Essays on Consent

Consent is one of the recognized grounds for a defense in the commission of a crime. This type of defense is usually invoked in the cases involving criminal sexual conduct, physical assault and battery. The court’s approach when recognizing consent as a defense will vary based on the causal conduct of harm afflicted to the victim by an accused. The circumstances will dictate whether the court will appreciate consent as a valid defense against liability. As a general rule, the victim’s consent will not automatically excuse an accused from liability for the harm caused. It is actually the nature of a crime that ...

1. What is the proper case citation for the case?

The proper case citation for this case is R. v. J.A. 2011 SCC 28. (It is a neutral citation). This is a criminal law decision of the Supreme Court of Canada regarding consent in cases of sexual assault.

2. Who is the Respondent and who is the Appellant?

J.A. is the Respondent while Her Majesty The Queen is the Appellant.

3. Name all the levels of court (full proper names) involved in the case.

Court of Appeals for Ontario Trial Court of Canada

4. How many SCC justices heard the ...

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How many mentally ill people are known to have been asked or deemed capable of making their own decisions? Not a lot, everyone can agree with that. There are many cases, in the case of adults even that individuals who are suffering from a mental illness that leaves them neurologically unstable or disturbed, that they are not allowed to make their own decisions. Even though the extent of the illness may vary, there are numerous times when they are rendered incompetent and unfit to decide what is ...

Overview

Consents taking and documentation is a vital part of legal and medical ethics that guides medical practice. It serves as a tool for effective patient management. It is meant to be taking before any form of treatment simply because all patients capable of understanding of such form of information has the right to receive accurate information regarding his or her illness/condition, the physician treatment plan, associated complications and effect, and other available treatment options. It is the responsibility of the physician to ensure this is achieved and properly documented before any start of treatment.

Improper taking and documentation

The issue of improper taking of consent ...

Whenever the topic of abortion is raised in various channels, many would immediately call for anti-abortion due to its immoral and unethical background. Many religions have also denounced abortion as it claims innocent lives. Christianity is one of the staunchest rivals for those who believe abortion can be accepted as the heads of the religion believe that a fetus already has a life and killing it would be against the laws given by God. Nowadays, this argument is further escalated when proposals for legalizing abortion has gone underway. In the United States alone, abortion is legalized in some states and even ...

The continued advancement in technology has cut across all spheres of the economy. The field of medicine has had its fair share of the cake having to incorporate the complexities of science and technology. One such area relates to organ transplantation. It has become possible to save humanity through the transplant of organs from one human to another. However, the process in itself though scientifically possible, remains riddled with several challenges and raises questions bordering on the moral, religious and legal frontiers. This paper essentially takes into consideration the place of the law in relation to the application ofsuch ...

Other Current and Emerging Issues in Health Care

Lesson4:1-Decision-Making Concerning Individuals: Consent Lesson 4:2- Decision-Making Concerning Individuals: Reproductive and End-of-Life Issues Lesson 4:3 -The Impact of Globalization & Emerging Technology Abstract This document contains three essays pertaining to the lesson entitled ‘Other Current and Emerging Issues in Health Care’ outlining three subject areas. Lesson4:1 relates Decision-Making Concerning Individuals: Consent; Lesson 4:2- Decision-Making Concerning Individuals: Reproductive and End-of-Life Issues and Lesson 4:3 -The Impact of Globalization & Emerging Technology. Lesson4:1-Decision-Making Concerning Individuals: Consent Question 1:- Case Study, Mrs. Mary Smith.

Step 1: Facts

- She was admitted to Jones Memorial Hospital - Initially her injuries did ...

Informed Consent in Scientific Testing

‘Instructor’s Name’ ‘Subject’ Informed consent is the process of getting the prior consent of the patient, before choices about his/her health care is made. This concept is based on the, rights a patient has on her body, and the ethical duty of the physician to inform the patient about the things happening to her body. The consent might be required both for performing a therapy for the ailment of the patient, or to make them participate in a clinical trial. An informed consent is said to have been obtained from a patient, when she is fully aware of the facts ...

Introduction

Every criminal justice system in the world is characterized by policy and procedure directives that ensures that all the actions and processes in this system are within the constitutional and legal confines. The policy and procedure are enacted to ensure that the constitutional rights of stakeholders are not infringed upon when these individuals are exposed to a particular criminal justice process. Unfortunately, there arises some situations in the course of disseminating justice where some actions cause massive legal disagreements. An individual who has been subjected to a particular process may claim that the process was unconstitutional or that his rights were ...

Introduction

Statutory rape is usually defined by the state law concerned. However, statutory rape is distinguished from other forms of rape in that the victim must necessarily be below the age of consent and that lack of consent is not a requisite to the crime on the common understanding that a person below a certain age lacks the capability to give an informed consent. Prior to the development of modern statutory rape laws, statutory rape was used to protect young women and children from the sexual incursion of unwanted males. At that time, women were regarded as chattels or property and as such ...

A consent decree project was proposed by attorneys of a fictional jail named Adelphi County Jail in Maryland in the United States. This proposed consent decree was instigated by a particular situation that occurred at the jail involving two of the inmates where some prison officers accessed the inmate’s belongings on suspicion of possession of contrabands. This report analyzes the consent decree project in the context of the situation that occurred leading to the decree. This report seeks to address the extent to which this situation, the policy and procedure directive of the jail and the appellate court decision on ...

Informed Consent: Informed Consent is the procedure in which a patient get all the information about his/her treatment regarding mental illness to either accept or refuse the treatment on voluntary choice. Further, patient has the ethical and legal right to know what is happening with her body and should be involved in every step of treatment in a healthcare (Simon & Shuman, 2007).

Components of Informed Consent: Essential target of informed consent is that the patient has a complete knowledge about her treatment and have the decision making ability. The components add to informed consent are procedure or decision, alternatives offered for ...

The American Association of Christian Counselors Code of Ethics (AACC Code) and the American Counseling Association Code of Ethics has myriad differences as well as the resemblances. This code of ethics main purpose is to offer protection to the profession, counselor, and the client. This paper aims at comparing and contrasting the two codes of ethics. The American Counseling Association Code of Ethics is the forerunner for setting down the ethical standards to be engaged in the counseling scope. Nevertheless, The American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC) has been introduced to give direction to counselors opting to incorporate the ...

(Define the 4th, 5th, 6th ans 14th amendment of the united states constitution and cite at least one case as it relates to interview and interrogation. when you cite any case you need to give the details of the case or as much information that you feel is necessary for one to understand what occurred)

Introduction

In Tarasoff v. The Regents of the University of California [S.F. No. 23042, Supreme Court of California, July 1, 1976], a ‘wrongful death’ action was filed against the Regents of the University of California hospital psychotherapists and campus policemen. The victim’s parents testified that ...

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Gillick Competency Principle 4 Roles and responsibilities of nurses 5 Conclusion 8

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Ethical and Legal issue This case study focuses on a minor girl who does not want her parents to know that she is pregnant. She is contemplating terminating the pregnancy via an abortion without consulting or seeking the consent of her parents. According to the 2010 Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (WA) Bill, a minor is a person aged less than 18 years. The client in question, Chin Lee, is a minor because she is only 15 years old. In Western Australia, minors are governed by separate ...

The major theme for health care law seems to be the consent of treatment. The principle of consent for treatment is the giving of permission before receiving any treatment. Consent can be of two types; implied or express consent. Express consent is either in oral or written form. Implied consent is the action the patient shows that passively allow treatment (CPSO, 2006). For example, when a patient holds out her arm to show they are okay with having a blood test.

Consent must be informed, voluntary, and issued by a person with the capacity to do so. Voluntary means that the patient ...

Introduction

The case study is of a minor young girl who does not want her parents to know that she has become pregnant. She is considering an abortion and has already decided that whatever be her medical condition, she would provide consent on her own without any consultation with her parents. According to the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (WA) Bill 2010, a minor is a person who is less than 18 years. The client in question, Chin Lee is a minor since she is only 15 years old. However, there are separate rules and regulations for minors living in Western Australia. In ...

1. Indian Council on Medical Research. Ethical Guidelines for Biomedical Research on Human Participants. New Delhi: Indian Council on Medical Research, 2006. The source provides detailed guidelines for any biomedical research on Human subjects. The central principle in these guidelines is the protection of the human subjects as well as ensuring that they benefit from the results of the research. The guidelines also provides for informed consent by the subjects where possible as a mandatory requirement for research on human subjects. Although the guidelines were developed for research in India the ethical principles and issues regard to research involving ...

The term bioethics was coined in the early 1970s by biologists who brought to the public’s attention two pressing issues; the need to maintain the plant’s ecology and the implication of advances in the life sciences toward manipulating human nature. Van Rensselaer Potter has focused on the growing human ability to change the nature, including human nature and the implication of this for our global future [ CITATION Van71 \l 1033 ]. While bioethics has been interdisciplinary since its inception, theology played a fundamental role in its creation. It continues to have a profound influence today also. At its inception, ...

Is Affirmative Consent the Answer to Sexual Assault on College Campuses?

The following paper deals with a Senate Bill 967 that is proposed to control the number of sexual assaults occur on campus the public as well as private universities of California. A Senate Bill 967 has been introduced by Senator Kevin de Leon, and the objective of this law is to establish certain criteria following which the public and private colleges in California will manage with the sexual assault incidents occurred on campus. The law requires all the universities and colleges in California to pass a mandate ensuring that all of the students will give an active or affirmative consent before ...

Introduction

The recent expansion of healthcare ethics to evidence based research practice aims to address patient safety issues surrounding medical treatment an intervention. The “nature, behaviour and consequences of patient safety incidents and their surrounding circumstances” are a longstanding concern, and one which has the potential to cost healthcare institutions exceptional levels of expenditure in medical malpractice damages. The World Health Organization (WHO) policy outlined in Ethical Issues in Patient Safety: Interpreting Existing Guidance covers the framework to ethical practice in medicine (WHO, 2013). Research inquires directed at resolving ethical challenges in contemporary policy and procedure (i.e. informed consent), inform ...

- The extent to which. the Proposed Consent Decree squarely addresses the situation, the policy and procedure, directive, and the appellate court decision

Consent decree is the resolving of a lawsuit where an individual or a corporation reaches a resolution to take specific actions without admission of guilt for the occurrence that resulted to the lawsuit. This settlement is contained in a court order as the court instructs relief against the defendant and comes to a decision to the maintenance of jurisdiction against the case to ensure the settlement is followed (Hensley et al, 2006, pg. 389). This case involves Plaintiffs Jack Jones and ...

Introduction:

A personal philosophy of ethical practice using core values and essential principles and practices for doctoral research in the field of education should encompass intent, practice and the final use of the materials. To conduct oneself ethically involves more than doing the right thing. Ethical conduct must include acting in the right spirit. Setting out with the right intent and obeying the rules is not sufficient, ethical conduct must also abiding respect and concern for other individuals. Ethical conduct for doctoral research in the field of education is particularly sensitive and demanding. Unlike research undertaken for commercial purposes, ...

Introduction

Some patients, especially those facing life-threatening illnesses, choose to avoid certain procedures or treatment or medication and may leave the hospital or clinic before they are treated. Regardless of this, it is the role of discharge staff to make sure that these patients are well-informed and that they are willing to pick a particular course of action by their own free will. Informed consent is based on the common law, which has the basic idea that all adult human beings have a right to determine what shall be done to their own bodies. Patient consent is the permission, which must be ...

Leadership refers not to the position or power of a person; it is a particular person’s relationship with his or her followers/community. Ethics is not focused on the individual; it is about an individual’s relationship with the people around him or her. Therefore, leadership ethics relies on the web of relationships within the community. Workers or followers will conduct their behavior based on what the leader shows them. The leader is the one who sets the standards in an organization, and his actions directly impact all those around him or her, creating the mood set in the community. The ...

Introduction

In this report we discuss the requirement a project manager has to comply with before initiating a project. As we have found out, the government of New Zealand has championed for measures aimed towards conserving the environment. This is before the commencement and after the project. This was made to take place due to the fact that previous projects have proved to be carelessly detrimental to the environment. The Resource Management Act of 1991 includes one of the legal strategies that were laid to curb destruction of the environment.

Resource Consents

Before initiating any project, there are important things that one ought to ...

Proposal for a Course of Action

Introduction The patient, described as a ninety year old, depressed professor, was selected for the long-term care assistance analysis is evaluated for palliative care in a hospice environment (Cohen, 2006, 235). Benefits identified in recommendation of a hospice care setting include: 1) patient request for placement outside of home; due to 2) and inability to maintain the property. The latter issue relates to both financial distress and to everyday upkeep. The patient suffers from age related fatigue and blindness, and requires pharmaceutical administration, daily. Social factors considered in the recommendation were defined by the patient. The patient has no children, ...

One of the aspects that were of interest to me in this article was the strategies that are put to ensure that there are efforts made in acquiring informed consent from persons with intellectual disabilities. Through analyzing the article, I wanted to understand new ideas that could possibly improve the manner of conducting the research that involve persons with intellectual disabilities. Through proper analysis and examining the mythology used, I wanted to establish an effective strategy for ensuring informed consent among persons with intellectual in regard to their medical condition.

The study’s methodology entailed interviewing strategically selected candidates. ...

What does ‘characterisation’ mean in environmental planning law and what effect does s.106 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW) have in relation to this ?

Characterisation in environmental planning law means the vivid description of the development of the use of the land or environment. This enables one to know the purpose of development and thus will cause one to know whether the components to be used in the development are either independent or ancillary. Characterization helps people to know whether a particular development would be permitted in a land a specific zone that should be under the environmental laws and regulations. In section 106 of the environmental planning act of 1979, states that the existing use is a use that is commenced legally, but could change and ...

Democracy ensured the inevitability of the ruler’s insecurity. Though democracy has always been under unrelenting attack by individuals’ interest, economic and politics, the true meaning of democracy was to take power to the masses and in the process devolve the ability and theme ans from the elite. With their powers and control under threat, the elite hand to find a way to reclaim control and ensure that their opinion not only matters to the public but is also it is what becomes the consensus of the masses. Through formal education, technological advancement in recent history, mass media and activism ...

GENERAL ORIENTATION TO SAFETY MANAGEMENT

Abstract Safety management within sports and health facilities are a crucial part of properly administering any area used for physical activity. The area in this case refers to the geographical zone, the facilities used and any person engaging in activity within the said locality. This paper analyses the 34 forms that are provided in Appendix B of the ACM’s Health and Fitness Facility Standards and Guidelines. Wave Health and Fitness Boston was chosen as the fitness entity on which the applicability of the 34 forms would be tested.

Introduction

In every health facility or sports environment there is a need ...

Introduction

There are conditions in which medical treatment is provided either forcefully or without informed consent. There are plenty of such incidents arising with patients suffering from personality disorders, dementia and even with cancer treatment for non-consenting minors. There are some fundamental questions that arise regarding the existing law. A minor, who has little understanding and intelligence about the cancer treatment, cannot comprehend fully as to what is involved in their treatment. Anyone aged 16-17 is supposed to be deciding the consent for their treatment. There was a case of a child patient who was severely mentally and physically disabled child, ...

Since the turn of the 21st century, and the emergence of a global knowledge sharing practice based in medicine, the increased attention to practitioner ethics has created an interdisciplinary focus on informed consent practice (Showalter). In most healthcare contexts, this topic is further refracted through the lens of medical malpractice liability and tortious negligence lawsuits (Hoey). Some countries also sustain social policies that may actually pose risk to patients; as in the case of fetal sex inquiries under China’s one child policy. The importance of informed consent as a rule and as an ethical obligation to a duty to a reasonable ...

- In class we discussed how both rape and incest are “wrong.” - When we say incest is wrong we’re really saying it’s “disgusting.” - The problem with rape is lack of “consent.” II. What about incest between an adult and a child? This is considered “statutory rape.” A. In class, we focused mostly on adult incest, but we did say that one potential problem with incest in general is a lack of consent.

B. What makes kids unable to consent?

III. One major thing missing from our conversation about consent is mental acuity. A. Perhaps part of the reason that ...

Imagine that you’re a prisoner on death row in China; it’s the day before you’re being executed. A few prison officials bring you into a room and sit you down at a table, with a crying woman on the other side. This woman, they explain to you, is the mother of a child who needs a kidney transplant of he will die. They want to use your kidney after you are executed. Upon first hearing this proposal, you are nervous and uncomfortable – you never agreed to have your organs harvested. However, they put a piece of paper in front of your face with a ...

Environmental Effects

Environmental Effects: Resources Consent Overview The proposed quarry site is situated in an environmentally rich location. Exotic mature trees that are not native to its current ecosystem basically surround it; therefore, it was planted in the area to grow as newly adapting tree specie. In addition, sheep’s that are thriving in the grass growing in the Kanuka Hill presently grazes the land. Small bodies of water are presently home to small animals like small fish, birds and frogs at the surrounding wetlands and Kanuka stream. Furthermore, high concentration of vegetation and other plants are present in ...

Meaningful research which can be applied in real life situations is based on ethical conduct of researchers. The researchers have a duty to protect the study participants and to maintain confidentiality. Considerations of ethical research include informed consent from the participants, privacy, confidentiality, anonymity, and beneficence (Fouka & Mantrozorou, 2011). This paper evaluates the case of Sarita Kudumula, 13, whose parents learned she was participating in a Human Papiloma Virus (HPV) vaccine clinical trial after she died. HPV is a sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer. Various vaccines have been developed against the virus and most are tested in India. Sarita ...

John Locke’s Second Treatise of Government

Disproportionate and Unequal Possession of the Earth: John Locke’s Second Treatise of Government

In John Locke’s Second Treatise of Government, Section 50 says that “by a tacit and voluntary consent,” men “have agreed to a disproportionate and unequal possession of the earth” (Locke, 1690, p. 19). Whether or not gold or money is a good representative of real wealth in goods or services and that man has made this tacit and consensual agreement for “disproportionate and unequal possession of the earth” is a debate that scholars continue to debate. Locke’s writing invites inquiry; his ideas concerning possession, consent, wealth, ...

Policies and Ethics in Healthcare

The Case of the Depressed Patient

The situation where patient R.L. is suffering from depression have rendered more complications to his overall health. But before persuading R.L. to agree to the medical procedures that he has to undergo, it is detrimental that his depression must be addressed first, otherwise, any persuasive efforts would render ineffective because of his depress condition. First thing first, is to analyze the causes of his depression and eradiate them one by one. The fact that his wife recently passed away, R.L. would have felt alone considering that his social behavior is weak and his ...

Introduction

Ethical issues in nursing research include informed consent. The institution review board ensures that researchers observe and uphold the requirements that govern their relationship with the participants. During research, although a nurse seeks to gather quality first-hand information, they must not compromise the rights of the participants and should provide all information regarding the same. Ethical concerns during nursing research involve identifying the gap between a nurse’s research objective and the participants` rights.

Ethical concerns

One ethical issue in nursing and the selected research project revolves around informed consent. Considering the principles of beneficence, justice, and autonomy that guide the nurse researcher-participant ...

- Locke states: “The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one: and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind, who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions.” Explain the “law of nature” that Locke cites. (p. 637).

When Locke states that nature has a law to govern it (Locke, 637), he is referring to natural law. This law comes from nature. Under Locke’s observation things in natural, left to be how they were ...

Introduction

The opposition by many ethicists towards the principle of medical paternalism is severely faulty. When analyzed keenly, such an approach is not beneficial at all. Alternatively, the best approach should be to regulate medical paternalism in a way that gives the patients autonomy at certain times and denies them the autonomy when it is necessary. It is crucial that patients are asked to consent or refuse to the medications that doctors administer to them. However, there are some situations whereby giving patients the opportunity or chance to give consent has no foreseeable positive outcomes. At times, the patients are too ...

Sexual consent is a concept shrouded in mystery in modern times. It has become increasingly difficult to identify sexual acts guided by mutual consent by the partners’ involved, implied consent, and outright rape. Kate Harding in her article ‘How Rape in Pop Culture Became a Matter of Opinion’ holds the opinion that the notion of rape in pop culture depiction is diluted to the opinion of the individual. Cases of portrayed rape are left to the discretion of individual interpretation, thus, according to Harding, subjecting female victims of sexual assault to normalized abuse, in the face of popular opinion. James ...

Issues for Healthcare Organizations

Lesson 3:1- Antitrust Lesson 3:2 - Health Information Management Lesson 3:3 - Fraud, Abuse, and Corporate Compliance Abstract This document contains answers to lessons 3 units 1, 2, 3 pertaining to Issues for Healthcare Organizations. Unit 1 explores antitrust management; unit 2 - Health Information Management and unit 3 Fraud, Abuse, and Corporate Compliance. Issues for Healthcare Organizations Lesson 3:1- Antitrust

Question 1: Antitrust regulations - Sherman and Clayton Acts

- Mergers, consolidations and acquisition components of Sherman and Clayton antitrust acts like any other corporate legal intervention endorses regulations regarding purchasing; selling, dividing and combining with other companies that offer different ...

Police Officers

Purpose of the proposed research Like all professions, the profession of a police officer is also bound by ethics. In the course of their duty, police officers face several ethical dilemmas, where they are required to take decisions. They are faced with the needs of the law on one hand and ethical codes based on judgment of right and wrong, on the other hand. Situations and circumstances may be different case to case and the strict application of a law would be inappropriate in certain cases. Compared to most other professional ethics, the police ethics are relatively underdeveloped. Police officers ...

Part One: Due Process Hearing

The due process hearing was set up after there was no resolution that could be reached between the petitioner (student/parent) Carolyn Morris, and the respondent which in this case was Harmony Science academy. The action was regarding an issue with the charter school that the petitioner felt was covered under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA) as well as the state and federal regulations. Mediation was offered however it was denied so no mediation was reached in this case resulting in the hearing. Mediation is a process where the petitioner and the school might reach an agreement outside ...

International arbitration allows international business persons from different legal backgrounds to amicably solve their grievances. Parties to a contractual agreement or in an international relationship seek an impartial party who carries out the adjudicatory process. The resolution by the arbitrators is usually binding and carries a provision of arbitration in future contractual disputes. International Arbitration has over the last half century gained popularity because of the expeditious nature of the method. Businesses and international traders prefer international arbitration to the domestic legal process. A dispute would usually be handled under the judicial system under which the dispute occurred. Resolving the dispute ...

Introduction

Stem cell research has brought remarkable potential in cell growth in early life and growth. Stem cell offers the potential of addressing certain problems that humans face. The understanding of basic mechanisms of stem cell research aids human development and differentiation. Such an approach is vital in the treatment of diseases such as diabetes, spinal cord injury and other terminal illnesses (Lo and Parham, 2009). The stem cells research has generated many ethical research issues. Ethical debates on stem cell research continue to dominate the political scene. One of the major issues relating to informed consent touches on ...

- What does ‘characterization’ mean in environmental planning law and what effect does s.106 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (NSW) have in relation to this? (300 Words) In environmental planning law, “characterization” refers to a set of procedures used for formulating and determining applications for land use development. At its minimum interpretation, characterization with respect to the development is centrally concerned with the location and allocation of development about its characteristics on the land. In this minimalist interpretation, the role of characterization is to provide a framework within which efficient criteria for formulating and enforcing regulatory decisions ...

Ethical Issues in “Written Parental Consent and the Use of Incentives in a Youth Smoking Prevention Trial: A Case Study From Project SPLASH”

Although the potential ethical issues associated with this specific research seem minor, “worst-case scenario” risks to participants could include invasion of privacy, psychological trauma or emotional upset, embarrassment, stigma, peer pressure relating to the survey and discussion of confidential survey content and time costs. The research also raised questions about the potential for coerciveness of students. A very large percentage of students whose parents completed the consent form by assenting that their child could participate in ...

Introduction

Ethics is the principal moral conduct which addresses issues which are perceive to infringe the rights of an individual. Ethics tries to define and guide us how an individual should live in a society in a harmony. It also tries to analyze the impacts of one’s behavior to others and its social consequence in the long run. It also compares what is moral one society and what is not in another society. This is because our societies are divergent what is accepted as moral in one society can be regarded as totally immoral in another society. A good example is ...

MSc Independent Engineering Scholarship (IES) Proposal

Personal Details Dissertation Proposal Background This project is inspired by the need to utilize semi conductor technologies that have spiraled in the past decade to develop high efficient solar cell materials which are capable of utilizing higher degree spectrum light. The University of (University Name) Infrastructure development permitting the development of systems capable of measuring new solar cell performances has allowed the usage of a single chip with discrete components. The system is applicable in a host of functions including space, terrestrial and recycling of used Silicon wafers to produce solar cells. The design consists of an ...

Evidence Based Practice for Type 2 Diabetes in the United States

I. Introduction Type 2 Diabetes is a prevalent chronic disease. It is currently the fastest growing disease in the world (Franz & Splett,2007).The health burden of diabetes as it currently stands is that the prevalence of Type 2 Diabetes is high among people aged above 25 (Narayan , et al., 2009). This segment of the demography is highly productive and dependable for the growth of the global economy (Narayan, et al., 2009). For every one person diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes, there is one other person who goes undiagnosed. Pacific Islanders, Native Hawaiians, Asian Americans, Native Americans, Latinos, ...

The word research can have many connotations and interpretations. Just reading a book, which states some facts, can be a kind of research also. It varies from subject to subject and is based on the objective of the researcher. In a broad sense any kind of work involved with collecting data or gathering information to gain more perspective on any given subject can be classified as research. When we focus only in the aspect of scientific research, Shuttleworth (2008) offers the definition of scientific research as, “ performing a methodical study in order to prove a hypothesis or answer a specific question” (para. 3). He further ...

Recorded assessment

I will critique my performance during the procedure of taking vital signs identifying the areas which were perfectly executed as well as those that need to be improved on. In this procedure, I measured the patient’s temperature, pulse and respirations.

Body

In preparation for the procedure, I gathered all the equipment that I needed except for a hanging watch. I was thus forced to keep turning to look at the wall clock which was to my back which was a bit distracting. I therefore failed to capitalize on the advantages of adequate preparations. Preparation of the equipment needed prior to initiating a ...

Science has always relied on experimentation and research in trying to arrive at logical conclusion based on the results of such research. Clinical tests have always been performed on human and non-human subjects. Without thorough regulation in the industry, some researchers have used humans as test subjects, in some cases, against their will. Such cases were prevalent in mid 1900s when medical science was advancing at a very fast rate. However, these scientists did not value ethical concerns of the test subjects and thus these subjects faced inhuman conditions and in most cases died from the experimentation. There was need ...

One of the more common themes in Hollywood is the notion that there is some secret authority network watching our movements and controlling what happens to us. The Matrix trilogy suggested that just about all of us were plugged into an artificial system of interaction that a shadowy Architect had put together, as a nefarious substitute for genuine existence. The Adjustment Bureau featured a series of agents of Fate who run around with Moleskine notebooks that automatically update as people move forward in time, trying to keep the Master Plan intact. We enjoy stories like these, in part because we wonder whether ...

Political legitimacy

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

Introduction

Internet has changed our lives in many ways; the information technology has made modern, well-developed and advanced world where life gets easier than ever before. People use internet technology for attaining information in the most inexpensive and easiest way. The study suggests that around 900 million people in the world are using the internet (Masci 1998, 14). This is one of the best medium of communication. However, the question arises, are there any challenges associated with internet privacy or security or not? The internet privacy is defined as a status in which individual’s information is not being accessed without ...

Purpose of the research

This research is to be carried out on The Shams Store. It will be a study on employee welfare application within the store. The purpose of this research is to find out different ways that can make life easy for employees within the workplace. This study will help in knowing what workers need in order to feel valued at the store hence improving their productivity.

- RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

The research shall be carried out by way of execution of questionnaires by the respondents, these will cover the ordinary workers while the managers shall be examined through telephone interviews. There shall also be a determination ...