Essays on Mobility

Labor force is an important tool in the growth of an economy as it is a factor influencing the growth. The usefulness of the labor force of a country depends on various issues. These issues affect the importance of the labor force to the country. The level of education is an important tool in the definition of the labor force of a country. The level of education creates clear demarcations between skilled and unskilled labor. The higher the skills a particular person has the more useful he is to the growth of the economy. Labor mobility arises due to Continue reading...

Introduction

Google is a large Multinational Corporation based in the United States. Since, it’s rather humble and tumultuous beginning in 2004; Google has become a pioneer internet giant in its field. It provides top-notch search engine facilities, cloud facilities, advertising facilities as well as other software based services to their clients. Rapid growth which was fuelled after its incorporation has allowed the company to expand its product offerings rapidly as well. Now the company also provides other online applications meant to facilitate and meet the demand of superior software products, in the form of social networking, office suite products, Continue reading...

ABSTRACT

No other country in the Western world has as high a level of inequality of wealth and incomes compared to the United States and none offers less opportunity for intergenerational mobility. Just the opposite, mobility has been decreasing greatly over the last thirty years while inequality has increased, and young people earn less than their parent’s generation. All of this is a result of conservative tax, budget and economic policies since the 1970s that have left the U.S. as more of a class-stratified society than Great Britain. Children born into poverty are very likely to remain in poverty Continue reading...

Overview

The future of mobility is dictated by the changes in the current policies as well as the changing trends and challenges that relates to the transportation sector. However, existing policies addresses the concerns about the future of mobility and these policies demonstrate significant impact to that future. Debates surrounding the issue with the current policies suggests that the prevailing policies are rather bias in favor of private vehicles. These policies has immense impact to the future of mobility. Therefore, these policies needs to be reviewed to better understand the context of these policies and to have a clear view Continue reading...

Introduction

In a society that expresses itself by some type of status hierarchy, such a society people naturally may move up or down in the system throughout their lives. This widely opens the definition of social mobility which simply refers to how far and easily a person can move in the social system. This is the term that used to describe the movement of different individuals or families through a system of social hierarchy (Breiger, 1990). There are two major types of social mobility; social mobility within the career of individuals and social mobility between generations.
The intergenerational mobility is Continue reading...

The increased use of wireless and mobility technology that came towards the end of the twentieth century has led to the creation of many gadgets that enable movement and connectivity of people at the same time. In the past wire connection was a must for someone to communicate with another, but presently people communicate at any part of the world using a hand held device. The information and technology sector has greatly been accelerated by the fast revolution that plays a great role in ensuring success in the area of wireless and mobility. The wireless and mobility concept ensures Continue reading...

Economic segregation can be defined as the extent to which persons of different social classes live amongst each other. A study conducted in 2010 indicates that roughly 76 percent of people in the United States live in middle class. This has changed rapidly overtime. Economic segregation is mostly associated with racial discrimination. Racial segregation on the other hand refers to separation of certain races of people, mostly facilitated by income disparities. In a normal society, the tendency of people to identify themselves with a certain class is common. These classes are based on factors such as social status, income Continue reading...

Abstract

Perhaps, most people in the world believe that United States is the place to access greener pastures. Therefore there are many immigrants to america.The immigrants get into United States through illegal and legal means so as to access the opportunities believed to exist, (The Great Migration, 2002). In most cases the concept of social class is linked to social identity, ecomomic role and political affiliation, (Devine, 1997). Status consistency puts into consideration the plurality of status in society. Continue reading...

Across the globe, the levels of success of students and academic institutions have been questioned. Specifically, the quality of education has been criticized. The argument is based on that the modern day job market has been dominated by graduates who fail to satisfy the required professional qualifications. Consequently, organizations have resulted to retaining employees of old age who have massive professional experience in their fields. The effects of this trend have been significant in the society. For instance, the widening wage gap has been on the increase with teenagers failing to surpass the success of their older generations. In Continue reading...

The Asian American Literature has a long term of influence on the quality of living among the people. Several myths of mobility are inscribed within the American and Asian histories of literature. Generally, literature is an ancient undertaking that has been taking place in the world. The origin of the American literature can be taken as an example of many literature developments that have been experienced in the world. Modern literature can be classified into different forms and classification, all based on the nature of the original modes of the literature. In the recent past, many writers have come Continue reading...

For this study, it was hypothesized that the reaches and walking endurance of children with spastic CP were strengthened and reinforced after a physical therapy treatment is given to the subjects.

Chapter V. Theoretical Frame Work /Conceptual Framework

Pediatric Endurance and Limb Strengthening for children with Cerebral Palsy or “PEDALS” is one of four projects sponsored by the Physical Therapy Clinical Research Network (PTClinResNet), which is a member of the Inventory and Evaluation of Clinical Research Networks (IECRN). According to Fowler et al (2007), the PTClinREsNet was initially established in the year 2002, to espouse the research that investigated the effectiveness of physical therapy interventions. This Continue reading...

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Introduction3
Problem statement.1
Method4
Findings .4
Analysis5
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Agenda6
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Appendices.8
Justification Report
Executive Summary
The current implementation plan relates introducing new mobile solution offered by T-Mobile USA. This plan contains the detailed information regarding the development of the new product with phased structure of its implementation outlined. The innovation proposition concerns mobile safety networks. The new mobile technology can be implemented either on defense enterprises or for the development of public safety. It is supposed to help T-Mobile USA develop significant competitive advantage and save costs.
Introduction
The current report provides implementation plan that promotes the development and Continue reading...

Early1900s America society was populated with a few haves and many, many have-nots. Those that had power and money did whatever they could to keep the status quo. Industrialists and big city politicians worked together to stay rich by forcing the working class to stay poor. Yet by 1970 the working class was no longer on the bottom but instead it had become solidly middle class. The differences between 1900 and 1970 are reviewed in terms of social mobility in order to understand whether or not social mobility was greater in 1900 or Continue reading...

Introduction

Tourism is an important part of development. It could not be denied that in line with the concept of globalization, nations from around the globe has created a distinct strategy that they ought to adapt to especially when it comes to making an impact on how the world develops a better sense of what they could offer the industry of tourism. Through expanding their options, nations have become more concerned as to how they are going to improve their strategies especially in making a distinct impact on the reputation they hold in the international market. At present, tourism is Continue reading...

Annotated Bibliography for Saudi Students Studying Abroad

Study Abroad and Intellectual Development
Cressey, W. W. (2004). Guide to studying abroad. New York: Random House.
The interesting questions I will research are how studying abroad will contribute to a Saudi Arabia’s industry, education, and economy. According to Cressey’s book “Guide to studying abroad” (2004), it is actually recommended to study abroad while in university as this not only opens students eyes to life overseas but also provides job networking opportunities that are not available in one’s home country. Cressey also comments that studying abroad can also be a life changing experience and that students Continue reading...

Abstract

According to the United States Census Bureau under the Department of Commerce (2013), the United States of America has a population of 313 million (as of 2012 census) that needs to move from one place to another and requires goods and services to be moved as well for their many needs. Twenty three percent (23%) of this population is above eighteen (18) years of age and can legally drive a motor vehicle across the United States’ 3,531,905 square miles of land .
Transportation is made up of three very distinct components, transportation infrastructure, vehicles and transportation operations. Infrastructure Continue reading...

In addition to the fact that Tiebout's assumptions are unrealistic, as mentioned before, even with these assumptions he did not provide a mathematical proof of the equilibrium in his article. Some scholars tried to formalize the model and suggest that the model does not work as we would expect from a pareto optimal general equilibrium model. Bewley (1981) showed that Tiebout equilibrium does not have a Pareto optimal solution unless we add some other restrictive assumptions to the model. He provided a series of examples which highlights the inefficiency of Tiebout model. Moreover, as the reviewed literature shows, relaxing Continue reading...

Section A

In the US, the income level is unevenly distributed due to several factors. The first factor is education. Due to industrialization and growth of the private sector in the US, there is high demand for highly skilled labor in terms of academic qualifications. Therefore, individuals with Bachelor’s Degrees are preferred to those who have a college degree (Weissman, 2012). The level of certified expertise becomes a critical determiner of the job entry level and chances of upward mobility. Due to this factor, income inequality between the highly qualified professionals and the average working class is high. As the Continue reading...

There are various ways of defining a social class depending on the author. Marxists its membership is determined by ones relationship to means production .This refers to what one does within the society as a way of producing goods and services. According to Marxists capitalists owned the means of production and they occupied the upper most social class while worker labored in the factories owned by the capitalists producing the wealth for the capitalists and they occupied a lower social class. Bourgeoisies was a class of professionals between the capitalists and the workers and they had characteristics of both Continue reading...

Social mobility is the social standing of persons with regard to their classes and position in the social hierarchy. People move from one position in their social standing to the other depending on different factors that directly affect them. In the context of socioeconomic and political problems, the lives of many people are affected negatively, and this affects their social mobility. Naturally, it is expected that move up the hierarchy (vertical mobility) and not downwards.
Mobility is usually enabled by many aspects. Human and social capital can act as a standard gauge that can influence the change. When people Continue reading...

In recent years, there has been a tremendously huge debate on whether public transportation is more sustainable than privately owned vehicles such as cars. There are those who believe that public transportation like buses, trains, and airplanes are more sustainable than cars because they operate at full capacity while cars only carry few passengers at a time. However, while taking into account sustainability and public transportation, some people argue that buses and trains do not run at full capacity. Each mode of major public transportation affects the environment in various ways, and plays a role in land use patterns Continue reading...

System Justification

Even though racism is a severe violation of human dignity, it was the status quo in the corporate world and personal lives of people during the 1990s. However, the system justification theory explains that some people are interested in maintaining the political, economic, or social norms that are considered status quo, even though they are detrimental to certain social groups.
Racial prejudice and discrimination are the central themes in the novel “Brothers and Sisters.” Campbell (1995) was motivated to write the novel after the beating of Rodney King to depict the status of African Americans in the US. The Continue reading...

Reflective Nursing

Reflection in the Nursing Process
Role of Reflection
In the nursing process, reflection is necessary for improving the standards of practice. For reflective practice, specific areas are identified by the Johns model (Somerville & Keeling, 2004, p. 42). These include the description of an experience that is important to the learner, identification of personal issues that emerge from the experience, focus on personal goals, having empathy for others involved in the experience, and becoming aware of personal beliefs and values.
Reflection then goes through the phase of linking the experience with earlier experiences, creating alternatives for future behavior, and furthermore, Continue reading...

Introduction

With wireless services that are growing by the day, there is a need to have wireless networks. Wireless networks are becoming essential services for many people. With wireless networks comes security. Security is an important factor when connectivity is concerned. Important data is stored in devices that are connected. There is therefore a need to have secure network so that the data that is being stored is secure and safe from attacks. This paper will look at the wireless networks and their security issues. It will particularly look at the GPRS, 3G and 4G.
The advent of digital systems Continue reading...

Use of new technologies, such as, the internet increases the ability to access employment, thus facilitating upward social mobility (Kenyon, Rafferty and Lyons 154). However, social mobility, in this situation, creates a negative effect on job opportunities. First, competition for the top jobs becomes stiff, since no one wants to obtain a low-paying job, due to their desire of attaining upward mobility. Second, individuals shun low paying jobs due to fear of a downhill move in social class. Besides, advancements in technological innovation are making jobs disappear, increasingly. New technology has led to the invention of machines that have Continue reading...

Abstract
Shelter is one of the basic human necessities. Provision of decent-quality and affordable housing is one challenge that various authorities have been faced with, and Sheffield is not left behind. Though she has surpassed her average annual housing needs, Sheffield is still struggling to mitigate housing problems. This research project reviews the use of Geographic Information System (GIS) in Sheffield’s housing and how education level affects the Continue reading...

We Must Tell Our Own Story

Introduction

There exists in the world of sociology some controversy between two theories of thought. The debate is usually over a question like this “Which has more control over an individual’s life agency or structure?”
One side argues that people are confined behind the boundaries of social structures. How a person behaves within the structure is controlled by the boundaries or his perception of the boundaries. How a person acts depends on how the social structure (or hierarchy of social structures) “allows” him to act. There is free will only as it fits into the power structure of Continue reading...

The issue of airline safety and security is at the forefront of current popular debate and discussion. This is not surprising, given the numerous cases that have plagued the airline industry in the past year. Malaysia Airlines Flight MH 370, for example, disappeared off the coast of Malaysia in March of this year, becoming the second deadliest aviation incident involving a Boeing 777. Another Malaysia Airlines flight assumed the top spot when it was shot down over Ukrainian airspace on July 2014. All 298 people were killed. With these recent developments, a number of issues have sprung up that Continue reading...

SOCIAL ISSUE Is the Inequality prevalence a contributing factor to poverty?

SOURCES
Clemens, Jason and Niels Veldhuis, ‘Inequality is fundamentally misunderstood’, Fraser Institute, Nov. 2012 Pp. 1-56
Mackenzie, Hugh, ‘Why the 99 percent still Matter’, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Jan. 2013. Pp. 2-36
OPPOSING VIEWS:
YES Mackenzie says; “Those at the top of the scale lead healthier lives. When they need health care, they capitalize on connections. They enjoy the resources to go elsewhere to get to the head of the line. They even live longer; a case that is contradicting what the other 99 percent go through. ”
NO Clemens Jason and Neils Veldhuis say; the results of “Measuring Continue reading...

Table of Contents

Introduction
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Role of Mobile devices as “Rich Sensors”
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Emergent Theme of “Near-Real Time Data Consistency”
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Mobile Opportunism
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Certain Fundamental Challenges of Mobility
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Conclusion
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Bibliography
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Telecommunication world is an environment that has seen magnificent changes especially over the last two decades. The changes experienced are more pronounced in mobile communication systems and improvement of related technologies. In this report, the learner takes a closer look at mobile devices, merging themes in line with mobility and identification of mobile opportunism, in addition to, underlying challenges, in mobility.
Role of Mobile devices Continue reading...

When one thinks of the American Dream, one thinks of the immigrant from the early 20th century, poor and unmoored, seeing the Statue of Liberty for the first time and working hard to make a better future for themselves and for their families. With the untold potential of America at that time, it was entirely possible to pull yourself up by your bootstraps and become a success. However, in the past few decades, this potential has been slowly and surely eroding; in Holly Sklar's essay "The Growing Gulf Between the Rich and the Rest of Us," America is identified Continue reading...

A Summary of Various IT Topics:

A Summary of Various IT Topics:

Apple defined the Tablet market when they released the iPad. It is considered the premium in the market place and its market share does not appear to be threatened in the foreseeable future. According to Canaccord Genuity, iPads are expected to maintain their overwhelming dominance in the market through 2012. Indeed for 2011 Apple sales are expected to account for two-thirds of the Tablet market (as cited by Haselton, 2011, para. 1).
Released this year, the Amazon Kindle Fire has managed to create a fire storm in the media. The Fire is Amazon's Continue reading...

According to United Nations report (UNDP 7) on urbanization trends around the world, urban population has surpassed rural population between the years 2000 to 2005 and will continue to do so. The North America is at the top of the list as the most urbanized continent with 82 percent living in cities, followed by Latin America and the Caribbean with 80 percent and Europe with 70 percent (UNDP 1). The report predicted that by 2050 the world will be one-third rural (34 percent of the population) and two-thirds urban (66 percent of the population). Evidently, there is an increasing Continue reading...

Exoskeleton is a device designed to increase human muscle strength due to external skeleton. It replicates human biomechanics to scale up efforts in movements and can be integrated into a suit. Actual working models are now developed in Japan and the United States.
The first exoskeleton was co-developed by the General Electric and the United States military in the '60s, and was called Hardiman (Kong and Jeon, 2006). It could lift up to 110kg with a force applied at the lifting of 4.5 kg. However, it was impractical because of its considerable weight up to 680kg. The project was Continue reading...

Why is movement important for heritage planning for living historic cities?

The importance of space and movement in cities is well recognized in many disciplines including sociology (Goffman, 1963, 1972; Lefebvre, 1991), geography (Christaller, 1933; Ullman, 1954; Weber, 1921) architecture and urban studies (Jacobs, 1961; Hillier, 1996). For example, in his urban sociological studies, Goffman (1972) looked at movement or flow to uncover the meaning of social interaction and cultural production in a general sense. He referred to mobility as an aspect of urbanity in a number of examples and empirical discussions. Goffman also developed a rich vocabulary for describing mobility in urban life impacting the way we think about Continue reading...

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Introduction

This literature review is intended to determine the effect of infection to the disability, mobility and psychological state of patients undergoing orthopedic surgery, comparing each in accordance to compliance or not of the surgical procedure to the Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP). Upon review however of the five available orthopedic surgical studies, there was no indication of any compliance or not to the SCIP protocol of the surgical procedures performed. The nearest mention of elements found in the protocol, such as anesthesia (SCIP-3) and postoperative blood glucose (SCIP-4) measurement, was found in Lin, Lin, Huang, Hsu, & Lin (2011). Continue reading...

Introduction

Social stratification refers to a system by which individuals in society are ranked in a hierarchy on the basis of power, prestige or property. Stratification is a characteristic of society that persists over generations, creating a pattern of social inequality. In this case, the social inequality is attributed to unfair distribution of societal resources on a regular, wide-scale basis along the lines of certain specific, identifiable characteristics (Tumin, 1985). The most identifiable forms of social stratification are caste and class systems, which are practiced in various parts of the world.

The caste system

The term caste is derived from the Spanish word ‘ Continue reading...

Research Paper: Electric Power through 1932

The term “American Dream” can be described as the traditional social ideals of freedom, equality and opportunity achievable by all individuals in the U.S. It traces its roots to the declaration of American independence when everyone was regarded to be equal and endowed with inalienable rights to life, pursuit to happiness and liberty. It established an ideology which provided for freedoms guaranteeing success, upward social mobility accomplished through determination and hard work. This necessitated people to work hard to pursue higher education which was perceived to be a direct ticket towards its accomplishment. However, this dream was threatened after Continue reading...

Context-aware Middleware for Mobile Social Networks

Abstract

Introduction

Since the early days, people have been sharing information about their activities ranging from social activities, professional activities and individual lives in different ways. Schools, bars and restaurants have been the most favorable places for sharing this information before the development of information technology. Technology has changed completely how people communicate and share information. Technological advancements in wireless networks coupled with widespread use of portable devices have offered a unique opportunity for improving social networking services. The diverse use of Hoc and mobile networking solutions in many areas has led to a paradigm shift from fixed to mobile Continue reading...

Discussion and Comparison of Laparoscopic and Open Surgical Inguinal Hernia Repair in Adults.

Abstract
There is an ever increasing number of hernia repair surgeries required likely due to decreasing levels of physical activity amongst young adults and concurrent muscle wastage in the abdomen. Time off from work, staffing issues at hospitals, and cost of hospital bed space are some of the issues associated with the high cost of open surgical methods. Wound infection, decreased mobility, and recurrence of the hernia are problems associated with all surgeries. The last thirty years has seen the advent of laparoscopy and minimally invasive techniques of surgical repair. These methods offer the promises of decreased surgical morbidity, Continue reading...