Essays on Kirkman

Hofstede, Trompeenaars, and Javidan conducted three different research studies with the aim of establishing the key values from which they developed different dimensions that are used to define organizational culture across different countries, thus establish the types of cultures (Trompeenaars, 364). However, their research strategies were different. For instance, Hofstede conducted an employee interview across sixty-six countries. He only used the results of forty countries. On the other hand, Trompeenaars’ research was based on 40 countries. He collected data through questionnaires from over forty-six thousand managers. Javidan research was conducted in over sixty-two countries and involved more than one ...

The study of endocrinology looks into ordinary and abnormal hormonal behavior. The endocrine system includes internal organs that secretes hormones. That is to say, endocrine glands secrete hormones into the bloodstream. These endocrine glands are essential organs of the human body that imperative to maintain various human functions, not to mention, life itself. Hormonal glands that make up the endocrine system influence many relevant factors such as pregnancy, capability to breast feed, and also the process of a child developing normally. The endocrine system aids in the regulation of a human’s basic bodily functions. Given that, these functions ...

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The Walker Within: How Zombies Define Humanity Since it first hit comic store shelves in 2003, The Walking Dead has captivated readers, gaining even more prominence when it was made into a television series by the same name in October, 2010 by AMC. The allure of zombies as a trope is strong; they offer an antagonist that is truly unrelenting and impossible to reason with, while their ability to carry on despite massive and traumatic injury allows for high levels of blood, guts, and gore, appealing to the horror fans that are the zombie genre’s main audience. ...

Diabetes is a chronic illness characterized by absent or reduced pancreatic production of insulin and decreased cellular sensitivity to insulin. The result is a rise in blood sugar levels which does harm to body tissues. Obesity, or a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or greater, accounts for up to 85% of an individual’s risk of having type 2 diabetes (T2DM), which is the more common type (Eckel et al., 2011). Statistics show that obesity occurs more in older adults with more than a third of adults 65 years old and over considered obese (Eckel et al., 2011). ...

Films and books have attempted to construct the ideology of the living dead through characters called zombies. The art depicts a new world that is controlled by beings that lack a sense of individuality. The two articles under evaluation look at the concept of the walking dead or zombies and their sexuality. Shaka McGlotten and Steve Jones hit the nail on the head by providing the imagery of sex amongst zombies. They derive excerpts from films and books that have addressed the issue. Emma Vossen also looks at the apocalyptic anticipation and romance of the walking dead in her ...

Interventions and Outcomes Measurement for the Elderly with Diabetes

In my practice as an advanced practice nurse, the elderly populations who in addition to their advanced age have diabetes as a chronic condition were determined to be a high-risk population. The determination of this status was on the basis of several attributes, one of them being the competing needs. The fact that some of the members of this population are economically dependent on their family members requires them to prioritize their needs. The presence of the chronic disease condition also classifies them as a high-risk population. In addition to this, other factors such as poor health seeking behaviors, ...