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The "circadian timing system" has been linked to the wellness and improvement of survival rate in cancer patients. Recent research shows how the circadian timing system is affected by chemotherapy in mice. The study tries to answer the main question: what is the relationship between the disruption of circadian rhythm and adverse events in individual cancer patients? The study also aims to quantify the treatment-induced CTS changes and to characterize the rhythm recovery dynamics of cancer patients.
The study samples include 49 patients who are candidate for saving chemotherapy regimens and medical treatment of their cancer disease. Specifically, ...

1. Introduction: The current environment especially in Western societies promotes increasing consumption of calories along with a relatively sedentary lifestyle thus fueling the global obesity epidemic. Body weight is regulated by complex interaction of genes that promote energy storage along with environmental factors that promote enhanced energy intake and reduced energy expenditure. This obesity promoting environment makes it difficult for many people to sustain weight loss for long periods of time and adequately maintain healthy lifestyle habits. Obesity can overall have many devastating effects on human health such as increased tendency to develop high blood pressure, cardiovascular problems and strokes.
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Connective tissue growth factor induces collagen I expression in human lung fibroblasts through the Rac1/MLK3/JNK/AP-1 pathway

Many lung inflammatory diseases present pulmonary fibrosis as one of the symptoms, which is characterized by shortness of breath, chronic coughing and discomfort in the chest. It causes modifications of the lung tissues due to overgrowth, hardening and scarring. This occurs mainly due to deposition of collagen, an extracellular matrix (ECM) protein, whose turnover is regulated by fibroblast. Fibroblast is an important cell regulator that is enlisted by a site of injury. This process is driven by release of transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β), platelet-derived growth factor, interleukin-6 (IL-6), and IL-8/CXCL8.
Previously, fibroblast was thought to express no or very ...

There are four specific types of communication flows that McPhee and Zaug (2000,2009) have described. The authors believe that the four communication flows are in fact, what organizations are all about. This is because organizations cater to four different kinds of audiences, so communicating with all of these is necessary. The first communication flow is the maintenance of relationships with members through membership related negotiations. The second communication flow is self structuring, i.e. how organizations act as formally controlled entities. The third communication flow is activity coordination. The last communication flow is institutional positioning. (McPhee & Zaug, 2000)
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Richard B. Frank’s essay “Assessing Realities” is written to shed a light of perspective into the issue of what line of thinking went into the decision of Truman and his military advisor’s to use atomic weapons on Japanese cities at the end of World War II, and whether or not this was the ethical line of decision making for them to have made. As the author points out, American’s perceptions of the rightness of this decision has changed significantly since the time of the action, when far fewer Americans supporting this action decades after Hiroshima and Nagasaki ...

Introduction:

The article talks about how the different ethical perspectives in the most modern world have lead to different answers to many problems. It seems that everything can be justified using the modern ethical theories as promulgated by John Stuart Mills and Immanuel Kant. It is the approach, or the perspective of looking at the things that leads to a different answer every time. In other words, there is no definitive answer to the ethical dilemmas. For example, the author of the article cites the example of closure of General Motors plan in the United States of America. He states that ...

The incident involved Inez Sainz, a female reporter, who supposedly was on an official assignment to cover updates on New York Jets sports personalities while the players were in their locker room . Reports disclosed that the owner, Woody Johnson, immediately apologized to Sainz. In response, Sainz was also noted to have accepted the apology. In retrospect, one affirms that the Jets, through the owner’s immediate action and response, conducted the matter in a professional manner. Other reports indicated that “while the "conduct of the Jets clearly should have been better" team owner Woody Johnson and his staff acted promptly to ...

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The article on Microfinance as a possible means of alleviating poverty in the developing world is an interesting piece that provides information on how micro-lending initiatives like Grameen Bank are helping the poor improve their domestic economic condition. Grameen Bank’s work over 30 years brought its founder Mohammad Yunus the Nobel Peace prize in 2006 for helping alleviate poverty (38). The author Susanna Khavul provides a lucid outline of microfinancing as it exists. Several micro-financing initiatives around the world have been created by the international banks, institutional investors, and foundations (38) besides individual investors. The micro-lending initiatives which ...

Let us see some of the key points of the article from microeconomic point since governmental influence and entrepreneurship activity have a big impact on household level. We cannot agree more to the point that poor countries have higher intention for entrepreneurship activity because for them it is an option to earn some income because lack of education, social position and other factors leave people no chances to find a well paid job in a big company. Such household start ups in poor countries create a thick net of vendors and suppliers so they are active contributors to supply-demand factor. Even if demand ...

Incentives in the Workplace: Is Money the Key?

INTRODUCTION
While it is true that money matters in terms of financial gain and the gloriously pursuit to excel in accrual of revenues in business, research study and professional observational critiques have shown that monetary incentives in the workplace are not the key factor which motivates people in the workplace setting. The main article of referential focus, entitled ‘Social Incentives in the Workplace’ by economist research analysts Oriana Bandiera, Iwan Barankay, and Imran Rasul of the London School of Economics conducted a study which measures worker productivity as associated with rewards. Bandiera, Barankay, and Rasul (2010) discovered some startling ...

Critical analysis

Acupuncture is a unique alternative therapy in which acupoints on the skin are stimulated using various methods with the aim of treating a host of conditions including pain relief. In this paper, I analyze three articles with a special focus on the following components: mechanism of action, therapy, treatment, side effects, contraindications and usefulness in practice.
The articles under review have been authored by Martin et al. (2006), Rebhorn et al. (2012) and Hutchinson et al. (2012). Hutchinson et al. (2012) conducted a systematic review in order to evaluate the effectiveness of acupuncture in the management of chronic non-specific low back pain. ...

The human brain is divided into two core parts; that is, the minor cerebral hemisphere and the major cerebral hemisphere. For proper functioning of the brain, the two hemispheres must have a mode of communication. The corpus callosum is a white material between these two hemispheres and through which the hemispheres do communicate. According to Sperry et.al (1969), lack of communication between these two hemispheres causes a definite level of commissural symptoms. However, the extent for which these symptoms occur is not well known. Remarkably, such symptoms are visible when the level, of brain activity is high (Sperry, 1982).
Then human ...

Abstract

Cheating is malum in se, a proper understanding of precision with a strong moral pejorative linguistically as cheating bring about. Cheating involves rule breaking; however, not all rule breaking is cheating. Green provided four formal elements existed to ensure not to judge whether cheating happened. First, the rule is fair and enforced. Second, rule breaking takes place in rule-governed activity. Third, the rule breaker intends to break rules. Fourth, the rule breaker intends to gain advantages.
Some exceptions have its own policy in the rules; the classification does not mean that it is a rule breaker. The moral weight of breaking the ...

Situations that might lead to unethical practices and behavior in accounting

Opportunity is one aspect that may lead to unethical practice in accounting. Accountants normally encounter or are involved in transactions that have large sums of money changing hands. As such, the constant access to this money may provide the best opportunity for an individual to start siphoning small amounts of money, which cannot be easily recognized since the transactions deal with huge amounts of money. For instance, in transactions that involve billions, an accountant may decide to be siphoning as little as 100 dollars. Increasing financial needs make people to seek opportunities that may lead to unethical practices.
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The article by Amy describes an immigrant Chinese girl who migrated to U.S.A and struggles with two different cultures. Furthermore, the relationship is odd between Amy and her mother who is considered to be immoral. Amy’s mother sees her brilliant while the daughter refuses to buy her mother‘s point of view. Amy is going throw bicultural phenomenon that creates a conflict that influences her reactions towards her mother and the discrepancy in their ideologies, beliefs and values.
The Protagonist’ smother wants her daughter to be a prodigy girl who has a natural ability to master whatever she has been ...

Swami et al. (2012) examines differences between tattooed and non-tattooed people on a range of personality and difference measures. Swami et al. (2012) takes a sample of 540 people from a section of people in German, central Europe. Later on, Swami et al. (2012) performs a survey based on the following main personalities: spiritual beliefs, sensation seekers, self-esteem, need for uniqueness, and attitudes toward tattoos. Most of the countries in the west have rapidly adopted the art of tattooing. Other countries are also developing an interest in tattoos in this decade. The pain and permanence of tattoos can explain the actual difference between ...

Personal development plans (PDPs) are the major part of continuing professional development (CPD) and general practitioner’s appraisal. Together with practice professional development plans (PPDPs), personal development plans (PDPs) provide individual with a future development program and explain how to manage it. While PPDPs are aimed at the development of healthcare services and should have relation to patients’ needs and doctors’ professional development, PDPs should contain description of individual learning plans (Huw, 2010). However, while personal development plans (PDPs) and practice professional development plans (PPDPs) undertaking, there appear some factors that may help or hinder their successful implementation. The main ...

Summary of the article

Appearing in the New York Times, Gillis article “Climate Panel Cites near Certainty on Warming” offers a substantive view on various issues aligned with global warming. Precisely, the current article delves on the persistent notions, which indicate that human beings are the main causative agents of global warming. In fact, the article comprises of findings from international scientists on this various investigations carried out on the role of human beings with regard to the occurrence of global warming. The findings from the said scientists are somewhat certain on the fact that human beings are the main precipitators of global warming. ...

- Balanced scorecard vs traditional performance measures
A balanced scorecard is a strategic planning system that is widely used in governments, business, industry and nonprofit organizations. Unlike the traditional performance measures which used ad hoc collection of measures that were more like checklists to keep track and improve, balanced score card aligns the activities of the organization to the goals, visions and strategy of the organization. This leads to the improvement of the internal and external communication in the organization. It also helps in the monitoring of the organization performance against its strategic goals (Kaplan & Norton, 90). Linking all ...

The inside preoptic place (mPOA) of the hypothalamus gland is involved in the control of two essential and normally fulfilling behaviors: sex-related and expectant mothers’ actions. Medication of abuse apply their results by taking advantage of organic neurobiological compensate systems, especially the mesolimbic dopamine (DA) program. However, the mesolimbic program does not function in solitude, and feedback from other reward-relevant components is factors in cocaine's fulfilling results. Appropriate behaviors reactions to organic compensate are necessary for success and reproduction success. To this end, neurobiological compensate systems have progressed to strengthen actions such as sex-related communications and parent care. However, ...

in Type II Diabetes Mellitus
The article titled Effects of Exercise on Glucose Homeostasis in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by David Kelley and Bret Goodpaster was published in one of the issues of the Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. The purpose of this article is to examine how physical activity influences the course of the diabetes milletus, whether the higher intensity and dose-response training improve the level of glucose in Type 2 Diabetes Milletus. Firstly, the article describes the features of the type 2 diabetes and why investigation of its mechanisms is important to the modern ...

Martin Landau. Redundancy, Rationality, and the Problem of Duplication and Overlap. 1969.
Thesis: According to Martin, the government system of the United States of America is built on redundant structures. The author explores various definitions for redundancy and notes that all of them have a negative connotation. Such redundancy is explained by the overlap in the intelligence agencies and the branches of the government. According to Martin, redundancy and duplication are crucial for the lengthy functioning of the government given that the authorities swing around the pendulum of power.

“It is, however, the lexical evaluation of redundancy which prevails in public administration.” (303)

“Thus it is that the removal of redundancy is rarely, ...

Introduction:

The function of many living organisms is coupled with a vast array of cells .These units in turn serve as role playing agents for the fundamental physiology that determines the well being of organisms. However, variations in cellular environment are thought to regulate cell growth, division and survival. A network of molecular pathways or signaling events are interlinked with the cellular functions .Alterations in this specific functional aspect could lead to unnecessary complications which may lead to health abnormalities. In such context , the present description is concerned with highlighting about mTOR Signaling in Carcinogenesis.
mTOR stands for mammalian target ...

The article ‘The theory of moral sentiments’ depicts and provides illustrations of the sentiments and feelings that people have in different situations and when dealing with different individuals. For example, the feelings of sympathy, pity and compassion where people generate emotions and feeling for the misery of other people. This sentiment depicts the human nature of passion for others and it is among the common laws of the society. Therefore, human beings have the fellow-feeling when others are facing misery. The fellow-feeling corresponds with the feelings of gratitude towards faithful friends who did not depart a person in their difficulties. ...

Abstract

IFITM3, a protein induced by interferon, restricts reovirus infection in host cells and inhibits the viral replication. It affects the proper penetration of the virus by altering the dynamics of the viral uncoating in the endosomes. This study is the first in characterizing the anti-viral activity of IFITM3 on non enveloped viruses that depend on endosome for cellular entry.
Following contagion with a virus, the body triggers the release of a class of cytokines, interferons that are involved in first line of defense against infection. Type I interferons are specifically induced in the cells following insult with both DNA and RNA ...

According to the article, an effective fatherhood participation effort can be one of the most fulfilling factors of a child development program. Dad participation planners, father or mom participation professionals, and other employees working with family members find this manual useful in creating a fun and innovative fatherhood participation plan. A child with adoring and engaged dads and moms is a kid who in life has an amazing "head start"!
While both parents use the higher-pitched, slowed-down variation of discussing called “parentese,” dads are likely to speak in a manner that task their kid's creation of language capabilities and educate them about ...

A.H. Maslow, A Theory of Human Motivation, 1943
Thesis: In this article, Maslow discusses in depth about the basic concepts of motivation that a human mind may be subjected to and how this motivation can further affect an individual’s performance in any number of day to day activities. Maslow also discusses the use of motivation to bring out the desired performance of an individual in the administrative perspective.

“The integrated wholeness of the organism must be one of the foundation stones of the motivation theory.”(Page 114)

“The person who thinks he is hungry may actually be seeking more for comfort, or dependence, than for vitamins or proteins. Conversely, it is possible to satisfy hunger need in ...

Introduction:

Living organisms are equipped with robust machinery for executing a myriad of tasks to meet the day to day biological challenges. This machinery in turn relies on one or more interconnected pathways or networks composed of nucleic acid, proteins and other essential constituents. To say, it is the precise function of these components which determines the physiological well being organisms. Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) kinases is one such known component that performs diverse physiological roles through its associations with the molecular machinery.
mTOR is a protein that responds to metabolism and ageing, intercellular stress to growth regulation, growth factors ...

The seventh chapter of Constance Hale’s “Vex, Hex, Smash, Smooch” defines how the handling of Verbs could be better. Passive Restraint provides a four-way split on how to treat verbs. First to acknowledge, is that passive-versus-active argument is counterproductive, but worth the Vex (Hale 152, 154). In fact, today more than ever, not only us the passive necessary, it’s normal because we need it for announcements, lengthy empathy, or illustrating a lack of action. What makes the passive verb a literary sin is the ambiguity it is often used for: filler, also to be known as the Hex (165). In ...

U.S. Keeps Eye on Iran Policy
The September 2, 2013 news article in the New York Times namely “Drawing a Line on Syria, U.S. Keeps Eye on Iran Policy” says that as the US government pushes for punitive actions against the Syrian government; majority of the proponent of military action against Syria are of the opinion that a message should be conveyed to Iran in order to succeed. Unless the US enforces the sanctions against the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian administration; Iran may smell the weakness in the actions and instead push on with its nuclear threats. ...

1. Key claims
2. Global Argument
Their assessment methods compare to general studies available used in assessing physical activities and movement, globally. For example, they compare children who spend more time in MVPA to have higher fundamental skills, however they also argue that habitual physical activity need not be closely associated with childhood.
3. Methodology
It was a randomized control study, and the physical activities were measured using an accelerometer. Different intensities of physical activities were also alternatively used. Additionally habitual physical activities were measured. It was appropriate because it was carried out in healthy children, ...

Women and Gender Studies

Article Review: Equity Study In Canada: Race, class and gender paradigms in Canada
Complex societies like Canada had a variety of challenges in terms of race, gender, and class imbalance. Razack, 1990 explains the various paradigms that determine each factor in the course of action. This review draws from a variety of major theoretical orientations that define the art of true activism. Race being vital in this outlook determines a complete set of nuances rather than other values like societies, gender, and class. These elements provide major inequities of all times. There is a critical interlocking between the major activities and the ...

Physical Science Review

29. The Difference between Velocity and Acceleration
Velocity is the speed rate that is measured in one instant, while acceleration is the measurement of speed change. For example, a truck if a truck is traveling 20 kilometers per one hour, then its velocity is 20km/hr but of the truck driver puts their foot down and the truck starts to speed up, the truck experiences acceleration.
34. Rabbit’s Average Speed

The speed is the distance/time so, since there is a given distance and a time, then

speed = 30m/2s = 30/2 m/s = 15m/s.
36. Hamster’s Acceleration
0 m/s 0 seconds
5 m/s 1 second
10 m/s 2 seconds
40. Net force ...

Jennifer’s situation is one that is faced by many people every day, in a wide variety of scenarios. Persuasion is a symbolic process that the communicators employ in order to try to change others attitudes or behaviours regarding an issue in an environment of free choice. The art of persuasion is a process that involves the interaction between the advertiser and the individual. The process of persuasion involves the employment of symbols laid out in a careful arrangement with a dedicated course in mind.
Persuasion cannot force a person to do something that they don’t want to do. This is an indication ...

Covert action refers to actions that a government or agency undertakes with the aim of influencing economic, political and military conditions abroad. Covert action is used as a tool of strategic decision-making because it ensures that the role of the government does not become apparent or publicly acknowledged. Covert action does not involve traditional counter-intelligence, military, diplomatic or law enforcement activities. Therefore, it plays a major role as a tool for strategic decision-making since its activities are not apparent or publicly acknowledged.
Conflicts do exist when an intelligence agency is the same that uses secret information to carry out executive decisions to ...

Abstract

A company started loosing its market share due to a prolonged period of the system development life cycle (SDLC). We ensure that the time-to-market is reduced in order to increase a company’s competitiveness as we also work on minimizing the requirement engineering (RE) phase of the SDLC while holding the current quality levels of product high. In solving this problem, action research was utilized to a large extent as the preferred method of inquiry. Action research is divided into five types; dialogical, participatory, canonical and dual imperative. In this study, we combined the joint application design (JAD), group decision support system ( ...

Pollution is the process of the contamination of the environment due to the mankind’s activity, mostly industrial. The situation has worsened since the beginning of 20th century when the dawn of industrialization is noted. Environmental situation is being characterized by the following types of pollution: air contamination as well as the pollution of water and soil resources. From the beginning of 1960s scientists all over the world began to attract society’s attention to this problem because as a direct consequence of contamination (that comes from the activity of human existence, as mentioned previously) appeared Greenhouse effect. It is a ...

In an article published in 2010, by Hills, et al., the authors discuss a gap that exists between employers needs and the skills that graduates leave university with in the United Kingdom. The researches conducted a survey of review reports to learn about the degree to which the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education discussed employability issues. They assessed skills, employability, and teaching activities through several broad categories such as: placements, sandwich years, visits, live projects, mentoring, and specific skill development, that were noted during the recording of review reports. Two different units were selected for the review, Unit 17, which ...

The concept of faith is one that has been understood differently by individuals across the globe. The author of this article explores the concept in immense depth with reference to various views on the concept.1 writing of the article was sparked off by the publication of The Gospel According to Jesus, a document exploring the role of the gospel in bringing sinners to accept Christ’s authority in their lives through their actions.
This elicited different reactions from the reads of its contents. Most of the critics’ views were dependent on the different perceptions people have of faith thus ...

As urban centers have grown and more members of society has become less involved in agricultural practices, the connection that people have had to the environment has also become more distant than in previous generations. During the last couple of hundred years, fewer people than ever are more aware of how important it is to protect the earth on which we live and the natural resources that it has to offer. This has become even more evident during the 20th and 21st centuries, expedentially each decade.
Most people in industrialized nations, before sustainability efforts came into the forefront ...

Introduction

Thomas Aquinas promulgated natural law as the basic law that should govern the moral conduct of humans. It is a philosophy that puts focus on values and virtues that are inherent to human nature, that do not need judgmental reasoning but should be adhered to as they are a voice from inside a human conscience. Natural law uses social and personal values as the basis of actions and moral values. These laws are universal, although their source was driven from catholic ethics. Theory of value and theory of actions are usually discussed by philosophers in order to understand the ...

Article Review

Synergistic effect of human plasma and antimicrobial peptidomimetics and antibiotics on pathogenic bacteria: The Application is a promising tool in enhancing the efficacy of future antibiotics.
This work aims at summarizing and critiquing the Research in Microbiology journal research paper titled ‘Improved In vitro evaluation of novel antimicrobials: potential synergy between human plasma and antibacterial peptidomimetics, AMPs and antibiotics against human pathogenic bacteria’ .

Abstract

Condisering the hurdles of cytotoxicity and adverse side effects posed by existing antibiotics and the ever rising resistance of microorganisms to these compounds, there is a dire need for development of innovative antimicrobial peptidomimetics (AMPs) . Despite ...

Article: Does the Need to Belong Moderate the Relationship Between Perceptions of Spirit of Camaraderie and Employees’ Happiness?

Authors: Amernio Rego, Solange Souto & Miguel Pina e Cunha
What research question (s) or hypothesis did the study address?
The main purpose of the authors for formulating the paper is to highlight how the perception of spirit of camaraderie can explain the 5 different dimensions of the employee’s affective well-being and how the mentioned relationship is moderated with the help of the employees’ need to belong (Rego et al, 2009). In line with the main purpose of the article, the authors listed the following hypothesis that they aim to address in the study: (1) Employees with ...

There are numerous affirmative action claims mentioned in the article presented for discussion. The article makes the claim that race-base affirmative action still faces strong opposition from the public. To support this claim, a warrant has been applied as follows; the claim that race-based affirmative action still faces strong opposition from the public is supported by the fact. It is true that American support aid for the disadvantaged, however, racial preferences receive less support (Katel 843). This claim is further supported by the fact that many American have chosen to eliminate race as a selection criterion and replace it ...

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In “Parental predictors of fruit and vegetable consumption in treatment-seeking overweight children” M L Vanhala, J Laitinen, K Kaikkonen, S Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, and R Korpelainen explored the role of family dietary behaviors in the design intervention of the effective treatment of childhood obesity. The study involved fifty-four treatment seeking overweight and 65 normal-weight 8-year old kids and their parents. The study accessed the children’s and parents consumption of FBV using a food frequency questionnaire. The study used voluntary recruitment mechanism where willing participants were recruited by school nurses to participate in family-based treatment for overweight kids. The cities target includes ...

According to article, “Early sexual experience and prostitution” by James and Meyerding (1977), Prostitution is defined as the process of providing sexual services with an overall aim of obtaining a compensation for these services provided. The forms of compensations usually take a monetary form but may be modified to suit the prostitute’s needs. For example in modern societies people have been engaging in prostitution in order to acquire a certain favor such as job promotion, employment, protection in term of security and academic issues to mention but a few. The act of prostitution can be adopted by either gender in the society. ...

In this chapter, the prevailing argument is led by Marx, that the need for money of individuals in society caused by the modern economic system. In a capitalist society, Marx argues that the human needs through a system of private property, when capitalism develops advanced human needs that are defined on the basic requirements of food, shelter and clothing. Capitalism has also the aspect of the creation of more and different social classes that persist further redefining the needs of individuals in each class. Marx argued that since capitalism is mainly in the accumulation of wealth by individuals, is accumulated to ...

Integration of ABM and ABC in Dow Chemicals Limited

The Dow chemical, an international chemical company, applied activity based costing in order to enable the global business to report the contribution margins according to the geographical area, specific products and customers. The management believed that the system would assist in better decision making in the use and the deployment of its resources. In the traditional accounting system, the costs were assigned to areas such as sales and purchases. However the method was inappropriate as it resulted to fluctuating cash flows since the main focus of costs was on prime costs. It did not provide the manager with accurate ...

In the study of development and action, development of coordination is an essential and fascinating problem. The ontogeny of coordination is primarily the major problem of the ontogenetic origin of behavior. Coordination in physical activity occurs apparently during infancy as during this time basic patterns of posture and movement occur (Newell, 1986). Basic patterns of coordination are referred to as phylogenic activities as they are seen as fundamental to the survival of human species. The species ontogenetic activities reflect socially driven skills as well as shorter-term demands of individuals that vary with culture. All these developments are directly associated ...

Analytical methods to evaluate seed dormancy in legumes

Abstract
Legumes are known to have multiple health benefits. The seed coat in particular contains a number of bioactive compounds which possess antioxidant activity. Of great interest is the relationship between the chemical composition of the seed coat and its role in seed dormancy. Modern technological approaches are currently used to further identify these compounds and determine their role in seed development; these include NRIS FTIR, mass spectroscopy, electron microscopy and chromatography. The following review describes the constituents of the legume seed coat and their respective roles in dormancy and other stages of seed development. The review also highlights ...

Health Education 101, Professor, 2013

Definition of Terms 2
Review of Literature 3
Methods 4
Results 5
Discussion 6
Conclusion 7

Works Cited 8

Definition of Terms
exercise – mental exertion for the purpose of improving one’s health .
mind-set – an attitude or mood .
placebo – a substance with no pharmacological effect but is administered as a control in an
experiment .
work – exertion to accomplish something .
obesity – the condition of being severely overweight .
Review of Literature
It is well documented that there are health benefits to exercising for at least thirty minutes three times each week. A consistent ...

You know the day will not be a smooth one when you see your boss’ car parked in your spot, when you, as usually, arrive earlier at work. The book “The Goal” gravitates around the life and work of Alex Rogo, a Plant Manager within Uniware, part of UniCo company. Alex is a career oriented person, who tries to find a balance between his challenging work and his family life. As he follows two goals at the same time, he fails in both.
In the beginning of the book, readers find out that Alex’s plant is facing some troubles. Although he ...

1. Do you think Randy has sufficiently categorized his salespeople for motivational purposes? Why or why not? Is it practicable to provide non-financial incentives to motivate salespeople in each of the four career stage groups?

Categorization of salespeople always involves a trade-off between over-generalization and the practical applicability of these categories for HR strategy development. It is always possible to find additional sub-categories that reflect more precisely the peculiarities of the sales force of a firm or that capture individual needs of the employees. Thus, introducing a separate category for working mothers could help to address the needs of this group in a better way. However, extensive categorization would increase complexity of HR policies and would make it hard to develop and execute an HR strategy in an effective and cost-efficient way. Therefore, the decision of Randy Stuart ...

Memorandum

This memorandum will examine a scholarly article that discusses organizational change and managerial sense-making. The article critique will be presented in this memo by focusing on the thesis, methods, evidence of thesis support, contribution to literature, recommendation and implication.

Thesis

The strategic planners design change management programs, while the middle managers implement these initiatives by managing resistance and emotions of subordinates to ensure organizational transformation. The article, Organizational Change and Managerial Sense-making focuses on the critical aspect that managers must focus on ‘sense-giving’ to reduce skepticism and uncertainty among subordinates regarding the intent and dedication of their bosses about change management ...

1. Cutler 2003 study: The findings of Cutler and others (2003) conclude that obesity is mainly caused by an increase in caloric intake and not mainly by reduced caloric expenditure. The conclusions were drawn from studies performed in the USA on data from obesity levels during the early 1900s to the end of the century. On average in 1965, the average married American woman who did not work outside the house spent 2 hours cooking and cleaning per day. In 1995, the same tasks took half the time to complete due to mass preparations and technological innovations. Urbanization is ...

Introduction

Affirmative action is a state of positive discrimination against individuals which is based on race, color, gender, ethnic background and religion. The article looks into a case in the U.S Supreme Court that a plaintiff filed against the implementation of affirmative action in the University of Michigan. The ruling comes out clear abolishing the quotas in admission based on racial grounds (Skrentny, 34). The author argues that it is wrong to give added points in the admission process to alumni children and varsity athletes. The implementation of affirmative action brings in the air a lot of public hostility and tension.
The ruling ...

Subtitle Number 1 : Overview : Explaining the Basic Principles Involved

The article “Critical Success Factors for Configuration Management Implementation” written by Usman Ali and Callum Kidd speaks, as the title illustrates, about the identification of the critical success factors in the configuration management processes, factors that contribute to the improvement and to a better implementation of the process, as practitioners apply them in their work.
After presenting the CSFs in detail (as they have been found in the developed research), the study further develops by introducing a new concept – the CM activity model, defined as a tool used for comparing the existent practices in order to generate solutions for improvement. The ...

Abstract

This paper discusses the foundations of anti-discrimination law with respect to employment in modern American legal jurisprudence. The advent of the 1964 Civil Rights Act's Title IV measure initiated a protective structure based on categories, or protected classes. Affirmative action is generally specific to protected classes carved out in Civil Rights Act of 1964. Affirmative action primarily designed to redress legacy of Jim Crow. Whereas civil rights law for disabilities is all about reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities and making sure that ones physical limitations don't hinder their access to opportunities Protected classes have been extended to include ...

Abstract

Childhood obesity is a problem that has faced the United States for over two decades. With so many health issues associated with obesity and so many children becoming obese the problem is in need of a solution. It has been found that children from low socioeconomic status areas are more likely to become obese. Between their families and schools lack of ability to provide healthy meals and not enough resources to fix the issue many children are not learning ways to beat obesity for their future. This study aims to find out if there is a strong correlation between low socioeconomic status in ...

Article: “The Five Minds of a Manager”

The article “The Five Minds of a Manager” by Jonathan Gosling and Henry Mintzberg presents five crucial aspects in the process of a manager’s way of thinking. The authors claim that in order to manage a company effectively every manager should consider several mind processes at the same time, and only after a detailed and accurate juxtaposition of all five mind-sets a successful management may take place at the company.
Jonathan Gosling and Henry Mintzberg assert that in recent years very little attention has been paid specifically to the way a manager should think in order to get the company to the top. ...