Essays on Solution To The Problem

Turning Around Obesity Epidemic

The number of people who are overweight is outnumbering those with healthy weight in most of the societies. The rate of growth of obese people is increasing at alarming proportions in many countries. The problem is seen in not only adults, but also in children. The healthy weight for a person is estimated by a parameter called Body Mass Index (BMI). It is the ratio of a person’s weight in kilograms and the square of his/her height in meters. The BMI not exceeding twenty five is considered as healthy. If the BMI is above twenty five, the person ...

There is no doubt that most of the modern gadgets have simplified the life of humanity and made it more rapid, dynamic, and diverse. However, one cannot say that this progress is a negative phenomenon and brings no benefit to society; though, it also has another side. There is a problem that can be called "dependence" along with the technical progress and improvements in the quality of life. This relationship has a bit of a different character than a drug or alcohol addiction, but the danger is not below. Using the new gadgets that have a direct and fast ...

1. Identify a problem and explain the problem: Background: The project proposal is related to the prevention of fall among elderly. The incidence of falls is high among the elderly population. Studies suggest that elderly who fall once, are more likely to fall in the future. A number of conditions like poor eye vision or transient ischemic attacks or pets or general body weakness or other miscellaneous reasons, can increase the risk of fall in the elderly population. Falls can be particularly serious and life changing for elderly. It can make them dependent on others and also increases the ...

Essay

Introduction The foundation for a modern discourse on inequality is Jean Jacques Rousseau's Discourse on the Origin of Inequality or more commonly known as the Second Discourse. In this work, Rousseau tried to demonstrate that civil society naturally creates inequality. He believed that the 'state of nature' was a theoretical concept that described what human beings would become without social order or society (Rousseau, 2010). Rousseau argued that there are two types of dependence-- dependence on things and dependence on men. Dependence on things, being devoid of moral elements, brings about no immoralities and does not harm liberty. On ...

Abstract

The high prevalence of substance use in the society has made more users to depend on opioid drugs to relieve pains and discomfort because of addiction. The problem contributes to high number of hospital visits and increasing admission rates in hospital’s acute care departments. The following paper aims at reviewing the literature on the acute pain management in chronic pain patients and opioid dependent patients. The outcome of the review plays a critical role in the field nursing practice by assisting professionals to develop strategies that help prevent adverse effects for the patient suffering from acute pain. The ...

Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation

The Seoul Metropolitan Rabid Transit is a significant an influence transportation structure embedded in Korea’s capital, Seoul. The Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation hereinafter also referred to as “SMRT” was founded in 1994. SMRT operates the biggest and most extensive metropolitan subway system in Korea with 148 stations and serves 2.7 million passengers daily with a reach of 152 kilometers (Moon, Kim & Park, 2013). SMRT is an important component of the public transportation system in Seoul and the fourth biggest metropolitan subway corporation in the world. It has a huge customer base and more than 6,000 workers ( ...

Q1 a) Answer

There are various ways to which I determine the size of the team. Firstly, I consider the workload to be handled by the team. If the workload of the task is very heavy, then I decide to choose a big team that will ensure that all workload is matched. It is a good way of ensuring that the workload does not strain the available resources. If the workload is very little, then I consider choosing a small team to execute the work. On the other hand, I also consider the urgency of the work to be executed in determining ...

REPORT NUMBER 4

‘LOGIC DECODING CIRCUITS AND MULTIPLEXERS’ The report presented is the sole work of the author. None of this report is plagiarised (in whole or part) from a fellow student's work, or from any un-referenced outside source.

AIM:

INTRODUCTION: This experiment is about the design, implementation, and testing of logic decoding circuits. In PART A, an industrial system problem is presented which requires a logic decoding control system. The solution to the problem is a combinatorial logic circuit that takes four (4) logic inputs (Bottle Position B, Water level indicator W, Flow valve position V, and Water filtration system F), and ...

The problem

Living things cannot thrive alone but depend on each other for survival. Organisms (human beings, plants, and animals) must maintain a balance of nature to enable them to survive in different environments. However, some issues arise that cause environmental imbalance problems and affect the relationship between these organisms. Sharma defines environmental pollution as any adverse change in the chemical, biological, and physical characteristic of land, water, or air (Sharma 1). Environmental pollution is a major imbalance that greatly affects lives of these organisms. The problem of environmental pollution continues to raise many concerns in the world today. The rapid ...

In healthcare, law and ethics may refer to the conditions that enable the medical practitioners and nurses to deliver high-quality services. There are instances where the human beings have been denied excellent services following exposure to improper handling by the medical practitioners. Also, there have been a number of ill practices in the healthcare sector that make the services for the patients unappealing. Some instances have indicated the relevance of ethics and ethical training, which has been ignored for some time. There are problems that have come up following lack of consideration of the ethics in the healthcare sector. ...

Definition of the problem

Marijuana is best described as the dried flowers, leaves and seeds of the hemp plant that is commonly known as Cannabis sativa. It is known by many other names such as bhang, dope, pot, Ganja among others. The drug is a hallucinogen commonly known to distort the mind. It is illegal in many parts of the world where it is smoked as a cigarette or in a pipe. In more recent times it is being mixed with other foods and brewed with some beverages such as tea. When it is smoked or used, its effects are felt within minutes, ...

Introduction

Climate change is fast becoming one of the most important issues facing humanity in the near future. Many countries have begun to establish frameworks that will allow them to avoid dangerous climate change within their borders; one of these pieces of legislation is known as the Climate Change Act of 2008. This piece of legislation, passed into law in the United Kingdom in 2008, establishes a number of foundational legal minimums that the United Kingdom needs to meet before the year 2050. Essentially, this is a legal structure that forces individuals and companies in the United Kingdom to work ...

Analysis of Communication Issues within Engineering

Analysis of Communication Issues within Engineering

Introduction

Engineers engage in the design of structures, machines, and software depending on the area of engineering in which they specialize. The processes of designing these products are highly technical and communication of the same to the key stakeholders at times proves to be an uphill task. Engineers at times may be overcrowded with the professional specifications of their designs. There are obviously some audiences that would require hearing about the specifications of particular designs, but then there are those that only need to hear of how the output from those designs would help ...

One of the main particularities of the 21st century trade is online branding. This brand management functions through various Web technologies. Online branding ideas can be attributed to a wide audience in the shortest terms. The branding itself is used by certain techniques and methods that allow bringing to the customer the designed brand and not only to form in his mind the image of the brand’s product, but also to assist him in perceived functional and emotional elements of this product. In this context, online branding helps clients hasten the choices of a product and decision on ...

Critical Thinking Skills Applied to Real Life Problems

Critical Thinking Skills Applied to Real Life Problems

Introduction

The challenges of modern life pose many problems in one’s daily life and increasing standards of performance and competitiveness in both personal as well as professional spheres of life present people with different issues and problems. The basic and simple problems are also usually compounded by the faulty thinking and perception of those involved in the thinking process surrounding a situation. The inequality of opportunities and lack of level playing field usually translates into challenges at work and in personal life, which if not overcome within a reasonable span of ...

Technological platforms should be systems created with accurate systems well defined to perform given tasks. The success of any system should be based on excellent protection from attacks from within and outside the company. However, despite the protection that the managers may try to instill to the company, there would be chances for more attack to the system. Therefore, there are exclusive needs to protect the system of an organization from excessive malicious attack. There is need for considering all necessary measures that could be useful in protecting the systems. All possible techniques need to be pursued. Every form ...

Negotiation is an extremely critical element to determine once ability to communicate accordingly. It is a form of dialogue between people with an intention to reach an understanding over an issue. At most instances, individuals may not understand the negotiation skills they got until they engage in a form of dialogue where a conclusion is needed. However, people may have some idea of their negotiation skills which they may show through filling a questionnaire. This has been a platform through which I unveiled my negotiation skills. One of the major elements that sustain healthy negotiations is sincerity and trustworthiness of the parties involved ...

Introduction

In the military, effective communication forms an integral part. Military leaders are problem solvers, strategy layers, managers, organizers and key influencers .All these activities can only proceed effectively if there is effective communication between different ranks within the forces. Success in military largely depends on ability to think critically and express your intentions and ideas effectively. Both written and verbal communication in the military plays a major role. Inability to effectively communicate and mis interpretation have historically cost the military. For instance, during the civil war, it is believed that Gettysburg victory depended on how the juniors decoded General Robert ...

Relapse

Psychotropic mediation mainly focuses on solving a mental disorder by use of drug prescriptions unlike cognitive behavioral therapy which is more concern with the thinking process of a patient. Cognitive behavioral therapy attempts to assess the situation analysis ability of a patient in a bid to offer a solution to the problem of depression or anxiety. It thus concerns itself with the form of thinking of a patient and not the content of thought. Through this- as proved by research-a patients situation analysis mechanism can be examined and improved. It is argued that anxiety and depression mainly emanate from an individual’s interpretation of a given ...

Amongst mentally ill patients at high risk for early readmission, does the utilization of a multi-component transition care plan as compared to usual care help to improve early readmission rates?

Abstract

The early hospital readmission rate in a 30-bed psychiatric unit in California is 25%. This figure is higher than the 13% reported in the literature for high-income countries like the US (Vigod et al., 2013). Early readmissions are problematic as they are costly and disruptive to the personal and professional lives of patients and their family members. In addition, they are construed to be negative patient outcomes and negative indicators of ...

Mark Krikorian believes that measures to curb illegal immigration have yet to achieve an acceptable level of functionality given the scope of the problem. His take on the issue is "Much needs to be done before the United States has the enforcement arrangements necessary to permanently reduce illegal immigration to a nuisance rather than an ongoing crisis." (Krikorian, 2012) He begins his argument with statistics that point to the prevalence of the problem. While immigration has decreased, Krikorian's interpretation of the data suggests this decrease to be deceptive. Though there is an all time decrease in illegal immigration, Krikorian links ...

- Identify the issue as a social problem The market for mass media increases as the society keeps growing. Mass media plays a vital role in ensuring people understand the society they live exist. The newspaper was the first form of mass media to be introduced in 1440 in Germany. Since its invention, people have been relying on the newspaper for gathering information until other forms of media were made available (Barber). Since the introduction of television in 1970s, the demand for newspapers has gone down many people terming them as things of the past. The development of mass media ...

Creativity involves the production of products or ideas that feature uniqueness, imaginatively and usefulness when in use, the process is unrestricted to any subject matter or context (Burke & Tinsley, 1993). The creative process has found applications in the present world in various fields including technology, art, economics, music, education and linguistics, just to mentions but a few (Dervin, 1990). Creative thinking is a cognitive process where and individuals intelligence and personality are expressed through thought and ideas. The process of creativity is generated where there is a problem to be unriddled. The creative process involves the following stages: - Preparation ...

Introduction

The technology is accelerating at a faster rate for the last decades. People that did not experience the early generations of modern technology such as microwaves and cables are now experiencing the latest technologies such as Wi-Fi and the internet access (Mackee et al, 2012). However, it could bring problems to the older generation since they could not keep up advancements of the modern technology (Bean, 2006). Most of the older people in the society do not use the modern communications technology such as the personal computers, tablet, smart phones and the internet because of many barriers. These barriers include ...

Service Management Ideas

Service management ideas can be taken to mean new opinions in an organization in which the management uses to enhance organization’s service delivery. Management ideas arise after the assessment of the organization’s service delivery. Once the management service delivery is wanting or if there is inefficiency in the service delivery of the organization, then a need for the organization change develop. During this time, the management of the organization calls for all stakeholders to the organization to come as a team and develop ideas to help the organization increase efficiency in its service delivery. Service management ideas are ...

Government’s Role in U.S. Health Care Government’s Role in U.S. Health Care Health insurance coverage facilitates access to health care and protects individuals and families from catastrophic health expenses. Both the market and government have important roles in helping ensure the availability, affordability, and adequacy of private health insurance. In 2006, about two-thirds of Americans had private coverage, including about 60% with employment-based and 9% with directly purchased health insurance. In the same year, about 27% of the population had government benefits through Medicare, Medicaid, and military health programs. About 16% of the population ...

Survey questionnaire aims at gathering some information concerning certain problem that the researcher identifies. It seeks information from the people who may provide the necessary information. Therefore, the tool must as reliable as possible and must be considerate of the necessary principles that would make it perfect and suitable for its purpose. Problems with the survey questionnaire are likely to cause extensive challenges to the suitability of the survey. Different survey questionnaires have different problems. The first problem that the Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI) survey questionnaire indicates is its length. The questionnaire is extremely long. There are ...

If you owned your own business, would you provide your customers with a tiered service system? Why or why not?

Tiered service system is based on the idea that customer service in the company should consist of two or even three levels (tiers) of customer support. The first, basic level of support implies that the customer will be provided with general information about the product either online, or directly through the support representative, who usually has a broad knowledge about the product, but might be unaware about specific details. The second level involves a professional help of a supervisor or an expert in a particular field. Whether to employ a tiered service system in particular business depends on the type of the latter. ...

Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) are defined as organisms whose genetic material (DNA) has been transformed by use genetic engineering production methods. The organisms whose genetic material has been altered can be either plants or animals. It is from the Genetically Modified Organisms that genetically modified (GM) foods are made from through genetic modification of crops. Today, genetic modification has gained lot of development in almost every food production. Genetically modified foods whether as raw crops or manufactured products are perceived to increase food security in underdeveloped countries. However, the question that is eminent is whether genetically modified foods are a ...

Introduction

Algorithms form the basis of problem solving for most scientific solutions. This paper will focus on the issues and the problem that is being solved in the case that has been provided in the article. The article describes the approaches that are used in trying to solve the problem that has been presented.

The paper develops an algorithm that is used to solve the problem of c-approximate nearest neighbor. The problem that has been an issue is that of making approximations with high levels of dimensions. This is a problem that has been under research by many researchers. This problem ...

MANAGEMENT

- SPRAY DIAGRAM - rough spray diagram b. tided up spray diagram The above diagram is a spray diagram which displays the usefulness of system thinking. The diagram demonstrates how system thinking is useful in various aspects. One of the aspects is that of examining interrelationships. System thinking tries to view things as a whole system and in that way the interrelationship between such things is identified. This is helpful in identifying initial level of the problem and viewing problems as a whole system. System thinking is also an important agent of integration. When used with strategic planning ...

Chapter 1, pg. 36: Are Electronic Medical Records a Cure for Health Care?

The problem described in this case is on medical record keeping due to the increasing number of patients seeking medical services. According to the case, about 12 percent of healthcare spending goes towards record keeping (Laudon & Laudon, 2012). Traditionally, medical records have been kept in files and folders, which make it difficult for healthcare professionals to access and share information. This problem can be solved by adopting electronic medical systems.

What people, organization, and technology factors are responsible for the difficulties in building electronic medical record systems? Explain your answer.

The application and use of electronic medical records is compelling because they can make healthcare less expensive, efficient, and improve the quality of care by enabling easy access and ...

Life concerns: why is evil happening to good people? What is the meaning of life if good people are rewarded with evil? What’s the essence of living a righteous life when we end up with evil? Existence of evil is an absurd fact. It is contradicting that God exists and lets his people suffer. Evil is anything that is morally objected or undesired and is considered to bring harm or bad feelings among people. Evil ranges from natural calamities to diseases. Logically, evil is supposed to happen to bad people according to Paterson (1998). The fact that bad ...

The astonishing fact is that there has been an increasing number of individuals filing for bankruptcy in our society. Albeit of late congress made it harder to declare individual bankruptcy, I think this was not a good idea simply because we have developed an over-consumption behavior whose effects are severe. Therefore, the problem of over-consumption has led to poor management of cash among Americans hence this have resulted to negative effects.

Main causes of overconsumption problem.

The snowballing availability of the credit cards is one of the causes that section one of Affluenza: The All Consuming Epidemic lists. In addition to this, this book notes ...

As far as the approaches and worldviews of the Buddha, Rene Descartes and Socrates are concerned, it seems that the Buddha would be most similar to Socrates. Both great thinkers started exploring a new aspect of metaphysics (reality) and epistemology of the truth more than two-thousand years ago. Even though a distance of thousands of miles separated these brilliant minds, however, the philosophies they developed were quite similar. Both observed the world around them and ended up realizing that people were doing things the wrong way, just like they are today. As both the Buddha and Socrates tried to make ...

The proliferation of mobile phone devices amongst most Americans has been a positive step in the communication frontier but a challenge to the transport sector. The use of mobile phones, chiefly texting, while driving has had dangerous consequences on the roads by distracting drivers. Texting while driving is linked to destructive driving that accounts for numerous road accidents. The statistics indicate that the problem posed by distracted driving courtesy of mobile phone use is increasingly getting to intolerable levels. In the year 2010, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that 18 percent of all fatal crashes that occurred in that ...

Introduction

Microeconomics deals with individual firms and units’ decision making in an economy while macroeconomics addresses the greater national aspects. In that respect, this analysis seeks to demonstrate the functioning of both microeconomics as well as macroeconomics concepts by analyzing two current issues in the US addressed in two articles or the news and touching on such concepts. This is achieved by the analysis first explaining the problem as presented in the article and its possible causes. The analysis further explains the significance of the issue and its possible cause of economic fluctuations as well as its effect including benefits ...

A synthesis

A synthesis Pretext The United States of America is a more than a nation. Millions of aspiring businessmen, engineers, doctors, students and others visit America every year with a dream to settle and make a great living. Similarly, Spanish immigrants have been living in America for several past decades; their population and significance in the business culture of the nation is increasing day by day. Naturally, there is a clash of languages when immigrants have to deal with English rather than Espanol (Spanish). This synthesis essay deals with the very issue of bilingualism and its effects on certain classes of people in America. ...

Abstract

Access control lists are a set of commands that are imprinted on a device. This device usually acts as an interface between the computers and other devices across a network. The access control list help manage a network in many ways. One of the main ways ACLs are used is for safety. When applied to the immediate interface of the network to the external connection, ACLs can limit access to the internal network. ACLs are also used to limit network traffic within an enclosed network by limiting certain traffic that is not meant for the internal network. ACL can also be used to ...

Peanut allergies have become widespread with more and more schoolchildren diagnosed with this life-threatening allergy condition. As the body considers peanuts as a harmful matter, the body's immune system tries to ward off the infection and "overreacts and releases chemicals, including histamine, into [the] blood" (WebMD, 2011). The exact reasons for developing allergy on peanuts are unknown, but this is considered as one of the most severe types of allergies. In the United States, an estimated 1.5 million people have peanut allergy, including the adults. The numbers are increasing and affect not only First World countries, but developing countries as ...

There are two main characters in this case study, the First is Harvey Finley, who is the manager and owner of Troupville Business Systems and second is the receptionist Cathy Brennen. Seven years ago Mr. Finley decided to explore the opportunities in business and decided to open up his own firm. Though the conditions of the market were not favorable in Troupville due to recent cases of layoffs, bankruptcies, and plummeting real estate values, he decided to take this as an opportunity and build something to capitalize upon his experience and success as a salesman. He was determined that Troupville ...

Question One: Evaluate why it is so difficult to complete the Single European Market.

The Single European market has been a vision since the early 90s. Europe has gotten as far as creating a single currency for all the European unions, however uniting the market poses much difficulty. Over twenty years ago, Europe was warned about the great economic impact a failed market could bring. Protectionism is something that is hindering the European nations from merging into a single market1. If there are financial constraints on the banking establishment across the borders, not a lot of countries would want to participate. For a free market to become a reality, all banks must adhere to universal banking. However, this is seen ...

Introduction

Integrative approach to counseling is the use of certain combinations and aspects of various schools of thoughts in promoting wellness of individuals. In this paper we are going to discussion the key concepts of integrative counseling, understanding the roles of counselors, their therapeutic goals on what they want to achieve and how they are going to do it, their ways of addressing issues of cultural diversity, central techniques that are likely to be employed and relationship issues to be considered. Major reason for choosing integrative theory is because it will help me know and understand y client better due ...

Introduction

The nuclear power plants utilize heat that is produced by fission to generate steam. This steam that is produced is used to drive a turbine which subsequently generates electricity. Setting up nuclear power plants involves high investment costs but the variable operating costs are low. Due to these low operating costs as well as design factors, the nuclear plants in the United States of America operate entirely are “base-load plants” and are characteristically “the first in a power system’s order” (Kaplan 17).

There have been recommendations that the U.S is supposed to build more nuclear energy plants as a response ...

1. Aquinas claims that he has five arguments that God exists. Do you think that he really has five different arguments? The first argument has to do with motion and movers, and the second argument has to do with cause and effect. Are they distinct arguments or just variations of the same argument?

There are examples of cause and effect that do not involve motion, so they are distinct.

2. Assume that Aquinas is right and there must be a prime mover or a first cause. Why must this first cause be God? That is, God is traditionally defined as a being that is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnivenevolent. Does Aquinas provide any reasons for thinking that the prime ...

Introduction

Medicaid, a program that is endowed with providing insured health care services to the poor, the old and the disabled in the United States can be debated as one of the most successful health care systems in the USA. The program is purely funded by the federal and central governments and is mainly aimed at providing medical funds to people with inadequate funds. Medicare programs in all the states are managed and controlled by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) which is responsible for overseeing that quality, accountability, funding and service provision is achieved to all Americans. New ...