard Business School while Luc Wathieu chairs the Ferro International Marketing at European School of Management and Technology. ...

Introduction

The achievement gap in formal schooling between African American children and other groups is stark. This has proven consistent over time (Coleman, et al, 1966), across jurisdictions (Clotfelter, Ladd & Vigdor, 2009; Bailey & Dziko, 2008), and throughout the K-12 system (The National Center for Education Statistics, 2014). Improving these issues is an obvious direction forward. Yet, the obstacles are numerous and multifaceted (Sanacore, 2004). Relative to the public domain, the school system is often targeted for a lack of understanding in relation to educating young African Americans of low socio-economic status. The curriculum is long been criticized for being de-contextualized to ...

Introduction

The term ventilation is constantly used by fire fighters and the fire marshals department. In simple terms, ventilation is the process through which toxic gases, smoke and heat is removed from a burning building and consequently replaced with cleaner, cooler and air rich in oxygen. This is part of the rehabilitation process of a burning building. The process has two distinct components. The first component involves the removal of hot air, smoke and toxic gases. The second component of the ventilation process is pumping in cleaner, cooler and air rich in oxygen. While performing this process, it is important to exercise ...

Question 1: As discussed in the article list some industries where big data is being used today? Please elaborate as appropriate from your readings.

Ever since the explosion of the information technology age, big data has become a very common term today. As the name infers it is a collection of large set of data that is stored and used for everything from politics to sports and health and every other thing in between. More and more companies use big data and some of the most popular companies are IBM, HP, Google, Microsoft and Amazon among many others. While these are the most popular companies that utilize big data, there are many other different and smaller companies that also use big data. In 2012, IBM ...

Management: Cathay Pacific Airways Limited

Management: Cathay Pacific Airways Limited Cathay Pacific Airways Limited is a Hong Kong-headquartered international airline company that offers passenger and freight transport services across various world countries. The firm has been successful and is one of the largest and most profitable international airports worldwide today.

The success and growth of Cathay Pacific Airways can be analyzed using the SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Timed) model which applies in drawing strong business objectives to optimize chances of realizing them (Marketing Teacher, 2013). Cathay Pacific Airways has succeeded over the years, realizing its goals of growth and profitability (In Financial, 2013; ...

Spectrum Allocation in Cognitive Radio Using Potential Game Theory

Spectrum Allocation in Cognitive Radio Using Potential Game Theory Cognitive Radio is another era of remote correspondence framework that empowers unlicensed clients to adventure underutilized authorized range to improve the radio range use. The asset distribution is hard to accomplish in an element appropriated environment, in which Cognitive Radio clients take choices to choose a channel without arrangement, and respond to the natural changes. In this examination we present the game hypothesis model for effective range designation (Benmammar & Amraoui, 2013). The proposed game hypothesis model uses the hereditary calculation application to break down a radio recurrence and advance the utility ...

The plight of American workers, according to Jacob Riis writing, between 19th century and 20th centuries can be associated with a number of factors among them, the surge of immigrants in America. His writing focuses on the difference between the upper and the middle-class people living in the slums of New York City. The American economy took a different direction as a result of the change from an agricultural to industrial urban nation. Riis tries to bring out the horrible working conditions of American workers living in the tenements and calls for government intervention. Urbanization of the American people and the great ...

Introduction

It is common knowledge that the success of any organization is hugely dependent on the KSA’s (knowledge, skills and abilities) of its employees. Employees are the most important assets of an organization and without proper mechanisms of recruitment, selection and training, the organization may not acquire and retain most effective e employees. In addition, if the mechanism of recruitment, selection and training are not aligned with the organizations’ missions and core values, the organization may ultimately collapse. Employees with high levels of knowledge, skills and abilities drive the organization forwards and propel it towards the achievement of its ...

Body Dismorphia

Almost everyone is in some way are dissatisfied with certain aspects of his appearance. These characteristics may include a crooked smile, misshapen nose, eyes the wrong size or any other imperfections that are not significant. It can be a completely natural occurrence that does not have any adverse effects beyond altering what a person wears and makeup and they buy. Most of the population simply makes accommodations for these undesired characteristics. If someone feels she has short legs she may just wear high heels and an imperials waist to give the illusion of longer legs. A man with a weak chin may grow a ...

How texting affects college students' academic grades

Introduction With the emergence of information technology and advancement in engineering smaller portable, multifunctional and affordable mobile devices have emerged. These devices have been integrated in schools and colleges to deliver and disseminate information between students and teachers. With the emergence of social media and affordable telephone services students have been using texts as a common communication tool (Vosloo). According to (Horstmanshof and Mary 75) the current modern college students multitask more than any other in the past. Today’s Net Generation University students multitask more than any previous group, mainly utilizing e-communication tools (Horstmanshof and Mary 75). This ...

It is rather difficult for businesspeople to make informed and wise decisions involving the risks, opportunities, and profitability of their ventures unless they have knowledge on the right tools and techniques to utilize. Entrepreneurs and corporations alike need not worry though because they are always take advantage of financial statements whenever they feel the need to examine the performance of their respective enterprises. Through income statements and balance sheets, for instance, businesses can immediately assess their profits, losses, assets, liabilities, and net worth at a given time. Nevertheless, evaluation of companies’ performance should never be limited with these fiscal records ...

Introduction

Research is important in the development of the best pedagogical approaches aimed at improving students’ learning outcomes. To this end, this paper explores the extant research literature with a view to answering the question: “what is the disparity in performance by the children from poor social economic settings when compared to children from well-off social economic settings?” Besides an answer to the aforesaid question, the literature review identifies informational gaps within the study topic.

Literature Review

There is extensive literature on the disparity in performance by children from poor backgrounds compared to those coming from financially stable families. However, while most of ...

The importance of language in human history cannot be overemphasized. Many scholars have come up to explain the development of language which has been used since time immemorial by human beings. The idea on how the meaning of a particular word is defined in the dictionary and its use in the really life situation has not only generated debate among scholars but has also attracted attention from other groups like political class. The main purpose of language is to pass an intended message to a certain group of targeted audience. Different people across the globe have ways and means of interpreting a ...

Introduction

A well performing shopping mall should fundamentally have proper Indoor Environment Quality. The importance of a high proper Indoor Environment quality; be it in terms of thermal comfort or air quality cannot be underscored any more. Significant energy goes into creating a high proper Indoor Environment Quality in shopping malls. This energy is used for processes like cooling and ventilation in order to get rid of the high internal gains in heat from electrical appliances, equipment and people. In the recent past, architects have explored the potential for natural ventilation in building spaces (Bauer, MöSle, & Schwarz, 2010, pp.71) Following ...

Introduction

Horror movies are among the most popular film genres in the contemporary scenario. This is due to their appeal to the emotions of an individual causing fear and anxiety during viewing. The films usually explore themes, which include nightmares, supernatural events, and death among other terrifying events (Richards 71). However, for the themes to be effective in captivating the audience, it is essential that the film should have adequate cinematographic features to complement the inclination of the film. In order to analyze a film effectively, it is essential to consider the motives and intentions of the filmmakers. This is achieved ...

Analysis of a Public or Community Health Problem

A community health problem, being a well being issue affecting a large population of the community, has a widespread impact on the community. Diabetes has plagued the population of New York State for over a decade now. Many surveys carried out in the state to assess the prevalence of the condition report increased incidence rates too. Due to the high prevalence rates and the fact that the condition is widespread in the state, this paper will analyze diabetes as a community health problem in New York State and make recommendations on plausible solutions.

Description of the problem

Diabetes is a chronic health condition where the body either produces insufficient ...

1. Lechner, Frank J. 2009. Globalization: the making of world society. Chichester, U.K.: Wiley-Blackwell.

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2. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/270230702 3. Ebook 4. While quoting apt examples and illustrations, the author of this monograph expresses how globalization affects our everyday experiences, creates new institutions at the same time presenting new challenges. He describes the how the process of globalization unfolds in a wide array of fields, ranging from law and religion to sports and media. The monograph demonstrates how inherently diverse globalization is by sketching the outlines that describe the world society in the making. The following is the quotation of the ...

I have nursed a key interest in engineering since my earlier days as a juvenile. As an apprentice of my father, a petroleum engineer, I was fascinated by his exposes on advances in technology, especially in the petroleum engineering field. When narrating his stories, he would always attach a societal perspective to the many inventions and innovations he told of. According to him, advancements in technology were solutions to problems that dogged the society. He painted engineers as supremely endearing people who had the interests of the society at heart. As a curious child growing up, I was consumed with the notion of making ...

When purchasing a new apparatus, Companies consider the price of the item, the amount of revenue that the new item can create for the Company eventually, as well as, the scrap value of the new item. Besides, the Company must consider the rate of interest, which the Company uses in computing the present value of the future net income, which can be expected from the new apparatus. The Company will buy the item if the present value is positive, but if the present value is negative, the Company will not purchase the item. Similarly, the decision to go to college ...

Surprising Ways the Hot New Thing can affect Your Product Strategy by Elie Ofek and Luc Wathieu.

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The primary aim of the article is creating awareness among managers about development of strategies to address trends. The authors identify three innovation strategies for innovation; augment, combine and counteract. The article aims at providing managers with the insight to create “new value proposition in their core markets, and to provide some high level advice on how to make market research and product development organizations more adept at analyzing and exploiting trends.” (Ofek and Wathieu, 2010). It basically discusses the importance of aligning the business products and services with the prevailing trends. It also ...

#1.) The exchange between Suzanne and Jerry began because Suzanne used her perceptions of Jerry to link together what she believed happened. What led Suzanne to form her impression of Jerry? What should have Suzanne asked herself before she jumped to conclusions given her perceptions and impressions?

All along, Suzane has had the impression that Jerry cannot be trusted with money matters. Since Jerry does not save and keep his money as she does, she views Jerry as a spendthrift, someone who does not know how to spend and manage money. Also, with the little money they make at the ...

Abstract

Trade patterns and foreign investments volume has increased dramatically as a result of improved economic conditions, legislation reforms and privatization efforts in Argentina especially after the crisis of 2001. Subsequent to Brazil, the US and China embody the most significant trade partner for Argentina. China happens to be a big market for Soy beans and Argentina the largest exporter. There are enormous prospect in separate industries as well as food, automotive, mining, chemicals, petroleum and natural gas, and services. This paper will try to outline trade in Argentina while proving the thesis that Argentina experienced trade surplus in different parts of ...

Political legitimacy

Introduction Political legitimacy is an example of a virtue relating to political institutions regarding the governing laws, policies and the candidates that aspire to hold political positions. In a narrow perspective, political legitimacy can be defined as the universal recognition of the governing law or regime and considering as authority. In this context, authority represents a political position that has been founded on an existing government. Legitimacy on the other hand signifies a system of government, which represents the sphere of influence. During the era of enlightenment, the aspect of political legitimacy is perceived as a fundamental pre-requisite for effective governing. This implies ...

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The Human Genome Project promises a revolutionary insight to the genetic "blueprint" of the human body. In this paper, the social, ethical, and economic implications of this project to the society are considered. The potential for applications of this research is as well mentioned in this research paper. The paper discusses the HGP in relation to the broader context of genetic engineering and its applications, thereby considering issues like the extent to which the Frankenstein metaphor applies to the project in terms of the potential for genetic engineering.

The issue of ethics of genetic research and the relationship between genetic ...

1. Consumer Price Index (CPI) This is a gauge of the standard change over time in the prices waged by urban customers for a set market basket of customer merchandises. The CPI is deemed the most significant gauge of inflation. The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) augmented 0.2 percent in 2010/2011 on a periodically adjusted source, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics accounted this year (2011). During the last 24 months, the all items index augmented 3.6 percent prior to periodical adjustment. The indicator for all items less food and energy augmented 0.3 percent in 2011, its ...

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Water is an extremely significant resource. It encompasses an incredibly extraordinary role in the earth‘s weather pattern (Woo et.al, 2007). Per se, learning the water phases and exploring how to maintain it sustainable and constantly obtainable is especially necessary in each society. For example, it is pertinent to be acquainted with how the water cycle behaviour in particular settings to cultivate crops more resourcefully. Therefore, Water balance as a research sorts out the water cycles. Each location has its own unique water balance plane, and per se, it is computed in a different way for every setting because of different ...

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A 'mirror-tracing task' (or mirror-tracing test) is a psychological test used to measure a variety of functions such as learning, transfer of information from one brain hemisphere to the other, and other perceptual/motor skills. In the test, two hypotheses were formulated in a bid to understand the concept of spatial perception, transfer of abilities and gender differences. On the first hypothesis, Continuous exposure to the mirror-tracing test will lead to improved mirror tracing skill; we needed to look at the influence of practising on the mirror tracing skill. 243 subjects were continuously exposed to the test for seven days and the results ...

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Federal milk marketing orders (FMMO) hoist prices of fluid milk produce and decrease the values of manufactured dairy goods for example cheese and ice cream. What consequences do the prices alterations have on the welfare of a variety of groups of customers? Do the milk marketing orders favour the wealthy over the unfortunate? To vividly answer these questions it is better to have an understanding of the effect of Federal Milk marketing orders on possible Farm Milk Processing. This paper gives an overview of facts about the milk marketing orders presenting an understanding of it effects.

Introduction

Farmers and ...

Homeless population

It is safe to say that the homeless population as a social group is vulnerable since the homeless are usually at an augmented risk for unfavorable health-related effects. Comprehending the nature of homelessness and its actual affiliation between resource accessibility, relative possibilities, and health status is vital for nurses to detect and treat health-related predicaments in this vulnerable population. According to the Stewart McKinney Act, 42 U.S.C. § 11301, ET seq. (1994), a person is deemed homeless when one lacks a fixed, regular, and sufficient night-time dwelling; and has a main night time residency that is: a supervised publicly or privately operated shelter intended to ...

In truth, there are many publications dedicated to accounting and its history therefore there is a lot of interest in the accounting process. In addition, it is broadly known that accounting documentations, or their proxies, have been discovered from the era of the pyramids in Ancient Egypt in form of indentations on sticks. However, the most legendary accounting incident in history was the Father Luca Pacioli’s work publication He is regarded as the father of modern accounting and bookkeeping. With the expansion of trade and industry during the sixteenth to the nineteenth centuries, came the enlargement and augment in ...