Essays on Macleod

The word theology can be traced back to an amalgamation of two separate Greek words: θεος (god) and λογος (word). At its most basic, theology is exactly what the name implies: it allows people to have a word about God. More broadly, the study of theology is intended to bring religious leaders to the point in their education where they can easily discourse on the various subjects of religion, with recourse to the thoughts and works of religious leaders who came before them, much like any other serious academic subject. While theology is in itself a field of study that can ...

Introduction

Research Problem The prevalence of social anxiety disorder (SAD) is considered as the most common disorder among the individuals regardless of their age and gender. The individuals with social anxiety are more prone to identifying the social threat at a higher extent and are sensitive to social situations. The high extent of social anxiety can lead towards the more complicated psychological conditions, mainly comprising of suicidal behavior, mood disorders and substance addiction, which eventually affects their academic and professional performance. The individuals with social anxiety tend to have highly dysfunctional personal relationships which also affect their quality of life ( ...

In everyday life, an average human being interacts with so many experiences, some of which significantly influence our response. In a college party for instance, several people are having conversations and loud music is playing: and yet each groups of people conversing can still make out what the other person is saying despite the noise. In morning traffic, it is typical to see a corporate employee communicating through a hands free device, taking coffee and driving at the same time. In college rooms, it is typical to find one student reading while the other plays music. How is all ...

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In this paper, we have studied the different types of information perception, such as color identification and reading speed. The research question is: “Is reading harder than identifying colors?” In order to investigate this problem, a quantitative study of the different levels of interference of reading or color identification in the Stroop test was conducted. Research has demonstrated that when forced to perform an automated task, such as read the word ‘green’, it is more difficult when the word is printed in an alternative color, such as red, than when it is the same color as the word with ...

Ronald Caplan is a writer, a publisher, a man of folk-history and most importantly, he is a member of the Order of Canada (Pryke, 172). He is a great man who is passionate about Cape Breton. The Order of Canada is a national order of Canada and is the second highest order of merit in the system of orders, medals and decorations. Membership to this national order is considered a personal gift of Canada’s monarch. The work of Ronald Caplan was highly recognized, and he was honored by getting a chance to join the Order of Canada. He ...

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CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION The concept of social marketing has been a significant force driving the market, particular in such 21th century that is market by the developed technology. As part of its characteristic, social marketing is based on the relevant connection that is established among the targeted group in the market (Gates, Copeland, Stevenson, & Dillon, 2007, p.143). Indeed, selling of behaviors, ideas, and attitudes is currently considered as the key principles of social marketing perspective. Social forces can generally be clarified into three forms: Obedience, Compliance and Conformity in which social norm factor is the key drivers for young ...

The institutional operations continue to be sophisticated and bound in complex ways that are a bit difficult to understand. In many corporate societies, the idea of collaboration among employees has been spearheaded by the management as a way to consolidate the support and unite the employees within the organization. Several companies have applied the concept of employee engagement as a tool to understand quickly the nature of employee activities and get the best of them regarding service delivery to the company. It is appalling that for many years employers did not regard the concept of employee engagement as a ...

Importance of Information Management in the Banking Industry

All businesses need to manage effectively their information and utilize it as a strategy through which they realize their set objectives. Apparently, the concept of information management (IM) has not been adequately achieved in most business organizations an aspect that has denied most managers of a chance to efficiently maximize their expected values to stakeholders. Hence, the need for an efficient management of information in the banking industry is to have excellent services, experience increased profits and finally, to embrace social responsibility as required by corporate governance regulations (MacLeod, 2015). The banking industry as previously discussed is an organization ...

Introduction

There can be no denial of the fact that globalization has come to become the most influential phenomenon in the modern day world. Globalization has come to influence many aspects of human life and existence. In a world that is greatly diversified, globalization has emerged as the omnipotent and omniscient force that has come to exercise its influence on societies, cultures, identities and communication. A close introspection of the intertwined relationship of culture, communication and globalization would enable one to have a better comprehension of the occurrence and the dynamics of the various spheres. There can be an extensive ...

Thesis

This paper is on the Interactive and Digital marketing strategies of Tesco and Amazon.com. The first section of this paper will analyze the websites of Tesco and Amazon.com on the basis of information availability, navigation, surprising facts and information and flaws of the site. The second section of this paper will analyze the difference between retailers that have websites and brick-and-mortar stores (TESCO) and retailers that have sold directly through the website (Amzon.com) and if Tesco encourages their customers to visit their physical shop or remain online shoppers. The third section discusses how both these stores communicate ...

Introducing

Human resources are an important aspect of every organization. They are the key founders who play the role of the mentors, trainer and development for the organization. The human resources lay the foundation for the respective businesses as well maintain eh respective business related performance. (Altman 2006: 769) The human resources should maintain the respective business aspects that shall consider about the appointments, developments and the training of the employees in the organization. The human resources maintain the respective business development aspect and manage the resources of the organization.

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A significant amount of research has examined the potential that a connection exists between gender and religious belief. Trzebiatowska and Bruce (2012) implemented an extensive qualitative analysis that considered why women are more religious than me are. Francis and Wilcox (1996) conducted a quantitative analysis that indicated women in the United Kingdom more frequently embraced religion than me did. Loewenthal, MacLeod, and Cinnirella (2002) found that women were more religious than men only in relation to certain cultures. Other studies have linked religion to gender values. Among a test of American and Canadian students, Brinkerhoff and MacKie (1985) found that the more ...

Analysis of McDonalds Ads

Introduction McDonalds is witnessing a decline in sales all over the world. In the wake of the recent awareness among people of the side effects of eating junk foods, many health conscious people have started avoiding fast food items. For the last five years, McDonalds has launched a new marketing and advertisement campaign to reestablish the brand in the minds of the customers and also position itself as a food and restaurant chain that not only sells fast foods but also healthy foods. This paper will analyze two recent advertisement images of McDonalds and suggest possible improvements to bolster the advertisement ...

TALENT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY FOR GREATSTONE

Introduction: People are the first, and most important source of competitive advantage of any organization and construction industry does not have an exception. GreatStone is a building material company that is closely associated with the construction industry. Currently, the construction industry is facing enormous challenges and dealing with these challenges is not possible without a talented workforce. Therefore, talent development strategy for GreatStone’s talent management is pivotal. The need of this strategy becomes more obvious when organization have to face dynamic, changing, and complex environment. GreatStone has to face these situations because of unique projects, changing teams, fragmented processes, ...

Introduction

Evidence base practice is crucial in the health care of the patient. In fact, establishing the quality of care depend totality on evidence. To insure the important of evidence in practice, many studies have been done over the years. The research done in these studies gave the world a view about the importance of evidence based practice. Globally, it should be used as a standard in care given to patients. From this point, each nurse should be aware of how to link between traditionally practiced medicine and evidence based medicine. Evidence base practice (EBP) has been established since the 1900s. ...

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James describes utopia as an imagined place or state of affairs where all things are perfect and ideal. It is the product of imagination by a writer where the place is painted to be better than our present world (James 219). James argues that the recent science fiction has been very critical of utopian literature. For instance, the author argues that science fiction writers object the feeling in the utopian literature that the utopian writers aim for a society that is largely static. Science fiction argues that the utopian literature denies adventure, the taking of risks and the expansion of both ...

Technology

2014 Essay Latest developments in Information and communication technology paved an adventures life to the present generations. It created a brand new another world, made the fantasies happen and let the people feel or does what they wanted to. Of course, these words fit to the concept of virtual reality, an immediate exiting second world just a push of a button away. Specifically speaking, I am concerning to games here. Games play an important part in digital life of the people and since digitization is everywhere so are the games. It is gift of technology to its users. But who ...

Arcangelo Corelli

Arcangelo Corelli is one of the greatest violinists. He is considered to be the founder of modern violin technique. Corelli was one of the key figures of Italian music in XVII-XVIII centuries. Corelli’s works, without exaggeration, can be called masterpieces of Italian classical music. His compositions are embodied rigor, modesty and simplicity. But, at the same time, they are written with the perfect taste, in his exquisite manner. His style is clear and unique. You won’t hear such unnecessary details in Corelli’s compositions like external effects, random notes – each sound has own place. And, at ...

Introduction

In response to whether, there exist too much liberalism in US journalism or not. This paper will provide an overview of what the main research that is yet to be undertaken will cover. Essentially, this outline will include a brief overview of the research scope, background considerations, the thesis statement of the research, the main points that the research paper will deal with and finally the conclusions that the research paper is perceived to make.

Liberal bias entails many issues, though most of the issues in this case are politically oriented; some of the issues are consistent with a personal opinion ...

Introduction

The paper focuses on Hire Purchase (HP) activity and its relationship to the legal environment. Understanding how business law operates proves essential for understanding the whole concept and guidelines within HP agreements. Commercial activities thrive in environments guided by legislation to enhance smooth performance, as well as maintenance of contracts by the parties involved in the business transactions (MacIntyre 65). Business law primary concern relates to the creation of new companies as well as dealing with the issues arising from the existing enterprises in the process of interacting with other business organizations, the public, and the government. The area ...

California Lutheran University

Rayan Azhari Chapter I

Introduction

Succession planning is the process of identifying, recruiting, and training employees of an organization in order to equip them with skills necessary for enabling them to take up future top management positions. It entails training and evaluation processes to ensure that the respective employees are capable of effectively and efficiently handling all the management and leadership issues, they may face in the course of duty. Succession planning is an important part of everyday organization activities and, as a result, all organizations whether small; medium sized or even large must prepare for future succession possibilities. ...

The presence of archaeological sites has been a dream and admiration of myriad nations. A notable fact is that there is an explicit correlation between a country’s past and its present state. The past and the present invariably explain the socio-political journey that a country has travelled. Archaeological sites present a fresh memory on a county’s social and political history. Importantly, the government of various countries has been keen to attach value on the monumental sites, thereby, enabling the sites to be a national heritage. Similarly, the mentioned sites have been noted to attract tourist from the global world just to have a glimpse ...

The discovery of DNA as the genetic material was one of the landmark events in the field of biology. By confirming DNA as the genetic material scientists made a huge leap that has advanced the cause of medical science to a great degree. While discussing the discovery of DNA as the genetic material, we mostly speak of Friedrich Miescher (1871), the man who discovered DNA. After the discovery of DNA a significant number of studies were conducted that proved DNA as the genetic material. Then Griffith, (1928) conducted studies on bacterial transformation and indicated that genetic information can be transferred from one ...

Executive Summary

HWNS is a service provider for members of the physically challenged community with disabilities. The HWNS facilities are located in ACT, Queensland and NSW. These facilities supply a diverse scope of services and supports to a population of three thousand physically challenged people who possess disabilities. . One years and three months ago, in July 2013, the National Disability Insurance System initiated pilot programs and continued expansion with the pilot program until July 2014. The comprehensive implementation of the plan will not be in effect for another four years. This initiative is a primary social reform that is intended to be one of the ...

Chapter I

Introduction Succession planning is the process of identifying, recruiting, and training employees of an organization in order to equip them with skills necessary for enabling them to take up future top management positions. It entails training and evaluation processes to ensure that the respective employees are capable of effectively and efficiently handling all the management and leadership issues, they may face in the course of duty. Succession planning is an important part of everyday organization activities and, as a result, all organizations whether small; medium sized or even large must prepare for future succession possibilities. Effective succession planning ...

Obstacles of Spanish Monarchs during Colonization

The current state of Spain was established by the unification of separate and distinct kingdoms that prospered in the Iberian Peninsula during the 15th century. It emerged through the marriage of Queen Isabelle from the Castile Kingdom and King Ferdinand from Aragon. They initiated the development of the Catholic Monarch and the unification of various territories from the Iberian Peninsula although they separate their institutional identities such as political, social and economic powers. During their expansion and colonization, the Crown of Spain has been one of the most powerful and influential government in the Early Europe. However, it becomes ...

Introduction

The food imports from China are significantly growing in the US. Between 2001 and 2008, the quantity of food imports from China has tripled in the US making China the third largest source of food imports in the country. USA spends billions of dollars every year in importing foods from China. Apart from importing some select vegetables, fish and seafood for humans, USA also imports dog treats from China. Statistics show that in last ten years, especially between the periods of 2003-2011, the volume of pet food imported from China to USA has increased by 85% (Huehnergarth, 2014). In ...

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Indigenous people (the Cree) vs. British settlers: How does the confrontation between Mrs. Andersen and Crow Eagle dramatize the differing values and the racist attitudes that created conflicts between two cultures? The confrontation between Mrs. Anderson and Crow Eagle served to show just how different the Canadians and the Indians are. It also showed a question of what it really means for a person to be civilized. In the play, Mrs. Anderson reported Crow Eagle for stealing her ‘bath tub’. Her point was that stealing ...

Overview

Public agencies have until recently not been engaging in succession planning. Succession planning is the process by which an organization plans for and replaces outgoing managers, executives and selected chief employees. Such employees initially held vital positions affecting the success of the organization, and preparing for succession is critical to the success of an organization in its present and future plans. The process of succession planning includes carrying out preparations of how the organization will select and recruit successors, the most effective way to handle changes between executives and how to build upon its successors (Todnem & Macleod, 2009). ...

Using Contemporary Policy Examples, Explain What the 'Three Faces of Power' Teach Us about Agenda Setting

Introduction Public policies reflect, on the surface, governmental decision making processes. At a closer look, however, contemporary policies are the result of direct and indirect pressures upon the public or upon political decision-making factors. Steven Luke’s “three faces of power” model includes the decision-making power, the agenda setting and the preference shaping power, explaining three strategies of modeling public opinion by exerting specific aspects of power (Sundstram, 2011). Agenda setting, also named the non-decision-making power of the three faces of power model is a sinuous strategy that various groups can use for placing their problems or their issue as ...

[Author’s Name] [Insititutional Affiliation] A stroke is a cerebrovascular event resulting in rapid functional cell death in local tissue. Strokes, also known as cerebrovascular accidents (CVA) are a major cause of disability globally (Doyle, Simon, & Stenzel-Poore, 2008) and occur due to a disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. This disturbance in cerebral blood flow commonly results in a period of ischemia, an interruption to the delivery of oxygen to the brain tissue. Focal ischemia due to occlusion of brain artery is the cause of more than 80 % of all strokes (Flynn, MacWalter, & Doney, 2008). The other major cause ...

Invertebrates are animal genus that lack or do not build up a spinal column. They account for the largest percent of all the living species. The first animals to have evolved were invertebrates. Data from fossils collection shows that invertebrates were there 600 million years ago. Some paleontologists propose that invertebrate animals emerged much earlier probably one billion years ago. Trace fossils such as burrows and tracks established in the Tonian age signify the presence of triploblastic worms approximately as large and complex as earthworms. Animals began diversifying at around 453 MYA, and many of the essential groups of invertebrates ...

Introduction

For more than 150 million years, dinosaurs roamed across the earth. However, most dinosaurs became extinct suddenly within a short time. The last of the dinosaurs are estimated to have died about 65 million years ago. The cause of their extinction continues to be a mystery, with a number of factors such as diseases, climate change, geologic events and changing plant communities being thought to have played a part in the demise of dinosaurs. Of late, theories of dinosaur extinction have been the subject of much controversy and debate. The explanation that seems to have the support of many scientists spells out that ...

Influence can be compared to a liquid that flows in and out of all human beings. The character that flows within you really affects your senses directly and what flow outside has influences others and the environment. Each contact, friendship, and relationship can carry with positive or negative elements. There are some instances that when you are engaged in a conversation, you are left with a feeling of encouragement from someone you conversed with. The feeling after a conversation can also be a negative result such as the feeling of fear and full of negative ideas influenced by whom you had a conversation. The discussion ...

Criminal Law

Abstract This paper will provide the guideline or procedure for two undercover detectives to their first Ruckus Society training camp on the do’s and don’ts during criminal investigation based on the permissible limits provided by law. The paper will discuss the constraints, legal and ethical ramifications of undercover police task while infiltrating the Ruckus Society training camps. The criteria had been established beforehand to serve as the policy for the two undercover officers with regard to intervention and preventing the commission of crimes to which they have personal knowledge. At the same time, there will be ...

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The K–Pg mass extinction took place at the end of Cretaceous Era and the onset of the Paleogene System. At the end of the Cretaceous, just before the K–Pg event, between 40% and 75% of marine life forms and terrestrial species disappear from fossilized records. Included in K-Pg mass extinction were well-known groups as flightless dinosaurs, related reptile species and many species of marine plankton.

Introduction

The K-Pg (Cretaceous–Paleogene) mass extinction, also termed as the K-T (Cretaceous–Tertiary) extinction, is documented as a mass extinction of nearly three-quarters of fauna and flora on Earth, which includes all non-avian ...

Management: Process Evaluation

- The link between the performance of an organization and its effective management of the human resource cannot be underestimated. Different research works and studies including those done by Hawthorne have attempted to chart a logical connection between the two significant variables. Information on the performance of an organization is usually obtained from the Human Resource Managers (Cascio & Boudreau, 2011). The human resource has many advantages in management. The competitive advantage of an organization is penned on the proper, efficient and effective handling of the people working. The human resource advantage is a combination of the policies, processes and practices that ...

Book Review – “Monster of Florence: A True Story”

Book Review – “Monster of Florence: A True Story”

Introduction

Review of the book, "The Monster of Florence: A True Story by Douglas Preston with Mario Spezi published in its first edition 2008 shows the publisher as New York: Grand Central Publishing. The author presents the story over 36 chapters divided in two parts – the first about the background of the decades- long mystery and the second focusing on the current investigation. This review includes comments about the author, a summary, and discussion about the material presented. According to MacLeod-Johnson (2013) the author of “Monster of Florence: A True Story” Douglas ...

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The body has two main systems that are involved in the maintenance and reestablishment of homeostasis, nervous system and endocrine system. The endocrine system is made up of groups of organs that are involved in the production of chemical messengers known as hormones. Some of the major endocrine glands that are found in a human body include the hypothalamus, pituitary, thyroid, pancreas, pineal, gonad, adrenal, and pancreas glands. Although biological observations that are grounded in the functions of endocrine systems were noted by some of the ancient cultures, the modern understanding of various endocrine glands and the way they produce ...

Operations Management for Garden Gallery

Introduction Working for Garden Gallery (a commercial shopping centre) for three years as a Strategic Communications Expert has allowed me the opportunity to interact with all the departments in the organization and to observe the mechanisms and the processes involved in the operations management system. Likewise, while developing the internal communication flux within departments of the organization or for various processes, I had the opportunity to observe and evaluate in – depth the operations performance measurement system used in the organization. Based on my evaluation I have identified that the operations performance measurement system (meant to generate operations performance improvement) currently ...

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Attentional control has been a constant source of interest for psychologists in order to determine the relation between this phenomenon and attantional bias. The significance in determining the threat sources that can lead to attentional bias resides in the fact that attentional bias is considered to be the cause of anxiety. Based on Derryberry & Reed’s study, “Anxiety-Related Attentional Biases and Their Regulation by Attentional Control”, this paper presents a thesis proposal that will aim to illustrate how attentional control contributes to anticipating the potential stress factors that might be responsible for the development of anxiety. Primarily the discussion should ...

Actually, some of the verses of Isaiah have been mentioned to be one of the difficult Messianic prophecies. As a matter of fact, it is one of the most studied texts and chapters in the biblical scholarship. Isaiah is in one way or another the present the context of the Messianic hope, especially when it is interpreted in the conical context. In the biblical context, there are occasions whereby people had lost hope due to the occurrence. Isaiah has a dimension of fulfillment of hope in various ways. The prophecy of Isaiah is addressed to the house of David and Ahaz ...

There are three types of research paradigms. These include positivism, interpretivism, and mixed paradigm which is a combination of quantitative and qualitative research methods. In recent years, these methodological paradigms have been a source of controversy. Scholars have taken the peace, war, and coalition positions to determine which of these paradigms is most effective. This paper takes the position that the coalition position is the current position that describes that currently describes the field of research methodology today. First of all, different researchers have advocated for different methodological paradigms both education and the social sciences. Critics have argued that many ...

Hodkinson and Macleod argue that there are three important methods of research learning. These two authors divide research learning into four categories. These categories include the use of life history, the conduction of panel surveys, cross-sectional surveys, and the use of the mini-ethnography method. Both Hodkinson and Macleod agree that the learning processes involved in these research methodologies are different. For instance, history requires the theoretical construction of paradigms to shape up the research process. Surveys require the acquisition of ideas and creating a hypothesis to ascertain its correctness. Mini-ethnographies to a large extent require the active participation of the research ...

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Alexandria was one of the most important cities of the ancient world. The city was the largest in contemporary Egypt and deserved to be the capital of the nation which it remained for a long time. This paper thoroughly discusses city of Alexandria in the view of urban planning and several other related aspects of the subject matter. Urban planning is an effective tool to achieve a number of social as well as economic objectives in modern world. In earlier times, it used be equally important for the military purposes. Aristotle extensively talks about urban planning in his book, ‘Politics’. ...

Whenever a person finds themselves in the streets of some strange town, confusion engulfs them. Amidst the feelings of confusion, the lost individual cannot trust anyone around them. In their attempts to find their way out, they gaze around trying to figure out the next course of action. The sight of a police uniform is usually a relief to such a person. There are many reasons why such an individual will without hesitation rush to the person in the police uniform. One of the principal reasons why the individual will seek the assistance of the uniformed person is the amount of trust that a ...

Considered the world’s most famous Scientist, Albert Einstein was born on March 14, 1879 in Ulm Southern Germany (Saw 35). His father was in the electronics industry. Despite being considered imprudent, he was naturally talented and curious and had an interest in contemporary scientific developments (Saw 35). He later on moved to Switzerland, securing a job in which he was expected to study the descriptions sent in by inventors and decide whether he inventions were new and deserved a patent. Since some of the patents were poorly written, he had to rewrite them thereby managing to acquire the knowledge and ...

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My friend may be very confident about having found the right answers to his dissertation research question; however, he needs to be aware of the phenomenon of cognitive biases in the research process. This is because occurrence of cognitive bias may affect the credibility of a research and render it erroneous. More so, cognitive biases are more subtle and difficult to comprehend as compared to other research related biases. It is related to one’s common sense and the way information is perceived and synthesised. Thus, it is important to be better aware of this bias and avoid failures in ...

Whenever the topic of abortion is raised in various channels, many would immediately call for anti-abortion due to its immoral and unethical background. Many religions have also denounced abortion as it claims innocent lives. Christianity is one of the staunchest rivals for those who believe abortion can be accepted as the heads of the religion believe that a fetus already has a life and killing it would be against the laws given by God. Nowadays, this argument is further escalated when proposals for legalizing abortion has gone underway. In the United States alone, abortion is legalized in some states and even ...

Abstract

The colors from words that are colored and the colored words’ word patterns based on integral Stroop stimuli were provided with time advantages adjacent to each other. The experiment had to either establish the pertinent measurement color or word through a series of four keys that were randomly colored in each assessment. Outcomes of the experiment demonstrated proportioned associations involving the word and the color job. Therefore, the word can manipulate the extremely attuned color key reaction as could the color in word naming which is the actual reading. This initial kind of interference could not be translational and could ...

Introduction

Learning and memory constitute a very important aspect of person’s life. They determine the kind of life a person has to live. However, because it is the brain which initiate these processes, then it means that learning and memory is just but a function of the state of the brain. In other words, if the brain were normal, then the learning process would take place normally. Hence, alteration of the normal state of the brain may result in alteration of the learning process (MacLeod, 2010, p.227). Although several researches concerning the brain have been done, no specific is meant to ...

Introduction

Learning and memory constitute a very important aspect of person’s life. They determine the kind of life a person has to live. However, because it is the brain which initiate these processes, then it means that learning and memory is just but a function of the state of the brain. In other words, if the brain is normal, then the learning process would take place normally. Hence, alteration of the normal state of the brain may result in alteration of the learning process. Although several researches concerning the brain have been done, there is no specific research that is meant ...