Essays on Longevity.

Body fitness is essential to the welfare of one’s health. In fact, lack thereof compromises one’s medical status, and this could lead to the development of complications such as high blood pressure and obesity. As such, many individuals have resolved to take measures aimed at enhancing their body fitness through natural bodybuilding strategies. However, the utilization of steroids is a universal preference among sportsmen and people who want to improve their fitness. Due to the marketing strategies employed by the steroid manufacturing companies, most people are unaware of the adverse side effects these drugs cause on their ...

A good life can be defined as having things that we want in life, that is, concepts that are in our interests in a critical perspective ("What Is a Good Life?"). For instance, According to Five-Fold Happiness, which contain the Chinese concepts of Prosperity, Happiness, Luck, Longevity and Wealth their belief is that when people surrounds themselves with lucky objects, good fortunes will follow thus making them realize other fours elements, besides luck, of having a good life (Sung, p. 11-49). However, having a good life should not be confused to mean living well. These are two separate achievements ...

It is hard to imagine a company operating efficiently, with no external partners, still less employees around. Being an international giant that it is, Ford Motors has important stakeholders in external partners or suppliers, such as Bosh and TRW reported to provide the producer with critical components like brakes, seatbelts and airbags. There are elements vital to the safety of actual or would-be car owners, and the latter use this customer value as a benefit to compare it with the financial sacrifice the purchase implies. The reputation, employment conditions, and reasonable prices suppliers have to offer advantage the product ...

Management

1. Why It's Worth Divorcing Information Security From IT The article provides an informative view of the changing technological environment and the need for the adoption of viable security practices that remain independent of IT. In most organizations, information security has been recognized as a subset of IT, which for the last two decades developed into a viable union as the growth of the IT sector and consequent adoption of IT processes influenced the adoption of security measures geared towards maintaining information security within the organization. Increased technological advancements and the rise of cyber-attacks in organizations have highlighted the ...

Without a doubt, modern art master, Pablo Picasso stands as one of the greatest, and most-influential painter in the history of art. Even for those who are unfamiliar with art are likely to recognize a work by Picasso. Picasso is the greatest art master because he showed mastery of the elements of composition, spearheaded an art movement, and was highly-prolific during his career. Picasso was born on October 25, 1881 into a creative family, and showed artistic skills at an early age (The Art Story). In the early 1900s, Picasso began to experiment, and develop his own unique style, ...

The study of human beings and their ways of living has been an ongoing activity for many scholars for as long as the human race has been in existence. Different populations of human beings exhibit different social, economic and political ideals and the degree of variations depends on the regional distance one population is from another. Variations are notable in human elements such as culture orientations and cultural beliefs, the social activities embraced by these population groups, the major economic activities and occupations of members of these populations and the political ideologies subscribed upon by these population groups. One ...

Abstract

The conducted research is aimed at indicating the impact of the healthy food on life of individuals. In order to attain the relevant data with highest level of accuracy the resources written by well-known scientists were used. The up-to-date methods of analysis were applied for the purposes of the study. Basically the research is based on comparing the different visions concerning the thesis stated and evaluating the role of some ideas in making final conclusions. As the result of this study the influence of healthy food was defined. The strong interconnection between the consumed products and the quality of ...

Human Development is the concept of enhancing the experience of human existence in terms of several factors that affect the lives of humans. Different people have different interests, needs, strengths, weaknesses, and capabilities. Thus, human development is not just about creating multiple avenues for humans to develop their lives, but also to make these avenues for development very accessible to any human being. Human Development emphasizes that good economic status is very important but is simply a means to a much more important end—the wellbeing of humans. The goal of human development is to make every human being ...

The debate on whether to consider aging either as a natural and inevitable process or as a disease has been raging on for decades. Those who consider aging a natural process such as Callahan (1990) and Fukuyama (2002) argue that the quest to extend life does not necessarily imply a better life or is inconsistent with human nature (Caplan, 2005). Conversely, contemporary scientists are increasingly adopting the view that aging is a disease because it fits the biological definition of a disease and has a distinct cause and recognizable signs and symptoms (Bulterijis, Hull, Bjork, & Roy, 2015). The fact ...

There are probably very few people who have not heard the words from their wife or husband, “How much do you love me?” There are uncounted numbers of poems and song lyrics dedicated to the topic of the breadth and depth of undying passion. A constant stream of books such as “Men are from Mars; Women are from Venus” and “Passionate Marriage: Keeping Love and Intimacy Alive in Committed Relationships” tout philosophies for providing understanding and excitement for couples. Romantic love may lead to the life-long commitment of a monogamous relationship, but it is generally known that the first ...

Epigenetics is the process of studying cellular and physiological phenotypic characters within the field of genetics. The study falls within the subject of genetics and the phenotypic differences which are affected by the peripheral environmental matters. These factors are notorious for switching genes on and off and also affect the way in which genes are read by the cells. Therefore, Epigenetics is the study that seeks to establish the dynamics alterations in the transcriptional potential of the cell. The alternations in this case, may or may not be heritable, even though it is controversial to use the term epigenetics ...

Aging and Biogerontology

Technological changes during the past century have resulted in an improved life span for the average human being. At the same time, people in the wealthier, more industrialized areas of the world are having fewer babies . What this means, at least for the more affluent countries, is that the age gap between the young and the elderly is growing. It also means that we are seeing an increased number of elderly in our society. This change in demographics is going to have a psychological, sociological, and economic impact on the future. The combination of lower birth rates and increased ...

Problem Statement

What is the influence of healthy food on life of individuals bearing in mind its psychological and physiological impact? Background The quality of our life depends on many factors, but our health is the most crucial one. Without it the happy and long life of individual is hard to be achieved. One of all the most important factors having impact on the human body is the food we consume for physical and mental performance, health, lifespan. Nutrients in the metabolism process are transformed into structural elements of cells in our body, ensuring its vital activity. Eating unhealthy food leads ...

IMPRESSION ON THE LIVING OLD

The old in the society remain vulnerable all sorts of problems due to their physical incapacity for their old age. It is characteristically prudent for the government to provide proper care for the old aged people in the society and ensure that they receive proper medical care so that their lives can be longer (Malek-Ahmadi, 2015). Everybody wants to have longevity and as a result is always looking for the best services in their lives. These people experience a plethora of health challenges that continue to put their lives at enormous risk. Many suffer obesity-related complications as well as ...

Myths and Realities of Aging

When a person hits the age 60, they tend to have various reactions as to what they feel about reaching this point in their lives. Some would say they have a long fulfilling life and its time for them to retire, enjoying the free services meant for elderly. Others would slightly fear this time as they do not know what to do with their spare time and fear boredom consistently, but there are a few who are scared of this time of their lives because of the various myths surrounding aging which influences how they accept this period in ...

Aging is a natural process that is generally viewed as unidirectional, and inevitable. However, data from a wide range of living organisms related to aging process suggests that environmental influences can be slowed so as to halt the aging process. The video reflects on different aspects related to aging and if it is possible to die without aging or aging without death, or are both essential. Aging is a process while longevity can be measures and both can be differentiated. The video asks an essential questions if how long an organism lives is related to how it ages. It ...

Chinese New Year is an event that is well celebrated by Chinese all over the world. The celebration is the most significant traditional Chinese holidays and the longest festivity in the Chinese Lunar Calendar. Statistically, during Chinese New Year known as Spring Festival, the Chinese communities hold parties to bid farewell to the past year and they welcome the New Year. During the Chinese New Year of 2016, I have witnessed the celebration with my friends. Particularly, I have experienced the celebration before the New Year’s Day. The Chinese community with their families made everything ready for the ...

Every individual desires to live long; no one wants to die young and unaccomplished. World over, many in legends and reality have attempted to find pathways to immortality without much success. A look at the health products and cosmetics available in the market reveals that many are dedicated to promoting youthfulness. Such products are developed through scientific research, which takes time, money and other resources. Scientists should not invest in trying to make people live long life, but should instead focus on making people live healthy productive lives. Focus on health will improve longevity. There are numerous illnesses afflicting ...

The cathedral church of Saint John the Devine, the mother church of the Episcopal Diocese of the New York United States of America as well as the seat of its Bishop. St. John is the largest Cathedral in the world its construction began in 1892. Palace Museum summer palace is the largest and the most reserved royal park located in the Haidian District northwest of Beijing China. Its construction began in 1750 initially as a luxurious garden meant for royal families to rest and to get entertained. Summer Palace was renamed after it's constructed in the year 1888. Cathedral ...

Life needs nourishment and development to be fulfilling as we observe from our texts. The two female human beings that were born in darkness were so much longing to see the light and finally discover the meaningful purpose of their lives. We can also observe that with light comes life, without which life doesn’t have much purpose and meaning. The patience exhibited by these females in the text for waiting for the light also implies that for humanity to achieve happiness and realize the aim of life they have to be patient. Seeking happiness, long life and success ...

Type II Diabetes

Type II diabetes presents a serious social and health risk to the community and to the country as a whole. Type II diabetes— previously called adult-onset diabetes— plagues many individuals who are struggling with obesity and lifestyle problems associated with obesity. The evidence compiled in this research report demonstrates conclusively that Type II diabetes is a problem that must be addressed for the longevity and the overall health of the community as a whole. Without intervention, Type II diabetes and associated issues will continue to snowball and cause social, health, and even financial problems in the United States as ...

Introduction

The Ryukyuans are also known as the Lwechewan people. The Ryukyuans are the autochthones who are located in the Ryukyu Islands between the Taiwan and Kyushu Islands. The main subgroups of the Ryukyuans are the Okinawans, Amamians, Miyakoans, Yonagunians and Yaeyamans. The Ryukyuans mainly speak Japanese and dialects Japanese, a number of languages within the Japonic language families and some languages in the Ryukyuan language family. Because of the need to maintain the determined course of discussion, the discourse sticks to the Ryukyuans of Japan. Because of the need to limit this ethnography to the Ryukyuans of Japan, the ...

Abstract

This study analyzes the benefits and challenges of implementing an electronic medical system in both hospital and clinic environments. The overall research problem addressed in this study is determining how to effectively manage and communicate expectations associated with perceived benefits and challenges derived from a new install of an electronic medical record. The purpose of this study is to analyze perceptions associated with both the benefits and challenges derived from installing an electronic medical record system. This problem is relevant to many such as those who ...

Love may refer to the emotion that is associated with strong affection and attachment. It is the virtue that represents the human compassion, kindness and affection towards other human beings, animals or one’s self. In psychology, love is depicted as a social and a cognitive phenomenon. Robert Sternberg, who was a psychologist, came up with a triangular love theory arguing that love is made up of three different components. These components are commitment, intimacy, as well as passion.

The component of intimacy occurs when two individuals share confidences and other personal details of their lives. This is usually shown in romantic love ...

Popular culture has been described differently by different scholars according to different periods. Generally, popular culture refers to the vernacular or the culture of a given community, which is predominant in the society during a given period. Others consider popular culture as the entirety of attitudes, ideas, memes, perspectives, phenomena, and perspectives, which are informally accepted within the general culture. In the past, popular culture majorly comprised of books, music, fashion, and other daily ephemera, which a community within the society identifies itself. However, due to technological advancements and globalization, popular culture today includes mass media, celebrities, the internet, and a host of ...

Part I Organizational Structure

The structure of the organization is a plan layout of how responsibilities, activities and duties of the organization are to be carried out. Hence, the structure of the organization defines how certain aspects of the operation of the firm are organized towards the achievement of the goals and objectives of the institution (Pugh, 1990, p. 64).The organizational structure usually details the roles that each part of the organization is mandated with which includes individual responsibilities (Russell, 1992, p. 640). The Island Urgent Care (IUC) organizational Structure is a lean structure with a hierarchy that is headed by the founder Robert Ruggeiri, ...

Mutations are unavoidable in human reproduction. In human development, only a few mutations are beneficial. Mutation is determined by the conditions in which a given human is living. In most instances, mutations are believed to improve human survival rates. Environment plays a major role in the elimination of deleterious mutations in the human sphere. The next mutation in human may be an aquatic man or the ‘superion.' The 'aquatic' man will replace the normal man and will be specifically designed to live in the waters. The main difference between the 'aquatic' man and normal human being is that ...

The choices involved with organ transplants are never easy. There are more patients in need of new organs than the number of available organs, which means that doctors and transplant committees have to make decisions that are not palatable to many of us. They have to evaluate the possible quality of life of patients after they receive the transplants, and factors like longevity are a concern, but so are less quantitative ones, like their ability to contribute to society. Also, factors that are less specific to the patient can come into play, such as the ability of family members or ...

In spite of the significant advancement in science and technology, the science behind lifespan is still a mystery. The theories that explain the process of aging and life span, are broadly divided into programmed and error theories (Jin, 2010). Though none of these theories are completely satisfactory, they do help to enhance one’s understanding in the area. According to the programmed longevity theory, aging follows a biological timetable, which is innate and heritable. The theory was first suggested by August Weismann. He theorized that; there is an actual limit to the extent of somatic cell division in a species, and this is ...

Executive Summary

The present report delves into implications that individual freedom and organizational control will have to the future organization. The first part of the report explains the changes that are taking place in the world of business and how the use of traditional organizational control strategies by some contemporary organizations limit individual freedom. The succeeding part explains what individual freedom at work entails. The third section describes the topic of organizational control and the control strategies that are used in organizations including concertive control, bureaucratic control, cultural control, technical control, and simple control. The concertive control and cultural control promote ...

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Introduction

Technological advances have taken the forefront in all aspects of the human life. The technological advances are not limited to any one particular field but apply to many different fields like Communications, Energy, and Emergency services, Food, Agriculture, Financial Services, Healthcare and Information Technology. There have been innovations and applications of emerging technologies in all of the sectors. Healthcare domain has been an advent of many cutting-edge technologies. Application of Information Technology and high-end consumer services into the Healthcare domain has seen a surge in the ...

Introduction

Food and drink habits in a given society are important aspects of cultural identity. Different foods and drinks are consumed in a different civilization and different historic times. The differences in the feeding habits amongst various civilizations are affected by a variety of factors such as geographical placing that determines which foods can be produced in certain places. Travel and trade also influence the food and drink varieties available to the community. Trading expeditions may introduce new foods and drinks, but also with their interaction with the cultures they trade with, different feeding and drinking routines. Despite the cultural uniformity of these ...

INNOVATION AND TECNOLOY MANAEMENT

Innovation and Technology Management Answer 1 Music affects our daily life in a substantial manner and it has been affecting it since time immemorial. The music has been emerged as an industry that involves billions of dollars. There are several beneficiaries to the music industry and it has been witnessing several changes in terms of technology, innovation and benefits. This paper intends to discuss the innovation in the music industry and further discusses several other related aspects of the subject matter (Schilling, 2008). People love music, but collecting, storing and sharing the music was not always an ...

A Literature Review of Existing Studies

Comparing and Contrasting Urban and Rural Life: A Literature Review of Existing Studies Within the United States, there are many pockets of rural and urban environments. Although urban living tends to garner the most positive and negative attention, plenty of parts of the United States are less inhabited and more rural. For as long as civilization has existed, the debate over whether urban living or rural life is better has taken place. While these arguments have been strongly rooted in anecdotal evidence and personal opinion, in recent years researchers have started to study the effects of urban versus ...

Gerontology

Introduction: In the field of gerontology, there is no other issue which is as contentious as the question of how long humans can live. One school maintains that human life can be extended for any number of years. While the opposing school says that there is for sure an age limit beyond which human life cannot be extended.

Body:

Aging is labeled as the accumulation of diverse harmful changes occurring in cells and tissues with advancement of age that are responsible for the increased risk of disease and death. (Harman 2003). Opposed to humans, most animals living in natural ...

Question 2

During the last decade of the 20th century, the global production of ADHD medications increased by more than 900% and most of the increased production was consumed in the United States. Figure 1 below summarizes the trend. In concert with this trend, the incidence of ADHD among US children rose by more than 40% between 2003 and 2011. At the later date as many as 20% of teenage boys were diagnosed with the disorder. How can these remarkable and rapid changes be explained and why is the US the epicenter of this ne epidemic of childhood disorder. In addressing ...

- “Stopping Outshopping” provides a good practice model for healthcare executives, by exploring the Scarlet Hospital case. Activating as an insulated business, Scarlet Hospital never stood back in terms of providing qualitative and modern services, although it enjoyed the favorable condition of not having relevant competitors, which could have allowed the company not to strive for quality. Not being complacent is the key of longevity for Scarlet Hospital and Barr (2010) acknowledges that businesses need to change, to permanently adapt on the changing customer needs and market trends in order to remain relevant. This is the lesson that Scarlet Hospital ...

Comparing and Contrasting the Benefits of City Living and Rural Living

The United States is divided into a mix of rural and metropolitan areas. Each style of living has reported benefits and drawbacks, therefore, the question of which lifestyle is more beneficial still exists. The benefits and disadvantages of metropolitan and rural living will be measured on the variables of longevity, reported personal happiness and economic benefits for both groups. Longevity, or how long the average person lives, fluctuates between those in rural and urban environments. Sub-factors related to longevity include exposure to pollution, access to health care, physical activity level and diet. Rural areas have lower levels of pollution, but ...

There is a remarkable change regarding the extent of art in history. In the past, art paid attention to the natural art and beauty solely. However, the majority of art has continued to flow on different directions and has crossed different oceans. Many years ago, arts that depict the environment has captured interest and it has developed as an imperative center of contemporary investigation of arts. Together with environmental principles, art has turned to be an element of the wider variety of environmental investigation as well as environmental activities and endeavors. This development has sustained, understanding environment in ...

Located outside Target store location

The observation is a study of altruistic behavior of adults toward strangers. One goal in the study is to determine if the presence of an audience motivates a person to be charitable. Hudson and Bruckman (2004) theorized an individual of a particular personality will respond more to the opportunity to participate in a charitable contribution if others are aware of the donation. This may be evidenced in a donation when the plate is passed n church when a person feels others are watching. Some religious organizations include an envelope to conceal the amount of the donation. In this way, the individual is acknowledged as donating ...

Mass media is an aspect that has been used by many used towards the development of business. Mass media is very influential towards the development of a business enterprise as it earns a company a wide market. The media is very essential especially when it comes to notifying the customers. Therefore, mass media plays an important role in advertising products of various companies. A good advertisement is should be appealing to the customers when choosing the products to purchase. Advertisement through mass media enables the company to enjoy a global market and thus able it to make a lot of profits (Biagi, 2014). These ...

Tupac Amaru Shakur’s song Changes was released in 1998 two years later after he was killed. The song was written and sang by Tupac commonly known by many as 2Pac and Machiavelli. He was a young artist who sang many songs that had good messages to pass to the society. Tupac is still celebrated by many people worldwide and was proclaimed the king of rap. Currently, Tupac is stilled celebrated and appreciated by many though he was gunned down in 1996. The song Changes earned Tupac a lot of respected from the kind of message it had. For instance, the ...

Zhuangzi’s Way in the Past and Today

Introduction Zhuangzi, also known as Master Zhuang, is one of the famous and earliest thinkers, who have made significant contributions to a philosophy, which has been named as Daojia. Zhauangzi is considered as contemporary of Mencius, who is a Confucian thinker, but there was a lack of communication between them. He is considered as great literary philosopher, and his name is included among the best philosophers China has produced so far. The style of Zhuangzi is poetic, humorous, mythical, indirect, and narrative. He has critically analyzed the usual evaluations and the generalization, considered different forms of understanding in different cultures, individuals, ...

Introduction

The process of aging has always intrigued people. The conundrum related to the reasons for aging, the timing for aging, the aging marker, and whether or not there is a limit for people to grow old has created a mystery that has been dwelt upon by the mankind for hundreds of years. Despite the advancement made in the study of genetics and molecular biology, the mysteries surrounding the aging body are yet to be unfolded. There are several theories of aging, which try to explain why the body organs, skin and sensory capabilities degrade with age. However, all theories have some ...

- Introduction This research paper focuses on emerging technologies that promote sustainable computing systems. According to Bhattacharya, Govindan & Sankar (2013), sustainable computing encompasses the design, manufacture, use and disposal of computers and its subsystems (monitors, networking devices, printers, communication devices and storage devices) efficiently without interfering with the environment. Contemporary computing systems such as HPC (High Performance Computing Clusters) and Data centers face the challenge of high cooling and power costs. Gupta, Mukherjee & Banerjee (2011) state that the high consumption of power is a concern because it impacts on the cost, environment, reliability and scalability of the computing systems. ...

Question 1

Hominid refers to humans and their closer relatives that existed. The hominid evolution relates mostly to origin of and evolution of human beings. Evolution takes a lengthy process that led to the origin of human from their apelike ancestors. The scientific evidence portrays behavioral traits that indicate the origin of human beings from the apelike ancestors evolving over a long duration of time. Among the major behavioral traits relate to the bipedal nature that human beings developed over a long duration of time approximated as four million years. Grouping of the known hominine, therefore, falls under the same class. Scientists and ...

Introduction

The word segregation is commonly used to describe the obligatory separation of certain ethnic group based on the racial prejudice. The racial segregation in America was viewed as a discriminatory practice that oppressed the African American. This is because it was associated with the consequences such as perpetual urban poverty, lack of affordable houses, and economic oppression of the minority community. Although this led to the Civil Right Movement in the history of America, the segregation practice prevails in the present lives and is mainly affecting the American minority groups. For instance, from the education perspective, the African-American student experiences ...

- What is meant by traditional pension? Since pension is defined as a fixed sum of money given to an ex-employee, usually after their retirement from service, a traditional pension plan can then be described as a retirement plan in which the employer does all the work, including the calculation and collation of the money and deciding where and how the money is invested. This type of pension plan promises an employee a certain payout once they retire, based on their salary, and the number of years they worked for.

The rapid development of the traditional pension plan was as a result of ...

Sustainability Issues for Textiles

The textile sustainability issues borders the manufacture of fabric from manufactured and natural fibers. As usual, this involves processes such as blending, dyeing, weaving, knitting or stripping. In a broader context, sustainability in the textile industry focuses on social issues such as working conditions, workers safety and health. However, the environmental aspects in the production process as core elements of sustainability deserve urgent attention. The main environmental issues regarding textile sustainability comprises of chemical use, water use, pollution, and energy use. In essence, materials such as wool have strong resilience and utility, thus makes them friendly to the environment as opposed ...

Nineteen seventy-one Starbucks opened in Seattle’s popular Pike Place Market. Joining the company in 1982, Howard Schultz proved the driving force behind the rapid success of the company by creating a retail coffee-bar culture. By 1985, Schultz’s confidence in his European inspired idea presented Starbuck’s first café latté in the new downtown location as well as introducing its Christmas Blend. This set the momentum resulting today in the organization operating close to 17,000 stores across 55 countries around the world and remains “the third largest chain restaurant in the Unites States” (Farrell, Fraedrich, and Ferrell 319). ...

Social Security and Social Insurance Research of Chile

This study is dedicated to overview of the social security and social insurance system of Chile. This country performed transition to personal accounts system and social security privatization over 30 years ago. Many researches consider this reform as a big success, because it made the country economy stronger, financial system healthier and provided more protection to the taxpayers. But there’re also some serious issues in the social security system. - Social Security Expenditures: A historical perspective and a graph for it. Chile was one of the pioneer countries in the Western hemisphere that introduced state social security coverage. ...

Patient access

Scheduling / pre-registration; This step allows for collection of client’s data and admission to the correct department. Insurance verification/authorization; This step allows the hospital staff gauge the client’s ability to pay for the medical services they are seeking Time of service registration; This step evaluates the time and type of service a client is seeking; these factors play a role in determining the cost of medical care. POS collection: Point of service collections feature allows for the identification and billing of all billable services even at their point of care, but in a clinically ...

Management

Organizational structures - Is the formal setup and control of employee activities and their relationship with their employers. - Coordinates the employee’s activities in motivation, reward, and punishment. - Shapes the behaviors of employees in the workplace therefore shaping the culture of an organization. - The process of organizational design can also be used to change and manage the structure.

Organizational design and change

- Organizational design and change are managed by structure and culture. - It also manages the longevity and relevance of a company. - Balance is vital in organizational design and change

Organizational culture

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In the United States alone, thousands of people each year die waiting for organ transplants. According to the State Department of Health and Human Services there are over 70,000 people waiting for vital organs such as kidneys, hearts, lungs, and pancreases. Each year the waiting lists increases by almost twenty percent each year, as the number of organ donors increases only at minimal ten percent at the same time. This illustrates not only nationally but globally that there is a dire need for more organ donors. Organ transplantation can be good out of tragedy, so that more people should ...

Abstract

The project deals with the problem of sexuality among elderly people, its physical and emotional health benefits. The opening paragraph gives insight into the main problem. Following are the main considerations on the problem and the examples of elderly people’ ability to maintain sexual life. Emotional and physical health benefits of sexual activity in older age are the focal point of the research based on the opinions of leading physicians, philosophy doctors, journalists, and medicine doctors. Keywords: elderly, sex, intercourse, relations, intimacy, age, health, benefits Depending on religious affiliation and nationally acceptable cultural, moral and ethical codes, ...

Introduction

Feng Shui is the Westernized term for the word ‘Fung Soy’, which is the correct pronunciation in Cantonese (Si, 2011). In other Chinese dialects the pronunciation of feng shui is quite different as it was originally, ‘Fung Shway’ (Levitt, 2000 p.1). Although there are varied pronunciations for feng shui, the characters remain the same in all dialects. Feng Shui means ‘wind’ and ‘water’ (Levitt, 2000 p.1; Feng, 2014). The field of feng shui was considered the ancient art and science of locating a sacred place on earth (Levitt, 2000 p.1). Originally, feng shui was used by the Chinese emperors in ...

Olivier De Weck, Christopher Magee, and Daniel Roos, (2012), the authors of Engineering Systems: Meeting Human Needs in a Complex Technological World, write about systems engineering and its relevance to mankind in the complex contemporary technological world. There are eight chapters in all, and the authors cover topics such as “what is an engineering system, rethinking systems engineering and design, engineering systems research and education, what the future holds for engineering systems and so on. The book looks at everything that technology does in our lives today, and why it is important to keep abreast of latest developments in technology ...

The health status within Japan after the WW II was poor. Nonetheless, in less than thirty-five years the Japan’s life expectancy ranked the highest within the globe. Continuing health gains in Japan are associated with policies developed after the end of the WW II by the AOF (Allied occupation force) which formed a democratic government. The Principles of Confucian, which existed within Japan before the occupation were preempted in the war, and were re-instituted after the war, promoting subsequent health improvements. The current good health situation in Japan is not resulting from the health care system of the country ...

INTRODUCTION

Nowadays social and economic development is characterized by the increasing role of the human factor. Today, human capital role takes on a new meaning. In business, it is the main criterion for evaluating the effectiveness of any company in achieving competitive advantage and ensuring qualitative parameters of economic growth, defined as the set of natural innate abilities, talents, creativity, moral, and psychological health; accumulated and improved as a result of investment knowledge and professional experience necessary for purposeful activity in certain sphere of social reproduction, bringing in the income to the owner. Moreover, analyzing human capital it is necessary to pay ...

Analysis of the Organizational Behavior of Cox Enterprises, Inc.

Analysis of the Organizational Behavior of Cox Enterprises, Inc.

Introduction

Cox Enterprises, Inc. remains a family-owned four-division business for nearly 120 years. In the 21st century, Cox is a facilities-based provider of video, voice, and data solutions for its commercial customers while exhibiting strong ethical organizational behavior. Cox Media is a full-service provider of national and local cable spot and new media advertising. Cox's global locations include locations in the United States, Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and the United Kingdom (Bloomberg, 2013). This academic exploration of this successful ...