Essays on Trends.

Real Gross Domestic Product – GDP is defined by the Bureau of Economic Analysis as “the value of the goods and services produced by the nation’s economy less the value of the goods and services used up in production, adjusted for price changes” (2016, n.p.). The real GDP is analyzed based on the four quarters of the year. For every year the data is provided for four quarters. The data show the trend of growth in real GDP. In both years in 2014 and in 2015 the annual level increased to 2.4%. The trend of growth did, however, differ ...

The need for equality in the labor market both within the border of the country and across its jurisdiction prompted the EU to consider revising the existing labor legislation. The rationale behind it was to ensure that all human resources seeking job opportunities outside their countries are treated similarly with the host’s workforce. Equality in the workforce ranges from remunerations, disciplinary actions, training and vocations, and working days and holidays preference. Therefore, the provision prohibits favoritism or prejudice when dealing with a diversified workforce. The move for France to propose full actualization of the directive is to limit the ...

Intercultural communication aims at sharing information among people from different cultures. It encompasses wide a range of communication procedures and deals with problems faced when people from different culture are working together in one organization. The article selected for this paper is “The Crisis in Burma” taken from the website of International Coalition for the Responsibility to Protect (ICRtoP); link of the article is mentioned in the citation. In this paper, only Part VI of the article will be summarized and compared with the Bennett article as it is only this part that deals with the ethnic and religious discrimination ...

Public Administration is linked to the subject of Public Policy (comparable with Business Management, Political Science, Political Affairs, and Organizational Management and Leadership). Graduates learn the nuances of budgeting, grant-writing, public relations, mediating, leadership, organization, research, policy-writing, and a lot of other aspects by studying Public Administration. It teaches them to engage in and discover realistic answers to the existing contemporary issues of our times, as sustainable living, climate-change, education, and health care reform. A Public Administration degree prepares and enables the student to administer public and private organizations, non-profit and service groups, and get employed in different organs of ...

Infant care and production in Tamarins: An Introduction Parenting patterns vary extensively both amongst human and primates. Cooperative care is rather unusual in the primates, however; it is found mainly in tamarins (Saguinus oedipus), the small monkeys. This report delves into infant care and production in tamarins, in a social system, explaining the methods they maintain their relationships in a cooperative care.

When offered an option for caretaking of mother or the father, infants generally prefer the father, who offer more care. Hence, in biparental and cooperative breeding groups, the infants do not create a major fondness to the mother or ...

System archetypes can be described as the behavioral patterns of the system. There is always a similar structure for systems expressed by circles of causality. To enable efficiency in changing the system, one should be able to identify the systems archetype and finds its leverage. A system can be drawn as a diagram set up with circles of casualty. These circles include actions, feedbacks and delays. In a system, every action has a reaction that is referred to as feedbacks; reinforcing feedback and balancing feedback. These feedbacks do not always happen immediately since the process might have delays. Reinforcing feedback is also referred ...

Starbucks was established in the year 1971. Later, the founders of the company and a marketing manager who happens to own the company currently, decided to list the company in the stocks exchange. Ever since, the company has experienced continuous growth. The coffeehouse company has expanded over the years of its existence (Gia, 2009). The company has expanded both in size from an initial one outlet in Seattle, Washington to twenty thousand three hundred and sixty six outlets in sixty-one countries across the globe. This shows commendable growth in just four decades of operating. Starbucks has not only grown in ...

Vivian was diagnosed with Stage IV Ovarian cancer at the age of 48 years by a prominent physician. According to film the ‘Wit’, Vivian’s care was faced by barriers of effective communication. First, there was a lack of consent. A prominent physician, Harvey Kelekian, subjected her to agree to aggressive, debilitating chemotherapy to serve his research agenda. Vivian was to bear the therapy and the degrading study. As her condition got worse and fear increased, she questioned the assumptions about life. Secondly, lack of integrity among the professionals. This is evident in Dr. Kelekian his first words to Vivian ...

TELUS is an innovative telecommunications company of Canada. It began is journey from the provinces of Alberta and British Columbia; going on to become the country’s second largest telecommunications company. Today, they provide a range to internet solutions for home, workplace or on the move. They provide a wide range of communication products and services such as data, Internet Protocol (IP), voice, wireless, entertainment and video. We would like to provide you with the brief history of TELUS to highlight major landmarks in its recent history. In the year 2009, it acquired Black’s Photography, a chain of small format ...

Having an addiction of any kind is dangerous. However, one kind of addiction that involves the most amount of health risk is drug addiction. Drug addiction is an ill that can rear its ugly head no matter who you are, and that is reason enough to take notice of it. Sadly though, despite what many people would like to believe, addiction to drugs is still very much a part of modern society, and the numbers surrounding the addiction are mind boggling to say the least. According to figures provided by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, around 167 ...

Introduction Understanding the integrated marketing communications (IMC) assists in bringing together an effective marketing plan for products and services of an organization. Most organizations implement IMC in order to acquire a bigger market share that allows them to sell more products both locally and internationally. An effective IMC should put marketers and communication professionals in a better position to follow the marketing concept and improve sales. Consumer needs and wants are the main focus elements while designing an integrated marketing communications plan. The following is an ICM plan for MAC Cosmetics. Until recently, promotion of an organization’s products and ...

In the article Students Behaving Badly, Richard Flacks seeks to explain the attributes of college and university students today. Their character and mannerisms, he says, are highly influenced by their backgrounds in terms of family, race and education. He made his point of view known from the onset of his findings because he tries to draw comparisons on what happens in college and universities today from what used to happen many decades ago. But then there is a problem with the way he puts forth his findings because the environment in which the studies are done is quite different. The ...

The success of Nike lies in its pledge to a detailed analysis of future opportunities in meeting the requirements of the customer wants in accordance with the current trends. In addition, tapping in new segments is also a significant endeavor of Nike. The primary focus of any business has to be the customer; marketing management has to take the lead in researching the customer and the markets, in order to promote strategies and Nike has been leading in all the mentioned fronts with aplomb. It is imperative to delve into Nike’s historical perspective, the word “Nike” is derived ...

Topshop is a popular British Multinational retailer that specializes in shoes, fashion clothes, makeup and accessories. It was founded back in the year 1964 by peter Robison whom by then named it The Peter Robinsons Topshop. In 1970, the TopMan brand was created as a spin-off so as to cater for the male clients. Currently, Topman runs as a separate entity although there exists some stores that are co-located. According to the data retrieved from their official website, Topshop has around 440 shops across 37 countries. It also boasts of an online platform that manages its online operations in a number of its ...

Interviews form a great avenue through which one can gain first hand information from a person who is directly involved in the field. Due to the involvement of such people in a practical world, they are able to offer the plausible responses which can act as an eye opener to the interviewer. The questions below were used to as guiding questions while interviewing three managers from reputable companies seeking to know how they have been successful in managing general organizational relationships and employees amidst the growing trend of employee and labor unions in the federal state. The first respondent, Mr. Dave Murry, ...

In economics, inflation can be explained as a persistent increase in the general price level of goods and services over a period of time. Inflation results in a reduction in the purchasing power per unit of money which means money losses it’s real value over period of time. The inflation rate is measured by inflation index . Inflation index shows the change in percents of general price index also called consumer price index over the period of time. (Mankiw, 2002).

1. Demand-pull inflation which is caused by increases in aggregate demand due to increased private and government spending; 2. Cost-push inflation ...

Conceivably, the most important roles that the media plays is reporting and informing the public. As such, media forms an integral part of the contemporary society with news coming from all corners of the world. However, a big question presents itself. Do media present the news accurately? Freedom of expression is a fundamental right contained in almost all constitutions and thus giving the media the freedom and the mandate to report without fear of victimization .However, it cannot be disputed that the media has of late overstepped its mandate or abused this fundamental right. With the current global trend of money-mindedness ...

Unequal development and economic status have been a persistent problem in America. The gap between the rich and the poor is high and is been amplified by several factors. How can an individual help reduce this gap? There is a great deal of actions that an individual can do. This concerns the development of alternative economic institutions including practical problem solving that have begun centered on egalitarian wealth, nurturing democracy and community life and avoiding climate catastrophe and fostering liberty. A small, thoughtful group can change the world. The following are some of the areas small groups can focus on ...

With increasingly difficult organizational structures and continuously evolving markets, modern companies face more severe competition. This competitive market environment is no longer determined by the high level supply and demand curve and product features, as it used to be somewhat forty and even thirty years ago. Contemporary businesses have to learn to compete on price and upstream effectiveness to be able to develop sustainable competitive advantage in their respective markets. Past decades put in focus an emerging trend of production and manufacturing outsourcing, where large corporation found a great cost advantage in offshoring their operations in lower labor cost countries, ...

This paper discusses the factors that influence the evolution of HR practices. There have been profound shifts in the marketplace that has led to a change in the way organizations perceive business strategies and processes. Major factors that have influenced future evolution of HR practices are the advancement in technology, customer needs, demographic factors and globalization leading to more competition .

Below are three major factors that can have a major influence on future evolution of HR practices: Technological factor Technology plays a vital role in affecting future of HR practices. With the increasing use of technology in today’s era ...

Psychology of Racism There is hardly an ideology, more discredited than racism. But there is hardly an ideology or, at least, the mindset, that is more common than racism. Racial discrimination in the United States has deep historical roots and, in fact, is the same age as the country. Society, founded by white people, has always had negative attitude towards people with different skin color: Indians – Native Americans and blacks. Racial segregation in the United States has officially existed since 1865, with the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution, abolishing slavery. As examples of racism ...

1. Conduct a SWOT analysis of S/M. Strengths: According to the case study the company’s greatest strength lies in providing high quality products to its customers. This gives S/M an edge over other architects in the industry. The 40 years experience in this industry adds to the company’s strengths because they have now established their name in the market. Adding on, the company enjoys a positive image in their designs of sports facilities and this is a niche market. The staff of the company contributes towards the strengths of the company. Weaknesses: Their specialty only lies in designing ...

It is very common to hear of the term “risk factor” in epidemiology as well as in criminal behavior studies. In general, sense, a risk factor is a term used to refer to a variable that is associated with an alleviated risk of infection, disease or disorder. The number of identified diseases, disorders and infections are very large and consequently; the number of risk factors that increase the susceptibility to them is large. Each disease, infection or disorder has its own set of risk factors. However, some risks factors that have been found apply in all three aspects mentioned above. This paper ...

Since the beginning of the economic revolution, the united states have experienced recessions at least, but none was severe or lasted as long as the great depression. It is only with the shift in the economy towards war armament in the late 1930s that the hold of the recession eased. Stock prices had been rising gradually since 1920, but in 1928 and 1929 their prices surged forward with average stock gaining over 40% in value. At the time, the stick was totally unregulated, and this led to a lot of margin buying as customers borrowed up to 70% of the ...

The onset of modern technology has put the right to privacy into question. The right to privacy envisioned by the constitution drafters has been riddled with controversy since the discovery of the internet. Discovery and innovations in the field of technology has increased the chances of privacy intruders. The government and other titans in the field of technology have been identified as potential privacy intruders.

A commission of inquiry drafted the fair information practice principles to regulate how online entities operate to and ensure that the right to privacy is protected. The US Secretary Advisory Committee on Automated Personal ...

Meritocracy is term that implies a social system that gives the greatest power and highest social positions to people with the most ability. Entrepreneurs are more in the business of meritocracy than other industries. Decisions made on the basis of merit are executed faster than those based on hierarchy, politics, and titles. When a company fails to have diversity, it is a sign of dysfunction. Diversity is a source of strength for any company or team that boasts of it. Essentially, diverse teams are in a better position to make good decisions than the less diverse teams. It broadens the base of experience and ...

For those that have decided to embark on a History career as a way to fulfill their life goals, jobs are not easy to come by. It is definitely not of the most profitable job markets, and many end up unemployed. The study of two articles will allow the study of this problem and offer possible solutions. The text “Redefining Historical Scholarship: Report of the American Historical Association Ad Hoc Committee on Redefining Scholarly Work” believes that the main problem is the definition that historical scholarship has taken and looks to broaden it so that it becomes a more holistic and ...

The reason for difference in Net Profit from Operations in the Income Statement and Cash Flow from Operations in Cash Flow Statement is because, both the financial statement follows different accounting principle. While the Net Income of the company is calculated by following accrual basis of accounting, the CFO is calculated by strictly following cash basis of accounting. In other words, if the revenue from a unit sold during December is expected to be received in January, the income statement will record revenue in December itself while no such entry would be posted in Cash flow from Operations. Hence, Income ...

Human health is a universal phenomenon that affects the body, without which we may not live. However, culture has a special imprint on the way we take care of our organism, and this influence is difficult to counter. Even though it is a condition that affects all of us, different civilizations imply different treatments of the body, which must be taken into account at the time of comparing health conditions. Many aspects must be taken into account, including possibilities of exercising and the tendency of the culture to lead people towards this aim. In my case, because I am a female and an ...

Objective Technology is considered one of the cornerstones for success of any business organization in the contemporary market. However, technology is dynamic in nature, as it changes rapidly from time to time. To keep up with these changes, it implies that an organization should keep updating its technology over time; otherwise, its technology would become obsolete. This is particularly relevant in the case of publishing companies. The in this case, objective is to assess the implications of hiring a new leader to oversee the transformation of the information technology department in Penguin Group publishing Company. Besides, the company also ...

Culture is defined as the characteristics of a specific category of people. It is defined by every single aspect of the people from language, arts, religion, music, social habits and cuisine. It is the shared and interactive patterns of behavior of the human societies. It differentiates members of a particular group from another. Studying organization’s culture is way much different from studying French or British culture in that it is so diversified. In an organization, there are so many people from different cultures yet they all have to learn and integrate the organization’s culture to act as one group ...

Challenger Deep as a consequence of weak plate coupling”, by Zohar Gvirtzman, and Robert J. Stern, published by Tectonics describes the study of determining the depths of the Mariana trench-arc system, and how the weak plate coupling results in the formation of Challenger Deep: the deepest known point on earth’s surface. The author’s demonstrate that the Mariana Trench is located at the southwest, and not at the center, because of the width of the plate coupling zone. The authors examine observation methods such as Bathymetry, to know the relation of the Mariana trench with the regional topographic trend, ...

One of the problems in America is child obesity, wherein more children from low-income families have greater tendency to become victims (Saelens, Sallis, Couch, Cain, and Glanz 57). United States faces a childhood obesity epidemic which has been perceived to be a problem that continues to get worse. The changes on the way the children live, go to school and what they eat during snacks and meals, play as significant factors of childhood obesity. Obesity rates of children from low-income families are relatively high compared to children from middle-class families (Muth 68). Genetic, social, economic factors are the prevalent indicators of ...

Over the past couple of decades, a significant paradigm shift has become apparent in people’s work lives and professional priorities. The workforce available today, does not think, look or act on the workplace events and decisions as workforces in past used to do so. It does not even possess past trends of values and experience for pursuing their career. New technologies in this modern era have changed the way of thinking in social as well as professional lives of the modern workforce. Today’s workforce faces a challenging environment in workplace where rapid changes occur and decisions are made ...

The article reported on the upward trend in health spending growth in 2011. In 2011, per capita and total spending on health care increased. For instance, between 2010 and 2011 estimated per capita expenditure for claims filed under employer-sponsored health insurance rose up to 4.6 percent (Roehrig, 2011). Based on age group, health spending increased significantly for children reaching 7.7 percent increase over 2010. Based on the region the HCCI report indicates that the Northeast had both the highest dollars spent per capita and the highest growth in spending. According to the producer price index, Medicare prices increased by ...

Gamblers fallacy is an argument that bases its argument on the occurrence of random events, in that if the occurrence of a certain event is frequent currently the there will be an infrequent occurrence in the future. The fallacy depicts that if something happens more often or if there is a positive performance, there will be a rare occurrence in the future, or the performance will be negative. The fallacy is based on independent events where the outcome of one event does not influence the other also called random events. The fallacy argues that if a certain outcome is favored then as you ...

Aggressive Jingoism and chimera are two significant components of Vietnamese cinema. These two interesting components have been portrayed extensively in movies having Vietnam in the centre. This paper intends to discuss Asian cinema with perspectives of two abovementioned components. These two subjects are favorite topics of Vietnamese and American movie makers. Almost every movie revolves around these two subjects with a different angle to the story. Vietnamese filmmakers give a twist to these subjects with an intention to present their version however other filmmakers present their version of the story having these subjects as the centre theme of the story. ...

The marketing information system (MIS) has three main methods to develop marketing information. Critically assess the ability of each way to help Marketing managers understand the consumer behaviour Stimuli in both B2C and B2B contexts.

There are many forces that are found in marketing activity, these are external, internal, controllable and uncontrollable. The marketer tries to find out the impact of these forces i.e. which force is affecting more. So for this the marketer tries to gather information from various sources and thus this collecting of information is called Marketing Information System (MIS). .(Rahul Pandita, July 2012; E. Fariborzi ...

The artic is melting and is anticipated by many to be ice-free by 2040. Because of its abundance of natural resources, many nations and corporations may begin jockeying for control over these resources and drawing the Artic into the global economy. There are a number of ways in which this can happen including: globalized frontier, adaptive frontier, fortress frontier, and equitable frontier.

Changing environments can have a significant effect on companies. Companies need to be able to adapt to survive and be competitive. Environmental uncertainty is “the degree of complexity plus the degree of change that exists in an organization’ ...

The group members were to carrying out an analysis on the brewing industry in the globe. The group decided to allocate different tasks on research and analysis on the brewing industry. The group members met and came up with some question that each member was supposed to address. Each member was supposed to get detailed analysis in the area of research allocated and the analysis was to give almost a similar conclusion before combining it. A brewing industry is a company that produces beer. Beer is one of the handiest drinks and the world most consumed beverage. This is because ...

This paper is aimed at looking into business and society as interactive systems. Business operations are variously affected by the surroundings in which they operate, popularly termed the business environment; customers, competitors, suppliers, distributors, industry trends, substitutes, regulations, government activities, the economy, demographics, and social and cultural factors are forces included in any business environment (Kochan & Rubenstein, 2000). Others such as innovations and technological developments may also be classified as forces that influence the business environment. Equally, on a broad understanding, many may connote a different set of the definition of the business environment as a physical space or place where ...

Good health of the people is essential for the prosperity of the nation. The realization of national goals such as increased national income significantly depends on the good health of its people. Emerging trends indicate that the United States government has taken the initiative to ensure that it has established a comprehensive health insurance plan for its citizens. Given the three separate options, I will prefer the imposition of a 7 percent rise in the income tax. This is because this option of funding takes account of the relative differences in income earning among members of the society. It acknowledges ...

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The issue of gender-based behavioral patterns has always been a point of artistic interest. After cinematography emerged as an independent kind of art and a cultural phenomenon, it also started viewing them as a mean to increase attractiveness and interest for the media. This essay is aimed at pointing out the main examples of female characters who express certain elements of what is commonly perceived as male behavior, sort them out and determine whether there is a certain trend towards “masculinization” of the females. In order to perform a deep and thoughtful analysis of the issue, certain ...

The book Flat World and Education, written by Linda Hammond-Darlington, describes five essential practices that enhance success in schools. These measures have been effective in reforming the underperforming schools, especially in urban areas. The five practices include establishing small size classes or learning communities within the school fraternity, creating structures that enhance personal and strong relationships in the school, formulating intellectually, and comprehensive instructions for the learners, formulating a strategy for assessing performance based on assessment, and recruiting highly competent staff, especially teachers, who play a part in planning and problem solving processes. A successful organization should have strategies and policies that ...

Target is a North American retailing chain with headquarters in Minnesota, US. Target’s brand promise is based on the slogan “Expect more. Pay less”. Target pursues the mission to become a preferred shopping destination, by creating superior value to its customers, by enhancing customer experience and by investing in innovation.

U.S. retail industry is highly consolidated, with the main top 5 companies controlling approximately one third of the overall food market, as estimated by Deloitte. The rest of the market is comprised of smaller stores that usually cater for specific consumer needs. Thus, for example, organic and ethnical food are ...

Introduction Leadership occurs as one of the primary factors that have generated varied interpretations across various contexts. This can be accredited to the fact that there are various features that define the leadership traits of an individual. Many at times, leadership refers to the ability of an individual to influence and support others in accomplishing tasks assigned to them. For this purpose, leadership in business contexts refers to the ability of the senior staff in any given business firm to influence their sub-ordinates and help them in accomplishing and making adequate decisions regarding the tasks assigned to them ( ...

Bromford Group is an organization deeply committed to offer a variety of quality housing services that meet the needs of our clients. Our work always revolves around the aspect that we need to be dynamic and sensitive to consumer needs and as well as keep at par with the emerging trends and issues. We have engaged the services of revered professional to ensure we give the best. Over the past decade, we have improved steadily, a sure sign of our solid mastery of the social housing provision services. We hope to grow and become the leading housing organization globally.

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1.0 Introduction 1.1 Overview of the condition - An individual is regarded as obese if their body mass index exceeds 30. A body mass index of between 25 and 29.9 qualifies an individual to be regarded as overweight. Daniels, S., Arnett, D., & Eckel, R. (2005;). Overweight in children and adolescents: pathophysiology, consequences, prevention, and treatment. Circulation 111 , 1999–2002. - The majority of obesity incidences are as a result of an imbalance between the calories that an individual has ingested versus the calories that the individual expends. Ogden, C., Carroll, M., Kit, B., & Flegal, K. ( ...

THESIS: This trend needs to change so that parents and children get quality time together for this greatly contributes to their overall growth and development - IMPORTANCE OF PARENTS IN THE LIVES OF THEIR CHILDREN - Parents role in the lives of their children - Reasons for the lack of parent involvement - Thesis statement - INVOLVEMENT AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL - Participation in children’s academics - Involvement in co- curricular activities - Always partnering with teachers - PARENT INVOLVEMENT OUTSIDE SCHOOL - Going to church with their ...

The banking sector is the defining industry of the modern era of the 21st century. The financial markets operate in order to attract and drag Foreign Direct Investment into the local market, and the national systems of the latest version of globalized world are operating as a set of corporations (Arnolda & Sikkab, 2001). They need to provide the companies with efficient market systems so that the businesses can create profit and healthy amount of return on investment as well. However, the Chinese have grown a fiscal order that is literally housing a well-organized productive capacity. The local productivity is engaged in terms ...

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Websites have the main function of availing information to web users through internet-enabled devices. As such, web designers must strive to develop interactive websites that provide a good user experience irrespective of the devices used to access such websites. With smartphones and tablets on the increase in the modern market, differences in device resolution requirements in web design can at times be a daunting task for web designers. The answer to this lies in responsive web design. For any web-designer with plans to implement a superb internet site, responsive web design provides a solution to design issues related to speed, dimensions ...

The twentieth century has gradually witnessed vast transformation in the U.S. family structure in many ways like divorce and marriage rates, childbearing, cohabitation, increase in the rate of working women and sexual conduct. The 1960’s witnessed the concept of ideal marriage which gradually changed with the change in the aspirations and ambitions of people. The then paternalistic society viewed male dominion and suppressed and oppressed the female by limiting them to function the roles to manage the home and the family. The society gradually changed by moving over to egalitarian relationships, independence and aspirations. The financially independent women ...

The history of the formation and development of the American federalism is interesting because, in spite of all its specific features, it largely reflects the general trends that are inherent in any federal state. Such, for example, as a struggle between the center and the subjects of the federation for the rights and powers, as the trend towards centralization of power, and so on. In other words, it indicates the urgency of the problem of the relationship between the central government and form part of any complex public education. In 1775 the thirteen American colonies of England raised a rebellion ...

During the pre-historic age, human civilization lived in caves and in the wilderness. Now that we are in the information age, human civilization has moved from caves to the Internet. People are now able to ‘live’ online; but the most popular aspect of living that people, especially the younger generation, have been doing online is socializing (Kriescher, 2009). And they do this with the help of social networking sites. Like many things, social networking sites have both their advantages and disadvantages; and it is important for people to be able to determine these things in order to properly handle ...

Introduction The theme of the music video, Lilly Allen’s, ‘Hard out There’ is all about the typical behavior of women and thinking of men about the general womanhood features. When it comes to women, thinking of men is all about their sexual appeal. If a woman is very appealing in appearance, men get overwhelmed by her thoughts and take her on for a single time partner rather than being with them for a lifetime. Appealing women lose their attraction earlier than desired as they ought to interact with men more in order to create a demand for themselves. However, for becoming ...

Many religions exist in this world, and every religion claims to be the best. I find Judaism to be very exciting as I love the ceremonies and all the ornamental fiddle bits. Like several other religions, Judaism is more than 3000 years old that came into existence with human civilization. I consider Judaism to be the happiest religion as its important principle is to care and adore the fellow citizen as thyself, regardless of his or her religion. An interesting feature in Judaism is that the men wear a small dish-shaped cap to cover their head at all times to ...

The company under Note 2 of the financial statement has disclosed extensive information about the accounting policies being followed by it. Following the IFRS standards for the purpose of financial reporting, each accounting policy followed and implemented in the financial reporting process has been discussed, thus providing evidence for sufficiency of the disclosure of the accounting policies.

With companies going multinational there are different segments operating under the organizational framework. Hence, in order to ensure transparency related to the financial disclosures and to adhere to the regulations of the accounting standards, the companies do report segmental information so as ...

Qualitative and quantitative research applies different research strategies both in the ways they analyze the information and the information is collected. The qualitative research involves non-numerical data such as research information that is collected from different journals, scholarly research articles, visual materials, etc. that is analyzed by the researcher paraphrased in his own words. On the other hand, the quantitative research involves collecting the numerical data and analyzing the data with the use of financial software such as Excel and SPSS. Both research methods share their own set of advantages and disadvantages along with similarities and differences. Both the ...

Malaysia is a nation positioned in the South East of Asia. The country practices a federal constitutional monarchical system, with control of 13 states. The nation lies in a space of 127, 350km2 with Kuala Lumbar as the capital city. The country shares land and maritime on both ends with the neighboring nations such as Thailand to the East and Singapore to the West. This essay seeks to examine the political, economic, social structure in relation to doing of business in Malaysia.

As a point of departure, the political milieu of this nation has been relatively stable and this is immensely attributed to ...

Considered to be the worst financial crisis after the Great Depression of the 1930s, the financial crisis of 2007-2008 hit hard the global economy, threatening the total collapse of the big financial institutions, which, although was prevented by the bailout actions of the national governments, kept the global stock markets at its all-time low. The crisis played a crucial role in the failure of many businesses, decrease in the consumer wealth and a slow economic activity, creating the European sovereign-debt crisis. The impact of the global recession hit the common people by giving rise to unemployment problems, loss of jobs, decreased ...

Introduction For this paper, the topic that was chosen is about obesity. The term obesity refers to the accumulation of excess body fat which can be associated to the physical demonstration of chronic energy surplus (Chaput, Doucet & Tremblay 681). In our present environment, obesity has become one of the most challenging problems that the world has to face. This situation has been dubbed as the obesogenic environment, referring to the consumption of energy and is detrimental to the expenditure of energy. Obesity is not just a problem of the adult population since the number of obese children continues to ...

Religion is one of the most valuable and indispensable aspect in human life. Globally, across countries with different cultures, religion has a diverse shape and identity. But digging deep into it, what is the science behind religion? What are the aspects of religion that makes it successful in shaping cultures, and even the entire history of mankind? Scientists’ attempt to decipher the scientific factors that stage the success of religions gave birth to another school of thought called as The Cognitive Science of Religion. The cognitive science of religion is the field of science that aims to explain the ...

It is certain that the tourism sector is one of the largest industries globally, and has been forecasted as one of highest growing global sectors of the century. The Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economics in Indonesia has done a great deal in marketing the state’s tourism industry. This can be supported by the number of tourist arrivals in the country in a span of the past one year. For instance, the number of tourist arrivals in the country for the year 2013 alone hit a record 8.8 million. This was a 9.5% increase as compared to that of 2012. Whereas, the total ...

With the objective of evaluating an investment bank, which we are keen to add to our investment portfolio, we carried out an in-depth analysis of Goldman Sachs using three sections, namely, Business Environment Section, Operations Section and Financial Performance. While the company is operating under diversified investment industry, the financial performance of the company was highly optimistic and the major reason that we are recommending that the stock of this financial institution of this company should be included in our portfolio.

The objective of this report is to provide a comprehensive overview of leading investment bank, Goldman Sachs Inc. which ...

Listening to news these days, it is easy to notice that there has been an increase in teenage violent behaviors, which has led me to conclude that the increase in media violence has a hand in the aggressive behaviors of teenagers. Recently, the topic of aggression and aggressiveness became widely discussed at various levels. In addition, among psychologists, there are held many conferences, symposia on the topic. The problem of studying aggression became the subject of many studies. There has been an increase in mass school shootings, drive by shootings, rape and senseless killings of teenagers. An example of some ...

Education and literacy is an important requirement in the world today that reflect the condition of the society and it also gives an indication of the development of nations and states. The development of human resources in any nation is dependent on the education levels and the higher education of labor resources, greater is the productivity of the nation. At the same time the advancement of society also depend on education. The question that comes to mind immediately is who is responsible for the determination of education and literacy levels in a society? Some may point it out that policies ...

Coop La Maison Verte started as a café and bulk store to promote harmony and team spirit amongst neighbors. Presently Coop is a general store-like center that has a market, café and restaurant. The Coop provides a variety of local, ecological and cost effective grocery products. The Coop’s customers are mainly Coop’s members and individuals who are looking for organic and healthy products for the much sort healthy lifestyles.

Coop’s ability to offer a wide range of local cost effective organic products is the most important trait of this business as well as the hot meals they offer. In addition, the ...

Human science as a science and especially as a different field of study is of late cause. It is the most youthful of the social sciences. Admirable Comte, the father of human science, first of considered the statement "sociology" in, 1839. He had planned to name the new science social material science; however he dismisses this term after a Belgian researcher, Adolphe Quetelet, started to make factual investigations of society and to call his range of Endeavour social material science. The statement sociology is a savage blend of Latin word "socius" and Greek word Logus. Logus indicates mull over on an abnormal ...

Question1Distinguish between centripetal and centrifugal political forces. Why is Nationalism both a centripetal and centrifugal? What are some of the ways national cohesion and identity are achieved? Centrifugal force refers to the tendency of an object moving in a curved path to fly out wards way from the curve’s centre. In short it can be defined as inertia that is the resistance to change from a state of motion or rest. When defined from a political perspective, it can be defined as the tendency to resist from changing from ideologies of a previous regime. On the other hand, centripetal force is a counteractive force ...

Financial Analysis Statement Report Introduction: I was asked by the directors of Universal Health Services to write a report on the analysis of financial statements for the last three years to identify the elements which are affecting the internal cash health of the business. The followings are my findings and recommendation. The financial health of the business depends on the historical financial data of the business. It is the responsibility of the CFO of any listed company to identify important financial signals and reports to the higher management in timely manners for the proper planning. It is ...

Abstract Nicolas de Largillierre is a relatively unknown artist to those who do not study paintings, particularly 1690’s French paintings of women in stylish garb for their time. While most would cast their eyes on his work, like that of “Portrait of a Woman, Perhaps Madame Claude Lambert de Thorigny (Marie Marguerite Bontemps)”, now on display at the Metropolitan Museum, they may not give it a second glance. However, students of fashion see this work of art, as well as others like it, and understand that there is more than just a painting here. Largillierre was seeing the future. The problem ...

- According to the State of the Industry Report of Snack World magazine of May 2013, Americans are more willing to spend their money on snacks today than they ever did before. The current modern lifestyle has culminated in a time-pressed consumer whose only concern is convenience (Gatty, 14). This need has triggered competition among the industry players bringing with it both opportunities and challenges. The 2013 State of The Snack Industry Report indicated that dollar stores have gained ground with 2.3% higher sales in 2012 compared to 2011.Snacking frequency is also on the rise because consumers regard snacks as ...

Business Research Article Summary The research article on family business research describes the structure and trends of the literature on the family business. The researchers have analyzed the content of the various research papers focused on family research that were published in journal articles that were categorized as business, business finance, economics and management of social science citation index for 1961-2008 period . The bibliographic methods were used to describe the evolution of the publication activities, most prominent authors, research methodologies, and content of themes for research . The analysis provided an avenue for future research in the field of ...

Integrated Literature Review: Gender Differences in Dieting

Gender impacts eating behavior of individuals significantly, and the same has identified in various studies conducted on the subject. In contemporary society, good body shape and good health are desired by everyone, irrespective of their gender. However, the role of gender on health behavior is examined and proven by various experts. Women are more inclined towards dieting and eating healthy foods, whereas, men are more inclined towards tasty food even if food contains lots of fat (Wardle et al., 2004). This paper intends to conduct a literature review to identify the role of ...

This report assessed what a business cycle is and what is the current situation of the Canadian business cycle by evaluating the business cycles in the history. Most emphases were made on whether the current Canadian financial recuperation is truly substandard or not.

The term business cycle (or financial cycle or boom–bust cycle) alludes to vacillations in total generation, exchange and movement over a few months or years in the business economy. (Burns & Mitchell, 1946)

The business cycle is the upward and descending developments of levels of horrible local item (GDP). It alludes to the time of extensions and ...

1.1 Introduction In typical industrial applications, the machines and equipment involved require high electrical ratings, like high voltages and high currents. Different machineries have varying voltage and current ratings. These ratings should be followed in order that the equipment operates properly whenever needed. However, undesirable conditions, like voltages and currents above the prescribed ratings (usually called as faults), are not totally unavoidable. In these conditions, damages on the machinery might occur which can cause production issues and problems, and may even be hazardous to humans. These conditions can be avoided by integrating protective circuitry within the electrical systems. ...

- Global environmental problems are becoming more and more important for all population of Earth. Specifically, global warming is one of the central environmental issues nowadays. Large volumes of carbon dioxide emissions are considered to be the major reason that causes global warming. So, it is important to analyze historical data to understand the situation better. The chart above represents amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per capita caused by 16 countries on 5 continents: United Arab Emirates, United States, Australia, Canada, Russia, Germany, South Africa, United Kingdom, New Zealand, China, Mongolia, Mexico, Korea, Singapore, Brazil, and India. ...

“What political forces are involved in the Presidential election?” – The Party System In order to best understand the political forces involved in a presidential election, it is necessary to delve into the intricacies of the American political party system, and how these forces interrelate. Political parties essentially exist as a means to an end for politicians, who use them as a vehicle to advance their own agendas; parties are not created in a vacuum, but instead happen as a result of these politicians’ drives and goals (Aldrich 4). The primary parties involved in American presidential elections are the Democratic and Republican parties, effectively creating a ...

New Jersey College School of Nursing ABSTRACT: Gender-based discrimination against women in the workplace has been generally dictated by the driving factors found in females, defined by them being family-oriented, risking to divert attention from work and fault performance due to pregnancy, appearing to be less physically strong, which may deprive them from a job-related activity requiring good physical strength, or even being threatened to be subjected to a sexual harassment. Nonetheless, the abovementioned reasons do no undermine women’s ability to be valuable employees, fulfill their responsibilities with excellent performance and significantly contribute to their workplace’s success. Women ...

Cultural and linguistic diversity is slowly but surely being wiped out by the influence of the western culture. The western influence continues to break the social fabric of many societies in the world. This is especially true for minority communities which speak minority languages and have no capacity to subdue this emerging trend. There is distribution of literary works in the global arena essentially transcending the country where they originate. Today readers have unlimited access to an array of literary works from all corners of the world in outstanding translations and a lively debate has come up regarding both political ...

What model should be used to indicate natural resource scarcity? The paper aims to explore this issue by conducting a comprehensive review of the article titled “Concepts and measures of natural resource scarcity with a summary of recent trends?” by Darwin and Jane Hall. The review will commence with an overview of the problem addressed by the authors of this article. The methodology as well as the data that has been incorporated into this study or used in the research will also be reviewed. Conclusions made by the authors of the article will then be discussed. The paper will then look ...

The existing laws on procurement in many states have now defined and clearly distinguished between the lowest bidder and the lowest responsible bidder. For anyone to have the fulfilment of enjoying the awarding of a tender, he or she must be the lowest responsible bidder. The divergence between the two is the word responsible and it carries immense weight to the whole definition. A bidder is said to be responsible if he or she can perform the contract of supply of goods and services as promised . This encompasses several attributes that include trustworthiness, fitness of the goods, as well as ...

The field of marketing is extremely broad as there are hundreds of concepts that come under the same umbrella. Among a number of concepts that stride under the concept of marketing, the name of consumer and consumption is one of them. There are certain questions that need to be answered in this particular analysis . The picture is associated with this assignment that is required to examine accordingly. - This particular question is about analyzing and identifying the primary consumer. There is a picture associated with this part wherein it is found that there is a need of food among different species. ...

Florida Senate bill 7071, would authorise the nurse practitioners to administer, dispense and prescribe medicinal drugs, and authorize to perform the practice, without physician supervision or protocol. The bill has freed the nurse practitioners from collaborative agreement with a physician, which would never hamper patient`s benefits because; the nursing practitioners can play a significant role in replacing the physicians and can provide care in the home and in workplaces. The ARNP movement in Florida would progress further, because, an independent Advance Practice Registered Nurse or APRN would be authorized to prescribe control substances from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration ...

The global media trends suggest a rise in the use of mobile internet, social media, and online video as some of the key trends of digital media in the near future. The digital media trends show high usage of tablets and smartphones and any other digital media. Most parts of the world have a higher purchase of mobile internet, unlike desktop penetration. The plan to outstrip smartphones outdoes any other device on the internet access. In the future, most of the internet traffic will come from the OCED countries where there will be a digital mature content in news and videos. The ...

The concept of the welfare state has enlarged the arena of the responsibilities of the government. It is the duty of the state to cater to the problems and difficulties of its citizens. Special care has to be taken for the low income group, the disabled, the aged and the children. The onus of providing means of earning for every able bodied citizen lies on the state. In the failure of which, the state should provide allowances for those who are involuntarily unemployed. The ways and means through which the state ensures the well being of its citizens, especially ...

CHAPTER IV This research has the ambitious goal of identifying the political process that took for the passing of SB 4. The subject is especially interesting because hydraulic fracturing (fracking) has taken place in California for several decades. In this chapter, data collected about the drilling style in California will be presented with an effort to include the variety of data available from viewpoints of different stakeholders. Fracking is a national as well as a state political issue. It has been assumed that both external and internal factors have impacted the policy process. Decisions made at federal government agencies have a ...

Throughout my life, it has become clear to me that many people decide once they completed their formal education, they believe that they are done learning. They receive their certificate, or degree, and they no longer have the desire to learn. From a young age, this appeared very sad to me, and I always wondered how I could avoid being this way. It is my wish to continue learning throughout my life, but in order to do this, there are many things that I need to understand. For instance, I need to be informed that I must be my own ...

The hotel and hospitality industry is one of the most significant parts of travel and tourism industry as hotels offer accommodations and other hospitality services to tourists. The geographical location of Dubai at the confluence of the Middle East, Asia, Western Africa, and Central/Eastern Europe make a strategic tourist destination. Although many state that staying in apartment/flat is less expensive and more convenient, the statistics presented above revealed otherwise. Following the occupancy data of hotel rooms and apartments/flats between 2003 and 2012, the hotel room occupancy rates were higher all through the period. Tourists are guided by several factors in ...

The term “globalization” has in recent times been subjected to several interpretations. The term particularly came into prominence in the 1980’s and was used to express the increased movement of goods, services, knowledge, ideas as well as people across national boundaries that has essentially led to augmented interconnectedness among the populations of earth. This interconnectedness exemplifies itself politically, economically and culturally. Although in many circles globalization is expressed in economical terms, this process has many political and social implications as well. Many local communities often associate the globalization process with modernization. At the global platform however, globalization is ...

Analyzing financial statements of the company is of great importance as it serves different purposes of each interested party. For Instance, while investors analyze the financial statements to evaluate their investment decision in the company, creditors are more concerned to judge the profitability of the company i.e if the company will be able to honor their agreed payments on time. Apart from these outside parties, even the management of the company conduct financial statement analysis so as to formulate future plans and decisions.

Vertical Analysis: A popular method of conducting financial statement analysis in which each entry of the ...

Team members The manager will be in control of all the business activities. His main work will be managerial and supervision to ensure that everything in this company is running well. Finance personnel will be dealing with any issues that involve finance. They will give advice on how to use the company money and decide on the payment of employees and how the customer payment should be. The human resource personnel will be dealing with any issues that affect the employees. Marketing personnel will be charged with the responsibility of advertisement and expansion of the company market. Customer ...

Introduction Definition about Demographic and Epidemiology Demographic trends - Worldwide and regional trends - Oman Population size and growth ( statistics and graphs) - Economic and social changes that impact on elderly.

- Epidemiologic Transition Theory - Epidemiological transition in the worldwide and regional context - Sultanate of Oman ( Life expectancy, fertility, morbidity and mortality) impact of elderly

Introduction This document contains a thesis chapter addressing the role of health care in Sultanate of Oman on elderly care. Specifically, definitions of demography and epidemiology will be offered. Subsequently, demographic trends will be discussed ...

1.According to Banerjee Debanjan, mass communication “refers to the activities of the media as a whole and fails to distinguish among specific media, modes of communication, genres of text or artifact, production or reception situations, or any question of actual communication” (Debanjan, 2010, p. 118). The process of mass communication is closely related to the media contexts.

In my opinion, there are such 7 trends that characterize modern mass media: centralization, convergence, interpersonalization, specialization, globalization, pathogenic texts, Internet based products. According to Avaya’s report, there are more 7 trends for 2013 year:

- Simplified complexity drives the agenda. ...

Background Women in the Middle East are normally depicted by veils, conveying their highly domesticated and subservient nature. The world knows that this is the image of women from Middle East and Northern. In some Islamic countries however, there are examples of advanced gender issue identification and resolution. Turkey is one of them. Turkey started social reforms in 1923, through then Prime Minister Kemal Ataturk, through the provision of rights to vote for women and for the inclusion of women in Parliament. In fact, Turkey has a female Prime Minister by 1993 which signified how it viewed women ...

The embers of professional expectations have been fanned into the flames of demand for better health care providers. These have instigated profound changes in professional nursing training. The minimum entry requirement has been raised to keep abreast with a more technologically advanced society who is also aware of their fundamental rights. The need for program development and improvement is also spurred by changing trends of disease and new cases. Many Faculties, in collaborative professional nursing training, are challenged by a transition in the conceptualization and development of nursing programs. The design of a model program for nursing development and improvement is, therefore, ...

The author of the article from Post modernism and Consumer Society, Jameson Fredric is an American theorist and analyst on contemporary cultural trends. Currently he is William A. Lane a professor in the program in literature and romance studies at Duke University. He has passion in study of post modernism which in turn has earned him many honorary awards. Among the works he has written is a well-known book called Sartre’s works which shows his interest in post modernism, cultural trends and some Marxism. His other works include: The political unconscious: Narrative as a socially Symbolic Act. This book was ...

A picture is worth a thousand words, is a phrase that indicates the complexities and detailed analysis that one can get from a well-taken picture. Every second, lots of photographs are taken around the world—according to Geoffrey Batchen Americans alone take about 550 snapshots per second (8). Photography is one of the greatest inventions in modern history, which made possible to capture the moment that people want to remember. As technologies developed, quality of photography has been improved and types of equipments became diversified. However, one fact that has not been changed, in all ages, people took photographs to store their ...

There are numerous obstacles to success of community based tourism albeit, to commence with, a community is a group individuals with a common kind of cooperate responsible and the capacity to draw decisions through representative bodies. On the same vein, a community based tourism is an as facet of tourism in which the locals residents who are most often, comprise of the poor, the rural and the economically disenfranchised. These people call the pay courtesy calls or visit to them] the local resident and they offer them the “would be” requisite accommodation. The proceeding piece of writing bellow is thence an exhaustive exposition ...

Employment is defined as a contract between two parties, the employer and the employee. An employee is thus defined as any person under contract appointed to work for an employer following the directions provided the contract. The extent of the services the employee provides the employer is referred as the job description. The employer refers to the job description in case of conflict in behaviour and manner of the employee. On the other hand, the employee is protected by the state in laws and legislation regarding employment. This employer-employee relation is important to understand. The expectations of each party are ...

Introduction The paper reviews three articles that are aimed at analyzing communication across ethnic groups. The three articles reviewed are based on: non-verbal communication, contrasting communication styles, and strategies for therapist to view diverse people as individuals.

The article by Vrij, Dragt, & Koppelaar (1992) is very useful in examining the various non-verbal communication styles across ethnic groups. The article tries to discover why there is high employment amongst ethnic minorities in Western European countries. The case of Netherlands is highlighted and it was discovered that the Dutch (minority) were more likely to be employed compared to ethnic minorities— ...

Was the commodification of Facebook a betrayal of its original premise, that is, social networking among private individuals? Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg in February 4, 2004 as an instrument for Harvard sophomores to get to know their classmates better. (Roeder, 2011) Never did he realize that it will expand its use to millions of netizens all over the world. The primary purpose of Facebook is to give its users the power to stay connected and relate to other people’s worlds. At present, many of its users use Facebook daily in order to keep up with their ...

According to literature, women on average use physician services much more often than men, both in regular appointments and in ambulance related care, leaving men at a serious lack of reporting of health problems. This report, meant for the Department of Health, details the reasons behind this kind of behavior, and gives possible solutions for increasing the rate at which men go to the doctor. The reasons for this development include sociological and psychological factors, such as the male need to seem self-reliant and to have a higher tolerance for pain. The fixed role hypothesis also says that, usually, women have ...

As time flows by, the job markets all over the world change. The causes of these changes are numerous and can be rather specific for each and every country. However, there is no denying the fact that globalization has had a tremendous effect on the employment of today. It has had great influence especially on the economically developed countries. Slaughter and Swagel state that in such countries as US and UK the demand for more skilled workers. As a result the salaries for higher skilled workers have increase over time, while the payment of less skilled jobs has decreased. This has ...

In the year 2005, a total of 32.49 million cows were slaughtered and the products supplied for consumption to the United States residents. According to the perception of the scientists, more than half of these cows contained hormones that could enhance their fast growth (King 22). In addition, in the daily milk-producing cows, genetically modified hormones were injected to enhance an increase in the level of milk production (King 22). These measures meant that there could be an increase in the profit in this industry of beef and dairy products production. However, what does this mean to the children who ...

Satyam limited, which is a Nasdaq-listed company, is one of the largest Global IT services firm. It has a portfolio of Major American and Australian companies such as Coca Cola, Citigroup, Telstra and Quantas.

The former chairman of the company, Ramalinga Raju admitted he had been tampering with the books of accounts. The company had been experiencing losses which he was covering up to reflect that the company was making a profit. He shockingly revealed that 94% of the cash and other assets, amounting to US$1 Billion, of the company did not exist. There was also the pressure from the market ...

Introduction

The FBI releases information regularly on the major types of crimes committed in the USA. According to the latest crime report, property and violent crimes are the most prevalent. Property crime refers to burglary, larceny theft, motor vehicle theft and arson. The highest crime rates were reported for burglary and larceny theft for property crime while in violent crimes the highest rates were reported for aggravated assault and robbery.

Burglary refers to the illegal entry into a residence. It may also involve theft or another crime. If the person has no right to be in the residence then a burglary ...

Animals

Armadillidium vulgare, common name pill bugs have been used in this experiment. These are the isopods and not the insects. They have 7 pair of legs and an exoskeleton. The bugs prefer damp places and are generally found under plant debris and logs. They have a tendency to roll into ball when disturbed.

Paper has been used to make alleys in which the bugs were made to walk. The alleys were of varied length, with the long alley being 23 cm long and short alley 3 cm long. The width of alleys was 1 cm each. 1 cm cubes ...

Essar Energy Plc is an Indian energy producing company that has been in operation for nearly twelve years and is also the second largest power producing private company in the country (Espinasse 218). This company has projects and operations in gas, oil and power and aims to be the world’s largest oil refiner. To achieve this, Essar Energy aspires to raise nearly three billion dollars in the London Stock Exchange by going public (Kirk 34). This paper explains the key operating characteristics of Essar energy plc in comparison with Drax Group plc and investigates whether Essar’s initial ...

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Various situations or circumstances make the populace and juvenile justice system renew their worry or distress about gangs. An example of such circumstance, include situations whereby a community experiences an escalating trend youth gangs formation (McGraw Hill, 2002). Such increasing trend often encourages diversity in gang members thus may comprise a significant members of the population. Increased inclusion of community members to these gangs may attract young lads and kids to join the gangs thus posing serious effects on a community’s future generations. Eventually, this may lead to increased criminal activities with dangerous weapons easily traded within communities. This may ...

Introduction

Climate change and the influence of human activities on the changes in the global climate has been a subject of contention for a long time. It is a fact that the global climate is changing, as evident by the increasing global temperatures, hurricanes, hailstones and other harsh climatic occurrences in the recent times (Gillis, 2011). Global weather figures have confirmed that 2010 was one of the most remarkable years with respect to climatology, as evident by the snowstorms and intense summer heat in Russia (Gillis, 2011). However, the subject of controversy is whether human factors are also among the causation factors ...

There are several reasons why tests are carried out amongst students. The most prominent one is however, to identify the progress of the students in their learning process. Students exhibit different levels of learning as well as different learning characteristics at the different levels of study. Several tests that may be carried out to try and establish the learning ability form pretest to post test. The tests may either be oral, written or visual ability. This article seeks to identify and explain the learning process of the students on whom the study was carried out and try to ...

There are various studies that have been carried out in the United Kingdom, Canada and the USA on the survival of new businesses in the region over a particular period of time. The last study conducted in the USA looked at the businesses formed during the boom period of the 1990’s till 2001. The research results data incorporated information from the Minnesota Department of Economic Security. The department had released a report examining firms that had been formed and survived or exited the industry in the year 1993 to 1995. The study looked at the firms the whole decade, especially ...

Schizophrenia can be described as state of mental disorder that creates difficulty in the identification of a person’s character (Palmer 47) .The characters poses different personalities with one main one which acts as the identity, guard and protector of the other characters. Suicide can be described as the act of committing self murder. It is usually caused by long periods of depression which are accompanied by premeditated thought of the acts of murder. Schizophrenia has for a long time been credited as one of the causes for suicide amongst depressed patients (Botas 4). Schizophrenic patients usually tend to ...

The statistics, published today in the UK, is disappointing. Final figures for GDP in the first quarter was worse initial estimates and significantly below forecasts (Appendix 1). According to the ONS (Office of National Statistics), the economy has lost in the first quarter of this year about 2,4% (previously reported decline of 1.9%), while the decline for the first quarter of last year (2010) was amounted to 4,9% against the earlier estimate of 4.1%. The starting point of a recession is now called the second quarter of 2008, whereas previously talked about the zero dynamics in this period. ...

Reasons to support US Electoral College

1. The system offers cohesiveness through use of popular support before a candidate is voted in as the president. 2. The system caters to the distribution of popularity of the candidate in all areas of the country to avoid imbalances. 3. Closely related to the above point, the system improves the interests of the minority in a diversified country to avoid alienation. 4. The system is less open to pensioned tendencies which can result in popularist views. 5. The system is hailed because of the stability it maintains in many instances ...

The number of individuals in America who are exposed to traumatic has been growing in the recent past because of the effects that it causes. The traumatic situations have transformed into post traumatic stress disorder where the body becomes to sensitive to anything that can provoke pain. PTSD can be classified into various categories depending of the initial causes the trauma. Studies have shown that different types of trauma cause different effects to the society, individual and their families. The purpose of this study will be to provide a literature review on the link between family violence and combat post ...

The internet has become a sore spot for many after it has been continuously romanticized as a corner to practice freedom of speech. Many libertarians as well as communitarians have been amazed and bothered by the alluring and unstoppable combination of law barriers and the sophisticated technology that has become of the internet today. This very alluring combination ensures that millions and millions are drawn to the internet every day. Lawmakers have just the same furthered, the ‘monstrosity’ by fighting for, and passing the of the Communication Decency act that allows the providers of the internet services to allow all sorts ...

The Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) and the conventional PhD are both terminal degree programs in the nursing discipline. This means that they are the highest degrees a nurse can hope to achieve. The DNP is a new option in the discipline and shares similarities with the PhD program traditionally offered. The two degrees both employ a scholarly approach needing high standards of critical thinking and ability to synthesize theory. They also aim to advance the practice of professional nursing (AACN, 2006).

According to the AACN, (2006), the DNP program is a practice-oriented program. It aims to advance excellence in the nursing practice. ...

Many scientists, educators and parents claim that nowadays traditional school doesn’t meet the requirements of good education. Public as well as private schools are blamed for having negative effects on children which develop into child violence, bad behavior, resistance to the system and reluctance to gain knowledge. Home schooling is seen as the only opportunity to avoid such effects and educate a child in a favorable, comfortable and result oriented way. However, the recent researches have shown that despite all the advantages of home schooling it has one crucial disadvantage – the danger of social isolation, which may have even more ...