Essays on Interruption

The human body and the way in which it operates is a wonder in itself, but there are many more wondrous systems which keep this body going in the way that it does. One such system is the circulatory system which is exclusively responsible for the distribution of blood towards all of the organs scattered within the body. There are many organs and a scattered network of blood vessels which all come together to get this system up and running, and any hitch in any one of these individual blood carriers could become tedious and sometimes even chronic for ...

Introduction

In the past, humans practiced hunting and gathering as a way of finding food. They would hunt down animals for food and feed the different communities. Over time, as the human population grew. The growth in human population meant that there was an increased demand in food, thus leading to an increased number of animals to hunt down. It became impossible for the humans to solely depend on animals for food. Another result with the increased human population was increased demand for land. The humans turned to cutting down or burning vegetation. In the process, some animals were burnt ...

Deontology is an ethical branch dealing with good activities, duties, and right obligations. It originated from a Greek word deon meaning duty. Abortion makes people take sides thus causing polarization of individuals, especially opportunists such as politicians and the liberals. Liberals and feminists use the utilitarian argument while politicians use the deontological positions. Deontological approach uses moral actions and duties to murder those practicing abortion. However, pregnancy interruption before birth is viewed from different angles and ethical conclusion from different perceptions are allowed from various rights and theories. Deliberate determination of pregnancy has been a discussion over the years. ...

Letter of Transmittal

Richard Albert Sylvester Management Consultant Lamplighters Corporation Ottawa K I P 5B5 Phone: 613-563-1509 www.lamplightres.ca The Right Honorable Justin P.J. Trudeau

Office of the Prime Minister

80 Wellington Street

Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2

RE: Project Suitability Report on the Proposed Trans Mountain Expansion Pipeline Project Dear Right Honorable Prime Minister, It is with great pleasure and honor that I submit this report on the suitability of the proposed Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline project. The Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline project proposal by Kinder Morgan aims at increasing the current capacity of the existing Trans Mountain oil pipeline. Currently, the existing infrastructure has a capacity of 300,000 barrels per ...

Diet is necessary to everyone for continuing the life. Its utility occupies a significant position in the biological world. The unique benefit the diet provides is of paramount importance in achieving the health-specific goals. However, alongside with knowing about the diet and its role in health, it is essential to develop certain awareness about its assessment. With the advancement of technology various approaches were believed to exist with regard to the dietary assessment. In such context, the present description deals with a topic entitled, Dietary Assessment Using Electronic Method.

Review

As per the sources, the connection between routine intake of ...

Abstract

Transformation remains, and hugely significant tool in extending the borders of life sciences and medicine. It can be referred as fixing intracellular DNA into a bacteria or organism through the vector, thus transforming it. This paper uses plasmid pUC18, self-reproducing circular/spherical strands of genes that may be modified. After the bacteria absorb the vector, some proteins not usually synthesized will occur. In this study, a system has been developed to monitor the transmittance of different DNA (genes) from a genetically transformed strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae to E. coli. This mechanism is centered on yeast strains that contain several integrated ...

Business Continuity Plan for MDL

Business Continuity Plan for MDL

Introduction

Military Delivery Logistics (MDL) is a certified, U.S. Department of Defense approved contractor for the full range of logistics and product distribution services for the Federal, Defense, Intelligence, State and Local governments. It has a vendor network that allows access to more than 200,000 military standard and custom engineered products. It is based out of Santa Monica, California. It has a complex IT infrastructure to supply logistics services and has many terabytes of data that is critical. However, it has about five terabytes of data that is mission critical and has to be ...

Part 1

Which Features of turn taking occur most frequently in Brunei? In a face-to-face conversation between friends? Self-selection In Brunei, age is an important factor in any communication. Communication is in most cases formal. In the case of communication between friends, the oldest amongst the speakers usually has more power than the rest of the speakers. The youngest speaker is usually at a disadvantage than the rest of the speakers since he/she may rarely have any chance to talk and influence the others. Self-selection is common in the communication between friends. This occurs when two or more people begin speaking ...

Acknowledgement

Chapter 1 Introduction Statement of Problem Statement of Purpose Research Questions Significance of the Study Definition of Terms: Chapter 11 History of pay inequality Chapter 111 Laws Chapter 1V Women in leadership roles Chapter V Research Methodology Conclusion

Bibliography

Abstract Gender Differences as a Predictor of Salaries in Leadership Roles. Salaries have increased drastically in the past 50 years but still there is a salary disparity between men and women. In today’s workplace, leadership roles are very competitive. Applicants must have many qualifications to be considered for leadership positions. Workforce found that women needed a Ph.D. to equal the ...

This plan for electricity aims to supply a constant amount of power to the electrical units. The main goal is to allow a constant amount of electrical power to the customer. Power supply units ensure reliability due to the constant amount of power from other power sources. An uninterruptible power supply unit is important in operations which need very high availability factor for crucial services to proceed without interruption. To prevent failures during switch tests, an uninterruptible power supply provides constant power supply to various power units. Such power backups contain the power and protects against power spikes, surges and dips, ...

Unipolar depression is a psychological disorder which has seen a surge in the last 50 years. It has been discussed in numerous works of art, and has even become a public health issue because of its prevalence. Evidently, this psychological condition is complicated, and diminishes performance in many areas. Due to the fact that it has been reaching epidemic proportions, it has become a mayor health issue in many countries around the world, as it interferes with the capacity to work, maintain social bonds, and be productive in general. One of the main problems with this disorder is that its cause is not ...

Disruption means an interruption in the normalcy of the flow of action. Whenever a new technology is coined in it usually causes a replacement or improvement in the new IT system thus causing adjustments to such systems, this disruptive technology as its impact brings a new dimension all together (National Research Council (U.S.), 2010). Such technologies are disruptive because they cause paradigm shifts and changes to various consumers live, business practices, commerce and markets reliant on existing IT systems.

New technologies are more disruptive currently because they emerge in a shorter period than ever before, this gives less time for adjustments and preparedness ...

Between the First letters written in 1762, where John Adams penned his flirtatious note ‘Miss Adorable’ to 17 year old Abigail Smith and the 1801 letter by Abigail Adams to wish her husband a safe journey when he headed to Quincy after serving tenure as the 2nd President of United States. Many letters spanned between 40 years of significant correspondence reveal one of the most inspiring and intriguing partnerships of American history. As one of the leaders of the American Revolution and Newly formed republic, John Adams faced critical moments of United States creation from drafting of declaration of Independence ...

Disaster management is the process of supporting, preparing, and rebuilding the society, region, or any building after being affected by the natural disasters or artificial disasters. In comparison, emergency management planning is the process of preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery of the region or building from the impacts of disasters. This process is largely dependent on the economic and social conditions of the specific area or region. This paper is focused on planning and dealing with the emergency that can occur in the Ashford University located in the mid –western region of the United States. The paper will discuss ...

There are different kinds of individuals in the workplace that one has to learn to deal with. Each one of the individual at the workplace has a different personality, and some of the personalities can be really annoying making the workplace very uncomfortable. One has no choice of who to work with and thus the only way out is to find ways to understand the annoying co-worker. When one is at the workplace, they will meet at least one of the annoying co-workers (Marshall 2010). As much as one ought to understand these annoying co-workers, they should also make them ...

As per the Ning & Liu (2012), security is characterized as a condition of being insured or sheltered from damage; opportunity from peril. Security overall has gotten to be more sufficient because of the way of times that people live in today. One could investigate a few streets as to the security. Physical security, mental security, and mechanical security are classes that fit under security guidelines. All however one classification may be more satisfactory than the following, physical security will be talked about in this paper. Additionally the paramount segments of physical security, for example, building security, ground security, access control frameworks, ...

AbstractInformation technology disaster recovery plan is a critical asset in a business organization. It allows effectively and quickly processing of information. The employees in any organization make use of voice over internet protocol and electronic mails when communicating. The data transmission between different department make uses electronic data interchange. When is the need for an effective security system to be used and especially when handling critical data such as payment data. Wireless devices personal computers and laptops used by employee’s when creating managing, processing and communication uses information technology resources.A disaster recovery plan like setting up an alternative processing site ...

Childhood and adolescence is a critical development time in an individual’s life. The dynamics that influence economic, mental, and emotional stability later in life can be directly traced to the situation in the home where t individual grew up. Children who experience an interruption of the security of their home are at-risk for a number of negative factors, including substance abuse and psychological disorders. Because nearly half of all marriages end in divorce, this is a societal issue that needs to be addressed to determine how best to protect children during divorce. By protecting children from stressor during divorce and education ...

Psychology

Abstract The paper focuses on the four stages of sleep. The stages happen after long periods of deep sleep, which is usually the last stage. It attempts to establish a relationship between Rapid Eye Movement and Dreaming. Dreams occur during Rapid Eye Movement when an individual is sleeping. Dreaming results from a section of the brain known as the pons. The Pons area of the brain forms the origin of the Rapid Eye Movement (REM) signals. The area stops signals from reaching the spinal cord, which makes the whole body to be immobile (Wilkenman & Plante, 2010, p.2). The statement explains ...

Introduction

In the current digital era, advertisement has become an essential social event. Current advertisements illuminate a significant change in beliefs, values, and most important behaviors and people’s buying patterns (Usman et al 124). Advertising directly and indirectly influences people’s lifestyles. A host of consumer research studies have shown that individual differences among advertisement audiences triggers variations in the manner in which those audiences respond to advertisement appeals (Moore et al 154). Following this revelation, advertisers are in constant search for greater communication effectiveness, but as this revolution is taking place, it is necessary to be cautious during the ...

Introduction

Special events become complex when the number of stakeholders attending such meetings increases. In addition, the total number of attendance is in direct relation to the level of complexity and preparedness required of event organizers. From the case study, Doug’s firm is in charge of running the launch of a new chocolate brand named “bubbles”, and needs professional advice on the legal framework of an upcoming event. According to David (2004), it is undeniable that despite excellent and objective event planning and management, certain things can still go wrong. Despite the level of professionalism employed by an event planning ...

Mini Session

The listening style adopted in this interview case is non-interruption. In this case, I allow the person who is addressing me to speak out as much as they want without any interruptions. The technique makes the party addressing me to feel important. They feel that their views are important hence they are open to sharing any problems that they have. The micro skill intervention employed is receptive. The nature of receptive listening is involves paying attention to what is being said and understanding the details. During the interview most of the time, most of the attention was dedicated ...

Introduction

The deployment in this case involves the process of ensuring that VoIP services are put into operation to be used by clients across the wider communication network. The VoIP itself is the technology that permits the processing of voice message and its transfer over internet protocol (IP) networks. Some of the examples of the IP networks are internet and Ethernet LANs. In fact, voice over internet protocol is a technique and a collection of numerous technologies that help in the delivery of voice communications plus sessions of the multimedia over internet protocol networks. IP telephony, broadband telephony, IP communications, internet telephony, ...

Ventilator-associated pneumonia

Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), defined as pneumonia that was absent or not developing at intubation, is the second most common hospital acquired infection (Bahrt, 2009, p. 49). It is the most prevalent hospital acquired infection amongst mechanically ventilated patients in critical care units with an estimated 10-20% incidence rate in some hospitals. It affects approximately 28% of patients requiring mechanical ventilation for >48 hours (Button, Culmer, Southard, & Donaldosn, 2005). Patients on mechanical ventilation for >24 hours are 6 to 21 times more likely to acquire VAP than patients not on ventilator support. VAP is the ...

Introduction

According Haas, Gerba and Rose (1999), Quantitative microbial risk assessment, the major purposes of a business management organ is to reduce resource wastage in the operations. These include wastages caused by risks exposed to business by both internal and external hazards. Risks therefore would refer to the capacity of harm in expectation that might occur to a business within a given duration of time within the business’ accounting period. Managing risks is therefore fundamental for the business management to be able to avoid losses. The process of risk management begins at risk assessment. Risk assessment is the managerial process of carrying ...

What is outage management planning?

An Outage is a period where there is unavailability of power maybe due to some operations or when the equipment that is supposed to complete the supply is closed down. Outages needs to be managed so that it should be effective during its execution. It will require conduction of a formal review of the former outage, identification of the lessons learned, Identify outage constrains, commit to detailed planning, schedule outage tasks or jobs, prepare matrix, conduct risk analysis, and then execute the outage (Lenahan and Lenahan).

Trans Power outage and the plan scope.

Transpower has a total capacity of 14500 MVA. Is a state owned firm that supply electricity in ...

In the teaching profession, there is no style of classroom management that can fit all classrooms. Every class is unique and has diverse student from diverse cultural backgrounds who go through many issues in their lives. Nevertheless, having a proper written class organizational and management plan is of utmost importance (Charles and Senter, 45). Therefore, in planning my own class organization and management plan, I am going to implement a plan which highly relies on teacher student preparation and organization. In the short time I have been in the classroom, I have learned that there must be problems in classes no ...

INTRODUCTION

Information systems are vital documents in many organizations. Because information system resources are so essential to the operation of an organization and its success, it is crucial that major services provided by these systems operate optimally without excessive interruption. Contingency planning support these necessities by providing the required plans, procedures, and technical parameters that will allow a system to operate and recover quickly and effectively as possible from a disruption. Contingency planning is unique to each and every system, detailing the preventive measures, recovery strategies, and technical aspects appropriate to the systems information CIA requirements. Thus an information system ...

Choose two technical controls and discuss how they are used to protect the CIA of information systems: Confidentiality, integrity and availability (CIA) Information security is a practice that aims at defending and protecting the CIA properties or values of information. This is done through avoiding the potential attacks that can be availed on information, either when moving or stored information. Such includes unauthorized access and other active attacks that aim at manipulating the original text hence compromising on integrity. A compromise on the availability of information is made possible by denial of service attacks. As concerns information security, ...

Module 5 – Continuity Plan for Wisconsin Xcel Energy

Introduction Xcel Energy is a United States investor-owned electricity and natural gas company with annual revenue of $10.3 billion. It performs regulated operations to provide energy to customers in eight Midwestern and Western states - Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, and Wisconsin. Based in Minneapolis, Xcel provides a comprehensive portfolio of energy-related products and services to approximately 3.4 million electricity and 1.9 million natural gas customers through four utility subsidiaries—Public Service Company of Colorado (PSCo), Southwestern Public Service Company (SPS), Northern States Power Company-Minnesota (NSPM), and Northern States Power Company-Wisconsin (NSPW). Xcel operates ...

Critical Analysis

In a qualitative study, Bryon, Gastmans & de Casterle (2012) explored the experiences of nurses with nurse-physician communication that occurred during decision-making for artificial nutrition or hydration (ANH) among hospitalised dementia patients. Twenty-one nurses in nine hospitals in Belgium were selected for semi-structured interviews as they reflected a wide range of personal characteristics and practice experiences. Successful advocacy for the dying patient and his family, a nurse’s ethical responsibility, depends on the quality of interdisciplinary communication. From data analysis which used a grounded theory framework emerged three factors influencing the nurse-physician communication: the attitudes of physicians toward nurses, the attitude of nurses toward ...

Introduction

Modern day health care systems focus on offering holistic care that is patient-centric, safe, effective, efficient and timely. To this end, medical practitioners must have a diverse set of skills and knowledge from pharmacology to human anatomy and physiology. Of this, a sound understanding of anatomy and physiology are critical in provision of care for long term care. Physiology is the study of function in living systems while anatomy is the study of structure in living things. These two disciplines have been central in the delivery of health services since Ancient Greece where philosophers such as Aristotle explained the relationship between ...

William Carlos Williams

William Carlos Williams has always been known as an experimenter, an innovator, a revolutionary figure in American poetry. Yet in comparison to artists of his own time who sought a new environment for creativity as expatriates in Europe, Williams lived a remarkably conventional life. A doctor for more than forty years serving the New Jersey town of Rutherford, he relied on his patients, the America around him, and his own ebullient imagination to create a distinctively American verse. Often domestic in focus and "remarkable for its empathy, sympathy, its muscular and emotional identification with its subjects," Williams's poetry is also characteristically honest: "There ...

In the recent years, there has been a rapid growth in the use of technology. This has not only affected the business world and the communication strategies, but has also spread its roots to touch on the entertainment sector. There has been the development of online gaming which tends to be quite a favorite of many people. According to Hotz (2012), there are over 1 billion online subscribers. These people can spend up to 18 hours a week on the internet playing the games. Generally, online gaming “has become a $25 billion- a year entertainment business” (Hotz, 2012). Of course, there has been a ...

An electronic system is an advanced security system that has transformed the hospitality industry. It is also referred to as mag lock, magnetic lock and an electromagnetic lock. It is an intelligent and convenient security system that assigns a new customer a clean room card with a new and original code. These locks can be classified into two categories the fail safe and fail secure locks. Fail safe locks are operated with the aid of continues flow of electric current and cannot be used for high security operations. On the other hand, fail secure locks are those that operate with the aid ...

Every business must consider the health and well-being of its customers. A big and successful multinational company like Disneyland is no exception. Having recently come under fire for refusing Ms. Tina Baughman, who is suffering from muscular dystrophy, to use a Segway instead of a wheelchair or motorized scooter at their California theme park, Disney is asked to reconsider what it means to look out for the health and welfare of all of its customers (Cohen). Whether the business is a theme park like Disneyland or a formal one like a doctor’s office, Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) states that ...

Disney’s Responsibility to Its Customers

Every business must consider the health and well being of its customers, and Disneyland is no exception. Having recently come under fire for refusing muscular dystrophy customer Tina Baughman to use a Segway instead of a wheelchair or motorized scooter at their California theme park, Disney must reconsider what it means to look out for the health and welfare of all of its customers (Cohen). There are several reasons why a business such as Disneyland must consider these factors. Considering the health and welfare of customers, including those with disabilities, is good business practice making the establishment more attractive to a wider variety ...

Part I: Introduction: In this research paper I will be comparing and contrasting the two memos “The challenger” by Roger Boisjoly and the “Three Mile Island” written by D.F. Hallman. D.F. Hallman wrote this memo in the year nineteen seventy eight at a time when he was “the manager of the Plant Performance Services” (Three Mile Island p.3). He was replying to a previous Memorandum which had been written earlier by Dunn. In this memo, Hallman was reiterating that proper expected procedures due to the demerits as a result of changes in piping not forgetting the coolant process. “Roger Boisjoly wrote “The ...

Leadership

Introduction Leaders in the society face numerous issues which if not dealt effectively ultimately result in the downfall of the organization they represent or tarnishing of their reputation. In this paper the two issues that would be selected to analyze how leaders deal with them are: challenges of downsizing, and dealing with off-shoring of jobs. In dealing with the latter issue, challenges of leading teams overseas while keeping morale in USA would be highlighted. Therefore, the two articles selected in analyzing these issues are from USA Today and were authored by Lynch (2008), and Davidson (2010).

Servant Leadership

Servant leadership ...

Fatigue: Processes, Side-effects and the Wingate Bicycle Test

When a person overexerts himself from doing strenuous activities through the say, he may feel sore and tired in each part of his body. This type of problem is called fatigue. Fatigue is mostly connected to the feeling of exhaustion because of the lack of energy and stress because of too much work, lack of sleep, lack of exercise or even because of boredom. But how exactly does this process work and how a person can discern fatigue once it is happening in the body. This paper will discuss the processes on how fatigue takes into place in the body, how ...

Introduction

In order to maintain customers in any business, the manner of communication with them matters a lot. Poor communication method would result in bad relationship which might result to loss of business clients. Good communication and listening skills are important. Patience must play a role in it because some clients would be somehow irritating.

Non-verbal and verbal communication

In order to develop good relationship with a client, it is important to understand his or her non-verbal and verbal expressions. Some expressions would signal disappointment or dissatisfaction or even disillusionment. Any one should therefore be keen to see these non-verbal cues and interpret them effectively. Their attitude ...