Risk Literature Reviews Samples For Students

Literature review

Over the past number of years, the issue of violence has generated a lot of concerns in the workplace. Different sectors experience different levels of workplace violence with 85 percent of non-fatal assaults occurring in retailing and service industries. The health care sector falls under the service industry and workers in this sector are at higher risks of workplace violence. It becomes hard to estimate the true incidence of violence towards health workers because of different definitions and data collection systems (Hartley, D., & Ridenour, 2011 #1).

Violence among health workers triggers most psychological and physical outcomes. Some of the ...

The literature available explaining how manufactured food is harmful to human health is enormous. Many studies have been conducted showing how people are afraid of the manufactured foods. In her article titled, “Our Unsafe Food Supply is Killing Us,” Melanie Warner applauds Congress and the president for passing and signing legislation aimed at preventing the spread of foodborne diseases and deaths. She states that over 310,000 Americans are dying annually due to food related illnesses. These damning figures reveal the immense challenge posed by manufactured foods including steroids, antibiotics, food additives, and others. From such data ...

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Introduction

Between the periods 1980 to 1992, consumption of illicit drugs in the United States increased from 29% to 42% among 12th grade adolescence, and from 11% to 21% among eight grade students. Other statistics shows that in the 12th grade 80% are students on alcoholic. More than half of them have been doing it in the eighth grade; 75% had smoked cigarettes, of this group, 35% became habitual smokers. The greatest challenge is faced by families, who, no matter what their social or economic level, must devise strategies to help their adolescence. Studies have been done to prove ...

The four financial hedging techniques are future, forward, money market and currency option hedge. Any business firm is supposed to compare it is the cash flow in determining which the technique to apply to hedge. The futures hedge is involved in the use of the currency futures. To hedge the future payables, the business or the associated firm is supposed to purchase a future currency contract in regard to the currency of the choice as it needs (Stephens, 2003).
A forward hedge is the similar with the future hedge but the only difference is that the only forward contract ...

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Tricyclic antidepressants vs Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRIs) in treatment of Depression

In recent decades, SSRIs have become the first-choice treatment for depression. The efficacy and acceptability, as well as cost-efficiency of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) versus the older tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) are studied by many researchers. Most of scholars agree that the both classes of antidepressants are almost equally efficient (Marton, 2003.) According to Marton (2003), a small trend towards greater efficacy of TCAs was found when the outcome was measured in terms of depression scales, and towards SSRIs – in terms of global impression scores.
But Faravelli and colleagues (2003) argue that in most studied cases, ...

The topic whether meat or vegetarian diet is the better choice is a bone of contention for centuries. Admittedly, it is very difficult to figure out the advantages and disadvantages of both diets to determine what ways one overweighs the other. Volumes have been already written on the topic, and this paper in particular will argue that vegetarian diet is advisable when compared to meat diet that involves numerous risks. This will review a few reliable sources to make a clear view of the topic and its scope for further research.
Until recently, the advantages of vegetarianism were not clinically proven, ...

Abstract

The following paper analyzes three articles that deal with the effect of addicted mothers on infant development. The type of addiction that the paper concentrates on includes alcohol abuse, use of cocaine, marijuana, and heroin. Drug use during pregnancy has been on the higher rise as more young mothers engage in drug and alcohol abuse. Mothers who use non-prescribed when pregnant never realizes the dangers they expose their newborn babies to until the child is born and attains the age of five years. The paper will identify various problems analyzed in the selected articles and relate them to the ...

Abstract

The number of people being affected by various diseases that require them to have organ transplants increases every day. Meanwhile, the amount of donated organs is extremely insufficient to meet the high demand. There is also the problem of finding a donor match for a recipient and the need to take strong medications that suppress the immune system of the recipient so that the transplanted organ is not rejected. A solution to these problems has been and is still being developed, with laboratory-grown organs holding much promise. These organs can be tailor-made using the patient’s own cells or other cell sources, ...

- Insurance premium formula
Insurance premium is a sum of all costs of insurance company. One of the essential and the most valuable components is risk cost (money paid when insurance accident occurred). Due to the nature of the risk it is the most stochastic variable. Therefore we can build premium cost model upon risk model because other price components can be easily predicted.
- Classic model
Starting with initial reserve x > 0, an insurance risk business earns money at constant rate c > 0. Meanwhile, according to a point process with times {TN: n ≥ 1}, 0 ...

Abstract

The Piper Alpha disaster is well known for it resulted in the highest number of casualties who lost their lives in the history of off shore oil and gas rigging. This paper reviews literature on the Piper Alpha disaster presenting an overview of the circumstances that led to the occurrence of the tragedy. Further, it examines the role that different parties played with regard to their contributions to the situation. Subsequently, an analysis of the course of action taken with regard to the management of the disaster as it happened and in its aftermath is as well evaluated. The ...

Screening for Tuberculosis is one of the most challenging, yet an imperative practice for enhancing community health. The article presents various recommendations for improving the screening procedure for the tuberculosis. Initially, the article highlights that a standard for determination of which migrant populations should be screened should be established across the nations. Furthermore, more nations should adopt the two-step approach in the screening process to back-up the one-step approach widely used. All screening programs also should be based at standardized interpretation of the results in order to limit the errors that occur due to a large number of interpreters. The specialists ...

Measures of effects can be explained to being the indexes that normally summarize the strength of the link between various exposures and their specific outcomes thus helping the medical practitioner make effective decisions in their everyday practice (Rothman, Greenland & Lash, 2008, p.72). In the nursing practice, the measure of effects strategy is an imperative approach that helps the nurse in knowing not only whether a certain exposure such as smoking can be linked to a certain outcome such as myocardial infarction, but also determining the magnitude of this relationship.
Enormous risks would be posed to the patients if the use ...

Recent research in industrialized countries provides evidence of the significant role that psychosocial factors play in health and disease. As such, these factors cannot be ignored in the assessment of patients, health promotion, illness prevention, and disease management. Examples of psychosocial factors are lack of social support systems and stress where individual experiences of these adverse events increase the risks for acute and chronic illnesses such as cardiovascular disease (CVD) and arthritis. Research provides evidence of psychosocial interventions and the important role of nurses in reducing these risks.
In their review of literature on the association of CVD ...

Abstract

The analysis of literature review of this research was on the effects of tanning beds to the skin, a topic that is getting news rating because it bans the use of tanning beds in younger populations according to the current Louisiana’s new legislation. This study is predestined to review the augment that artificial tanning, as a comparative background of the skin has impacts.
According to Demko, et. al., 2003, the risks of skin cancer claims, have been brought on board, concerning tanning beds being behind the increased cancer risk, though, through the research conducted, there is support and opposition ...

Initial Analysis for Program Planning

Initial Analysis for Program Planning
Tuberculosis or collectively known as TB is among the most common public health problems that has already reached a global scale of concern. It is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Stein, 2011). At the rise of the global pandemic, tuberculosis has infected almost one-third of the world population with more than eight million diagnosed of the disease every year and an average of two million deaths every year (Stein and Baker, 2011).

Identification of the Problem

Relocation from third world to first world countries more and more determines the severity of tuberculosis (TB) cases in the adopted country. Socially ...

Introduction

Violence against Aboriginal women is one of most important negative phenomena in terms of Aboriginal Affairs in Canada. Despite the fact that significant number of initiatives was developed by Canadian legislatures at federal and provincial level to meet this challenge, the number of missing and murdered Aboriginal women continues to grow. Inquiries into the issues show sits strong relation to almost all negative phenomena, which are currently faced by Aboriginal people, including unemployment, problems in access to social services for those, leaving on-reserve, lack of awareness about women’s rights and continuing discrimination against Aboriginal people in Canadian society.
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Literature Review

Multiple research findings have shown that the risk of ischemic diseases increase with age, occur more frequently in men than women, and amongst black than white individuals. A 2001 study by Wayne et al. (2001) reported that more men than women die from coronary heart diseases, findings corroborated by Kanaya, Grady and Barret-Connor (2002). Coronary heart disease presents itself up to ten years earlier in men than women (Ryotaro and Minoru 2012). Another study showed that recurrent hospitalized myocardial infarction rate fell by 2.1% among women compared to 1.9% in men (Rosamond, Aaron, Chambless and Wang 2001). Aging is ...

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the number one cause of mortality in the US. According to American heart association statistics, nearly one million men and women succumb to various complications from CVD. In the US, CVD claims more lives than cancer and AIDS combined (CDC, 2012). It is also one of the leading causes of deaths worldwide (WHO). The economic cost of CVD in 2008 was estimated to be $448.9 billion, which was double the cost estimated for the year 2007, $219 billion.
There are a number of factors to the incidence of CVD. These include non modifiable factors such ...

Literature review

Measures of preventing malaria in the sub-Saharan region are important perspective as well as an initiative that should be embraced. Owing to the fact that in the sub-Sahara region in Africa has a lot of mosquitoes, and then the possibility to prevent malaria from spreading is an honorable thing. Basing an argument on the global perspective, there is an enormous problem with reference to health as a result of infections with malaria (Okumu, 2011). Taking into consideration the fact that women who are pregnant are prone to getting malaria faster, the use of insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs) is proposed. It is ...

Abstract

In the current global environment, the emergence of technology and its availability throughout the world comes with significant advantages for the development of the business world, but also of the individuals’ life conditions. Technology creates an interdependency between the developed and developing or third world countries, in terms of request and demand for work force, which contributes to reducing the poverty levels and even the world hunger, due to business ventures such as outsourcing. While the rise of technology and communication allows for significant benefits for societies at a global level, it has also contributed to changing societies and the ...

Gates points out a Harvard study stating the link between coffee consumption and suicide (Gates 16). The study concludes stating that coffee consumption on a daily basis lowers the suicide risk. The study was conducted with 200000 participants in total making a comparison between coffee drinkers and the non coffee drinkers in the case of suicide cases and found that about 50 percent of the risk involved in suicide is reduced as a result of drinking two to four cups of caffeinated coffee daily. The study also makes a comparison of caffeinated and non caffeinated beverages and identifies that coffee with caffeine are most ...

A)Pathophysiology of crocidolite.

Pathophysiology refers to both the pathological and physiological effects of a disease or injury. Crocidolite is a type of asbestos which is blue in color which has very thin fibers hair like fibers. This makes it the most dangerous type of asbestos as these thin fibers are very easily inhaled when blown by the wind where the asbestos occurs naturally (Australia) and when people are working with it especially during mining. This type of asbestos is used mainly for insulation as it is sprayed on walls, ceilings, boilers ovens and pipes.
Crocidolite falls under the category of respirable dusts. These ...

ABSTRACT

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

Abstract

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

Fall prevention

In any year, half of the people who are 80 years and above fall. Approximately, 27% of hospital costs are due to these falls. All this is attributed to the fact that older people are at risk of loss of independence, injury, rest home admission or even death. Over the past decade, a variety of fall prevention trials have been successful. This success is associated with the use of a variety of interventions, and the successful trials have been published. As a result, there have been numerous international interests as well as investment in the fall prevention programs. Nonetheless, for any effect ...

Introduction

Safety is organizational requirement that helps in reducing risks to employees and customers. Organizations need to determine appropriate criteria that help in enhancing safety culture. Safety culture entails prioritization of safety measures within an organization through showing an obligation of security at different levels in the organization. Safety culture is part of the core values that all employees and customers should observe by performing their obligations. It incorporates characteristics and attitudes in an organization and individuals towards the creation of safety priorities and their significance. Safety initiatives are favourable with the existence of a workplace culture that reduces errors and ...

In order to balance the management of the values and benefits created for developers it is important to conduct a feasibility study of the project from operational and economic perspective. Carrying out a feasibility study can significantly help the manager to achieve the success of the business more than what novelty of the innovation can achieve (Briggs, Claxton & Sculpher 2011). This study can help the firm to assess the competitors, assess the strength and weaknesses, and assess the wiliness of the customers to buy their products generally evaluate the project’s financial viability. Therefore, in order to achieve the balanced development ...

Abstract

This paper provides a description of the problem that the researcher intends to address, particularly about how risks can be managed in e-businesses. It also provides an annotated bibliography of three sources that will enable the researcher to provide answers to this problem. In particular, these sources discuss the importance of consumer trust in ensuring the success of online businesses; what the consumers’ concerns are; and how these risks can be managed. As well, a comparison and contrast of these three sources is made in order to show their relevance in relation to the research problem.

Statement of the Research Problem

With the increasing prevalence and ...

Diabetes Mellitus Type 2: A Literature Critique

Discussion
Rationale for the topic
Diabetes is Australia’s fastest growing chronic disease (Diabetes Australia, 2012). It is the sixth leading cause of death in Australia. Up to 60% of cases of type 2 diabetes are preventable. This makes diabetes a topic of utmost public health significance. Implementation of public health measures could reduce the incidence of diabetes, which will not only result in savings for the health budget, but also increase participation and productivity in the workforce and, most importantly, lead to better health outcomes and quality of life for Australians (Diabetes Australia, 2012). This is why ...

A brief review

Abstract
Recidivism rates are very instrumental in the policy making, offender incarceration and treatment. However when these rates are surrounded by uncertainty and are lacking, these rates do more harm than good. This is truer in sexual crimes, particularly in child molestations. While criminological literature emphasizes low recidivism rates for sexual criminals, the public fueled by media, consider it otherwise. Nonetheless recidivism rates are high for child molesters among the sexually offending group. Even among child molesters, there is much difference between the intra-familial and extra-familial groups too. Framework models and tools help specialists in identifying individuals with ...

Patient Situation and Literature Review

Patients receiving chemotherapy treatment for cancer experience a great deal of extremely unpleasant and severe side effects. These include immunosuppression, anemia, thrombocytopenia, gastrointestinal symptoms, peripheral neuropathy, alopecia and fatigue (Chemotherapy side effects, n.d.). Effectively managing these symptoms increases patient quality of life despite serious and potentially terminal illness and promotes compliance with treatment in order to optimize the benefits (Perwitasari et al., 2012). Nausea and vomiting are particularly distressing symptoms among patients and nurses working in the oncology ward must be knowledgeable regarding the range of pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic techniques which can be used for control. This paper presents the ...

Literature Review: Construction Material Waste in Landfills

The two articles being reviewed in this paper are: a) Rehabilitation of a large coastal landfill , and b) Use of reliability methods as project management tools: The Cherry Island landfill Expansion project . The papers explore two different real life situations from a project management perspective.

El-Fadel and Sadek have illustrated the case of a large municipal landfill in Normandy Bay, Beirut, Lebanon. The authors highlight that most waste dumping the region has not been controlled resulting in waste piles as high as 40 feet all along the coast on the Mediterranean sea. At Normandy Bay, between the years 1975 and 1994, approximately 1200 tons ...

Nutrition among the premenopausal and postmenopausal is an issue of interest to scholars presently. Through these studies, scholars assess the diet quality and dietary intakes of the target group and determine whether the diets affect their health, specifically osteoporosis and cardiovascular diseases. The design used in the study was cross sectional study design, which entailed the use of anthropometric measurements and food records.
In carrying out the study, the pre and postmenopausal women were targeted. The methods used in the study were biochemical assessment used in general analyzing of the hormone oestrogen. A venopuncture was used to collect ...

Introduction to MRSA

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a bacterial strain of S. aureus that that has developed a resistance to certain types of antibiotics, including methicillin, penicillin, oxacillin, and amoxicillin (Farley 2008). The types of infections differ according to whether the MRSA infection was acquired in the hospital setting (HA-MRSA) or whether it was a community acquired MRSA (CA-MRSA) infection. The most severe MRSA infections are those acquired in health care facilities and include infections of the bloodstream or surgical wounds, and pneumonia. MRSA bacteremia is often fatal, thus timely and aggressive intervention is critical in patients at high risk of death; for example, ...

Literature Review:

The Efficacy of Bisphosphonates in the Treatment of Osteoporosis in Post-Menopausal Women

Abstract

This paper discusses some of the literature that explores the efficacy of bisphosphonates in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis among post-menopausal women. This is to determine the ways by which the quality of life of osteoporosis patients can be improved, as advocated by the Healthy People 2020 program. While studies have shown that bisphosphonates are effective in preventing and treating osteoporosis, caution should still be taken with regards to its prolonged use. With this, advanced practice nurses can contribute significantly to the proper administration of ...

Introduction. Night blindness is one of the early warning signs of a deficiency in Vitamin A. Each year, between 250,000 and 500,000 children lose their sight because they do not consume enough Vitamin A, and half of those will die within twelve months of losing their sight. Also, many pregnant women in developing countries suffer from night blindness as a symptom of Vitamin A deficiency, a problem compounded by mortality during pregnancy and childbirth, as well as difficulties in birth and in performing lactation (Rahi, et al., 1995, p. 332). In addition to night blindness, Vitamin A deficiency can impair ...

In Wright et al.'s "Systematic Review of Antihypertensive therapies: Does the evidence assist in choosing a first-line drug?" the researchers review 38 different trials in order to determine if a first-line drug is identified in the realm of antihypertension drugs. According to the Critical Appraisal Skills Programme (CASP) appraisal tool, the researchers provide a valid study that can provide clear policy and practice change in the field of hypertension research and treatment.

The researchers, in their review, ask a clearly focused question - they wish to compare the effectiveness and efficacy from reputable trials in order to find first-line drugs for antihypertension therapies, ...

Introduction

Shift work is basically any work outside the normal daylight hours and may differ from one work place to another. Given that up to 25% of the American population encounters shift work at some point in their career the subject of shift work has attracted a plethora of research especially with regard to the health implication of shit work[ CITATION Occ10 \l 1033 ]. There is a growing body of knowledge implicating shift work for on-job injuries and catastrophes, disruption of families and societal fabric, pathological conditions of both physiological and psychological nature. Of particular interest to this review are the health ...

Abstract

Risk management is undertaken differently in varied sectors. In a survey of 415 projects in Brazil, the revelation came out that hiring a risk manager or planning for risk enhances project success rate. However, risk means diverse things for different sectors. In IT, some risks are desirable, because they disrupt the status, making some people redundant and increasing the opportunities for the skilled. Hence, the path taken to manage risk in the IT field is different from how risk is managed in other areas. The construction industry is intensive in the use of resources, and risk management should be ...

Parent’s Influences and Responses to Children’s Risk-taking in Outdoor Play

Introduction
Parents play an integral role in guiding their children in making crucial decisions in life, especially when it comes to risk taking. Although in most instances children depend on their direct experiences to react appropriately to risky situations it is apparent that parents also influence their ability to make sound decisions in such situations. When children are young most of these decisions are influenced by their parents since they control most of the activities they engage in. As children grow older, they start gaining independence in handling several tasks thus they take a greater responsibility for their decisions. ...

Community members risk a great risk of getting themselves hurt at the hands of people prone to violence. The relevance of the study is that it highlights what is instrumental in determining the extent to which mentally ill and violent individuals are likely to pose risk to members of communities, be they prison, hospital or standard civilian groups of people. The literature review will include a board concept of community. Samuel (2015) defined the concept of community as applicable to a human group sharing a geographical area. Following this logic, the notion is possible to apply to patients and ...

Introduction

The problem of crime is a prevalent one in the society. Law enforcement works toward ensuring the least possible of such occurrence as would be termed criminal activity. In order for this, the process utilizes criminal risk assessment as means to determine the probability of criminal activity. Criminal risk assessment allows the system to determine whether a criminal is likely to perpetrate an act of crime again. In this manner, law enforcement assures the society of a more secure environment. The process of risk assessment engages more than one tool for assessment in order to ensure the highest possible levels of accuracy. ...

Introduction

Risk assessment tools are employed for the purposes of identifying and managing the people at risk of certain tendencies that may be harmful to them. Some risk assessment tools have been developed as a consequence of determining the behaviors of individuals and their propensities to cause harm or disrupt the peace in certain jurisdictions. In the recent past, more than a hundred and twenty risks assessment researchers have established tools. Their validity and viability have been proven in dealing with psychiatric cases across various societies. The two articles chosen for this study focus on various dimensions of the assessment, yet all ...

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Literature Review

Introduction
Dentistry as a branch of medical science has successfully and uniquely combined the principles of human science and the art of healing. The dental profession in particular has changed during the past years due to the review of scientific evidences that emerged in the health fields and medicine that rely on systematic approach. The findings from several literatures suggest clinical practices and other relevant concepts pointing out the recommended frequency of visits to dental practitioners for various types of patients. This includes patients suffering from oral cancer, periodontal diseases, and caries risk. In ...

Introduction

Heart valve surgery is used for the repairing or replacement of valves of the heart that are diseased. The patients receive general anesthesia in this type of surgery whereby the surgeon makes a large surgical incision in the breastbone. The incision is meant to enable the surgeon to reach the aorta and the heart (Kato Paragraph 2). The relevance of stroke to the procedure of open-chest valve surgery is that it is one of the risks associated with cardiac surgery. Other risks include death, failure of the kidneys, cardiac arrest, irregular beats of the heart, and post-pericardiotomy syndrome (Kato ...

Abstract

Every business or enterprise has a group of risks that are associated with it thus probing the need to establish a risk management plan. If the risks are not mitigated, they can cause losses and other adverse effects to the business. The primary types of risks include accidents, injuries, errors and damage to facilities and equipment among others. Safety risk management refers to the identification, analysis and mitigation of hazards and risks that may affect the functioning of an organization. Before implementing a security risk management, there is the need to identify the risks and have mitigation strategies in ...

Business Process Management

Abstract
The literature review on the topic of enterprise resource planning (ERP) of business process management (BPM) as part of information systems (IS) strategies in South African businesses covers both scholarly and professional management discussions about outsource administration of IT systems operations. The rise of outsource IT in the business sector is predicted to realign business and trade into the future. The trend in emergent market outsource IS data management in and by South African firms is fast becoming a lead topic in a nation formerly characterised as an industrial economy with developing country challenges.
The enactment of South ...

Abstract

Physical activity (exercise) is largely thought to be an indispensable part of human wellbeing. The growing prosperity, material/food abundance, sedentary transport and sedentary lifestyles is linked with the growing incidence of lifestyle diseases including CVD. CVD is currently among most common diseases in developed nations. In the UK alone, an estimated 7 million people are living CVD, which accounts for 160,000 deaths annually. Treatment strategies (including physical activity) have been rigorously tested in cohort studies. However, the type, intensity, and duration of physical activity remain in question. This review is seeking to find theoretical and empirical support for ...

Literature Review on the topic of Disaster and Emergency Management Systems

Disasters are the regular companions of the mankind. They bring losses and devastation, ruin crops and take people’s lives. The list of cities that have been destroyed is endless and reminds people of the fact that nature is forever with us. Nevertheless, man’s activity and ambitions seem to have no boundaries. Such catastrophes as Chernobyl, the explosions on the Piper Alpha, and other numerous fires are the results of human negligence. The one thing is certain: disasters are likely to happen but where and when is the question. Thus, disaster and emergency management in the form of ...

2. Literature Review and Hypothesis Development

P1. The Global financial crisis of 2008

Severe distresses within some financial markets during 2007/08 resulted in international financial crisis following Lehman Brothers filing for the chapter 11 on 15th September 2008. As an end result, the globe has in recent times experienced the most horrible economic performance ever since the 2nd World War. This crisis emanated from the American market for the housing. The house prices were highest in the year 2006 and subsequently dropped beyond 30 %. This happens to be the greatest decline ever since 1930s on a national level across the US. The household debt increased drastically ...

Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) is a broad term describing all heart and circulation diseases, including heart failure, stroke, arterial fibrillation, cardiomyopathy and coronary heart disease. CVD accounts for upwards of 28% of all deaths occurred in the UK (160,000) in 2012, and an estimated 7 million people were thought have been living with the condition. The disease costs the country an estimated £19 billion annually in lost productivity, premature death, and medication costs (£6.8 billion). Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) is by far the most common and deadly of CVDs, accounting for 16% of male deaths and 10% of female deaths ...

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Dr. Lorrie McGovern
Literature Review
Abstract
Innovations are inevitable in the business nowadays as they lead to the increased efficiency. The more efficient the company is, the higher the profit it gains. This is equally fair for the product innovation and management improvement. Moreover, financial innovations are now even more desired. All these changes are beneficial for all parties, as development of the entrepreneurship leads to the social and political improvements. Therefore, within this paper, a literature review will be performed to reveal main discussions on the innovations in the financial management, especially in the commercial lending. Both advantages ...

Quality and Safety Practice: Prevention of Patient Falls - Literature Review

Introduction
Whether an elderly person is living alone, with others, within a nursing home, or under care in a medical facility, falling is a major threat. For seniors older than 65 years of age living in a community situation, one in three will suffer a fall every year; for individuals over 85 years of age, the rate climbs to half of all residents (Cameron et al., 2010; CBO, 2004; Neyens, 2007; Tinetti, 2003). If an elderly adult is institutionalized, the possibility of falling in a year rises to 1.5 to 2 times (Dijcks et al., 2005) and a serious ...

Health Effects if Ingesting GMO’S

Genetically modified organisms have been evaluated in terms of the risks they pose to the environment over the past years. This has been done by comparing the dangers identified and exposed estimates to give a decision to the agencies that regulate these products. Assessing the harsh effects of a GMO on the environment remains one of the key controversies to decisions makers and institutions that assess risks as well as scientists. The Society of Toxicology is among the institutions that have dedicated their objectives to protect and improve health in humans, animals as well as the environment. They give their stand ...

Coe, (2016) in her article looks how four children are risk taking and how they deal with risk at an early year’s program that is nature located in Canada Ontario. Her research work is pegged on the inherent drive and natural curiosity in children to explore their immediate surroundings. Furthermore, the scarcity of information on risk and nature based learning in Canada forms the basis of this study. However, the major undoing of the research work is that the small number of study participants in the conducted study together with the sampling methodology used predisposes the study to ...

Embracing risk in the Canadian woodlands: Four children’s risky play and risk-taking experiences in a Canadian Forest Kindergarten

In this journal article, Coe employs qualitative research using the experiences of four Canadian children as representative samples. The main subject of this research presents a specific focus on the nature of experiences of children with regard to risk-taking as well as risky play. This research uses qualitative analysis in the attempt to validate the existing evidence on nature-based learning in the early levels of child development and the evidence surrounding their experiences with risk. The research findings can be regarded as being qualitative in nature as they present a perspective of this phenomenon that is specific to the ...

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Information Technology Management

Management Concepts and Models
IT portfolio management
IT portfolio management is the efficient management application to deal with the investments, activities and projects of the department of information technology (IT) in the enterprise. It is the application of all the IT resources including planned and current to provide a framework for the planning, analysis and execution of portfolio of IT in the organization (Casco-Arias et al 2012).

Business/IT alignment

Business-IT alignment is a vibrant condition in which the ability of the organization begins to use information technology (IT) for achieving the objectives and purposes of the business. It is the capability ...

Introduction

Sexual assault of women is a pervasive crime that exerts significant influence both on the lives of women, who become victims of gender-based violence, and the communities, where these women live (Klump, 2006, p.67). Sexual assault against women is epidemic to American culture (Miller, Markman and Handley, 2007, p.129). A woman can face a sexual assault both in childhood and adulthood. Different kinds of both physical and mental diseases tend to be prevalent in women, who have experienced sexual assault or another kind of gender-based violence in childhood or adulthood. The women also tend to report specific emotional conditions, such as ...

Literature Review:

Factors and predictors of persistent lesion (positive hr-HPV DNA test or abnormal cytology) after treatment of high grade cervical intraepithelial Neoplasia with large loop excision of transformation zone (LLETZ)
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Introduction

The Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection is the primary factor that increases the risk of the cervical cancer development and cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) in the uterine cervix (Soderlund-Strand et al., 2014). Approximately 150 diverse types of HPV have been discovered, and most of them are carcinogenic. Persistent infections of high-risk HPV must lead to the development of high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN 2 and 3), and ...