Essays on Sensitivity

Introduction

The following is the evaluation of the access control models for use in the company. The access control models under review are Discretionary access control (DAC), Mandatory Access Control (MAC), and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC). The report will address the positive and negative aspects of each access control method and recommend an access control model to be adopted for the company.

Discretionary Access Control (DAC)

Discretionary access control method enforces the principle that the creator of the object is the owner of the object. The owner has full control of the object, so the owner has the discretion to grant permissions (rights) on ...

In A Class Divided, Jane Elliot was using the social identity approach to teach the children empathy, by decategorizing identities and by splitting the classroom up into two groups: the blue-eyed people and the brown-eyed people. She made the brown-eyed people into the group that was going to face the discrimination on Tuesday, and made the blue-eyed group the target of prejudice on Wednesday. In just these two days, the third graders learned a profound lesson on prejudice and discrimination that would inevitably affect their outlook in their adult life. One of the blue-eyed students that used his position ...

Uyghurs are a tribe in the Turkish heritage, and they are Sunni Muslims living in the Xiangjian Autonomous Region in China. The Uyghur Turks are the fifth largest minority, and their population was around 8.4 million in 2000. When the nationalists and the communists were fighting to get on the power in the Han China, the Uyghur Turks stroke and they declared their independence. However, the communist regime has dominated the strike (Tang and He 8). In the region where the Uyghur Turks live, there is a lot of natural resources, and the GDP per capita is comparatively higher ...

Abstract

This research project is focused on investigation and simulation of radiation detector failures. This technical device are used in Nuclear Medicine where the problem associated with detection canceled to major damage to staff and patients. Investigation focused on the determination of failure cause for detectors and other equipment like monitors and so on and assessment of post-detection actions Simulation focused on the determination of a mathematical equation of detector failure prediction and assessment of suitability of the detectors (optional) The first phase will result in the list of major failure causes referred to detectors and the associated equipment. The ...

SUMMARY OF VENTILATORY RESPONSES TO LARYNGEAL AFFERENTS

Apnea and breathing inhibition in animals and humans are normally caused by laryngeal mucosa. The type of apnea, in this case, is often reflex-induced. In many cases, reflex-apnea is characterized by contracting thyroarytenoid muscles that in turn lead to the closure of glottis as well as swallowing movement. Such closure signifies the active stimulation of brainstem centers that are related to the expiratory system. Reflex-induced apnea undergoes maturational changes as evident in the preterm infants and older piglets. In the case of infants, there is an exhibition of prolonged apnea compared to the older one. Laryngeal and apnea adduction ...

According to the Mind map, several emotional and social traits or characteristics prevails from gifted students. The main characteristics include perfection, self-actualization, internal motivation or locus control, empathy, developed sense of humor, sensitivity, resilience, and Advanced levels of Moral maturity with consistency between values and actions. Perfectionism, also considered as the high expectation of self and others is when the gifted individuals referred to anything that does not achieve perfection as unacceptable. This characteristic is defined by striving for excellence, also known as healthy perfectionism and constant striving for unattainable and unrealistic goals, also known as neurotic perfectionism. As ...

Introduction

Over the past, the military and natural sciences have been overly male dominated fields. However, tireless and lengthy legal and professional advancements have borne fruits because women are single top growing subgroup in the military profession. For instance, Pentagon expressed its commitment to lift the ban, which would see more women in the combat role; nonetheless, underrepresentation of women in the forces is still significant as indicated by Eager (2014). Therefore, the essay will investigate on capability and role of women on the battlefield frontline considering that technology and other factors have changed the role of officers in wars. ...

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Chapter 1: Introduction

The athletes’ performance requires the adequate level of competitiveness and support from team coach so that the reinforcement of the desired level of efforts can be implied. The coaches provide the guidance, motivation and goal determination to the athletes due to which the athletes utilize their skills in an effective manner to achieve the predetermined objectives (Gillet et al., 2012). The coach is also responsible to monitor the performance of athletes and provide adequate feedback in order to intrinsically motivate the athletes and hence, the extent of adequate feedback is considered as a crucial behavior that the ...

The health care providers can handle the issue between the culture of medicine and the beliefs and practices through a well-improved and well-enhanced communication with the patients. The communication is based on the nationality of family origin, ethnic heritage, religion, age, disability, socioeconomic status, and sexual orientation. Considering the definition of cultural awareness and sensitivity, the interpersonal skills and knowledge allow the providers to appreciate, understand, and work with the individuals from cultures of others. It implies that the sensitivity includes the awareness and acceptance of the cultural difference, knowledge, and self-awareness of the culture of the patients with ...

Conceptual Framework and Purpose of the Paper

Virtue ethics has been chosen as the framework to guide the stand to be taken. Virtue ethics recognizes the critical role of moral character, emotions, and experiences in moral judgment (Robichaux & Parsons, 2009). Virtue ethics goes beyond acting in accordance with a certain set of ethical rules into having consistently habitual pattern in acting that way when providing care, interacting with colleagues, and in life (Robichaux & Parsons, 2009). Under virtual ethics, the concern of the nurse is on what kind of the nurse they should be (Day, 2007). The major concepts in virtual ethics are compassion, fidelity, fortitude, veracity, ...

Introduction:

The Wounded Warrior Gym is a fitness center that is set to specialize in about ten physical fitness spheres that enhance its competitive edge across Virginia, namely precision, agility, strength, muscle power, coordination, vigor, flexibility, cardiovascular and respiratory resilience (Murphy, 2012). The facility is an affiliate of the CrossFit Inc., a consortium of over 13, 000 affiliated gyms which nearly half of them are located across the United States. The Wounded Warrior’s competitors’, such as the Fit Slim and Mayfair Fitness, branding strategy is significantly efficient, in clearly and consistently defining the organization and its products. As this ...

This work is based on researches focused on how alcohol use influences human health. The use of alcohol and its health effects has been studied by a great number of scientists throughout many years. The issue discussed in giving articles touches an important debatable question concerning the benefits of alcohol drinking. There are facts which prove that though alcohol is the most spread substance causing addiction it can have benefits if used in safe amounts. Patricia Reaney describes in her article that molecules found in red wine can influence on lifespan of obese mice and “reduce the negative health ...

Introduction

Globalization has become an increasingly encompassing phenomenon in people’s lives today. Most significantly, globalization has bridged geographical spaces, so that in any context, there seem to be people from different backgrounds; people with different skills and experiences (Chuang, 2013). This is diversity. But it is not just about a situation that has come to be so that we have no choice but to deal with it. Rather, studies have showed that diversity has various benefits for individuals and ultimately the organization (discussed below).

Personal Growth

Taking this class, I was aware of these facts and I felt it important to ...

China is the world largest economy and also the world largest developing country, with a population of more than 1 trillion, offers fertile ground for foreign companies wanting to set up business. Sixty-five percent of its population lives in rural areas. China has a personal saving rate of 50% of its earnings, and the economy has been quite stable for quite a long time. A company’s sustainability and success abroad, are affected by the political, legal, technical, economic, and socio-cultural factors of the host country. Both economic and non-economic policies of the host country, influences international business. (Hooper, ...

[Enter Student Name] [Enter University Name] In this essay, I am going to examine ideas, concepts, and implications on the topic of diversity and multiculturalism within the military. Specifically, I am going to discuss the difference between equality and equity and how ensuring our military understands this lesson can impact diversity within the military, discuss what leaders can do to effectively understand other perspectives, cultures, and ethnic backgrounds, and respond directly to the questions posed by Captain Velma C. Gray at the end of her article. It must be stated that the military states publicly value diversity within its ...

The value a buyer gives for the same product, may differ based on the company that produces these products. This is the basic justification why companies are not viewed equally. The value of a product is not only accessed in terms of money, but also in terms of time, energy and psychic cost, spent in acquiring the product. In the past, price for a commodity was decided by negotiation between the buyer and seller. However, with internet marketing, improvement in transparency, large scale retailing, mass manufacturing; companies are adopting the strategy of using fixed prices for their commodities. Each ...

Introduction

Sports organizations can also use capital budgeting techniques to evaluate their capital projects. Sports firms must also invest in capital projects for expansion or to improve the efficiency of their operations. This paper explores two capital projects at motorsport firm using the various capital budgeting techniques.

Capital projects

The organization plans to purchase motorsport cars for hire. It has two alternatives X and Y. Car X will cost the organization $250,000 and is expected to have a useful life of 10 years. Its market value at the end of the tenth year is expected to be $25,000. It will ...

Abstract

The field of medicine has gone through an immense transformation over the past years to the betterment of the field. In the past couple decades, there have been significant improvements in the patients imaging. There have been some imaging modalities that have been practiced in the medical sectors to help provide the body structures where standard prescriptive methods have proved ineffective. In the recent years, magnetic resonance imaging has been one of the fundamental modalities used in the imaging in the clinical medicine. There are several benefits and structural advantage that it exhibits over other imaging modalities. Among the ...

Learning Activity 1 – Naked Wines

Porter’s Five Forces is a business analysis tool that allows business managers and owners to assess various business strategies based on the inherent level of competitive rivalry in a market or industry. This analytical tool has five important components, each of which will be discussed below in relation to Naked Wines’ potential business strategy to conquer its target market. For the threat of new entry, the most important consideration for Naked Wine would be the specialist knowledge and other edges and advantages that the incumbent industry players have which may hamper its efforts to gain a decent share ...

Summary

This experiment is about the static calibration of a differential pressure transducer. Test measurements are done to find the range of input and output of the transducer, and to determine the “best-fit” line that models how the voltage reading would equate to the real pressure measurement. The input pressure comes from a hydraulic ram with pressure gauge. The output of the differential pressure transducer is in voltage, and is measured by a digital voltmeter. The input pressure is varied from 0 to 6 bar, and the three voltage readings are recorded for each pressure step value.

Introduction

The differential pressure ...

A Dissertation Methodology

The electro-microprobe technology Modern geochemists (Donovan et al, 2003) generally agree that modern electron microprobe analysis (EMPA) is bringing the most precise and most accurate chemical analyses for solid specimens today. Moreover, these highest-quality results can be brought to routine achievements under carefully crafted analytical protocols. The modern EMPA technology already incorporates qualitative and quantitative analytical methods in a non-destructive mechanism even from micron-sized samples of surface materials at a sensitivity of many parts per million (ppm) (Cameca, 2012). In fact, a number of EMPA equipment today can incorporate one or two others of the four major surface and ...

Interpersonal Rejection and Human Needs

Interpersonal Rejection and Human Needs Precisely, a human being becomes a personality due to the fact that he or she lives in society and develops capabilities that are inherent in his or her biological nature in interaction with other people. These opportunities cannot be realized outside of society, thus, a human cannot become a full-fledged personality. The process of human adoption of social experience, acquisition of the qualities that allow him or her to be a member of society, is called socialization. Socialization of the individual is one of the most important factors of human existence, as it is ...

Abstract

Emirates Airline is one of the leading international airlines that offer multiple services to the international passengers. It is the largest airline of Middle East in terms of its revenue, profitability and the number of passengers. Its profit has been increasing over the last many years and reached to $1.5 billion in 2015. Despite of its success, to maintain and further grow its profitability and revenue, Emirates airline is needed to focus on the information, analysis and assessments of the factors that can impact its business performance. These factors might include the increasing competition, regulations of IATA, fluctuation in ...

Introduction

The research article “Service User Involvement in Social Work Research: Learning from an Adoption Research Project”, created by Jeanette Cossar and Elsbeth Neil in 2013 starts unwieldy employing abundant jargon language, but it rapidly reshapes in a comprehensive and informative text. The article consists of six sections, across which the authors elaborate on the matter of using service users, namely birth relative consultants, in the adoption process, investigating both the process and the impact of their involvement in this process. Cossar and Neil place their article in the context of a governmental project meant to assess the cost, challenges ...

I. Abstract This assignment examines and reviews the elements of business ethics and its institution in the 21st Century. This includes the examination of social responsibility, values and ethical dilemmas and leadership for sustainability. This culminates in the critical analysis of definitions and pointers within the textbook and from the writers own point of view of these matters and issues. After this, there is a review of a real case involving Alcoa and how it has created its ethical framework and dynamics. This is examined in great length alongside the core websites relating to corporate ethics. The imports and ...

Ultrasonic sensors play critical role in making robots for detecting obstacles and avoid collision (Yarlagadda & Kim, 2012). Robots have a lot of significance in the modern world (Graetz and Michaels, 2015). Many industries are currently using robots for daily application (Johnson & Hanify, n.d). Gageick, Muller, and Montenegro (2012; King, 2011) study on obstacle detection and collision avoidance using ultrasonic sensors revealed the above. Researchers are constantly making robots for navigating to places where human beings cannot reach. Some devices such as mobile robots can easily perform different tasks without any human intervention when fitted with ultrasonic sensors that easily ...

Abstract

Criminology is one of the fields that rely on research to answer some phenomena. There are different data collection approaches, which criminology researchers could use to evaluate the performance or to understand a specific concept. Field observation is one of these methods. The method entails the collection of data from their natural setting. Investigative experts must adhere to specific elements and procedures when conducting data using the technique. The steps include answering questions that would guide the acceptance and the use of the technique to collect data. The subsequent step would be the determination of the type of field ...

- As much as it is true that focusing people towards the performance of work is the manager’s responsibility, it would be wrong to conclude that it is the basic one. Managers perform many duties and responsibilities. In most cases, the most important responsibility that managers perform is that of setting up a proper system that may allow effectiveness and efficiency in the manner that work is done.

- In management, it would be wrong to think that there is one best style of management. In essence, management styles that can be defined as being best ...

Personal experience with discrimination

Social and cultural diversity across the world affects how individuals are perceived and handled in different social settings. It is the quality of different cultures as opposed to monoculture across the global world. Even though the United States has made an outstanding effort to curb discrimination, traces of these acts still exist specially in the New York City (Belmont, 2011). This paper reflects my own personal experience both at my home town in New York City and abroad, regarding personal biasness and discrimination that I have experienced in different social settings upon factors such as race, gender, religion, socioeconomic ...

Introduction:

The analysis was conducted so as to study the behavior of two stocks i.e Commonwealth Bank of Australia and ABM resources. We began our analysis using various financial and government websites. For Instance, the risk free rate was derived from RBA, Australia using 30 Day Bank Accepted Bill as a proxy. On the other hand, all the stock related and market index(S&P 500-APX 200)information was derived from Yahoo Finance. We concluded the report by conducting a regression analysis between the excess return of each stock over risk free rate and excess return of market index over risk free rate

Stocks Analyzed

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A neutron is a fundamental particle in the nucleus of an atom. Protons and neutrons have nearly the same mass and can exist as free particles away from the nucleus. Neutrons constitute more than half of all visible matter in the universe. They possess properties that make them ideal for various types of research. Their unique sensitivity to hydrogen, for example, allows them to locate precisely the atoms of hydrogen. Their sensitivity to hydrogen ensures the accurate determination of molecular structure ...

ABSTRACT

The aim of this dissertation is mainly to analyzethe risk in the New York Stock Exchange using Statistical aspects and the computation of Value at Risk. The technique of Value at Risk or Value at Risk (VaR) is a methodology to standardize the calculation of the various risks that occur in a business e.g. banks, stock exchanges and corporations. The risk is defined as the probability of obtaining a result different than expected, the factors that will depend on the position of the entity, the risk factor under consideration and the time of calculation. Thus, the VaR seeks to establish quantitatively the ...

The article “Two genders, two planets” by Shannon Oliver on the Huffington Magazine is an extremely influential article on the psychological differences between men and women. The article embraces exclusive analysis of gender psychology. The subject is highly sensitive and carries massive weight. It is a subject that the author goes around in a unique way to define the differences that exist between Male and Female. Reading through the article would leave the reader a new student of the gender psychology following the uniqueness of the analysis that the author brings forth. There is absolute uniqueness on how Shannon comes up with ...

Inadequate insulin secretion leads to a rise in blood glucose levels, which is the main characteristics of diabetes. By the time a diagnosis of type 2 diabetes (T2D) is made, 70 to 80% of beta cell mass loss is already done. Loss of beta cells of pancreas occurs gradually, beginning much before the diagnosis of diabetes is made and continuing even after that. For this reason, the damage becomes irreversible (Cnop, 2005).

Skeletal benefits of vitamin D are well known and described widely in the literature, but in recent years, research has shown that Vitamin D seems to aid in ...

The case chosen for discussion in this paper is that of Jason (38), a factory worker. After reading the case, the first thing we would want to know is whether Jason is an addict. There are two symptoms that must be looked for before an individual is determined to be an addict. These symptoms are (i) out of control behavior, and (ii) a behavior that is self destructive. If a person’s behavior is under their control, then the person should not be considered an addict. It doesn’t matter at what frequency the subject engages in an addictive behavior. What really matters ...

Marketing Strategy

A marketing strategy implies the line of approach that an organization pursues to maximize opportunities with the aim or goal of increasing sales and to attain competitive advantage. It (marketing strategy) includes all short, medium and long-term activities that aim at achieving the desired goals of competitive advantage and increased sales (Peter, Olson & Grunert, 1999, p.333). Pricing, on the other hand, is the most direct approach that a firm/company uses to communicate with the clients or customers. Pricing strategy is the most difficult pillar of marketing to implement. This is so because it integrates vertical and horizontal decision making in ...

The Reformation period is mostly related to Martin Luther’s actions to reform the Catholic traditions (Kulp, 2004) and to the Anglican Church separation from the Roman Catholic Church and these events implied a series of changes regarding the church administration, including changes in the church music (Reese, 1990).

As such, Henry the VIII of England imposed a major shift in in the liturgical upheaval, declaring that all services would be performed in English language (as compared to the previously used Latin language, considered the language of God) and in terms of church music there would be used one syllable ...

Operations analysis is a designed business strategy used by organizations to determine whether the overall operational structure adheres to the proposed business plan adopted and utilized by the organization (Tatum and Bronwyn). The supply chain operations form a vital area in any business because it involved the supply and delivery of goods and services offered by a given company. There has been a rapid evolvement in the discipline of supply chain management creating many challenges to the current and future managers who have to move at the same rate the new analytical techniques are moving

WAL-MART BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. was started by Sam Walton ...

Introduction

Breast cancer is a genetic disorder so common that it has claimed the lives of many women all over the world with statistics showing that it’s concentrated on the age of 45 - 55 years. Breast cancer, along with the other category of this disease is the product of the occurrence of a metastasized tumor. Neoplasm forms when genes are expressed abnormally such that the natural outcome of somatic cells is associated. Mutation, deletion and amplification of genes that control cellular growth and differentiation also cause the formation of a neoplasm. Thus, it is very critical to understand the genetic components ...

Selection from an 8 year-period of pulmonary valve replacement and cross sectional follow up of a commercially available biological valve, assessed with established and a new method

What This Thesis Is About

Pulmonary valve replacement is a procedure necessary in many congenital heart defects and in-valve degeneration cases. Surgical results are excellent, but the longevity of artificial valves is very limited. Our goal was to give a retrospective overview of methods and results from the year 2000 until 2008 at Rikshospital, as well as the prospective five year follow-up of a biological valve made from bovine pericardium. Follow up included clinical examination with ECG, echocardiography, spirometry, treadmill testing, echocardiography ...

Globalization brings about the needs of global companies to operate more efficiently with the aim to gain competitive advantages and to face the contemporary issues and challenges in the contemporary world. A critical factor in optimizing organizational efficient operations of these companies is the IHRM (Guest et al., 2000a; Guest et al., 2000b). The HRM operations helps in developing and motivating the workforce of the companies to improve skills, knowledge, and the modernization required for the companies to vie with ...

Part I: Machiavelli, Rousseau and Nietzsche – A Critical Review

The three philosophical treatises, The Prince (Machiavelli), Lawgiver (Rousseau) and Sovereign Individual (Nietzsche) seem to define the role and position of the topmost leader of the society and how various classes of authority devolves from such a leader. The different philosophers seem to define their view of how these leaders must acquire their power, use it and maintain law and order through the delegation of power and authority and controlling these subordinates through systems of responsibility and accountability. However, Machiavelli’s Prince seems to be somewhat different and distinct from Rosseau’s Lawgiver and Nietzsche’s Sovereign Individual. This ...

In The Book “The Spirit Catches You And You Fall Down”, The Author Anne Fadiman Tells A True Story Of Lia And Her Family.

Ms Fadiman a journalist eloquently documents the anguish of the worst epilepsy disorder in childhood. In early 1980, a large number of Hmong families fled oppression and war in Southeast Asia and came to settle in the United States. Lee family settled in an apartment complex in central California (Fadiman 3). Their settlement signaled an immersion in a cultural and social setting entirely different from theirs. Lia Lee was born to this family in 1982. At three ...

ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Clark , J. (2011, May 11). 5 needs and 5 tools for measuring media impact. PBS, 1. Retrieved from http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2010/05/5-needs-and-5-tools-for-measuring-media-impact131/

This article focuses on giving a format for understanding how large or widespread of an impact within the realm of “public interest media.” The author, Jessica Clark, offers a list of five needs and five tools that can rank that influence and impact and address negative aspects at the same time. She explains that there is a need for a universal rating system, tracking the movement over a longer period of time, analyzing the attitudes and moods of the public, understanding the users, and ...

Question #1.

There are still questions if the mind is actually modular. Some might believe that the mind has the capability to categorize layers such as beliefs, concepts, languages and other learned knowledge. However, these things can also be solved through algorithm. The mind, contains systems which can be categorized under their function. Therefore, the mind cannot be fully modular. In order to create machines that can think like humans, you have to strip a person down to the core. This core will reveal several layers which can be then labelled. It is only after these layers and categories are given their ...

Abstract

The religious traditions of different patients and their families affect their understanding and application in the modern health care context. Health care providers should have an understanding and appreciation of the diverse religious beliefs preferences of their patients for optimal care provision. There is a mixture of many different religious groups in the country that requires knowledge of different health practices. Nurses, physicians and chaplains who are associated with hospices and hospitals frequently encounter with a diverse group of patients with acute, terminal or chronic medical conditions who require necessary contact with the health care system. A significant aspect of health ...

Introduction

Net Present Value (NPV) refers to the sum of all the present values of the future net cash inflows from a project subtract the initial cost of the investment. The present value of the cash flows is also known as the discounted cash flow because it is calculated by discounting the cash flow using a discounting factor. The discounting factor is calculated using a discounting rate that is predetermined based on the riskiness of the project in question. Net present value is used to compare to the value of future return of a project to the present value of the same returns. In ...

In my work environment, there is a moral and ethical issue that has come up in the past few weeks that I feel I must intervene in as a moral agent. We have a new nurse in our practice, one who is relatively inexperienced and who is effectively straight out of nursing school. Because of her inexperience, she often receives a bit of verbal abuse from other nurses, who are frustrated at her mistakes and errors. This has resulted in the new nurse having a difficult time adjusting to her practice, having little positive experience to help her hone better behaviors, and is resulting ...

1. Job analysis can be defined as the mechanism of acquiring all the data and knowledge related to a certain job in order to effectively execute the duties and tasks enlisted in job description and job specification. Job analysis provides the detailed requirements of the job that include the skills, educational qualifications, experience, physical and mental requirements, different responsibilities related to the job (like the safety of others, responsibility towards the machinery, etc.) and working environment with the threats and dangers linked to the job. On the other hand, job evaluation can be defines as the investigation to find out ...

I.2 The cultivation analysis theory was developed by George Gerbener. This is a social theory that aims at the examination of long-term effects of television. According to Gerbener this theory is based on proposition that states that the more the time people spend on a television the more they are likely to be carried along to believe in the social message being portrayed in the television. Cultivation exposes people to misconception of the unreality in the world.

There are several elements that make this theory outstanding and reliable for significance in the media world. One of the elements that make it ...

Summary:

Causes of conflict

Conflict management system can manage conflict and channel it into constructive areas. Many natural resources have strong emotive ties for people relating to their identity, homeland and property, but they are also extremely valuable, tradable and easily lost. Much of the worlds mineral wealth is exploited in places where poverty is widespread and where conflict has been a feature of society. Experience suggests that mining impacts can become politicized and can lead to conflicts. The Kennedy School of government at Harvard University (2008) describe conflict as both inevitable and avoidable, and considers that a level of suspicion and questioning generally ...

Diagnostic Tools

Mammography is a diagnostic test used for examining breasts with low-energy X-rays to detect breast cancer early. The mammogram uses ionizing radiation and creates images, which are then analyzed by radiologists to detect abnormal tissue growth. If a woman tests positive for breast cancer, the image will display microcalcifications or characteristic masses. However, the effectiveness of mammography is often disputed through clinical trials.

According to Gøtzsche and Nielsen (2009), the application of mammography reduces breast cancer mortality by 15 percent, but it also results in 30 percent increases in overdiagnosis and overtreatment. The sensitivity of mammographic readings has not been ...

Question: Because I want out find out what bariatric surgery entails, its implications and its safety when used to alleviate obesity

Significance: In order to help my reader understand the concept of obesity and the use of bariatric surgery as one of the options available for treating obesity. American College of Surgeons Testimony Statement of the American College of Surgeons to the Medicare Coverage Advisory (2004, November 4). Retrieved April, 12, 2013 from http://www.facs.org/ahp/testimony/bariatric.html

The article explores the use of bariatric surgery as one of the intervention and treatment modes of obesity. Bariatric surgery is actually one of ...

Part A: 1: Stay and do nothing

In my opinion I will adopt this attitude in a situation where I either don’t have any personal interest or the responsibility of the situation is upon someone else. This attitude best suits these two situations due to the reasons that we should not try to get involved in some situation for changing anything where we don’t have any interest as we can get into trouble from any negative outcome of the involvement. Similar is the case when someone else is responsible for the outcomes of any approach in a situation.

An example of such situation include a workplace where a ...

Assessing relevant characteristics of learners is very important for instructional designers. In the past instructions were created with typical learners taken into consideration, but today, along with the rise in the sensitivity level to atypical learner needs, differentiation in this field is absolutely necessary. The fact that up to 16 percent of US adults experience certain problems with learning also adds to this necessity.

First of all, to assess the learner characteristics, we need to understand what characteristics in fact have to be assessed. There are three groups of characteristics distinguished by the scientists: decision-related, situation-related and learner-related. The ...

Part I:

Interpersonal sensitivity is much more stereotypically present in women than in men; in essence, they are able to remember people's appearances much more than men do. This particular cognitive ability deals primarily with how accurate or appropriate our perceptions of others are; with respect to this difference between men and woman, discerning people's appearances is where this ability is most centered in this discussion. In modern culture, women are culturally conditioned to care more about appearance, as they are expected to keep up their own appearances in order to attract men. Furthermore, social expectations of female competitiveness ...

Introduction

Infectious diseases have been affecting humans since diseases and germs were discovered. No sophisticated antibiotics or antiviral medications were available to treat neither disease nor epidemiological records to trace their origin and destinations. In contemporary societies mankind is so advanced in science and technology that, viruses, bacteria, fungi and other types of microorganisms are detected, sensitivity identified; epidemiological implications uncovered and prognoses delivered. This discussion provides an epidemiological evaluation of the Avian influenza infection as a twenty first century pandemic.

A.1 Description of Outbreak

Avian influenza is a viral infection similar to bird flu/ swine flu, dog flu, horse flu, or human flu. Epidemiologists have ...

Abstract

Wireless sensor networks (WSN) are fast becoming extremely popular with usage in a variety of applications starting from mobile communication to home security. One of the main constraints faced during the design of the wireless radio sensors is power consumption. Most of the sensors are battery operated and many of them cannot operate without power for over a day. Transceiver is one of the main power guzzlers. Several techniques are used for reducing the transceiver power consumption in order to increase the battery life of the unit. Wake up radio receivers are offering a new way of operating the WSNs. Wake up ...

Visiting a carpentry shop, I came across a sand paper which may be the coarsest sand paper I ever touched. It felt like the grains are as course as the grains of the sand. After two minutes, I tried rubbing my fingers again but the sand paper seems to become fewer courses just like rubbing my fingers to a sugar in a cup. After another two minutes, I tried rubbing again my fingers to the sand paper and this time, it was not as coarse as the sugar anymore. The grains seemed to become finer just like the grains of a coffee. Thinking of ...

Background:

Financial liberalization has been growing as a hot debate in many economies. While many, argue that the liberalization of the economy is a stepping-stone for achieving economic prosperity, others have concerns regarding threats to protectionism and the growth prospects of domestic industries. The Chinese economy, in particular, has to look at financial liberalization from various dimensions, because of two reasons. The first is that it has a socialist economy, while there are growing advocates of open markets and second, because of the growth potential that the country has shown, by emerging as a possible economic superpower. There is the apt availability of ...