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Introduction

Climate change is a major environmental problem, causing concern to various corners of our ecosystem. It is a result of global warming, environmental pollution and inefficient use of our natural resources. Climate change has affected almost all living organisms, including plants, animals, microorganisms and undoubtedly, man. It poses a serious threat to our ecosystem and is listed as a major concern in the Grand Challenges of the U.N. for Millennium Development and Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (Garrett 490). A wide variety of its implications, have made climate change, an important topic for researchers. There has been more awareness among researchers ...

Impact of Immigration on the European Economy

YOURSCHOOL Impact of Immigration on the European Economy In the weblog (blog) assignment Hűttl and Alvaro (2015) take the position that the economic impact of immigration in Europe is quite small. The blog article cites ten sources ranging from formal peer reviewed articles such as Műnz, Straubhaar, Vadean and Vadean (2006) to popular websites such as the Huffington Post. The overall conclusion of the assigned blog post, all sources considered, is that immigration is a net benefit and therefore, can be considered healthy for the economy. Labor impacts play an important role in the analysis of impacts ...

I. Introduction Researches argued that there was little evidence to accurately determine the early language in England. While the region was inhabited by humans for thousands of years, and that the presence of culture was detected, it was noted that the English language has been only adopted for a comparatively short span of time. History revealed that the English language we have today is a product of the different spoken dialects of the Germanic tribes who immigrated to England sometime in the 5th century. The development of the English language is comparable to a division of historical periods, and ...

The science of homoeopathy has proved to be a boon for the 21st century people. The extremely fast paced life of this century has subjected the people to numerous disease conditions which were non -existent or were very rare in the past. The basic principle of homoeopathy believes in maintaining the vital force in its healthy form. The use of modern medicines has made life much complicated and has affected the vital force of the people in a negative manner. In aphorism 41, Organon of Medicine 6th Edition, our Master Samuel Hahnemann brings about the fact how modern medicines ...

National Safety Goals and National Quality Improvement Goals where Union Medical Center in Union, South Carolina and Mary Black Hospital in Spartanburg, South Carolina health facilities need to be improved as follows. Firstly, the facilities need to improve on implementing an evidence-based application to avert health care-associated infectivity that arises from multi-drug-resistant organisms (Gaboury, M. Lapierre, Boon, & Moher, 2010). Secondly, the facilities need to make perfect and certain that alarms on medical equipment are heard and answered to on time. The improvement will ensure that patients do not have to wait for too long before their caregivers respond to ...

Computer science and the developments taking place in this field have proved to be a great boon for the healthcare industry. Since the past twenty years, various new programming languages and applications have been created which make it easier for health care professionals to carry out their health related work efficiently. Twenty years ago, there were no electronic health records of patients in any kind of online database. Records used to be handwritten or typed, but storage and easy access was a problem. With the development of computer science technology and electronic medical records, patient information could be easily ...

Executive Summary

The purpose of this report is to analyse the dairy industry in China and provide recommendations on the creation of a joint venture between a foreign company and a local company in China. A market overview is done to establish the current market situation. The current market situation is analysed when overviewing the market. The writer looks at the production and consumption rate in the country. A literature review is used to analyse the production and consumption of dairy products in the country. Information from website and other secondary sources especially statistics from the dairy associations in country is ...

The ubiquitous echo of poetry’s yearnings to be heard throughout the annals of time, reflect mankind’s endless search for meaning whilst on earth. As such, English Literature as a formal academic discipline – and generic genre of creative expression – holds a place of often cited materials for pondering. Poetry consists of more than reading stanzas on a page that rhyme. This essay attempts to cogently analyze the poem by William Wordsworth, entitled ‘The World is Too Much with us.’ A brief background will remind the reader herein that Wordsworth’s mother died when he was only eight-years-old, and ...

Q: Determine the annual effective financing percentage cost of the yen-denominated notes issued in each of the three scenarios in the Blades case for the future value of the yen.

Scenario 1: No change in value of yen Scenario 2: 2% appreciation in the value of yen relative to Baht Scenario 3: 3% appreciation in the value of yen relative to Baht Q: Determine the probability that the financing cost of issuing yen-denominated notes is higher than the cost of issuing baht-denominated notes As we may note from the above spreadsheet table, under all the three scenarios, the annual ...

Introduction

Stem cell therapy has proved to be a boon for the medical world. It has made treatment of many diseases a lot easier than it could have been ever imagined. Diseases which were earlier considered untreatable can now be treated with the help of this latest development in the field of Medical Science, known as the stem cell transplant. Many medical researchers believe that stem cell transplant have enormous potential to change the face of disease among the humans and relieve them from their sufferings. There already are a good number of stem cell treatments existing in the medical ...

AFFORDABLE CARE ACT

Since the conception of the Affordable Care Act in the year 2010, millions of people in the United States have benefitted through it. It has made health care more affordable and easily accessible for almost every section of the society. Millions of adults who were uninsured prior to the act have benefitted by getting included in the insurance coverage of their parents (till the age of 26 years). 2014 onwards, more number of adults were covered and buying health insurance became easier than before (Center for American Progress, 2016). It will, of course, not be a simple process to ...

Question 1 Response

As the CEO of Naked Wines, I would require the heads of all functional groups to report directly to me. The main functional groups that the company will have are: Human Resources; Operations; Finance; Marketing; Information Systems, and Legal and Compliance. The head of Human Resources and Risk Management will be responsible for coordinating employee related issues and ensuring that the company has the right workforce to support its operations. The primary responsibility of the head of finance will be to protect Naked Wine’s resources through development of a systematic process for financial control. The head of marketing ...

Introduction

There have been incidents of employee fights and incidents at Acme Manufacturing which is a Fortune 1,000 company. The General Manager (GM) informed the Human Resource manager about an occurrence that occurred in the last week that requires immediate attention. The company's manufacturing operations are carried out in three shifts thus the plant operates for 24 hours every week. In the last six months, there have been hostilities between the employees that work the third shift and those that work on the first shift. The hostilities started with criticism and jeering by the workers on the first shift ...

Essay

The term customer integration ‘dates back to the mid-1990-s when several researchers in management theory began to work on the belief that new technologies, increased competition, and more assertive customers’ can make companies move towards improving of the product quality (Murschetz, 9). Customer integration serves to improve customer satisfaction as it makes the company more responsive to the customer demand. Moreover, it increases level of loyalty from the side of the customer and helps the company reach the desired level of profitability as a result. If you really want to get paid back without any delay, you should work ...

Introduction

The introduction chapter in any literary or scholarly piece is very important. In writing his scholarly article, Boon (2015) exhibited a perfect understanding of the introduction section. This is seen in his detailed explanation of the subject upon which the article is based (Boon, 2015, p.664). The author gives a context in which reader can best understand the article. He underscores the importance of peer assessment for both the teachers and the students. In his conception, it helps them improve the quality of their learning by way of formative assessment (Harris, 2007, p.255). The introduction section as written by ...

The film “Remember the Titans” was released in 2000. It is best known as a Sports Cinema. The main profession of the main characters is associated with the football. Both of the main characters are football coaches. One of the highlighting factor in the movie is the perfect and vibrant professional relationship between the two coaches of football; Herman Boone and Bill Yoast. Their professionalism lies in their initiative to remove the racial discrimination among the team members and establishing a team spirit among them regardless of race. The team spirit is very important for the accomplishment of the team objectives. ...

Vernacular Architecture – Hassan Fathy

ABSTRACT

Before his death in 1989, Hassan Fathy proved a leader and innovator in a particular focus on vernacular architecture inspired by his intention to rediscover and use the traditional materials of the desert dwelling Arab of his beloved Egypt. In his journey, he realized the importance of the spirit of culture, of community, and of the roots of Islam influence on the best sustainable architecture of the desert dwelling Muslim in the community setting. Tasked with creating the design and development of a community for several thousand displaced people from the old Gourna village Fathy incorporated the poverty of the ...

In the age when the entire world runs on the boon of scientific advancement and technology, Google docs is one of the best ways to conduct work or academic activities in an institute. This facility makes life easier and engages people to bring out their best, owing to the features that are provided and the ease of usage.

Google doc is very simple to use, and it is compatible with the following web browsers: Internet Explorer version 6 or higher, Safari 3.1 or higher and Firefox version 1.07 or higher (not Firefox 3). Also, the user needs to enable ...

Analysis:

The following article is a critical analysis of an essay from the second chapter from the famous book “Silent Springs” by Rachel Carson, a famous Marine biologist of her time. The chapter titles “The Obligation to Endure” discusses about the use of synthetic chemicals by human beings and their adverse effect on eco-systems and human beings themselves, raising questions against this unsustainable practice and why it continues without any thought. Analysis: The Obligation to Endure

Introduction

Environmental deterioration is probably the most heated debate of present day. Every day thousands speculate the damage human deeds do to the environment, ...

Organizational Change

The organizational change describes both the process and content of organizational transformation from one point in time to another. It is the continued renewal of the organization’s strategy, structure, capabilities, relationships, culture/behavior and direction to adapt to the complex, uncertain and dynamic external and internal forces. Change is necessary in order for an organization to thrive and even survive the changing internal and external environmental factors, and as such, organizational change is inseparable from strategy. Since it is a process, it is inevitable that it will take some time, but even most importantly, that critical steps in change management ...

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Galeano monograph Open Veins in Latin America explores the history of colonial conquest. Exploitation of Latin America’s natural resources and people helped to foster the industrial capitalist development in Europe or in the United States in the following ways. The first way is how European explorers exploited the silver deposits of Potosi (which is in current day Bolivia). Gold and silver were undoubtedly “main motivating forces” in what Galeano calls the “Conquest” (59). When Christopher Columbus sailed to the New World “he had accepted the challenge of legend” (11). The motivation to be carried off by legend was a strong ...

The BreadTalk Company has been founded in Singapore in July 2000. It has become its way as a bakery and in 2003 developed to the investment holding company, engaged in bakery, food court, and restaurant businesses in some of Asian countries as well as internationally (“BreadTalk Group Ltd (BREAD: Singapore)”, 2015). The bakery segment deals with manufacturing and retailing of different kinds of confectionary products including franchising. It sells wide range of different breads, bans, pastries and cakes. The food court and restaurant segments are closely connected and provide services of management of food and drink outlets. Today it has ...

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Herbs Used to Treat Psychiatric Symptoms

As the patients constantly need the effective treatment, the scientists have a rather difficult task of getting the information about all the aspects of herbalism. Herbs have been found to have an important role in historic psychiatric medicine practice and they have been used conventionally as a first line treatment. Nevertheless, these herbs have to go through series of quality standard checks to assess their safety, potency to cause adverse events and tendency to cause addiction (Wong, Smith and Boon, 1998). Modern online libraries provide information about each herb and some prescriptions. However, the quality and the amount ...

Chuck Palahniuk’s debut novel Fight Club is one of the most well-known and incendiary novels about the postmodern male, describing a frenetic journey by the book’s unnamed narrator to reclaim his manhood. Over the course of the novel, the narrator pairs up with charismatic id figure Tyler Durden to achieve catharsis and reinvigorating his life through unlicensed ‘fight clubs’ in which characters can beat each other senseless in order to feel alive. The depictions of violence in the novel are gruesome and immediate, showing both their appeal to the characters and the underlying weaknesses in their ideology. In ...

Language is a growing and living phenomenon and is always evolving by borrowing different words from different languages and absorbing them. Globalization is one of the reason languages evolve by being influenced by other languages due to high exposure of foreign countries. The American English is more open and flexible while British English is stricter with its rules, however, it has also evolved during the years and many words from other languages have been seen added to the English dictionaries(Pandey). A lot of the fairy tales in English have always started off with ‘once upon a time’ which is ...

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Introduction “There is an eternal landscape, a geography of the soul; we search for its outlines all our lives” –Josephine Hart. The famous quote by bestseller novelist is absolutely true and this could be understood well by travelers who are adventurous. For explorers, geography is the landscape that extends up to the horizon and well even beyond it. According to Bonnett (2008), “More specifically, it is towards geography that people have turned when seeking answers to the questions, ‘How and why has the environment altered?” (p.4). Mapping is a popular activity with which people tend to associate geography more specifically ...

Introduction

This paper explores how people can engage in research together. It will investigate the utilisation of participatory research (PR) and participatory action research (PAR) in sports education using focus groups. A focus group is a manifestation of a qualitative study in which a set of individuals are questioned about their judgements, beliefs and opinions towards an item, a benefit, or an idea. However, queries are raised in an intelligent group setting where members are allowed to talk with others in the group (Brock and Pettit, 2007). PR is a methodology used with groups that emphasise support and activity. It looks at comprehending the ...

As the top health administrator for Well Care Hospital in Happy Town, USA, I place a great deal of importance on professional conduct within my particular health care setting. Because of the often life-and-death ramifications of the actions of health care professionals in all aspects of the profession, it is doubly important that these officials operate at the highest standards of ethics and professionalism. Allowing hospital misconduct to flourish under my administration would reflect poorly on myself as well as the rest of the staff, and diminish patient confidence and faith in our ability to do our jobs. Consequently, maintaining ...

Transport is a key factor of economy well as useful tool used for development of a society rather nation for its intensive use. Good transportation can create market and various social opportunities. There are various modes of transportations like train, bus, car, ship, aeroplane, etc. But fossil fuel, used in all modes of transportation, has become big concern in today’s world due to carbon emission causing environment pollution or global warming. So, the core idea of future transportation has become to diminish carbon emission and for this reason electricity and magnetism have become popular for their potential use in transport ...

Bibliography

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Resources are, by far, the sinews or the driving force of the economy. For centuries, countries have waged wars over lucrative resources that would give them a competitive advantage, improve the economy, trade, and help amass national wealth. Following that logic, resources should normally benefit whatever country has them at its disposal. However, it so happens that countries rich in oil, gas, and other mineral resources struggle to maintain economic stability. Their abundance attracts separatist groups or foreign intruders and produces poor and corrupt administrations that use resources as a means of building their own welfare. The conjuncture now is such ...

Abstract

Internet is becoming a most usual thing in every household. Many internet enthusiasts support the use of internet in household, but there are also some internet alarmists who think that internet is not good for the cognitive, social, and psychological development of children. Internet is like a sea of knowledge and data. As the sea contains many types of fishes, some of them very little, some very big, and some of them very dangerous and lethal, internet is the same kind of technology where there are many good and bad resources of media and data. In this study, we will try ...

[Client’s Name] [Client’s University] Sexuality is an issue that accompanies every person that is going through the stage of puberty. However, sexuality in this sense is not only the biological maturation of the body but of the mind as well. Sexuality is a universal issue that should be addressed and explained clearly towards young people as they are the ones who are at risk of being victims to the dire consequences which comes from being ignorant of sexual issues. It is important for these adolescents to be able to comprehend the responsibility when it comes ...

English 1101

Nicholas Carr is one person who makes one think questions completely out of the box. In his article, “Is Google Making Us Stupid” he brings an idea which almost no one would have thought about. He begins by relating his ideas to a fictional thought and goes on to explain how development at all ages has shaped our minds. He focuses on how the internet has changed our lives and about how mechanical it has become. He concludes by provoking us to think and to make us analyze whether the present day internet is a boon or a bane. Personally, I feel ...

[Client’s Name] [Client’s University] Sexuality is an issue that accompanies every person that is going through the stage of puberty. However, sexuality in this sense is not only the biological maturation of the body but of the mind as well. Sexuality is a universal issue that should be addressed and explained clearly towards young people as they are the ones who are at risk of being victims to the dire consequences which comes from being ignorant of sexual issues. It is important for these adolescents to be able to comprehend the responsibility when it comes ...

International marketing plan

Molson Coors Company needs the expansions of its commodity market. The best way to do it is the entry on the foreign market, because the increase of the amount of selling on the existed market is not rational and effective. The Thai market is interesting and suitable for the Molson’s expansion. In this section we will examine the ways of Molson’s entry on this market and the strategy of that entry. The product which we want to sell on the market is the beer. The type of the beer can be chosen from the production line ...

Why The Australian Human Resources Sector can attract but not Retain Skilled Labor Summary of the Central Argument

In order to understand the central in this article, it is imperative to review the matters precipitating the gist of the central argument. In this respect, the resources sector in Australia is faced with numerous challenges pertaining to attraction and consequent retention of employees. Challenges like these can have debilitating effects on the human resources sector in an economy. When an institution attracts skilled labor, it is important for the institution to retain the labor in order to benefit from the high skills. The Australian Human Resources sector was facing steep challenges of this sort. They are characterized ...

Oxford dictionary defines a theory as a set of principles based on generalizations that have been crystallized through a series of observations. It is a supposition that aims to explain an abstract concept wherein those generalizations made are independent of a particular thing that is being explained. In a scientific perspective, a theory serves as a skeleton in explaining observations and assumptions from a series of hypotheses that can be tested. An individual is referred as a theorist when he or she develops theories. Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution is one classic example. To date, there are also various emerging theories that may explain the probable cause or existence ...

Introduction

Human beings often dispute over various issues in different dimensions of their lives. This situation arises as a result of lack of agreement or consensus regarding a particular matter or sometimes when one party intrudes on the private rights of another. Arts and popular culture scene provide a mechanism for peace building, social tolerance and cohesion. The world that we live in is not devoid of conflict. Arts and popular culture provides a creative avenue through which various conflicts can be resolved. These comprise of present collective preferences in portraits, dances, music, film, sports, and fashion, among many others. These preferences are influenced ...

Introduction

Singapore is one of the upcoming business hubs in the Asian market and continues to grow and expand in equal measures. The country is located on the southern part of the Malay Peninsula in Asia. The country has instituted various laws that seek to expand the business and protect its industry from other external markets and economies (CCH Asia Limited, 1971). The restraint of trade in Singapore has affected its local and international business organizations. Some trade laws restraint employees from joining competitors where they affect employment contracts signed by the employee for the duration of time he/she works ...

Effects of Technology on our Society

The present era is considered as the world of technology. The technological revolution has impacted the daily life of people living in the society. People consider that technology has changed their life styles; it has made their life easier. For example internet for them is a way of communication and and source of information but they ignore the fact that over use of internet makes a person addicted to it. Life become easy but over dependent on the technology. Considering the days when then there was no technological developments such as modern means of transport and computers etc, people were involved ...

Latin word, mens rea is a part of Latin legal axiom ‘Actus non facit reum nisi mens sit rea’. This legal axiom means, act itself is not guilty unless accompanied by a guilty mind. Thus mens rea or guilty mind is a unique feature of criminal law and criminal act of a doer is not punishable unless the same is done with a guilty mind or criminal intention. This paper discusses mens rea along with several related aspects of the subject matter. Sanford kadish recognizes the importance of mens rea in criminal law and says “the existence of mens rea shows that the ...

Introduction

There has been a renewed interest with the indigenous tourism recently. In Australia, it is one of the most thriving tourism sector and attraction at present. This is because Australia is home to one of the world’s historic living cultures and so, it is well placed to develop this global tourism sector (ONT, 1998, p. 2). Indigenous tourism is a general term formerly used to pertain to “all tourism services or products, managed by either the Indigenous or the non-indigenous entities but focuses on an indigenous motif such as cultural tours, festivals, arts and crafts making, interpretation of indigenous heritage, ...

Introduction

Employment tribunals have come a long way since their inception, not only in scope but also in philosophy. The idea that they should hear claims in an atmosphere far removed from the courtroom, accessibly, informally, speedily, and cheaply, no longer pertains as much as it once did. This study examines the extent to which employment tribunals in the UK fit for the purpose in meeting the needs of both aggrieved employees and employers. The study further recommends reforms for improving employment tribunals. The study traces the growth and change of employment tribunals in UK for the past five decades. These ...

The impact of taking Online Courses has become a topic of debate as innovation and technology have allowed an great opportunity for distance learning to emerge. This essay will determine if the online education is as effective as in-class learning at assisting the student to achieve understanding. Alongside the capacity to assess the online experience is the fact that modern technology has created an avenue to acquire large amounts of data on any subject. Beginning with an overview of the online educational experience will create a database upon which to build a working foundation. Following this segment with an analysis of ...

Inclusion

Inclusion is a concept which has developed in the education systems of several countries around the world in the last three decades. Inclusion is a concept which calls for an education approach whereby all students irrespective of their mental, social or physical abilities are placed together in a conventional classroom. The aim of inclusion is bringing about a togetherness feeling contrary to the divisive feel which was brought about by exclusion (Forest & Pearpoint 1). In such an approach, children with disabilities are given the chance of studying together with ‘normal’ children in the same classroom. Proponents of this concept argue that inclusion is ...

Executive Summary

Talent management in any institution is a key concept that should be totally differentiated from human resource management. This is because proper talent management leads to increased productivity and loyalty among the employees. The article “Strategic Talent Management: A review and research agenda”, Human Resource Management Review, 19: 4, 304–313” by Collings, D.G. and Mellahi, K. (2009) helps to shed light on the issue of talent management and human resource management. The following report analyses the views and issues raised by the authors by looking at the validity and reliability of the research methods used by the authors, ...

Space exploration is a never-ending field of study. There are many different types of exploration. From human to robotic, the goals are pretty much the same. To understand what lies beyond earth is the main goal of space exploration. You may ask yourself, “With so many problems on Earth, should the United States continue to fund space exploration?” My answer to this is yes. Space exploration began on October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union launched a satellite into space. The satellite’s name was Sputnik 1, a 184 pound, beach ball size satellite. On January 31, 1968 the first American ...

‘Robotic surgery is a technique in which a surgeon performs surgery using a

computer that remotely controls very small instruments attached to a robot’ (Miller 2011).

The definition of Robotic Surgery is self explanatory and highlights the innovation,

technology and significance associated with it. Robotic Surgery has evolved as a state of the art medical technology and has empowered doctors and surgeons undertake complex operations with high precision. Robotic Surgery is a boon for us with numerous advantages.

Robotic surgery is a robot assisted surgery or operation in which a robot is programmed to

help and aid the surgeon in the positioning, handling and use of surgical instruments to achieve some very difficult and complex tasks. Robotic Surgery offers many benefits and advantages that are making it popular.

One of the biggest advantages of Robotic Surgery is that it is a type of minimally invasive

Surgery. As a minimally invasive process, in Robotic Surgery patients are ...

Believe it or not, the present world is mushrooming with information and knowledge revolution. In this era of knowledge sharing and information explosion, the role of change and transformation due to the evolution of internet in in all walks of life has revolutionized the society and life of the people. No matter what we do and where we go, there is a tangible impact of internet on every layer of life. And this is a challenge before us to adjust or customize our style of action and reaction to suit the need of the situations or circumstances. But, the domain of ...

Question 1

What is the “Digital Divide”?

Answer

Digital divide is a term used to describe inequalities between people, in terms of access to, use of, or knowledge of information and communication technologies (Wikipedia 2011). In other words, digital divide describes the discrepancy between groups having access to technology and those who do not have.

Question 2

How has work been transformed in the computer age?

Answer

Advent of computer age is both, a boon and a bane. It is a boon because it reduces a lot of human effort. It makes it easier to handle, store and retrieve data. It is a bane ...

Has oil been a curse or a blessing for Venezuela?

The oil in Venezuela has become a curse for the country. The present economic challenges facing Venezuela, originate from within the country’s leadership. These challenges are due to presence of oil in the country, which arose from state mismanagement of the 2003-2008, when the oil business was flourishing. This has crippled the Venezuela economy. Instead of modernizing the economy, which the government argues to have done, Cha’vez has used the oil boon to reproduce failed economic recipes from the ancient times. These ancient recipes include massive doses of nationalization, summing approximately four-hundred cases by the end of the ...

In defining poverty, there is a general agreement that there exists no universally accepted definition for this term. However, a number of attempts have been made by different authors and international institutions to define it. According to Chimanikire, poverty has a variety of manifestations that include lack of income and productive resources enough to guarantee sustainable living; “hunger and malnutrition; ill health; limited or lack of access to education and other basic servcies; increased morbidity and mortality from illness; homelessness and inadequate housing; unsafe environments; and social discrimination and exclusion”(Chimanikire 3). Poverty is as well characterized by lack of taking part ...