Essays on Rhodes

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon were built by the king of Babylon Nebuchadnezzar. The gardens were built in 600 B.C. They were built near River Euphrates in the modern Iraq. Exclusive art was involved in the construction as the gardens had been built 75 feet above the ground on a big brick terrace that was square in shape. The brick had been designed in a steps-like theater (Laliberte et al 35). King Nebuchadnezzar had designed the towering gardens with the aim of pleasing his lover. The art was meant to be romantic to Amytis following her admiration for the ...

Where are the normal pacemaker and the backup pacemaker of the heart located?

Answer: The normal pacemaker of the heart is known as Sino- atrial (SA node) which is located in the right atrium of the heart, whereas, the backup pacemaker of the heart is known as Atrio- ventricular and it is situated in the centre of the heart along the right atrim (AV node) (Rhodes, 2008).

Why does this patient have a bradycardia?

Answer: The patient has bradycardia as a result of occlusion in the right coronary artery (Serrano Jr et al., 1999). Infarction in the right coronary artery is known to give rise to bradycardia.

What parts of the heart have the fastest and slowest conduction velocities?

Answer: The Purkinje fibres have the fastest conduction velocities whereas the AV ...

Leona Woods Marshall Libby was a well-known American physicist and the only woman scientist who was part of the team that developed the first American nuclear reactor. The project was also famously known as the Manhattan Project. She was born in 1919 in Illinois and the tall and active girl who resembled an athlete completed her BS in chemistry in 1938 from the University of Chicago (Libby, 1979). She had a special interest in nuclear physics and after successful completion of her thesis met future Nobel laureate Robert Mullikan who had a passion for molecular research. Mullikan was much ...

How theories of Motivation and the Self and Organizational Culture are represented in the film The internship (2013)? If to consider human life as his/her movement forward on the path of development, we can say that life is a constant process of overcoming the new boundaries, to achieve the best results, self-development and personal growth. In this process, one of the dominant roles is played by the question of the meaning of actions and deeds, which are made by people. What does have an impact on human activity and his/her behavior? For what does the person do something? ...

Abstract

Despite the improvement of the living standards and the establishment of health care systems in the twentieth century, many investigations have highlighted continuous inequalities in industrialized regions. In most cases, some people from certain geographical regions are discriminated against while accessing health care services. The discrimination also takes the social class route, where people from high social classes can access better health care services than people from low classes do. Therefore, it is necessary to come up with health care systems that can help to bridge this gap. The creation of Southern Region Health System has shown concern to ...

Delirium Case Study

Acute confusional states also known as delirium are medical emergencies associated with substantial morbidity, mortality, and healthcare burden (Bassetti, 2007). The core characteristics of delirium are acute cognitive dysfunction and inattention. Delirium can result in permanent sequelea or become chronic (Fong, Tulebaev, and Inouye, 2009). This paper will examine the case of a 64-year old lady who presents with acute confusion, disorientation, and agitation. It will identify the key information provided and other essential information that needs to be identified. It will also examine the differential diagnoses and the most probably diagnosis for the patient. It will explore the ...

Abstract

It is well-known fact that people in the US are watched, listened and even recorded against their notice and surely, will. It is also known, that all these undemocratic actions are performed in the name of security. The United States of America is not always related to an advanced technology, high-quality of education and excellent art venues, and Hollywood, sadly, the term “police state” often pop-ups and is being closely affiliated with the America. George J Bush introduced and implemented Patriotic act shortly after September terrorist attacks (2001), however, Barack Obama kept his legacy and Edward Snowdens’ famous leaks ...

Introduction

“We created everything around us except trees,” claimed Dave Kelly – the engineering leader of the Department of Creativity and Innovations of IDEO Company, whose primary role is to organize the team of creators to wrap any invention into the innovative form to attract more people to use the invented things ("Inside IDEO - Part 1"). Four key elements are necessary to succeed in creativity –the creative person, the product, the process that allows creating in comfort for the creativity conditions and, last, but not least, the possibilities – the climate, surrounding people, process and product (Rhodes, 1961). This video tells ...

Importance of Entrepreneurial Activity to the UK Economy

Assignments 2 Introduction The constant growth and evolution of economic relations, both between countries and between entrepreneurs within a country, are requirements for the creation of new business forms. Entrepreneurship is an important, but not a sufficient factor in economic and social developments of countries (Waschik, Fisher and Prentice, 2010). However, if left uncontrolled by the state, entrepreneurship can become just as harmful as the administrative-command system in an economy. Entrepreneurship is essential for the development of a competitive economic environment; in order to give the final consumers the freedom of choice, but does not content with goods offered ...

Introduction

Part One: View and Analysis Professionalism is crucial in any organization and upholding of the expected characters, attributes, and standards portray an individual as a professional in any given field. Different fields have various professionals whose professionalism is measured in various ways. The professionalism of a person in health care administration can be expressed in different ways such as the attire, personal presentation, and communication. This essay will discuss various aspects of professionalism and what make an individual a professional in a particular field.

What make a health care administration individual a professional?

Every field has its unique mode of dressing that identifies people with different professions. The ...

What Is Cyber Security?

Cyber security refers to a body of processes and technologies that are widely meant to computers, networks, data, and programs from damage, attack, and unauthorised access. For cyber security strategies to succeed, organizations should employ coordinated strategies throughout a system.

How Cyber Security Has Changed?

Over the years, Cybersecurity has changed in the sense that they have become more industrialised and organised. In the past, adversaries were not very organised, as they could compromise an entire system to look for invaluable data and get out. However, contemporary adversaries are extremely purposeful, as most of them target particular information or dat. Furthermore, relatively more destructive ...

Importance of Entrepreneurial Activity to the UK Economy

Introduction Constantly growing and developing economic relations, both between countries and between participants within a country, are prerequisites for the creation of new forms of business. Entrepreneurship is an important, but not the only factor in economic and social development of many countries (Waschik, Fisher and Prentice, 2010). However, uncontrolled, no adjustable (wild) business (without the supervision of the state) is just as harmful as the administrative-command system. Entrepreneurship is essential for the development of a competitive environment, in order the final consumer of products has the right to choose, but does not content with goods offered to him/her ...

Evolution from Hunting and Gathering to an Agricultural Society

The Neolithic Revolution is also known as the Neolithic Demographic Transition. Data indicate that this began about 12,500 years ago. People formed communities and they developed settlements as they began to domesticate certain species of plants (Tignor, 23). This “revolution” occurred in several places around the world. The earliest revolution occurred in the Fertile Crescent area of Mesopotamia between 10,000 to 8,000 BC, in the Kuk Early Agricultural Site of Melanesia at about 8000 BC, and in Subsaharan Africa at about 2500 BC. One theory that is used to explain this phenomenon is that agriculture was ...

A migrant farmworker or a migratory agricultural worker is a person who moves from his or her permanent place of residence in pursuit of employment in agricultural work. There are also seasonal farmworkers, who are people who seek temporary farm work and unlike migrant farmworkers, they may have other sources of income and do not move from their permanent residence. According to Migrantclinician.org, the US has around 1 and 2.5 million farmworkers and about half million of them are under 18 years. About half of immigrants have the proper authorization to operate in the US. The males comprise of ...

Introduction

It is common for an organization to fall into some predicament once in a while. The concept reveals itself by the aspect of organizations having contingency plans that leverage them in the case of an impromptu or ongoing scandals. I have always observed that companies have insurance covers for such incidences. Most of the problems that organizations are likely to encounter include organizational ethical dilemmas. Recently, one of the well-known fast food joint, Chipotle Mexican Grill, alias chipotle. Chipotle encompasses a chain of fast food restaurants. The chain is allegedly accused of breaching the food policy protocol regulations by ...

The ancient was once a thriving civilization and their great achievements were recorded in the history and thus became a legend. Yet, many historians and archaeologists still try to study the ruins on their previous locations. Here are the following architectures that had been considered as one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. The first edifice from the list was the handsome marble temple dedicated to Artemis also known as Diana in the Roman mythology. Artemis was the Greek and Roman goddess of hunting and the moon. Both the Romans and the Greeks worship her as their ...

1. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon The Hanging Gardens of Babylon are one of the ancient wonders, which had been constructed in Babylonia’s capital city, Babylon, situated in the Persian Gulf of the present-day Iraq. King Nebuchadnezzar, who ruled Babylon for over 43 years, built the gardens for his wife, Amyitis in seventh century B.C. . The gardens were 400 feet in length and width, with a height of over 80 feet. The gardens consist of arched terraces placed one above another, which rest upon huge cube-shaped pillars. The terraces are not only hollow, but filled with earth to ...

Delhi-Mumbai Dedicated Freight Corridor

Summary The study is based on the basis that large infrastructure projects, like the proposed Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC), are essential drivers of the state economy and have significant implications for attaining low-carbon expansion goals. The intention of the study is based on whether the DFC project would concurrently support sustainable development, reduce freight traffic, and decrease carbon releases. For that reason, it would be a worthy project supporting development policies and climate change strategies at the end. Also, other massive infrastructure of this kind could formulate a strategy background for attaining the aims of low-carbon transportation and sustainable ...

Introduction

The understanding of the historical evolution of the country is the key for the interpretation of the culture of the particular nation. At the same time, the history of the country contains the explanation of the causes and consequences of the particular events. These stages and events should serve the role of the example for the future conduct of population and leadership of the state. In this regard, the evolution path of Zimbabwe as the past colony of the British Empire represents the interesting development story. In 2015 the country celebrated twenty-five years of the independence. This South-African country ...

Abstract

The sensitivity of the nursing profession demands that certain educational model is installed into the future nurse before engaging in the professional practice. It is important that the future nurse is demonstrating abilities that are embodied in the professional frameworks and models for ethical and professional practice. The future nurse holds the key to the future of nursing, and as expected, there is a plethora of responsibility that waits in the field. With this kind of expectation, it is important for the person to be prepared and equipped with the core competencies to match the expectations and fully assert ...

Discuss health care delivery and health care policies and the way in which the complex issues surrounding health care can be influenced by the adult-gerontology nurse practitioner

Health care delivery and health care policies are important to the nursing industry and to patients who access health care. For many persons, health literacy is vital to the overall outcome of health care practices. Without health literacy, health care persons will be unable to provide suitable care for in preventive services. Arguably, preventive services are important and they provide patients with better health as a reduced cost. In order to promote ...

Introduction

Parthenon's symmetrical and idealistic architecture is the result of the continuous changes of styles and ideologies in the past (see fig. 1); despite the ruined state in the modern age, Parthenon temple still continues to be the role model for all architects throughout the world. The role of the Parthenon was not only limited for priests’ rituals and to appease the deities of the Olympus. Historically, the Parthenon itself was the center of the commercial and civic activity of the ancient Greeks since many people visited the temple to worship to their Gods and this was also the perfect ...

Noodles Company

Introduction This memo seeks to highlight some important information, recommendation and action to be taken to maximise the usefulness of the new store to the local community. This memo will deal mostly with the structure of the supply of the new store. The research team’s recommendations will clearly point out about the store strategic positioning of the store. The paper also will look at the factors in the surrounding community where the store operates and how to maximise its usefulness. Years of solid growth and financial success led to the opening of this new store since this store ...

According to the theory of capitalism, this economic system "creates wealth through advancing continuously to ever higher levels of productivity and technological sophistication; this process requires that the "old" be destroyed before the "new" can take over" (Gilpin 3). Therefore, one of the most important state functions in the process of continuation of capitalism is capital accumulation for the purpose of ensuring higher levels of productivity, which is realized through means of provide a legal and infrastructural framework. Taking this into consideration, another crucial state function is the regulation of capital flows and social distribution of surplus value generated ...

Literature Review

Literature Review

Introduction

The aspect of good leadership is an essential integral in the sustenance of progress in international organizations as depicted to be at the core of this literature. This topic is important in various aspects in relation to organizational leadership and strategies for international business operations. First, the structures that support effectiveness in leadership are enormously varied across the global agencies and therefore this research paper gives the highlights on some of the best leadership practices to enable an undertaking of business operations within the different environment worldwide. Secondly, international strategy unveils the concern that managers throughout the ...

Health care reforms aim to address the inadequacies and inequities in the current health care systems and to organize a more effective and efficient way of improving the access and delivery of health care services to the public. The debate on the issues involving the health care reforms have been going on for decades. There were many issues raised and the current health care system has several implications to public health that raise more questions and debatable concerns in terms of prioritizing the health care programs that the public needs the most. There are different elements that can affect ...

1.0 Introduction Effective communication is important for every organization to achieve organizational goals (Jones 2007). Communication basically refers to transmission of meaning and information from group or individual (Guffey, Rogin and Rhodes 2009). 2.0 Forms of business communication at Sport ‘n’ Leisure At Sports ‘n’ Leisure both the two forms of communication are used. To communicate internally, an open door policy is used, i.e., employee- employer communication, discussion and feedback takes place openly which encourages employees to provide suggestions and promote ideas so that business could be improved (Heathfield 2015). In addition, the use of informal approach encourages employees ...

Parthenon is a Greek temple dedicated to the Greek Goddess Athena. The temple was built by two architects; Iktinos and Kallikrates (Cartwright et al.). The temple was erected with the aim to preserve the monumental statue of Athena. The statue was made up of ivory and gold. The statue of Athena is surrounded by 23 small Doric columns. They are arranged in a two storey. According to Neils (88), the Parthenon is a remarkable building. . The huge construction of this architecture has used mainly the limestone, while the columns are erected in marble. The Parthenon is an exquisite specimen ...

Introduction

The black population in Canada has experienced substantial growth over the past half century. As of 2006, the black community was approximately 2.5 % of the Canadian population with most of these being from HIV-endemic nations mainly in the Caribbean and Africa (Shimeles, Husbands, Tharao, Adrien, & Pierre-Pierre, 2011). The immigration of these communities in Canada has led to an increased HIV infection, with 57% of infected infants and 16 % of new infections being attributed to the African and Black community. The statistics on new infections as well as those on people living with HIV show that the black community in ...

Response to Question One

Various factors have led to the current decline in diagnosis, linkage to care, retention of care, initiation of ART, and adherence among infected persons. These fields are part of the broad HIV/AIDs care continuum. Every year, the United States undertakes a campaign aimed at encouraging citizens to go for HIV/AIDs testing. However, there has been a significant drop of around 30% in the number citizens tested. There are several reasons that might have led to this decline. For example, many people are unaware of the possible risks of HIV infection that they might be exposed to. In other words, ...

Introduction

Globalization has come up with major trends amongst multinational corporations and other ordinary entities. This is because the idea of doing business across different boundaries lends itself to unique and distinct issues and matters. Globalization comes with a high degree of uncertainty because it involves dealing with many issues and matters across boundaries. In the past, most nations around the world were focused on dealing with matters within a given national framework or country. However, multinational entities deal with things that spans across different nations and communities. This comes with major problems and challenges. Furthermore, ethics are subjective. They ...

Introduction

Social perception is considered a less potent technique that helps in increasing self-efficiency and subsequent behaviors when the social cognitive theory is involved in comparison to personal experience and modeling. Similarly, social pressure, in subjective norm forms has not linked consistently to PA through research that has been framed and operationalized using reasoned action and planned behavior (Rhodes et al., 2016). The review evaluates parental PA encouragement and also finds the social pressure that is unrelated to child PA behaviors. Parental attitudes and perceptions received attentions yet all findings demonstrated null effects. Parental perceptions that involve PA may not ...

BUSINESS -

Business - Model Female Leader Award Introduction Leadership qualities that influence across cultures dead or alive have qualities that inspire, direct, challenge, and effectively change the world founded in strong ethical practices. Rhodes et al, (2005) describes how “converging political, industrial, and economic characteristics” aligned to ethical leadership practices prove effective (p. 87). The following is an academic exercise – a learning task demanding critical thought, organizational aptitude, and specific objectives toward achieving a better understanding about the human experience and what distinguishes leadership qualities influencing people across cultures.

Oprah Winfrey

Billionaire Oprah Winfrey is an internationally recognized first African American billionaire. ...

Nursing Autobiography

My nursing philosophy is informed by numerous and diverse experiences in this noble profession. In addition to the concepts learnt in class, I have had experiences in practice that have helped me perceive nursing in an entirely different perspective. While the concepts learnt in class are important, my experiences in practice have taught me that a lot more than then the knowledge of the nursing process is required to be a professional nurse. I have seen nurses driven by compassion make unimaginable sacrifices for well-being of the patient. For instance, I remember an incident where a nurse who had ...

At 5 hours 30 minutes AM on July 16, 1945 the United States tested an atomic bomb in the desert of Alamogordo in New Mexico. The test was a triumphant success. The explosion was stronger than expected - it was an explosion equivalent to about 20 kilotons of trinitrotoluol (Rhodes, 1986). The US President Harry S. Truman was to decide what US policy should be carried out toward nuclear bomb (Bernstein, 1975). Truman knew nothing about the bomb until he became the president, and he was informed about it by Henry L. Stimson, the US Secretary of Defense, and ...

Introduction

Ethics and morality are extremely essential in every business. This is foremost objective to build businesses upon well-established business ethics and principles. However, it has been well noted that businesses in the contemporary global economy face some central ethical challenges (Jones, Parker, and Bos, 2005). To understand the nature of the ethical challenges faced by businesses and how to deal with them, it is imperative to understand the meanings and significance of some ethical and moral concepts. Morality is the set of established norms and values that are considered and portrayed as good and right within a given socio-cultural ...

Introduction

The construction industry is a very substantial component of the industry of the Great Britain. In 2014, this sector contributed over £100 billon into the national economy, which covers about 6.5% of the UK GDP, and employed over 2 million people (Rhodes, 2015).This explains the motivation of the present research and confirms the importance of the topic of the dissertation. Its aim is to investigate, outline, and estimate the government efforts to support this economy area, manage it, and provide its stable growth. To achieve this aim, we gather the primary data by means of interviews, questionnaires, and ...

Literature Review

Chairman: Committee member: Committee member: Masters of Arts in Psychology 2016 Introduction With childhood obesity on the rise, there is increasing concern about the prevention and treatment of obesity. Current national data on childhood and adolescent obesity show 16.9 percent of 2-to-19-year-old children and adolescents are obese (Ogden, Carroll, Kit, & Flegal, 2014). An effective intervention to manage obesity is essential. The current weight management practices involve dietary modification, behavioral change therapies involving exercise, pharmacological therapy and surgical intervention. The purpose of this literature review is to explore the current research on Motivational Interviewing (MI) as an effective method for ...

Related Literature

Concretion and Its Effect on Economy Christ Rhodes (2015) stated in his research entitled Construction Industry, Statistics and Policy that the construction industry is a major contributor in the United Kingdom’s Gross Domestic Product accounting for 6.5 percent equivalent to GBP 1.3 billion. The construction industry also generated additional 2.1 million jobs in the first quarter of 2015 (Rhodes, 2015). The contribution of the construction industry varied over years depending on the condition of the economy. Rhodes (2015) revealed that the construction industry contributed 6.8 percent of the total UK economic output from 2003-2006, and 6.9 percent in ...

ANALYSIS OF CSR PRINCIPLES AND BUSINESS ETHICS: LEGO GROUP

Analysis of CSR Principles and Business Ethics: LEGO Group Introduction Background of the Organization LEGO Group is one of the most well-known and successful companies in the market of children’s toys. It was founded in 1932 by Ole Kirk Kristiansen who based his business on the iconic LEGO brick. The company’s revenues are constantly boosting; since 2003 to 2014 the profits increased from €0.9 to €3.84 billion (LEGO Group, 2015). The growth of revenue in 2014 was 14% that was higher than in the previous year (LEGO Group, 2015). The company employs 12,582 workers (LEGO Group, ...

Importance and Impacts of Mentoring

Abstract In the present paper, the impact of mentoring on students and employees has been investigated. It has been hypothesized that mentoring positively impacts their overall well-being if provided considering the specific conditions of mentees. Development Mentoring is an approach to school-based mentoring in which high school students work with junior elementary school mentees. Rhodes (2002) stated that around 50 percent peer-mentoring meetings end within initial three months. However, there is a lack of research conducted on premature meetings termination and mentors' absenteeism. Karcher study, though, makes a significant contribution to the literature does not answer the reasons for ...

Introduction:

The society is a vigorous blend of good or evil, negative or positive and this ensures the sustenance of problems that constantly dwell within our social conservatories. Issues are a regular feature in the existence of any society which is often born due to the unfair performance of various tasks which leads to inequality in all sectors of our life. The society that we live in this era contains a huge number of problems that are in the continuous process of eruption and victimization. Many problems catch the limelight and are addressed by the authoritative individuals, while others remain hidden in the ...

Biology of Disease

Mode of action of;- Dexamethasone The Glucocorticoid receptors are discovered intracellularly in all tissues. They enter cells through inactive dispersion and structure a complex with a receptor protein (Rhodes & Hartnoll, 2002, P.10). This intricate then experiences an irreversible enactment and enters the cell core, where it ties to the DNA, hence prompting organic impacts instigated by these hormones, which include expanded hepatic gluconeogenesis, as well as expanded lipolysis (Ahmed, 2007, P.13). Dexamethasone is utilized to treat numerous provocative and immune system conditions, for example, rheumatoid joint pain and bronchospasm. Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, an abatement in quantities of ...

Introduction

Race bias has been the topic of numerous psychological, sociological, and anthropological studies over the years. Even with an evolved understanding of the nature of race and the importance of racial equality, there are still psychological effects associated with race and race bias (Meissner & Brigham, 2001). It has long been known that individuals of any given race have a much easier time recognizing individuals from that same group than they do for individuals in an out-group—this is known as a cross-race or own-race bias (Sporer, 2001). Sporer (2001) writes, “Studies of the recognition of faces of an ethnic group different ...

According to United Nations report (UNDP 7) on urbanization trends around the world, urban population has surpassed rural population between the years 2000 to 2005 and will continue to do so. The North America is at the top of the list as the most urbanized continent with 82 percent living in cities, followed by Latin America and the Caribbean with 80 percent and Europe with 70 percent (UNDP 1). The report predicted that by 2050 the world will be one-third rural (34 percent of the population) and two-thirds urban (66 percent of the population). Evidently, there is an increasing ...