Essays on Confirmatory

Holder, M. D., & Klassen, A. (2010). Temperament and happiness in children. Journal of Happiness Studies, 11(4), 419-439. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10902-009-9149-2 The article under discussion focuses on personality traits as predictors for happiness levels in children: the authors seek to clarify the correlation between the EAS model of temperament and happiness in childhood. The primary large-scale purpose of the research is to clarify relations between temperament and happiness following the pattern of similar researches in adulthood, identify personality traits, which are especially important for happiness and, by this, contribute to efficiency of programs improving children’s wellbeing. The findings illustrated in ...

Introduction

Donaldson’s algorithm is a critical analysis and confirmatory avenue that provides a guideline for cases where multinational companies and corporations are faced with corporate responsibility dilemma. The problem stems out as a result of the differences between the home country norms and ethics and those of the host country (Schlegelmilch, 1998). Donaldson designed the algorithm to aid the multinational corporations in deciding whether or not it if sound and ethical to conform to the prevailing norms in the host country. The assignment seeks to analyze two business practices and the conditions that the multinational firms are subject to ...

KU Version March 2011

At the end of the case study, the scholar will be able to: Identify the steps of the investigation of an outbreak; Describe the characteristics of an outbreak in terms of time, place and person; Use descriptive epidemiological data to generate hypotheses; Use analytical epidemiological data to test hypotheses; Formulate recommendations for the control of an outbreak. Part A cluster of acute hepatitis in Provo, Utah Provo is a large municipality located in the North of Utah, close from the border with Wyoming and Idaho. The population of Provo was 6,185 in ...

Introduction

For any company to be successful there is the need for the human resource department to take measures to reduce the impact of drug use in the workplace. One of these strategies is conducting random and regular drug checks for the workers in the company. According to the data provided by the department of labour in United States of America, employers suffer about 100 billion dollars in losses from problems associated with drug use at the workplace. The losses are incurred by low productivity of the workers, non-attendance, violence at the workplace, defiance and laziness at the workplace. The ...

1. Factor Analysis Factor analysis is a statistical procedure utilized for data reduction (Bartholomew et al., 2008). This reduction is reflected in lowering a large number of variables that have similar characteristics, into smaller factors (dimensions). Specifically, based on data reduction, factor analysis is conducted to identify the unobservable and underlying structure of a set of variables which are correlated with each other. These variables are coherent but independent of one another. By coherent it implies that the variables are very consistent and relate with each other harmoniously while independent denotes that the outcomes or the results of each variable are ...

1.0 Background Information on SARS Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) is a newly emerged febrile lower respiratory viral disease that has been described in Asia, Europe, North America and recently Middle East. The disease was first reported in Asia, specifically in Guangdong Province of Southern China, in late 2002. It then spread to Hong Kong, Vietnam, Singapore, Canada, Taiwan, Thailand, Canada, the U.K, U.S and Slovenia at an unprecedented rate, so that in a period of weeks it had spread to 37 countries and was thus a pandemic of global concern in 2003. SARS is reported to be the first global ...

Fostering patient safety with multiple patients

The Ironside et al article is an article about safety in the nursing occupation. The safety of patients is important in any health facility. This research focused on how using experiences of multiple patient simulations affected the competence levels of nursing students. Apart from simulation, the simulation model also assessed how the students’ tolerance for ambiguity, age and grade point average related to simulation outcomes. The results are evidence to nursing educators on how multiple patient simulations impact on nursing students’ competence. The results also show the need to document student competencies inpatient safety before releasing them to enter ...

Introduction

Some of the most interesting topics in psychology and other nervous-related topics are the ones that tackle paranormal activities—these are activities that cannot usually be explained by science (Wagner, 2011). Other entities that are believed to be of paranormal origin are ghosts, haunted houses, exorcisms, invisibility cloaks and other things that cannot usually be explained even by the most modern technologies. Some experts have claimed that paranormal entities aren’t actually real; some even believe that we are the only ones that make it real. The brain is a very powerful tool and simply imagining things could make ...

Worried-well patients

Introduction ‘Worried-well’ patients are those are anxious about their physical wellbeing and would be in health centers seeking medical advices or treatments for ailments that cannot be diagnosed. These patients are said to be suffering from hypochondriasis, which is described as a psychological condition of excessive worry about having a serious illness (Reilly & Markenson, 2011). The unbearable condition is attributed by an incorrect acuity of the human body’s condition despite the deficiency of a genuine medical condition. Worried-well patients can thus be categorized as hypochondriacs. They are distressed about any somatic signs they detect no matter their minority. Their conviction ...

Toxicology

The tour of the toxicology lab at the CSI website changed my perception of toxicology as a facet of forensic science. The tour began by me being introduced to a description of the work that forensic toxicologist do. According the CSI website, forensic toxicologists are served with the responsibility of determining the presence of drugs and other chemical substances in the human body; tissues and fluids. As opposed to drug chemistry, which analyzes evidence prevalent outside the body, forensic toxicology concerns itself with the analysis of evidence found inside human bodies. Multiple fluids are normally analyzed by toxicologist in an attempt ...

14th April, 2011.

Objectives/Aims

1) The aim of the experiment was to scrutinize food samples for the presence of microorganisms using the Australian Standard (AS) techniques to establish quality and safety of food produce for consumption. 2) The experiment is also aimed at comparing standard and new techniques of food sampling. This will assist in establishing the most efficient, convenient, cheap, reliable, sensitive and easy to use technique in analyzing food samples for the presence of microbial organisms.

Introduction

Microbial organisms in food can either be useful or poisonous if consumed. For years now, microorganisms have been used in the ...