Essays on Gall

The main ideas Gall et al. are communicating in chapter 1 is that evidence-based practice is a key to progress in all the fields of knowledge and practice, especially in human-centered disciplines such as psychology, medicine, and education. The authors fairly note that while evidence and research have been widely used in natural sciences and technology, the field education just seems to be missing from the overall picture of human progress. The problem is not in that there is no research in this field but that the results of the research do not find application in real life. This ...

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The global developments in social, political, economic and technology sphere crucially affect organizational survival in the society. These new changes demand that organizations’ management must oblige to developing new management techniques so that their organizations can cope up with harder competition and more demanding market conditions. To large extents, organizations need to raise the performance of their employees through the power of communication (Erogluer, 2011). From the beginning, written and spoken language is considered the way to share meanings and messages for human societies. Often, the most common means of communication for most organizations is face-to-face communication. Communication is ...

The time period between the 1890-s and the World War I, known as the Progressive Era, was difficult and controversial in American history. It was the time of industrial and urban development, political changes, economic growth (Frankel, and Dye 1). At the same time racial discrimination was prominent in the South, regardless of the legislation which abolished slavery and promoted equality between white and black members of the society. ‘Jim Crow laws’, or rules, applied mostly in Southern states, introduced segregation. Its beginning is associated with the Plessy vs. Ferguson case of 1896 (Williams). The progressives managed to bring ...

Is power generative or destructive? Can a man have both love and power at the same time? Since we are talking about characteristics, it is difficult to sum up an answer.. Mahatma Gandhi once said, “Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.” (Engebretson) This quote coming from one of the wisest human beings will remind us directly of Macbeth. Macbeth did his best to show the ...

Is power generative or destructive? Can a man have both love and power at the same time? Since, we are talking about characteristics, it’s impossible to generalize an answer. Mahatma Gandhi once said, “Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.” Hearing this quote coming from one of the wisest human being, will remind us directly of Macbeth. Macbeth has done all of his power to ...

Liver is the largest ‘gland’ of the digestive system. It is located right under the dome of the diaphragm, coated by the capsule. It is distinguished the liver’s convex upper surface adjacent to the diaphragm, and a lower, downwardly facing and in contact with the back and abdominal organs. On the part of the upper surface of the liver it can be seen its right and left lobes, the boundary of which is the crescent liver ligament. To the lower surface of the right lobe there is a gallbladder, close to the deep groove of the liver there ...

1. Introduction Gall, Gregor, Adrian, and Richard (27) define Labor Unions as legal entities that represent the interest of workers in a country. These labor unions draw their members from employees of various industries that they serve like Teachers, Physicians, and Health Practitioners, Lawyers and business people etcetera in a country. Their primary objective is to bargain collectively for workers’ rights and privileges and be a watchdog over employers and ensure they adhere to the contracts with their respective employees. Durrenberger and Karaleah (56) add that in some countries like India and France, labor unions are political in nature ...

Description of the best fire detection equipment to be installed in the Electrical Switchgear Room, Flammable Liquids Room and the Office. The best fire detection system to be installed in the Electrical Switchgear Room is the photoelectric smoke detector (FM Global, 2). This is because cables which are necessary in the Electrical Switchgear Room are mostly insulated with combustible materials which would invariably generate smoke as they burn in the event of a fire (FM Global 1). This type of smoke from such smoldering fires (characteristic of burning plastic/insulating) according to the NFPA can most effectively be detected by ...

1. Introduction A trade or labour union refers to an association of workers belonging to any profession, which is formed to protect their rights in an organised manner (Sinha, Sinha, & Priyadarshini, 2013; Phelan, 2007; Cairncross, 1954). There is a controversial debate on their being right or wrong. On one hand, the concept of a trade union has its advocates belonging to the humanist group of thinkers and analysts. Then, it is also the target of criticism by some capitalistic schools of thought though the arguments in its favour outweigh the criticism (Pohler & Luchak, 2013). 2. Trade Unions in the ...

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In the contemporary society approximately every second individual is working in the particular business entity or is hired by the individual. In fact, the significant portion of the employees do not have the proper working conditions, security, environment. Moreover, more than one billion of the people earn up to one dollar per day in order to survive in this complex world. In this regard, the economical development of the world is continuing while the limited amount of the people may enjoy completely the effects of the spread of this process. Given the injustice in the allocation of the available ...

The Flivver King: A Story of Ford-America is a book by Upton Sinclair. It is a historical fiction that elaborates the story of American inventor and industrialist Henry Ford and his company's interaction with a fictitious character Abner Shutt and his family. Abner and a majority of his children end up working for Ford in different capacities (Sinclair, 1937). The book is set against the backdrop of a fast-industrializing America in the early 19th century at a time when labor rights were not as expansive as they are at the moment. It follows the story of the growth of ...

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CHOLELITHIASIS:

PATIENT FACTOR; GENDER: Cholelithiasis is a gall bladder disease in which there is the presence of gall stones. Generally, females, as a gender, are particularly more vulnerable to acquire this disease especially in their fertile years. According to Völzke et al. (2005), female gender is one of the most authentically established risk factor for gall stones. It is a non-modifiable risk factor in females of reproductive age. According to Heuman (2015), the reason for this disease to commonly occur in females is thought to be due ...

The major problem facing Alpha Inc is operations in a low margin market as compared to other established software markets. The company is stable and can rebrand itself into a better software producing firm as long as competition and external resource mobilization is well managed. The company also faces market risks where continuity of the industry is not guaranteed. The causative factor is a continued advancement in technology and many competitors who offer new products that complement or substitute those of Alpha Inc.

Situation Analysis

Environment Scan: Managers always carry out an environment scan before launching their main business ideologies and strategies to ...

People know the story of Typhoid Mary. According to newspapers and books written on Mary Mallon, the woman caused a typhoid outbreak in the United States. The outbreak happened in the 1900s and three people, out of the fifty-four Mary infected, died (Brooks 916). Mary Mallon was a cook in many the homes of some of the rich people in those days. In fact, her work at a rich man’s house led to the discovery that she is a carrier of Salmonella Typhi, the bacterium that causes typhoid (Brooks 916). The discovery happened because one of the children in the house tested ...

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The Importance of Play to Children’s Learning and Development in Early Childhood Program “Playing to Learn/Learning’ Methodologies describe systematic and theoretical analyses researchers employ to investigate phenomena. They are features applicable to specific disciplines’ conduct of research studies. Also, the definition encompasses principles used to gather data/information connected with a particular body of knowledge. Importantly, methodology applications embrace articulation of concepts inclusive of paradigms and theoretical models. Ultimately, methodology forces researchers into selecting either a quantitative or qualitative approach towards conducting a research project ( ...

A time has come whereby, I as the video reporter will embark on an exciting voyage piloting a mini sub in the process of miniaturization. In this journey, I and my sub are 8 microns long. This man hungrily sips the beer swallowing me and my associates. In this trip, I am tasked to describe the process of digestion of the consumed carbohydrates, proteins and fats. When we reach the distal ileum, we will enter the blood stream via the mucosal membrane through the superior Mesenteric vein. After getting into the blood stream, we will proceed with our journey to ...

Compare and contrast Wundt and Galton.

Undoubtedly the father of psychology, Wundt brought psychology out as a science, distinguishing it from philosophy and biology. Wundt, who institutionalized psychology, is prominently associated with structuralism and voluntarism. His approach to understanding the human mind was quite different from that of Galton because, in Wundt’s views, all human brains were the same, and had to be studied using the same metrics (Malone, 2009). As such, Wundt split the understanding of human brain and behavior into two – subjective and objective aspects. Wundt was undoubtedly the psychologist who explained the essence of the primary and secondary qualities as they could ...

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The complex mysteries of the brain have been the subject of constant debate, intrigue and controversy for many years. Over the last few decades, the mysteries on the working of the brain have started to be more clearly understood. Neuropsychology is at the forefront of making this possible through technological advancements in imaging. Neuropsychology is the study of how the brain and its complex components impact on behavior (Hartlage, Lawrence and Long 3). Neuropsychology also comprises of studying how behavior is affected by brain function. In this science, the function of the brain is evaluated through objective testing of ...

Response to R.U.R. The human fascination with creatures who are like us yet different in crucial ways goes almost to the beginning of literary history. Such fantastic creatures as the Cyclops Polyphemus in Homer’s Iliad and the Leviathan in the Old Testament show the depths of imagination that people possess. When Mary Shelley wrote about a creature who was made by man and yet fundamentally different from living people in Frankenstein, she was not only writing about the ways in which the creature would feel alienated from mainstream society; she was also writing about the hubris that making ...

Article review: Micro-moments, choice and responsibility in sustainable organizational change and transformation: The Janus dialectic.

The authors are forthright in stating the purpose of the paper as to examine and elaborate the crucial role in organizations of micro-moments in organizational transformation process. This objective of the paper is clearly reviewed across the paper as the author seeks to justify the implications to the sustainability of an organization during the change process. It is pertinent to note that the title of the article fails to acknowledge the center of the implications of the change process which the author claims to be the behavior exhibited across an organization. Both authors have a broad research scope with each ...

Vegetarianism, in essence, is the voluntary abstinence of a person from eating meat products such as poultry, red meat as well as sea foods. Vegetarianism may also involve the abstention from animal slaughter by products such as animal derived gelatin or rennet. Vegetarianism (lacto) first records can be attributed to the ancient Greece and India during the 6th Century BCE (Spencer 34). Vegetarianism is actually a very popular individual choice for many families or individuals. Vegetarianism has been shown to have tremendous health benefits as a practice, and is often employed as a more ethical and sustainable diet than carnivorous diets. It is a ...

Vegetarianism, in essence, is the voluntary abstinence of a person from eating meat products. Vegetarianism has been shown to have tremendous health benefits as a practice, and is often employed as a more ethical and sustainable diet than carnivorous diets. It is a preferable lifestyle compared to being carnivorous or omnivorous, as it also means taking a stand against animal slaughter.

There are many different facets of vegetarianism, but the activity itself has been found in many cultures throughout human history. In Western cultures, in particular, it is finding significant support, as more and more people in America and other countries choose to eat ...

Vegetarianism, in essence, is the voluntary abstinence of a person from eating meat products. There are many different facets of vegetarianism, but the activity itself has been found in many cultures throughout human history. In Western cultures, in particular, it is finding significant support, as more and more people in America and other countries choose to eat only vegetables (and optionally dairy). Vegetarianism has been shown to have tremendous health benefits as a practice, and is often employed as a more ethical and sustainable diet than carnivorous diets. Because of these reasons, vegetarianism is a preferable lifestyle compared to being carnivorous or omnivorous.

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Methods of Engagement in Afghanistan: Security, Identity and Economy

The cultural differences between the United States (U.S) and Afghanistan are huge. The U.S. celebrated its independence from the British Empire about 1236 years ago compared to Afghanistan’s population who has lived there for generations. The U.S. first became involved militarily there when it armed Afghan fighters against the Soviet invasion between 1979 and 1989. A devastating ten year Civil War followed. (Rohde & Crossette, 2001) Next the Taliban came to power and then lost power when the current U.S. war against Afghanistan started in 2001. Unfortunately after over a decade war in Afghanistan the suffering of the people seems ...

Digestion is the mechanical and chemical break down of large food particles to smaller molecules that can be taken up into the blood (Winfred, 2005). The breakdown of large food starts in the mouth, through chewing, and goes all the way to the anus. The presence of saliva in the mouth that contains saliva amylase helps mechanical breakdown of food into bolus. The bolus then enters the stomach through the esophagus by a wavelike movement called peristalsis to the stomach. The churning of food and mixing of food begins in the stomach where both hydrochloric acid and gastric juice are ...

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As people grow older there are certain biological and cognitive changes that take place in the body. The human body experiences decreased capabilities in its respiratory, cardiovascular, digestive, neural and urinary functions. Due to the adverse challenges that the elderly face in their later life, it would be great for the various scientists and experts to come together and research more on the theories of aging or the causes of aging. They can come up with more treatments that will increase the immunity system of the old people. This way the older people are able to live their last ...

Ethical and Legal Issues in Business

Does the UCC implied warranty of merchantability apply to water as a good? In the case of Stephen Gall and his family, the water supplier by the name McKeesport Municipal Water Authority supplied their home with contaminated water that made Gall and his family fall ill. Gall filled a complaint that the water company wants dismissed arguing that water is not a good and therefore does not apply to the UCC. The fact of the matter is that whatever the merchant is providing for sale becomes a good (Sec 2-316). Sec 2b provides that goods should be of average quality and (2c) they ...

Abstract

Global warming is a natural phenomenon that has resulted in continued increase in temperatures of land masses, water bodies, and atmosphere on earth. This phenomenon has been proved to occur at a rapid rate and would result in negative effects to humanity, environment, and social systems. There is however scepticism in the cause of global warming. One opinion is that it is human induced while the other is that it is just a consequence of climatic change. The paper analyses two opinions bringing out their similarity and differences.

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“The term ‘global warming’ is used to mean the continued rise in temperature of ...

Background information on Giardia

Giardia is luminal intestinal flagellated protozoan parasite. Giardia lamblia( also known as G. intestinalis or G. duodenalis) is the most common species that usually exhibits a typical fecal-oral lifecycle. Giardia lamblia) colonizes the upper portions of the small intestine and is the most common protozoan isolated from human stools. The prevalence is estimated at 200 million clinical cases per year [ CITATION Annd3 \l 1033 ]. Giardia lamblia exists in two forms, an active form called a trophozoite, and an inactive form called a cyst. The active trophozoite attaches to the lining of the small intestine with a "sucker" and is responsible for causing ...