Essays on Disaster

Introduction

One of the most significant topics of the Middle East history that is considered to be Arab cultural awakening is undoubtedly Arab nationalism. On the one hand, it gathered strength and coherence during and after the First World War. On the other hand, little light is actually shed on that recent phenomenon. A lot of scholars may even get into a mess in defining Arabs, as well as determining what is meant by Arab nationalism. However, taking into consideration the fact that the twenty-first century is characterized by a considerable political activeness, much attention should be paid to Arabs ...

Deer have become a growing problem in the world. The reason, is because although they live in forests, they can also become traffic hazards as well. Moreover, they can become hazards to those who drive through deer-inhabited forests, that cars pass by. This is not only a common problem in many places of the world, but it is also an issue in New Jersey as well. In fact, it has become such an issue, that there have even been article addressing why the situation happens and what to do about it. Well, when it comes to New Jersey, one ...

Luis Jimenez was injured in a car accident that left him “with brain damage and he is now a paraplegic which means he is not able to walk. Luis Jimenez is an undocumented immigrant who did not have insurance when he had his accident (Ludden, 2009)”. So, when he was sent to Martin Memorial Hospital after the accident he was taken care of at the expense of the hospital. Martin Memorial Hospital was kind enough to take care of him for seven years before it became a problem. Some of the expense was taken care of by Medicaid for ...

ASSIGNMENT 2: ASTRONOMICAL IMAGES

For each Micro Observatory Robotic Telescope Network observation:

position: RA= 13h 24.9m Dec= -7 degrees 28 minutes located in constellation: Libra Distance= 600 million km (33 light minutes) at closest to the Earth Field of view: Normal Exposure time: 15.00 sec. Filter: Grey (ND4)

Hour Angle: -1h 40.4m

Comment on quality of observation: Micro Observatory is run by the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Question: Why are some of the targets listed as “not up tonight”? Micro Observatory Robotic Telescope Network observation: Target name: Jupiter Type of object: Planet position: RA= 13h 27.3m Dec= -7 degrees 39 minutes located in constellation: Libra Distance= ...

Introduction

A family is a residential unit in the society. Gender roles are a significant contributor to family dynamics. They establish stability in the family. Since the past, it has been known that the man is the breadwinner of the household and the women are the caregivers. In the recent past, this aspect has drastically changed. Today women have become empowered to attain a status almost equal to that of men. They have dared to live an independent lifestyle and support the men in some cases. Some men on the other do not consider the importance of family in the ...

1: BP’s Contributory Ethical Aspects to the Oil Spill

One of BP’s ethical violations includes the lack of implementation of the safety measures that would have prevented the occurrence of the incidences and the deaths. Some of the failures are visible through the absence of proper machinery controls like remote switching that would have enabled the crew to take charge of the situation in the rig. A majority of this mistakes stem from the fact that BP was cutting corners in its processes to ensure that it made savings on its investments while putting its employees at risk. The company also failed to adhere to environmental regulations ...

{Author Name [first-name middle-name-initials last-name]} {Institution Affiliation [name of Author’s institute]} Behavior and substance abuse related issues are also a challenge to the every section of the society. The problem of substance abuse has been common across all the cultures and occupations as well as nursing profession. The data suggests that one out of ten nurses may be impaired, taking drugs or has been a drug addict. According to the calculations of the American Nurses Association (1997) 10-20% nurses have the problem of chemical impairment or substance abuse and 6% to 8% registered nurses are the victim of ...

Critical analysis of The Influence of a Post discharge Intervention on Reducing Hospital Readmissions in a Medicare Population by Costantino, M. E., Frey, B., Hall, B. & Painter, P. October 2013 16(5), 310-316.

Interventions Reducing Readmissions

Abstract Discharging patients from a hospital is a complex and intricate process that should be handled with a lot of attention and care to avoid the unnecessary readmission of patients. The study states that some reasons cause hospital readmission in Medicare patients between 30 days of discharge and they may include failure to follow the physician’s directions, reoccurrence of the condition, lack of follow-up care ...

HadCM3 stands for Hadley Center Coupling model version three. This global climate model (GCM) was developed by the Met Office Hadley Center for Climate Science and Services in 2000, and was used as one of the major GCM ever since, starting from the Third Assessment Report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 2001. The model includes two elements – HadAm3 (for atmospheric modeling) and HadOM3 (for oceanic modeling), therefore forming a coupling assessment model. The GCM was a further development of the previous model HadCM2, also developed at Hadley (Bloom, 184).

Model description

The model includes 2 elements for the ...

In countries around the world, children are suffering and dying from malnutrition, disease, and poverty secondary to drought or flooding. Changes in climate create many risks to the lives of children and their families as they struggle to survive in areas where food is difficult to grow and workers are poorly paid. Due to the increase in temperature and extreme weather conditions brought on by climate change, many communities are expected to suffer scarcity of clean water with the result of perilous diseases and health complications. Disasters and humanitarian crises may bring long-term displacements and disruption to educational, health, ...

Effect of climate Change on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR)

Rising sea temperatures: Empirical evidence shows that the rising temperatures caused by climatic changes have a ripple impact on the GBR due to the interdependence between algae found on the coral reef tissue and sea animals that feed on it (GBR Marine Park Authority, 2011). More importantly, rising temperatures stress coral reefs because they are highly responsive to fluctuating temperatures; in particular, if sea temperatures remain higher than usual overtime due to climate change, algae that depend on corals for food may escape the tissue. The effect of algae leaving the tissue is manifested when the corals change color ...

Business Project Plan

Business Project Plan In the contemporary age, carefully managing the mental and social health concerns of the veterans is a crux role of every government, and this demands every responsible government to formulate an action plan that can be applied in the management of these health concerns. This is especially so as medical scholars continue to acquire new insights regarding the mental, vocational or physical health of veterans as applies to mental health, as well as the difficult and traumatic experience of the veterans in their transitioning to normal life after completion of service (American Public Health Association, 2014). ...

Chapter 7

My general observation is that the society considers nurses as people who enhance the healthcare experience, while the real credit of serving healthcare, are taken by the physicians and the administrative staffs. Probably, a person admitted as an inpatient or admitted to the ICU would have realized the true value of nurses, but in general, the services of the nurse are often unappreciated and unrecognized. Though nurses engage in important healthcare activities, they are treated as subordinates and not as leaders of healthcare. Nurses rarely participate in decision making and in making a health plan. Lack of clear guidelines ...

Thunderbird Crash Colorado Springs (2nd June, 2016)

Introduction A Thunderbird jet F-16CJ, tail number 92-3890 was crashed on 2nd June 2016 at 1 pm local time after the pilot of the jet got ejected at approximately 5 miles south of Peterson AFB (Air Force Base). The Jet's pilot ejected safely at 13:00L and got some minor injuries but no other casualties and damage to the property of the civilians were reported. Exactly 8 seconds after the pilot got ejected from the aircraft, it impacted the ground. The aircraft having the value of US dollars 29,466,037 was destroyed in the accident which was a huge ...

Differences in competencies between nurses prepared at the ADN versus the BSN

The nursing curriculum has been evolving over time to meet the needs and demands of the population which have been changing over time. In a bid to ensure that care delivery meets the optimal goals of recovery, restoration and sustaining a high quality of life, the basic foundation for the nursing profession has been on ensuring that the curriculum adequately prepares the nurses for the tasks ahead (Auerbach, Buerhaus, & Staiger, 2015). A particular response that the profession can refer is the Future of Nursing Report by the Institute of Medicine which required that nurses be allowed to the highest ...

British Petroleum Deepwater Horizon disaster

Deepwater Horizon disaster is the largest marine oil spill in the history. The oil spill resulted in hazardous chemicals in the seawater and killed thousands of marine creatures. The oil spill occurred in the Gulf of Mexico region on 20 April 2010 due to Deepwater Horizon rig that was operated by Transocean and leased by British Petroleum. In response to the oil Deepwater Horizon oil spill, British Petroleum took actions to overcome the after effects of the disaster and made further changes in the code of conduct to avoid oil spills in future. Veil, Sellnow and Wickline (2013) criticize ...

Failing never feels good when it happens initially. No one enters into a commitment with an intention to fail. Most people pursue a goal with the expectation to succeed. Unfortunately, failure is a phenomenon that cannot be avoided. Rather than perceiving failure as a negative event or incident, there is something quite valuable to learn when one fails. Without failure growth would be limited. I have heard many times throughout life that “we learn from our failures.” When I was younger I did not understand this concept, and even as I matured this idea did not sound appealing. However, ...

Post-stroke dysphagia, a potentially fatal complication, affects an estimated 23-50% of all stroke survivors. It is associated with a seven fold increase in the risk for aspiration pneumonia. Aspiration pneumonia increases the catabolic demands of the body and in the settings of impaired swallowing leads to a vicious cycle of malnutrition, dehydration, and further infections (Shaker & Geenen, 2011). Dysphagia affects a significant number of patients with hemispheric stroke which is the main subtype of ischemic stroke in the general population (Kumar et al., 2011). The functions of swallowing are subserved by a vast brain network. The inferior peri-rolandic sensorimotor ...

Global warming refers to the phenomenon due to which the average global temperature rises by a few degrees over a specified period of time, or as the time passes. The concern that this raises is that if the temperature keeps on rising every few years or so, it is not hard to imagine what would be its effects to the global climate and environment over the next few decades. The rise of a few degrees in a few years is not much of an issue; however, if this rise is consistent, that is where the concern of most of ...

Abstract

This paper tends to highlight the history of automobiles and their impact on society today. This paper will discuss how what motivated the development of automobiles while also stating down the history of automobiles from the traditional and mechanical automotive used years back to the more modern electronic automobiles in use today. The impact of automobiles on society today cannot be understated with the rapid advancements in technology leading to the production of the brilliant machines. But with every advancement brings both negative and positive impacts on society and this paper will discuss these factors in a broader way. ...

Business Resilience/Continuity

Business resilience is defined as the ability shown by a business organization to act quickly to adapt to a disruption or disaster that may affect the business negatively. This ability to fight any disaster is shown while business continues to maintain its operations instead of dissolving. Therefore, business resilience safeguards the assets, workers as well as the brand equity. Furthermore, business resilience offers post-disaster methods that mitigate the downtime that can prove costly to business. Through business resilience, business vulnerabilities are shown up thus maintaining the daily business activities against the unforeseen breaches (Cerullo and Michael 71). Business resilience ...

Assignment #4: Parties and Elections

The paper will examine the party platforms from the end of the 20th century and hence the year 2000. The examination of the Republican and Democratic platforms will show the similarities and differences between the platforms represented by the running candidates Albert Gore Jr. and George W. Bush. Bush has won the 2000 presidential elections with 271 electoral votes compared to the 266 electoral votes won by Albert Gore, Jr. The first differences seen in the platforms is the length since the Democratic platform with 24.220 words is shorter as the Republican platform with 34.555 words (The American Presidency ...

The NEC (National Electrical Code) standards also referred to as NFPA 70 is an adoptable standard implemented regionally in the United States for the safe installation of electrical equipment and wiring. The standard is developed by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) as part of the series of standards it publishes known as the National Fire Codes. The NFPA is a global non-profit trade association founded in 1896 and is dedicated to preventing injury, death, property damage and economic losses due to electrical hazards, fire, and other related hazards. The organization delivers knowledge and information via the more than ...

Abstract

Hurricane Katrina is considered the largest national disaster in the United States. It led to the death of around 1,800 people and other tens of thousands were left homeless. It came four years after 9/11 and the government had been proactive in creating response plans for such disasters. Katrina led to a number of national crises that were primarily caused by two reasons. One, the hurricane Katrina itself and two, the collapse of the levees that had been built to protect the city. Aside from this, there was a problem in the management of the crisis. The local, ...

Organ donation and transplantation are notable hallmarks in medicine. Medical advancements are significantly confronting complicated conditions through organ transplantation and related practices such as grafting. Over the years, the procedures have grown and developed. However, organ donation and transplantation are surrounded by various ethical and legal issues. This paper discusses these issues in detail and elicits the relationship between them. The analysis is in line with both the support and opposition of organ donation and transplantation, particularly in Australia. The paper will also provide my personal stance and the final ethical decision by leveraging several theoretical perspectives – deontology, consequentialism, ...

Over a long time, there have been witnessed various disasters that occur beyond human control. The natural disaster tends to take place any time of the year regardless of whether tourism is at its peak or not (Ritchie et al. 15). Therefore, it happens that at times the natural disasters become one of the most challenging situations people encounter at diverse economic regimes. In most countries, a natural disaster has led to the loss of lives of many people including the tourists. Moreover, it is evident that natural disaster does not choose the place to occur, and hence it ...

Climate change poses many risks to the lives of children. Because of the increase in temperature and extreme weather conditions brought by climate change, many communities are expected to suffer from food and water scarcity and perilous diseases and health complications. More disasters and humanitarian crises would bring long-term displacements and disruption to educational and economic activities (UNICEF, p.8). Given this situation, the future of children at the worldwide scale remains under peril. Governments and other agencies concerned on the welfare of children must do something to address this worsening situation, or the children will pay the price. Climate ...

Healthcare centers and facilities play a significant role in disaster and emergency preparedness efforts for all types of events such as natural, man-made events, terrorist attacks and pandemic outbreaks. Healthcare facilities are required to have emergency and disaster operations plan which apparently gives an outline of how the hospital is prepared to respond and recover from all types of hazards. The preparation process requires the healthcare facility to include a number of six critical components including communications, resources and assets, safety and security, staff responsibilities, utilities and clinical and support activities (Wee 241). The approach of being prepared to ...

Deepwater Horizon

Synopsis The Deepwater Horizon was an offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico owned by Transocean, a U.S owned company that specializes in deep water drilling equipment (Ingersoll, Locke, & Reavis, 2012). The $560 million rig was operated by a crew of 126 people (Ingersoll et al., 2012) roughly 45 miles off the Louisiana coast (Mullins, 2010). On April 20, 2010, the exploratory Macondo well experienced an explosion that not only created one of the most catastrophic environmental disasters in U.S. history but killed 11 people (Barstow, Rohde & Saul, 2010). The environmental effects were devastating. It took 87 days ...

It is clear all of the contracted workers associated with the case study all completed their orientation training. At the same time, these new employees were tasked with the job of isolating the acid feed steam for the Claus unit, which they failed to do. This paper will discuss the hazards present, the steps the incident command must conduct, explain changes to plan if polymerization occurs, and explains changes to plan based on the result of the post incident critique. First of all, it is clear continuous training is essential to the refreshment of knowledge in order to avoid ...

Similar to other types of emergencies, disaster planning must also take into consideration the likelihood of a flu outbreak, which may, or may not be mitigated through the use of flu shots, which have been known to be unreliable in the past. The goals and objectives of Baltimore’s Office of Sustainability involve protecting the safety, health, and welfare of the residents and visitors of the City of Baltimore (Baltimore Office of Sustainability , 2017). This paper will analyze the case study considering the options and organizations required to deal with a flu outbreak in the community, and a high ...

How can content marketing on social media channels be used in order to increase the level of customer engagement for the UK fitness industry?

Introduction Social media channels represent the new phenomenon, that has forced industries to change their attitude to marketing strategies, brand awareness, and customer engagement. The social media channels today pose certain threats to the traditional advertising, which treats the customers as a homogeneous crowd . In this extent, the social media channels are highly personalized presenting the versatile and verified social media content to the targeted audience. The marketing specialists are always in constant search of ...

Pro-Care Clinic is a general outpatient clinic facility that caters for basic health needs and mostly deals with outpatient issues (The Green Book). However, once in a while, the facility is required to handle serious issues that may require minor surgeries, child deliveries, or serious accidents. In such cases, the clinic admits the patients in its ward that accommodates 5 patients. Most of these cases are managed first before referring the patients to other equipped hospitals. The clinic has been known to handle these cases since there are no close hospitals in the neighborhood. The clinic has an administrator, ...

All the nations of the earth both developed and developing countries has to deal and cope with the demands of the climate change. China is, therefore, not an exception. China has to deal with a wide range of climates from the tropics and deserts. Climate can be viewed in three dimensions, in that climate constraints economy and society, and the climate is a hazard and can bring about other disasters and hazards. In recent research, the Chinese culture has not yet developed as fast as other nations of the world though some argue that China had the start in ...

Introduction

Pre-Spanish Era Religious Practices Political Structure Material Culture Spanish Occupation Material Culture

The Culture after the Spanish Conquest

Religious Influence of the Catholic Spanish and the Remaining Ethnic Groups Influences of the Protestant Church Religious Fighting between the Roman Catholic and Protestant Church Current Economic and Cultural Development Cultural Development Introduction Argentina is considered by Calvert, Donghi and Eidt (2016) as the eighth largest country in the world but is considered to be only third within Latin America (Buenos, 2014). The reason for this is that the land area of Argentina with 2.78 million square kilometers is larger than Mexico and the Texas state combined ( ...

Introduction

Safety programs in aviation are structured in relation to the reactive analysis and investigations that have been conducted by the industry with respect to the events and mishaps that the industry experiences. These programs are aimed at reducing the number of accidents and improving efficiency in the aviation industry. While human factors that lead to errors and finally accidents in this industry cannot be fully eradicated since “to err is human”, certain measures can be put in place in order to reduce the possibility of these errors. Thus the safety approaches in this industry involve a comprehensive process used ...

Abstract

The Air transport industry is growing globally and specifically in the Asia-Pacific region as the demand for air transport services grows and infrastructural development continues. Singapore has emerged as an important air transport hub in the Asia-Pacific region owing to its strategic geographical location, developed infrastructure, connectivity to other regions of the world, and its well-defined regulatory environment. Singapore is a major air transport hub as it is strategically located in the Strait of Malacca which puts it at the crossroads of important air routes, particularly between major economic blocs such as Japan and Europe. The emergence of Singapore ...

Affiliated Institution

Introduction The concept of Homeland Security was precipitated by the terrorist attacks of 9/11 (Shawn 2013). According to the quadrennial homeland security review (2014), the goal of homeland security department and its partners is to build a safe, secure, and resilient nation. This goal is continuously threatened by the evolving nature of terrorism and natural disastrous among other risk factors. In order to mitigate the effects of the risks and threats to the safety, security, and resilience of the nation, the (Department of Homeland Security) DHS developed the five missions to help the department and its partners achieve its ...

Korea was bisected at the end of the Second World War, as a response to the differing political climates which each half of the peninsula espoused – North Korea preferred the communism of the Soviet Union, while South Korea was more in line with the policies and politics espoused by the west, the U.S. in particular. During the early fifties, hostilities between the two halves of the country reached breaking point, and the Korean War broke out, with the People’s Democratic Republic of Korea attempting to reunify the country by conquering South Korea, and the American army attempting to ...

Incident Background

It has come to the attention of the facility’s security management team that there is a plan to steal a portion of the facility’s nuclear waste and release it into the community. We believed that the threat is credible. Naturally, if such a release of nuclear waste were to occur, the potential loss of life and damage to the environment would be substantial. Accordingly, we have developed this incident action plan in order to effectively deal with the risk by either stopping it from ever happening or mitigating its effect and quickly resolving and problems in the ...

When it comes to weather related hazards, a major problem that my city often faces is that of tornadoes. Now fortunately, this is something that only happens in the spring time. However, when it does occur, major issues can occur. This not only relates to homes being destroyed, but sometimes, because of the tornadoes, there is also flooding too. The reason this happens, is because of the fire hydrants that burst from the impact that the tornadoes end up producing. Moreover, tornadoes can also cause massive gas leaks as well. Now, this all depends on how impactful and large ...

Introduction

The desire to conform to the norms is what makes the foundation of a civilized society. Social order, for instance, is a desired attribute that is founded on established written and unwritten rules that are being observed by most people within a society. Deviation from these established rules is considered as undesirable and people who deviate are considered as having abnormal qualities or malfunctioning (Merton, 2002, p. 672). There are instances, however, wherein some people are observed to deviate from the standard pattern of human behavior. This deviation has captured the interest of many social scientists and have been ...

Summary Of Proposed Research

Global drought not only affects the world agriculture and economics, but interactively affects the phenotypic trait of plants across a different diversity gradient. Nevertheless, plants are able to adapt themselves to the drought environment by changing their phenotypic trait. From previous research at Jena Drought Experiment, in Germany, the results show that diversity not only has the capability to increase community’s resistance to drought, but also to increase community’s recovery ability after drought. On the other hand, the results show that the drought environment makes a strong selection on both, the plant phylogeny and functional trait. Yet, ...

A. Beyond the merits of the case, the chances of Edie in winning this case depend completely on the investigation of the behaviour of the defendant as the reasonable person in the similar conditions. This approach is regarded as the main pillar of the tort law that is used for the determination of the liability between the parties during legal proceedings. With that, it should be noted that there are several cases when the applicant faces difficulties in proving fault for slip and fail accidents. There are several conditions that should be met established and proved in order to ...

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were built by the king of Babylon Nebuchadnezzar. The gardens were built in 600 B.C. They were built near River Euphrates in the modern Iraq. Exclusive art was involved in the construction as the gardens had been built 75 feet above the ground on a big brick terrace that was square in shape. The brick had been designed in a steps-like theater (Laliberte et al 35). King Nebuchadnezzar had designed the towering gardens with the aim of pleasing his lover. The art was meant to be romantic to Amytis following her admiration for the ...

Every region around the globe has different exposure factors that relate to the occurrence of various kinds of disasters, and that needs intervention strategies when they happen. Managing of resources and individuals during emergency periods can present multiple challenges that require the relevant people to improvise and develop new strategies to deal with the arising problem. Decision-making is one of the key components of these operations as the decisions are essential in providing solutions to the outstanding problems (ANA, 2008). It is important to review some of the ethical practices that can enable different people to attain the best ...

Knowing International Politics as Moving Images

According to Carver, the three life worlds that determine international relations include the knower, the state-actors and the ordinary people. In international relations, objects and materials of political nature which are already known to the knower (those with knowledge on the issues at hand) and the state actors (those involved actively in matters concerning state politics) are spread to the ordinary people who are the common people without much knowledge of such matters and who go by what the knowers and the state actors say. The kinds of sources are valued traditionally owing to their higher level of validity. ...

Introduction

Thalmic Labs is a software- and hardware-company primarily based in Canada. Its primary product is digital devices aimed for the Canadian sector. The company caters to individuals and organizations, connecting people and providing network capabilities. It has partnered with relevant companies in Canada and North America, such as Intel and Microsoft. Its main program of e-waste management is effective, which includes “cradle to “cradle,” and recycling of electronic materials and devices known as the “Buyback” program, where the company buys back used cell phones and gadgets. ThalmicLabs buys back used mobile devices from customers, no matter how aged they ...

DISASTER PLAN

Introduction Disaster preparedness in nursing is important due to the environment that the clinical nurses face on a day to day basis. Nurses play a vital role in communication, coordination and handling health care activities. There are numerous external and internal disasters that nurses can face in their career. The disasters might require proper preparation and strategic planning. Nurses are important in disaster preparedness and readiness in the society.

Analysis

The disaster plan begins from the point of evaluating the possible threats that are likely to occur within a particular geographical region or business. The evaluation is important in creating ...

The Epic of Gilgamesh is a literary work in the form of a poem traced to ancient Mesopotamia. It is believed to be one of the earliest literary pieces in the history of the world. It was authored originally in the Sumerian Cuneiform language dated between 2700BCE to 2500 BCE. The protagonist of the myth is one Gilgamesh, an ancient ruler, and warrior who ruled the city-state of Uruk. He is revered for having built the magnificent temples and massive walls of Uruk (Gardner & Maier 1984). The Old Testament, on the other hand, is widely borrowed from Torah which ...

Gender-Based Mental Health Issues

One of the gender- based mental health issues presented in the case study was such as the predominance of the interdependence of an individual in the family. As compared to women, Men in Lebanese reliance as well as the interdependence on the family structure greatly differ from women’s due to the fact that when growing up women are expected to be fully compliant and supportive of not only their family of origin but also their new families (Khoury, 2013). The inability of Mona to make decisions as well as to fully differentiate thus, between her families’ needs and ...

End-of-life care refers to the provision of care to patients with incurable terminal illnesses and patients who are in a permanent vegetative state, and that type of care is one of the most commonly debated ethical issues in contemporary health care for two reasons. First, because of the development and advancement of medical techniques and technologies, physicians and nurses are now able to prolong the patients’ lives, but those interventions do not always improve the patients’ quality of life or maintain their human dignity (Cherry & Jacob, 2016). Second, the human population is aging, so the prevalence of terminal illnesses ...

Homework Assignment 1

Question 1: Explain the key difference between irritation and allergic contact dermatitis. Contact dermatitis refers to a condition in which the skin becomes sore, red or inflamed after direct contact with a foreign substance. There are two types that include irritant and allergic contact dermatitis. Irritant dermatitis occurs after a body comes into contact with acid or alkaline material. It can also be caused by other materials such as a soap detergent, fabric softeners, solvents and any other chemical that get into contact with the body. The irritation is usually confined to the specific area that the body came ...

American Public University

1. Consider the nature of the trade-off between richness and reach of information. How is the trade-off defined? Give a real world example to qualify for the maximum possible credit. The trade-off between richness and reach of information means that reaching information at the different level of richness might cost differently. If someone would like to reach information, he needs to pay for this service, and the price depends on the richness of the information requested (Nayab, 2014). Advanced communication and information technologies have decreased the cost of reaching rich information nowadays; however, it does not mean we do ...

Introduction

A DC –9, twin-engine plane belonging to ValuJet, a fast rising Airline Company crashes into a swamp and kills everybody on board. This includes the pilots, 105 passengers, and the flight attendants. It is a terrible scene to witness such a scenario especially considering that flights are the safest mode of transport. The term safety is, however, relative when it comes to an accident where almost everybody in the plane is killed thus making it tragic (Langewiesche, 1998). Despite the tragedies that come with plane crashes, the amount of seriousness given to it at the time of occurrence is ...

Today, the mention of crime in the inner cities immediately whips up emotions regarding unlawful possession of guns by criminal gangs. There are many reports on violence that result from the use of unregistered guns over the past decades.The crime rate in inner cities goes interchangeably with unlawful possession of guns. When the government put laws that seek to control ownership of guns, do the steps help to stop crime and protect citizens? Robert La Follette argues that the issue of gun control should not focus on whether to support ownership or to oppose ownership, rather, decisions should be ...

The main belief that Bennett communicates is coordinated charity; she is opposed to uncoordinated charity work. She says that results in delay in the most efficient emergency responses from trained people such as the army, firefighters, and medical practitioners (Bennett). I am in agreement with the author’s claims. Moreover, I am impressed by the way she blatantly attacks the people that involve themselves with the emergency responses yet they have no training at all. The society needs such authors that illuminate the real issues facing different communities. Additionally, the fact that the author provides alternatives for people to ...

Discussion 2

I am strongly against of the legalization of illicit drugs in the United States. I believe that such global trend is the legalization of illicit drugs is contraindicated for our society. Unfortunately, the level of reflection, self-knowledge and self-control in our society is low, our people do not turn to the spiritual practice, so this recognition of drugs would be simply disastrous for the US people. The main advantages of legalizing drugs are the taxes obtained by legal sells. But even this advantage is contradictory. Legalization of marijuana in two US states - Colorado and Washington - has not ...

Sex Trafficking Survivors

Muraya, D.N & Fry, D. (2016). Aftercare services for child victims of sex trafficking: A systematic review of policy and practice. Sage, 17(2); 204-220. The study employed the use of current practice, a systematic review of unpublished and published research and organizational policies to explore the various aftercare services that are afforded to the victims of child sex trafficking. The study explored the various services that children survivors involved in sex trafficking are provided with and the policies in place to ensure they are taken care of. There was need for the development of best practices related to the ...

The Tenerife Crash was an event between two airplanes of the same model, Boeing 747 from two different companies: KLM and Pan-Am. Both planes had the same destination; the Gran Canarias Airport, but, a bomb explosion and a threat of a second bomb in the airport obliged the airport authorities to shut down the airport and divert all the air traffic to a smaller airport in Tenerife North, called Los Rodeos Airport. The accident consisted in a crash between the two airplanes in the air. Both airplanes received the same instruction from Control Tower causing the crash between the ...