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Article Critical Analysis

Article Title:

Nicole Fortin, David A. Green, Thomas Lemieux, Kevin Milligan and W. Craig Riddell

Article Citation:

Fortin, N., Green, D.A., Lemieux, T., Milligan, K., & Riddell, W.C. (2012, June). Canadian Inequality: Recent Developments and Policy Options. Canadian Public Policy / Analyse de Politiques, 38 (2), 121-145.

Abstract

The article which is the subject of this review seeks to examine the income inequality trends in Canada and the factors responsible for this development including what can be done about it. Its main finding is that there are still huge income disparities between the educated rich Canadians and those in the low income ...

Executive Summary

Company A and company B have very similar as well as very different financial statements. Both the companies are showing positive sales growth. While company A seems to be growing at a very high pace, company B is growing at a steady but slow pace. However, even upon growing at a higher pace company A’s profit has declined due to not being able to manage the input cost for production appropriately (cost of goods sold). On the other hand company B is also feeling the impact of the increasing input cost but it has managed it better than Company A and ...

In an era dominated by peace, citizens are more inclined to look into economic growth and development. In particular, individuals look at how economic growth will manage to make their lives or that of their loved ones better. In this perspective, a candidate aspiring to seek a position of power must provide their intended proposition on tackling economic issues. On the case of candidates seeking re-election, their previous record is scrutinized and compared with that of the contender. In the prevailing times, the biggest issue is how an individuals can be able to affect the per capitata income and output. Per ...

Introduction

This is a review of the article published by the University of Toronto about the income inequality existing in Canada. It researches the patterns of Canadian income inequality and the difference in wages due to gender. It investigates the top one percent of earners. The known causes of the inequality in incomes are summarized and the policy options for controlling the growth of this income inequality are outlined. The article was written by the professors Nicole Fortin, David A. Green, Thomas Lemieux, and Kevin Milligan who were all Professors at Vancouver School of Economics (The University of British Columbia).

Analysis

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In the article “Self-Enforcing Democracy” Adam Przeworski argues that a democracy can only survive if it is self-enforcing. He notes that for a democracy to have any good effects, it needs to enforce itself. For example, those people who are in control of the government must be willing to hold regular, competitive, free and fair elections and all parties must be willing to comply with the results. Przeworski states that all the political forces that may be responsible for the overthrow of a democracy must be maintained at equilibrium at all times. There are certain conditions that have to be met to ...

Federal Taxation Paper Analysis

Section one – Summary of Article one:
Taxation has been an important topic for researchers and policy makers as well and has been an important source of revenue for the government. In multiple courtiers, it has been a source of economic growth (Palomba, 2004). The aim of this assignment is to determine the two tax related articles and present the summary of those articles.
This section presents the summary of the article “Effects of Income Tax Changes on Economic Growth” written by William H. Gale and Andrew A. Samwick in 2014. The paper analyzes the ways in which the imposition ...

SOCIAL ISSUE Is the Inequality prevalence a contributing factor to poverty?

SOURCES
Clemens, Jason and Niels Veldhuis, ‘Inequality is fundamentally misunderstood’, Fraser Institute, Nov. 2012 Pp. 1-56
Mackenzie, Hugh, ‘Why the 99 percent still Matter’, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Jan. 2013. Pp. 2-36
OPPOSING VIEWS:
YES Mackenzie says; “Those at the top of the scale lead healthier lives. When they need health care, they capitalize on connections. They enjoy the resources to go elsewhere to get to the head of the line. They even live longer; a case that is contradicting what the other 99 percent go through. ”
NO Clemens Jason and Neils Veldhuis say; ...

George E. Curry reported in The Scanner on November 12, 2012, in his article entitled “No Surprise – Income Inequality Growing” about the divide between the have and the have-nots in the United States, and how the rift is just getting larger. Curry analyzed a government report which was issued by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the Economic Policy Institute, entitled, “Pulling Apart: A State-by-State Analysis of Income Trends,” studied the incomes of all levels of households in the United States.
The report divided the income levels into three categories: high-income, middle-income, and lower-income households. Much of ...

The present literature aims to review a few articles that study the economic development in the Western Europe in terms of factors such as achievement of Million Development Goals, the growth of Gross National Income, Education and Health, Financial resources and population growth. The idea is to acquire an idea of the status, progress and prospects of the economic development in the Western Europe.
For the purpose, numerous literatures were reviewed such as articles, government reports and reports prepared by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe that concentrated on the different factors as listed above. While some literature ...

Article Analysis: World Poverty

Introduction
In 2015, the United Nations is working with the World Bank’s ambitious plan to end extreme global poverty by the year 2030. This means that for the first time, every person in the world would afford common items and food to make their life easier. Many experts would debate on the main cause of poverty as it could be the changing trends in a certain country’s economy. Other factors would also include the lack of education, overpopulation, the presence of epidemic diseases like AIDS and malaria and even environmental problems like drought. Extreme weather can cause ...

Lan, J.Z. (2012). Introduction to Financial Statement Analysis. American Association of Individual Investors. 1.1. 16-20

Summary

There are many users of financial statements that include the management, investors, creditors, government, and employees. This article was targeted at helping investors on how to use the financial statements in order to make informed investment decisions. The article discusses the three main financial statements that firms publish namely; the income statement, the balance sheet, and the cash flow statement.
The income statement shows the investors how much sales and income that a company generated over a period of time usually twelve months. The ...

In 2015, American workers began finding new jobs at a time when the United States economy was supposed to take off. However, Americans were not able to find employers who were willing to contribute to meaningful pay increases. Data suggested that unemployment was at a seven year low and the economy was at a steady pace when it came to job growth. This data was released at the same time the Federal Reserve was considering a raising interest rates. This would be the first time in almost a decade the Federal Reserve considered making such a decision. In the ...

Household food insecurity and food banks among low income Toronto

The article has sort to find out the relationship between Food banks and household food insecurity among the low income Toronto residents. The article is considered important since it is among the first research papers on the topic of household food insecurity and food banks in Toronto. Through an intensive research, the article has shown numerous reasons for the escalating issue in Toronto. The reasons in the findings are categorized as barriers to the food banks and choosing not to use food bank willingly due to personal reasons (Loopstra & Tarasuk, 2012).
Based on barriers to the food banks, the ...

Abstract:

The article investigates how human capital investment affects distribution of wealth in short as well as well long term in various economies. The article reflect current credit market pattern and individual investment in gaining competencies and knowledge to perform labor which impact wealth distribution. The article further investigates per capita output differences in various countries and also examines differences in various countries economic to adjust variation in earnings distribution and wealth.

Introduction:

The Article “Income Distribution and Microeconomics” by Oded Galor and Joseph Zeira provides a detailed explanation on how distribution of wealth influence economic activities in short term and long ...

I. Summary
The New Urbanization system is an important tactical decision in developing socialism in Chinese characteristics. This has an insightful implication for the extensive plans towards the development of a prosperous society, as it helps support the acceleration of socialist modernization, as well as other causes. Accordingly, the growth among new urbanization systems demands the provision for any relevant and required mechanism in the system. Based on the released documents from the State Council, the promotion of new development schemes in urbanization system is a vital element if only to achieve new urbanization in 2015.
According to the ...

Berk, ML, Schur, CL, & Cantor, JC. (1995). Ability to obtain health care: recent estimates from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation National Access to Care Survey. Health Affairs 14(3): 139-146.

In Berk et al. (1995), the researchers investigate Americans' ability to access health care. The findings hypothesize that a more concrete definition of health care needs, including supplementary services like dental and mental health care, among others, is needed to find ways to improve access to needed services. The data set examined in this study included findings from the 1994 National Access of Care Survey, which included 75% ...

While it remains debatable that money cannot buy happiness, money certainly can buy quality mental health medications and services. It also may buy a sense of feeling good about one’s self – or at least feeling better in comparison to poorer people. Living in poverty and living with a mental health issue are often comorbidities. Common mental disorders (CMD) such as major depression and anxiety are treatable only if a person suffering from these disorders is able to get access to mental health care. Sadly, this is not often the case for those living at the poverty level or homelessness, no matter ...

Psychology is a unique science that deals with human personal and social problems. This field of study has a lot of different directions. In order to have the scientific findings organized in a logical manner, there are different themed psychological scientific journals that publish articles on relevant topics. This paper examines two articles from different journals. The first article is «Gender typing in stepmothers: A phenomenological analysis» by Gosselin, J., & Rousseau, K. (2012) published in Qualitative Research Journal. The second article is «Parenting and academic socialization as they relate to school readiness: The roles of ethnicity and family income» ...

Introduction

the government is at the forefront of fighting against prostitution without understanding the reasons that motivate citizens to engage in prostitution

Authors thesis : the C-36 bill introduced by the government is aimed exploiting prostitutes

Prostitutes are prone to human trafficking and violence from customers which necessitates the introduction of the C-36 bill; The government is committed to the elimination of sexual adverts that target school going children and the larger society; each society has moral values; human rights violation such as human trafficking and violence affects prostitutes; and that the essence of legislation is to protect the vulnerable groups against prostitution

Body of the Essay

1. 1st argument: government of Canada is in the forefront of ...

Acknowledgement

I sincerely appreciate my lecturer’s effort in teaching, guiding and encouraging me in undertaking my course of study. In a special way, I appreciate my course mates and more specifically my discussion group members for the substantial support they have offered me in coming up with this original work. I would also like to sincerely thank my dear parents and other family members for supporting me both morally and financially in undertaking my studies. Finally, I thank my relatives, friends and any other person who has contributed to my studies so far.

Abstract

This research seeks to establish the ...

Introduction

Milner et.al (2013) article attempts to examine the well-being of the South Korean elderly to assess how the prevalence of suicidal attempts is connected to the poverty rate and economic growth. The piece derives most of its evidence from previous manuscripts and national reports such as The Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging and the National Pension Scheme. Their empirical evidence is also obtained from research done by authors like Feldstein, Becker, and McGarry. The writers of the previous articles discuss the inequalities that exist in South Korea and the citizens’ sensitivity towards cultural, economic, and social contexts. This article ...

Before an individual opts to pursue a particular area of specialty, he or she considers various forces and elements. The factors are termed as the labor market instigators. The motivators affect the results of undergraduates’ decisions concerning different subjects. They are important to the students and in making public policies. The interests are dictated by the level of employability in the social discourse and in the proposals to direct governmental funding in support of different specializations. Davies et.al, (2013), directs its focus towards the labor market motivations in England to provide a generalized format of understanding the choice of ...

Article Summaries

Article Summaries

There is a great outcry for better pay in the US with many stores having to increase the wages as the governments are legalizing these rising wages. Due to this increased public pressure and increase in purchasing power of the population, it is expected that this trend continues.
Wal-Mart stock decreased Tuesday due to the rise in the wages in the US, but this is not about to extinguish the desire for better wages that is gaining momentum in North America as purposed by business leaders and experts.
Ontario Federation of Labor president Sid Ryan has put ...

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Fiscal Policy – Aggregate Demand and Aggregate SupplyIntroduction
In managing the economy, the government may opt to carry out a fiscal policy. Fiscal policy comprises of expenditure and taxes and at times borrowing by the government. Provision of public goods is a government’s duty. A public good is a good that the private sector fails to provide either because of the fewer rewards derived from such investments or simply because of the high cost of investment in such projects (Creel 2009, pg. 141). It is thus a role of the government ensure that the citizen enjoy these goods and services. In financing ...

There are many foreigners who own property in the US. The current property law in the US does not tax foreigners who acquire property in the US. However, foreign investors are expected to fill in survey documents that are filled by all foreign investors. The information that is provided in the survey depends on the aggregate property that an individual owns in the US real property market.
Taxation on source income is determined by the nature of the income, al income that is received from the owners of real property is considered to be income to the US, ...

Article Critique: Digital Government and the Digital Divide by Richard Groper

Introduction
The article subject of this critique is entitled “Digital Government and the Digital Divide”, written by Professor Richard Groper of California State University (CSU) in Fullerton, California, United States (US), and published as a chapter of a book entitled “Digital Government: Principles and Best Practices” edited by Alexei Pavlichev and G. David Garson. The book serves as a compilation of articles on e-governance, with most being in the form of research endeavors on certain questions on the subject matter and case studies that sought to resolve relevant controversies. Groper, for his article, has posited his thesis on questioning race as a ...

The United States is finally climbing out of the economic slump that it found itself in in the early 2000s. However, the changing economy has not meant success for everyone in the United States-- there are definite pockets of wealth, while the poorer areas of the country continue to take an economic hit. In the article “In Climbing Income Ladder, Location Matters” New York Times reporter David Leonhardt examines the issues facing Americans of different social classes, looking into the ways in which social class plays a part in the overall success or failure of an individual in the current ...

1. In the article, “Why Private Donations Aren't Helping America's Poor”, Charles Kenny, tells why social protection cannot be completely trusted to charity, and why charity cannot replace government safety net in America. America holds 10th position globally, with respect to income equality. More than 50% of the country’s wealth is owned by just 3% of the American population. Though rich American make donations to charities, these donations tend to fall during the recession, when the need for support is at the highest. In addition, only 12% of the total charity amount is spent on human services. Though ...

This article discusses the mechanism of poverty reduction that entails giving the disadvantaged money provided by Paul Niehaus and Michael Faye in their excerpt. The authors address the prominent issue in the international community of how to alleviate the suffering of the poor. The globe has held on to the perceptions that giving the disadvantaged persons money will only make them lazy. The individuals will not learn how to work for the income and end up being drunkards. Faye and Niehaus do not believe that assisting the poor with money will result in the negative impacts. Contrastingly, the writers ...

Abstract

The article is about the effects of research boom into other industry such as the Jacob and the non-traded goods. The problem is that other sectors are also Mathematical models are used to determine the quantity of money being generated by the three industries due to the key variables which are land, labor, and capital. Also, land use is only used in export industries to establish the outcome of the situation. The article concluded that research boom destroyed market balance; change the prices of other commodities due unstable exchange rate, both the non-traded and imported goods.

Introduction

The article to ...

What is the thesis of Takasi’s Essay? What is the evidence that he offers for its truth? Do you find this argument convincing?
In the essay entitled the Harmful Myth of Asian Superiority, author Ronald Takaki tries explain that contrary to what other members of cultural minorities in the United States perceive or believe, Asian Americans are not superior both in terms of their personal and family income and educational background. Takaki exposes that most American cultural minorities such as the African Americans, for example, perceive that Asian Americans are superior to them as a cultural minority. The ...

1. The ACA (Affordable Care Act) provides 100 percent funding for the increased state portion of Medicaid, but only from 2014 to 2016. Paraphrase: The Affordable Care Act, also known as ACA, will guarantee 100% funding for the state portion of Medicaid, which had increased, through 2014-2016.
2.. Direct quote: To add to that, according to McLaughlin (2011), “Although increased levels of income eligibility are a key way the ACA increases insurance coverage in the United States, state pressure may change this policy” (p. 106).
3. Summary: This paragraph informs that through the 2014-2016 the Affordable Care act ...

Children are undoubtedly the next movers and future success of our nation. They play a vital role to the continuously and the existence of an admirable world if well brought up and adequately vested in them a conducive environment favorable to their up being. They pose enormous benefits that the nation stands to gain if it chooses a working and efficient structural platform to the above challenge.
However, the problem has always been a challenge for many countries and nations for many centuries. Many researchers have continuously indicated and pressed on to concerning activities, conditions and nature that children faces at the ...

Problem Statement

The need to live in a healthy environment is the desire of everyone. A healthy environment exists where health professionals engage in the analysis of various factors that contribute to health problems, and adopting remedies to solve them in their various contexts. This needs appreciation of the cultural diversity among the human population, and recognition of its impact on the diagnosis and treatment of various health issues such as mental illnesses (Covan, 2010). The ethnic background of individuals reinforces their culture and assigns them different gender roles. These are crucial in analyzing health problems in order to advise on the ...

Race is one of the factors that play a role in the determination of the credit worthiness of a person. A study conducted by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston showed that minorities were more likely to be denied mortgages compared to the whites. Credit plays an important role in the lives of the minorities because it enables them to improve or escape their poor living conditions (Munnell, Tootell, Browne and McEneaney 25). The lack of credit would mean that the minorities will continue being poor. As a result, the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) was enacted so as ...

Business

Summary
This article shows statics and comparative of economy between years of the last decade in order to analyze what will be the situation for the present year.
The weak growth of labor market during the last decade has caused trouble with spending culture in North America, which also affects the whole economy in the Country; this means that the inflation is also growing weakly in order to maintain a balance in society, but this is not the target the government wants for the Nation just because the more money people spends, the more hiring will be offered ...

Review of “Resilience and Vulnerability to Daily Stressors Assessed via Diary Methods” by David M. Almeida.
In his article “Resilience and Vulnerability to Daily Stressors Assessed via Diary Methods,” David Almeida defines daily stressors as “routine challenges of day-to-day living, such as everyday concerns of work, caring for other people, and commuting between work and home. They may also refer to more unexpected small occurrences – such as arguments with children, unexpected work deadlines, and malfunctioning computers – that disrupt daily life” (Almeida, 2005). Almeida also distinguishes between these daily stressors and major events that occur in peoples’ lives. The ...

The article opens with definitions. “Community Economic Development” is presented as “a strategy that includes a wide range of economic activities and programs for developing low-income communities such as affordable housing and small business development.” A focus on job creation whether working with neighborhood businesses or industrial parks is central to the programs.
Economic development was a response to perceived problems of poverty. Associated with poverty is poor housing, lack of access to health care, a lack of jobs and a generally poor quality of life. Efforts to address these problems are very local. Community Development Corporations have developed ...

Bose, S. (2016). Xerox (XRX) Misses on Q1 Earnings, Split Likely in 2016. Zacks. Web. 21 July 2016.
Supriyo Bose (2016) discusses financial results of Xerox Corporation in first-quarter of 2016. Despite a little decline in earnings some years ago and a challenging macroeconomic environment, a company has improved its positions and productivity that resulted in adjusted earnings. The author informs about the current economic environment, financial result of Xerox, and provides points of view of experts on how to increase earnings.

Areas of Agreement

Supriyo Bose (2016) proclaims that Xerox has adopted a decision to provide a three-year strategic transformation program ...

Bernie Sanders on Economic Inequality

The main ideas of the author are to articulate how the Democratic presidential aspirant hopeful, Bernie Sanders, views economic inequality in the United States. According to Bernie Sanders, the middle-income earners in the United States have been on the decrease in the past forty years (Louwes, 2016). Additionally, as the number of the middle-income earners reduce, the gap between the poor and the rich is widening. To address this problem, Bernie Sanders suggests a five strategic plan. Acknowledging the economic disparities is the first step to solving the economic inequality the US is facing at the moment. After putting ...

Pollution is an ever growing concern in the world today and every income generating sector of the economy can hardly claim innocence when it comes to pollution. Tourism on one hand is a very profitable industry that contributes significantly to the pollution of the world in general. The relationship between tourism and the environment is complex, yet interdependent because it sometimes translates to a large portion of income for many developing nations which cannot be foregone. As much as tourism is responsible for large amounts of income, it is still responsible for the destruction of plenty of natural resources, ...

Question 1. How do the economic inequality in our society place additional burdens on the working-class and the poor families?

Answer. The economic inequality brings the consequence of varying income capabilities for the families which further brings economic disparity in terms of disposable income available to them. As the essential amenities including the primary healthcare, education, food, lodging, clothing, and amusement facilities are almost evenly priced for all the economic level families, managing the expenses for above amenities becomes an extremely costly affair for the working-class and poor ones. Therefore, in the case of a healthcare emergency (say child healthcare) the management and arrangement of extra income resources become the vital questions that can be addressed only by placing ...

Introduction

The share has a nominal value and the market price. Nominal shares (nominal value) is a sum of money designated for the shares and reflects the share of the authorized capital of the company attributable to one share. The nominal value of a share is a particle of the authorized capital of the company, and it is carried out in proportion to the payment of dividends (Brockman, Mossman and Olson, 1997). Yet, with this amount of authorized capital amount corresponding to its shares may vary depending on the size of the nominal value of one share. If the value ...

Section One

Wyandotte County is situated in the US and is bordered by Johnson on the shores of river Missouri. The county has an average of 156 miles and is one of the smallest counties in the city, and this reason has forced residents to work or reside in the neighboring areas. As indicated by the county's population statistics, it is evident that the county had a steady growth but later declined during the ‘80's and ‘90's. However, it is worth noting that the decline in population growth negatively affected the economy of the county, but its revival in early 2000 ...

Though often forgotten by the nursing community and the medical community in general, major depressive disorder is important to address for several reasons. Firstly, it is the most common mental disorder among older adults residing in the United States, as well as worldwide. It is also associated with a handful of other debilitating impairments related to physical and psychiatric health that may be considered more serious. These side effects often force major depressive disorder to take a backseat when a patient is being diagnosed; a doctor may not notice the symptoms. If nurses are trained to notice the signs, ...

Section A: Monetary policy

For instance, according to the article, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) is the monetary authority that is responsible for regulating the monetary provision in Japan. The article presents the economic inertia in the Japanese economy. Due to this economic inertia, the Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, has come up with an economic plan that has three parts in order to rescue the country from the stagnant economic situation. This move to trigger a growth in the Japanese has also been initiated by the Bank of Japan. The Bank of Japan has adopted expanding its plan of “quantitative easing” in increasing ...

A consolidated tax return is a return filed for all the different segments of a business, it also includes the return filed by a holding company along with its subsidiaries. A consolidated return shows the consolidates income as well as the expenses. The advantages of filing a consolidated return is that the profits of one company as written off with the loses of the other, there is a tax advantage on inter company distributions, the un used credit of one company can be transferred to the other company and the capital gains and losses can be adequately adjusted. Disadvantages of the same are that ...

Article Review

In her essay “How Technology is Set to Transform India’s Fragmented Education System” the author Anika Gupta talks about the lack of penetration of computers and the internet in India’s education system, especially amongst the ‘low-income’ segment and how things are bound to improve in the near future. There are a number of factors behind this low penetration of technology, particularly the lack of trained teachers, the high cost of the training and the fact that the government has no overall technology policy for schools.
But now the non-profit organizations are trying to bridge this gap and ...

The article relates to as how entities both domestic and multinational, used the difference in valuation rules of LIFO and Non-LIFO Inventory Valuation methods for purpose of tax saving as LIFO was used solely for tax reporting purpose which increased their value of Cost of Goods Sold(COGS) and finally with low gross profits, entity had low tax liability and also comments on new tax conformity rule of IRS that puts a restriction of using two inventory methods while preparing financial statements if LIFO is used for tax reporting purpose.
IRS has determined that a taxpayer will not violate the ...

The issue of poverty is a reality based on the information from the article. The well-being of children and child poverty goes beyond the concept of household income. It is in record those approximately eight million children who are under the age of five die due to preventable causes; this statistics is based on developing nations. The approach used by human rights in measuring child wellbeing seems to be realistic. As a matter of fact, child well-being is determined by the aspect to eliminate deprivation from various aspects of child life (Gordon et al 6). The essence of suing the income ...

Poverty is one of the debatable issues in the world. As a matter of fact, this is brought about by the fact that there are many people in the world who are poor. There are various approaches that have been used to measure and define poverty. Based on my understanding of poverty, it means that being in a position not able to meet the basic human wants. Poverty also goes beyond meeting the basis needs to touching on issues such as happiness and other values of life. I believe that poor people have no capabilities to meet what life demands. It ...

Article Review

"The Great Divergence" and "Class in America,” the authors discuss that the class system and social stratification have caused outstanding differences in life of people living in America. Regardless of the fact that people do not like to talk about economic inequality in America, social classes play a considerable role in their lifestyle. There exists a huge difference in the incomes of the top 1% of Americans and rest of other 99%. Contrary to the myth that America is a classless society, Mantsios explains through statistical data that the wealthiest 20% of Americans hold the 83% of total wealth and on the ...

Colorectal cancer has become the second leading cause of deaths related to cancer in U.S. among cancers affecting women and men. People past fifty years of age should be screened for cancer regularly using the stipulated methods. The article estimates the rate of use of different tests of colorectal cancer and also evaluates changes in use of test by comparing data from 2002, 2003, and 2006 surveys on Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance system (BRFSS). It was found that the respondents’ proportion aged fifty and above who reported the use of fecal occult blood testing (FOBT) and sigmoidoscopy had generally ...

Research Methods in Human Development:

“Child Care and the Development of Behavior Problems among Economically Disadvantaged Children in Middle Childhood”
Child Care and the Development of Behavior Problems among Economically Disadvantaged Children in Middle Childhood: A Review
The peer-reviewed article is the work of Votruba-Drzal et al. (2010). The focus of the study is to determine whether the level of childcare quality is interrelated to the development of behavioral problems among economically disadvantaged children in middle childhood (Votruba-Drzal et al., 2010). According to the thesis statement in the article, when a child transitions into formal schooling, indications of lower behavioral problem and better ...

Entrepreneurship is paramount for any country that wants to achieve economic growth and development. It is the main driver of economic development of many developed countries like USA, Japan and Germany. Entrepreneurship has valuable attributes required for the development of developing countries. Based on this, the intent of the paper is to identify the impact of entrepreneurship on developing countries like Egypt.
Entrepreneurship involves efficient utilization of the available resources or opportunities hence providing the market with new goods and services. This helps in mobilizing the country’s idle resources creating an opportunity for economic structural changes. These ...

The article outlines the spending patterns that have been witnessed in the United States of America for the last five years that is 2009, 2010, 2011 2012 and 2013. The main focus is on the January and December average spending. The article also unfolds the events or some of the factors that have influenced the change in the consumer patterns for the last five years. The article focuses on the spending patterns in various months of the year. For instance, according to the article the consumer spending in January is almost the same as spending in December. For example, ...

LEED Neighborhood Development (ND) rating systems such LEED-ND are designed for the certification of exemplary neighborhood development projects which show exemplary performance in relation to smart growth, green building, and new urbanism. Contextually, such development projects include whole neighborhoods, multiple neighborhoods, and even parts of neighborhoods. By reviewing the Pilot version of the LEED-ND 2007 certification document, it is evident that LEED-ND systems are designed to drive the marketplace towards acknowledging the central doctrine of green building i.e. the simple fact that our personal, economic and environment health is significantly influenced by our immediate surroundings which include the places ...

Search Method

For the purposes of this paper an electronic search was conducted using the following databases:
CINAHL Complete
ProQuest Health & Medical Collection
Ovid
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
Google Scholar
The search parameters included English-only, peer-reviewed articles published between the years 2010 and 2016.
The following keywords were used in the search:
Postpartum depression
Screening
Quantitative
Program
Education
The search produced a total of 1772 publications. The abstracts from these articles were screened and six studies were determined to be relevant to postpartum depression education and screening programs. Among these studies were one systematic review, one quantitative cohort study, two qualitative ...

Article Critique: Postpartum depression in mothers

FULL REFERENCE:
Kozhimannil, K. B., Trinacty, C. M., Busch, A. B., Huskamp, H. A., & Adams, A. S. (2011). Racial and ethnic disparities in postpartum depression care among low-income women. Psychiatric Services.

RESEARCH QUESTION:

Are there are racial or ethnic differences and disparities in the prevalence of postpartum depression among African American, Hispanic, Native American, and White women?

RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS:

In the context that there exist significant knowledge and evidence gaps on other ethnic and racial groups in regard to the prevalence of post-partum depression, there is a high correlation between postpartum depression in low income African American women as compared to their White ...

Changing Caste System In India

The article discusses about the Indian caste system where the "Varna" or caste had great impact on the society. The behavior of the upper caste towards the "untouchables" was mean in villages restricting them from entering the premises of the upper caste, visit temples, eat the same food or play with them. They were considered as dirt of the society. But the society underwent a massive change just after independence. The intelligent and bright children in the minority community got benefits from "untouchable quota" which our government has implemented to reduce inequality It was first started by Dr. B. ...