Essays on Boyd

Introduction and Literature Review Draft

Children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders present with various behavior challenges (Ludlow, Skelly & Rohleder, n.d.). Self-stimulatory is among the many behavior challenges with which children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder present (Cunningham & Schreibman, 2008). This behavior entails the repetitive body movements. The self-stimulatory behavior in children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder is related with various senses. Some of the senses highlighted by Edelson (2017) include visual senses such as hand-flapping repetitive blinking, and staring at lights. The self-stimulatory behavior involving the auditory senses include the snapping of fingers and the tapping of the fingers. Others senses that are related ...

A Review of Literature

INTRODUCTION The United States has currently been struggling with a great deal of political warfare, social unrest and public protest from the inside and from terrorism, global criticism and immigration battles from the outside. There are so many issues that the subjects of debate seem endless. One of the most controversial and often debated issues today is gun control. There is no doubt that it is incredibly dangerous when offenders are armed when they commit crimes like burglary or in a car-jacking; more so when these offenders have every premeditated intent to kill. At the same time, not everyone ...

Integrated Learning Homework

The focus of my interview was the effect of childhood transition that takes place to a child as they move to adolescent. The psychosocial change that occurs between the childhood and adulthood and between the mortality learned by a child, as well as ethics developed by an adult as Erikson's theory suggest. Before my interview, I gathered some information on this psychosocial stage among adolescents from various sources that increase independence to an adolescent through career development, occupational, families, relationships and their personal views and beliefs. According to Erikson stages, the fifth stage that best suits the change in ...

Identity and Community

Identity and community Introduction Many people like being researchers, but they are depressed by the inaccessibility of the outcomes of their research, which could add value, inspire, or provoke thoughts of people who receive information. This implies that the creativity of an individual is rendered futile as a result of lack of OA (open access). The networked and digital technology has led to the reconfiguration of publicness by altering the engagement in public life. According to Baym and Boyd (2012), the affordance of digital media and architecture is what shapes publicness. The existence of digital technology has blurred the ...

Introduction

The world is rapidly changing especially with the increased embrace of internet use. Telecommuting is quickly gaining momentum as many people prefer working from their living rooms. There are various consequences that can be attributed to this trend.

Impacts of telecommuting

There are various impacts that telecommuting is instilling on the society and the resources that are available. This may also contribute to the success or failure by the companies that are to be served by the platform. Hamilton (2012) argues that there are numerous scenarios that may lead to adoption of telecommuting as the methodology of work executing. Some of the ...

Introduction

There are many accounting systems all over the world, which exist in order to help various companies with the management of their businesses. The relative new financial approach is the Activity-Based Costing (ABC). Following Kaplan and Cooper, it is the type of accounting, which helps to solve the financial problems by using different strategies and approaches to each and every separate financial facility on the bases of the consumed materials and information (Kaplan and Cooper). ABC provides proper management of quality for the service industry with mentioning the peculiarities of development and emphasizing activities that conduct the whole businesses. ...

Introduction to Contracts

Just like any other website dealing with social media, Facebook has terms of service that users must accept by clicking on a box before they go on to create an active account. Many legal experts around the world have questioned the legality of the Facebook terms of service seeing that the agreement process is just ticking a box. However, such terms of service are legally binding, and a violation on either side can result in a legal issue. For instance, agreeing to the terms of service allows face access and use of your personal data for research and another ...

Assignment 3: Website Critique

Assignment 3: Website Critique The Internet has now been an immediate source when looking for medical information. In the United States alone, there are as much as 88.5 million adults who search the World Wide Web in order to obtain health information in 2005 (Diaz et al., 2002, p.180). Based on research, it was estimated that there were about 100,000 health-related websites back in 2002, and currently it reached approximately 350,000 (Diaz et al., 2002, p.180). Based on these numbers, it is evident that the Internet has always been a source of health information, especially when dealing ...

Emergency management in health: key issues and challenges in the UK

The article selected is “Emergency management in health: key issues and challenges in the UK” by Lee et al. (2012). The study presents emergency management as only the practices and actions that relate to responding to the emergency situations. However, Lee et al relates emergency management to emergency planning and establishes that it includes a range of processes from training and preparedness, the business continuity management and planning, and emergency recovery. The article establishes that numerous questions are still unanswered like the ideal outline of emergency management systems or the techniques to catastrophe circumstances, which include top-down or bottom-up, ...

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Essay The use of illicit drugs such as marijuana, cocaine, ecstasy and other amphetamines pose a risk to the health of both the pregnant woman and her baby. Drugs cause a risk of premature birth, birth of a child with low birth weight, development of withdrawal syndrome, birth defects, and abnormalities in the child's mental development (Boyd & Bee, 2015). Prosecution against women for the use of illicit drugs during pregnancy has occurred in thirty states. During the 1980s, a new criminal justice trend appeared: pregnant women who had used drugs and gave birth to drug-exposed babies were found guilty ...

Opinion on Genetic Engineering

In my opinion, genetic engineering is one of the key forces that will help humanity survive and live better lives in the future. Despite the proliferation of views against genetic engineering, I still believe that it can do more good than harm. Many people are already benefitting from it, and we cannot these benefits. Diabetic patients for example have been taking insulin to live longer. Note that the current insulin drug is prepared through genetic engineering. Nevertheless, I also believe that there should be strict rules on applying genetic engineering because I consider it a double edge sword that ...

MOBILE ORDERING PLATFORMS FOR FOODS AND BEVERAGE SERVICES: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY TO INVESTIGATE WHAT KEY FEATURES BUSINESS MANAGERS LOOK FOR PRIOR TO IMPLEMENTATION Mobile Ordering Platforms for Foods and Beverage Services: An Exploratory Study to Investigate What Key Features Business Managers Look for Prior to Implementation

Literature Review

The necessity to approach marketing as an integrated part of management and not as a separate function has been acknowledged decades ago, when Peter Drucker illustrated that marketing tells businesses how to adjust on meeting changing consumer needs and creating a clientele (Webster, 2009). Consumer needs are ever – changing, as Drucker observed, and ...

Incorporating theory

The theory that best suits the application of massage therapy in addressing the pains that post cancer treatment patients usually go through is the theory of goal attainment that was crafted by Imogene Kings (Kiresuk, Smith & Cardillo, 2014). The main components of this theory are in regards of how nurses and their patients interact during the care provision process. The primary focus of this theory is on how communication between these two parties sees to it that the patient emerges with desirable outcomes. This goal can be achieved when a system directed at achieving the well-being of patients exists ...

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In 2013, the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Health Disorders (DSM-5) grouped all subcategories of autism-related disorders in one umbrella, and it is called autism spectrum disorder or ASD. Characterized by repetitive behaviors and communication and social skills deficits, many children from all around the world are afflicted with this disorder. Throughout the years since its discovery, researchers and mental health experts have been interested in completely understanding the nature, etiology, and possible treatments for ASD. Through continuous research efforts and studies, several perspectives have been established to explain the causes of ...

Identity and Information in the Internet Age

Today’s generation of kids and adults are dealing with technologies like no generation before. The major engine in this truly unique period is social media and the Internet. This has forever changed how we interact with one another as well as how we get information. We can interact with people all around the globe, with different cultures and nations, and do so all from our own living room. This new way of interacting with one another has had a great affect on how we form our self-identity. Social media and the Internet have made inaccuracies of information much ...

Abstract

Over time, substance abuse has been under extensive research from scholars. The topic is prevalent in various areas and more so in the education sector. Most individuals fail to understand the significant difference between substance abuse and addiction. The ideas tend to revolve in the same realm. Therefore, this paper strives to elaborate on addiction and how they are related to mood disorders. Also, the paper delves into the causes and reasons why someone can be involved in a substance abuse, which can lead to mood disorders. The causes of drug addiction are also illustrated giving out the way ...

Advanced Nursing Practitioners (ANP) are academically prepared for diverse career opportunities. Although such opportunities are usually appealing to a greater number of ANPs, they normally present diverse challenges that nursing practitioners must consider to ensure effective career development. For instance, the majority of ANPs expresses concerns indicating the lack of adequate time to engage in self-development activities because of the competing demands of the nursing practice. As a result, a strategic career plan must involve a vision covering the diverse factors influencing personal and professional development in the nursing practice. Personal development is considered a necessary component toward enhancing ...

Part A

Foot printing is very important in the process of information gathering for hackers given that is present them with the vital information about the target. Hacking is a complicated process that requires massive information gathering and understanding before an attack can be successful. As a consequence, foot printing is considered a significant part of the hacking process (Boyd, 2000). There are several ways through which hacker gain access to massive information about the target at the foot printing stage. The greatest source of information at the foot printing stage include: the target organization’s website, company directory, job boards, ...

Abstract

The growth of social media and Internet technologies have changed the way businesses and people interact with each other on a daily basis. Not only does social media make communication much easier for people around the world, it provides a number of ways for people to pass the time interacting with each other in a digital medium. However, there are also privacy concerns associated with social media and social networking technologies. Social media and social networking do not provide privacy protections for people the way that they used to, and the amount of information available to the general public ...

Introduction

In all lifestyles, and in every species, the congregation of a select type is a common phenomenon. Despite the sophistication and technology, humankind is no different. There are unwritten criteria for all job applications, school admissions, and even military recruitment. The theory of strength in numbers runs deep among human beings since the advent divisions based on class and color. Racial profiling is the act of singling out a particular community of people to discriminate against. In the United States, racial profiling has two sides to the story. There are legitimate actions termed as racial profiling by people who ...

The Defense Counsel was called Chris Churchill

Nature of the Matter: Criminal Case What Happened: A Description The accused in this case had been charged with the offenses of possession of stolen property and stolen identity or identity theft. Spitney had been found in possession of a social insurance card that did not belong to him and a boat operations license which he was at pains to explain where he had got it. From the conversations I had with both the Prosecuting Counsel for the Crown and the Defense Counsel for the accused, the suspect admitted having committed these crimes and was thus sentenced by the ...

Critical Thinking in Action

2016-06-29 Critical Thinking in Action

Introduction

The issue of the providing safety of employees is quite important in the enterprise. It should be noted that safety technique is a set of rules and regulations designed to ensure safe working conditions and carrying out different kinds of work. In our case, it concerns the production shop. The list of all the safety regulations, aimed at meeting the requirements of labor protection is usually presented as the special instructions for employees. It should be noted that each enterprise should have management system that provide an appropriate safety level for employees in the ...

Literature Review

In the article, ‘Online Stars and the New Audience: How YouTube Creators Curate and Maintain Communities’, author and researcher Hector Postigo highlights the participatory culture of YouTube and how it manages to capitalize on bringing in valuable funding that is needed to help it not only be more visible but the choice for many successful entrepreneurs and businesses alike . Smith has defined the participatory culture of YouTube by explaining that content creators connect directly with their followers and thus the videos that are shared on the platform are a more personalized communication than mass information broadcast. Not only that, ...

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Evaluation of School’s Vision and Learning The educational establishment has a traditional vision of learning, believing that the school has to comply with the requirements of the national program. Specifically, the school concentrates primary attention on the process of learning, the academic productivity of students, and their behavioral patterns inside the school. Also, it is considered that children’s performance has to match the nationally established requirements for certain subjects and the teachers as well as management do not go beyond these frames. The development of school’s vision is conducted through the provision of the course material, ...

The Myth of a Christian Nation by Greg Boyd

The Myth of a Christian Nation is a book that presents ideas that argue against Christians’ belief that engaging in politics is a God –assigned mission. Greg Boyd argues that American Christians have gotten carried away by political ideas trying to justify unchristian- like actions all in the name of trying to spread Christian values and glorify God (Boyd, 10). This article will focus on the ideas and thoughts in this book by analyzing the author’s main purpose of writing this book, the key issue being addressed, evidence the author has to solve this problem, the author’s ...

Communication in Social Networks

Abstract Everything in world undergoes its continuous changes. Though unknown is always frightening, it also affirms the beginning of something new and thrilling. The same can be said about the invention of social networking. In the midst of social media revolution such social networks as Facebook, Twitter and Skype have opened before their users an amazing world of opportunities and unlimited online communication. Knowledge and information could now be shared among various groups of people and even between different nationalities. People got the possibility to connect with the whole world and highly improve their communication skills. Although social networks ...

Introduction

The decisions in the enterprises are taken every day, and the timing and quality of the decision make the difference between the success to the failure. Important decisions from a new client agreement, a new product launch or the split of the company require information, analysis and courage take it. The analysis consists in the importance of the management engineering principle of decision making for the evolution and success of the company. The company under analysis is a software developer company called Infowarehouse Inc., from Lakeland, Florida.

Infowarehouse Inc. is a software company with ten years in the market. ...

Child development takes place in discrete phases and ranges from birth to adulthood. These stages of development comprise various interrelated aspects such as socialization, motor skills, language, cognitive ability, emotional aspects, and social interaction. Various theories emphasize on the issues of development such as Vygotsky and Jeane Piaget theories. Piaget's model discusses concerns about the acquisition of knowledge and mechanisms of intellectual development. On the other hand, Vygotsky tended to focus mostly on the influence of culture on social and material structure and language of society (Steinberg & Vandergrift, 2010). Infant development and growth requires a combination of theories to ...

Introduction

There may be different views about the influence of social media on the people’s lives, but it is absolutely evident that in the contemporary world the types and modes of communication became sophisticated due to the rapid technological process. The launch of the social media such as Facebook, Twitter or Reddit might have been one of the greatest technological breakthroughs in the 2000s. In 2006, Time magazine recognized the importance of the social media and wrote the following phrase on the cover of the “Person of the Year” edition: ‘You. Yes, you. You control the Information Age. Welcome ...

The case of Roper vs. Simmons is a case that involved the issuance of a ruling by the United States Supreme Court holding and arguing that imposing capital punishment on minors was unconstitutional. The case of Roper vs. Simmons had the punishment extents of juveniles involved in murder cases lowered contrary to an earlier strict ruling in cases involving minors. For example, in previous years, the Supreme Court issued stern decisions on cases such as Stanford vs. Kentucky case of 1989. Accordingly, the Supreme Court went ahead and overturned statutes in 25 states lowering penalties on minors. Also, various ...

Nowadays, Internet has firmly established in the life of the society as a global information system. Being present in practically every home, Internet has considerably expanded the opportunities in the process of information search and exchange, communication between people, especially the so-called social networking sites or social media, which are very popular among people of all ages, especially among children and teenagers (Boyd & Ellison 19). Social media has both good and bad effects on the lives of teenagers. Because of this, parents need to monitor their children and enforce rules regarding the use of social media. Communication plays an ...

Katie Donoviel

The Impact of Social Media on Teenagers Prospectus Social media is a phenomenon that is becoming increasingly popular during last time, especially among young people. It is an issue that separates the points of view, as some people regard it as being an amazing phenomenon, but others are worried about its influence on the lives of people. There are several factors that are necessary to discuss, speaking about pros and cons of social media impact on the teenagers, such as self-development and creativity, health and wellness, anonymity and easiness of communication in social networks, business and study development of ...

Introduction

It is thought that the European Union, besides other markets, has liberalized the employment market by lowering the level of regulations in this sphere and enabling people from each Member State of the Union to become employed in any Member State. This has taken more than fifty years of deliberations and negotiations between the sides. Among the main instruments, which have been used during this procedure, we need to list social partnership and social dialogue as the procedures aimed at reaching consensus between the social partners. Additionally, the European Union as a result of implementation of the previously discussed ...

Nowadays, Internet has become firmly established in the life of the society as a global information system. Being present in practically every home, Internet has considerably expanded the opportunities in the process of information search and exchange, communication between people, especially the so-called social networking sites or social media, which are very popular among people of all ages, especially among children and teenagers. Communication plays an important role for the development of the individual at each age stage, but for young people communication and interpersonal relations are a vital factor in the formation of their personality. The special role ...

Is too much Power Given to The Prime Minister with the British System of Government?

Introduction More often than not, the American president is the one referred to as the most influential person in the world. However, there are some restraints put forth on the president’s power that is not present in Great Britain that is led by a Prime Minister. According to Bennister, (2012, p.43) "Prime Ministers have to act per the political, social, and economic situation in which they find themselves, and instead, have the power as well as resources to mold the environment they occupy either consciously or unconsciously." Additionally, within the political structure of Britain, the Prime Minister’s ...

The twenty-year stay of Nabokov in America, which began May 25, 1940, was associated with a typical emigrant life issues. A graduate of Trinity College, Cambridge taught at Stanford and Cornell University, he taught Russian language and literature, as he himself said, “the sons and daughters of the industrial America” (Vladimir Nabokov: The American Years, 47). Summer leisure time he spent traveling through the vast continent, without ceasing to write, and catch butterflies, which was associated with it work in the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University. No matter how Nabokov insisted during the last 20 years of ...

Introduction

The study of mathematics plays a backbone role in education, developing human cognitive abilities, including logical thinking abilities, affecting the teaching of other disciplines. High-quality mathematics education is necessary for everyone for his/her successful life in modern society. Modern educational concepts declare the creative development of the individual, but the practical implementation of this goal is not well worked out, at the same time school teacher is obliged to solve the problem. In practice, even strong students who have a good mathematical thinking and great store of knowledge, are not ready to work in the situations new for them, ...

Foremost, Boyd C. Schafer describes the traits of country that ought to boast of nationalism:

A nationalism-based country features methods of mobilization within its territories. It seeks to establish and maintain a measure of self-governance for the people who go on to make up a nation. For example, under the British Monarch, the people considered the entire country their home and all of the Crown’s protectorates abroad, such as the Indian colonies. Subsequently, the identity factor of nationalism encompasses a unique culture and history. Particularly in language, distinctions create the criteria on which nations can gain their definitions and as a result, constitute the grounds from which inclusion and exclusion ideologies stem. For ...

Introduction

Mental illnesses across cultures is an issue that has had many debates and research over the years. The reason for this is stemmed from the fact that people from various cultural background react differently from others. The conflicting reactions have led to the development of this research. A researcher wants to find the connection between the arguments in order to find the right answers. Culture cannot be stated to belong to one person. This fact is because it involves sharing of values, traditions and beliefs. According to WHO, there are millions of people across the world who have a ...

One of the most controversial pieces of American legislation in recent years has been the Dream Act, or the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act. The purpose of this law is to allow families to stay together in the United States, rather than deporting some on the basis of citizenship and splitting up families, and to give immigrants the right to the same tuition standards as their citizen peers. This law did not pass on the federal level but is in existence in some form in 20 states (USA Today 2015). Indeed some universities have decided to ...

Jane Doe

Abstract In the documentary film, “Fed Up,” there is a frightening look inside America’s health crisis involving obesity. The lack of real food in American diets is to blame. The entities behind creating this problem are the big corporations in America that manufacture these foods. These “foods” are processed foods, with high sugar content that can lead to numerous health problems including heart disease and diabetes. Advertisers are marketing processed foods made of high sugar content to young children and putting sugar into the formulas to get them while they’re young. They have people hooked on sugar, ...

Literature Review

ABSTRACT Communication privacy management model compacts with the degree of exposure of people's personal information and their confidentiality during communications. It concentrates on people relationship management which separates the public information from confidential information about themselves. Communication Privacy Management is a practical model that suggests an appreciation of the way people reach judgments and how often to disclose and when to mask confidential data. The argument assumes that privacy together with the disclosure are entangled in a dialectical pull, and therefore, decisions individuals make are on the complementary level of every individual. Through the use of a metaphorical margin, ...

With the growing popularity of hip hop in the youth culture, there can be noticed a growing number of films appearing in the cinematographic industry depicting the in-demand sub-culture. Being more than just a music genre, hip hop can be fairly called a way of life that thousands of young people found close to their spirit. So the ways it looks like in real life and in movies really differ and thus hip hop is usually a controversial topic for discussion. This paper is thus going to reflect on how authentic hip hop is represented in cinema in terms ...

Introduction

Outreach programs led by a registered nurse are known to have a significant impact on the quality of care and health outcomes of patients (Toyce, et al. 2015). Nurses involved in post-discharge care such as home safety evaluation, medication compliance, and patient education have a positive impact on patient outcomes (Toyce, et al. 2015). Most patients do not follow instructions laid by the healthcare professional post-discharge which leads to non-compliance and readmission. This problem can be solved by a nurse-led outreach program that helps patients in various activities at home, thus improving health outcomes and reduced readmission rates. Nurses ...

Introduction

Approximately 2.5 million individuals in the United States contract pneumonia annually, and 55,000 of those individuals die as a result. In fact, pneumonia was the eighth prominent cause of morbidity and is the number one communicable disease in the United States. Pneumonia is the leading deadly hospital-contracted disease and contributes to a sizable amount of deaths in unindustrialized countries as well. It is a grave illness that can impact individuals in all age groups, but it is especially serious in adolescents, the elderly population, and in people with fundamental medical issues such as ischemia, low blood sugar, and ...