Essays on Consortium

A total of 57 million deaths were reported worldwide in 2008, and the majority of those deaths were caused by either non-cardiovascular diseases (36 million; 63%) or cardiovascular diseases (17.3 million; 30%) according to the World Health Organization (WHO, 2011). The highest mortality rates are associated with ischemic heart diseases and cerebrovascular diseases, which account for 45% and 29% of the cardiovascular-related deaths in men and 37% and 33% of cardiovascular-related deaths in women, respectively (see Figure 1). Ischemic heart disease is considered the most common cardiovascular cause of death as it accounts for 7.6 million deaths worldwide (Institute ...

Primary and Secondary Market

Primary markets are linked to the issuance of new securities that are apportioned and issues by the companies to people, who have subscribed to the issue. The securities in the primary market are issued to the public via initial public offerings (IPOs) by the public limited firms. The IOPs can be shares or the debentures. The IPOs are associated with the issuance of securities made by the company, which is limited to public on direct basis. On the other hand, in relation to bonds investors buy them directly from the firm. The shares or debentures are issued at the ...

Question 1

Types of Nonverbal Communication There are different ways through which individuals can communicate nonverbally. Gestures, physical distance/personal space, facial expressions, and posture are examples of non-verbal communication techniques (Burgoon & Guerrero, 2013). Gestures can be touching behaviors, agreed-on signs, or signs that accompany verbal communication (Burgoon & Guerrero, 2013). Also known as proxemics, maintaining personal space and physical distance when communicating plays a critical role in passing a message. Proxemics also determines the settings and environment under which people communicate, for example, public, social, personal, or intimate spaces (Burgoon & Guerrero, 2013). Facial expressions can be used to communicate happiness, sadness, disappointment, ...

Abstract

One of the pressing matters of today’s society is definitely the importance of accommodation and inclusion of deaf-blind students into regular educational environment. Deaf-blindness means the combination of the hearing and visual impairment which leads to the loss of person’s communication skills, as well as different developmental and educational needs. The problem of modern world, concerning students with such disabilities, consists in the accepted truth that the majority of typical education classes fail to provide appropriate tools for the accommodation of deaf-blind children. The participation of deaf-blind students in general class activities is almost impossible, because of ...

Part 1

Individual agencies categorize criminal data that is compiled in a report as Uniform Crime Reporting. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is in charge of the Uniform Crime Reports program which is authorized to access data from local police reports. The UCR avails vital information on the rate of crimes and rates of rape cases. This program comprises of the National Incident-Based Reporting System and the Summary Reporting System. Initially back in 1929 when the program began, it was founded by police commissioners who saw the essence of establishing a trustworthy criminal statistics for the US ("FBI — Uniform Crime Reporting," ...

About the report

The objective of this report is to assist One-World Investment Consortium, who is planning to invest £150 million in Thomas Cook PLC, a British global travel company listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker sign of ‘TCG’. We duly understand the impact of our professional recommendation on Consortium’s final decision making related to investment, and therefore, we intend to be comprehensive in the approach our analysis. As for the structure of this report, it will be a two-part report. In the first section of the report, we will evaluate the past 5 year(2007-2011) financial performance ...

Part A: A Brawl in Mickey’s Backyard

The primary stakeholders in the SunCal’s plans are the; Employee unions and Disney. The secondary stakeholders will include; the Backers, Affordable housing advocates, the city council the other individuals and groups drawn by the prospect of reducing long commutes and the Save Our Anaheim Resort District group. The unions of employees are representing the Disney employees to ensure that they get affordable rental houses near their place of work. The Affordable Housing advocates are representing the employees; they are the voice of the employees for affordable housing. The other groups and individuals support the idea because it is ...

Ventilator-associated pneumonia

Abstract The intensive care unit in most hospitals plays the role of providing care to patients dealing with life-threatening conditions. The technological and other set ups in these hospital units are vital in ensuring that these patients continue to receive the best regarding care while with the intentions of having them emerge with desirable outcomes. There are however challenges relating to the care that these patients receive since, in most cases, they are usually under mechanical ventilation. A patient under this condition faces the risk of developing ventilator-associated pneumonia if the ventilators are not handled with the required care. ...

INTRODUCTION

Mongolia is located to the north of China and is said to host 10% of the world’s known coal reserves which is estimated to be equivalent to 162 billion tons. Coal export accounts for the largest chunk of total Mongolian gross domestic product (GDP) at roughly 22%. This is equal to approximately 80% of the county’s exports (Voroshilov 34). In the country, production and exportation of coal, specifically coking coal, is primarily undertaken by the Mongolian Mining Company (MMC). Coking coal refers to a type of coal that is absolutely essential to the process of steel production. ...

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How can we improve on existing websites? Websites in today’s times are the first impression for any company. They need to be dynamically updated with latest information and should be able to be accessed on laptops and mobiles. It is always best for any business to keep its website updated. Many businesses run on websites today, thus it is important to have the best and user-friendly website. Some of the ways to advance the existing website include: Updating the Content: Content for any website must be current. It should have a section for queries so that the ...

The incorporation of security practices into business management enables the firm to reduce and control the overall risks. The implementation of the safety controls requires an efficient security management process that entails strategy, policy, compliance, awareness, monitoring, and access. The domain of safety management relies on the regulations that dictate the company’s standards regarding security. Without a stringent and adequate policy, no group or individual can be accountable and in charge of protecting the organization. This essay sheds more light concerning the security management procedure. The security management process in a corporation provides a thorough and accurate evaluation ...

Introduction

Radical extremism is a sought after media subject today. However, the real picture is always missing. The entire world focusses only one type of radical extremism. The world chooses to forget that there is yet another type which is far more dangerous. The callous campaign of the Crusaders in the Eleventh Century destroyed the peace in the Middle East and is responsible for all the animosity towards the West from this region. Yet, European scholars at the time did not document the massacres or acts of cannibalism by the Crusading armies. Similarly, while the Western media is busy covering ...

Introduction: CRAFFT-Screening test for risk behavior evaluation

The issue of substance abuse is one of primary adolescent behavioral problems that need to be treated well in advance for avoiding further complications. CRAFFT is a very important screening tool because it uses the series of 6 questions that can be administered either by a response questionnaire or via an interview. These 6 questions are developed from the six alphabets used in the name of the tool where C stands for Car, R stands for Relax, A stands for Alone, F stands for Forget, F stands for Friends, and T stands for Trouble (Children’s Hospital Boston, 2009). ...

Introduction

Boeing and Airbus are the two major aircraft manufacturers in the world, with their rivalry starting in the 1990s, and as it intensified, they absorbed other plane making companies or forced them to exit the market. Airbus, being a European consortium of companies headquartered in Toulouse France is the leading airplane manufacturer in Europe while Boeing is an American company which manufactures commercial and military aircraft, satellites, weapon and electronic defense systems among other tasks. On the other hand, COMAC is a Chinese state-owned limited liability company that is mainly the manufacturer of commercial aircraft for China and also ...

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The aerospace is the human effort made in the field of science, engineering, and business to make possible the ability of aircrafts to fly in the atmosphere of earth and space. There has been a trend and change in the field aerospace since 1960, especially in the European Union. In the eve of 1960, European aircraft manufacturers were competing with each other as they also competed with the American manufacturers, which were already giants in the industry. In the mid 1960s, The European nations commenced negotiations which gave birth to the true European collaboration. In 1967, the French, British, ...

Introduction

Recently, worldwide obesity prevalence has been raised rapidly and nearly doubled between 1980 and 2014, however in 2014 more than a half a billion of adult (18 years and older) were obese (11% men and 15% women) (WHO, 2014). Obesity and overweight are defined as excess body fat accumulation that leads to health risks and comorbidities. Adult weight can be classified based on the Body Mass Index. Hence, an individual having a BMI equal to or more than 25 is regarded as being overweight, while a person with a BMI equal to or more than 30 is considered obese ( ...

Learner's Full Name

Assignment Title Effects of Cigarette Smoking and Cancer Rates Smoking is injurious to health and causes numerous deaths every year. In the United States along lung cancer mortality rates have been estimated to be around 100 men per 100000 aged between 50 and 54 (.Numerous research articles, funded studies and an extensive body of epidemiological data links cigarette smoking to a wide variety of cancers. Long time smokers have been found to suffer from cancers of the lung, head and neck, urinary tract, pancreas and the bladder. Other studies on smoking related cancers have also found that smoking can ...