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BUSINESS STRATEGY – KEBAB-JI CASE STUDY

Introduction Kebab-Ji is the concept of healthy Lebanese cuisine quick casual restaurant. Different from fast-food due to more refined meal options and restaurant layout, this concept became very popularly among many consumers. Timely service and fresh ingredients are the key elements of the marketing strategy, chosen by the management. The purpose of this study is to analyses the operations of the restaurants, its mission and vision and other aspects, which affect the effectiveness of the operations from the Supply Chain (SCM) standpoint.

A variety of dishes and ingredients underpin the authenticity of the Lebanese cuisine. Moreover, the company places ...

Doctor

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

Different Types of Facebook Page Posts

Different Types of Facebook Page Posts Social media marketing is consistently growing as more consumers and businesses become involved in social media sites, and various studies have confirmed the utility of social media sites such as Facebook in building brand image and equity for businesses owners (Kim, Sung, Lee, Choi, & Sung, 2016). However, the growing number of information available on the Internet also means users are overloaded with content and need to be selective of where they direct their attention. For Facebook page owners, that means their posts will be less likely to appear in the News Feeds of ...

Abstract

Traumatic brain injury is an acquired injury to the brain that results from an external blunt or penetrating force to the head while; intentional hypoxia is the loss of oxygen supply to the brain which leads to a continuum of injury severity. A review of current literature on this topic suggests that comparisons can be readily drawn between traumatic brain injury and hypoxic brain injury in a rehabilitation setting. Even so, diagnosis of hypoxic brain injury and traumatic brain injury is essential in providing guidance on decisions of treatment. Treating intentional hypoxia, however, involves an establishment of the desired ...

Introduction

As the need for energy conservation and preservation of the environment becomes more popular, many countries and firms are now utilizing renewable energy in order to generate power. Renewable energy, also known as green energy, is defined as the energy that comes from natural resources which can be replenished constantly, such as sunlight, tides, wind, biomass, and geothermal heat. Because the sources of this energy can be constantly renewed, it can be said that this type of energy cannot be exhausted completely (Ciolkosz).

Why Use Renewable Energy Sources?

There are many advantages in using renewable energy. First off, renewable energy is environmentally sustainable. Unlike ...

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

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

Introduction

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

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

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

Introduction

The child welfare organizations are objectified on assessing the prevalence of child abuse among the referred cases in order to prevent the occurrence of future abuse among the children who are identified at a high risk of neglect and abuse. The child welfare authorities are also focused on determining the prevalence of assessing the consequent neglect among the children with the history of being abused (Enosh & Bayer-Topilsky, 2014). The assessment by child welfare organizations are incorporated by the risk assessment tools in which the explicit criteria and undeviating approaches are used to derive the results. These results are derived ...

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 ( ...

One such occasion when I did not agree with my reporting officer’s decision about a matter but did not express my dissent was a decision to conduct an inter-division analysis on a particular framework which was earlier used at my workplace. The said framework was used earlier but at that time, was being phased out. Such an inter-division analysis was conducted in previous years to gauge the usefulness and efficiency of the framework. My reporting officer wanted to conduct the analysis that year also. However, since it was being phased out, I did not feel that the analysis ...

Based on the above discussion, recommend and justify the risk exposures that should be reported as part of an Enterprise Risk Management System for the Toyota Motor Company? (10 Marks) The first risk that Toyota is faced with is the investment in commodities. Commodities such as non-ferrous metals, precious metals, ferrous alloys, energy, and plastic resin from outside sources may be subjected to price changes. Changes in prices can have a negative impact on the productivity for Toyota because inflated prices may result in delayed projects and the inability to complete planned products based on a lack of resources. ...

Doing a market analysis. PESTLE and TOWS analytical frameworks

Launching a successful business in any industry requires doing a market analysis. The latter refers to the process of studying the dynamics, attractiveness and trends of a particular industry of economy. Market analysis is an integral component of an industry analysis. In practice, the majority of all market analyses facilitate in strategic planning and tactical execution of the strategy, supply chain management, designing and implementing marketing strategies and identifying the most appropriate targeting and positioning schemes. This entry analyzes the most essential components of a market analysis and provides basic insights into how to carry out them in tourism ...

Community members risk a great risk of getting themselves hurt at the hands of people prone to violence. The relevance of the study is that it highlights what is instrumental in determining the extent to which mentally ill and violent individuals are likely to pose risk to members of communities, be they prison, hospital or standard civilian groups of people. The literature review will include a board concept of community. Samuel (2015) defined the concept of community as applicable to a human group sharing a geographical area. Following this logic, the notion is possible to apply to patients and ...

Abstract

The application of the rule of law as well as driving the use of the law towards the creation of a law abiding society is the limelight towards the creation of a society which does not condone crime and its sycophants. Enforcing law is one of the most effective mechanisms of controlling crime in any area. The use of the police as a law enforcement mechanism encourages peaceful coexistence within the society. The control of crime is usually a major step in discouraging crimes in communities. In the places where there are high cases of criminal cases reported, the ...

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Assignment 1

WR Assignment Guiding Question: How does the communication styles effect relationships Integrated Summary: Communication or conversational style is the way in which people interact and communicate with others through verbal and non-verbal mediums. It is the purposeful way of sharing information in which the receiver may not exactly understand what the communicator has to say. It may be due to cultural or language differences (Gareis, Merkin & Goldman, 2011). Hence, stress, noise, misunderstandings and conflicts need to be removed from communication process and channel to improve the bond of friendship or acquaintance or relationship between the people. Communication style ...

Prediction of Maize (Zea Mays L.) Population with Normalized-Difference Vegetative Index (NDVI) and Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Prediction of Maize (Zea Mays L.) Population with Normalized-Difference Vegetative Index (NDVI) and Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Introduction

With the escalation in cost production and environmental concerns, researchers have in the recent past focused in investigating resourceful means of increasing yields while reducing fertilizer use. Arnall & Godsey assert that the seeding rate and hybrids that promise the highest crop populations is continuously sort by corn cost cultivators worldwide (2013). Nielsen et al. notes that the crop populations are tied to the end yields. Corn populations have greatly increased in Indiana over the past thirty years to make about 340 plants ...

Many people believe entertainment to be a harmless thing. It is a form of pleasure used to pass the time. But what happens when it becomes a weaponized machine, used to warp an entire country’s culture and sense of values? For America, this is what has happened. Entertainment has changed their culture into a consumer driven, narcissistic wasteland, that has propagated more negativity than positivity in its wake. Entertainment has changed the culture and values of Americans whether they are willing to admit it or not. Advertisements are a good example of this, as they often use celebrities ...

The negotiation situation is very delicate in that it is a federal government contract. The reason that negotiating with the federal government is more complicated is that one has to ascertain whether they are speaking with the actual decision maker to approve the contract. With government contracts, there are several decision making signatories that need to be accomplished in order to pass objectives that are discussed and agreed upon during negotiations. An additional factor at play in this negotiation is that the parties need to be sensitive that the representative from the government does not like to invest large ...

Challenges and opportunities arising at various levels emerge as upcoming trends in emergency management. Generally, the emerging trends, either posing as challenges or opportunities, constitute the factors that impact the future direction of emergency management. The emerging challenges and opportunities arise at the professional, national or the global levels. The paper provides a description of various elements as entailed within the Federal Emergency Management Agency – FEMA chapter 15 as follows;

Global Challenges

In the course of managing emergencies, there are a number of major challenges that are emerging globally. Among these challenges are global climate changes, cumulative risk aversion, increasing levels ...

The Problem

For this case study, we focus on an application of regression analysis in engineering. In this case study, we use data to build a model for predicting average electrical output, y. In this case study, we use data from a Combined Cycle Power Plant to build a model for average electrical output, y. We examine the residuals, the deviations between the predicted and the actual electrical output levels, to detect an independent variable omitted from the regression model.

The Data – Source: UCI Machine Learning Repository

A combined cycle power plant (CCPP) is composed of steam turbines (ST), gas turbines (GT), and heat recovery steam generators . In ...

Abstract

In this case, we illustrate the application of multiple regression in economics. We gather data on the unemployment rate (dependent variable) and three independent variables; GDP per capita, maximum weekly unemployment benefit and population estimate for 2015. The data is collected from 39 different states. Regression analysis results show that there is a positive association between the unemployment rate and GDP per capita and population estimate. The relationship between unemployment rate and maximum weekly benefits is inverse. The evaluation of the reliability of the first-order model shows that it has a small coefficient of determination. The first-order model is ...

QUESTION(1)

The article predicting positive well- being in older men and women by Erin Waddell shows the different aspects in older adults’ lives that helps acquire a deep sense of well-being in their old age. Different variables are presented and they interact to act as contributors of a more positive well-being. It has closely looked at how these variables are linked to the affective state and the life satisfaction people aim to acquire in their old age in order for them to experience full positive well-being. The variables that tend to affect the affective states may include socioeconomic factors. These ...

Introduction

MacJob is a loose term used to refer to the low paying as well as low prestige jobs that do not demand high skills and has little chance of career growth and advancement. Notably, the term was coined from the fast food giant MacDonald. As such, the term does not take into account the type of employer but the fact that the job is low paying and requires little-specialized skills. Owing to the emergence of technology, these types of jobs are highly growing and replacing the skilled labor across all the industries due to low costs involved in hiring ...

Abstract

There has been a huge debate and research on different forms of the organizational change and various methods of managing those changes in the organization. Various studies and scholars have put forward their ideas and views about the change management with complementary as well as opposing models of managing change in the organization. It is very crucial for an organization to change continuously and it is equally important to manage the change happening in an organization with a proper model. This paper identifies and analyzes various reasons for the organization to change and manage the change. The paper further ...

Background

The IELTS test is one of the most significant single measures of student ESL skills, as it relates to class placement, program acceptance and more. As such, I feel that it is imperative that these tests accurately measure skill and predict performance. Members of the educational community should be concerned with this question, because it directly impacts international enrollment and student success, as well as graduation rates, and program acceptance. The findings derived from the study could be used to improve program criteria, or testing approach in order to increase accuracy of placement, and improve student performance, among non-native ...

Investment Portfolio Management

The company was established in 1997 and its main activity is to provide is a global coverage for streaming movies and TV series. The total subscribers to the services are 75 million people spread over 190 countries. It is the world leading on the side of linear TV networks covering most of the entertainment movies and series. They offer their programming though this is done on-demand via the applications which run on both phones and the smart TVs.

Historical price method

Using the analyst consensus method to predict Netflix stock price 12 months from today we will rely heavily on the methodology. ...

Introduction

Juvenile correctional approaches in the United States centers around the best interest of the child. Young children below the age of 18 fall into the juvenile category. The system offers to purge any criminal record after a stipulated period of time and at the completion of certain terms. The juvenile records remain sealed from public record during this time and are rarely unsealed in spite of exceptional circumstances. Juvenile offenders are first part of a meeting between the State prosecutors to discuss the options of community service for nonviolent crimes. Only in the event of not reaching a conclusive ...

Importance of Mathematics in our Daily Life

Introduction Many students had disliked mathematics or math and had given up on appreciating its use. Some do so since they see Math as a hard and intimidating subject, while some do not simply see the point of studying it. However, many have discovered and acknowledged that Math is indeed an important part of our lives. They had recognized that Math is an indispensable tool and that many encounters or transactions are highly dependent on it such as in banking and economics. Likewise, the technology in today’s society is the fruit of algorithms, several mathematical computations, and mathematical ...

Objective and subjective forecasting

Forecasting is act of predicting the future by use of (time series related) data that are available in order to make objective decisions. According to Fides and Bernard there are two basic types of forecasting models- subjective model and objective model. This paper aims to make comparisons between the subjective forecasting method and the objective forecasting method. Objective models refer to those methods in which there are a specific and well defined procedures of obtaining the forecast. This forecasting method is usually quantitative with alo0t of data involved in completion of the process. At other times the specifications in ...

Corporate decision makers and governments have subscribed to the view that cashflow is a reliable indicator of a firm’s health.usually, cash flows are pragmatic yardsticks. One need not look into other sources of information, but in the level of cash coming in versus the amount of cash being spent, to determine the feasibility of a business. However, Gentry says that cashflows, particularly operating cash flows are not as reliable as they seem to be. Taking off from a study done by Casey and Bartzack, it has been found that operating cashflows do not provide significant information on the ...

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Abstract

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

Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder is still a fascinating topic in the field of psychology with constant research being done on treatment and possible cures. Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder is noted for intrusive thoughts and repetitive behaviors that cause significant functional impairment and distress (Thiel, Hertenstein, Nissen, Herbst, Külz & Voderholzer, 2013). There have been countless studies on the treatment outcomes as well as the symptoms of this disorder. This literature serves to provide a synthesis of research on treatment methods as well as understand the classification of personality disorder. The selected literature are all scholarly and rely on current ...

Predictions of poll outcomes have existed for over six decades, with little or no cases of wrong predictions, as political trends in the United States were pretty similar (Laden, 2015). Wrong predictions began to manifest in 2016 poll predictions, as unlikely candidates are gaining popularity and liking, contrary to the previous forecasts. Leading poll predicting firms led by Nate Silver have expressed their surprise at the turn up of events. Nate Silver has been predicting poles for a long time, and he is known to have correctly predicted Obama’s win in the previous polls (Jones, 2002). Wrong poles ...

A theory is a set of interrelated propositions that are used in guiding practice or explaining certain phenomena. Theories in the nursing profession play a crucial role in this regard. Theories help in explaining phenomena and organizing knowledge in the nursing practice. Additionally, theories help in predicting, explaining, prescribing and describing some aspects in the nursing profession. Through these roles, the theories provide guidance to the profession and help in improving practice and patient outcomes. This paper thus aims at describing, evaluating and discussing Katherine Kolcaba’s theory of comfort.

Theorists name and background

The theory of comfort is a mid-range theory that ...