Essays on Life

Stress is the tension or pressure on the mind when an unwanted condition arises. Stress is known as a situation where one is not happy with the results of the work done.
There are many causes of stress, and many things which can cause stress. From household chores to the national and international level, the stress appears on every individual. There are some kinds of stress that appear for a short time, while there are some kinds of stress that prolong for many years upon an individual or upon any company that is called a long term stress or Continue reading...

Racial discrimination remains an ongoing experience for a minority group in the America, despite the enactment of the civil right act that declared the racial discrimination illegal. Not only is the perception of racial bias damaging socially, but also new evidence indicates that the experience of racism may be detrimental to health care in the America. Currently, the racial groups are constructed to demonstrate the diversity in status, power, and resources. Racial classification is mainly experienced within the US context, African-American have been on the bottom while whites remain on top. Racism is reflected via the idea that inferiority Continue reading...

Islamic Environmental Ethics

Introduction
The new technological developments increase mobility as well as comfort, but might have major harmful effects to the environment besides risking human health. The harmful effects of technological developments to the environment have resulted in what many have termed as environmental crises. The environmental crises are a threat to human beings as well as other living organisms. The existing evidence shows that the technical solutions have essentially not been resulting in outcomes that are satisfactory. Thus, it is critical for us to know how we should behave towards the environment. It is worth mentioning that, among the theoretical Continue reading...

In the hospitality industry, communication and participation of management and employees to consult with relevant stakeholders are crucial to sustaining the organization’s effective performance as instrumental to financial success. As explicitly defined, employee participation is disclosed as the “process of employee involvement designed to provide employees with the opportunity to influence and where appropriate, take part in decision making on matters that affect them” . Likewise, communication is the process by which management and employees send important messages regarding the products and services offered by organizations.
The methods of communication are noted to entail downward and upward flows. Downward Continue reading...

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Connected Health: A Review Of Technologies And Strategies To Improve Patient Care With Telemedicine And Telehealth

- Joseph Kvedar1,
- Molly Joel Coye2 and
- Wendy Everett3,*
+ Author Affiliations
- 1Joseph Kvedar is director of the Center for Connected Health at Partners HealthCare System, in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 2Molly Joel Coye is chief innovation officer at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Health, UCLA Medical Center, in Los Angeles.
- 3Wendy Everett () is president of NEHI ( Continue reading...

Introduction

Since time immemorial, sensory disabled people especially have been in the background of society, and not being encouraged to follow whatever dreams they have because of the lack of concept about that dream. See, people with sensory disabilities want to live a normal life or be seen as normal, and not just some freak in a wheelchair or some last dating resort. This essay will discuss the importance of sensory disabled people’s abilities human rights, their needs and getting them met, their life plans and how they are capable of living like a normal person despite their disability.

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Safety in the industry is as much important as production itself. It underscores because industrial safety system, usually known as Integrated Control and Safety System (ICSS), is an integral part of most industries. Industrial safety is targeted at providing protection against menaces, risks and hazards which can occur in different forms, in the industry. It is, however, not intended for controlling only the hazard. Process control systems are rather provided for controlling the hazards. This essay takes a brief look at what safety in the industry is and also its correlation to public health.
Virtually every industry has its Continue reading...

1. Considering what is known about the teenage brain and sexual development, are messages of "just say no" likely to be effective when it comes to drug use and sex? Why or why not? Be sure to explain your answer. Please note your answer should make reference to both adolescent brain and sexual development. (3 points)
The adolescent brain is considered to be more similar to the brain of a child than an adult. Its development is a work in progress. Adolescents don’t perceive things in the way adults do. Their brain is filled with curiosity about the Continue reading...

All individuals are required to make various decisions in their personal and professional life. It is important for individuals to make legal decisions that have high moral values. Intention refers to the purpose of actions performed by an individual irrespective of the right or wrong outcome of actions. When an action is performed with good intention, it will be ethically correct action, even if the outcome of the action is harmful to others. People, in personal or professional life, often take decisions that are not ethically correct but are performed with good intention. This paper intends to evaluate the Continue reading...

Corporal punishment is the intentional infliction of physical pain given to students for an offence committed. It may take several forms such as hitting, slapping, pinching, kicking, slapping and use of various objects. The main objective of applying corporal punishment is intended to reform behavior. However, it has been viewed as a result of both social and collective problems. For example, corporal punishment in schools is associated with reduced quality of school life among students. On the other hand, spanking is a form of discipline used on children. Also, it takes the form of deliberate striking the bottom of Continue reading...

Introduction

The Kaiser Foundation in its recent study has found out that 97% of American children aged between 8 and 18 years spend a considerable amount of time, an average of 8 hours per week, playing video games (Ahuja, 2013). Studies show that the most popular games, played by children and young adults in USA, are all violent in content. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 is a first person shooter video game that collected a whopping $550 million within the first few days of its release in 2009 (Rozi and Muhyiddin, 2013).
The 10 most popular video games, among Continue reading...

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Over the last three decades, mobile phones have been used as a major tool for communication across the world. The mobile telephone technology has become cheaper by the day, rapidly increasing the number of people using cell phones. In the United States alone, an approximated 91% of adults own cell phones. Cell phone use has spread to all parts of the world, enabling communication between people an instant thing regardless of the distance between them.
Mobile phone manufacturers have continued to develop numerous features to support the user, for instance applications that have become popular amount Continue reading...

OBAMA CARE

Introduction
The term Obama care is more or less a derogatory term coined by the critics of the affordable care act put in place by president Barack Obama. The literal meaning of the term Obama care is quite disturbing to say the least. This is because it refers to the type of care that is more inclined towards president Barack Obama as opposed to the entire nation. The question thus arises as to the true nature of this Obama care and whether or not it favors the greater good of the nation or it is a desperate plan by Continue reading...

Self-reliance

“Be yourself; no base imitator of another, but your best self. There is something, which you can do better than another. Listen to the inward voice and bravely obey that. Do the things at which you are great, not what you were never made for.” (Emerson) (Nina et al, 1094)
In this quote, Emerson urges people to remain themselves at all times. He insists on people obeying their natural instincts, trusting in their intrinsic abilities and doing the things that they can do best. He believes that by so doing everyone will be able to rely in him/herself.
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Response to Text Essay

ESL 1068 001
In an article titled “Asmara Journal: In Peace, Women Warriors Rank Low,” (1996) written by James C. McKinley and in the article titled, “Women at War” released by the Glamour magazine in (1991) evaluates the experience of several women who participated in War. War is usually associated with male’s experiences, so these articles provide a novel experience of war. “Asmara Journal: In Peace, Women Warriors Rank Low” shows the experiences of women who fought beside men in a rebel army to free land from Ethiopia in 1991. “Woman at War” is a depiction of what Continue reading...

The federal and state governments and some nongovernmental organizations have been offering an array of assistance to elderly persons in the society. Of most importance is the support offered by both federal government and state government where they help aged people from the age of 60 years and above to access health care, housing and retirement issues. They fund various centers that offer these services for senior citizens of the nation. (Butler, 3)
In my response to the requirement of this course assignment, I selected Silver Manor Home of The Aged, which is located in Meriden, Connecticut. This independent Continue reading...

Business

Toyota Motor Company, located at 1, Toyota-cho, Toyota City, Aichi 471-8571, Japan, was incorporated in 1937 as Toyota Motor Co., Ltd. It is among the forerunners in passenger car manufacturing, and is today, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of automobiles in terms of both, units sold and net sales. Since the U.S happens to be one of its biggest markets, and the company has been able to almost double its sales in comparison to Honda Motors, it competes with other U.S car manufacturers; General Motors (GM) and Ford Motors for the premier #1 position (Toyoland, 2010). However, Continue reading...

When one thinks of somewhere to live, they think of safety, how they will provide for themselves and their family, health and education possibilities, among other things. To declare somewhere the best place to live simply means that place provides all that individuals need to be safe, healthy, financially stable and happy. What comes to mind when you said “Canada”? I am sure it wasn’t anything violent, or anything undesirable. It has been said by many people that Canada is the cleanest country or the most peaceful country or that Canada takes care of its elders. Now Continue reading...

The social problem of major concern to me and my family as a whole is the lack of the ability to encourage the female education in the society that I live in. This problem has made my life take a different direction especially in my career. Due to the societal and the family pressures, I have been able to delay the accomplishment of my career objectives. I will have to finish up my bachelors at my mid-40s because the female education in the society is not valued. To me this is a social problem because it has affected many Continue reading...

Genocides start because of the conflict between people of same race or religion attempting to displace the different race or religion. Conflicting interests between individuals from different race or religion can result to genocides. In the 20th century, over 250 million people have lost their lives due to genocides. Millions of people are left at risk of the exposure due to increased incidences of mass violence. Data and knowledge that indicates the long-term mental health effects that come with the exposure to the genocide remains scattered. Genocides have led to mass violence and displacement of people since it stirs Continue reading...

Introduction

Language acquisition denotes the procedure by which humans gain the ability to recognize and understand language, along with the ability to create and make use of words and sentences for the purpose of communication.  Language acquisition is considered to be one of the exemplary human qualities,
Philosophers in early societies were concerned in how humans gained the ability to comprehend and create language well ahead of experimental methods for trying those theories that were developed. However, for the major part they seemed to consider language acquisition as a division of man's ability to gain information and become skilled at Continue reading...

There is debate surrounding the issues of nature and nurture and how these two affect life as a whole. Nature involves the inherited characteristics of a creature that they get from their parents while nurture is the influences of society of the creatures that are the ones that shape up individual characteristics (Dowling 165). It is against this backdrop, that a story is told of two identical twins, Paula Bernstein and Elyse Schein; who were separated at birth and reunited when they were thirty- five years of age. Their story, Separated at Birth is given in The Guardian and Continue reading...

Analysis of Political Speech in Linguistics: Obama’s Inauguration speech

Introduction
Language is an important tool used to access knowledge as well as to influence behavior and perceptions. Words evoke emotion and cause strong psychological impacts on the audience. Linguistics is the scientific study of language and is generally descriptive. It explains and describes different language features without subjecting any judgment on whether a particular feature is used in a good or bad way. A political speech relates to matters concerning governance, as opposed to individual or organization affairs. Political speeches provide insight into the political picture of the speaker. Depending on its characteristics, a speech may either move Continue reading...

Invisible Life: A Book Review

The story revolves around Raymond Winston Tyler Jr., a lawyer from Alabama. He is popular and had a perfect life. He dated Sela, the only black popular cheerleader in the campus. One day, he met the star footballer in the campus – Kelvin Ellis who is adventurous. He admitted to Raymond that he is bisexual. One kiss and further intimacy changes it all for Raymond. During his struggles, his friends JJ and Kyle were beside him. Another man popped in Raymond’s life – Quinn Mathis whom he had sexual and indoor relation. As time goes, Raymond discovered that Quinn was Continue reading...

In politics, one of the main problems found by most leaders or public servants is to weigh ends and means. Sometimes, even in the most homogeneous societies, where most people would tend to share a common view on what ends their government should pursue, people will often disagree on what policy should the government adopt to meet their demands.
For example, many people would agree that poverty should not exist on this day and age. Some might say that the solution is to take part of the wealth of the richest portion of society, which would be discriminative and Continue reading...

Happiness can be described as a state that involves emotional or mental well-being of a person. It is characterized by positive or charming feelings ranging from little contentment to compelling joy. Various approaches have been developed to characterize happiness and identify its various sources. Different research and exploration groups, including positive psychology, try to apply the scientific method to answer questions about happiness, what it is and how it can be achieved. It is vital and essential to the human condition that "life, freedom and the quest for happiness" were regarded to be unalienable rights by the United States Continue reading...

The media has and continues to play a comprehensive role in offering crucial information to the public. This has led to the emergence of notions that the media is perhaps a branch of government that advocates for the needs of the public. Even so, it is essential to note that the recent past has experienced cases whereby the media has disregarded its role of informing the public. This is evident by the persistent rise in the airing of violent and immoral content across various media platforms. This has led to the development of notions as to whether the government Continue reading...

World War II

The aftermath of the global economic crisis was rapidly building contradictions between the imperialist countries that were unevenly developed. There was also a crisis in international relations, especially when Versailles-Washington system collapsed. Now Germany, Italy and Japan wanted to achieve dominance over their competitors, which were Britain, France and the United States of America. Therefore, aggressive foreign policy of fascist states created a military threat to the world. The second group of countries (Allies) sought to maintain their positions, directing their actions against the fascist states, and the Soviet Union, as they were counting on mutual exhaustion of both Continue reading...

Sometimes in our lives, we face situations that completely change our outlook for something. I was born and brought up in a strictly non-vegetarian family and the issue of veganism never popped in my mind. Never did it occur to me that eating of a ‘hamburger’ can be hurting for someone’s emotions. One fine day the assignment of ‘going vegan for a week’ was given to me.
In a matter of days, as I continued to study this subject, I could feel an inner transformation. In the Holy Bible, Christ has said “Love thy neighbor”. I began to Continue reading...

English

Technology Revolution
Down through the ages, inventors have been seeking many inventions to benefit humankind and to make lives easier. For example, Alexander Graham Bill invented the telephone and Tomas Edison invented the electric light bulb; there inventions are very useful to all the people all over the world. The inventions are the development and technology revolution. If we were to compare the way of life in the past and nowadays, we would find huge differences and changes in terms of technology. In the past, life was simple and hard at times, while life nowadays is easier. At times, Continue reading...

As human beings, it is only possible that every individual coexists in groups in order to make life easier. The group that individuals coexist under is defined as a society. There are no cases that individuals have lived alone and thus; relationships are created in the event of making friendship and communicating effectively. For every relationship that is established, there is bound to be the outcome and spectacular taste that can emerge from a relationship that has been established. In most circumstances, relationships fail due to conflicts that come up during a co -existence. The main reason that results Continue reading...

Globalization is an integration process that occurs across the world and arises from interchange of products, world views, ideas and cultural aspects. The act of globalization can be traced from the old ages to present modern world (Stromquist M. P 2009). It begun with investments, trade, migration and dissemination of knowledge and was further linked with global climatic challenges, cross boundary pollution and sharing of socio-economic resources. Location of globalization begins at the local, national then regional continuum with economic and social relations organized at all stated levels. Modern forms of globalization can be said to have begun during Continue reading...

Following the American Psychological Association’s Guidelines

Vincent van Gogh was arguably one of the most influential artists in the human history. Through his use of color and imagery, he managed to communicate many different emotions and messages to each viewer of his paintings. He is most infamously known for the incident in which he chopped off his ear, supposedly mailing it to a woman in a box. For this reason, how he grew up and who he was as a person is particularly interesting to the public, as well as psychoanalysts. Regardless of if he was deeply troubled or not, one thing is clear, his Continue reading...

Adaptation is a humorous movie, showing the life of twin brothers as they strive to complement each other and survive. Even though they are twins, they have different personalities. One of the twins, Charlie, is reserved and shy, while the other, Donald, is outgoing and confident. Despite their difference in personalities, they choose a similar career path, that of writing movies. In this scene, they are faced with a tough challenge of adopting a book into a movie. The decision to adapt a novel and transform it into a film is because of the love they have for nature. Continue reading...

Executive Summary

Gaining Power and influence through organizational politics has been a big issue over the years for the managerial theory and practice. The success of those in the workplace who know the art of organizational politics has made this concept a mystery and interesting subject for others and they want to learn and master this as an art. The management is involved in politics not only in profit oriented organisations but also in public sector or non profit organizations. The People working in a corporate office employ different types of strategies to attain different career benefits. Different activities and tasks Continue reading...

‘Instructor’s name’

‘Subject’
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao is a novel written by Junot Diaz, which deals with the romantic quest of its protagonist Oscar, a Dominican immigrant living in the US. The story is strewn with a multitude of themes like racism, otherness, autocracy, violence, sex obsession, and Dominic Diaspora. This essay is an attempt to explore the theme of gender roles as depicted by the story, and analyze how the different characters of the story are affected by the gender stereotyping of the society.
Junot Diaz, first burst into the Continue reading...

Mohammad was the son of Abdullah, who was a descendant of Ishmael. The latter was the son of Abraham and Hagar. Muhammad was born in Mecca City in August 570 AD. He later became the founder of a major religion - Islam. The main aspects of Muhammad’s life include his troubled childhood, adult life as a trader, marriage to Khadija, meditation and revelations in Hira Cave, founding of Islam, persecution of Muslims and his death.
Muhammad was born at a time when Arabs were polytheists –worshippers of multiple gods and goddesses. The worship of many deities was as Continue reading...

Humans are interesting in the way that they come up with names for everything. Every object in this world must have a label so we may understand what another person is speaking about when we communicate. Names and labels are an integral part of language and communication; without them, we would never know to what anybody is referring. The story is no different when it comes to human beings themselves. We all have names in order to identify ourselves, whether to friends, co-workers, or verifiable government documents. Our names are essentially who we are. Some people come upon their Continue reading...

Group influence refers to the instance that is characterized by people behaving in a certain way because, a certain clique of people behaves in the same was as he does. In essence, group influence is a phenomenon that dictates the manner in which people relate in our daily lives. In as far as this instance, is concerned, all circles in the society are part and parcel of instances that revolve on religion, politics, academic or educational matters and other social interactions. As a matter of fact and cogency, it follows that the existence of a person in a certain Continue reading...

Abstract

The research paper discusses the origin and nature of methadone, including the historical aspect of its development and further commercial and scientific use. The paper also describes the pharmacology of methadone, including the route of administration of the drug, its metabolism and its mechanism of action. Next section of the paper explains the experience in medical use of methadone, as it`s a great alternative to the painkillers based on the opiates, it plays a major role in the therapy of maintaining and replacement and treating the withdrawals syndromes. The positive effects on the pregnant patients are also described Continue reading...