Essays on Taker

Psychological testing was developed to examine the cognitive and behavioral aspects of a patient. A variety of tests have been created to evaluate the individual to determine either the diagnosis of the individual or simply to attain an assessment or evaluation of the individual. Each test discussed below can provide advantages to the forensic setting. The validity and reliability of these tests have been extensively evaluated and are discussed. 1. Mental Status Exam The Mental Status Exam (“MSE”) is used to evaluate a patient’s mental functions and behaviors. The MSE was created as a tool for clinical psychologists ...

YOURNAMEHERE

YOURSCHOOLHERE C13 Economics Assignment 08 Part 1 Monopolies develop in several ways (Vandewetering, n.d.). There are “natural” monopolies that emerge from the scales of some businesses. Electric generation utilities, for example, require multi-million dollar investments in the plant and more millions to build the distribution infrastructure. At these levels of entry costs, virtually no competition can develop. Some monopolies develop around ownership of a scarce resource. The DeBeers company, for example, controls a large percentage of the world’s supply of diamonds. The third form of monopoly is the result of government action. For example, patent and copyright protection ...

Abstract

The research paper is based on non-conviction based confiscation system. The system was recently proposed by the European Commission. In general, the paper gives a comparative approach between non-conviction based confiscations and conviction-based confiscation. However, in some nations, non-conviction based confiscation is referred to as Civil Forfeiture. The main aim of conducting this study, therefore, is to have a comparative study of the conviction-based confiscation in Kuwait and non-conviction based confiscation in Australia. The study as well will identify the gaps involved in non-conviction based confiscation that will enhance its adoption or not. The significance of the study, however, ...

The risks involve in hostage crisis leads to the development of negotiation strategies that will be used based on a given hostage situation. There is a need to understand the motives of the hostage taker as a means to develop an effective and appropriate negotiation approach, in addition to the consideration of the factors that can help diffuse the tense emotional state. However, one among the most important consideration is the establishment of the negotiator and hostage-taker relationship, which often takes considerable time to develop. In this instance, the mental health professional can provide helpful assistance to negotiators in ...

Business Report

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Part 1 – Introduction

1.1 What is the name of the Entities Reporting (Quote the page number from the Annual Report)

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The name of the entity reporting is company FMC. It is created for the purpose of part 7 of the Financial Markets Conduct ...

The Alabama hostage crisis started on January 29, 2013 and lasted for 6 days, ending on February 4, 2013. During the crisis, 65-year-old Jimmy Lee Dykes, a Vietnam veteran, boarded a school bus and demanded that two children, preferably boys aged 6-10 years old, went with him (Phillips, n.d.). In the note he passed to the driver, Charles Poland, Dykes insisted that children would not be hurt and that he needed “two hostages to force the powers that be to listen” (Phillips, n.d.). As a result, he kidnapped 5-year-old Ethan Gilman and took him to the 6x8-ft underground bunker ...

Synopsis of the chapter on essential elements of individual behavior in organizations

The section on essential aspects of individual behavior in organizations is a critical overview of the features and attributions of an employee and the practices within the organization. The case that forms the baseline of the chapter relates to individuals such as Bernie Madoff whose psychopathic behaviors and narcissism attributes contributed to the fall of the NASDAQ corporation. The case exemplifies on the different elements of behavior in workplaces that motivate people and propel their success or failure to perform. The chapter illustrates and highlights all the personal features that make up productive or unproductive behaviors in organizations. First, ...

Introduction

Rosa Parks was born on 4 February 1913 in Alabama. Parks grew up in Pine Level, Alabama, on her maternal grandfather’s farm. Parks had to experience racial discrimination early in her life, with race divided schools in Alabama. As a child, Rosa suffered from poor health, especially her sore throat. She was also weak for her age and used to be bedridden with her sickness. Rosa grew up in segregated South where she had to live in an environment that rejected African Americans to enter segregated hotels or restaurants (McDonough, 2010, p. 1-12). Her long struggle toughened her ...

First Shift (4/7) - 8am to 4pm

I started at C-MED and then I moved to dispatcher and call taker. Basically, C-MED controls the ambulances and ER, and connects them in one line. During my shift, I observed that sixteen ambulances were directed to the Bay State Hospital, four ambulances to the Mercy Hospital, and just one call was directed to the Holyoke Hospital. Two hours later, I moved to dispatcher and using a headphone listened to how the dispatcher contacts the EMS crew. I observed how the dispatcher balanced ALS and BLS in the city, and sent ambulances to the scene. Also, I observed whether ...

How To Become An Effective Leader for Your Team

Many books have been written on leadership and what the process looks like when handled correctly. But one of the keys to the successful leader begins with a leader understanding the methodology of leadership. There are differences relative to the leadership practice to include the transformational, situational, value based, and authentic leadership methodologies. Leadership within the team environment also has its challenges as the team environment can cause the leader to be placed under intense pressure sometimes having to push the team in order to get the job done. Add to this the stress factor and the leader has ...

Risk Taker

Risk is often associated with some negative consequences that can emerge when a person does something he or she is not completely aware or sure about. However, risk also means discovering new opportunities and taking new chances. Being risky and brave may mean different things to people. One may see that a person is brave and courageous, if he or she selflessly helps others in difficulties. Other people may see risk, if a person decides to try something new and unusual or even travel to distant countries. Personally, I consider people risky in a good way, when they leave ...

1) The form and genre of a film inherently affects the messages and narratives that they display – this is absolutely true of Jean-Paul Lilienfeld’s Skirt Day and Michael Haneke’s Cache, both of which take the thriller genre and use it to explore and investigate their respective narratives of emotional pain, guilt, discrimination and injustice. Skirt Day, for instance, couches itself in the trappings of both the revenge film and the hostage-thriller film, given the film’s plot of a beleaguered female teacher Sonia avenging the many injustices she has seen and experienced at the school by holding ...

When students seek to study internationally, or more specifically when international students seek to study at English-speaking universities, they are often instructed to take a test that measures their level of mastery as it relates to the use of English. Among the most common of tests used for this purpose is the IELTS. However, there is some doubt regarding the effectiveness of using these tests. As such, the primary research question of interest will be: In what ways are the IELTS tests inaccurate in assessing the verbal and written performance levels of ESL learners?

How does the IELTS Test ...

BUSINESS PROCESS CREATION

Business Process Creation Dissertation Proposal My concern for this project is the dynamic nature of change at the level of the organization. The project will research how business processes are created when one organization aims to modernize many organizations by replacing manual work with information systems. Recently conducted studies in different industries indicate a rise in long term efficiency in the organization when a business adopts information system to support daily operations and administration. Adopting Information Systems is a way to prosper and stay afloat in business as well as being a very strong motivation for the individual organization ...

When I tried to create the startup with my friends, the group dynamics within our group was quite weak. We were maximalists and majority of us accounted ourselves as the most brightest and advanced members of the group. Almost everyone from us wanted to be the leader of the group. The leader of our group was constantly changing and this resulted in loose of direction, constantly changing priorities and blocking. There were a lot of jokers (people, who introduce humor in unappropirate ways) and aggressors (people, who often disagrees with others) (Mind Tools Editorial Team, 2015). So it was ...

Abstract

This research is aimed on discussing and showing the steps of evolution in the works of art by a significant photographer Alfred Stieglitz. First of all, it contains a little bit of his own biography in order to give the readers an introduction about his early life, so they will know more about his early ages, then, this research contains the review on three famous photographs that were taken in different years in order to show the progress in the evolution of Stieglitz's vision of his own art, and the evolution of his techniques in constructing the photograph's structure. ...

Introduction

Knowing the market is very important for a firm as it has to base its policies and profit maximizing decisions based on the market characteristics. In a perfectly competitive market the firms follow the price determines by the industry. On the other hand a monopolist sets the price and quantity based on the profit maximizing conditions. The monopolist earns higher profit than the firm under a competitive sitation. In a monopolistic competition the firms have to innovate so that the products can be differentiated from the products of the consumer. The oligopoly form of market is characterized by the ...

List of Tables

List of Figures Figure 1: Product Breakdown Structure for SST BI Phase I 9 Figure 2: Deliverables Typically Produced for Each PMBOK Knowledge Areas 12 Figure 3: Summary Gantt Chart for SST BI Phase 1 18

SCOPE MANAGEMENT

This section gives a high level description of the scope covered by this project. The items that are in scope have been allocated to either BPC or to SST.

STRATEGY

For the SST BI Phase I project, SST will outsource certain aspects of the development to Business Process consulting. These are mentioned in the scope definitions section of this document. BPC will work independently ...

Daniel Quinn's philosophical novel “Ishmael” begins with the reading of the newspaper. The narrator reads this newspaper with the interest especially one advertisement that was about the search of student, who wants to save the world. All his life, the narrator looked for such person and now he has found him. He has doubt about this ad, but he goes to the specified place. He sees only one gorilla in one of the offices that can speak with him telepathically. He understands that this gorilla will be his teacher that he sought.

The name of this gorilla ...

This paper analyses the group dynamics of the Nursing Executive Council (NEC) of Grady Memorial Hospital. The analysis was based on the observation of NEC meeting that was held Wednesday 4, February 2014 at the administration boardroom between 11 am and 1pm. The meeting was facilitated by Rhoda Scott who is the Chief Nursing Officer at the hospital. The analysis was conducted for purposes of understanding power and influence within the council and also council’s norms and roles.

The formal meeting of NEC members was convened to deliberate on issues relating to quality, growth, service and stewardship. Each ...

According to Shaun and Gottret (2004), the residual curve refers to the individual demand curve of a firm that is the part of the market demand which is not provided by other competing firms in the market. It can, therefore, be defined as the market demand function after it has been subtracted from the quantity supplied by other competing firms at each price. Suppose the market demand is D (p) and the supply provided by the other firms is S o (p), then there are several ways to calculate the demand for the firm. The first one is by expressing the relationship ...

Introduction

Hostage negotiation is a crisis negotiation technique that involves communication with people who are threatening to inflict harm on defenceless civilians. The negotiations are usually between the hostage taker and the authority. A police psychologist can play the role of primary negotiator or advisor in a hostage crisis. A hostage negotiator is a specially trained law enforcement officer whose job is to diffuse situations that may have otherwise turned out hazardous. The police psychologist never works alone but is always part of the rescue team which may be the FBI, or the Police. An ideal negotiation is one whereby all hostages are ...

INTRODUCTION

In order to come up with effective and efficient strategies, it is important to understand the dynamics of different market structures. Different market structures have different characteristics and features and operate differently. In this report, an attempt has been made to understand the different market structures and comments have been made on the different features and characteristics of these market structures.

MARKET STRUCTURE

A market is a group of individuals, firms and economic agents, who have interaction with each other as a buyer and seller. In economics market structures are defined into four main types, and that are perfect competition, monopolistic competition, monopoly, ...

Standardization connotes ‘uniformity of procedures’ in administering and scoring tests. Standardized tests are for the purpose of comparing scores received by different persons. If the scores are to be comparable, the test and testing conditions must be same for all who take the test. Tests that are administered in an unvarying mode to all test takers are a standardized test. The principle of standardization is that the only independent variables present in the test should be the individuals taking the test and all other aspects must be constant. In order to achieve uniformity of the testing conditions, the test ...

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Introduction

Technological innovations allow for the creation of new educational materials that are in a different format to attract more users. Usually, these materials come in the form of games. Among those are metacognition activities that enhance one’s ability to think critically and apply the appropriate skills or insights to the task presented. This can be specifically applied to games that fosters a stroop effect. Stroop effect suggests that as one age, their brain’s function in relation to reaction to time becomes gradually slower when presented with conflicting information.

Part One

A stroop task is fun and nerve-racking. Developed by ...

- What is Agile and what are user stories? Agile refers to a software development methodology that provides more efficient ways of handling and managing software development projects as compared to traditional methods such as the waterfall development methodology. Agile development allows for the evolution of requirements and problem solutions through the collaboration of cross-functional teams. The methodology promotes evolutionary development, adaptive planning, continuous improvement, early project delivery, and promotes rapid response to change. Agile has some unique characteristics and emphasizes more on interactions than development processes and tools. The methodology also places more focus on delivering working software ...

Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales-II:

Issues Related to Result Interpretation and Test Validity Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales-II: Issues Related to Result Interpretation and Test Validity The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales-II (Vineland-II; Sparrow, Cicchetti & Balla, 2004) is a psychometric test used to measure adaptive behavior. Adaptive behavior is defined as the ability to achieve a level of personal independence and social responsibility consistent with expected levels from individuals cultural and age group (Perry & Factor, 1989). The Vineland-II test is comprised of four domains of adaptive behavior: (1) Communication, (2) Daily Living, (3) Socialization, and (4) Motor Skills. The Maladaptive Behavior Index measures maladaptive behaviors, ...

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

Organization

There have been several ways of oppression and domination in human history, the most common being slavery, colonization and class or caste system prevailing in the society. Gender oppression is another important kind(Wang). Oppression leads to tension and violence because the oppressed would definitely rise against the oppressor one day after a long period of subjugation. A lot of literature has been written following these themes of subjugation and dominance. Some of the ways in which violence and domination have operated in countries of South America, the causes and repercussions are being discussed here in this essay in various ...

Introduction

General Electric Corporation is regarded as one of the most successful corporations in the world today. Importantly, it appears as one of the Fortune 500 companies. One of the factors that has contributed towards the success of the corporation is its leaders. This paper aims at critically examining leadership in General Electric, its purpose, characteristics and significance in enhancing the competitiveness of General Electric. In addition, it will examine the strategies that have been put in place by the leaders of General Electric. It will also examine the role of leadership in promoting competitiveness and future leadership in the ...

Raising a child is definitely rewarding; however, it could be more challenging than one might have imagined, as there are a lot to think about, in order to raise a balanced and happy individual. Parenting literature suggests that children-and families alike- need to have established routines. That way, children can find it easier to cope with everyday transitions (Bell, 2001 p. 175). Established routines in the classroom are fundamental principles been taught to educators (Butterfield, 2002 p.29-32), who in turns counsel parents on the significance of having a schedule and established routines at home. In general, routine creates a sense of safety in a ...

The European System of Central Bank (ESCB) is governed by European Central Bank (ECB) and the National Central Banks (NCB) of European Union Member States. European Central Bank is the Central Bank of Europe Zone. ESCB is governed by the governing council and other decision making bodies of ECB. The governing Council is responsible for making monetary decisions and the Executive Board is empowered to implement monetary policy as per the framework of decisions laid by the Governing Council. Just like any other Central Bank, the core function of ECB includes maintain price stability of the local currency in ...

Lesson 4: Cost and Behavior

Lesson 5: Pricing and Service Decisions Lesson 6: Planning and budgeting Abstract This document contains responses to questions for three lessons from the unit HA-343 Healthcare Financial Management. They are Lesson 4: Cost and Behavior; Lesson 5: Pricing and Service Decisions and Lesson 6: Planning and budgeting. Lesson 4: Cost and Behavior

Question 1: Explanation of financial accounting, managerial accounting,

and managerial finance - Financial accounting relates to preparation of financial statements to be used by decision makers. They include suppliers, stockholders, banks, government agencies, government agencies, owners of industries. There will always be a need for financial accounting because it limits the ...

Introduction

The Memletics accelerated system learning system seeks to recognize and effectively brings out what each individual prefers in the learning styles and techniques. This seeks to clarify the various techniques that an individual has in that field. This brings that each individual has a dominant style over the other styles preferred in that logical order. Other people may find that they have different learning styles in different circumstances. An individual may use the different styles and does develop the character of improving the ability and the speed in the quality of the individual learning. The purpose seeks to show that ...

Question One

Part One Introduction The term creative refers to a way of though and action which brings unexpected and original to fruition. It is a very important quality of human being which constitutes Value, Intention, Novelty and Excellence s abbreviated in the ‘VINE’ acronym. Creativity is a very important trait that every human should strive to possess. It can improve the quality of life and make it better than ever.

I would like to select Alexander the Great as the most creative person we studied about during this semester. Alexander featured in the history books as one of the greatest kings ...

Introduction

The Computer Anxiety Scale, popularly known as SCALE is a psychological test. It is used by industrial and organizational psychologists to assess and measure the levels of anxiety as a result of using computers. The test can also be used to measure anxiety in people who do not interact directly with computers but spend a lot of time in computer environments. The test was designed and authored by E. R. Oetting. It was published in 1983 by the Rocky Mountain Institute of behavior Science. The publisher’s postal address is Box 1066, Fort Collins and the postal code is 80522. The publisher’ ...

Test Development, Part One

Test Development, Part One Test Plan for Measuring Knowledge of validity and Reliability Test format: multiple choice test Test Length: 20 items (30 Minutes)

Test Universe: This test is designed to measure the knowledge the participant possesses in reliability and validity of testing. KNOWLEDGE OF TERMS AND CONCEPTS TYPES OF RELIABILITY Test-retest method

Internal consistency method

Scorer reliability method

Subtotal: 15% RELIABILITY COEFFICIENTS

Cohen’s kappa

Correlations in two test administrations

Standard error of measurement

Confidence interval

Subtotal: 25% EVIDENCE OF VALIDITY Test content

Response process

Internal structure

Relations to ...

The taking of hostages is seen as an attention- seeking behavior to attract an audience, for without an audience hostage taking is meaningless. The taking of hostages should be viewed as an attempt at problem solving .Hostage takers in most cases use hostages as bargaining chips throughout the negotiation process. The negotiator is engaged to initiate a dialogue with the captor who is the hostage taker to ensure safe release of the hostages. The negotiator should be able to ensure the safety of the hostages, the criminals and the general public surrounding the incident. For the negotiation team to be ...

Introduction

Bullying in schools is not a new phenomenon but is an activity that has been in existence for ages. A good proportion of students and adults have accounts of their experiences with bullying or have witnessed their peers bullied in what a turned out to be a serious problem in the society with variant detrimental effects that range from emotional effects to negative effects on a student’s academic performance. Teens between the age of 13 and 19 year are perhaps the greatest users of the technology, particularly the internet. The National Crime Prevention Council (2007) contends that teens between the age of ...

Many different themes of apparent opposition come from reading James Baldwin’s classic short story, Sonny’s Blues. There are themes of life versus death, good versus bad, light versus darkness, safety versus danger, white versus black, seeing versus blindness, and outside versus inside, to name only a few. A theme that encompasses all of these supposed oppositions is order versus chaos. The characters in Sonny’s Blues attempt to make order from the roiling dangers of poverty, addiction, war, and other chaotic elements of life in Harlem of the 1950s. However, Baldwin does not present chaos and order as ...

Source

The article chosen is by Lizardo Omar. It was published on January 3, 2011. The title of the article is “experiential stratification bases and consumption of high status culture”. It is from the journal of theory culture and society, volume number 28 pp. 678-696.

Purpose of research

The key question that the author seeks to answer is whether people in order-giving positions have a high chance of engaging in high status culture consumption in contrast to people in order taking positions. He notes that research has proven that culture consumption has continued to be shaped by variables that are associated with prestige and ...

Abstract

Bill’s vast experience that has been accumulated over the years places him in a perfect position to inherit the business from Hugo. Coupled with support from family members and the goodwill he has in the business, management and ownership of the business would not be a great deal to Bill. The sales agreement places Bill in an advantageous position since he would not have to look for capital or funds to start up the business. Furthermore, the business enjoys high reputation and respect from the customers. With his hard work and determination, Bill should not be scared of the risks ...