Essays on Zhu

Answer two questions

Answer two questions

The Islamic influence in Spain was a strong one lasting for a long period of time. Islam offered more than just a territorial succession to the public, but it was the religion that offered intellect and social structure as well as a great privilege to society. Islamic principles did conquer the thought, language and architecture of Spain, particularly in the cities of Granada and Al-Andalus. Islamic influence was deeply ingrained in the Spanish society. Hence it led to the development of Islamic thought that promulgated deep in the society, and much of the former Christian world ...

Abstract

Application of the nanofiltration (NF) and ultrafiltration (UF) processes is applied in the handling of water that is produced raw. The application has been investigated in the current day through various studies (Wang 14). The experiment of the processes of both nanofiltration and ultrafiltration is conducted in the laboratory unit which is operated in a pattern of cross flow (Ashaghi, Ebrahimi, & Czermak, 46). The study that was conducted in Oilfield of North Sea using the process of membranes of ultrafiltration (UF) and microfiltration (MF) indicated that the content of hydrocarbon decreased from 50 mg/l to 2 mg/l which recorded ...

China: Success in the Market despite being a Centrally Planned Economy

Neo-classical economists have often quipped that market economies create the most conducive environment for economic growth and development; however, the rise of China as an economic giant over the last three decades despite being a centrally planned economy has cast doubt on the neo-classical argument, which makes it necessary to evaluate the unique factors that have led to China’s economic fortunes despite being a centrally planned economy.

Annotated Bibliography

Das, D (2011). China: Epitome of an Emerging Market. Journal of Emerging Knowledge on

Emerging Markets 3 (1): 57-78 Retrieved January 11, 2017 from

http://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1039&context=jekem Das, a lecturer at the Solbridge International School, paints a vivid picture of China’s economic ...

Introduction

How materials behave is dependent on various factors, some of which include their mechanical properties. When the material experiences various loading conditions, its behavior reflects its mechanical conditions as well as the effect of the loading conditions. When a material experiences various loading conditions, the material experiences either shear stress, tensile strength, or compressive strength. The tensile properties of a material relate to its ability support any axial loads to which it is subjected without rapturing (Department of Engineering. 2007). When a material is subjected to tensile stress, the deformation that occurs is in the form of elongation or ...

Multiple factors went into play before the Europeans claimed dominance over world trade routes and conquered vast lands outside Europe. With a particular interest in the fact that the Chinese boasted better navigation tools and sea vessels than the Portuguese and the Spanish did by the fifteenth century (World Shrinks17mins), the rise of the West benefited greatly from the lack of competition. In other words, if the Chinese had maintained their desire to show their military prowess to other nations, then the West would have taken longer if not failed to come into power. A view of the animated ...

Nantsupawat, A., Nantsupawat, R., Kulnaviktikul, W., & McHugh, M. D. (2015). Relationship between nurse staffing levels and nurse outcomes in community hospitals, Thailand. Nursing & health sciences, 17(1), 112-118. The study examines the relationship that exists between the staffing levels of nurses and the subsequent nurse outcomes whereby the study was conducted in various community hospitals in Thailand. According to the author understanding the various factors that influence nurse outcome especially job dissatisfaction as well as emotional exhaustion could enable policy makers as well as hospital administrators in developing strategies to enhance the satisfaction of nurses and minimize emotional exhaustion ...

Healthcare Providence to every citizen is the prime responsibility of medical care centers and other health departments working simultaneously. It is imperative for health care centers to educate and inform self-pay patients how to deal with insurance procedures. The medical institutes are devising strategies to collect cash from self-pay patients efficiently. Many of health care institutes help out self-pay patients to get insured but still many of self-pay patients do not get proper outlets or platforms to insure themselves. Healthcare centers like Sutter Healthcare are progressing and working on how to provide healthcare services to those who cannot afford ...

Rapid Appraisal

The impacts of nursing inputs on the quality care provided in nursing homes was investigated and found that mix staffing process can effectively optimize the organization standard and reduce the patient adverse outcomes (Hendrix, 2001, para.25). The statistical outcomes of this study present valuable data that is relevant to the proposed issue. The study outcomes demonstrated that the costs of care for decubitus ulcers significantly reduces with the presence of RNs and NAs while it increases with the LPN presence, indicating the significance of delegating appropriate staff for appropriate work as it can effectively improve patient outcomes and reduce ...

Abstract

There are limited or no effective interventions for recurrence of coronary heart diseases among the patients who smoke. Smoking cessation interventions has been suggested to have little benefit; however, there is little evidence on its cost- effectiveness and efficacy of such programs for cardiac inpatients. This study describes the efficacy and cost- effectiveness of intensive smoking cessation methods for cardiac patients admitted in the hospital cardiac unit. The experimental design assesses the efficacy and cost- effectiveness of the intervention that includes face- to- face counselling in combination with the nicotine replacement therapy using 8 cardiac wards of hospitals in ...

Introduction

The World Health Organization (n.d) defines substance abuse as the harmful or hazardous uptake of psychoactive chemicals, including illicit drugs and alcohol. According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (2014), substance abuse refers to the use of legal or illegal drugs inappropriately. This term includes the repeated use of drugs for pleasure, stress alleviation or reality alteration as well as the use of prescription medicines in other ways than prescribed (NIDA, 2014). Substance abuse and addiction can lead to potentially fatal diseases such as lung disease, HIV/AIDS, cardiovascular problems, cancer, and hepatitis (Marsiglia et al., 2014). People who ...

ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS: A CASE STUDY ON THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS: A CASE STUDY ON THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

Introduction

In international business, the organizations also need to consider cultural and social values at individual levels in the present competitive business environment (Mandják et al., 2016; Weinzimmer & Esken, 2016). In this context, China is evidently one of the topmost cradles of civilizations in the world to take into account for a case study. The history of this East Asian nation is really astounding. The People’s Republic of China has developed to become one of the top world powers today, named among the G5 + ...

Literature review

Kaasa, S. (2015). Is Cancer Pain Control Improved by a Simple WHO Pain Analgesic Ladder Approach Combined With Tumor-Directed Treatment?.Journal of Clinical Oncology, JCO647537.

Article summary

This article takes into consideration the role that the WHO analgesic ladder plays in addressing cancer pain in palliative care patients. The authors identify that cancer pain occurs in 90% of cancer patients but only half them are under proper pain management. To this effect, therefore, there is the need for applying opioids under the WHO ladder guidelines as a way of addressing cancer pain in oncology care patients.

This is a narrative qualitative research ...

Factors that Influence Purchasing Relationship in Automobile Industry of China

Introduction The USA, Western Europe, and Japan markets for the automobiles are almost stagnating causing an increased attention and concern to the world automotive industry. They have turned their interest in China market for cars. This is associated with the fast growing economy in China unlike that of European nations and the USA. The Chinese market for cars is indeed the turning point for all auto companies. The environment is conducive to start production in China to supply the potential markets and then export from there to other world markets. This literature will focus on the purchasing relationship in ...

Introduction

Health care organizations face two main challenges, which include a shortage of staff and the high turnover rates due to poor job satisfaction. The issues are compromising the quality of care offered at the respective institutions, hence call for a need to be resolved (Lehmann & Rennie, 2016). The purpose of the above study is to inform on the impact of the two issues to health care organizations and the necessary recommendations to help solve the problem.

The Two Issues the organization is facing

The nursing shortage is a worldwide challenge, and globally, the health care demand has tremendously increased over the recent past. This comes with ...

Abstract

Jade has been an important part of Chinese culture since Ancient times, when it was used to make various weapons and tools. The reason for this is because it is believed to have positive powers. Some of the attributes attributed to jade are purity, gentlemanliness, the ability to send one’s soul on a positive journey and to prevent misfortune from befalling a person. This is why jade was used in burial rituals, sacrifices and other religious ceremonies. Nevertheless, despite the importance of jade to the Chinese culture for many centuries only the very wealthy were permitted to own ...

Ningbo’s newly completed Central Business District (CBD) belies its status as one of China’s oldest cities. The austere downtown landscape is the equivalent of architecture’s white-washed wall: a place of erasure, forgetting, and dubious progress. With the completion of Wang Shu’s Ningbo Museum in 2008, however, the Ningbo of the present is confronted by the forgotten landscape of its not too distant past. A craggy mountain of a building inspired by the region’s natural topographical features as well its unique crafts and architectural traditions, the Ningbo Museum is not simply an obligatory nod to ...

Critical Infrastructure Risks and Vulnerability

Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) consists of control systems deployed to monitor and offer surveillance of critical equipment with manufacturing or industrial sites. Such industrial components are the critical infrastructures whose collapse due to interferences is adverse to entire sectors of the economy. Examples of such infrastructures include telecommunications, water, transport, gas and waste control. The SCADA systems collect and interpret instant information for monitoring and control of the systems. The processed data is then continuously reviewed by the administrators SCADA systems in the USA are prone to threats by outsiders from different locations around the globe (Igure, ...

The Problem of Delayed care in Paediatric Emergency Rooms

Statistics indicate that children are among the heaviest users of emergency rooms. In America, for example, more than 800,000 children require care from the emergency department (ED) daily. These cases translate to more than 31 million cases of pediatric emergency cases annually in America alone (Barata et al., 2015). There are many concerns regarding the preparedness s of the ED to handle this influx of patients. It is easy to point out that delay in care is a real concern given the big number of patients and the lack of proper training or supervision of the emergency care ...

Clinical question

The picot question is: In addressing patient to nurse ratio and patient’s outcomes, is an enhancement of nursing continuous education more effective than mandatory nurse–patient ratios regulation in increasing number of nurse and quality improvement in two years? To find answers to the above clinical question, the questions that this study will seek to find answers to from various published research studies shall include: whether enhancing nursing continuous education improves nurse-patient ratios and the role of nurse leadership as well as staff regulations in increasing nurse numbers so as to improve nurse-patient ratios.

Description of the problem

Nurses are critical to ...

Supply Chain Management

2016-05-31 The active development of new information technologies, including the Internet, has led to the emergence of a new direction of the business. It is the e-business. It is a special form of business that is implemented through the information systems and standards in the production process as well as trade of goods and services. It should be noted that e-business can be considered as a direction of the business that continuously use digital technologies as well as the Internet for products and services optimization (“The Power of the Supply Chain”, 2016). In this case, the Internet plays the ...

Acknowledgements

The research was supported by [name of foundation] who provided the information on the company present and past. I would like to thank [name] for assistance with the information, sharing and evaluation the process of strategy building, sharing the ideas about the built strategy and telling what was done before to develop the company. I would also like to show my gratitude to [name] who gave some precious comments about the work of the company that helped to process the research and work out some ideas of improvement.

Approval Sheet

Executive Summary The case study of the Golden Horizon Placement Agency ...

Purpose

This paper looks to evaluate the impact of the nurse-to-patient ratio in achieving the desirable outcomes. It will analyze the evidence which depicts ways of improving this ratio to improve the quality of care given to patients and meeting their needs. Additionally, the paper will describe the impact of staffing problem to the well-being of the patient and work satisfaction. It will come up with questions which will be used to find the evidence which addresses this issue. Lastly, the paper will describe the strategy which will be employed to locate articles in regards to nurse-to-patient ratio.

Describe the problem

Nurses played ...

Importance of Risk Capital to Bank of America

Bank of America maintains a portion of its capital as a buffer to cover for potential losses that are likely to arise from risky investments that are undertaken by the company. The amount of risk capital that the bank maintains is defined by the capital adequacy policies within the bank and the financial sector within the industry. As a corporate organization, Bank of America strives to deliver for its shareholders and improve their overall value in the company (Bank of America Corporation, 2016). They achieve this not only through the reliance on its operating income, but also investment income ...

The Determinants of Bank Performance in Kuwait

Abstract The aim of this paper is to determine the measures of banking sector profitability of Kuwait and then see the impact of internal and external determinants on the performance of the banking sector of Kuwait. Several variables are used to measure the performance of banking sector in this study, the impact microeconomic and macroeconomic determinants will be analyzed with relation to Return on Assets (ROA) and Return on Equity (ROE). However, answering the research questions will help in the selection of independent variables. It has been planned qualitative, and quantitative both research analysis techniques will be deployed for ...

Generation gap has been a widely discussed topic because of its significant impact on work, family and social relationships. The issue started being discussed during the post war era when globalization and multiculturalism were taking root in society. In most situations where a generation gap exists, the older generation always holds relatively more conservative opinions, while the younger generation is more accepting of their current worldview, and this evidently introduces conflict between the two generations (). The unique historical background of Taiwan notwithstanding, the country (region) has also had generation gap as one of the most challenging social problems after ...

Material extraction

The mining and extraction of copper has several impacts on the environment. The extraction of copper is done in several steps and process using different technologies and mechanisms. The copper element is extracted from its ore through heating the ore using carbon. This process releases carbon dioxide gas into the atmosphere. It is a well known fact that carbon dioxide gas is a greenhouse gas which result into global warming. The result of the extraction is copper full of impurities. The impure copper is then placed under further treatment to eliminate the presence of the impurities. In most cases, ...

Introduction

The black hat hackers have always purposed to exploit any vulnerabilities they find. Once they find a big target, the chance of concentrating on attacking it is high. Most of the organizations that use networks would be foolish to always feel comfortable with their existing network security features. Networks have a lot of points through which the hackers can intrude and mess around with the firewalls as well as the intrusion detection systems. It is important that an organization’s management identifies the possibility of risks. The risks are identified by first analyzing the specific malicious attacks that have ...

The Future of Streaming Media

For nearly four decades, cable television networks in America have been offering a stable bundled TV service for its consumers. Because pay-tv services have been increasing in costs and over the last 17 years customers are beginning to consider online streaming media services like Amazon, Hulu, and Netflix. With the recent convergence of media technology, the greatest asset in the TV service- technology is set to turn against owners. Bundled cable services have been the heart of Television in America, but recently there have been changes in consumer TV watching habits. In laying out the facts, bundled cable television ...

Hi, a hospital has to be prepared for emergency operations always. Failure to that, many lives will be lost in the process. However, the aspect is not usually the case in many health institutions since they lack funds and technologies that can assist them to respond to disasters hastily. Hospitals can either be public or private. Therefore, if they are public, the relevant local or municipal governments have the mandate to provide resources and funds for medical operations. If the health institution is private, the owners or donors give adequate funds to the facility. Another aspect drawn from the ...

Introduction

Yi Hwang was a prominent figure among the Korean Neo-Confucian Scholars. He led a modest life, applying what he learned to enrich his life. Hwang was a man of absolute character. He always embraced high moral standards during his time. He worked hard in his studies, securing a government job; however, later in his life, he turned down several job offers to pursue his passion of enriching the society through his works. In this essay, the writer seeks to explore the contributions Yi Hwang to Buddhist and Neo-Confucian thoughts. The author observes that Hwang made profound contribution on Buddhist ...

Diet is necessary to everyone for continuing the life. Its utility occupies a significant position in the biological world. The unique benefit the diet provides is of paramount importance in achieving the health-specific goals. However, alongside with knowing about the diet and its role in health, it is essential to develop certain awareness about its assessment. With the advancement of technology various approaches were believed to exist with regard to the dietary assessment. In such context, the present description deals with a topic entitled, Dietary Assessment Using Electronic Method.

Review

As per the sources, the connection between routine intake of ...

Introduction

It is known that the economic growth largely depend on such index as demand growth. The issue of its stimulation or, in other words, aggregation plays vital role in the contemporary economic state of affairs, which is characterized as such ‘which is transitioning from the Great Recession to a period of more stable growth’ (Global Economic Outlook, 2015). The recent economic stagnation is said to be caused by the persistent effective demand failure depressing the economy’s productive capacity through cuts in investment and depressed technological progress (Pryce, 2015). The main target is to change this course to the ...

Organization Culture

Organizational culture is believed to be the way of doing things characteristic of a particular corporate. Most notably, the term is used to refer to the employees of the organization. It explains how they behave, think and carry out their regular duties around and outside the firm. An excellent corporate culture enhances the image of the company which is good for the business since it attracts new customers and helps retain the existing ones (Alvesson, 2016). Furthermore, it elevates the standard of the firm above its competitors. As a result, managers strive to create and maintain a better culture ...

ASSIGNMENT 5

Please identify the current CEO of each of Cisco Systems and two of its competitors. For each CEO please examine his or her bio and any back ground information. Please summarize his or her previous successes. Cisco system’s niche is in the computer communications industry, whose main competitors are Huawei and ZTE Corporation. The current CEO at Cisco, John Chambers worked at IBM as a technology salesperson. Seven years later, he joined Wang laboratories as an assistant to a top executive mandated with US operations. He later joined Cisco in 1991 just as the company became a public ...

1.0 Background According to Wiefels, the term marketing communication refers to all activities or strategies that are applied by a given organization or company to communicate to customers or market their goods and services. The process of market communication may apply various strategies such as advertising, branding and use of websites or even direct sales presentations. Hong Kong Disneyland is the smallest in the world and it was occasionally reported to have made losses. Based on the challenges that it (Hong Kong Disneyland) faces, the following strategies may facilitate the improvement of the number of tourist visits. 2.0 Specific ...

Literature review

Section 1: Background Context and rationale for research priorities Lens handling intensifies the incidence of lens contamination. When lens are aseptically removed from the eye, they still have a high probability of harboring microorganisms. During storage, the frequency of positive microbial bioburden remains high than 50%. The presence or movement of microorganisms from the lens to the ocular surface is a route factor for contact lenses related microbial keratitis and inflammation. There is need to priotise research in this area because the results of the studies help people to understand the factors concomitant to infectious and inflammatory complications. When ...

The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games are considered the most spectacular sporting events ever held in the history of sports. This is because of the luxurious and amazing ceremonies together with the elevated standards of competition that ranged from marathon and javelin to yachting. It is considered the competition that hosted most sporting activities in the history or sports. One may ask how the environment in Beijing where the sports took place was. In Olympics, the three pillars are sports, culture, and environment. The environment fared well in terms of the sustainability and also contributed positively to the green legacy ...

Introduction

Multinational companies refer to those that conduct their operations and have subsidiaries in at least one country other than their country of origin. The first MNC came into existence in the 17th Century; the East India Company was the first one. Since then, MNCs have grown to over sixty thousand today being fueled by growth in world economy, better business infrastructure, and globalization amongst other factors. The first generation of MNCs had multi-domestic, international and global MNCs. The distinguishing characteristic of multi-domestic MNC is their interest in entry in new markets while the international ones were based on technological ...

Summary

Over the past few years, there has been a growing interest among neurosurgeons on the potential for therapies that impact on diseases, over and above the movement disorders and pain. One of the biggest targets of this increasing interest has been the nucleus accumbens. It has been studied for long, as an area of the brain that mediates a variety of behaviors, including reward and satisfaction (Salgado & Kaplitt, 2015). With this in mind, the modulation of the biology of the Nucleus Accumbens through either deep brain stimulation or through biological therapies like gene therapy or the transplantation of cells ...

Over the past four decades, China has witnessed a drastic rise in its economy and structural changes. Economically, China has overtaken many economies in the country, especially after the launching of the economic reforms in the 1970s (Li-zhu, 2010). Radical changes in China have been attributed to different factors, such as shifting of its development strategy. Many cities in the world have undertaken different reforms in a bid to restructure and create capacity concerning economic capability. Particularly, the Chinese cities have been on the front line in undertaking resurgence as well as reconstruction reforms. Resurgence is defined as an ...

1. Introduction A trade or labour union refers to an association of workers belonging to any profession, which is formed to protect their rights in an organised manner (Sinha, Sinha, & Priyadarshini, 2013; Phelan, 2007; Cairncross, 1954). There is a controversial debate on their being right or wrong. On one hand, the concept of a trade union has its advocates belonging to the humanist group of thinkers and analysts. Then, it is also the target of criticism by some capitalistic schools of thought though the arguments in its favour outweigh the criticism (Pohler & Luchak, 2013). 2. Trade Unions in the ...

Microsoft Corporation is one of the leading computing companies that supplies software, hardware, and consumer devices to various regions across the globe. The founders of the Microsoft Corporation are Bill Gates and Paul Allen that began the operations of Microsoft in 1975 (Microsoft “Facts about Microsoft” n.p.). Microsoft currently has its headquarters at Redmond, Washington in the United States of America. The motivation of the company’s founders was to fill a software market niche in the area of personal computing. Microsoft has dominated that sector by holding the largest market share against competitors since its inception. Microsoft’s ...

MANAGEMENT OF E-COMMERCE

Management of E-Commerce Introduction The improvement in technology all over the world has led to the adoption of E-Commerce in the businesses. According to Andam (2014), E-Commerce is the use of electronic systems and the internet to facilitate selling and buying of goods and services. Grandon (2004) is of the opinion that the Electronic Commerce started forty years ago but currently through the day to day innovations, many firms and individuals are entering the market through the internet. In the work of Demirel (2011) businesses incorporate the use of Electronic Commerce to offer its goods and services in a ...

Introduction

HIV is one of the most deadly viruses affecting the human immune system. Scientists across the globe work day and night to search for the cure of the HIV bit to date no solution has ever worked. Despite there no cure for HIV, scientists have developed various treatments to assist the victim live longer and fight opportunistic infections. The paper discusses the case of a young female who had other symptoms diagnosed with HIV.

Common modes of HIV transmission in the developed countries and the populations at a greater risk of acquiring HIV

The HIV infection is transmitted through open cuts and breaks in the skin. It is also transmitted through mucous membranes, such as the ones inside ...

Mitochondria and Endoplasmic Reticulum

Literature Review

Literature Review - Interactions Between Mitochondria and Endoplasmic Reticulum and Mitochondria Calcium Dynamics The interactions between mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum in plants have great significance in the ability of the plant to self regulate, grow well and even fight off toxins. Calcium is very important for strengthening cell walls (Holdaway & Helper, 2003). The dynamic of calcium up-take has been studied since the 1800s due to the importance calcium has as a regulator for successful growth and development of plants (Hepler, 2005). The intricacies of the part Calcium plays in intracellular reactions which regulate growth and development ...