Essays on Yim

It is normally challenging to research the history of Chinese Kung Fu due to the scarcity of written records on the same topic. For most of the Kung FU communities, the clan practices and history was passed down from one generation to the other orally. With time, the descendant themselves became the teachers and taught the new generation according to what they learned from their ancestors. Thus, history and traditions were transitioned from one generation to the rest through word of mouth. In “Wing Chun Kung-Fu,” Yim Lee gives a brief description of the origin of Wing Chun and ...

Abstract

The terrorist attacks on the United States in 2001 revealed the need for information sharing between different local, state, and federal agencies. This resulted in the formation of Department of Homeland Security to coordinate the counterterrorism efforts. The Department created fusion centers that served as facilities of gathering and analyzing information from relevant agencies. The fusion centers have faced constant criticism from researchers regarding their effectiveness and spending but have been successful in stopping several terrorist plans. This has saved thousands of lives and millions of dollars. However, the numerous agencies working towards the same goal has brought about ...

The Translation Science Project

The current translation project focuses on colorectal cancer. The translation science project is a contribution to the efforts towards the improvement of the compliance with the screening protocol of colorectal cancer for Latin America patients aged between 50 and 70 years in a community health setting in Miami-Dade. The proposed project’s objective will help to determine how health care staff utilizes evidence-based practices (EBP) CRC screening protocol to improve compliance among Latin population aged 50 to 70 years old. In this project, the population of interest will consist of Latin American patients aged between 50 to 70 years ...

Social Determinants of Health (SDH) affecting various forms of Addiction:

Poverty & Drugs: Poverty has been seen to be directly linked to addiction, mainly substance abuse. The National Bureau for Economic Research has supported this finding following its research on this particular subject. The study has even brought forward another important observation which states that poverty is not only directly related to addiction, but addiction is a cause of poverty (Yim, 2015). On one hand, when a person becomes addicted to drugs he loses his job, indulges in buying drugs and hence gets engulfed by poverty. On the other hand, poverty leads to stress and the poor people then try ...

In my essay, I will be defending my position that there is a universal definition of ‘word’ that can be applied to all languages. For proving my point, I will provide example of two totally different languages systems: Chinese and English. These two languages are considered to be used by the most number of people in the world (Wan & Yim 507). First, I will discuss the case that the origin of these two languages system is similar. Both languages originate with similar rules: hieroglyphic words and eye movement. I will provide many interesting examples about eyes movement in from “ ...

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In my essay, I will be defending my position that there is a universal definition of ‘word’ that can be applied to all languages. For proving my point, I will provide example of two totally different language systems; Chinese and English. These two languages are considered to be used by the most number of people in the world (Wan & Yim 507). First, I will discuss the case that the origin of these two languages system is similar. Both languages originate with similar rules: hieroglyphic words and eyes movement. I will provide many interesting examples ...