Essays on Old Boy

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System theory forms the basis for the Systems-Theoretic Accident Model and Processes (STAMP) (Leveson 2011), and other Accident Causation Models, such as the Accident Causation Management System discussed in Kwon et al. 2006, and the Construction Accident Causation Model discussed in Mitropoulos et al. 2005. These models are compared and contrasted especially with respect to how human behavior is accounted for in each. In addition, a case study is discussed using the STAMP method to demonstrate the basic principles of STAMP. Due to a recent accident and much discussion ...

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Autism is a disease that begins to show signs in early childhood and continues throughout the individual’s life. There are wide arrays of signs, symptoms, and behaviors that can be seen among those who are diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), which can make proper diagnosis challenging at times. To better understand the complex nature of ASD, several videos are observed and correlated with the diagnosis criteria from the American Psychological Association’s DSM-V. The following six videos each display a variety of autistic individuals of various ages that show the different symptoms common to ASD.

Video 1: Two Year Old Boy

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Pain is a commonly experienced phenomenon among patients. Despite the commonality of the phenomenon of pain, it is a complex concept to describe and explain. There are different types of pain that are diagnosed using different metrics in primary care –somatic, neuropathic, and visceral pain, depending on the location of the pain on the body. Pain can also be acute or chronic, based on the length of time that a patient has experienced the pain. Due to the complexity of the phenomenon of pain, it is poorly understood in the nursing practice. Performing a concept analysis of pain is ...

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The Giver and Montana 1948 are two popular novels appreciated and well-liked by the readers throughout the world. As far as The Giver is concerned, it is written from the perspective of Jonas, an eleven-year-old boy living in a futuristic community that has conquered fear, war, pain and hatred. The author of The Giver, Lois Lowry, describes the life of a boy in a society that has no prejudice, little competition, and no room to make choices; there are strict penalties for law offenders. The book talks about the themes of the importance of memory, pain ...

Eragon is the American adventure-fantasy movie, based on novel by the same name made by Cristopher Paolini. Stefen Fangmeier directed this film. The premiere was on 14th of December 2006. This film was the worst reviewed film on Rotten Tomatoes of 2006. The director of this film tries to send a message to his viewer that even high budget and a well-written source cannot help bad director in film screening. Stefen Fangmeier just smashed the expectations of the books’ audience into the wall, by making this pale and weak film with many inaccuracies and mistakes. The original story, book “ ...

A 10 year old boy with a fever of 39C, severe pain and tenderness in left leg was brought to doctor. The history of his leg injury was unknown. Symptoms have been ongoing for alomst week. His mother was using tylenol in the treatment. A series of tests were performed. X-Ray result of the knee was negative. Fluid aspiation of the knee resulted 3000 leekocytes/mm with 84% netrophill. There was a bone scan done that showed a hot spot in the distal tibea of the left leg. Bacteria cultures from the boy's knee joint fluid, blood, and tibial aspirate were ordered. ...

Health professionals make decisions with legal and ethical consequences each day (Furlong, n. d.; Reamer, 2005). This paper will analyse the actions of health professionals in two case scenarios for their ethics and legality. The first case scenario involves a 12-year old boy who has terminal cancer and has accepted he is going to die. His parents have; however, having talked with the physician consented to a trial therapy which the nurse consequently administers. The second scenario involves a physician who admits to a nurse that he routinely prescribes antidepressant medication to new residents of a nursing home. He further instructs the nurse to ...

Treating a cancer patient is a complicated task as some cancer patients often present with signs and symptoms of depression, anxiety, and in worse case scenarios, episodes of violent reactions . In this case, we are talking about a 12-year old boy with cancer who has finally learned and accepted the fact, as stated by his physician, that he will eventually die and wants to stop chemotherapy. However, the legal and ethical dilemma comes when the boy’s parents expressed and consented to try a new and a more aggressive course of chemotherapy. Learning this from the parents of the patient themselves, the nurses in ...

An interview refers to a conversation that takes place between two people or more with questions asked by the interviewer. The interviewer often asks questions to elicit statements, facts and answers from the person or people being interviewed who are referred to as the interviewees. In journalism and media reporting, interviews are their part and parcel of operation even though interviews can also be used in situations like qualitative research. Interviews in research seek to describe and give meanings of central themes for subjects. Allen et al, (2011). Interviews are usually completed by the interviewer but this will depend with ...

Introduction

Obesity in the United States is an ongoing battle and it has been for the last 30 years, parents in the nation were first concerned about their teens becoming obese or giving into obesity; it has been argued that their concerns in this regard were completely legitimate. Nowadays, parents are standing idly by while their children live sedentary lifestyles that put them on the trail to obesity and in so doing, they are destroying their bodies which is having detrimental effects on their ability to be active. Exercise is instrumental in cheating and completely escaping obesity because it gives ...

Introduction

The term ethical intelligence has been coined by the American ethicist Bruce Weinstein, who in his book "Five Principles for Untangling Your Toughest Problems at Work and Beyond", describes the five principles of ethical intelligence that determine the level of one's success in his job, how strong his relationship is with his friends and family, and what he feels about himself. The five principles of ethical intelligence identified by Bruce Weinstein include 1) Do Not Harm, 2) Make Things Better, 3) Respect Others, 4) Be Fair, and 5) Be Loving (Weinstein, 2011, p. 6). According to Bruce, a society or culture ...

The answer, no; only a correlational effect.

The answer, no; only a correlational effect.

Introduction

For years, people have been playing all sorts of video games and has fallen in love with playing the ones that they do play. There are some people who play video games use it as an outlet when they need to relieve stress, and there are others who do it because they simply love playing video games to waste time. Ironically, some parents are against their child playing video games because of the fact that it has been known to invoke feelings of violence that is basically not true. Video games are play ...

Children are the most defenseless victims of poverty within a society. Poverty has a number of causes, but it’s effect on children is the perpetuation of what is known as a vicious cycle of poverty where kids of a certain economically disadvantages lineage go on to have few opportunities as adults. Research has shown that their children get caught in the same poverty trap and the causes of poverty then go on to have the effect of producing more impoverished children. From a long view, one of these effects is that a society becomes disadvantaged because it has a portion of its population living in ...

Introduction

The cases where children are mostly considered to be incurring massive conditions of behavioral dysfunction is often noted as somewhat problematic not only for the parents but for their school handlers as well. This is why when such problems arise, it is highly important for such young ones to be given attention to. Their cases should not be neglected nor be set aside as somewhat normal as doing so might make the scenario rather more complicated in the long run. In this discussion, a presentation of how a case of ADHD in a child is to be resolved through specific intervention approaches ...

SWAT, which stands for Special Weapons and Tactics is a specially designated law enforcement team that provides certain departments with the capability to safety during high-risk situations such as hostage situations, suicidal subjects, and VIP protection details among others. To effectively carry out these risky tasks, SWAT undergoes optimum and special training similar to that of the secret service. It is a special team that is operationally deployed on approximately 210 times annually to assist federal, state, and law enforcement agencies. Its members are selected, well trained and equipped, and thereafter assigned critical tasks to counter attacks. The unit is comprised ...

Philosophy and community

Introduction Over the years, for a long time now, the media has been associated with the problems faced every day in the society. Through this, the media has been blamed for the issues in the problem and in turn, have become a social problem too. One such problem is the crime rate among the children and the youth leading to juvenile delinquency. They have a wide access of information through the media because the media provides wide range of information all across the globe. The wide range of films, video games, reports among many others that these age groups can access ...

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Introduction

Health related behavior and habits such as physical activity patterns and eating habits develop at a young age and are often maintained into adulthood. Hence, negative eating behavior and the lack of adequate health maintenance activities from a young age increases the risk of one getting obese and developing conditions associated with poor health such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer just to mention a few (“Impact of Food Advertising”; Balbous et al. 146). Obesity has negative effects on children’s emotional, physical, social wellbeing and has a negative effect on the health care system. Most of the diet related health ...

Let the right one in is a Swedish film directed by Tomas Alfredson. The movie is based on the novel of Swedish writer Yuna Ayvide Lindqvist, who became the film screenwriter. This is the story of a 12 -year-old boy living in a suburb of Stockholm Blackeberg and is hurt by peers. He becomes friends a girl named Eli, who is a vampire. The film received the recognition of international critics, as well as numerous awards, including the Award for Best Feature founders Story at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2008. In Sweden, the film received four Guldbagge Awards from the Swedish Film Institute. ...

It is no secret that within the labor there are extreme gaps between genders, socioeconomic status, and levels of education. The biggest of these factors is the wide gender gap in pay, position, and in workforce. According to valuable research, gender segregation within the labor market is due to gendered and discriminatory assumptions and practices. The appearance of class not only works within the labor market, but also works against it, as many workers apply discriminatory measures to get ahead. The structure of the working class has transform from the white male industry into a more diverse market since the ...

“The Dead” and “Barn Burning”

“The Dead” by James Joyce tells the story of Gabriel who is usually a favourite with family and friends alike. This evening, however, due to unfortunate circumstances he finds himself out of favour first with Lily, the housemaid when he delves into her love life when she snaps back at him. He gets into further trouble when a past colleague of his suggests that he is not being patriotic when he refuses to take a holiday in Ireland and opts to go cycling on the Continent instead. Gabriel manages to make himself useful later on during the evening and delivers a speech wherein ...

IntroductionSafe space or positive space are terms used to show that an educator does not allow harassment of students on the basis of race, sex, cultural background, religion , physical or mental ability and thereby creating a safe environment for lesbians, gay, bisexuals, and transgender. This is a place where everyone feels free to freely express oneself and individuals uphold dignity and respect. On the other hand, organizations with unsafe space are those, which do not embrace diversity but rather discriminate students based on sexual orientation. This report uses the excerpt “Ronan’s Escape” a story of 14-year-old boy in Western Australia to ...

Introduction

In a recent study conducted by British researchers over 11,000 kids born between the years 2000 and 2002, it has been found out that children who spent over three hours watching TV are likely to develop hostile behavior such as stealing, bullying or fighting. There are numerous studies and surveys conducted over the decades which have demonstrated how watching age-inappropriate programs on TV could result in disturbing behavioral pattern in children. A research result shows that by the time a child finishes elementary school, he must have watched at least 8,000 murders on TV if not more. By the ...

Introduction

This book review is about a novel All Quiet on the Western Front written by Erich Maria Remarque. The review entails about the novel and the critical analysis of his work. In addition, analysis about the nineteen-year-old boy’s perception about what was happening during World War I period. Remarque's objective for this book is to demonstrate the actual element of war instead of some romanticized edition. An imaginary personality known as John Bäumer is the narrator of the tale and he gives the perspective point of a German soldier using trench combat to battle on the front in West ...

It is often said that children are God sent angels. True. They are very innocent and naïve. At the same time, it is often very difficult to understand what goes through their mind. Apparently, it seems like it is very easy to predict their behavior, but it does not hold well every time. It takes a great deal of time and patience to understand their psyche. I usually gel up well with kids and like observing them. I have a close look at their traits, actions, responses to situations and knowing their interpretations. Every evening, I take my daughter ...

“What happens when wrong feels right and right feels wrong? When situations that appear to be black and white turn out to be gray?” (The Literary Analyst).The bygone philosophy of novelists writing what they desire stands firm. For me, a director holds the same status when it comes to films, in fact all artists irrespective of their desired form of art should have the liberty to think and make people do the same. This perfectly sounds true of Ben Affleck’s triumphant and remarkable debut in Gone Baby Gone (2007), which is an adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s heavily ...

I observed a four year-old boy named Ben. He is a Caucasian, about four feet tall and is reported to be 36 pounds by his mother. He seems to be average height and weight for his age. He has dark brown hair and brown eyes. I observed Ben on his neighborhood playground on a day that was sunny and there were about a dozen other children there, many near his age. I was able to watch him for an hour. Ben seemed to be able to run a little faster than the other children that were his age. He preferred to play with ...

Baldwin’s Go Tell it on the Mountain, and Morrison’s Home are two Interesting to read literatures. Each book brings its own uniqueness to the table. Indeed, in both books, there is a brilliant course in regards to exploring their examinations of race, family, and religion. It is obvious that Baldwin is clearly the frankest of the two (however not essentially the most prevailing for that). However, America’s most celebrated novelist, Nobel Prize-winner Toni Morrison lengthens her philosophical point of view on our history with his story of redemption. Baldwin's first main masterpiece, a story that has founded itself ...

Ben is a 4 ½ year-old boy. He was observed in his suburban home along with his sister, Sally, who is nine months old. The children were observed for 90 minutes. Their mother was at home and remained in the kitchen, which adjoined the family room where the children were playing, during most of the observation. The children are first generation American. Both parents are from Sri-Lanka. At this time, their mother, Eromi, is a stay-at-home mother. Their father, Dilvan, is an engineer with the local public transportation company. They live in a modest, suburban, three-bedroom home in a safe community. The children are ...

The Alienist by Caleb Carr is one of the most imperative works, not only of the author, but also in American History. It portrays the initial rough days of America. The novel basically presents the take of the author on the violence and grotesqueness which was then a common part of New York streets. A series of murders take place in the novel, description of which is heart wrenching. Moore along with Roosevelt and other young police officers try to find the serial killer without involving other government officials because they are aware of their lack of interest. It ...

AN APPLICATION OF CANTER’S BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT CYCLE

Rob’s Case: An Application of Canter’s Behaviour Management Cycle

Mrs. Greenfields has been teaching in the primary school for the past six years. She has experienced different challenges and tough moments with the children. As in any good classroom management, she knew that children’s disruptive behaviours are most often external manifestations of a deeper problem. Mrs. Greenfields has grown wise in her teaching profession to realize that she must not easily jump into conclusions whenever she encounters misbehaving children.

Here begins Mrs. Greenfield’s journey of inquiring into the case of Rob, an 8-year-old boy who had ...

Analysis of Asian Horror Movies

The first movie I would like to analyze is a South Korean horror-thriller movie “Old Boy”, directed by Park Chan-Wook, that was first released in 2003. The storyline is based on a poorly-known Japanese manga of the same name, written by Nobuaki Minegishi and Garon Tsuchiya. This movie is a part of a trilogy called “Vengeance Trilogy” together with “Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance” and “Sympathy for Lady Vengeance”. “Old Boy” won the so called “Grand Prix”(the second award in order of importance) during the Cannes Film Festival, receiving also a special mention by Quentin Tarantino (president of the Jury). The impact of ...

Scholars and researchers in human psychology have for a long time attempted to develop principles and theories that would explain most of the observable behaviors in human beings. Some important advances in human psychology have been made over the last few decades, and the modern theories in psychology have resulted from combined efforts of various people at different times and different places (Ward 71). Among the major advances in psychology is the development and application of psychological principles in the field of psychology and psychiatry. Psychological principles are diverse, and are used to explain various observable human behaviors. To show ...