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Clinical Question What would be the effect of competitive food and beverage (CF&B) policies on student weight outcomes in comparison to the students who have not followed the CF&B policies and those who have followed some other policy according to which some of the competitive foods are available to students?

How the clinical question indicates the type of study that will be done (quasi-experimental vs. experimental)?

This clinical question is showing the comparison of two groups. One comparison is that of the students following CF&B policies with the students who have not followed these policies. Second comparison is that of the students following CF&B policies with the students who have following some ...

Doctor

ABSTRACT Young people in the United States are battling depression in record numbers, reaching an all-time high of 3 million patients in 2015. Researchers are continuing to search for alternative or additional methods than therapy and medications to improve depressive symptoms in teenagers and young adults. Some studies have demonstrated that as possible option in easing depression is physical exercise. In addition to assisting mental health issues, exercise promotes social interaction, physical health, and appearance. However, research has focused primarily on adults and therefore additional studies are needed with focus on the impact of exercise on depression in young ...

Introduction

Accenture is a global consulting company providing services to large business corporations all over the world and, most successfully, in the highly competitive American market meaning that this company knows how to differentiate itself from the competitors. The priority consulting spheres are strategic planning, optimization of the business process, outsourcing, client relationship management (CRM), logistic and supply chain management, HR and IT implementation projects . This is the company I took practice as a student and, though, my experience of working in Accenture was not broad I realized that the company offers perfect career opportunities for the young specialists. I ...

Most important facts surrounding the case

PETCO is a huge corporation that was established 1965 and is a leader on pet specialty retail market. It has nearly 1,100 stores all over the USA. From the logistic point of view, it has very complicated structure. The stores are serviced by 10 different distribution centers that are located in different parts of U.S. Moreover, the company uses plenty of carriers for logistic (more than 30 different motor carriers, 3 dedicated carriers, some private fleet, and four brokerage firms). The PETCO Company uses all this logistic system for both inbound and outbound freight movement.

Key issues

Such a complicated ...

Physical Activity and Level of Depression among Youths in the United States

A00493777 Physical Activity and Level of Depression among Youths in the United States

Introduction

According to a recent presentation by The Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention, frequent physical activity among youths and adolescents is an important factor in enhancing strength and stamina, and it is helpful in building healthy bones and muscles (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015). It was also discovered that physical activities are a critical factor in reducing stress and depression among the youths. Failing to engage in regular physical activity has been established to cause obesity and overweight as well as other health ...

Define and discuss time and space utility

Products must be transported from the place where they are produced to the place where customers demand it to be delivered. The value-add that the product gains due to its transport is called space utility. The time utility is the length of time before or between the product deliveries, which consists of mostly storage and inventory time. When the organizations are able to deliver the goods at a time they are needed, then their time utility increases.

What is the Total Cost Analysis and how does is affect logistics?

Total cost analysis provides the methodology for integration of logistics, manufacturing, and procuring costs across the network. This is done to achieve ...

Introduction

Every business takes inputs from the society and processes them into outputs for members of the society. The supply chain “is a set of entities that are involved in the upstream and downstream flows of products, services, finances and/or information from a source to a customer”. Supply chain management is the management across and within the network of upstream and downstream organisations of both relationships and flow of material, information and resources. The purpose of this paper is to critically analyse the supply chain systems of various companies in order to draw conclusions on how they operate. In order ...

INTRODUCING EMERGENCY SEVERITY INDEX (ESI) FOR BETTER PATIENT OUTCOME

Introducing Emergency Severity Index (ESI) for Better Patient Outcome Introduction to ESI The core objective of various triage tools across the emergency department attributes to the systematic prioritization of the patients in accordance with the severity of their clinical conditions in the context of determining the period until which the patient might wait in the emergency department before his/her evaluation by the healthcare professionals (Gilboy et al., 2011). The nurse professional after executing a focused assessment of the patient determines the waiting time and accordingly provides a triage acuity level of the patient in the emergency department. The patient ...

The Association between Physical Activity and Level of Depression among Youths in the United States proposal

Introduction According to a recent presentation by The Center for Disease and Control and Prevention, frequent physical activity among youths and adolescents is an important factor in enhancing strength, stamina and is helpful in building healthy bones and muscles (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2015). It was also discovered that physical activities are a critical factor in reducing stress and depression among the youths. Failing to engage in regular physical activity has been established to cause obesity and overweight as well as other health related complications (Azevedo Da Silva et al., 2012). Thus implementing a regular physical activity ...

Argumentative Research Paper

Introduction In the recent decades, multiple economic, political and cultural factors have contributed to China’s increasing participation in the global market, particularly in the international retail. The country’s retail market is among the most dynamic in the world today, while the fast and decisive adoption of the technological opportunities for retail operations made China the largest e-commerce market worldwide with the sales revenue of estimated $589 billion as for 2015 (Tong). Chinese retailers readily use the modern technological means to reach both local and foreign consumers, which has led to the dramatic growth of China’s Business-to-Consumer ...

Describe the challenges faced by the company. What were the drivers for change to the supply chain?

The strong competition in the home appliance market, alongside customers’ increased demand sophistication, created the premises for Whirlpool to change its supply chain structure and organization. Looking at Porter’s five forces framework, the main forces that impacted Whirlpool’s supply chain redesign were the intensity of the industry rivalry and the bargaining power of consumers (Porter, 1985). As the case study informs, Whirlpool Corporation needed to transform its supply chain so that it could better satisfy its customers through improved quality of its products and services (“Whirlpool Supply Chain”, n.d.). With this market requirement, the company addressed the ...

Introduction

Amazon is the most important retail website in the occidental hemisphere and second in the world on the websites of the Alibaba Group. Amazon since 1995 has been an innovative company thanks to the entrepreneurship of Jeff Bezos since the foundation of the company. The first innovation was to offer music CD and books with an extensive catalog of more than one million titles with an affordable shipping cost. The company in all its life has increased its inventory in categories and items quantity. The company, compared with Apple is not a pioneer in technology; but it is a ...

Reflection

Reflection

Article 1: “Considerations for Special Education Assessment Systems."

Special education involves students with some physical or mental complication that requires special attention from their teachers. Such students are given specific attention as compared to normal students because their conditions affect their understanding and performance in general.

Information Gathering

The article “Considerations for special education assessment systems” was published by the National Center of Educational Outcomes 2014. The article was presented as a clear assessment of student inventory for school districts by the school district leaders whereby they sought to deal with the concerns about the magnitude of student testing, which is conducted through the assessment inventory process. The ...

A critical analysis of decision- making methods/ heuristics

Decision making involves a process in which choices are made by setting goals, collecting relevant information, and performing an assessment of the available alternatives to make the best choice. Decision making is crucial to the management in determining the optimal choices from multiple alternatives available in business operations. According to Goodwin and Wright (2014), various heuristics are deployed in the process of decision making by the individuals or organizations depending on the alternatives involved. These methods include recognition, minimalistic, and lexicographic approaches.

Recognition method

In this method, the decision making is determined using set criteria for evaluating the available alternatives. Primarily, ...

Introduction

The term logistic is mainly concerned with the military system to the context of procurement, protection and transportation of goods, services and human resources, but nowadays, it is practically applied in the life of ordinary people as well. The purpose of logistics is to aid and support the community and organization as well as to ensure the practical implication of response operation at the mass level during emergency relief operations. At the time of national emergency response plan, the logistics are considered as a significant element by the disaster planner. 1. Logistic Concerns by Disaster Planner Logistics concerns of ...

Exit Partner Analysis: Schneider Company

Brief Summary and History of Schneider Company Schneider Company is one of the largest trucking firms in America. The company was started in 1935 after Al Schneider sold his car to buy the first truck. The company provides a range of services that include intermodal, truckload and logistics. Schneider deals with different solutions that include expedited, bulk, dedicated, long haul, supply chain management, cross dock logistics, regional, intermodal and port logistics (Muller, 2012). The company was privately owned by members of Schneider and was a small player until 1980s when the industry of trucking was deregulated. During this time, ...

Executive Summary

The background for this paper is the analysis of the "Large Technology Company" referred to as LTC hereafter. The paper looks at the LTC's requirements for an ERP system recommends a suitable ERP solution for the company. Due to the growing complexity of the business environment in most industries and the increased globalization and the resulting internationalization, managing and utilizing information effectively is very important for the success of modern companies. Managing the whole operations requires IS that can integrate both external and internal information into readily available and usable forms. ERP systems are being used by many companies ...

1. Use of Information Technologies in the logistical operations of examples. Cali Inc. is an ice cream manufacturer that sells ice cream and related products in the southwest states of the United States of America. The company produces ice creams in plastic containers and nacelles. The company has the production facility in Moapa Town in the Clark County of Nevada, United States of America. The production facility has two production lines, a raw material area, and finished products area. The company sells almost all its production in the states of Nevada and California. The company has ten years of ...

Discussion 4: Leadership Challenge: Characteristics of the Great Salesperson.

What qualities and characteristics do you think are important for a new salesperson at Logistics Logic? Why? Most companies seek for the best employees they can get, as human resources are the most valuable assets of any organization. Hereby, large investments is made in recruiting, educating, training, and compensating the best of the workers. Although, there might be different risks to lose the investment due to employee turnover or a mismatch of the person to the position occupied. Therefore, companies do all possible to reduce the turnover lost, but enroll and keep the best employees. Talking about sales management, ...

Introduction

The ability to concurrently develop a product and its supply chain is a major competence in manufacturing industries. When the tow activities get undertaken efficiently at the same time, massive returns are bound to get derived. Proper design ensures that goods produced have the highest quality possible. High quality guarantees customer satisfaction and improves the brand name and legacy. Suitable supply chains, on the other hand, ensure that goods and services reach the customers on time. They also provide that the cost of supply is greatly diminished and saves the company revenue. However, in the auto-manufacturing industry, this ability ...

Abstract

One common element surrounding mass shootings undertaken by people suffering from mental illness have been widely featured in the news media. The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect that these types of reports have on support for gun control policies in the general public. Given the widespread influence that the mass media has on a wide variety of public policy topics, there is adequate reason to formulate this hypothesis. The researchers will perform a survey after reading a news story about a mass shooting carried out by a person who suffers from a serious mental illness. ...

Ministry of Health

Oman Specialized Nursing Institute Health Services Management Program 2015-2016 Research Methodology for Health Sciences I Identification of Causes and Consequences of Work- Related Stress among Midwives in South Al-Sharqia Region 4. Methodology

Research design

This study will employ a descriptive design to address the study questions. In this case, the researcher will conduct a survey to obtain data from the study participants. A descriptive design is used in studies that do not involve the manipulation of the study variables by the researcher (Valencia-GO, 2015, p. 97). This study seeks to identify the factors associated with work-related stress (WRS) and its consequences ...

Air Cargo Ships May Soon Alter Global Supply Chains

Air Cargo Ships May Soon Alter Global Supply Chains

Abstract

Most companies across the world applying sophistication in their supply chain designs are engaging in the use of air cargo as a competitive advantage regardless of the costs incurred. These aspects occur with the reflection that air cargo being perceived expensive in terms of an alternative method for supply chains that rely on ocean transportation. However, the focus on air cargo does not emerge on the basis of the accidents or even crisis situations in the incorporation of logistics strategies to global manufacturers. Research indicates that the focus on air ...

Abstract:

Mental illnesses altogether place a significant burden of disorder on young people. They induce adequate negative outcomes short- and long-term in several domains. Many youths with mental illnesses such as Bipolar disorder and Schizophrenia fall into the clutches of the criminal justice system (CJS) due to their risky behavior. This leads to a problematic quality of life. The main objective of the paper is to highlight about the mental illnesses in youth and the criminal justice system. A web search was conducted and quality articles were retrieved. It was observed that mentally ill youth encounter trouble with regard to ...

Corporate Activities:Alibaba Group

About the paper Corporate finance activities are now deeply embedded into the core business environment of any business entity. Be it for the quest for growth, additional capital or corporate governance, all such crucial decisions are related to the environment of corporate finance. To learn more about such business aspects, in this paper, we will discuss two corporate finance activities undertook by Alibabe Inc. These two activities are related to mergers and acquisitions and alteration to the capital structure of the company.

Mergers and Acquisitions: Alibaba to Invest $1 Billion in E-Commerce Startup Lazada

On 13th April, 2016, Chinese Internet giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. announced its biggest every overseas acquisition ...

Objectives

The study general objective was: The specific objectives were: Hypothesis The study hypothesis was: Demographic and socio-economic status of an individual affect their standard of happiness in a relationship. This resulted in the following null and alternative hypothesis to be tested using the multinomial logistic regression model.

H0: Demographic and socio-economic status of someone have no influence on their level of happiness in rapport.

H1: Demographic and socio-economic status of someone have an impact on their level of happiness in rapport. Descriptive Statistics Descriptive statistics are inclusive of the measures of central tendency, frequencies, percentage, measures of dispersion, skewness, and kurtosis. The statistics are used to describe the sampled population characteristics from which a generalization is ...

Introduction of the Heathrow

Airports are an important part of an economy because they play a significant role in the connection of people around the world, thereby enhancing globalization (Economy Watch 2010, para 1). The expansion is because there is no more physical distance to separate people in distant locations (Green 2014, para 1). The extent of this benefit can be realized in the enhanced trade, meaning that the flow of passengers increases every day. Such a large number needs proper logistics to ensure that the operations are streamlined. The Heathrow Airport located in London plays this major role and is fully equipped ...

Executive Summary

The current global economy is undergoing dramatic changes that make it more technologically dependent as well as information intensive. Fundamentally, the role of logistics is becoming highly crucial in all business entities with an objective to improve and satisfy the customers’ demands, taste and preferences. With the current dynamic changes in logistics networks in the supply chain, organizations are likely to face numerous logistics problems. As a result, they are required to formulate effective Logistics Management concepts and tools to help to assess various logistics problems and improve their operational performance. This paper analyzes the application of some the ...

Brief summary

Cocaine use disorder (CUD) is considered to be a health problem because of the millions of people who are using it worldwide. The article states that excessive cocaine use will cause changes in the prefrontal Cortes (PFC) (Terraneo, p.37). The reason for this is because PFC plays a significant role in the addictive cycle such as the inhibitory control, reinforcement learning as well as cravings. Many types of research that have been conducted show that the loss of inhibitory control is brought on by drug behaviors. The article looks at the animal studies that have been carried out in ...

Introduction

Logistics describes all the integrated activities required to move products through the supply chain. The model of sustainable logistics entails strategic decision levels that help in planning, implementing, and regulating the movement of products, services, and related information from the production process to the point of consumption. Besides, it focuses on operative logistics decisions to enhance the supply network around three main factors: the efficient flow of surplus products, the flow of information regarding consumer demand and expectations, and the time required to respond to the demand from the supply source. Numerous factors have initiated the need to develop ...

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Abstract

This research established in the article sought to explain the issue of marriage regarding Chinese rural young women and to give the grounds if the issue served as a risk or protective factor for their suicide. The analysis included a brief summary of the main ideas of the article, the purpose of the research, key findings and consequences of the results. Moreover, the major theoretical perspective to clarify the findings was based on Emile Durkheim’s social integration theory of suicide which highlights sources of people’s social support. The observations allowed ...

Introduction

The supply chain management and logistics have been an essential part of all the economies and business entities. The two go hand-in-hand. In essence, the application of E-business in logistics plays a significant role in the integration of supply chain management. In other words, the successful integration of supply chain management greatly relies on E-logistics. For this reason, the present paper centers on E-logistics in supply chain management. In particular, the purpose of this paper is to analyze the findings from a starter article and two major articles about E-logistics and supply chain management. The paper first summarizes these ...