Essays on Characteristic

This pape considers whether the Equality Act 2010 has finally balanced the relationship between men and women at work. Use case law to illustrate your argument. The Sex Discrimination Act of 1975 has prohibited discrimination against individuals or groups based on gender. The Act prohibits discrimination in different areas including education, employment, and others. It also prohibits discrimination in different aspects of social life; for instance marriage. The status of women in the society is a social question, which needs legal answer. The discrimination act is a subject of interest for the government (Stromwall et al, 2011, pp. 472– ...

I-V Characteristics

Organization
Abstract
The experiment aims to provide an insight into the I-V characteristics of some two terminal electronic components in which the components will be setup in a circuit through which voltage will be passed and the resultant current will be measured and recorded. The different components will be found to behave differently under changing voltage and their behavior. The graphs of voltage versus current will be plotted for different components using computer software. The experiment will also allow an opportunity to gain experience in collecting data through computer and setting up simple circuits which can serve as a ...

Resource-Based View Analysis

Physical analysis
Husky Energy Inc. is omong one of Canada's biggest incorporated vitality organizations, headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. It is merchandized on an open market on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the images HSE and Hse.pr.a. The Company works in Western and Atlantic Canada, the United States and the Asia Pacific Region, with Upstream and Downstream business sections. Husky Energy is controlled by Hong Kong elite rich person Li Ka-Shing who possesses a larger part imparts of more or less 70% as per Bloomberg and Financial Post information. Husky's establishment is in Heavy Oil and Western Canada, where it ...

1. Explain the role of each of the five components of Mintzberg’s logo.

a. Strategic apex

According to the arguments of Mintzberg, a strategic apex refers to the system that is characteristic in organizations where leadership lies with the top management. In such a system, all the power lies with the top managerial staff; often one person. In this case, this controller of power could be the sole owner of the business. Such bureaucratic establishments are also characteristic with flexible, informal and basic structures comprising of few staffs or middle-line hierarchy. ...

Everybody knows what it is like to be on a team, whether you have been involved with sports in school or at work. Although teams can be found everywhere, they all vary in their unique ways. Larson and LaFasto created a coherent model which illustrates and describes eight characteristics of excellence to a team. Last semester our school team organized itself in a way that allowed us to utilize each of our talents so as to complete the project. As a team, we decided that we could each write our performance goals that we had earlier agreed upon while ...

The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008

The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008 is an economics book that was written by Paul Krugman. The book is an analysis of the 2008 financial crisis that followed an economic downturn amid huge economic activity in the financial sector of many economies including that of the United States of America. The book further follows and traces integration of the unfavorable economic conditions into the financial crisis experienced in the year 2008. In addition, Paul Krugman considers the parameters that characterize a relationship in ...

Alzheimer's disease (AD) or dementia of Alzheimer's type (DAT) is one of the most common pathologies of the central nervous system and psyche. It usually affects persons in the old age and today an estimated of 500,000 Canadians suffer from Alzheimer’s or related dementia, over 70,000 being under 65 and 50,000 under 60. Neurodegenerative process is accompanied by progressive loss of memory and cognitive abilities decline. AD inevitably leads to death of the patient, and there are still no drugs to prevent or cure this disease. Incidence increases parallel with an increase in life expectancy. ...

Introduction

Each of the architectural designs has its own outstanding and unique features that make them stand as original. In history, we can take note of the Romanesque architecture of the Medieval Europe between sixth and tenth century. Two centuries later, it evolved into Gothic architecture, commonly applied in building medieval cathedrals, which lasted for four centuries to the sixteenth century. Apart from these being history, there are specific architectural elements that in the eyes of the medieval builder are the result of not only technical but also spiritual quest.

The technical aspect of the gothic cathedral

The gothic architecture was preceded by a period of transition: ...

Abstract

The essay titled “Transgender Discrimination” includes such parts as the expanded introduction, the main body and the conclusion. The general points of the essay are the following: the overview of the notion ‘transgender’; its characteristic features which can be reflected in several categories of transgender group; the explanation of such notions as ‘gender identity’ and ‘sexual orientation’; transgender discrimination issues; and psychological state of transgenders. The introduction reveals the notion ‘transgender’ and the peculiar features of transgender categories. The main body presents the information about transgender discrimination. Antidiscrimination laws, in the majority of states and cities of the USA, ...

Abstract

Studies in mechanics have evolved to be the most fundamental tool in the innovation of new materials and advanced technology. Specifically, studies in Continuum Mechanics, has been very influential in producing materials that exhibit various desirable characteristics at the expense of size and weight. Nanotubes are a perfect example of how this study has impacted the evolution in material technology. It has been used as the basis for the explanation of these complex materials as well as provisions for their behavioral effects during machining. The wide use of nanotubes in fragile fields like technical textile supplements, truly depict the ...

Introduction

The purpose of the experiment was to study Ohm’s law and to investigate the relationship between current and voltage in metal wire, lamp filament and diode.

Theory

Electric current (I) is defined as the rate at which charges flow through a conductor. Current flows when a conductor is connected to a power supply in a complete circuit. The battery provides the energy needed to move the charges through a conductor. The energy supplied by battery per unit charge is called voltage. Voltage is a measure of electrical potential difference between two points in a circuit. The potential difference between ...

Introduction

Rationalism is the major developed concept during the time of John Locke. His goal in his works is to build a more sophisticated foundation for information and science. The method he proposed is to evaluate the scope, limitation and reliability of the knowledge of humans and to differentiate it to the irrational concepts and ideas. He started to investigate the ability of the human mind by analysing the origin of our ideas. Locke believed that in order to understand the human mind, one should trace the origin of the idea from the individual’s experience (Kaijo, np).
John Locke’ ...

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Portfolio Management Concepts
The concept of portfolio management is a lucrative sword as not only it offers not only returns but the investor also have to face risk associated with it. If the Investor is willing to earn higher return he has to associate higher return with higher risk. For an investor to diversify away the risk he can follow diversification rule. Under diversification, investor can include the assets which are not correlated to each other and thus by including these asset classes he can diversify away the risk. However, in terms of the risk there are ...

Psychology

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Abstract

Identifying and predicting psychopathic traits by analyzing childhood behaviours must be based on sound psychometrics to ensure scientifically reliable results. Statistical analysis using G-Power (computer model for calculations) aids in analyszing the results from surveys and personality assessments which are administered to teens and young adults from communities, colleges, juvenile homes and jails in order to understand how the data from self reported questionnaires can reliable be used to predict psychopathic behavior. The ability to do so would be very helpful for counseling and could possibly help avoid psychopathic behaviors in young people that are self-destructive ...

- Discuss Fiedler’s original Model of Leadership and then compare this with his later development of Cognitive Resource Theory.
Originally, Fiedler proposed a contingency model of leadership, postulating that leadership success depends on the individual leadership traits and the leadership situational context. In other words, the scholar has stated that a stressful situation requires for more experience, as the individual characteristic of the leader to prevail the more intelligence feature. On the contrary, in less stressful situations, the exact opposite is at hand, as this situation favors the more intelligent leaders and it requires less the abilities of ...

David, A. (1998). “When Should Kids do to Jail?” The American Prospect. 38 (1), 72-78.

In this article, David (1998) claims that there is a controversy on when a child should be free to face criminal justice. This article addresses the question of when children should be regarded as adults at the hand of criminal law. As such, I will use this article to validate the period when children are liable to juvenile delinquency and transfer. David focuses on addressing parents, and lawyers on juvenile delinquency. David (1998) and Martin (2005) have focused on educating the public concerning the juvenile delinquency and addressing questions on the same effectively. David is a lawyer who has ...

Virtual Lab Report

Virtual Lab 1: Virtual Microscopy
A. Gauge the size of various biological components and organisms. The Virtual Microscope (copy and paste this address into a new browser window: http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/cells/scale/ ) can be used to make these observations. Estimate the size (length and width in microns) of
An E.Coli cell is around 0.5µm in width and around 2µm in length. A mitochondrion is around 0.5µm in width and approximately 10µm in length. A Red blood cell is around 5.5µm in width and 7.5µm in length. A virus is approximately 0.25µm in width and around ...

Investment Options Recommendations

Introduction
This paper entails an analysis and review of the available investment options in companies that fall within the start-up economy category. This analysis is based on the specific investment needs of a client who wishes to invest some of his capital in a non-publicly owned firm. The client is 50 years old, and this implies that his investment risk profile is not as high as that of relatively younger investors. In this regard, this paper will advise the client on the stock investment options that are available in his preferred company profiles. Accordingly, this paper will focus on ...

Color Signals in Human

For more than 20 years there has been confusion and contradiction about whether and how the visual system can examine the motion of pure color patterns that contain no luminance variety. Three new papers have reported proof that, given their force, color patterns match luminance designs in the motion related sensations and utilitarian attractive resonance imaging signals. They evoke in people, and in the neural signs they inspire in the motion region of cortex of acting monkeys. This key aspect of the most seasoned and the most modern of cognitive neuroscience strategies decisively reject the proposal that color signs ...

Abstract

Cocaine has a variety of physiological manifestations. Cocaine is a local anesthetic that was discovered in the sixteenth century. The characteristic of being a local anesthetic is the primary attribute for its application in medicine. There are a number of compounds that have been recently created that are more effective than cocaine for the purposes of anesthesia. Cocaine also has the characteristic of being a potent vascoconstrictant. The applications of vascoconstrictant are effective for the implementation of throat and nose surgery. The application of cocaine in the nose and throat areas has the characteristic of deterring bleeding. Cocaine also ...

Abstract

The objective of the current experiment is to describe how plants function and pass on the traits. Dark is dominant to wrinkled and Green is dominant to pale green. A statistical approach is used for goodness of fit between observed data and data that are predicted from a hypothesis. Null Hypothesis: The results of the experiment are in agreement with the Mendel’s Laws. Dark is dominant to wrinkled and Green is dominant to pale green. The chi square values that are greater than 3.841 are expected to occur less than 5 percent of the time due to random ...

Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales-II:

Issues Related to Result Interpretation and Test Validity
Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales-II:
Issues Related to Result Interpretation and Test Validity
The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales-II (Vineland-II; Sparrow, Cicchetti & Balla, 2004) is a psychometric test used to measure adaptive behavior. Adaptive behavior is defined as the ability to achieve a level of personal independence and social responsibility consistent with expected levels from individuals cultural and age group (Perry & Factor, 1989). The Vineland-II test is comprised of four domains of adaptive behavior: (1) Communication, (2) Daily Living, (3) Socialization, and (4) Motor Skills. The Maladaptive Behavior Index measures maladaptive behaviors, which ...

In the world of Science, there are many fields of study that deals with every aspect of the world. In Social Science discipline, the past and the present study of humankind is called Anthropology. This study builds and draws upon the knowledge from the biological sciences and social sciences, and even the natural sciences and humanities. This purpose of this writing is to discuss the primary characteristics of Anthropology as a discipline, which includes comparativism, holism, fieldwork and culture. Each of these characteristics has its own importance as well as its own contributions in the field of Anthropology.
Our ...

The main characteristics that are given for a well-rounded man in ‘l’uoma universal’ are based on a man having and possessing a wide range of interest. This is a man who can study philosophy and art at the same time being interested in engineering and also political studies. This man is also characterized by poetry and being a warrior at the same time. It is also evidence through the text that a man should be well built, that is being physically strong, both health-wise and physically and should be agile (Duiker, & Spielvogel, 2008). Also according to Castiglione, a ...

Abstract

This paper explores the subject of cognitive creativity as an inborn human characteristic and not a learnt skill. It analyses views of various psychologist and authors that are in support of the proposition that cognitive creativity is an innate. The paper advances an argument that creativity is unique mental process that differs from individual to individual. This difference is as a result of difference in personality. Personality is a product of mental process and creativity is a component of personality that endures in a person from childhood to adulthood. Therefore, the paper takes the position that creativity is inborn ...

Introduction

Innovation refers to the application of improved solutions, which meet the new requirements, existing marketing needs, or inarticulate wants. This is essentially accomplished by processes, services, products, ideas, or technologies that are more effective, and which are readily available to society, governments, and markets. In organizational context, the concept of innovation may be linked to the positive changes in productivity, market share, efficiency, competitiveness, quality, and others.
One of the reasons why managers cannot practice or implement innovation in their organizations is the existence of external factors to the organization that are outside their influence of control. The other ...

(I). Socrates was a gadfly (a horsefly) because just like a gadfly prevents a horse from becoming sluggish by stinging it in different places, he too was stinging Athens by stirring things up to remind the state of its duties. Martin Luther King and Malcolm X were also gadflies because they too were stinging the conscience of the white community and the Civil Rights movement to put an end to the prejudice and injustice that was being done to black people.
(II). Socrates’ action of speaking against the illegal actions of the Athenian democratic government best manifests Foucault’s ...

A museum is a place where objects related to art, Science, Geography and History are placed for studies .The Birmingham Museum of Art is among largest great art museums with finest collection of art in the world. It attracts many visitors a year almost over 1million.It has over a collection of 450,000 works of art, which makes it one of the most comprehensive collections within Europe. Buddhist art is among one of the most important exhibitions within the museum. I visited the museum to learn more about Buddhist art, specifically the image of Buddha.
The Buddha image is ...

Summary: characteristic of religion

Chapter one of “Experiencing the world’s Religion” book gives a clear insight of the key characteristics of religion that are clearly analyzed to offer a clear understanding of religion. Religion is among the furthermost efforts of human being applied to answer existential and fundamental questions regarding their existence. Therefore, the comprehension of this eight characteristic are significant in helping an individual to identify him/herself in life.
The eight characteristics of religion are such as Community, Belief system, Characteristic emotional experiences, Central myths, Ethics, Sacredness and Material possession. The chapter provides a clear definition of these characteristic and how ...

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Lateness can be a thorny disciplinary issue in any organization. Whichever way you look at it, it’s likely to have negative impact on the performance of any company. The lateness that has become the tendency of Frank for the last three weeks needs to be checked before it gets into the other members of staff. My next course of action as Frank’s employer would be informed by two issues. First of all, I would consider the nature of franks work, whether its satisfactory or not, secondly, I would consider whether it is told he first time ...

1.0 Introduction
Personality can be defined as a set of organized and dynamic characteristics that reflects and determines how an individual reacts to his/her environment[ CITATION Tie93 \l 2057 ]. Normally, these set of organized and dynamic characteristics influences ones behaviors, motivation and cognition[ CITATION THu08 \l 1033 ]. Personality brings out the differences between individuals and a unique set of inner characteristic that each posses. Through the study of personality one can appreciate the fact that no two individuals are exactly identical e.g. one can be adventurous while the other is not. It is worth noting that ...

Jeffrey D. Sachs is among the few economists from the developed world who empathize and sympathize with the world’s poor. He views the world as a global super-community in which the disparate human societies have a common destiny. A world in which true progress will only be possible if we rise as a unit, if the world’s poor are helped out of the circumstances of their birth. His book, The End of Poverty: Economic Possibilities for Our Time, especially forcefully argues this ...

In contemporary interconnected and interdependent world, meaning comprehension of one country in the region might resolve the problems diplomacy or military actions could not resolve. Thus, it is no longer enough to know only geographical specifics of the country and formal data. Even knowledge of history of the country without a proper context would not be enough for policy and decision-makers to make the right choice between actions and noninterference. In this regard, culture becomes a crucial element for comprehension of the situation in its complexity and interdisciplinary framework.

Although, during the Cold War, culture was of little importance and the country was identified by its choice of one of the opposed camps, end of the bipolar world has changed everything. Today, under conditions of globalization and spreading of common democratic values, culture is of specific importance. In traditional countries, which are characterized by a long history of instability, cultural specifics are of more socio-political values than even political preferences or participation in elections. This is particularly relevant for the Asian countries which have their own cultural tradition in contrast to relatively homogenous Western examples. Thus, comprehension of culture is vital for an efficient policy conduct and making decisions. The aim of the present paper is to explore the main characteristic features of Cambodian culture and its conditionality.

In general, Cambodian culture is relatively homogenous (meaning quite low level of minorities' self expression), supremacy of ancient culture of Khmer Empire (9th-15th century) followed by prevalence of monarchic rule of Norodom Sihamoni. The culture is also influenced by French colonization and recent trends of globalization (Gottesman 87). The first feature of the culture is conditioned by the fact that almost 90 % of 14.8 million population belongs to original Khmer ethnic group, which speaks official Khmer language. Ethnic minorities are represented by Vietnamese, Chinese, Cham and Khmer Loeu people. Thus, homogeneity contributes to stability of cultural traditions and prevalence of official language, national religion, which is Theravada Buddhism. From a societal perspective, this feature of culture contributes to stability and equality of education spreading, since Buddhist temples are the main educational facilities in the country (Ray, Robinson and Bloom 287).

Cambodian culture is characterized by huge respect to the ancient inheritance of Khmer Empire, which was embodied in monarch-centric religion and is symbolized in Angkor Wat architectural complex, which is a place of religious worshiping. The city and the area around are UNESCO World Heritage Sites. This makes the place not only of national but also international importance, especially in the framework of potential targeting this place by terrorist groups (Ray et al., 187). On the other hand, this site is of huge economic and international importance because it attracts numerous tourists each year. Respect to imperial traditions of the past corresponds to continued rule of monarchy in the country. In this regard, the culture is characterized by division between levels of society and existence of royal protocol and traditions. This feature does not only result in preservation of national Apsara dance, but in huge difference between urban and suburban areas and capital in general. The Royal family due to its reserved and formal culture and usage of French language is likely to have an impact on the capital of Phnom Penh, while provincial heads of districts have their own relatively independent view on rule of the territories, not to speak about entirely different approaches on the local levels (Gottesman 17). Thus, prevalence of traditions and supremacy of monarchy does not contribute to the unity and efficiency of ruling in places. Difference in level of development in urban and suburban areas decreases levels of communication not only between districts, but also within them (Ollier and Winter 102).

French colonization of 1863-1953 contributed to territorial losses of Mekong Delta to Vietnam and subsequent isolation of Khmer Krom minority on that territory, which contributed to the tense relationship between two countries, which were further worsened during Vietnamese occupation of Cambodia in 1978 (Morris 48). On the other hand, French colonization contributed to the development of the relevant economic infrastructure and contemporary pro-Western orientation of the country. This was conducted by means of cultural influence, since most of the elder population was still speaking local dialect of French. This also eased spreading of globalization in the country. Acceptance of foreigners was improved by knowledge of French language and tourist necessity of knowing English, which is more widely known in big cities of Phnom Penh, Battambang, Siem Reap, Sihanoukville, Poiepet and others (Gottesman 87). On the other hand, globalization contributed to the development of a huge gap between urban and rural areas, and lessened communication between different terrains. Thus, until certain extent it can be argued that urban and rural areas of Cambodia are two entirely different countries which should be considered by policymakers (Ollier and Winter 79).

Irrespective of the general characteristic of the country, people are the main asset of any international interactions. From this analysis, it can be concluded that people's element of ASCOPE would be one of the most complicated to identify in general and that each region of the country would have its characteristic features and tendencies for further development. On the other hand from all mentioned above, any policymaker would be able to understand that irrespective of relevant cultural homogeneity of Cambodian society, historical conditionality of it and contemporary status of ethnic minorities might become the source of tensions and potential conflict. This is particularly relevant in the framework of Cambodia-Vietnamese relations, worsening of which can cause instability in the region (Ollier and Winter 82). This is particularly relevant in the framework of 2003 anti-Vietnamese demonstrations. Another dimension of potential concern might be authority structure of Cambodia. In this context is meant the fact that there was no final trial of Khmer Rouge elite and many of the former regime supports ended up in the new government (Morris 36). These matters are of particular attention, due to the aforementioned cultural specifics of the country. Overall, it can be concluded that cultural profiling is essential for comprehension for comprehension of the country and further decision-making process.

Works Cited

Gottesman, Evan R. Cambodia after the Khmer Rouge: inside the politics of nation building.
New Haven: Yale University Press. 2003. Print.
Ollier, Leakthina and Winter Tim. Expressions of Cambodia: The Politics of Tradition,
Identity, and Change. Oxon: Routledge. 2006. Print.
Morris, Stephen J. Why Vietnam invaded Cambodia: political culture and the causes of war.
California: Stanford University Press. 1999. Print.
Ray Nick, Robinson Daniel and Bloom Greg. Cambodia. New York: Lonely Planet
Publications. 2010. Print.

The article presents a detailed analysis of Regulatory Focus Theory. Its summary helps in the understanding of the theory’s concepts and possible application. The theory addresses ways in which people attempt the achievement of the presence of positive outcomes, and an absence of negative outcomes; the processes are promotion and prevention respectively. It shows people may exhibit differences in their chronic orientations. The article explores the regulatory perspective in reference to a multilayered model of personality (Manczak, Zapata-Gietl & McAdams, 169).
It arranges human behavior into domains such as; romantic relationships, economics, parenting and psychopathology. The study analyzes the ...

Introduction

A black hole is a region in space-time, the gravitational attraction which is so large that it can not leave even objects moving at the speed of light, including photons of light itself. The boundary of this region is called the event horizon, and its characteristic dimension - the gravitational radius. In the simplest case of a spherically symmetric black hole Schwarzschild radius is equal to it.
Theoretically, the possible existence of such regions of space-time should be of some exact solutions of Einstein's equations, the first of which was obtained by Karl Schwarzschild in 1915. The exact inventor ...

Abstract

Three distinct variables were theorized and examined in the parameters on the outcome of the productivity of the lactase enzyme. The assessment of the temperature, substrate composition and the pH were reviewed in this experiment. The pH values were recorded over time. The effect of the pH on the lactase production in addition to the qualities of the substrate identity and the temperature were documented. In consideration of the findings of the experiment, it was discovered that a pH between 5 - 7 is the most suitable pH for the production of lactase. In this lab report, the works ...

Introduction Begun with the cathedral complex at Pisa and expanded upon in the Basilica of San Marco in Venice, Italian architects of the 11th century were not only able to glorify their own Christian God and saints, but also asserted their dominance over eastern ‘heretics’ through the adaptation and outright theft of eastern architectural influences. These influences can be seen in everything from the bulbous form of the domes to the minor adornments of the cathedrals. The earliest Italian architects were priest and monks who used skilled craftsmen to carry out their ideas of communal Christian living. Italian buildings ...

Abstract

The subjects of the stages and the definition of crisis will be explored in this research paper. A type of crisis and an interventions strategy will be applied. The story of Mark who is a student that is having problems with binge drinking will be applied. The multicultural perspectives that are applied in crisis intervention and the ethical considerations will be explored. These perspectives will be explored from the contributions of Baldwin (1978), Beck (2010), Fairchild (1997), Flannery and Everly (2000), Gilliland and James (1993), Hendrix et al. (2003), Hendrix- Ferguson (2000), James and Gilliland (2013), Roberts (2000), Rueveni ( ...

Monique Wittig asserts that lesbians are not women. The argument has not only excited academic and non-academic interest, but perhaps most importantly, it defies dominant cultural definitions and categorizations of sexuality and gender. This argument also threatens the established theoretical structure of political work that is founded upon women’s identity, including feminism. There is effectively no natural categorization of women, and thus equally no natural subject matter upon which feminism could be founded. Hale questions the possibility that women do not exist outside the conceptual context of the heterosexual political regimes. Instead, Hale develops an alternative construction of ...

Have you ever attended an instant theater, improvisational comedy or a theater sport? At such places, I tell you it is always a marvel watch. I once attended a perfect match that was organized by the ABC theater sport in a Manhattan restaurant. In the lights dim, the ABC sports theme fills the air, and the referee enters into the arena in a black and white stripped Jersey. On his neck is a whistle hanging and well positioned. The four bench judges prepare a scorecard, and the referee flips a coin as the four members take their position and ...

Environmental education involves a lifelong experience that is geared towards understanding how the natural environments function. It includes those efforts involved in teaching human beings on how they can manage their ecosystems and behavior if they are to live sustainably. Even though, environmental education is assumed something that is taught in classrooms only, it is more than this. It is broader and includes all those other efforts outside classroom involved in educating the public and other categories of audiences about the natural resources. It can be through websites, print materials, media campaigns, etc. A learning process improves an individual’ ...

Introduction

In the paper below, the similarities and the cultural link between the traditional flamenco music and the Egyptian/ Arabic music has been discussed. Flamenco music is a category of Spanish music and dance, connected with the Andalusia region in southern Spain. It was first mentioned in the literature in 1774. Afterwards, the genre grew out of the Romain and Andalusian music and dance flairs. The flamenco music is most profoundly related to the gitanos i.e. Romani people – Spain. Moreover, the music was first recorded officially in the late eighteenth century, however, it underwent a historic development in late nineteenth ...

The microeconomic theory

The identified microeconomic theory was the consumer demand theory. The consumer demand theory falls under the branch of economics that deals with the study of consumer behaviors applying to decisions related to purchase of goods and services in the market. The theory provides a deep insight into understanding market demand and forms the cornerstone of the modern microeconomics (Salvatore, 2002).

Properties and characteristics of the theory

The consumer demand theory generally analyzes consumer behavior in terms of market purchases that are based on satisfaction of needs and wants achieved after consuming a product. The main property of the theory is utility maximization. Economists are most ...

Team 2

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Our company is Prestige Worldwide Investing. Our task is to determine which property is the best investment for the three different risk investors which is the risk averse, risk neutral, and risk seeking. Richard Nixon is a risk-seeking investor. Like most VC (venture capitalist), Richard pursues the project, which is high risky and high payback. Bill Clinton is risk-neutral investor, and he is only concerned about high return regardless of the risk. Ronald Reagan is a risk-averse investor looking for safe investments. For example, risk-averse investors will prefer the one with low relative risk when faced with ...

Socrates was popularly known by his statement “know thyself” (Jowett 152). This statement implies that a person necessarily has to know himself before he could understand the world. He emphasized the value of personal growth and understanding as an integral component of one’s being or human nature. This is perceived to be the foundation of Descartes “cognito ergo sum” which literally translates to “I think, therefore, I am” disposition or his perception about himself is a result of introspection (Vesey 16). Thus, whatever one perceives of himself will be who others would see him. So a person who ...

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 ...

Introduction

Andrea Palladio is one of the world’s most influential architects. His ideas, known as Palladianism, may be seen in numerous buildings in the world which are styled neo-classically. For example, in Washington, the Capitol, Whitehouse and the John A. Wilson building embody Palladio’s style and motifs. He was born in Padua, Venice in 1508 and became the apprentice to a stone cutter at the age of 13 before fleeing to Vicenza. He became an assistant in the Vicenza masons guild. While at Vicenza, he met Giangiorgio Trissino, an amateur architect, who took care of him. Palladio also ...

The Pitfalls in Borrowing Money

A. The dangers or risks of borrowing money
B. Background of borrowing/ responsibilities of borrower
C. Thesis Statement: Borrowing money creates a profile of financially-at-risk individuals that shall be dependent on the characteristic of the borrower, who may the tendency to mismanage and misuse their credit cards.
II. Counter-Arguments
- There are advantages and disadvantages in borrowing money through loans and credit cards.
- The financial problems of the borrower are easily resolved by seeking financial assistance from loans and credit cards for payment of mortgage, car loans, student loans and other emergency needs.
- Since credit card charges ...

Main Argument of the Readings

Silvia Federici, Chandra Mohanty and Alicia Muszynski discussed in their respective articles the sociological facet of the inferiority perceived upon women. “Insatiable sexuality”, in the case of Federici, socioeconomic differences for Mohanty and race-gender stratification noted by Muszynski all point to reasons why women, under different classifications, receive unfair treatment. The three articles stand united in explaining that women received discrimination because of their biological sex and that it is a demeaning factor when added with other condescending characteristics such as socioeconomic conditions and race.

Personal Argument on the Readings

On a personal note, I perceive the connection between the three articles as highly ...

Leadership Styles 3

Introduction 3
Transformational Leadership 3
Servant Leadership 3
Transformational Leadership VS Servant Leadership, Comparison and Contrast 4
Relevance of Transformational and Servant Leadership with Founders Day Presentation 7
My Ideal Leadership Style 10

References 13

Leadership Styles
Introduction
Leadership is one of the most widely discussed subjects in both academia and organizational practices. In last twenty years, numerous definitions of leadership are elucidated but yet it’s hard to classify this key term comprehensively. However, in a most generic and simplified manner, leadership is defined as ‘organizing or leading a group of people to accomplish a common goal’. Over the years, ...

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 ...

Business

I. Summary
The article by Lam and O’Higgins examines the interrelation between leadership style, the managers’ influences in terms of emotional intelligence and its outcome to the employees. The study evolves around the context of exploring the mediating effect of transformational leadership to employee outcomes and the manager’s emotional intelligence. The tenets of this study is to identify the impact of an organizational leader’s capacity to change employee outcomes in terms of dealing with job stress, job satisfaction and organizational commitment. About 323 participants from two major organizations in Shanghai China were sampled including managers and ...

Prof:

Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) was discovered in the last decade. The disease is a human acute respiratory disorder that was associated with a global outbreak which all occurs within few weeks of first identification of the case. This viral disease resulted in a state of confusion and criticism against China that acted slowly on reporting the first case that was identified (WHO, 2003). The disease is caused by SARS coronavirus which basically spread via contact with respiratory secretions of infected patients.
The disease presented a form of formidable challenges to the medical world with various forms of social, ...

Introduction

Did there exists a pre modern world? If so, when did the modern world begin? These together with this question: is there a significant transformation in the structure of society in the transition from the pre-modern to the modern world? form the thesis behind this research paper. From a glimpse at several book designations and articles, one would perceive there is a precise period within the worldwide history that divide across countries and is documented as either ...

One of the true American music art form is Jazz which has been the foundation of many music genres in the modern music era. There are several forms of jazz that has evolved through time. The oldest and known to be the origin of jazz is Ragtime, this is the music born from rhythms of African music and heritage. This is also incorporated to different styles such as coon songs, cakewalk and music from jig bands which afterwards turned into Ragtime back in 1895. The main characteristic and notable precursor of the early form Ragtime music was based from ...

Are Democratic Rights Necessary for a Strong State?

There are various democratic rights that people have in the countries who chose democracy as their form of government. Whether it is necessary to choose democracy to turn into a well-developed country can be seen on the examples of the strong countries, especially if compared to the ones that experience major problems in different spheres of life. In this paper I am going to analyze examples of four countries, two of them being strong (Norway and Canada) by different criteria, one medium (Venezuela) and one weak (Zimbabwe). On the basis of this examples it will be possible to see ...

Introduction

Rock music is characterized by judgmental aspects based on the concept and context upon which this music is developed. This can be compared to the scenario that the fruits a tree bear consequently drives the judgments that are likely to be made for that particular tree. The baseline of understanding this kind of music is first tracing the roots of rock music so that the resultant effects and evolvement characteristic of rock music can be manifested. Different genres have evolved with time as well as the musical styles associated with rock music. In this regard, the history of ...

Economics

Everyday, new businesses emerge into various markets with the hope of getting a piece of the pie. However, being able to grab a share depends upon the nature and characteristic of the market in which the business is operating. A market can be structured in several ways according to the characteristics and the number of competitors, producers, and consumers within the market. At any given extremes, a perfect competition or oligopoly can be regarded a competitive market where a huge number of business are operating within a single industry and produces homogenous products and services. On the other hand, ...

It is no secret that the Medical Administrative Assistant position entails a plethora of important duties in performance of a wide range of skills, which hospitals, chiropractors, and physicians’ office clinics depend upon. Especially today, the job market of the profession demands the ability to be respectful and compliant with confidentiality, pertaining to the fact that he or she will be working with patient healthcare records and information. So, this brief discourse focuses on three main characteristics which are key to the development of a professional image, along with the reasons why I believe so.
First of all, the ...

- Linear and Non-linear devices
A linear electrical component is an electrical element that has a linear relationship between current and voltage in a circuit. Examples include resistors, capacitors and inductors.
Non-linear electrical elements do not have a linear relationship between the current and voltage. An example is a diode where the current is a non-linear function of the voltage.
The load line analysis is a graphical analysis of the characteristics of non-linear electronic circuits to show the constraints that is placed on the non-linear devices by the rest of the circuit.
Using a simple diode (a non-linear electronic device) ...