Essays on Keane

Introduction

Young adults between the ages of 18 and 25 need at least seven hours of sleep each night to maintain their cognitive, emotional, and physical functions, but college students tend to lack quality sleep. A sample of 1,160 college students reported sleeping on average 5.85 ± 1.85 hours per night, and 35% of them considered their sleep bad or very bad (Elagra et al., 2016). Lack of sleep has been associated with higher risk of negative moods, unintentional injuries, risk-taking behaviors, and poor academic performance (National Adolescent and Young Adult Health Information Center, 2014). Although various negative effects of ...

It is difficult to make someone believe in something unprecedented, but the church was able to do it. It is difficult to keep the influx of non-believers, but the church was always doing so until the freedom of speech and thought, of course. Many simply believe, without even thinking about religion as such. Religion is a kind of reunion of the broken relationship with God, or lifestyle based on a belief in the supernatural power. Religious ideas, rules, basics are described in the sacred books, which allegedly have been dictated by God. Of course, no one can currently prove ...

Brand Identity Discussion

In this rapidly advancing era, branding has move beyond identification of the products, and approached the management of brand meaning via expanded system of brand identity. The name of the business is representation of its identity, so it is necessary for a business to select its name in a wise manner. With the help of brand identity, products are differentiated. Differentiation is, however, important as it prevents the product from reduction to a commodity with the fierce price competition that is prevailing in the market. Superior image of the product is created with the help of brand identity. Mass ...

Nowadays parents all around the world are free to choose whether to teach their children at home or to send them to school. Homeschooling becomes one of the trends of the present-day society. More and more parents are eager to stick to homeschooling. Homeschooling is a mainstream education based on the parent-led teaching. Scientists state that almost 35% of children study at home in such countries as Australia, France, Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom. And the homeschool education is continuing to grow at the estimated 5% per annum over the last five years (Ray 1). There are certain reasons ...

Saudi Arabia is one of the richest country in the world, specifically because of its oil-rich land which drives its economy. It has also one of the highest per capita income in the world. In 2008, the per capita income was estimated to have been US$ 24,000. Along with its economic and financial growth, the country has also invested largely in healthcare services, specifically for its constituents. As a testament to such, the World Health organization has ranked Saudi Arabia 25th, out of 190 countries (The Patient Factor, n.d.). The country first forayed into public health in 1925. ...

Policy-making in the United States is based on a wide variety of forces, which are from polls to election results to formal and informal institutions as well as interest groups. The participation of ‘the people’ in the policy-making process is important as it an aspect of democracy. However, the extent of involvement in the policy making process should be minimized but not completely ignored. The policy making process requires rational policy decisions that are best created using the policy analysis process with experts. It should be in the hands of a few policy analysis experts and have minimal participation ...

Faith and the belief systems play a vital role in driving the human experience. In their articles, Street (2010), Keane (2008), and Lewis (2002) make interesting discussions about the concept of belief in the universal world. This essay utilizes their influence to argue that belief is not in opposition to doubt. Also, however, there appears to be a clear universal distinction between irrational and rational beliefs. The following is a further discussion on this issue. Belief systems, however, have different ways of explaining forces that operate within the contemporary world. Christianity, for instance, as suggested by Alice Street (2010) ...

Introduction: Smoking is a learned habit that has existed in the society for long. This allows us to understand how the habit affects health and wellbeing both in the short term and in the long term. This injurious habit of smoking has taken a commonplace in our culture. Tobacco, the key ingredient in cigarettes, is the leading cause of avoidable illness in the world. A person who smokes 2 packs of cigarette per day, spends ~ 3-4 hours per day on smoking and inhales 1000mg of tar each day. The health care cost is several times higher for smokers when ...

Question 1: Types of Project Life cycles

A project is well stated when the scope, time and cost are clearly defined. In other words, for an activity to qualify as a project it must have a definite scope, timeline and the cost likely to be incurred. The project life cycle denotes the various stages of the project. Projects must go through four main phases, initiation, planning, execution and termination (Rowley, 2013). This is what is called the project life lifecycle. Various types of project life cycle exist. The most common ones are predictive, iterative, incremental and adaptive life cycles. The differences in the types of project ...

Social Determinants of Health (SDH) affecting various forms of Addiction:

Poverty & Drugs: Poverty has been seen to be directly linked to addiction, mainly substance abuse. The National Bureau for Economic Research has supported this finding following its research on this particular subject. The study has even brought forward another important observation which states that poverty is not only directly related to addiction, but addiction is a cause of poverty (Yim, 2015). On one hand, when a person becomes addicted to drugs he loses his job, indulges in buying drugs and hence gets engulfed by poverty. On the other hand, poverty leads to stress and the poor people then try ...

Background of the author

A professor at the University of Sonoma- California, in the United States of America, Dr. Carl Jensen is also an author of prominent publications in the field of sociology that have scaled to global heights. A few books under his name include “Censored: The News That Didn’t Make the News and Why (from1976 to 1996)” and “20 Years of Censored News (1997)”. In addition, Dr. Carl Jensen has also featured in Project Censored- a media research project in 1976 that attained international recognition.

Thesis of the book

The book delves into how the American society was adjusted to become more flexible to ...

Introduction

Something that is disruptive overturns or changes the traditional way of doing things and in its place introduces an absolutely new way of doing the same old thing. Disruptive technology, therefore, can be described as a technology that displaces an established technology and in the process introduces a new groundbreaking product or service to the market (Rouse, 2014). Disruptive technology disrupts the status quo of the market, changes the way people live and work, and rearranges the pool of values. This inevitably forces other companies to either change the way that they approach their businesses or risk losing market ...

Abstract

The Irish leadership perspective has a crucial role in its national life due to the impact Irish political leaders have in the economic life of the country. Understanding this national leadership characteristics significantly contributes to the national awareness of its strengths and weaknesses. Based on Hofstede’s leadership categorization model, the commonly held leadership characteristics can be described as small power distance, weakly uncertainty avoidant, collectivist, masculine, and long-term oriented. American leaders who want to engage Irish leaders and population will have to make adjustments in at least three dimensions of differences, namely, individualism vs. collectivism, uncertainty avoidance, and ...

Introduction

The field of psychology as an area of study consists of distinctive branches, each of which looks into human experiences, behavior, and mental process from a different point of view. For instance, cognitive psychology focuses on the study of human’s internal processes, such as what goes on in their minds, what motivates them as well as how they perceive people around them. Accordingly, as people’s curiosity in the relationship of the human brain and the behavioral responses in a cognitive task increased, many empirical and theoretical studies were conducted. The study of cognitive psychology has had a ...

Introduction:

When we speak of the public sphere, we think of public opinion and this is borne out by Jurgen Habermas accordingly in his various books and scholarly articles. The transmission of news is essential to development of public opinion due to the fact that this opinion is constantly shaped by what is fed by the news cycle and the media networks. Habermas points out various ways how the news cycle affects public opinion and we shall analyse these in detail below.

Literature review

Habermas remains an important figure with regard to the implementation of public policy and the effects of the ...

We are currently living in a revolution age in terms of communicative abundance. This age is characterized by a variety of media innovations that range from satellite broadcasting, the internet, television, radio, newspapers, and magazines and so on. These new media forms have elicited a lot of fascination as well as excitant from the public. The role of the media has become more and more important in recent days. One of the areas where the influence of the media has been conspicuous is in the agitation of global democracy. Democracy is a common term in the field of global politics. By definition, democracy ...

Cognitive psychology is one of the branches of psychology that is relatively young. It is worth noting that cognitive psychology has tremendously grown within a short period and become among the famous subfield in psychology. There are various research that have been undertaking in the field of cognitive psychology. The practical application of cognitive psychology tends to assert more meaning to the field. Some of the topics include memory, learning styles, language acquisition, as well as forgetting. Cognitive psychology refers to the division of psychology that studies the mental process, which include how individuals remember, perceive, learn and think. These ...

While anyone - regardless of the strength, potential or life experience - can be injured by threatening situation, for infants and young children the probability of this is higher. Childhood is a special time in the life of every human being. Light, joyful, carefree. Time when the trees seem to be big, and all the problems minor, because around are the closest people - mom and dad. Interestingly, as children we all dream to become adults, and in adult life, with a feeling of light grief remembering childhood (Van der Kolk, 2003). And no matter how many years a person is, he/she ...

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Abstract

Motivation is a psychological feature that helps nurses in achieving their desired goals, and good leaders can help in motivating nurses. There are different types of leadership styles that can help in motivation such as transactional, transformational, and situational leadership. Understanding leadership styles can help in becoming better leaders and improving relationships with others in the field. According to the Department of Health, clinical leadership involves motivation, inspiration, empowerment, promotion of the values of National Health Services, and consistent focus on patients. Nurses are very important for patients and newborns in NICU, so it is very important to motivate ...

Throughout the history of any nation, there are general processes, concepts, and events that occur that cause it to develop across time (Friedman). Thomas Friedman discusses such concepts in his book The World is Flat. The current state of the world is better understood through the analysis of world history. Influential concepts that have contributed to the modern world include nationalism, industrialization, flattening, and globalization (Stiglitz; Rodrik). Each of these concepts greatly impacted nations, and in turn, how the rapidly and efficiently each nation entered the globalized world. China, in particular, is an interesting example as a nation was one ...

Drug Abuse

Town/City Introduction The ethical issue in this case concerns drug abuse among the city workers that work in the city of London. This issue has become rampant in the city, and this has posed several challenges, which are detrimental to the individual workers, as well as their families. I have prepared this report to elaborate the extent to which my bank has an obligation to address drug abuse.

Ethical issue

Drugs such as cocaine that are served with drinks have the potential to make individuals use alcohol. It is likely to make the city workers be addicted, which eventually ...

Section I:Introductory Overview

A. Background and History of PTSD Many research findings found out that anxiety disorder known as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a ubiquitous neuropsychological phenomenon. It happens to almost any individuals, no matter what their age, gender, ethnicities, etc. Being associated with serious traumatic events, it has many characteristic symptoms, such as survivor guilt, lack of involvement with reality, recurrent images and thoughts, numbing and reliving the trauma in dreams. People undergo the reliving of traumatic events via recurrent nightmares or similar threatening scenarios (National Institute of Health, 2014). Individuals with the disorder have excessive distressing feelings triggered by ...

Influenced by the Brothers Grimm’s German fairy tale ‘Rapunzel’, Tangled is an amazing animation movie. Dan Fogelman turned the story into a screenplay for Walt Disney. Walt Disney Animation Studios produced the animation movie as the fiftieth piece in the Walt Disney Animated Classics Series. The shooting production of the movie began in 2007. The film was released on 24 November 2010 at the El Captain Theatre. The initial directors of the movie were Dean Wellins and Dean Keane. However, they stepped down as the directors in 2008. Nathan Greno and Bryon Howard took over the directing role since ...

Appendix

Cover page1 Appendix..2 Log sheet2 Ethnographic data ...5 Research questions9 Research report.10 References14 Log sheet Ethnographic data of sources Seiter, Ellen (2002 reprint). Television and New Media Audiences, Oxford: Clarendon Press, pp.0-33 Ellen Seiter is a professor in the University of California, San Diego. Being a professor for communication, She under took a research on the television audience but she put more focus on the children as part of the television audience. The author confirms that it unchangeable truth that television disrupts children behavioral modification and the disruption that it has to ...

The issue of online and distance education has become much more prevalent in recent years, due to the affordability and flexibility of said education increasing over time. That being said, comparisons to a traditional, on-campus higher education are inevitable, and people wish to know which type of education is preferable. Online education has been an increasingly prevalent option in the past five to ten years, with both private and public universities in California opening online departments and making college degrees available to those who qualify and will pay tuition (Gardner & Young, 2013). Given the increasing use of online education as a ...

Jones, M., Rona, R. J., Hooper, R., & Wesseley, S. (2006). The burden of psychological symptoms in UK Armed Forces. Occupational Medicine, 56(5), 322-328. Jones, Margaret, et al. "The burden of psychological symptoms in UK Armed Forces." Occupational Medicine 56.5 (2006): 322-328. The article compares to that of Foa, E. B., Steketee, G., & Rothbaum, B. O. (1989) whop try to find out the reason we have this issue among war veterans. It contrasts with the artcle by Kang, H. K., Natelson, B. H., Mahan, C. M., Lee, K. Y., & Murphy, F. M. (2003) who analyse a particular ...

The issue of online education and distance education has become much more prevalent in recent years due to the affordability and flexibility on both educations that increase over time. Comparisons of an online education and a traditional or on-campus education are inevitable. Some people want to know on which type of education is preferable for them. Online education, become an option from the past five to ten years, increases prevalently both on private and public universities. In California, some universities open online departments and offer college degrees to those who are qualified for admission and can afford the tuition fees ( ...

The issue of online and distance education has become much more prevalent in recent years, due to the affordability and flexibility of said education increasing over time. That being said, comparisons to a traditional, on-campus higher education are inevitable, and people wish to know which type of education is preferable. Online education has been an increasingly prevalent option in the past five to ten years, with both private and public universities in California opening online departments and making college degrees available to those who qualify and will pay tuition (Gardner & Young, 2013). Given the increasing use of online education as a ...

Introduction:

Censorship is the hindering of communication or free speech which may be considered offensive to public morals and which may be deemed as objectionable, sensitive or harmful. The suppression of such news and media may be determined by the government as well as private organisations. Censorship occurs within a variety of scenarios but usually includes the transmission of films and others arts such as plays, and in mediums of broadcasting such as radio and television. Of late, electronic media is also up for censorship and this includes the internet. Issues for the imposition of censorship are varied and may include ...

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The subject of death penalty unnerves us as we recall the tragic Colorado shooting. In this movie theater shooting, the criminal, James Holmes, killed many people without impunity. He killed twelve innocent, moviegoers and wounded more than 50 (Ferguson, p. 1). Mr. Holmes may be psychologically ill or a social deviant but this does not justify the killings and the social trauma it caused the nation. The more we try to understand why people kill innocent people, the more we begin to justify a severe punishment. Is the death penalty the answer to such violent incidents? Strong public support for ...

Gender differences have their origin from sex in terms of basic biological characteristics of males and females, cognitive dispositions and social capabilities. Before understanding the context of sex, one cannot sort out men and women or males and females. Sex refers to the biological differences between males and females in terms of their reproductive systems. For instance, women are different from men in that they have the capacity and the womb which can carry and nurture infants while boys do not have this ability. So their reproductive system defines their sexual differences. The terms sex and gender are in ...

Business Name: Buster’s

P.O. Box 00011

Telephone: (555) 555 112

Fax: (555) 626 636 Introduction and brief description of the venture This business plan describes a proposed venture to expand Buster’s from a one-store to a two-store operation. Starting a business is not simple and opening a new branch of an already existing is equally not easy. The intention of this business plan is to evaluate the current business operations of Buster’s and then map out proper plans for expansion while matching the operations of the current store with those of the new store. One of Buster’s main goals is to raise the necessary start-up ...

HOW ARE WOMEN AND THE POOR TREATED IN THE MEDIA

Sociology Media

Australia’s Economy: How are women and the poor treated in the media?

The country’s budget and the economy in general are always very big subjects in the media. Often times it is difficult to really separate truth for the ‘hype.’ Should everyone start becoming concerned when the headlines are frightening? Is there too much drama about the economy in the media? And most importantly I wanted to discover how women and the poor are treated in the media when the subject focuses on the economy? These are not silly questions. The media has a great impact ...

Project Team Progression

Forming: I participated in a team working on a history assignment. It was a responsible and difficult task that required skilled project management. Due to a perfectly chosen leader of the group, who knew the subject rather well and was using helpful techniques, it wasn’t too hard for us to achieve success. At the first stage, forming, there was a lot of excitement over the assignment, but not all the members of the team knew each other and understood the peculiarities of the project. The leader did everything in the right way, by introducing the members to each other and defining objectives of ...

Betancourt, J.R., Green, A.R., Carrillo, J.E., & Ananeh-Firempong, O. (2003). Defining cultural competence: a practical framework for addressing racial/ethnic disparities in health and health care. Public Health Reports 118: 293.

Betancourt et al. (2003) chose to study the effects of certain interventions in health care to dispel racial and ethnic disparities that are accepted to occur within the healthcare system. The objective is to ultimately find a framework that equalizes and eliminates these disparities; the researchers hypothesize that a framework of their devising could address these disparities and implement equitable health care regardless of ethnicity or race. A literature review was conducted ...

Abstract

Psychology is one of the most interesting fields in the world. Most of the issues discussed in the field of psychology involve the activities of mind and this includes the power of reasoning and being rational. Psychology tends to explain human behavior and the reason why different people will behave differently even in similar situations. The aspect of self disclosure is one that has been explained through the definition and elaboration of different schools of thought in psychology. Personality is another important aspect highlighted in the field of psychology as it plays an important role as well in determining ...

In the history of political thought and democracy building, there is an inconsistency between citizen’s voting for a candidate or party and his/hers final satisfaction with a progress of the chosen candidate or party. In practice, this inconsistency corresponds to a continuous criticism of ruling government and desire to change it for the former one or an entirely different. In political theory, this phenomenon gained its implementation in a concept of political efficacy. The essence of the term “political efficacy” refers to citizens’ perception of their influence on government and how much trust in authorities and policies they have. In the context ...