Essays on Beggs

Economists tend to relate to the subject of research with scientific objectivity (Mankiw, 2015). They develop theories, accumulate evidence and then analyse them in an attempt to prove or disprove the theoretical concepts. The main tools of the economist (and other scientists) are theory and observation, but, in contrast to the natural sciences, in economics it is almost impossible to set up an experiment to confirm or deny a new concept. In order to somehow compensate for the absence of the possibility of carrying out laboratory experiments, economists are paying close attention to natural experiments offered by life. An ...

The Effects of Climate Change on Allergies and Asthma Cases

Since the discovery of global warming or climate change, scientists have been warning the public of the possible implications this phenomenon could bring. They highlight erratic and severe weather patterns, changing ecosystems and the persistence of diseases that cannot easily be treated. While skeptics remain ignorant over these warnings and governments trying to make amends over their national policies, statistics show that these warnings should be taken seriously especially with regards to respiratory diseases such as asthma and allergies. However, it is a question as to what impacts climate change has towards the prevalence on allergies and asthma cases ...

1. Critically evaluate the following suggestion: “If the price elasticity of demand for food is low, therefore if you own a restaurant, you can charge higher price to increase revenue”.

Consumers’ sensitivity to price is known as the price elasticity of demand. Simply put, it measures the degree of responsiveness of consumers to a given change in price. A good with an elastic demand will have a value greater than 1 and will experience that people are very sensitive to a given change in price. Products with an inelastic demand will find that even if price increases by a small amount, the quantity ...

Publisher: Butterworth Heinemann

- Clive Beggs had formerly been Chartered, BRE advisor, and engineer of the School of Civil Engineering under The University of Leeds and is the serving Professor of Medical Technology in the University of Bradford. - He is a biomedical scientist and mechanical engineer and excels in the field of energy management. - He, a world known speaker, has authored several scientific papers on designing of buildings that consume low energy, and are environment friendly. - No wonder, he is the recipient of CIBSE Bronze Medal for his achievements in the field of desiccant cooling that uses water ...

Introduction

Rheumatic fever (RF), or acute rheumatic fever (ARF), is an autoimmune complication caused by the human-specific bacterial pathogen group A (B-hemolytic) streptococcus (GAS), Streptococcus pyogenes. S. pyogenes is a Gram-positive aerobic bacterium that is coccoid or spherical in shape and usually occurs in pairs or chains. It produces hemolysin that forms a clear zone around the colonies when grown on blood agar. It has been designated as part of group A via Lancefield serotyping because it displays the carbohydrate antigen A on its cell wall. It is non acid-fast, non-spore forming, and may or may not have capsules. It has generally ...

Research Question: Do health care workers comply with hand washing strategies at the hospital level?

Annotated Bibliography Asare, A., Enweronu-Laryea, C. C., & Newman, M. J. (2009). Hand hygiene practices in a neonatal intensive care unit in Ghana. The Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 3(05), 352-356. In this study, the researchers sought to assess hand hygiene practices and the nature of patient contact in physicians and nurses at a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in Ghana. The study was descriptive and cross-sectional, lasted two weeks, and the amount time of observation daily was 5 hours. The researchers assessed compliance to alcohol rub as well. Compliance to hand washing before and after patient contact ...

[Title of Institution] The study is fashioned to find out by virtue of a quantitative analysis whether the current curriculum adapted by universities and colleges offering BS-Travel Management is sufficient to prepare students of the demands of the different jobs in the hospitality industry as perceived by graduates of BSTM, as well as the different aviation companies. Given the nature of the study, the descriptive method of research is the most appropriate design to establish the variation in perception of potential employees (i.e. the BSTM graduates) and employers (i.e. aviation companies). Descriptive researches are intended at ascertaining the ...

- Introduction Gender inequality in the US has gone through phases of change in the last five decades. The inequality in composition, type of work and wages between men and women is due to a number of factors. These varied explanations arise from varying situations existing at different periods. Researchers have viewed the problem from varied angles as well. There are a number of literature from the past to the present on this issue. A survey of the literatures allows us to divide the various explanations and analysis of gender inequalities in labor force into a few categories. We have viewed ...

Everyone in the world is very familiar with the “word” unemployment and what it means as well as what it can mean for people who get hit with it quite unexpectedly. Coincidentally, people know about the basics of unemployment that is a person who does not have a job or employment of any kind. However, what some people do and do not know is that there are 4 additional forms of unemployment that exists. These 4 are all hard hitting in their own right, and as bad luck would have it, the people they hit are conversely hit even harder; the ...

Introduction

Breast cancer is a type of disease where certain breast cells develop abnormally mostly in the milk ducts and lobules leading to formation of tumors. The exact cause of breast cancer is a topic that has flavored many debates and researches but still remains unknown. However a plethora of research has established that certain risk factors have a direct linkage with breast cancer. Breast cancer related risk factors are wide and varied and may include lifestyle choices like smoking/ diet or factors that are beyond the control of a person like gender, age or family history. It is however worth noting from the start ...