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There are multiple faces and variances of feminism nowadays, differentiating both geographical as well as cultural (Dunand Zimmerman, 2013). The western feminism comprises the values of the developed and partly developing countries, whereas the African and Asian feminism comprises the values of these societies, where besides gender, race is another element that defines women and the feminism discourse (Dunand Zimmerman, 2013). But in practice things are much more complex than this simply structured formulation of localized feminism. Looking at the Islamic Asian countries, for instance, there can be observed great differences between women’s condition in Turkey or Egypt, ...

The literature review below examines initiatives that have highest impacts on reducing health disparities in rural areas. Different researches have been carried out concerning health disparities. Proper review of past literature would be extremely informative. In research carried out by indicated that rural communities in US are burdened by more health disparities results and are thus are racially and economically deprived leading to them being isolated socially with minimal access to limited health resources. Although Cunnings had uncertainty about how different geographical areas can have impacts on health disparities, he found out by creating better health facilities in rural ...

Deontology is more of a moral system having its focus on the obedience and thus adherences to independent moral duties and rules. Deontologists argue that actions are not wrong if the motive is not wrong. The consequences of actions are not the determinants of the righteousness or the wrongness of actions but the motives of the person taking the action (O'Hear, 2004). Therefore, considering deontological viewpoint Silano refusal to volunteer is justified because his motive is for own self good and may be safety from the consequence of volunteering which will cost him a needle piercing. Since Silano’s ...

Dear Jannette:

Living in America it is easy to become overweight, there is temptation on every block and cheap fast food is everywhere. No one can really say that he or she has never succumbed to the lure of sweet, delicious, tantalizing food. You and I have been friends for many years and you have stayed close to me as a sister; sometimes even more than a sister. Over the years I have watched you gain more and more weight and I fear for you because diabetes runs in your family. If you continue to gain weight and become diabetic without ...

and Evidence-Based Practice and Evidence-Based Practice Fawcett and Garity’s (2009) definitions of knowledge, research, and evidence-based practice align with my own understanding of the said terms or concepts. As Fawcett and Garity (2009) asserted, research is the conduct of a search, inquiry, or investigation, with the aim of discovering something. Research then leads to the formulation of theories, and although theories are not always true, they help form knowledge, which then leads to the development of evidence-based practice. More specifically, knowledge refers to everything that is known about something (Fawcett & Garity, 2009) while theory refers to the “knowledge ...

Introduction

This paper seeks to evaluate the play Bengal Tiger in Baghdad presenting different angles from which the play write presents his case on human interaction and reaction to circumstance. Themes in the play are of sin and redemption that arise due to continuous violence unto its conclusion.

Body

The play is set in the year 2003 in Baghdad backdrop of the Iraq war. It aims to explore themes that are universal in nature. This are themes to do with sin and redemption caught up in a sequence of unending violence that is realized from the beginning of the play set ...

A catalogue is a publication of a list or record, of items for sale or courses at a university that are systematically arranged and include descriptive material. A book catalogue therefore is something that contains a list or a record of items. The major difference between the three catalogues is that they represent different audience in the market- commercial catalogue targets the buyers, university catalogue targets the students, and independent press catalogue targets authors in need of publishing. The difference between the independent press, university and commercial catalogue is that commercial catalogue deals with advertisement of items on sale ...

Introduction

Philip Levine was born on January 10, 1928 in Detroit city of Michigan State. He is famous for his poetry work about the working-class Detroit. He started working in car manufacturing plants at the age of 14 but later as a lecturer at California State University for thirty years teaching in the English Department. Robert Lee Frost (23/3/1974 -29/1/1963) was an American poet born in San Francisco, California. His poet's work is known to depict a rural setting. He started working on his farm before becoming an English teacher at various schools and universities.

The two poets have various similar connections. Looking at their biography, we can see the following connections:

Poetry: both Philip and Robert ...

Literature Review on Mobile Healthcare

Literature Review on Mobile Healthcare In the field of health, the use of advanced technology is not anymore limited to highly specialized branches such as medical robotics or nuclear medicine. Different levels in the healthcare delivery system have utilized the benefits and convenience offered by mobile devices. Mobile healthcare or mHealth is slowly gaining ground in health facilities worldwide. The term mHealth refers to “the use of wireless communication devices to support public health and clinical practice” (Kahn, Yang, & Kahn, 2010, as cited in Barton, 2012). In the succeeding sections the terms mHealth and mobile healthcare will be used ...

Introduction

Polar bears are a range of bears from the family Ursidae and genus Ursus that natively lie within the boundaries of the Arctic Circle which well includes the landmasses and surrounding seas around the Arctic Ocean . Considering the native geographical location where the polar bears reside, it can be safely assumed that these creatures live in a predominantly cold weather environment . In terms of general physical features, a male adult polar bear should weight somewhere around 770 to 1,500 lbs. ; a female adult on the other hand should be somewhere around half of this size . Polar bears are ...

How Does the Implementation of a Mentoring Program that Utilizes the Essential Elements of Effective Mentoring Impact the Level of Job Satisfaction and the Retention of Faculty in a School of Nursing? Raising competitive nurses who would soon take care of the country’s aging population has been proven to be a challenge because of the delicateness of the job and the amount of passion, dedication and hard work required to succeed. People tend to focus too much on the sacrifices that the students undergo in order to graduate and pass the licensure examinations and then finally become a ...

Introduction

Texting is the act of crafting instant messages and short messages on mobile phones using abbreviations and other techniques. The standard body of rules in the English language, i.e. English grammar, and the usual word spellings are not always followed in texting. Texting has spread so widely throughout the world that it is now even being regarded as an emergent language some believe deserves to be registered in its own right. This is largely because of the widespread of Internet-based instant messaging (IM) and mobile phones. For numerous years, parents have blamed texting for several ills, such as corrupting ...

Theme in a story or a narrative is the main idea carried in the events unfolding. According to chapter seven a theme gives the one an idea of what the story is about. In the story “I used to live here once” the main idea that could give what the story is about is the idea of change. The author points out at the process of change, the difficulties and tribulations that process is associated with. Rhys has indistinctly discussed the theme of change while giving very vivid occurrence of the transition. He uses the girl persona in explaining ...

Literature

Literature just like art, fashion and film, is known to reflect the society. Literature describes the daily life describing its ups and downs in a well-documented medium. Through literature, humans can explore their experiences and use it to search deeply for the meaning of humanity. Literary criticism is a well-informed response that a reader makes as a response to how they feel about a piece of literature. The insights of this article can be better understood by using analytical approaches to describe and evaluate its meaning. The article “Reading Literature: Decline and fall?” immediately captures the interest of the ...

Garbois, Cyril. "Online Banking in the GCC." AtKearney (2013): n. pag. Web. Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is an economic and political alliance which was established in May 1981 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It consists of six countries in the Middle East. These countries are Oman, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Qatar. The main objective of the formation of this council is to achieve unity among the countries. Consequently, the success of this council is due to the fact that the member states share common cultural and political beliefs rooted in the Islamic faith they profess. It ...

The Center for Allied Health Nursing Education

This center was established in 2003 in response to an emerging shortage of trained and experienced healthcare workers in New Jersey. This phenomenon is believed to have evolved from increasing health care demands inclusive of a steep growth in the population; diminishing interest of new students within ther health care industry and an aging workforce and baby boom bubble. As such, the focus was towards ‘developing and offering educational programs that (i) provide students with comprehensive instruction and training and (ii) reinforce the humanistic aspects of care in the area of healthcare’ (Strategic Plan, 2013). Core values encompass a ...

In David Foster Wallace’s seminal nonfiction essay “Consider the Lobster,” the noted author reports for a culinary magazine his experiences at the 2004 Maine Lobster Festival. According to Wallace, “The Maine Lobster Festival represents less an intersection of the [tourism and lobster] industries than a deliberate collision, joyful and lucrative and loud” (Wallace). From basic descriptions of the etymology and history of the lobster and the event itself, Wallace moves on to even stickier metaphysical questions as to the nature of this ritualistic delicacy, even approaching moral questions as to the ethics of cooking and killing lobster. While ...

Charles Dickens is well known for his thematic books, especially David Copperfield and Oliver Twist, both of which revolve around the concept of ‘social class’ that existed in England in the early nineteenth century. Dickens uses the tragic experiences of his characters to evoke empathy from his readers. David Copperfield, in particular, reflects the plight of the people who belong to ‘lower social classes’. Throughout the story, it is seen that people who are economically well-off have the upper hand in society. Further, ‘It is right for the rich to suppress and reign over the poor’ is shown to ...

Canterbury Tales

Introduction The Canterbury tales are a set of short stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer in Middle English by the end of the 14th century. The Canterbury tales are a set of stories told in a pilgrimage to the pilgrims. This makes them very interesting as the analysis of each of the characters helps explore the culture and way of life in the 14th century. It also gives an insight into the feelings, emotions and social structure of the life of the English in the 14th century (Linne R. Mooney, 2006).

Character analysis

The four characters chosen for analysis include the knight, ...

Nursing Staff Skill Mix-Literature Review

James Buchan and Mario R. Dal Po (2002) contend after researching nursing staff skill mix that solid evidence suggests that utilizing less qualified staff is not applicable to every health care setting because it can ultimately compromise care quality (Buchan & Dal Po, 2002). However, there is substantial evidence where by increasing the use of care assistants helped organizations to function more efficiently. Importantly, doctor–nurse overlap assessment revealed where it extends the potential for organizations to explore manipulating nursing staff skill mix to its fullest. Essentially, nursing staff skill mix is still in its virgin stages. As such, organizations ...

Introduction

Waste management refers to the process of collecting, transporting and disposing trash, sewage and other waste materials. There are different sources of waste including residential, industrial, commercial, institutional, construction and demolition, municipal, agriculture and manufacturing and all these waste products whether solid, gaseous, liquid or radioactive come under the realm of waste management. Due to the rapid growth and fast development in Australia, the country has produced waste on humongous amount. As per the data provided by Australian Bureau of Statistics, the growth of average annual rate of waste production in Australia is about 5.4% between 1996-97 and 2006-07. ...

“Shaving versus Clipping: Which preoperative hair removal method reduces the risk of surgical site infection?"

“Shaving versus Clipping: Which preoperative hair removal method reduces the risk of surgical site infection?" Hwang, S., Kim, S., Park, K., Im, S., Shin, W., & Kim, B. (2012). Outpatient-based scalp surgery without shaving and allowing use of shampoo. World Neurosurgery, 77(2), 391-393. 1. A study in the outpatient setting which aims to establish the benefits of “shaveless” surgery. It challenges previously held beliefs about the advantages of shaving. 2. Retrospective observational study on the outcomes of minor scalp surgery without the conventional shaving of hair. The procedures were performed on 93 patients by only one surgeon in a ...

Introduction:

The implementation of a mentoring program that utilizes the essential elements of effective mentoring impacts the level of job satisfaction and the retention of faculty in a school of nursing in many different ways. A mentoring program that utilizes the essential elements of effective mentoring impacts the level of job satisfaction because it encourages the mentor to teach the rewards of being a nurse this increases job satisfaction for both the mentor and the new staff member. When a mentoring program that utilizes the essential elements of effective mentoring is introduced it impacts the level of job satisfaction because ...

The Odyssey is a novel by Homer. It is based on a love story which describes the adventures of Odysseus. It tells of Odysseus encounter of hardships as he struggles to get back home after the war to the people he loved and his family who thought he died during the war. One of the major themes in the Odyssey is the theme of love. The theme of love is very strong and powerful as it becomes a major driving force for Odysseus as he embarks on his journey through hardships back home to his family after the Trojan ...

• Scenario Plan

Science Workforce science is becoming a new method of hiring; big data is being utilized instead of traditional hiring methods in order to determine the best candidates for certain jobs. Firms now provide proprietary data science mining in order to score candidates to find out who will be the best hire. This provides instant numerical assessments of the skills and experience of a hiring candidate.

Technology

Technology is rapidly creating fewer positions for people that require a higher skill set; grunt work is being accomplished by machines and software that eliminate working-class jobs in the digital economy. This will have ...

According to the World Health Organization (2006), quality in the context of health care is characterized as health care that is effective (i.e. evidence-based); efficient (i.e. maximized resources); accessible (i.e. timely, geographically reasonable, and competent); acceptable or patient-centered (i.e., considerate of the patients’ preferences and cultural differences); equitable (i.e. delivery of the same level of care regardless of the patient’s background); and safe (i.e. minimized patient risk and harm). In an effort by the National Quality Forum (NQF) to measure and improve the quality of nursing care, the NDNQI (National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators ) was developed (Montalvo, ...

The General Prologue is the first and most important part of the Canterbury tales. It establishes the framework of the entire stories in the Canterbury tales collections. Chaucer is the narrator in the prologue and introduces the readers to the travelers going to the pilgrimage to Canterbury. The prologue introduces the characters from the major characters to the minor ones describing their traits in details. Furthermore, the characters are described one by one in organized manner and how they are related to each other with their duties. Chaucer First introduces the Knight, his son the Squire and their skilled ...

Literature Critique

The association between viewing television shows at an early age and decline in quality of attention span among children has found formidable support from cross-sectional research design. The research under review, however, takes into consideration the importance of conducting a longitudinal study on the subject matter via use of data involving the age of children at the time of exposure to television watching and subsequent effects in later age. Data on children at the time when they were aged one and three (with separate sample sets per age) and detection of subsequent attention span problem signs at age seven ...

Summary

An academic area of examination may be deduced to exist when a logical body of knowledge is built to define topic of inquiry. Acknowledged levels come to be used to certify and train specialists; full-time job opportunities become obtainable in university research and teaching; learned societies are established to promote study and dialogue; and publishing sites become available to aid disseminate new ideologies and analysis. In a nutshell, an institutionalized system of scholars comes into being, a distinct study community with its own limitations, rewards. The International political economy (IPE) is less than 50 years old since its inception. ...

Book Review – “Monster of Florence: A True Story”

Book Review – “Monster of Florence: A True Story”

Introduction

Review of the book, "The Monster of Florence: A True Story by Douglas Preston with Mario Spezi published in its first edition 2008 shows the publisher as New York: Grand Central Publishing. The author presents the story over 36 chapters divided in two parts – the first about the background of the decades- long mystery and the second focusing on the current investigation. This review includes comments about the author, a summary, and discussion about the material presented. According to MacLeod-Johnson (2013) the author of “Monster of Florence: A True Story” Douglas ...

4.1 Main research questions and sub research questions used Main question: How can the current medical treatments data synchronization be optimized in relation to the hospital billing system for a more efficient and accurate billing system?

Sub question 1: Which medical billing systems is state-of-the-art in medical treatment data synchronization at this moment? (Literature)

Sub question 2: How could the current data processing and billing system be described? (Analysis) Sub question 3: What are the requirements for an efficient, effective and accurate billing system? (Redesign) Literature Review Introduction Recent literature shows that the development in technology brings numerous things that individuals have not had in many years, especially in the healthcare. The basis of the literature selected ...

ABSTRACT

The construction industry is highly risk-prone, with unique, dynamic and complex environments that create an atmosphere of high uncertainty and risks. The industry is vulnerable to various technical, sociopolitical, operational and business risks. The mechanisms for coping with the risks have not been accomplished in the industry and as such people working in the industry bear a host of challenges including quality and operational requirements, cost overrun and uncertainty delays in project execution. In this regard, an effective system of risk analysis and management for the construction industry remains a challenge for industry practitioners. The aim of this paper ...

Abstract

With the high speed development of technology, internet is reaching today users who can connect from different parts of the world. The rapid explosion of the internet also contributed to the development of the information system, available within organizations in the business world, which allows for complex processes to occur, emphasizing the productivity of companies (Stroie & Rusu 228). Nevertheless, it does come with threats and risks. The information system’s security can experience various threats or risks that need to be attentively coordinated through risk assessment and risk management procedures, hence, security risk management becomes an increasingly significant instrument ...

Gun control in the United States is one of the most hotly debated issues in the country as of late; given the increase in prominence of school shootings, and the proliferation of gang violence in major metropolitan areas, many people wonder what the potential effects of gun control might be. Some argue that gun control removes a vital Constitutional right to bear arms and increases crime by only allowing criminals to have guns, whereas others believe that gun control itself is an effective deterrent to crime by removing the sheer number of guns off the streets. There is strong ...

Slide 2: Frederick Winslow Taylor – A Brief Introduction

- Frederick Winslow Taylor was an American mechanical engineer. - Known as the father of Scientific Management, he was a proponent of efficiency. - His interest in efficiency led him to experiment - with various motions that are useful for laying bricks - with various elements of jobs to find out an optimal way of completing a job.

Slide 3: Principles of Scientific Management

- 'The Principles of Scientific Management' published in 1911 best described his belief that simplification and optimization of jobs would increase productivity and work efficiency to a great degree. - His publication was meant to touch upon three points:

Slide 4: Principles of Scientific Managementcontd.

- Taylor's ...

Gilman devotes numerous journal entries to label the wallpaper in her room. She asserts that the wallpaper has a break-neck pattern, has a yellowish smell, and leaves yellowish patches on one’s hair, skin and attire if touched (Fleenor 287). Fleenor suggests that Gilman’s long stay in her room compels her to have a conviction that the patterns on her wallpaper are in constant mutation, especially at night times when it is shined upon by moonlight. The room becomes a symbol of repressive society since she is frightened by the whole experience in the room. With determination to ...

[Low flow anaesthesia with isoflurane in the dog]. This article in german compares the safety of high and low flow anesthesia in dogs preparing for surgery. Three groups of animals were divided into two low flow and one high flow groups. Vital signs were kept well controlled during the procedures. Notes the highest decrease in body temperature was in the high flow group, and a particularly cooled gas used for that group may have caused this. At least in the context of dogs, this article seems to treat the question of flow rate and core body temp. as a ...

Cultural Tourism

Cultural tourism deals mainly with the relationship that cultural, social, and economic aspects of people have on the tourism aspects of a particular region. In chapter three, the author mainly emphasizes on the social life of people as a variable in tourism consumption. According to Greg (39), social aspects that influence tourism consumption fall in four that include class, education, income, occupation and age. Class mainly involves the competition among the people in society who consider their status above the rest and those who the society considers below in terms of economic prowess. The author argues that, as more ...

Cultural tourism is a division of tourism that is associated with the regions or countries culture. This is specifically associated with those individuals in that specific geographical area with their history, architecture, art, religion and other elements that are influential in their lives. Tourism is one of the activities that bring in cultural, economical and social exchange and a rise in such exchange is stimulus to tourism. In this times, there has been high attention on cultural globalization which is defined as acceleration in the exchange of cultural symbols among individuals around the world, to an extent that it ...

The Asian Art Gallery at the New Gallery of Victoria is one of the biggest repositories of Indian and Chinese artefacts in Australia. The Pauline Gandel Gallery of Japanese Art, in particular, sheds a great deal of light on the history of 18th and 18th century Japanese art, and some of its most beautiful examples. Paintings, armor, lacquer, clothing and more can be found in this exhibit, demonstrating a distinct understanding of the beauty that is found in this genre of art. The content, form and context of these works belie an incredibly beautiful yet patriarchal and honor-based culture, ...

Abstract

Jane Kenyon’s poem Let Evening Come is an appeal to the innumerable readers to embrace the inevitable which awaits human beings at the end of the journey of life. The poet uses quintessential literary elements to express her emotions. The form, language and content of the poem make the literary work stand apart and converses the central theme of the poem metaphorically. The simplistic structure and language appeals universally and beings forth the message that human beings should submit to the impending “evening” and should let go of their inhibitions. The poem describes the transformational phases of various ...

Introduction

Motivation is an incredibly important factor in education; it plays a critical role in student learning. This motivation can be intrinsic; namely, the motivation comes from a student’s own desire to learn. However, two other major motivating factors for students include extrinsic motivation from parents and teachers. These outside forces place a great deal of pressure on these students, placing expectations on them to perform in a certain way. However, these expectations may have unknown effects on these students. Students from ages 5 to 7 are in the early stages of education, and so trends and expectations established ...

A blog that deals with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, among other mental health conditions and things related to veterans, is called Operation Military Family” and is created by a man called “Nick”, with no last name provided or other information other than the fact that he was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds for his service in the Iraq battle and was deployed four years ago, meaning 2009. There is no indication of the date the content was uploaded and there is no information as per any updates. The views presented in the blog and statistical facts are not ...

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Literature Review International students often face unique challenges when they move abroad to study. The severity and the type of the challenges that they face depends heavily upon their home culture and their level of familiarity with both travel and the English language. Much research has been done on the different ways that international students struggle in Australia; similarly, there has been much research done on the ways that international students cope with the changes that come with a life-changing decision of the magnitude of choosing to live abroad. Different educators and researchers often focus on specific ethnic groups ...

The strategies used to evaluate healthcare issues, health information systems inclusive are all evaluated to gauge whether they support the six common goals of healthcare; safety, patient-centeredness, efficiency, timeliness, equitability and effectiveness (Littlejohns, Wyatt & Garvican, 2003). Strategies to evaluate health information systems differs slightly because they focus more on ensuring timeliness in delivery of services while they focus less on safety and diversity matters, multicultural healthcare among others healthcare issues. When designing an Information System Evaluation Tool, it is important to consider the privacy of patient information, the security of the information gathered, its accuracy, capacity of the system, ...

Adequate physical activity has been shown to benefit older adults by reducing the risks for age-related physical degeneration including osteoporosis, arthritis, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer and a higher likelihood of falling (Tiedemann et al., 2011; Ewald et al., 2009). However, a sedentary lifestyle has increasingly become the norm among older adults. Inadequate physical activity is defined as engaging in moderate-intensity exercise for a duration that is less than the recommended 2.5 hours per week or failing to do moderate exercise for 30 minutes on most days of the week (Jancey et al., 2008; Sims et al., 2010). In Australia ...

Analysis of the personality traits present in “the Grinch” from Dr. Seuss’ “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”

Dr. Seuss’ “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” is one of the quintessential Christmas stories in the English-speaking world. It chronicles the story of the Grinch, a green, greedy, cantankerous character who hates the Christmas season and, ostensibly, everything that the Christmas season stands for. On its face, it seems to be a tale about the meaning of Christmas, and the Christmas season, transformed into a fairytale-like format so that children can easily grasp the issues at play in the text. However, upon closer examination, the story of the Grinch contains a vast number of social and psychological clues about ...

In the poem “Snowy Egret” by Bruce Weigl, a man comforts his neighbor’s son, who has just killed an egret with a shotgun and is filled with regret. The poem itself is a wonderfully written piece that plays with the notions of childhood innocence, our culpability for our actions, self-deception, and more. The use of an egret for the bird that the boy kills is very apt, as it reminds the reader already of the word “regret”; it becomes a symbol for that regret the boy has in killing it and disobeying his father. The poem also plays ...

Rigorous research can be performed either qualitatively or quantitatively. The key is to pick the correct form for the research question that is being addressed. Some research questions have results that are best described numerically, like the percent of patients impacted by a particular practice, or a reduction in the number of hospitals days with the use of a particular nursing technique. These kinds of questions should utilize quantitative research approaches to quantify, or count, the effect being measured. However, some research questions cannot be answered by using just a number or percentage. These kinds of research questions should ...

Introduction

Feminism is a social and political movement aimed at establishing equality for women in the society (Klein 12). From the feminist perspective, the Canterbury Tales expresses some critics of Ruth Evans and Lesley Johnson who argued that it is hard to ignore the difference between how people viewed women in the past and today. In addition, males who mostly advocate for anti-feminism composed most stories found in the Caterbury Tales. This essay has deeply touches on the bad and good attributes assigned to women in the Canterbury Tales. Some of the bad attributed discussed included denial of rights to ...

The story of Cinderella is, perhaps, one of the most well-known stories in the world. Many cultures have traditional folk stories involving the rags-to-riches story arc; becoming massively successful in the face of adversity seems to be one of humanity's driving personality features. Because the story of Cinderella is so ubiquitous, it is not surprising that great storytellers borrow tropes, character arcs, and thematic ideas from the folktale. Tales like the Cinderella story are generally not created merely as a form of entertainment, but also as a way to educate people-- particularly children-- about cultural mores and societal expectations. ...

Introduction

Various medical conditions continue to plague the world. Sadly, many suffer from such conditions during infancy or childhood without knowing about their real conditions until they reach young adulthood. Inpatient treatments are widely available throughout the country. The medical facilities that provide them have all the equipment and healthcare professionals needed to make sure that the care given is consistent and remains within the universally accepted protocols of medicine and health. However, even in advanced health settings, some patients still do not recover optimally. That is why extended care is strongly recommended (John Griffiths, 2005, p. 504). This may ...

Even though Muriel Rukeyser writes her poem, “The Poem as a Mask,” in the first person, she is speaking for all women who feel intimidated by a stereotypic society that expects them to fade in the background of political issues and expression of self. This poem is her way of waking up women and giving them a voice. Muriel Rukeyser was an undaunted political activist. She was born on the thirteenth of December, 1913 and died on the twelfth of February 1980. She attended Ethical Fieldstone School, Vassar College, and Columbia University Despite the fact that slavery was abolished ...

In Toni Morrison’s short story “Recitatif”, the experiences of American American women are explored through the comparison of a white female and an African American woman. It is never fully explained which woman is of which race, but because of the cultural differences the reader is led to believe that the white woman is of higher social standing than that of the African American woman. Although the story takes place in a more modern setting with laws are in place to protect the rights of minorities, the story suggests that even in today’s world racism still exists. ...

Personal Health Records

Personal Health Records Personal health records (PHRs) are collections of information related to a person’s health that are generally maintained by the individual patient or consumer (Mayo Clinic, 2011). PHRs can be provided by many sources, including hospitals, physicians, corporate vendors, employers, insurers, or the government. PHRs have been praised as a tool that could greatly enhance the quality of medical care provided, because critical background information could be immediately available about a patient (Mayo Clinic, 2011). However, it remains that for the general population, adoption of PHRs is far from universal, with an estimated 7% user rate, ...

Julia Alvarez was raised in Dominican Republic by her parents. In her young days, he repeatedly failed in English classes at the school in America. She got her schooling from Abbot Academy since a tender age of thirteen and later joined the Connecticut College in 1967. She then got admitted to Syracuse University in 1975 for her degree in Fine Arts. It is ironic and inspiring as she now writes poems and novels exclusively in English and has got much acclaim for her literary pursuits. Her literary works focus on themes of assimilation and identity. Her works exude political ...

“When we read Dickenswe are reading all sorts of other things at the same time—plot, character, moral dilemma, historical predicament, and so forth—but we can see all these in their full complexity only if we attend to the illuminating play of style” (Alter 1996). Indeed, Charles Dickens is a master of style and a versatile genius. He weaves magic with his words that takes the readers into a rapturous world of imagination. The power of his words and imagination manifested in his depiction of simple stories and building of characters make him one of the most popular ...

Literature Review

Several methods exist that are used to identify and characterize fractures (Burnett, 2011). Seismic method is the most effective method of identifying aligned fracture sets. Aligned fracture sets render a rock seismically anisotropic; this implies that the velocities of seismic waves moving through the rock will depend on their direction of propagation (Verdon & Kendall, 2010). The way through which seismic anisotropy manifests itself includes azimuthal variation in reflection amplitudes (Hall & Kendall, 2000). Fromme (2011) investigated the scattering directivity of the A0 Lamb wave mode at through-thickness defects in aluminum plate from FE simulations (Zhou, Li, Mao, Mevel & Ou, 2013). ...

Introduction

The rate of divorce has increased over the years. Research indicates that for every three marriages that take place in today’s society, one of them ends in divorce (American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2011). Furthermore, the majority of the families that divorce have children. Consequently, divorce causes various impacts on children depending on how they perceive it and what kind of life they lead after it occurs in comparison with the past. Some children often take the blame on themselves for being responsible for their parents’ divorce and this will have devastating impact on their lives. Mostly, ...

Introduction

As the world gradually moves forward from an age that celebrates the independence of each nationality to an age of interdependence and collaborative efforts, then so does education. Joining the bandwagon of change for the better, education itself is changing with the changing times. Migration from the birthplace to another country, interracial marriages and other such circumstances have all made possible the convergence of diverse cultures and languages in a single place. In a classroom setting, no longer is it possible to see a concentration of just one race. Today’s society is full of individuals who come from ...