Essays on Community

Introduction

I am a citizen of United States of America with many achievements that I have accomplished over the years. I have educational qualification of up to master in educational management. I got my bachelor degree of science in commerce in the University of Santo Thomas where I graduated with first class owners. I later joined the De LaSalle University where I got a masters degree in educational management.

Over the year in my working experience, I have always done my best and awarded for the good work that I have been doing. In the most recent recognition in my work ...

The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) commonly called the “Tamil Tigers of Sri Lanka” is one of the brutal terrorist groups all over the world. The LTTE originated in Sri Lanka and became a full-blown terrorist organization. The group joined its forces with their contacts that came from Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. LTTE made use of standard guerrilla tactics and also created uniformed units to launch terrorism. Decades passed before the Sri Lankan government ended the war with the Tamil Tigers. It was only in May of 2009 when the authorities of Sri Lanka declared their ...

1. This case is complex because in order to make any improvements many variables have to be taken into account. The design is very complicated becaue it is a cross-functional process. Many people with different expert knowledge worked together on the design so they are all needed to find solutions. The engineers have to divide the variables causing the need for improvement from the other variables that are not at the basic level of the problem. In other words true root causes have to be sorted out and addressed. Thoes root causes are the independent variables called critical X that ...

There are various strategies that are used in alleviating poverty in the world. One of the models for attacking poverty is the bottom-up model offered by Muhammad Yunus. In this plan, Muhammad plans to work hand with the very poor people. This will help him to give small loans to people in order to raise the entire community’s well-being (Yunus, 2003, pp 18). According to Yunus, if the poor received a little financial assistance in the form of a loan and are educated on the main principles of financial control, the people will act responsibly and manage the business themselves ( ...

Implications of cultural patterns on health

Introduction Communities have distinguishable characteristics that make them different from the rest of the society around the world. Such cultural patterns are transferred from one generation to another for a very long period of time. According to Edberg (2013), every society across the world, has unique cultural practices as well as belief. However, some beliefs and practices are rewards to some members of that community, and a punishment to the rest of the community members. Such beliefs and practices include; female genital mutilation, early marriages and some religion practices and beliefs (Edberg 2013).

Female genital mutilation is the removal of ...

Introduction Risk assessment is used in the management of activities in a particular environment. The process is mainly used in the identification of potential threats and hazards that may emerge in a given environment. This concept is mainly used under the circumstances that good health and safer environments are maintained.

However, there are three major issues that can complicate risk assessment and classification for correctional managers as will be explored in this paper.Three issues complicating risk assessment As much as there is predictability of performance of a given group can be implemented at any stage by correctional managers, predicting performance per person ...

My place is Bothell city in the western United States of America. Bothell is located in Snohomish and King Counties, Washington State. Being an integral part of Seattle metropolitan area, the city has a population of about 33, 505 people. Bothell city is a popular city in West America (White, 2007). Geographically, the city is the home of the largest river in West America that connects Lake Washington and Lake Sammamish. The Bothell odd city location that is characterised by being a city in two main Washington state counties (Snohomish and king county), has attractive huge number of immigrants from various global ...

Group 1 elements are referred to as alkali metals because they form oxides and hydroxides that dissolve in water producing alkaline solutions. They have one electron in their outer shell that they lose by oxidation to form ions; Na Na+ + e- that is more stable (Schwerdtfeger et al. 7520). As one move down the group 1, the elements atom gets larger as the outer shell electron get easily lost and its radius is governed by the number of layers of electrons around a nucleus and the pull of outer electrons feel from the nucleus, therefore group one element get more ...

Question#1

The null hypothesis is a hypothesis, which is checked for consistency with the existing sampling (empirical) data. Often used as a null hypothesis act hypothesis of no relationship or correlation between the studied variables, no differences (homogeneity) of the distributions (or parameters of distributions) of two and / or more samples. The standard scientific approach for testing hypotheses the researcher attempts to show the failure of the null hypothesis of its inconsistency with the available experimental data, that is, to reject the hypothesis. This implies that there must be adopted another, alternative (competing), excluding the zero hypothesis. Used in the statistical ...

The Elms is among the neighborhood regions in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Islington Avenue and Humber River are on the west and east of the elms respectively. Thistledown is on the north of elms while highway 401 lies to the south of the Elms. Apart from that, Ward 2 North Etobicoke is among the neighborhoods of the elms. According to the National Household Survey of Statistics Canada held in 2011, the Elms Old Rexdale has a population of 9437 with the majority of groups being lone parent families and under age 19 years (City of Toronto 3). The elms harbor the ...

Leadership is the quality that enables an individual to organize others to perform collective action. Leadership exists in our everyday lives, whether it’s in the realm of politics, religious observance, team sports, or any other activity with a social hierarchy. A good leader has many qualities, such as charisma and intelligence that allows others to view them as a beacon. On the other hand, a bad leader can also drive people into the depths of depravity. It is easy to be a leader when the status quo is easy. In turbulent times it is far more difficult to be a leader. It is ...

Compare the differences and similarities between the different communities represented by each team member

The City of Kelsey is a virtual organization that was established at around 1932 by M. Kelsey. This city boasts of its rich and diverse culture with residents that range from Caucasian, African Americans, Asian Americans, and other ethnic communities that live peacefully within their neighborhoods. The major occupations in the city include information technologies, logistics, blue color jobs as well as medical personnel. Due to the racial composition of the city, residents share social amenities like schools, libraries, hospitals, and children also share playgrounds. However, in the community presented from Liverpool, Britain, it is characterized by racial oppression in ...

Summary of Teaching Plan

The main goal of the teaching proposal is to disseminate necessary knowledge and practice required to facilitate realization of healthy people by 2020. This is justified by the need to equip students with integrated theory based practice on health issues. Students need skills that link theory, practice and community problems. There are selected competencies that are imperative to realization of the health goal. Traditional teaching trends show that institutions of learning are shifting from separation of theory and practice to integration of the two components. This is followed by a faculty based support for theory and field practicum. This proposal ...

The aim of the experiment was to identify the functional group of the two unknown organic compounds.

Method

Step 1: Test for acidity and basicity of the unknown by a universal indicator Step 2: Test for the capacity of the unknown to be oxidized by KMnO4 Step 3: Test for the capacity of the unknown to be reduced by a Tollen reagent Step 4: Test for the presence of a carbonyl group in the unknown using 2, 4-DNP Step 5: Test for the presence of an alcohol group in ...

In an article entitled, separating the confident from the correct: Leveraging member knowledge in groups to improve decision making and performance Bryan L. Bonner and Alexander R. Bolinger scrutinize interventions that will help improve group’s performance and decision making. The subsequent research that was undertaken entailed instructing group members to search for relevant information they already possess and pertinent to the problem being solved. Consequently, the group members were then required to estimate values and level of their confidence both individually and in a group. Ensuing the research several hypothesis were formulated. The following are the hypothesis that ...

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Social conformity refers to the tendency of people to change their behaviors when they are around other people (Myers, 2001). People from all cultures like to be appreciated and included into social settings and gatherings. Conformity affects all people regardless of gender, race or nationality (Myers, 2001). Conformity happens because people in all societies people fear punishment and getting alienated socially. Among all people, there is a lot of psychological trauma in getting socially sidelined by a group to which one wants to belong. The social Identity Theory stresses on people creating In-groups (us) versus out-groups (them). People in all cultures ...

Reflective Essay

Myself, along with four other students, comprised a group whose primary duties were to provide consultation for the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) of our university. The primary question was to determine whether or not it was feasible for the university to offer qualifications in management and leadership, as well as how much this qualification was in demand. My experience with the client consultancy project saw my group of five students come together successfully as a team in order to achieve these goals. While there were issues with communication and work ethic that needed to be addressed at first, our attitudes and ...

Winston Financial Group is a factoring firm that provides financing for small and medium-sized companies by purchasing their commercial accounts receivable. Financing provided by Winston Financial Group helps the businesses accelerate the cash flow, thus boosting sales and production of the companies.

Factoring is a financial tool used by the companies, mostly retailers, to turn the accounts receivable into operating cash within a day. Such receivables can be for any services performed or any products delivered by the companies. Factoring is used by the companies to receive instant cash for the customers' invoices in case those invoices can be factored. ...

Ventura County Liveable Communities Project (Notes to Slides)

Ventura County is one of the counties in California. Being a county with a vast coastline (extending to 42 miles), it is in between Malibu and Santa Barbara surrounded by the Pacific Ocean (“County of Ventura California, 2014).

It is home to a population that is both culturally and ethnically diverse. The county’s major form of attraction is its mild climate for the whole year and the numerous geographical scenic areas around the county. As the county progresses thru the years, Ventura is now considered as rank 11 (out of 58) in terms of population (“County of Ventura California, 2014).

Its people engage in various industries like biotechnology, advanced technologies, biotechnology, tourism, oil production and military testing and development.

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Business

Traditional bureaucracies are not designed to provide custom made products to individual customers. This is because traditional bureaucracies primarily have a traditional inclination. This means that they are more designed to giving the best possible results to the managing authority as opposed to making it easier for the customer to access certain services that may be relevant. This means that these traditional work frames are designed to meeting the needs of the managing authority and ensure that the managing authority has a very easy time all at the expense of the customer. The attention that should be paid to the customer ...

ABSTRACT

With the growth in computer networks that are used in organizations, there is a need to have a way in which networks are managed and monitored. This phenomenon is taking shape as more and more companies develop new applications to sustain their networks. There different types of traffic that are found to be traversing computer networks need to be monitored. SNMP management console is one of Network Instruments application that brings cross-platform SNMP standards to the Observer. Network administrators and consultants will find SNMP management tools important in the monitoring, diagnosis and repair of networks. Network monitoring helps in having continued ...

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Should it really be called “addiction”?

When we hear someone’s addicted to games, it doesn’t sound that bad. we picture a person playing 2 or 3 hours a day. But it isn’t that simple. Studies have shown that 10% to 15% of gamers show signs that meet the World Health Organization’s criteria for addiction.

Video game addiction means neglecting education, family, friends, work and school for the sake of a fantasy world. Most of the game addicts do not have a social life. their circle of friends includes virtual people they meet in online game forums.

In some severe cases, gamers actually attend addiction treatment ...

What is leadership? Leadership is simply means as the action of motivating a group of people to act or move to achieve a common goal. This meaning of leadership catches the effectivity of becoming a great leader through capturing the importance of the inspiration and action based upon his ideas, but it won’t happen if those ideas cannot be communicated to the group in ways they engages it (Ward, n.d.).

Will some traits make them become great leaders? Depending on the theory traits of leadership, a person who own some natural characteristics tend to become better leaders. According to a research Stogdill ...

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) was established through Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004. It is an independent agency that assists the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), who is a US government official subject to the US president’s authority, control and direction. The DNI serves as the chief adviser of the president, the National Security Council, and the Homeland Security Council for matters related to national security. The DNI also serves as the head of United States Intelligence Community (IC) and oversees as well as direct the National Intelligence Program. The 9/11 commission, ...

All my life I have wanted to help people; I have always felt as though the most important way to accomplish that goal is keeping those around me healthy and safe. To that end, I have always been attracted to medicine and healthcare as a profession. I have known from a very early age that I wanted to become a physician, as my primary goal is to improve the health of the public wherever I am. Even when I was a child, my mother would let me carry around a little first aid kit, complete with fun little bandages, wet wipes, Neosporin and a few ...

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The establishment of Roanoke colony was the first presence of British presence in America or the New World. The first voyage to Roanoke Island was for observational purposes. Roanoke was an island in today’s North Carolina. Queen Elizabeth I granted Sir Walter Raleigh a patent to colonize America. The first colonists that arrived 1585 were less prepared for the expedition because they run out of food and supplies. John White returned to England with the promise that he would return with supplies and other settlers. White encountered several problems because it was winter ...

A Merger and Acquisition (M&A) usually occurs when one firm or company acquires all assets and liabilities belonging to another company. There are majorly two types of mergers and acquisitions depending on what is involved (Cooke, 1988). The two forms of mergers and acquisitions are:

- Merger as a result of absorption: this happens through a combination of two or more companies into an existing company. Usually, the acquired companies lose their identity while the acquirer retains its name and identity. A classic example is the acquisition of AMC Entertainment by the Chinese Dalian Wanda Group Corporation Limited. In this ...

Encouraging commitment to online communities

The internet has revolutionized the way people work life and interacts, this is due to the important part in plays in human interaction as, through the internet, people are able to keep in touch with each other regardless of the geographical location. The increase of the number of internet users has overtime given tech-related companies the opportunity to form online communities and companies, popularly known as social media, which have become the most popular locations on the internet. The success of any Internet communities is pegged on the portal that the community operates on, the portal should ideally allow ...

Native American: Navajo Heritage

Brief History of Navajo Heritage The Native Americans comprise of a number of diverse tribes and ethnic groups, most of which exist as integral political communities. The Navajo people comprise a significant percentage of the Native Americans, comprising of about 300, 048 registered members (Luebering, 2011). They were already settled around Colorado region, long before the arrival of Christopher Columbus. They first made contact with the Spanish in 1581. Before this interaction, the Navajo were known for hunting and gathering activities. Later on, they adopted crop farming from the Pueblos, and animal farming from the Spanish. Since then, they have ...

Interview

This interview focuses on interviewing the financial manager of Starbucks Corporation which focuses on the purchase and roast high quality coffee to make various products. The interview will cover areas on the company, internship and financial problems facing the company.

I: A part from reinvesting into your business what other avenues does your company support financially.

Finance Manager: Our Company also uses its funds to support community-based activity with the aim of enhancing community responsibility. For instance, the company issued $15.6 million for community development. Starbuck Foundation got $11.8 which it used $3.7million to fund Youth Leadership Grants and $347,000 for social development grants. On the other hand, the remaining funds issued by the ...

The Test of English Language as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) is a test taken by Junior high schools to test their ability to apply and understand the English language. It is composed of four areas: reading, writing, listening and speaking. The Educational Testing Service (ETS) is the organization that is responsible for administering the test. Basically, this exam was developed to address problems relevant to English proficiency problems especially of non-native English speakers who are aiming to study in universities in the United States. In addition for having been imposed as a requirement for college admission in the United States for foreign ...

Management:

The magazines by John Maxwell titled; The Miracle of teamwork depicts how teamwork can attain the goal that seems unattainable . A team of American hockey players were able to beat their opponent by forming a strong team. Researches that have been carried out on team work indicate that many firms, which have adopted team work, have improved their performances. As a result, many firms have embraced teamwork in their operations. Group and teamwork involve different groups of people working together in order to maximize their efficiency so as they can achieve a common goal. Group or teamwork can be organized according to products ...

Ideology expresses ideas reflecting individual aspirations and social needs of a group, class, or cultural organization. It is thus a set of beliefs that forms the core basis of political, economic, and social systems reflecting the interests and beliefs and characterizes the thinking of a common group of people such as a nation.

The term ideology was originally born of highly controversial philosophical and political debates and fights in the French Revolution resulting to acquisition of several meanings. However, the idea was to portray an aspect of “science of idea that separated ideology as general grammar and logic based on the subject, ...

Summary of the Article Broken Windows: The Police and Neighborhood Safety

Summary of the Article Broken Windows: The Police and Neighborhood Safety

Introduction

This article published in Atlantic Magazine, 1982, illustrates an important of broken windows theory in criminal justice literature. This paper shall give a summary of the article. In the article, the authors analyses a study of police patrolling on foot in Newark, New Jersey. The presence of foot patrolling police officers gave the public a perception that they were safe and that the level of crime was low, while in real sense the police presence had no impact on the crime rate. Their perception of safety was resulted from the police ...

Community health promotion

Introduction The Department Of Public Health in various states has done very little to put up constructive community health programs. The society expects the government (both county and central governments) to take charge of such programs but this has not always been the case. In most cases, county governments have very limited resources and therefore usually prefer to allocate these meager resources in curative programs rather than preventative one.

1. Examine three programs offered by the health department in your area to determine if the programs focus on primary, secondary, or tertiary prevention. Give an example of ...

Kohl’s is one of the major U.S. retailers and a Fortune 500 company, which is based in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. It offers home products, clothing and apparel, produced by national brands, and maintains family focus and value orientation.

1. Trends and Growth Kohl’s is continuously pursuing a growth strategy, taking pride in being “the fastest growing retailer in the nation”. They are currently present in 49 states with 1067 stores and 11 distributions centers, however their expansion strategy states that they are still “on the move into new states, new markets, and new communities across the country”. ...

Dear family of the non-deceased and friends, thank you for joining me as I memorialize one of the most wonderful and unique people in the world, my dearest and best friend, __________. I have read that a person can accept no greater honor than giving the eulogy at a funeral. Therefore I have given myself this honor, because I really love honors. And I can tell you this is an overwhelming honor.

_________ was born in Scottsdale, Arizona on January 21, 1994. Everyone in the hospital could tell that here was a baby who was destined to do great things in ...

Introduction

It is possible that the memory in an individual is affected by the different environmental variables and smell being one of them. For example a certain type of cologne may remind a person about their spouse who wears the same cologne. Several explanations about these effects of the olfactory system on the short term memory have been proposed. One is that the system has an impact since it is endowed with axons that terminate the working of the olfactory bulbs have a direct connectivity with the brain compared to other senses.

Abstract

This experiment was conducted in a bid to determine the effects of ...

Speaker Role/Audience: Delivering an after-dinner speech to appreciate the host and to give tribute to the host and to the dinner party. The audience comprises a group of friends from school and our neighborhood. Coming together to share dinner and celebrate a long-standing friendship. Driving home the fact that indeed true friendship is golden, and golden is true friendship.***

Purpose of Speech: The speech is to entertain the guests after dinner by presenting a humorous recollection of our friendship and to appreciate each member of the party.

I. Introduction: Comment on the unity of the group of unique ...

INTRODUCTION

Basically, scoliosis is derived from a Greek word and it is known as a medical condition in which an individual’s spine loses its position and it is curvy from one side to another. To define precisely, the shape of the spine or the back is changed from normal to abnormal. Some patients may have had brace treatment during adolescence while others may have never sought treatment during their teenage years. This can occur in the thoracic (upper) and lumbar (lower) spine and has the same basic appearance as that seen in teenagers. (Scoliosis Research Society (SRS)) The conservative treatment is ...

Part 1

Recently a group meeting took place, which involved discussion of matters that influence organizational success. Since the group comprised of inexperienced persons, there were different contributions, which differed for different members of the group. Notably, the discussion aimed at making a decision on the aspects that organizations should consider and prioritize in order to achieve their goals and objectives. The group did not accomplish its task effectively as expected. Three members dominated the discussion by giving contributions and presenting arguments and counter arguments in order to prove a point. The person in charge of the group tried to control the group and ...

Introduction

Remember the Titans is a movie centered on group development. It is about a Virginia football team that fell under the direct effects of racial conquests. In essence, the school was composed of a team that was characterized by those whites and blacks. In this regard, a new coach for the team was in cooperated into the management of the affairs that was pertinent to the affairs of people. Mr. Boone was a black coach who was appointed to replace the incumbent white coach. However, his leadership in the school team could not yield the expected results from the fact that, some members of ...

Introduction

The way how a correctional department handles inmates may vary from state to state. However, these state correctional departments may have something in common. Australian and British correction department authorities usually assign incarcerated individuals in areas that require human resources for community services, public projects and other civic-related works . Now what makes this idea great? Is it beneficial? Can it be considered ethical or a direct violation of human rights? Either way, that is what this presentation will be all about.

Community Service Sentencing among Low Risk Inmates

Some sources argue that community service cannot really be termed as a punishment because it is not something you assign to ...

I am a police officer, hello. My name is a criminology student at Indiana university. I am also a HRD graduate from the same institution. Indiana University taught me to be a responsible and disciplined leader with proven ability to remain calm and deliver results under high pressure. I have excellent skills in solving problems independently while incorporating advices from my superiors. My exceptional written and verbal skills in communication, trustworthy in handling sensitive information make me more suitable for this job category.

The human resource development course installed the capacity to assist diverse populations with compassion, patience and understanding which a plus ...

Introduction

Learning conversation Summary Reflection and follow up Abstract

This document outlines a face to face interview with the Team Manager; leader of the Patient Care whose designation allows her to hire a BSN prepared nurse in hospice specialty. The interview culminates in a request for mentorship as well as a reflection and follow up section.

Introduction Besides she performs duties of a resource and mentor for staff as it relates to clinical issues, documentation, team problem solving and appropriate customer service behavior. Evaluating, staff and volunteer schedules, along with sequencing territory assignments is a mjor responsibility. This ensures that ...

United Nations (59) define human trafficking in the modern society as forcing or controlling a person through recruiting, transporting, transferring, and harboring for purposes of exploitation in exchange for benefits or payments. Human trafficking is a form of slavery that has become a major international concern. Human trafficking and related issues, such as irregular migration, forced labor, prostitution, and transnational organized crimes are subjects to intense political discussions and ambitious legal regulations on international, regional, and national levels. Governments, international organizations, and civil societies have increasingly focused on human trafficking and any measures that can prevent it. This has involved interventions to ...

Kuwait community comprises from a number of nomads who happened to settle on the coastal region of Arabian Gulf. Searching for greener pastures is a characteristic of nomads and so explains the reason of settlement along the coast, they also consisted of several tribes with from different clans. After settling at the coastal region, they looked for the safest shelter by building forts, this was to cater for security purpose against other nomads who were also in search for greener pastures. Many Kuwaitis settled and population increased, this led to formation of nations, ethnicity, economic activities and political interests developed as ...

Introduction

The use of internet particularly social media has become the part of the modern social life as it has made interaction easier thus bringing people close than ever before. In addition to daily interactions between families and friends, the Arab spring revolution in 2010 onwards saw the role of social media shift to a different dimension of mobilizing groups of people in achieving political changes for democracy. This is evident by the gradual increase in number of Facebook and Twitter subscribers in January 2011 in Egypt the subsequent use of You Tube in informing the world on the ongoing mass ...

Brown & Adler (2008) explain that Social learning in this era creates alternative learning environments. People in this revolutionary age should not only master a field of knowledge but can make the effort to become a full participant in the field. According to Brown & Adler (2008), learning to be encompasses acquiring practices and norms in a certain field by interacting with the experienced people. Earlier on students used apprenticeship programs to harness skill from the experts.

Students under this program could perform work under the guidance of the experts in the field. Social learning also employ the studio system as a model of learning ...

Slide: 1 Introduction

Explaining the Ethics of Golden Rule: Defining the Golden Rule, The golden rule is defined as rule of treating someone as they would like to be treated. Chuck Klosterman’s article “Does the Golden Rule Hold Up in Modern Society?” examines if it is rational for the rule of golden rule if it is rational. The other says that treating another person as they would like to be treated raises the question, what if the person’s way of wanting to be treated compromises your personal values.

Slide: 2 Understanding the ethics of “golden rule”

The ambiguity of the golden rule on ethics is that one ...

Peacekeeping

Since the great wars, the international community knew it was crucial to prevent the onset of another war as the conflicts had shook the balance of power and destroyed both infrastructure and lives for the sake of power. With the establishment of the United Nations after the Second World War, it was argued that the organization would become a beacon of peace and intervene once conflict brews in a region. Peacekeeping operations, in this end, would enable the international community to stop the progression of conflict that may threaten the rest of the world. While the thought of peacekeeping is ideal, ...

1. The HS2 Railway Network

On November 2013, the Government passed a hybrid bill to Parliament supporting the launch of Phase One of the High Speed Two (HS2) project (DfT 2013). Consultation ended in February 2014 and the Parliament is in the process of appointing an independent assessor to provide an outline of all issues surrounding the project. The HS2 project is a railway network that is part of the Coalition Agreement and the Department for Transport’s (DfT) business plan from 2010 until 2015. HS2 has two phases, which will be launched separately and thus, will be subjected to ...

Introduction

Do you have a friend or an associate who is a victim of the unemployed persons in the society due to the shortcomings of the nature? What could be the problem behind this? And what could be the possible solution for this? The following are some of the suggestions for this menace; - Unavailability of higher education to minorities - Employer discrimination.

Unavailability of higher education to minorities

The minority group in the society doesn’t get the necessary exposure to higher education. This sets their expectations and their goals at a lower angle. Higher education provides a learner with better equipped first hand tactics on how ...

The Nation of Islam (NOI), founded in 1930s by Wali Fard in Detroit, is described as a synthesis of Black Nationalism, urban Christianity and classical Islam in American context. Although estimates show that its membership ranges between seven hundred thousand and one and a half a million, it is believed that the group’s influence has exceeded its actual membership.

The NOI continued the spirit of the Marcus Garvey’s Universal Negro Improvement Association which aimed at building a sense of empowerment and self esteem among African-Americans. When Garvey died in Europe, a vacuum in leadership emerged in the Black Nationalist movement. Fard ...

Overview of communicable disease (Tuberculosis)

Tuberculosis is an infectious disease that is caused by mycobacterium tuberculosis. This bacteria is the type that attacks majorly the lungs, but can also affect the other parts of the body such as the kidney, spine and brain. If the condition is not treated on time, the result could be fatal. The spread of the infection is via the air transmission. The implication is that such condition can easily spread from one person to another. For such air transmission to occur, the patient with the disease must be a person with an active Tuberculosis infection.

The person serving as ...

Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) refers to a disorder in which an individual becomes excessively preoccupied with his or her power, adequacy, vanity and prestige, even at the expense of others (Schulze et al., 2013). In other words, a person with narcissistic personality disorder does not see the mental damage he or she is likely to cause to himself/herself and others. Current statistics indicates that one percent of the entire population is affected by NPD.

Persons who have been diagnosed with NPD have excessive feelings of self-importance. In essence, such individual possess or exhibit a high sense of entitlement, as well as, ...

Community policing also known as community-oriented policing can be loosely defined as the strategy of policing aimed at building ties and working closely with members of the communities and the police. With the high rate of crimes in the society, the duty of maintaining law and order is no longer solely in the ambit of the police. The police are more effective when they can depend on residents for help. It is in this breath, therefore, that members of the community are called upon to join hands with the police in enhancing and maintaining the safety and quality of ...

Describe the Topic Chosen and Explain why it was Chosen

Communication is an important factor that can spell the difference between a successful and an unsuccessful organization . It is important for as many members of an organization possible to have a stable and clear line of communication so that they can work more productively, efficiently, and effectively. In various books and empirical studies about organizational leadership, it has been proven time and again that not only maintaining open lines of communication between any two or more parties in an organization helps maintain the status quo in terms of operations and work output but also in terms of reaching milestones in various ...

Impact of the online movement

The virtual world continuously changes the landscape of society today. It has made the world more borderless were messages can be disseminated to people from across the globe in a span of seconds. Most of the time, social networks such as Facebook, Youtube, Twitter and many other online sites are used for leisure and communicating, but the power of these social networks goes beyond simply connecting people. Social networks are also used to promulgate advocacies and campaigns because of their ability to tap wider audiences.

In some countries, social networks are used as a medium to gain support from the public. ...

Q. 1. Explain how gel filtration chromatography (size exclusion chromatography) separates molecules on the basis of their mass/size.

A. In gel filtration, porous beads are packed into a column. The pores are of different size. The column is then packed with a buffer solution. This buffer solution is present inside the beads as well as around it. When molecules of different size pass through the columns, the smaller molecules pass through the pores and take a longer path. The larger molecules, however, travel around the beads. Thus, larger molecules travel faster than the ...