Essays on Shin

Public opinion can best be defined as not only the desires and wants but also the way the majority of people often think. In other words, public opinion is the overall opinion people of a certain society or a state about a certain subject of interest. Human beings tend to be very opinionated about certain things as everyone feels it is only right that they are entitled to their own personal opinions whatsoever the issue or matter. This essay focuses on public opinion in healthcare particularly regarding the Affordable Care Act. The Affordable Care Act as it is commonly ...

One of the major public health problems and the societal concerns these days is the maltreatment of children which impacts millions of children all over the world. There are a variety of long and short-term health consequences of child abuse and neglect which leaves a long-lasting impact on the mental and social growth and development of the children. Child abuse does not just mean broken bones or bruises, it impacts the safety, physical, social, mental, emotional and educational needs of the children. Child abuse and neglect as defined by the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) of 2010, ...

Minerals are natural inorganic substances that are found in rocks and soil and are considered essential components for human survival. Minerals compose an estimate 4% of the body and are necessary for normal functioning of the body. Humans are incapable of producing minerals which is why it is necessary to obtain minerals from plant and meat sources. Soil contains nearly 45% of minerals, wherein plants absorb all natural minerals which is absorbed in the human body upon consumption (Ward 2014). 18 minerals are considered essential out of the total 103 known minerals. Some of the major function so minerals ...

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For purposes of this assignment, the author uses Tesco and Samsung to explain the stakeholder influence in the two organizations.

Business sector Samsung is a recognized brand in the production and distribution of electronic products ranging from smartphones, semiconductors, wearable devices, household items and computers among other electronics. Tesco, on the contrary, is the largest online food and grocery retailer in the United Kingdom, with retail stores in Europe and Asia.

Business purpose

Samsung’s business purpose is to give its customers innovative products to help them discover new experiences, connect them and open doors of possibilities with technologically savvy products. Tesco’s purpose, on the other hand, is to serve shoppers better in the United Kingdom; with ...

Introduction

Industrialization refers to the sustained structural transformation of a traditional agrarian society to a modern economy driven by high productivity in manufacturing society (Szirmai, Naudé and Alcorta, 2013). Industrialization started in the mid-eighteenth century in Britain and then spread to other European countries and the USA in the nineteenth century. In the twentieth century, Japan, Singapore, Korea, China, and other East Asian Tigers became industrialized (Szirmai, Naudé and Alcorta, 2013). Gerschenkron (1962) used the term rarly industrializers to refer to countries that were first to industrilze such as Britain. He used the term late industrilizers to refer to countries ...

Abstract

Numerous attempts to reform health care in the United States on the federal level have been made since the 1930s, but differences between each state represent a significant barrier to every previous federal health care reform. In 2010, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was signed into law, but the current implementation and effects of the law are not the same across different states. The purpose of this paper is to compare and contrast the effects of the health care reform in California and Florida, as well as the positions of the two states. It was found that the insurance ...

Background

The Chinese market is characterized by a population, which is vibrant and large enough to facilitate and ensure the growth of businesses in China. The coffee consumption market is one, which has been on an increasing trajectory in terms of increase in the number of consumers for the product. The culture of the consumption of the product was increased by the presence of Starbucks a western franchise that delivers coffee in various parts of the world, and which has been the highest force of competition for Maan Coffee franchise. However, the greatest problem affecting the business entity associated with ...

The advancement in communication technology coupled with improvement in smartphone App application software enhances user flexibility in communication platform supported by the UTAUT (Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology) concepts. The growing tendency of data security concerns among the mobile users is of the essence for smooth trade and efficient payment services to be in place. Regardless of age differences among mobile device users, improvement of data security is of high impact for improved performance of the technology. The existence of the Generation X platform anchored on the G-network accelerates the rate of acceptance of internet services ...

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While it is obvious that various cultures and even various groups of people may have different concepts of justice and the way it is exercised, there is probably no such thing as the universally accepted concept of justice. Nevertheless, people tend to respect those who stick to the vision of right and wrong, that is shared by the vast majority of the group. If someone tends to violate those principles, he or she deserves criticism or even punishment. On the other hand, a person who knows, understands and accepts the rules of the game, deserves respect and ...

Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) is a coherent framework of evidence based, multilayered practices to support the educators and enable them to respond to the urgent issues at once. MTSS and its assessment framework can resolve both academic and behavioral issues. In the current case, the educators have targeted several difficulties that have to be addressed by a thorough and correct evaluation. First of all, it is not yet clear if Joe’s problem is a behavioral problem, academic issue, or the mixture of both. Secondly, the educators do not have the baseline information that would provide evidence about ...

It is well known that drug addiction is a disease that can be and should be treated. This is a complex and comprehensive treatment, including improvement in human health and physical and mental well-being. So if a problem is psychological then in order to get rid of the substance abuse a person should accept this problem, start to talk about it and change an opinion about it. This person needs help from other people, because to deal with it on one’s own is very difficult. There, the aid of self-help groups comes. Self-help group is a method of ...

The key strategic issues and problems facing the company

Company’s inability for gauging the trends It is essential to refer to the fact that in the case of company’s inability for gauging the trends as well as addressing the changeable preferences of the customers in a prompt and costly effective way, there is a high risk of decreasing in the market share as well as the rates of sales. Such decreases have the potential of adverse affecting of the gross margin. It was claimed by the management of the CBA that the attention of the management as well as the costs, involved into the maintenance of ...

Health Belief Model

In the past century, many health-based models have been developed and implemented in order to help nursing professionals to identify and incorporate key factors in improving patient-centric services and health outcomes. The Health Belief Model (HBM) is one such model that is associated with the psychological and health behavioural change model associated to change and predict health-related behaviours. The HBM was developed to be incorporated and adopted by healthcare services (Dardis MR, Koharchik LS, Dukes S. 2015). The HBM was developed by key psychologists in 1950 in the US. It is one of accepted theories in the US with ...

Value of supplier partnerships

The concept of a supplier partnership ensures the promotion of business undertakings within such frameworks. Today, they business arena operates in a highly networked economy, and therefore only a few companies perform anything on their own. Scaling such partners has ensured that there is smooth operation, so the general functions of the company and thus greater productivity since the partners are useful in making the company to provide better services or/and products (Shin and Lee, 2013). For example, Dell Limited has maintained its build-to-order business model only because of its fundamental partners. A well-structured suppliers’ partnership have always proved ...

Current Condition of Craft Beer Alliance (CBA)

Currently, this company occupies the fifth position in the general rating of the craft brewing companies in US. This brand occupies the leadership positions in terms of brewing, as it offers its clients the best and the most popular craft beers in America (Hubbard et al 480). This business entity was established in 2008, through merger of the two major craft brewers in the Pacific Northwest region - Widmer Brothers Brewing (which has been originally established in 1984) and Redhook Brewery (created in 1981). After the merger, which has been innovative in its nature, the core purpose of the ...

Investment Report

Background In this section, a brief overview of my personal experience in this field of investment and the personal risk tolerance that comes up together with the objectives and the goals will be touched a little bit. No one can dispute my experience because I was able to manage a good portfolio successfully in the Saudi market regarding investments in stock and this has empowered me skillfully (Dunning, John H 30). The abilities gained and all the tricks learned shall be applied by me in the successful investment in the stock market field. The major aim of all these ...

The Samurai Ethics: A Paradigm for Corporate Behavior by Shinya Fujimura

In this article, Fujimura advocates for the adoption of the samurai moral and ethical values into the corporate world. The author suggests that the integration of these values by corporate and businesses in wealthy countries such as the US and the UK would aid them in dealing with economic vicissitudes. Apparently, the ancient Japanese samurai culture exemplifies the importance of a society that is driven by loyalty, benevolence, and duty. Fujimura studied for his master degree in public administration at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government where he focused on social change (Fujimura 212). Fujimura also ...

Implementing Cyber-Security: Best Practices at Work

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Executive Summary The internet brings forth a world of social connectivity, growth and endless innovation opportunities. These have been hastened by the advent of mobile applications and computing. The sudden surge in technology has changed the way we communicate to the way we travel. While some see the beneficial side of technology, others see an opportunity to do harm. These individuals, states or groups present a cyber-threat to anyone who uses the internet. Nothing they are involved in is new; espionage is not new and so is activism ...

Introduction

This research aims at understanding the development of the Samurai culture as a worldview that it became through its a thousand years of existence. The culture of the samurai is interesting as it developed from the simple armed support to the landowners, into the feudal leadership of the country of Japan. The code of ethics and unity that brought the Samurai together is of a very unique status in the society as it developed in a people that would otherwise be expected to remain servants. In most civilizations, the guards and other security servants often retain their servant status ...

Financial

The population in corona in California as per 2013 was 159 503 with 100% living in urban. The males population was 80,961 (50.8%) and the females population was 78 542 (49.2%). The median resident age is 33.6 years in comparison to 35.7 years of California median age. The estimated median household income as per 2013 is $66, 094 as compared with $60,190 in California (City-data, 2016). The estimated per capital income was $25, 372 in 2013. The median gross rent is $1, 330.

Social challenges

In Corona there are high crimes rates which have continue to be a challenge ...

The concert held at CMU’s Staples Concert Hall was a brilliant concert featuring the combined music from the late 19th century up to the 20th century. The music of the event was astounding since most of the pieces were written by the celebrated figures in the music industry. Two well-known guests also attended the event such as Donna Shin and Carrie Pierce, the former who was known for her musical work and a professor from the University of Washington while Carrie Pierce was brilliant flute sounds managed to enthrall the audience with rhythmic patterns of melodies creating a ...

Last (indicate when you visited the museum), I was fortunate to have the opportunity to visit the in-campus Anthropology Museum in Northern Illinois University. Upon first entering the indoors, I was totally captivated by the sheer imaginative power of its ambience. The lighting comprised of minimal use of soft warm lights placed strategically to enhance the appearance of the exhibits. The artefacts in display featured materials from the various indigenous or ancient cultures across the world, with a specialization in those from South East Asia. Each artefacts had a story to tell, and the one that particularly attracted me ...

Introduction

No form of punishment engenders more controversy than the death penalty. Although capital punishment has been used since ancient times, its modern utilization is repeatedly called into question. The United States stands alone among Western world counterparts in its continued use of the death penalty. Among the international community, the general trend largely reflects a discontinuance of capital punishment. For instance, member states of the European Union have all abolished the death penalty (Shin, 2007, p. 505). Given the overwhelming number of nations that have since abolished the death penalty, it is somewhat surprising that the United States continues ...

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Anxiety and depression 3 Stress 4 Sleep quality 5 Conclusion 7

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Smartphone Addiction Introduction The utilization of smartphones has become indispensable to the daily life of many people, as they have quickly evolved from the first mobile phones, used only to make phone calls, to devices with broad functionalities including instant messaging, video calls, internet browsers and access to numerous applications developed to check e-mails, join social media platforms, play games, read e-books, edit documents, among many countless other purposes. According to Statista (2016), over two billion people worldwide are smartphone users, and surveys conducted in the United States ...

Global Financial Crisis in the US

Introduction It was hard for the economists, professional analysts and policymakers among other players in the financial industry to foresee the crisis in the US mortgage lending industry in 2007 that resulted in the world's worst economic recession in two years' time (Sher and Iyanatul 2010). Initially, there was a housing bubble characterized by high house prices, low-interest rates, more support for subprime mortgage and increased speculation by the buyers (Acharya and Schnabl 2010). Eventually, there were decline of house market prices, increased lending rates and increased default and foreclosures by the mortgagors (John 2009). Notably, by mid-2008 the ...

Vitamin D deficiency during pregnancy: Effects, treatment and the outcomes

The aim of this study is to evaluate vitamin D deficiency in pregnant women and its impact on pregnancy course, the best way of management, and the outcome of this management Bone metabolism in humans is associated with a complex steroid hormone system which comprises of vitamin D (Harvey, et al. 2014). Many reports have suggested the potential benefits of vitamin D across therapeutic areas including vascular health, placental function, metabolism, and immune function (McAree, et al. 2013). Data based on biological and clinical findings suggest the key role of vitamin D in women reproductive health. However, there is ...