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Diabetes in America: Research Proposal

Given the recognition and on-going research into the disease of diabetes, there has probably been thousands and perhaps millions of books and articles written on the subject. The most commonly recognized types are type 1 and types 2 diabetes, but others include gestational, monogeneic, and cystic-fibrosis related diabetes (NIDDK, 2017). It is impossible to determine how many people in the world have diabetes or how many will develop it. The estimates of the amount of money spent in patient care and research are only guesses, and the suffering by diabetes and their loved ones is incalculable. However, this paper ...

Analysis

The article ‘Barriers to Parental Involvement in Education: An Explanatory Model’ covers the issue of the parental involvement and characteristic features. Nowadays more and more schools establish a program of the parent involvement. Though, the influence of the established relationship between parents and teacher, on the one hand, and parents and children, on the other hand, produces more and more positives outcomes, there are still barriers, which serve as a negative impact in this process.

What part(s) of the article do you agree with and disagree with the most? Why?

I totally agree with the statement that the parental involvement in the teaching-learning process may vary depending on different factors. It is too generalized ...

Introduction

Nurses play an integral, challenging, and complex role in the healthcare system. Nurses are considered as the backbone of the complex and diverse system that comprises patients and a multidisciplinary team of experts. Nurses are educated and trained to cater to a large group of patients and often seek continuing education and upgrade their skills and knowledge. It is only through clinical exposure that nurses learn and implement new strategies and techniques. Nurses are known to transform the healthcare system by acting as mediators between the patient population and the medical team (physicians and other allied healthcare members). Through ...

Educational affiliation

Abstract Corporate Social Responsibility and Ethics The paper analyses the role of the ethics and corporate state responsibility in the terms of the automotive industry. The study is to evaluate the role of the local ethics and the Corporate Social Responsibility in the process of the international development of the automotive industry. The key objectives are to evaluate the roles of these two concepts, find out the role of the customers’ awareness of the unethical behavior, and describe the patterns of change. The study validates why the car industry should focus on the ethical considerations and the CSR. This ...

The core values St. Leo’s represents is applicable to the debate surrounding the ACA. St. Leo represents and firmly believes in community and integrity. The ACA is reportedly designed to provide for the welfare of the community, meaning Americans at large. The issue surrounding the ACA is that many say the provisions lack integrity due to various different reasons. Regardless of these issues, integrity is often defined as doing the right thing, even when no one is watching. World leaders and policy makers have a responsibility to maintain integrity to benefit the communities in which they live, whether ...

Performance Measurement Of Acute Care Hospitals In Illinois, USA

Based on the Medicare hospital compare database, a total of 3 acute care hospitals were assess for performance measurement using various parameters. The three hospitals for the performance measurement analysis include: (a) Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital (b) Edward Hospital and (c) Westlake Community Hospital Based on current evidence and the data obtained from the Medicare Hospital Compare Website, two recommendations should be incorporated in Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital order to improve patient satisfaction and experience (i) Train and enhance the nursing staff to cater to the needs of all patients administered to the hospital as and when required (ii) ...

[Your College & University Name] [Date Here] Introduction: The roof of Hartford Civic Center Coliseum, in Connecticut, USA, collapsed in the early morning of January 18, 1978, during a freezing rain storm after a period of snow. Any loss of life or injury was averted, as the building was empty at that time. However, six hours earlier, on the evening of 17th January, the coliseum was filled with around 5000 basketball fans. Thus, a major disaster was averted (Gammell,B., n.d.). Though the snowstorm was strong, heavy snowstorm occurs in Hartford, Connecticut. The failure of the roof after only 3 ...

Marital Satisfaction and Work-Family Conflict

The purpose of this paper is to present a proposal for a study on the topic of marital satisfaction and work-family balance. The paper presents the proposal under the subsections objective, subjects for the study, ethical considerations, measurement, data collection methods, and data analysis. 1. Objective The concept of work-family balance refers to the assessment of the whether or not family and work resources are sufficient to satisfy both work and family demands (Voydanoff, 2005). Family and work are central social institutions in an individual’s life and both absorb considerable amounts of an individual’s time. Balancing the ...

Introductory Remarks

At this point, it is no secret the American society shows a degree of tolerance lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgendered individuals never enjoyed in the 20th century. The question emerges of why it is that people have grown more tolerant towards and supportive of LGBT individuals. Media categories, such as television and films considered the carriers of culture, influence people’s perception, as does the culture itself shaping it. Thus, the way such phenomenon as same-sex relationships along with their participants are depicted in television and movies determines how tolerantly the society will perceive such people. The major research ...

Poetry, though it dominated literary studies for centuries, has declined in recent years for various reasons. From Homer and Virgil to T.S. Eliot and Walt Whitman, poetry was a literary mode held in greater regard by the general public than mediums such as the novel and theater. While one may argue, this decline results from verse being an obsolete mode of expression, the more likely cause for poetry’s growing obscurity takes the form of growing elitism that excludes anyone who has not studied poetry from enjoying verse. The modern era has brought with it a culture that values ...

Deviance in Music

Socialization may be defined as the culture development in a person, teaching the social values and norms to the individual. Socialization creates self-awareness how people should interact with the society (Clinard et al. 12). Deviance, on the contrary, is an antipathy from the usual values and norms of the society. An extreme emerging from Deviance is crime - when person deviates from a norm that is understood as a law (Clinard et al. 14). Socialization, deviance and crime are three important features of sociological study; they explain different behavior in society. Socialization is the process of how people perceive ...

The feminist movement has been a vibrant one for the past couple of decades, not only in the United States but all across the world. There have been politically powerful and culturally influential campaigns and movements regarding women’s liberation and consciousness. The feminist movement involved several projects in the government bureaucracies, different institutions, and professions. These movements have brought about major changes in the lives of many women and their professions. Despite the acceptance of women’s equality and prominent accomplishments, the feminist movement has yet to achieve its absolute goals of gender equality (Epstein 2001). The focus ...

Abstract

The payer mix in healthcare financing currently comprises of three broad groups that include private insurance, government payers, and private payers. Private insurance covers 61% of the US population and contributes 49% in revenues. Government payers cover 31% of the population and contribute 55% of the revenues while the private payers account for 5% of population and contribute 6% of the revenues. The Affordable Care Act seeks to increase the insurance coverage in the United States. It would increase the contributions from government payer and reduce the default risk associated the private payers. This would also ensure that all ...

Description of the Chosen Organization

One of the most important points to learn in public administration courses is the way how nonprofit and government-related organizations work. The first thing that has to be remembered is that they work differently compared to for-profits mainly based on the fact that their actions and behaviors are often not motivated by profit. However, critics would suggest that all organizations, be it nonprofit or for-profit may at some point, be validly considered as a form of for-profit organization because they both rely on a steady stream of income paired with sound and effective forms of budget management in order ...

The issue of Muslim immigration is one of the most discussed topics in the American society and in the wake of numerous tragic events in Europe, Middle East and now in the USA. Pew Research Center estimates that 3.3 million Muslims live in the USA. They make up approximately 1% of the total U.S. population, but by 2050 the American Muslim population will equal to more than 8 million people (Mohamed). One of the reasons of such growth is the increase in the number of immigrants from Muslim countries. Nowadays, 10% of legal immigrants are Muslim people (Mohamed). Without ...

Analysis and Comparison of Montessori and Project Approaches to Education

Literature Review . Conclusion References .. Analysis and Comparison of Montessori and Project Approaches to Education The purpose of this paper is to look at two distinct approaches to early childhood education, Montessori and Project Approach’s view. While the Montessori approach is primarily used to promote child development in a natural environment, the Project Approach is focused on individuals in their early stages of development by an in-depth introduction to reality. As the public becomes more aware of the importance of early childhood development, it is important to recognize the similarities and differences in the two methods so parents ...

The Hollywood industry has faced tremendous changes since the beginning of operations. The industry deals with movie production and has moved from the times of high theater movie attendances, for instance, by the year 1929, four-fifth of all American population, which makes up around ninety-five million people who attended the movie theaters, weekly (Epstein, 2009). The Hollywood industry is therefore controlled by the movie producers, the film owners, the directors and the movie stars themselves. The concept of popcorn economy on the other hand, revolves around productive resources being limited. As a result, Hollywood is in the process of ...

Performance management is an important tool for the supervision of human resource in an organisation as it makes sure that the available scarce resources are utilised efficiently and effectively. The purpose of a performance management plan is to develop or design a planned, organised, systematic-wide methodology to process policy and performance measurement, evaluation and the enhancement of the health services being provided. According to Epstein and Manzoni, management control scholars have for a long time advocated for the alignment of strategy, structure, and systems that leads to a rise in a firm’s organisational performance standards needs to rise. ...

Organization Description

Rainbow Light was founded in Santa Cruz, in 1981 (Taylor, 2015). The team that established Rainbow Light had a passion in providing grounded healthy and nutritious supplements. The company has always created nutritional supplements that result in a positive difference in the well-being and health of their customers. It has also been consistent in the achievement of their objective of globally fighting malnutrition through different partnerships. For instance, there have been partnerships with Homeless Garden project, the Food Bank in Santa Cruz, and the Vitamin Angels (Taylor, 2015). The number of employees at Rainbow Light are close to 200 ( ...

Human life and survival are connected with the environment. With the changes in the environment, human surroundings appear to undergo an adjustment or modification to continue the life. More probably, some climatic changes tend to interfere with the human life from several corners. These could be lethal or life threatening. For example, climate change might modify the occasional examples and plenitude of irritations and illnesses; in turn, this may influence the use of pesticides, herbicides and fungicides. Reactions will vary in the middle of harvests and between geological areas. There are studies that use of these pesticides within the ...

The Black Death was a plague that flowed over the continents of the world over a period of , but the major outbreak in Europe was a three year time span from 1347 to 13501; there were further resurgences of the epidemic with complete eradication not occurring until the 19th century. Had the initial devastation of demographics been isolated, Europe would probably have recovered fairly quickly. However, repeated surges of decimating epidemics continued to inflict damage for years. For example, England continued to suffer from large numbers of citizen deaths for approximately another 30 years. The population was depleted by ...

Strategic Management in Cemex

Strategic management is an essential aspect of any organization that wishes to stay ahead of the competition and increase its growth. This analysis gives an account of Cemex, one of the leading cement producing company in the world. The analysis demonstrates how the company's mission and vision align with its plans to penetrate the Indian and Chinese market through strategic management since the two markets have shown a high market potential despite having a high number of players in the industry. A description of the company objectives and strategic capabilities is outlined and how they can help it achieve ...

Ref: Sustainability Methods

Sustainability in an organization is the durability of policies, processes, methods and systems in the organization. The main objective of sustainability is sustainable development. Sustainability is, therefore, the key objective of many firms. It ensures the firm achieves the long-term objectives. Rotary international is an organization that operates across the globe and employs sustainability as a key factor in its operations. Different factors have thus affected the sustainability process of the Rotary international.

The relevance of mission and vision to the sustainability of the organization

Mission and vision statements of an organization play a significant role in the success of a company. The mission and vision statements of the company help ...

APPLICATION IN MARKETING - SAMSUNG

Abstract Samsung is listed in the Fortune 500 and is considered one of the most recognized brands on a global level in multiple categories. With Mobile devices leading the product category, Samsung has also been able to develop world class product lines, in Television and Audio and Video, Cameras, Information Technology, Home Appliances and Memory and Storage. Samsung products cater to a wide variety of consumer segment and this makes the company unique in terms of carving in a profitable business niche. Samsung’s aggressive strategy in the emerging market is a key way forward to maximize revenues and ...

Agency Problems

1. The agency theory is a supposition that tries to develop an explanation for the relationship that exists between principals and agents in a business (Pfeffer and Salancik, 2003). Normally, agency theory involves developing solutions to the problems that might exist in agency relationships, such as problems between the principals and agents of the principals. One aspect of agency theory is separation ownership. The relationship developed between the owners of the company (shareholders) and the agent (directors) in a company creates a separation in the ownership and control of the company. Major companies such as the ones listed in ...

American federal law bans all workers from all forms of discrimination at the place of work. This discrimination can get based on religion, race, gender or even nationality. It can also take many forms and shapes. People can make lewd comments on race or religion. They can also negatively comment about an individual trait of a co-worker in a manner that hurts his or her feelings. In the modern workplace, discrimination is still a significant issue of concern that employers have to deal with. An unfriendly work environment mainly encompasses primarily sexual harassment. People might have discussions that contain ...

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Evidence based practice refers to the use of best available research in clinical practice and decision making while considering the characteristics, preferences, and culture of patient (APA, n.d.). Therefore, it is considered as the integration of best available research evidence, clinical expertise, and the patient values (Buysse, Winton, Rous, Epstein, & Lim, 2012). Some researchers suggest that the information from local context is also an important element of evidence (Oliver, Innvar, Lorenc, Woodman, & Thomas, 2014). In the evidence based practice, best research evidence refers to the clinically relevant published studies showing the positive impact of an intervention ...

The Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America (Treaty of Tlatelolco), which now also includes all states in the Caribbean just turned 40 years since signature in 1967. Its importance as a model for other non-nuclear areas, is constant to peace and international securities contribution, which stood and continue placing today in the center of the political and legal interest. Its parallelism with the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) but without Latin American treaty has affected the principle of legal equality of States and has not been an expression of "unequal rights and ...

Abstract

In this age of globalization and digital media, companies with innovative marketing strategies and tactics have been able to maintain and sustain the brand’s equity in the eyes of the consumers in a profitable manner. In view of the requirement of the project, the brand selected to study a consumer’s loyalty factor is ‘Apple Inc’. The target segments of Apple are the millenials who are more into technology and also those demographics who are able to pay the premium price for the phones, the strategy of Apple to create a brand niche in the minds of the ...

Examining and explaining Saudi Arabia's educational practices relating to parent-school-community partnerships

In Saudi Arabia, parents have taken their children to school and haven't been doing follow ups on the student's school performance and attendance. Parents will just pay tuition and buy everything that the child requires. They, however, never ask the child's progress, don't even know what the child learns. When meetings are called in schools, many parents won't attend as they think it's a waste of time. They believe that their only requirement is to enroll a child in school and pay the required fees. They leave everything else to the teacher. In some cases, children want to get ...

Internet Marketing: The importance of using the internet as a marketing tool

Introduction The purpose of this paper is to not only point out the importance of the internet as a marketing tool but also to highlight the implications of the web on business decision-making processes. The internet has provided a rare opportunity for companies throughout the world to move their operations beyond the physical constraints of the traditional product distribution channels creating an enormous wealth of possibilities for businesses to exploit (Kiang and Chi). Today, the web today has more than 77% rates of penetration in most advanced markets with the emerging markets such as China, Brazil, and India accounting ...

I can overcome obstacles by encouraging multidisciplinary collaboration and patient-centeredness in service delivery. The multidisciplinary approach would focus on the importance of teamwork in service patient care. It helps reduce chances of burnout and miscommunication. On the other hand, patient-centeredness directs nurses to consider their patient’s views during the caregiving process (Epstein & Street, 2011). I can apply both approached to my change project by emphasizing on patient-centeredness and multidisciplinary organization, unlike the normal routine practices. Patient-centeredness ensures innovativeness plays a vital role in reducing the length of stay/excess days. In my clinical setting, I will also look into ...

The Just Compensation Clause under the Fifth Amendment provides that the government shall not take private property for public use. The issue before the Supreme Court was whether the New London City violated the just compensation Clause in the Fifth Amendment by seizing private property and selling it for private development with the hopes that the development will help the city’s deteriorating economy through increased revenue and job creation. The Supreme Court held that the just compensation clause was not violated as the taking constituted a “public use” as envisaged by the Fifth Amendment. The ruling was predicated ...

Abstract

This is an advocacy letter on hormones in food. There is growing fear that presence of hormones in food can potentially cause harm in humans. Despite the continued reassurances from food manufacturers on the safety of the hormones in the food, consumers remain a worried lot. This has been occasioned by the food processing companies’ reluctance to publish the foods that have hormones. With hormone containing foods unlabeled, associations between the introduction of hormonal ingredients into the food supply and human illness present a difficult task to be systematically tested and causation conclusively established. This letter is targeted at ...

Nurses have the ethical, legal and moral obligation of ensuring there is justice in the society. As such nurses have the mandate of being at the forefront in addressing the human rights. Their action and clinical practice have to be designed to promote human rights and prevent any form of social injustice. According to the American Association of Nurses, nurses have to respect the dignity of every individual and, as such, the services rendered to patient have to take into account the values and needs of the patient and including their family (ANA, 2010). The social justice in nursing ...

Introduction

Ever since the Republican nominee for the U.S. President’s office, Donald Trump announced his candidacy for the President of the United States of America, he has surprised the American public and the Republican Party with his proposals. One of the most surprising proposals is over the issue of immigration, which has been a throne in the throats of both party’s leaders. One of the proposals that have been offered by Trump has been over the issue of immigration. Trump believes that American mainland and the American people need to be protected, and the only way is to ...

The Republican Party has had many representatives in the political race to become the next American president. In the latest one, a single candidate has received more attention than the rest because of his opinions and expressions of his views on critical matters that most assume to be an expression of the Republican’s wishes. The Great Old Party (GOP) frontrunner in the presidential race has been reported to cause an outrage in the political arena after calling for the “complete shutdown” of Muslims in finding access to America (Epstein and Nicholas 1). In his defense, the billionaire claims ...

Equity right offering is the disbursement and the invitation for security holders in a firm to subscribe or buy addition shares in the public traded company (Robert, 2000 p.131). The shares are classified as non-dividends size for size way of floating capital. Exiting shareholders are accorded the opportunity and benefit to acquire new shares of the firm in a prospectus issue. In reality the right issues is a public offering to the corporation shareholder to inject more equity for purpose of expansion and operation. Equity offering is more appropriate for Public traded firms because they don’t erode the ...

Introduction

This paper explores the costing and pricing methods applicable to firms in the tourism and travel sector using Allegiant Travel Company as an example. Allegiant Travel Company is an American company providing leisure travel products and services to under-served cities in the US. It provides air transport, air transport-related products, travel protection products, hotel rooms and other third party travel products. The paper also analyses the financial statements to assess its financial state.

Costing methods

Several costing methods can be applied in the tourism industry depending on the nature of the assignment and the operations of the organization. Applicable costing methods ...

Any relationship is bound to face challenges from the individuals because it involves two people who are different. Individuals are unique and not any two are similar; even identical twins are different in one way or the other. Misunderstandings arebound to occur due to the uniqueness of personality and behavior of each individual and therefore causing conflict. People who decide to be in a relationship, therefore, must understand their differences to ensure efficient and healthy coexistence. Communication is an integral part of any union because it provides better understanding which is an essential requirement for a successful relationship between ...

Two Questions for Blue Ocean Case

1)The four different types of innovation are major, radical, incremental and strategic. We will look into each of these types one by one. Davila, Epstein, and Shelton explained that major innovation is that in which the habits and behaviors of the customers undergo significant change without affecting the major capabilities of the organization. For instance, the introduction of ATM machines in the decade of eighties brought convenience in the lives of customers as it saved them from the hassle of physically going to the bank and waiting in queues to get cash. Only the technological capabilities were updated ...

The River and the Chimp is an analytical book written by David Quammen about how the HIV originated from chimpanzees in an African forest (Quammen, 2015). The acumen of this book challenges the many unscientific beliefs about the origin of HIV and spread. There is a great need to understand where this scourge originated to beat the diverse stereotypical and unscientific beliefs. By examining the works of David Quammen in the book The River and the Chimp, this research paper shall focus on discussing the origin of HIV. The knowledge of the origin of HIV is of immense importance ...

Introduction

The competitiveness of nurses is essential in order to provide quality and safe care. The Quality and Safety Education for Nurses or QSEN provides a framework, which aims to emphasize the essence of different competencies, from which the Patient-Centered Care in included. It is important that nurses understand the significance of focusing on patient’s needs towards the provision of better health outcome and overall quality care. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the Patient-Centered Care competency and how it affects the delivery of care. Additionally, this paper will discuss how the evidence-based practice in nursing relates ...

“Noah” is a 2014 bizarre movie full of action and computer generated matrix so add some icing on the cake. The movie encompasses an entertaining story of Noah being the main pillar of support for the common man in the waterborne epic. As opposed but in close relation to the biblical version of the story, Noah appears to be the main action hero. The paper gives a response using the Jewish Mysticism to prove that the movie is a mystical take on the biblical story. The Jewish mysticism primarily gives out the different forms of mysticism that existed in ...

In the contemporary world, the need for enhanced performance in regard to environmental conservation has increased (Zamagni 2012). This has necessitated the use of life cycle assessment (LCA) to identify the effect of corporate processes on the environment. Essentially, LCA refers to the method used to analyze the impact that the production process and the product have on the environment (Diaz & Anton, 2014). According to Epstein & Buhovac (2014), corporates must ensure environmental diligence not only because there are government regulations, but also because it is part of the companies' moral obligations. In this light, therefore, Wal-Mart is among the ...

Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disorder, which affects the central nervous system. It was first described as a separate disease in 1868 by Jean-Martin Charcot (Compston and Coles, 2008). The average prevalence of the disease globally is 30 people from 100000 (Milo and Kahana, 2010). However, the incidence of multiple sclerosis varies greatly depending geography. While in the African countries it happens comparatively rarely, its frequency is increasing consistently in Asia and America. In Europe, multiple sclerosis happens with the highest rate in the world. There are four clinical forms of multiple sclerosis (Compston and Coles, 2008). Relapsing-remitting MS ...

Introduction

Marijuana is a drug that is extracted from the cannabis plant. Marijuana is mainly used by individuals for the purposes of psychoactive behaviors. The genesis of the name of the drug is Spanish, from the word marihuana. According to various numerous research findings and also the United Nations report on drug use, cannabis is the most widely used drug in the world today. Marijuana can be classified as a stimulant, depressant, or hallucinogen since it exhibits the properties of other drugs classified in their respective classifications. The effects of consuming marijuana can either be classified as psychoactive or physiological. One ...

1.0 Introduction Serological blood grouping has been used successfully for decades to ensure safety in blood transfusion. However blood incompatibility continues to be a significant challenge in transfusion medicine reflecting the inherent limitations of the hemagglutination based serological blood typing. Some of the limitations of serological blood grouping include weak reactivity of some antibodies that are clinically significant; weak expression of some red cell antigens; the subjective nature of the available tests and lack of universal methods of detecting and identifying antibodies. In addition there are several issues related to the reagents used which include the wide variability of ...

Introduction

Currently, childhood obesity has become a very serious global health problem that gradually affects developing countries especially in urban areas. The rate at which this problem increases is terrifying. Over 42 million children globally, below the age of five, were estimated to be overweight in 2010. About 35million of the overweight children were found to be living in developing countries. In the United States, children and teenagers with obesity accounts to about 5-25% (Dietz, 1983). However, in adults, it varies with ethnic group. Estimation from research findings is that 6% of black and white children are obese while 19% of ...