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I am taking Business management as my major since I have a passion for business. I like bringing new ideas and restoring sanity in the management of businesses. The collapse of many businesses is as a result of poor management, and I have a passion for helping businesses thrive no matter the stumbling blocks. As a result, I find the knowledge on the application of religious dialogue very useful in my intended career. Firstly, in my intended career I will not avoid meeting with different people who subscribe to different religions, and they will need ...

Generally agriculture is the backbone of our country’s economy. The economy almost solely depends on our agricultural products which earns us a considerable income after exportation. Our major export earner in the agricultural sector is cotton. Cotton farming is practiced largely across the country and the country’s economy is majorly supported by the growth of this cash crop. It is, therefore, ideal that we proceed with caution and discretion when dealing with matters that relate to the production and sale of our cotton lest we end up destroying our own economy. We have to critically examine and ...

Developing countries are vulnerable to a number of economic problems; they have struggled with relatively extreme poverty and are likely to suffer from the effects of the current financial crisis globally. To minimize the cost of poverty developing countries need to develop vibrant strategies to increase living standards of their people. In order to achieve high living standards of their citizens and to increase the level of the economy, the government has to liaise with foreign investors especially from developed countries. It has been proofed that foreign direct investment plays a key role by providing the finance that could ...

1. According to the Traditional Analysis of Knowledge (TAK), the objective of analyzing knowledge is to state conditions that are jointly and individually necessary for propositional knowledge. Hence, propositional knowledge should be differentiated from knowledge of acquaintance. Propositional knowledge is justified true belief, this means that a person cannot know P if they do not believe P. Secondly, a person cannot know unless P is true and lastly, there is a need to justify true belief in order to rule out lucky guesses. This way of thinking is related to knowledge goes back to Plato and this way of ...

A society is a combination of different components that make up the society. Among these components is marriage as well as families. Power is among the pillars of any society and whoever is in power decides how the society will be. This is always a tricky position that requires one who is careful so that the people of such a society are kept at peace and that all the intended functions of the society continue as planned. The issue of gender equality however varies with different societies. There are societies that have women in higher positions while there are ...

Abstract

The religious traditions of different patients and their families affect their understanding and application in the modern health care context. Health care providers should have an understanding and appreciation of the diverse religious beliefs preferences of their patients for optimal care provision. There is a mixture of many different religious groups in the country that requires knowledge of different health practices. Nurses, physicians and chaplains who are associated with hospices and hospitals frequently encounter with a diverse group of patients with acute, terminal or chronic medical conditions who require necessary contact with the health care system. A significant ...

Introduction

This research paper is a project that covers a number of salient points relating to a course in business major. The paper begins with a summary exposition of business major as a study course. Next, the paper explores the various career options that graduates of a business major may venture into. Further, this research project shall endeavor to describe the major’s focus and in this quest, attempt to highlight the specializations that are found within the same. Also, this paper will capture some of the colleges that offer this business major in the United States. In this ...

In lieu of the growing number of people with chronic disease, increasing aging population and the need for care coordination, the country has been facing a necessity for a more competent and qualified workforce in the health care industry. Nurses constitute a substantial fraction of this workface- 3 million nationwide. With this number of nurses and their impact on sustaining the health needs and accomplishing the heath goals of the general population, appropriate measures have to be undertaken to further improve the profession in order to address the aforesaid public health issues. These measures include increasing the level of ...

The focus on this paper mainly highlights on the field of ethics and moral values in the society we live in. The paper will draw from different incidences in the history of humanity that led to calamities that would have otherwise been avoided through discipline and active carefulness by individuals involved in the incidences. The administration of any organization should always be held responsible for any shortcomings or disasters that occur at the work place due to negligence or assumption. It is their sole responsibility to cover their working staff y properly insuring and assuring their lives.

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The success of military action during the war times has leadership as the main component. The leaders are therefore shaped in relation to the situations they face in their life and daily life activities. The leaders have a great effect on the outcomes during their interaction with the diverse information, people, resources and the general environment they operate in. This movie also shows the first phase relating to the Second World War. The situation exposed to General Frank Savage while leading the bomber squadron in England during the Second World War. This ...

Summary of the Popular Source

The popular article attempts to report on a study that links people’s satisfaction or dissatisfaction in marriage to their gene composition. The article bases its arguments on this study to try to explain the reason why some people happen to enjoy their marriages while others do not. It also explains why the prevailing emotional climate affects people’s ability to enjoy or dread marriage as associated with their respective DNA characteristics.

The article argues that a gene variant called 5-HTTLPR has been discovered to be linked with the influence of certain emotions on marital satisfaction. The ...

Roaring Dragon Hotel is a three star that once had the repute of an outstanding service provider in the market, but later lost this reputation due to poor management. The initial management practices at RDH were based on planned economy. However, failure to change these management practices to fit the expanding economy led to declining popularity and hence declining income of the company. The initial plan to salvage the company was made by the provincial government and involved replacing the hotel’s management with an international management by HI through Paul Fortune.

The strategies undertaken by Mr. Fortune to ...

Édouard Manet’s paintings were just as controversial as he was himself. This is clearly seen through some of his very famous paintings which include The Absinthe Drinker/The Philosopher (1859) and The Luncheon on the Grass (1863) which were rejected by the Salon at the Louvre. His other controversial and rather shocking painting is Olympia which also received its share of criticism. Through these paintings, it is clear that he was a man who went about provoking the people’s minds and therefore sparking arguments and different perceptions.

The Absinthe Drinker/ The Philosopher (1859) and The Luncheon on the ...

Introduction

This discussion focuses on graphical representation of surgical operations in the 19th and 21st Century and how surgery has evolved in years.

Eakins’ paintings depict the doctor getting assistance from Penn professors. This emphasizes on how doctors, nurses and physicians work together during surgery. This is also demonstrated in a 21st century media image.

In both clinics, the doctors are seen to be carrying conservative operations as opposed to the amputations they performed in earlier decades. We see the surgery being carried out in a cleaner, brighter, surgical theater. In comparison, there seems to be advancement in understanding the ...

Introduction

Human sexuality is the way human being are attracted to others sexually. Human sexuality is derived by their individual’s sexual orientation that differs in many ways. That is individuals sexually attracted to the opposite sex (heterosexual), same sex (same sex) and both hetero and homo (bisexual). Human sexuality has influence on our daily lives, the issue surrounding human sexuality has raised concerns on over the political platform, legal field, social life and our cultural life therefore it is part of our life. Human sexuality can also affect morality, religion and ethic. However, different opinions have been raised ...

Part IV is perhaps the most important part of René Descartes’ Discourse on the Method. This part of the Discourse contains a description of the results of Descartes’ meditations following the method that had been previously established by him. In contrast, earlier when Descartes was doubtful, he had taken upon himself to act conclusively and definitively. Now he acts oppositely, and considers everything that may in anyway be doubtful as false. He does this to be certain that the things he holds on to are impossible to doubt. He completely gives up all ...

The Romantic Period is hailed as one of the most illustrious periods of art history which has been immortalized in the innermost core of the hearts of gazillion people across the world. Describing the exquisiteness of the blossoms, William Wordsworth has quintessentially penned in the poem, Daffodils, “Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.” The omnipotence of emotions and apotheosis of beauty of nature is echoed in the line of this poem. Superfluous emotion triumphs in the extracted line from the poem. Nature is presented as an elusive metaphor in the poems. Wordsworth envisages an ...

What is the interaction between personal freedom and infringement of people’s liberty? Well, in order to understand this association, it is important to go back in time. Personal freedom is based on the maxim of liberty, and this was envisaged by early philosophers such as John Stuart Mill. The maxim of individual liberty envisions that individuals have the freedom of choice and make decisions without any restrictions. Most western democracies have taken measures to safeguard personal freedom as a fundamental right, and this has seen the protection of personal freedom by most constitutions in the world. ...

Abstract

This paper explores the topic of supervisor-subordinate communications in terms of the conditions and factors the employees of modern companies are influenced by. The most common examples of successful communication and communication failures are being supported by the materials of online Professional Security Training Network, specifically planned and designed as a an example of real guidelines for the team and the supervisors. The specifications of communicational barriers that may cause misunderstandings in the superior-subordinate relations have been closely examined based on the academically significant research of Cahn (1987) and mutual study carried out by Cahn and Cushman (1985). Further ...

There are many similarities from chapter 5 to 12 that deal with a variety of learning difficulties. For the teacher in a practical setting, these similarities have implications for assisting students with difficulties outside of the norm. It is the opinion of the writer that the teacher needs to do the following; observation, assessment, adapting to the individual, communication and the need for inclusiveness for the disabilities mentioned.

1. Observation

Many students will be formally assessed before entering an educational facility however there may be cases when a student has a condition that has not been noticed by the ...

Discounted Cash Flow Model

Competitive Advantage The term competitive advantage is a business concept that is related to advantages that a firm enjoys over its competitors, thus assisting it greater sales and higher profit margins. Hence, higher is the intensity and sustainability of the competitive advantage of a firm, more difficult will be for the competitors to neutralize the advantage. Some of the common types of competitive advantage are customer loyalty, cost structure, marketing cycle, brand value et cetera. Important to note, competitive advantage are of two types, comparative advantage and differential advantage. Comparative advantage deals with cost advantage with the company that ...

After ordering a blood test for cholesterol, a physician prescribes the patient expensive cholesterol medications known as statins to prevent diseases of the cardiovascular system. Statins, however, like all medications, have side effects. Statins are chemicals that reduce the production of enzymes, which are necessary for the synthesis of cholesterol. Usually the instructions that accompany these cholesterol-reducing drugs state 1. Statins lower cholesterol concentration in the plasma due to “inhibition of HMG-CoA reductase” and “reduce cholesterol synthesis in the liver” (Pichandi et al., 2011, p.51). 2. They reduce the concentration of cholesterol in patients with homozygous “familial hypercholesterolemia” (Pichandi ...

Introduction

Wide Sargasso Sea was written in 1966 novel by Dominica born renowned writer Jean Rhys. This post-colonial parallel novel has put the author in the limelight being her most successful novel. This novel is a premonition of charlottes Bronte’s novel of Jane Eyre 1847 novel. This is a revelation of a relationship that casts a patriarchal society in which she is neither a black nor a white European with her European white boyfriend. This is a sour and unhappy marriage, which makes her appear demonic or devilish woman. The novel shortly tries to analyze the main themes of ...

Philosophy of Nursing Leadership

A good nurse can be described in many words. An outstanding nurse should be someone who shows care, who is compassionate and very kind. They should always be engaging, good listeners, good bedside manner and thorough in their duties. The philosophy of nursing is simple and straightforward. It comprises of the responsibilities and functions of nurses. It simply defines the nursing program (Sanford, 2012).

As a nurse, I do believe that I should lead by example. I base my leadership style on the philosophy of collaboration and teamwork. In this style, members of a team ...

In this technologically advanced world, inequality in terms of income has been increasing. This equality determines a person’s social position i.e. whether one will belong to the category of poor or to the category of the rich. Research has shown that social and economic inequality has been increasing in such a rapid rate that people are becoming frustrated, mentally and exhausted, physically. Various policies have been introduced by different governments in order to make the society equal but this attempt has proved to be unsuccessful. In other words, no matter how much one tries, it is impossible to ...

When we talk about leadership, a number of questions usually come up. One of the most commonly asked questions is who is a leader. In my own opinion, I believe a true leader is a person who represents a group of people with common interests and goals and he/ she has the best interest of the group he/she represents at heart. A true leader is the one who is willing to do anything to ensure that the set goals are achieved. A leader has also been defined as a person who is able to overcome weaknesses and challenges and ...

The variability of stars existing within our universe represents diversity and uniqueness. Humanity may not observe the whole life of a single star, however, techniques have been proposed to study the stars. We have different ways how to measure a star's temperature, age, and mass even, even though it seems impossible. The said variability of stars is key to the measurement of a star's characteristics. The existence of variable stars suggests that stars change on a time interval, unfortunately, too long humanity cannot observe. Nevertheless, humanity have developed a way of understanding the stars through their variability. Needless to ...

Part 1: Introduction

Privacy defines the capacity of individuals to conceal themselves or information about them. People regard a private matter as being inherently special and pertaining to the individual being or a group of people with collective interests. In this regard, the domain of privacy encompasses certain aspects such as information security as well as the need to secure information form access by unauthorized persons (Smitt et al., 2011). Various countries have privacy laws that may limit privacy in some cases in which privacy of an individual is in conflict with freedom of speech laws. In some cases, the privacy laws ...

Leadership is an intricate construct, with widely disparate qualities and definitions. According to Northhouse (2007) and Giltinane (2013), leadership refers to the focus of several group processes i.e. it is a process of influencing group processes in setting and achieving mutually negotiated goals. By implication, leadership is a contextual construct born out of interactions among leaders and their respective followers. Specifically, Rowe (2007) describes leadership as a process of influencing members of a group to agree on, and understand what needs to be, and how it should be done, as well as the process of mediating group and individual ...

The city of Good Year is located in the county of Maricopa, Arizona, United Sates of America. The city is in the Phoenix suburb in the Phoenix Metropolitan area. The area has a population of 65275 people according to the census results of 2010. It is among the fastest growing in cities as compared to the other cities and towns in the state of Arizona. Good Year city is the home for the Goodyear Ballpark a part where the Cincinnati Reds and the Cleveland Indians of the MLB do their practice and training during spring. This city is named ...

Correlation and Causation are closely related to one another. However, certain studies state that these two variables do not imply in a relationship. This paper discusses the major contrast between correlation and causation and its effects. The first paragraph concerns the concepts of the two terms; correlation and causation. Secondly, cause and effect relationship is analysed. Finally, detailed analysis is provided to understand the relationship between correlation and causation.Moreover, the distinction between two terms can be understood easily by their definitions.

Correlation

According to Jaffe (2010), correlation refers to the association between two or more variables. For instance; there is ...

In 1760, King George III took reign of England, making quite a few controversial decisions along the way. By acting more aggressively towards France, George III started to alienate the rest of Europe, and tensions started to mount between George and the Whigs, as well as other European countries. By contrast, the sociopolitical climate of the colonies at the time was incredibly harrowing - increased taxation and more and more controversial legislation on the part of England was breeding resentment among the colonists. The Sugar, Currency, Stamp and Quartering Acts of the mid-1760s, among others, were thought to be ...

Introduction

Every individual has a unique or different personality; however, some types of personalities are categorized as a disorder. A personality disorder demonstrates some psychiatric symptoms that can cause serious issues with others. A personality disorder is a complex and highly challenging to treatment providers. An individual with avoidant personality disorder or APD is difficult to treat because of his or her extensive emotional, social, and cognitive avoidance . APD is a severe mental health condition wherein the patient has a lifelong pattern of deep feeling of inadequacy, distrust of others, extreme sensitivity to rejection, and extreme shyness. The individual suffers ...

Introduction

The police subculture is an importance and necessary concept that provides an insight into the police attitudes and behaviors. The police play a crucial role in providing law and enforcement and are therefore required to maintain high ethical standards within their working environment. Therefore, the police culture ensures that police has ethical attitudes and behaviors so that they can effectively protect the rights of the society. The police subculture perceives the public as untrustworthy, hostile, potentially, violent, and this subsequently requires mutual support, secrecy, and unity to help the police cope with such environment. As a result, the police ...

The Situation

Leadership can be inborn as well as instilled. Whichever method it comes into existence does not count. Instead, what counts is the quality of leadership and the aspects that are tagged along the whole system. A leader is by simplest definition someone who is in charge of a group of others in doing something. As a leader, one has to interact with others in the organization, and it is inevitable. This implies that your co-workers will have to be with you in your work, and they will learn all about you. Leadership itself is a process that is not ...

Introduction

The Japanese tea ceremony has been existent in Japan for many centuries and is regarded as a high form of art. Tea ceremony has many names such as ‘Sado’ and ‘Chanoyu’ both words still translates into one phrase which is the ‘Way of the Tea.’ In order to preserve the traditional art of Chanoyu, notable schools such as the Urasenke and the Omotesenke still continues its age-old legacy of educating the Japanese and foreign people alike to learn the art. Moreover, the delicate movements of both the host and his guests takes a very long time to practice as ...

Overview of the Health Issue

There are four lifetime stages of alcohol use (Swendsen et al., 2012). These include use, regular use, abuse without dependence, and abuse with dependence. Similarly, there are four lifetime stages of illicit drug use. These include opportunity to use, first drug use, drug abuse without dependence, and drug abuse with dependence (Swendsen et al., 2012).Data from the National Comorbidity Survey-Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A) showed that 59.8% of the sample had alcohol use at some point in their lifetime. The prevalence was 78.2% among adolescents aged 17 to 18 years and 42.5% among those aged 13 to 14 years old ( ...

Abstract

Applied Behavior Analysis has proven to be an excellent method of changing and shaping maladaptive behaviors and developing more appropriate behaviors in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Asperger’s Syndrome is considered part of the Autism Spectrum Disorder as described in the DSM V. However, children with Asperger’s Syndrome exhibit higher cognitive levels of functioning and awareness of social situations than many other children with more severe Autism. Is Applied Behavior Analysis and appropriate intervention in introducing social and other behavior skills appropriate for children with Asperger’s Syndrome?

Introduction

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a disorder that affects ...

Introduction

Nowadays Mexico is mostly known as one of the world’s largest consumer economics and moreover, as one of the biggest drug producers and sellers. Rapid growing number of criminal cartels in the country priory benefit from drug trading. Unfortunately, Mexico has a weak judicial system and police institutions. Hereby, the government cannot neither diminish the cartels’ activity, nor control them. Definitely, many actions both inside the country and within the international cooperation were made in order to change the situation. In order to understand the reason of social deviance and inactivity of native civilians in such circumstances a ...

Introduction

Taste aversion is a common phenomenon in human beings. Most people are averse of food of one kind or the other, which is sometimes confused with allergy. If a person claims that he can eat cheese but is allergic to milk, it is mostly likely the case of taste aversion. Taste aversion is aversion to certain foods, in human beings and animals, due to a past illness experienced with similar food. It is an interesting topic of discussion, in the field of psychology, as this form of conditioning defies more than one rule of classic conditioning. The objective of ...

Define collective bargaining (NBA lockout 2011) arguments from both sides (NBA owners and NBA players) what the latest deal means, when it will expire

Introduction

Business and sports operations are based on proper comprehension of the legal facets. An organizational investment into the comprehension and inculcation of the legal facets is critical towards ensuring that the prospects of litigation do not prevail. An individual or sports organization that maintains competency regarding the legal facets is bound to avoid the prospects of law suits that prevail as a result of non-comprehension of the legal facets of business operations. In regards to ...

Introduction

Prozac [fluoxetine hydrochloride] is commonly regarded as a first-line therapeutic medication for adolescents due to its supposedly better risk ratio than other antidepressants (Meeker, et al., 2015; Capitao, et al., 2015). It is also currently the most commonly used among selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) active ingredients, more than sertraline, escitalopram, venlafaxine (Wagner, 2015). However, its link to suicide cannot be ignored; or to birth defects and low libido (Naish, 2013). Despite the euphoria over it, a dampening cloud can be felt in the background. Is it worth risking adverse effects with Prozac? Is the risk for death or ...

I had good day and bad days. June 7th is the good day I opted for, because at that day, I ate meat, vegetable and wheat. It is very balanced. June 6th is the bad day I opted for, because I did not eat vegetable that day. On good day, my diet intakes were as follows; calories-37%, protein-86%, fat-38%, fiber-28%, vitamin A-15.8%, vitamin C-4% and calcium 13.2%. My intake on bad day were as follows; calories-41%, protein-92%, fat-63.8 percent, fiber-44%, Vitamin A-10.4%, Vitamin C-36% and calcium-7.8%. My fiber intake each day is 11g. I did not meet the fiber ...

The issue of the National Security Authority’s spying program which gave the NSA the power to get personal details of any American citizen in the name of preventing terrorist attacks is a major issue of contention in the United States today. The US government states that this is justified because national surveillance is in the best interest of the United States and its fight against terrorism. The purpose of this essay is to argue on the basis of utilitarianism and assess the appropriateness of the national surveillance of the United States’ National Security Authority. The theories of ethics ...

THE CADBURY EXPERIENCE

How Effective Are Performance Appraisals? The Cadbury Experience Research Methods Used The research methods employed consist of online note-taking and consulting with research journals on the topic of performance appraisal with regards to Cadbury PLC. However, few pieces of information were obtained due to the fact that information for a business entity is usually private. The author attempted to gather qualitative and quantitative data in order to support points that answer to the guide questions given.

Introduction

Cadbury is a multinational confectionery company from the United Kingdom owned by Mondelez International, Inc. (formerly Kraft Foods, Inc.). It carries a wide ...

Introduction

The central element and aspect of the Christian Faith is the divinity of Jesus Christ, the founder of the religion. Acceptance, belief and confession of Jesus Christ as the Son of God and the Savior of the world and humanity is the most basic element that distinguishes a Christian from a non-Christian. This shows that Jesus Christ is the foundation on which the entire Christian faith is built. As such, every Christian must give reverence to Him and to His position as the pivot around which every other thing in the spiritual world revolves. The idea of Jesus being ...

Quite often people ask themselves why some achieve greatness while others fail to do it. What is the difference between these groups of people and what are the secrets of greatness? These issues are widely discussed in Colvin’s article “What it takes to be great”. In it the author dwells on the possible measures that people can adopt in order to become great and to achieve success. Moreover, Colvin believes that greatness is available for everyone and mentions the fundamental principles people should live by if they want to achieve success. According to the author, it is not ...

On the 20th of January 1961, John Fitzgerald Kennedy took oath as the 35th president of the United States of America and delivered the inaugural address in front of over 20, 000 people who had braved the snow and cold weather. The 1961 Inaugural Address of president John.F.Kennedy was similar and different from the inaugural addresses of other presidents. It was similar to other inaugural speeches as he mentions American history, situates himself in the importance of the occasion and also talks fervently about his hope for the future. It was also different from the other presidents’ inaugural speech ...

Company Analysis: Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Limited

About the paper The paper is commissioned to provide an extensive discussion about the liquidity, profitability and debt situation of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Limited. While the liquidity analysis shall be sourced for unearthing the trend analysis for the past three years, the discussion on the debt situation, and how the bonds of the company are performing, is mechanized to assist the potential investors in taking an investment decision, i.e. whether the ongoing performance of the bond justifies investment in the bonds of the company or not.

About the company

Founded in the year 1969, Advanced Micro Devices is an American semi-conductor ...

Introduction

Debit and credit cards are used by customers for post paid and pre-paid transactions respectively. They promote cashless society since individuals do not carry their money with them while going to shop. The holder of the cards can use them to either debit or credit their bank accounts at any transaction terminal where the holder will have to produce the card for reading confirmation through the assistance of the system of computer before the actual transaction can be completed. The debit card for instance is a payment method which can be accepted at the terminal of transaction using PIN ...

Abstract

This paper discusses and examines thermodynamics concepts and systems, particularly air conditioners. The principles upon which these systems are built, namely the first and the second thermodynamics laws are analyzed. Air conditioner performance and efficiency is also examined under the two laws. The second law of thermodynamics helps in determining the effectiveness of thermodynamics-based systems and is used in this paper to determine the efficiency of air conditioners. This paper finally makes recommendations based on calculations that determine the levels of efficiency of air conditioners.

Introduction

Air Conditioning, which involves the processes of heating and cooling, is an essential part ...

Abstract

Communication plays a central role in any relationship whether personal or professional and effective communication strategies become more so important in a culturally diverse setup. Every culture is unique and people from different cultural backgrounds bring their own belief systems, work ethics, attitudes, values and biases to the workplace. An effective communication strategy would ensure that all these conflicting ideas and value systems are merged for the good of the employees as well as the company. Effective communication strategy in a culturally diverse group becomes more so important in an era of globalization and integration where interacting with different ...

Introduction

Reasons for Violent Crimes/Homicides Drug Trade Police Corruption Prescriptions Economy Incentives Accountability Conclusion Having been hired as a criminal justice expert by the Puerto Rico homicide investigation authority, it is important to examine the facts and the justification behind the increased homicide rates in the country. 779 people were killed in the United States commonwealth in 2003. This statistic is far above the national average of the states themselves. These numbers are essentially due to the increased amount of drug trafficking that the country has seen. The increase in cartels has essentially allowed for the poor economy to be ...

Introduction

The essential aspects of software engineering project are the use of several agile software development techniques to improve the quality and the productivity of the software. Scrum is one such significant method that has greatly been used in the recent years to control the process of software development. According to Cohn (2010), we cannot change or improve what we cannot measure. With Scrum metrics, we can be able to measure and improve the software development process more effectively and efficiently. Scrum is defined as an iterative agile method of software development that can be used to manage and control ...

The US Subprime mortgage crisis was a banking and financial emergency situation that led to a recession not only in the US but spread to many parts of the world. The disastrous effects of a crisis in the domestic subprime market on the rest of the world beg questions about the interconnectability and interdependence of the international economy as well as the financial institutions. The international financial crisis also revealed how vulnerable the global financial system was. Not only did the subprime crisis have a direct effect on global markets and countries that held a huge number of US ...

CONTROVERSIAL EDUCATION REFORMS

Introduction Many of the debates about particular educational reforms are mostly and inherently controversial (Au, 2014; Zeichner, (2015). The controversy thereof, many a times, occur because of the existence of multiple diverse and mutually opposing values, aspirations, and general interests. For example, if one party is for a particular change such as reduction of tests in schools, that particular party will come up with quite convincing reasons such as the need for specialization and reducing burdens to students (Au, 2014). Similarly, the opposing party comes up with equally convincing reasons, and in this case, reasons such as more tests ...

Introduction

The American healthcare system is the most expensive in the world as indicated by mirror reports in 2010, 2007, 2006, and 2004 (Davis, Stremikis, Squires & Schoen, 2014, p. 7). According to Bhattacharya & Hyde, (2013, p. 251), by 1960, America’s expenditure on healthcare was low to an extent that it could only spend a twentieth of her Gross Domestic Product on healthcare costs. The U.S. ranks the first in term of cost related problems since the price elasticity of healthcare services in America is relatively elastic. Considering that many people are price sensitive, they opt for alternative care other ...

The Mormon War of the 1850s is an important and controversial event in Mormon History as well as the greater history of Utah and the United States. Between 1857 and 1858 the United States Army attacked Mormons in Utah Territory thereby eliminating the ability of Mormons in the United States to live with an isolationist mentally. As a result, Governor Brigham Young was ousted and US military command became involved in the Mountain Meadow massacre. The result of this massacre was trauma and disgrace within the Mormon Church. This event has gone by many names: Utah War; Utah Expedition; ...

Crazy Horse was an Oglala Sioux Indian chief who was born in 1840 and under the Native American name Tashunka Witco near South Dakota. He got his name from his father, who was also named Crazy Horse after he showed the strong skills of a warrior. The Oglala Sioux Indian chief fought against the Black Hills reservations. He was known to be a fearless leader and remained committed to defending his people's way of life. The leader of the Lakota Sioux was also a legendary warrior who is known for his efforts to preserve Native American traditions and Lakota ...

Introduction

In the United States of America, the healthcare system has gone through rapid modifications over the last twenty years. As costs have also escalated over the years, both private and public buyers of health insurance have turned out more sensitive to prices related to healthcare. This attitude of consumers and purchasers consequently prompted the health care providers to concentrate on granting cost-effective policies and incentives. In the same connection, the number of HMOs (health maintenance organizations) has grown rapidly (Reschovsky & Kemper, 1999). A health maintenance organization can be simply described as “a prepaid health plan delivering comprehensive care to ...