Essays on Dexterity

Motor-dexterity was tested, in order to determine the overall impact of hand dominance on individual behavior. This was tested by having individuals perform activities with each hand, and watch for signs of frustration as they use their non-dominant hand. The hypotheses were that: People would perform the motor-dexterity task faster with their dominant hand than their non-dominant hand, and that they would show more frustration while using their non-dominant hand. The following findings indicate the significance, or effect of hand dominance on level of frustration. Data was collected from ten participants, with the researcher measuring how fast they could ...

1. Robots should be used for all types of jobs. This does not necessarily mean that robots should be used exclusively for any one job, but robots can be used to augment the cognitive and technical skills of surgeons, lawyers, and teachers. Thus, realistically, robots can and should be used for all types of jobs where their dexterity and ability to process information quickly outpaces the abilities of human beings. However, this does not relegate humans to being useless. On the contrary, human beings have enormous creative, cognitive, and experiential powers to utilize in many occupational environments. It does ...

AUDIENCE ANALYSIS

The target audience is the groups of patients and their guardian with complicated ailments that require operation at the clinic. They want a surgical procedure that is safe, less painful, and takes less time to heal with minimal scarring. This population ranges in age from approximately 20 for college going teens to 80 for retired and semi-retired elderly members. The gender ratio is approximately 50% male and 50% female. All the audience is knowledgeable of normal surgical procedures and posses at least a high school diploma, though many adults have a college degree. The group comprise of many different ethnicities: approximately 40% ...

Introduction

Human resource management plays an imperative role in the operations of an organization as it ensures that an organization acquires the best talents for effective operations. There are numerous functions played by the human resource management department in an organization such as planning, recruiting among others. This paper focuses on the recruitment function of the human resource management department, in particular the selection process of an entry level of an operations manager. The selection process is one where the organization seeks to discover the characteristics and suitability of a given candidate for the job position (Ivancevich & Konopaske, 2012). A good ...

Playing video games, or “gaming,” has become a common hobby for individuals of all different ages. Some games could be deemed as educational, but many of the more popular games, however, positively feature acts such as killing, abusing drugs, committing crime, using bad language and acting according to stereotypes based on race, sex and gender. Much research has been done which highlights potential problems with violent video games. Aside from real world violence, studies reveal that there can be many other negative effects on children and young people who engage in regular gaming, and very few positive ones. While it ...

Jane is a thirty seven year old woman working as a Nurse. Jane has been working in a fast paced technical department of a hospital for over 15 years in a role that requires a very high degree of repetitive hand finger manipulation, and fine manual dexterity. Her roles include application of digital pressure to prevent blood hemorrhage, and complex canulation procedures (RBI, para 5). Jane has no underlying medical conditions. A general practitioner has already diagnosed Jane with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and the line manager has referred Jane to the occupational safety department to modify her work procedures as a treatment option (RBI, para ...

Violent video games have been around for well over thirty years. Such games have over the years emerged to be the favorites of many children. Typically, the average kid will be thrilled by a violent superstar thrashing other characters and moving behind enemy lines. Apparently, the impact of violent video games on kids has been a topic of concern in the field of social sciences for a considerably long time. While other social scientists argue that video games improve the brain capacity and judgment of a kid, others maintain that violent video games increase the likelihood of aggressive behavior among kids (Anderson et ...

Q.1) What Do You Think Of Lewiss Method Of Finding An Unfilled Niche

One can quite positively conclude that Tim Lewis is indeed a very observant fellow. His finding a niche area came from observing his very own clients he worked with. He identified that the small to medium-sized firms were not serviced by the consultants adequately. Also he carried out a thorough 18 month market research to ascertain that the niche did in fact exist. As his clients while working with TMC were hospitals of the Birmingham area, his niche area eventually became hospitals and healthcare (mostly small and mid-sized), an area from which a third of his business came.

Q.2) What growth possibilities are there for him in this expanding technological age?

With rapid advancements in telecom ...

From when a baby is born the process of development begins. There are many stages, all which can vary in age from child to child. A baby’s reflexes are what start this whole process off.

Primitive reflexes stem from the central nervous system. They are shown in normal infants in reaction to certain stimuli. As a child moves through normal development the frontal lobes inhibit these reflexes.

Primary reflexes develop while a foetus is still in the womb and are vital for it to survive as a newborn. Without, for example, rooting and sucking reflexes, a baby would be unable to feed normally.

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