Essays on Encompasses

A worldview refers to a conception or philosophy of life that is concerned with world meaning. It is any philosophy, ideology, theology, religion, or movement that seeks to offer an overreaching approach to the way humans understand God as well as the world’s relation to God. The Christian worldview encompasses the Christian perspective through which a person views and interprets the world (Weider, 2014). It can also be interpreted as a theory that guides the way a person lives in the world. It is a mental framework of attitudes and ideas about the world. A Christian worldview is ...

Philosophy

Golding, W. (1954). Lord of the Flies. New York, NY: Penguin. (Pp. 1-297)

Summary

William Golding wrote the Lord of the Flies in 1957 about the English boys who were stranded in an island after their plane has crashed over the pacific. Ralph is the eldest among the surviving group of young boys who also assumed leadership in the group. On the other hand, Ralph’s leadership was found to be unpopular among the choir group particularly for its charismatic leader Jack Merridew. Ralph and his group maintain a laid-back perspective over their situation by having fun and at the ...

Introduction

Railways for cars are a new and modern way of transporting cars from one place to the other using trains. This is one of the brightest in innovation in the history of humankind since it has helped to solve many problems that are normally associated with moving cars. Because of the availability of the above service, it is now very easy for people especially those who own personal cars to move their vehicles from one region to the other. The idea works on the principle that the cars are loaded into the train using very simple loading techniques. This ...

Fostering Successful Emergency Planning

Fostering a successful emergency plan ensures that the plan focuses on intensive training and exercises. In doing so, the plan reinforces emergency preparedness for a number of potential emergencies. The exercises that emergency planners can create to test their plans include trial or testing through prototypes and operations, rehearsing the plan and explaining the plan to others and memorizing it (‎Perry, 2016). The best way to access emergencies is through trials. I believe this is true because when accessing emergency systems using trial, one bases the trial on socialist systems. The use of socialist systems in responding to emergencies ...

Overview of the Case Study

Over the years, the Singapore government had been operating on a two airline policy that had promoted efficient interaction between the government-owned Singapore airline, and its national competitor, Silvertail Airlines. For about 10 years, the duopoly worked so well until 1990 when other competitors joined the airline industry, following the airline deregulation policies adopted by the government. Consequently, the share price of Silvertail Airline Company started changing due to the friendly services such as low cost charges offered by its major competitors. This wind of change prompted a transformation in the company’s board of directors, which was replaced ...

Critical Review of Program Evaluation Study: Family Life-Skills Program

A Critical Review of Program Evaluation Study: Family Life-Skill Program Introduction There is sufficient evidence suggesting that the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) program in New Hampshire, USA is giving increased attention to women empowerment by introducing the Leadership for Employment, Achievement, and Purpose (LEAP) curriculum that involves a welfare-to-work process. The program evaluation authored by Wichroski et al. (2000) seeks to determine the impact of the program in relation to the program objectives and expected outcomes. On the other hand, this discussion will determine the adequacy of the evaluation by looking into the methodology and the areas ...

Article Summary

Insigniam: Ten Disruptive Forces in Healthcare The article articulates the factors that are perceived as disruptive in the healthcare sector. Part of the discussion includes transition to value-based reimbursement, which turned hospital systems into a healthcare system by providing pre-emptive care. In addition, the system is currently shifting volumes and lower reimbursement in order to reduce cost while maximizing the utilization of all systems. Another important areas of concern in healthcare are when the system moves from caring for the sick to focus on primary care. This issue is related to the prevailing increase in government regulation where agencies ...

Question 1

Reliability is a concept that focuses on the ability of a product to perform its functions according to specifications as well as in a consistent manner (Ebeling 32). It is related to unexpected failures of services or products as well as understanding the factors that contribute to such failures. The reliability of a system, service, or an item is the probability that it will perform the specified functions under certain environmental and operational conditions over a specified time. In most instances, reliability interfaces with quality, safety, supportability, test, cost, and design (Stapelberg 43). Reliability analysis is vital for understanding ...

Introduction

The concept of changing mindset transcends to both the personal perspective of every individuals to shift from career to entrepreneurship and the organizational perspective of shifting into a learning organization. Furthermore, the concept of changing mindset will be elaborated by analyzing a case study and the article by Seddon and O’Donnovan (2010). In he first part, the changing mindset was demonstrated by the case of Andy who successfully established a small business instead of staying in his career. It is apparent from the case that changing from career into a small business entrepreneur can be a challenge, but ...

DISCUSSION PAPER

1. The 2013 Army Strategic Planning Guidance (ASPG) describes an Army that is “globally responsive and regionally engaged — one building toward a regionally aligned, mission tailored force that can Prevent, Shape and Win now and in the future.” To guide this approach, the Army lists four imperatives that form the basis of the Army Campaign Plan:

develop leaders to meet the challenges of the 21st century; adapt the Army to more effectively provide land power; and enhance the all-volunteer Army. Which imperative is the most important and why? Give an example of something that the Army could do to ...

Assignment 1

Having read the course notes and the articles, I gained a proper understanding of what geography is. The concept of geography is closely connected with the spatial way of thinking, and yet it encompasses far more than the knowledge of places and their location. Broadly speaking, the realm of geography contains human and physical geography. The study of human geography covers the spatial peculiarities of human existence, whereas physical geography delves into the fields of landforms, climate, water, soil and vegetation. With regard to the socio-economic geography, it covers a wide range of topics, such as the concept of ...

Purnell’s Model for Cultural Competence

Introduction The modern health care faces multiculturalism and diversity challenges that arise due to cultural differences of the health care professionals and among the clients. As such, various initiatives and strategies have become necessary to inculcate cultural sensitivity or competence among health care professionals. Healthcare organizations face the challenges pose by multicultural diversity as well as ethnic and racial disparities among the service providers (Campinha, 2011). Therefore, they are avidly adopting various strategies to address this issue. They develop statements, initiatives, and standards to encourage health care professionals to become culturally competent. Purnell’s Model has been proposed for ...

Introduction

Natural law theory and positivism are two approaches to thinking that differ in the basic legal principles and rules on the treatment of law. Principles and rules influence English jurisprudence and the administration of justice through the attitudes, perspectives, approaches, decisions and pronouncements of judges and jurists. Natural law theory and positivism dominate respective areas of English jurisprudence and adjudication process, but these approaches may also simultaneously exert influence to raise issues and cause developments in other areas.

Influence of Natural Law Theory

Natural law is “the order of the dynamic tendencies that are proper to man as a rational being”. The rule of ...

Business Marketing Plan

Section I: Marketing Plan and Sales Strategy

The target consumer is someone who is both below and above 18 years old, belongs to the low income range, either male and female, with no occupation requirement, either single and married (regardless of the family size), belongs to the Black and White American ethnic groups, preferably college educated, and owns or rents a home. The name of the company that will do the marketing is Sync Pure Drinks Co. Ltd. (SPDCL). The top two products that the company is currently planning to release to the marketplace, following a successful launch sometime ...

RESTORATIVE JUSTICE

Abstract Encountering the information about a crime, we tend to find out the allegedly basic issues concerning one’s guilt and the accountability of an offender in the form of just punishment. Such approach is not an exception or a rare case, instead – it is an overwhelming thought. However, in fact, the committing of a crime is far more complicated issue than the mere interrelation between illegal act and inevitable punishment. Nevertheless, people are still likely to neglect the accomplishments of restorative justice as one of incomprehensible novelties. Therefore, this paper is dedicated to the revealing of the truth ...

Innovation

Executive summary Business organizations have implemented and embraced different organizational strategies that have contributed positively to the performance, and general business productivity. Product innovation strategy has been one of the strategies used to improve product performance and increase sales within an organization. Innovation models are important features of a successful organization. Advanced technology has led to the use of improved business strategies in increasing productivity and performance. Business organizations have embraced different changes in the social and technological aspect to provide products and services suitable for customers. Multiple innovation models may be incorporated into the business strategy to provide ...

EHRs

Electronic Health Records are a broad category of HITs containing a patient’s clinical history. The system’s primary user is the provider and would encompass primary clinical information relevant and unique to the patient from the provider’s perspective. Some of the information contained in EHRs include demographics, medication reports, patient charts, laboratory data, and past medical information. Thus, the system is an automated version of patient information offered as part of the support process from various interface users (Keyhani et al., 2008). This paper considers the lifecycle of EHRs through a description of the process involved in ...

Strategic planning is probably one of the most important processes in any organization. In order to accomplish it effectively, the firm has to focus on such aspects as decision making steps, personal qualities of managers as well as employees, environmental concerns, and the quality-productivity-profitability link. This paper stresses the importance as well as discusses the details related to each of these managerial phenomena.

The Basic Steps in the Management Planning Process

In order to achieve adequate management planning, organizational goals have to be analyzed realistically by the senior management. Afterwards, long as well as short term strategies of the business have to be considered. Only after such ...

Art & Architecture

Introduction The work of Charles Baudelaire had a significant contribution on the concept of modernism particularly in his essay “The Painter of Modern Life”. Baudelaire’s influence on modernism was constructed from his criticism of art and urban space where he seeks for inherent beauty within the bustling landscape and transitional urban spaces. Before the publication of his work, Paris, France is undergoing a major industrialization phase, which served as a theatre for Baudelaire to redefine the context of modernism conveyed in his controversial verse (Tuman, 2010). The discussion explores the conception of urban modernism including the ways in ...

Introduction

Lens Crafter was founded by Dean Butler in 1983, and it is headquartered in Manson Ohio. Dean had an idea of creating frames in an hour which was convenient to the customers. The company has an onsite lab where clients can pick lenses and a frame then have the final product made in less than an hour. The company has grown to be the leading retailer in optics with more than 900 stores and almost 15000 associates in the U.S. and Canada (Tocquigny, 2012 ).

It is important for all companies to have an operational strategy. An operational strategy refers ...

Final Quiz

Psychology Explain the differences of qualitative study design and quantitative study design. The difference in design between the qualitative and quantitative study is that the qualitative design encompasses an exploratory research where both structured and unstructured methods in data collection is employed. On the other hand, the quantitative design relies on numerical data in quantifying a given problem in which statistical methods are employed in interpreting the data.

There are several tools being used in conducting research, but the common tool observed in all studies is the use of measurement.

Describe the advantages and disadvantages of qualitative study design and quantitative study design.

Qualitative research encompasses an advantage in terms of giving ...

REF: NEW REGULATIONS TO SECURE HEALTH INFORMATION AND PROTECT PATIENT PRIVACY

Hello. I hope this memo finds you in perfect health. I would like to bring to your attention the following changes to DHHS’s HIPAA regulatory requirements. Also highlighted are some of the subsequent internal policy changes as well as their influence on nursing practice and patient care.

New Regulatory Requirement

The DHHS has strengthened its regulations on the need for enhanced privacy and security for protected health information (PHI). This move works in line with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) 1996. The revision, therefore, addresses the following key pointers. First, in the revision, there is a great enhancement ...

A proposal in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of

Introduction Wheat (Triticum sp.), an extensively adapted crop, is one of the primitive and primary staple food crops in the world. Wheat is cultivated from temperate; dry to irrigated or rain-fed areas, to warm, humid or cold conditions. Such a high adaptability is attributed to its intricate genome (Acevedo et al., 2002). Wheat cultivation covers more land area compared to other commercial crops and endures to be an essential food grain for humans (Curtis, 2002). Estimations reveal that by 2050, the population of the world will reach 9.1 billion (34 percent greater than today); correspondingly, the food requirement and ...

Compare and Contrast

Compare and Contrast

For a better part of 19th century, various expressive art forms such as orchestral music, Shakespearean drama, sculptures, paintings, and opera enjoyed mass popularity and high-cultural status. However, in America, people shared a culture that was less organized (hierarchically), and less divided into rigid adjectival categories. With time, American arts became increasingly renowned for a growing chasm of “high” and ‘low” culture. Specifically, highbrow culture appeals to the affluent sections of the society who have enough disposable incomes to spend on services and goods that are more expensive and of higher quality. It requires a culture ...

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Executive Summary

Tesla Motors was developed in the year 2003 and has been the pioneer of producing the environment friendly vehicles ever since. The company has been widely known for its high performance sports cars that are equipped with the latest technology features and hinder the carbon emission, which eventually makes its vehicles environment friendly. The company is aimed towards reducing its inventory, production and distribution cost and provide high-end vehicles at low cost. The company is focused on enhancing the customer experience by means of providing them with the innovative features and design while keeping the cost low ...

Attribute Standard 1312 issued by the IIA indicates that Internal Audit Departments purporting to follow IIA Standards must have an external assessment “conducted at least once every five years by a qualified, independent reviewer or review team from outside the organization. Two such organizations include World Com and Fannie Mae. The two organizations were in the news owing to various reporting and internal audit practices that may have resulted in their collapse, as is the case of World Com or hefty financial losses for their shareholders and other stakeholders. Consequent to such observations, the objective of this paper is ...

Compare and Contrast

Philosophy

Introduction The context of determinism, compatibilism, and libertarianism can be attributed to the two notions of freedom the metaphysical and circumstantial. The latter encompasses an idea that everyone has freedom to act without being interfered by any obstacle while the former demonstrates the freedom of oneself to choose among alternatives. This notion of freedom will be articulated in this discussion by comparing and contrasting the philosophical context of determinism, compatibilism, and libertarianism. Furthermore, the discussion will also differentiate the three positions in terms of strengths and weaknesses. Based on the interpretation of the three positions, a personal take ...

Introduction

In criminal justice, law enforcement agencies are institutions mandated to ensure that law and order is put into effect in a certain area of jurisdiction. They include police officers, patrol officers and prosecutors. Discretion in law enforcement refers to the capability of implementation agencies such as the police to point out and file incidents that are criminal in nature (Boivin and Cordeau, 2011). In criminal justice, discretion is also seen as the action by officers based on the opinion about the appropriate course in an encountered situation. In the process of enforcing the law, these agencies face different situations ...

Stress Model

The model of stress incorporates the five steps mechanism, in which the first step encompasses the life situation that makes the individual out of balance. The individual falls in the state and disequilibrium and needs to acquire the state of equilibrium by means of identifying the prevailing situation as stressful and hence, this step encompasses the second step. In the third step, the occurrence of emotional arousal takes place in which the individual feels emotional response to the stressful situation. Afterwards, the fourth step take place in which the individual feels the psychological arousal towards the situation. The individual ...

Abstract

The healthcare systems comprise of many services that can lead to the successful delivery of treatment to the patients. Patients can receive their treatment and then the member or the hospital can contact the third party payer to reimburse them. There are numerous reimbursement methods and clients chose one that they. The methods include; the Value-Based Purchasing Medical Reimbursement, pay for performance, fee-for- service and episode-of-care payment. Each method has both its advantages and disadvantages to either the patient or the hospital. An acute care hospital which provides quality treatment to the patients within a short period utilizes the ...

Introduction

Strategic management is increasingly becoming an efficient ongoing process in developing and revising a future-oriented strategy that allows firms to attain their goals and considers their potential challenges and the environments to which they operate (Fred, 2003). This approach is particularly crucial in the aircraft companies where the demand for new aircraft and aerostructure components is booming in the global market. Thus, aircraft companies need to undertake a strategy formulation as an integral aspect of their strategic process in management. In our research, we focus on Spirit Aerosytems Inc, one of the leading aerospace manufacturer and designer of aircraft ...

US 311: Business Law I

You are the manager of Acme Fireworks, a fireworks retailer who sells fireworks, puts on ground display fireworks, and large aerial display fireworks. The company started in the owner’s garage two years ago and now has 15 employees that you manage. The company started as a sole proprietorship, and the owner has never changed the entity. The owner has informed you that the company has received inquiries from several large businesses wondering if the company could create several fireworks displays on a regular basis. The owner told the inquirers that the company could fill such display orders, and ...

Healthcare

Introduction Data provided by research encompasses critical importance to the advancement of practicum experience at an HIV agency. The information afforded through research offers new perspectives and approach to dealing with HIV cases, particularly for students that are starting to get exposed in real-world experience working in HIV related issues. The discussion will demonstrate the understanding of the importance of data on all aspects of the practicum experience in an HIV agency in Canada. This includes highlighting agency practices in terms of implementation of data security and the importance of training in handling critical data, particularly about HIV patient’ ...

Healthcare

Working on the Applied Project is equally challenging and rewarding at the same time. One of the challenges of completing Section 1 of the project is finding the most relevant literatures that would greatly contribute to the development of project. There are thousands of literatures available both online and in library resource, but finding the significant ones is in part challenging because the content needs to be consistent with the objectives of the project. Furthermore, the writing part of the project also encompasses the same challenge in terms of accurately describing the context of the chosen literatures. In an ...

Technology

Introduction Each aspect of making a decision regardless of how small or big the impact of a decision would be follows a process in order to arrive from one end of the decision to another. In terms of purchasing new computers, there are certain factors for consideration before making a decision. However, understanding the way decision-making process works would enable anyone to make a better choice. The discussion will demonstrate the process of decision-making in purchasing multiple computers. In order to arrive to such decision, several process models will be examined including assessment of the steps, the people involve ...

Analysis of the Chinese Culture Ideas

Introduction Most people may not be able to grasp the idea behind the Chinese culture, but certain elements in its religious system reveals the comprehensive understanding of the elements reflected in the cultural phenomena of imperial China. The discussion articulates the elements that described the cultural evolution of imperia China from the Daoist, Confucian, Buddhist, and Legalist perspectives. In addition, expressing the understanding of the Chinese culture encompasses an analysis of relevant Chinese literatures, which embodies the characteristics of Chinese culture from the literary standpoint. Most importantly, the discussion aims to identify, which Chinese philosophical idea best represent the ...

Personal Case Study

Communication Personal Case Study

Interpersonal Conflict

One in a while we find ourselves in a situation where we need to make a stand to what we believe is right and fair. In the past, I have been in a conflict with a store manager and the attending staff during one of my visits at an electronic gadget store. The cause of the conflict is the miscommunication regarding the validity period in the product return and replacement policy of store, which was not clearly explained and communicated to me as a customer. The product I bought is entitled for a replacement in ...

Abstract

A caring disposition is a highly crucial aspect in service leadership. It is a fundamental attribute in today’s workplace settings that provide a unique system to which a good service leader can be assessed. In essence, a caring disposition encompasses powerful knowledge that is particularly efficient in formulating and implementing team approaches in ensuring the delivery of a successful leadership practice. This term paper seeks to discuss important concepts in caring disposition and how it promotes service leadership. The introductory part of the paper creates a clear understanding service leadership. In the first section of the term paper, ...

Section I. Reflections

My reflection on Assignment 1 incorporates that it will be challenging to motivate the teenagers to attend the 3D program. The teenagers will be unwilling to register for the program and even after being registered, they may not be consistent towards attending the program. This is due to the fact that teenagers will want to spend their weekend by means of engaging in some extracurricular and recreational activities. Moreover, the teenagers who already have encountered the situation of driving under influence will also refrain from attending this program due to their juvenile or resistant behavior. The revision for assignment ...

Nursing

Introduction The process involved in health promotion is to enable an effective dissemination of information about certain health problems in order for the people to improve their state of health or increase control over a certain health issue. Identifying the cause of health problem begins with probing, which involves determining the causation of the issue at hand. Difficulty in breathing is an example of a health issue that translates to several health conditions that people are not aware about. The discussion encompasses a short discussion about difficulty in breathing followed by articulation of the data collection process that entails ...

ITERS Observation and Reflection

ITERS Observation and Reflection The objective of the activity is to observe a toddler in a classroom for a maximum of 10 hours in order to complete the Infant/Toddler Environment Rating Scale or ITERS. In this activity a male toddler with permission from the parent was asked to stay in a classroom for a minimum of 1 hour with 15 minutes interval giving a total of 10 hours as needed for the observation period. The standard element observed in the learning environment encompasses a goal of ensuring that the toddler can move freely in the classroom area in order ...

Criminal Justice

Introduction Criminological perspectives encompass several arguments that explain the cause of crime. Understanding the cause of crime is relatively important in solving criminality, which the various criminological theories tend to clarify. The discussion will highlight the three criminological perspectives namely trait, social, and classical theories. Each perspective will be discussed followed by an argument regarding the two sentencing models and determine, which of the models is a more effective approach in addressing crime. Lastly, the discussion articulates the sentencing model, which is likely to have the most potential in reducing crime while linking to the discussion on the various ...

Law

Research three to five (3-5) ethical issues relating to marketing and advertising, intellectual property, and regulation of product safety THAT PHARMACARE DID and examine whether PharmaCARE violated the law.  Be sure to identify the law in all these areas.   The ethical issue in marketing and advertising emanating from PharmaCare’s actions can be attributed to fair treatment in which the company corrupted the medical professionals in terms if illegally acquiring patient information for CompCare. Furthermore, the offensive actions committed by the company also includes concealing the changes in the composition of the drug and marketing it as treatment to ...

Internal Analysis

Internal Analysis

Introduction

According to David (2011), every organization has weaknesses and strengths in its functional areas. Organizations have several functional areas depending on the industry they operate in. A firm that seeks competitive advantage against rivals must build on its distinctive competencies, which are inimitable strengths that others cannot replicate. Similarly, it is important to build on weaknesses and to turn them into strengths. The process of internal analysis, therefore, involves establishing the company’s strengths and weaknesses within key functional areas. Once completed, an internal analysis helps employees to understand and perform their roles within the larger organizational ...

Section one

The research below will present a discussion on Samsung as a preferred multinational company that is originally of a South Korean origin. Notably, it is comprised of several affiliated, as well as, subsidiaries businesses that are mostly united under the brand of Samsung. The company has a significant influence on the economy, politics, culture, media and the development of all other aspects of the South Korean state. Essentially, the revenues of Samsung make a huge chunk of South Korean GDP. The company as a global corporation is present in the six out of the seven continents in the entire ...

Intellectual Property Rights and Global Property Rights and Leasing Equipment

Intellectual Property Rights and Global Property Rights and Leasing Equipment Q.1. The existing fair usage exceptions strikes imbalance between the interests of the users and the copyright owners. For one, the exceptions are only limited to permit purposes such as news reporting, giving professional advice, criticism, and study. In this case, such exception does not provide a balanced treatment to the interests of the copyright users particularly in terms of their daily living. Furthermore, the exceptions are only limited to benefit specific users such as educational institutions, libraries, archives, and the media, which encompasses a failure to protect the ...

Human Resource Management

In recent cases such as Fisher v. Texas in 2008, several senior high school students were denied admission to the University of Texas-Austin despite being in the top 10% of the class, which provides automatic admission to any State university of their choice (de Vogue, 2015). Furthermore, Fisher argues that race and color should not be a basis for admission. However, the Supreme Court upheld the decision of the Court of Appeals in favor of UT on the grounds that the school is entitled to racial preference citing the requirements laid out on Grutter v. Bollinger (NCSL, 2013). In ...

Psychology

Introduction The use of Null Hypothesis Significance Testing as a statistical tool for research methods in psychology became a center of debate because of the perceived errors, which was associated to the misuse of the method and erroneous conclusion in some of the published scholarly journals. Many scholarly journal publishers particularly those that are specialized in the field social psychology suggests to ban the use of NHST and the Basic and Applied Social Psychology (BASP) acted upon on this call. On the other hand, proponents of NHST argue that the problem is not with the technique, but with the ...

Imperial, Dominant, and Hegemonic Feminism

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Introduction

The term feminism emerged in the contemporary socio-political discourse as an important movement encompassing ideological frameworks that seeks to establish and define a common goal to achieve equal footing in the political, personal, and economic sector. Since the emergence of the feminist movement, several notions of feminism was developed to create a greater understanding of its role in establishing equal rights and opportunities of women. In this discussion, the different notions of feminism will be explored by highlighting the concepts of each theoretical model. The discussion includes definitions of imperial, ...

In the Aftermath of the September 11 Attacks

The September 11 terrorist attacks of 2001 on the New York Twin Towers of the World Trade Center constituted a traumatic event for Americans of all social classes and ethnic backgrounds. The memories of such violent attacks have been kept alive by the numerous terrorist attacks perpetrated abroad in places like Madrid, Paris and Brussels and in Americans cities such as San Bernardino, California. Unfortunately, all of these attacks have been perpetrated by Muslim extremists. Besides a sense of fear and vulnerability the September 11 attacks aroused a sense of patriotism and a reconsideration of the meaning of being ...

Introduction

Many people would describe ethics as something that is related to one’s feelings about what is wrong and right, while others would say that it has something to do a with person’s religious belief. Some individuals would also say that an ethical person will always act based on the law requires, while others may think of it as the standards of actions and behaviors that are socially accepted. Perhaps, ethics hold various definitions that make many people to define it based on their own perception. In the criminal justice system, ethics is one of the most essential ...

Psychology

Shot-term memory has been the subject of several studies on cognitive functioning of the brain. Several approach and theoretical frameworks were employed in the process in order to determine the implications of different factors to STM. In this discussion, the context of STM was examined by reviewing relevant literatures encompassing the varying approach to STM study. STM problems were associated to childhood ADHD, while the other research focuses on the association of visual recall and order recall. These studies involves identifying the relationship between cognitive functioning and STM, which are critical areas in understanding human brain functioning and in ...

Introduction

Apollo 11 made history as the first space craft to land at the moon with human beings on board. The astronauts on board included Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin who had fulfilled President John F. Kennedy’s national goal of pioneering a human mission to the moon. The mission of Apollo 11 included a scientific exploration of the lunar module. In this mission, the astronauts were required to deploy a television camera that could send signals from the moon to the earth. Other instruments that were installed on the moon include solar wind composition experiment, and Laser Ranging Retroreflector. ...

Introduction

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) develops because of exposure to a traumatic experience. According to the Institute of Medicine (2012), the vital element of PTSD is the development of the characteristic symptoms that follow exposure to extreme traumatic stressors, including personal experiences. For an event to cause PTSD, it has should have had an actual or implied dire injury or near death experience to the victim. Such events could also threaten one’s physical and psychological integrity. The most common traumatic events happen during military combat, hostage situations, violent assault, torture, terrorist attacks, and disasters. While PSTD is most common ...

Synopsis of the chapter on essential elements of individual behavior in organizations

The section on essential aspects of individual behavior in organizations is a critical overview of the features and attributions of an employee and the practices within the organization. The case that forms the baseline of the chapter relates to individuals such as Bernie Madoff whose psychopathic behaviors and narcissism attributes contributed to the fall of the NASDAQ corporation. The case exemplifies on the different elements of behavior in workplaces that motivate people and propel their success or failure to perform. The chapter illustrates and highlights all the personal features that make up productive or unproductive behaviors in organizations. First, ...

Introduction

One of the biggest TV series that hit the US primetime television, The Walking Dead follows tells stories of moment-to-moment survival in the aftermath of a zombie apocalypse. The epic drama magnifies personal struggles that convey a thematic survivalist story as its core context. At the surface, it is easy to see how its title implies the dangers of the mindless walking corpses. However, the deeper meaning of the story reveals that it is not the zombies that were regarded, as the walking dead, but those who survived the apocalypse can be far more dangerous and worst than the ...

Introduction

Myths and legends played a vital role in the progression of culture of the great civilizations of in the ancient world. In today’s ideological contemporaries, the role of myths to a specific culture fascinated scholars for ages and several theoretical approaches were attributed to understanding the context of myths. In this discussion Eastern mythology will be explored specifically the myth of the creation of the universe and Japan. Exploring the mythological context of creation employs the feminist and anthropological theoretical underpinnings. In addition, referencing other literatures to explain how the Japanese society makes use of the myth, its ...

Visitors’ Perception on Westminster London as a Sustainable, Responsible, and Environmental Friendly Destination

Referencesp.41 List of Figures Figure 1. Findings from the questionnaires Figure 2. Finding for three sections of sustainability, responsibility and environmental friendliness Figure 1.1. Sustainability Figure 1.2. Responsibility Figure 1.3. Environmental friendliness Abstract Sustainable tourism is one of the rising trends in the tourism industry. More and more stakeholder groups are starting to realize the importance of their assets. One of the best ways to preserve tourist destinations (i.e. the assets) is to promote sustainable, responsible, and environmental friendly tourism management. Unfortunately, engaging in those kinds of practices and operations can be costly. Most tourism industry firms are still ...

Introduction:

Identity is a construct that encompasses the way people think about themselves and their role in the larger social environment. Human identity is enacted through social interactions with other people as well as the relationship built between them. Therefore, identity can be understood to be containing both individual and personal differentiators and components related to someone’s role in social groups (Berzonsky, pp. 55). Absolute identity characteristics can be written in the body such as ethnicity or gender. Therefore, the way people behave reflects on their behavior, beliefs and affiliations. Communication technologies and online information have shaped the process ...

Reflection Paper

Reflection Paper

The Marshmallow test that was first administered by Mischel in the 1960s and it focused on testing delayed gratification among children (Ebbesen 1972). The children were taken to a room without any form of distractions except a table with marshmallows. The researcher presented the children with a choice of eating the marshmallows whenever they felt the urge to eat or wait (delay gratification) until the adult instructing them returns to the room to reward them with two marshmallows. The researcher was keen on creating an intense psychological conflict in the children. The children spent fifteen minutes in ...