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The Syrian civil war has progressed for about six years now. There have been various adverse effects of the war. Hundreds of thousands have been killed, more than a million injured and tens of millions have fled the country. The war is yet to end, and more effects to the citizen should be expected (Schmid, 2015). This paper will evaluate the repercussions that would result if the United States government was to intervene in the war as Russian government did. The paper will also evaluate a comparative analysis on the impact of war the international security if ISIS wins ...

The kind of leadership that a leader adopts influences the levels of motivation in the people that he or she leads. Similarly, the kind of motivation that one feels will determine the kind of leadership that they would most likely take. In other words, leadership and motivation are related, and one influences the outcome of the other (Buble, Juras, & Matić, 2014). For instance, when one’s motivation is to stay in the leadership position for the longest time possible without facing any rivalry, the individual is likely to exercise authoritarian leadership. On the other hand, when one adopts a ...

The new media era widens the horizons of the communication. Let one remember how complicated it was to communicate in the 1950s since the era of the telephone lines was just developing. However, the era of the media appeared with the occurrence of the television. On the one hand, the television made the barriers in the face-to-face communication since people were interested in spending more time watching TV. On the other hand, the television set was a luxury in the 1950s. Therefore, people, who owned the TV, invited their neighbors so that they could watch it together and communicate ...

Every business entity has stakeholders who are individuals or a group of individuals that are directly influenced by the success or failure of the entity. “Stakeholder Theory is a view of capitalism that stresses the interconnected relationships between a business, its customers, suppliers, employees, investors, communities and others who have a stake in the organization” (Stakeholdertheory.org, 2014). This theory was developed with a view to effectively manage and create value to an organization. There are two branches of stakeholder theory namely, the ethical or normative branch and the positive or managerial branch. The Normative or Ethical theory argues that ...

Central Asia led the world in size, economic development and sophistication during the 1800’s. They had great minds and were innovative than any other country throughout the world. The rest of the world waited for their inventions to follow suit. Central Asia was beaming with trade, religions, and ethnic groups. Great philosophers emerged to teach people how to live life. During this time, China was the leading economy in central Asia. The Chinese were the leading in developments and innovations, and the rest of Asia looked up to them for guidance. China was the most powerful country at ...

Ruth Livingstone was a 65-year-old African-American woman brought to the agency by her son. I first met Ruth during her admission day where we collected details of her medical past. Her son had noted that Ruth was recently having memory problems, she would forget to eat or she would cook a number of different meals. The recent scare was when she had left a pot on the gas and caused a fire in her house. Her son, Roy, saw the need to seek medical care for her.

We diagnosed Ruth with early stages of Alzheimer’s disease. She presented ...

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The role of sociology in the society cannot be ignored. One can easily make use of social theories to reflect on the environment they live in. The conflict theory stipulates the existence of class structures in a society. Simply put, there exist social inequalities. This paper gives a reflection of this social theory in relation to the lifestyle of a given community.

The segment that gives the best reflection of my neighborhood is the ‘New Empty Nests’. As the term implies, people and families classified under this segment do not appreciate staying at home, hence the reason their families ...

Socialization is a major process in social life. It helps in description of ways in which individuals develop understanding regarding expectations and norms, for accepting beliefs and values of society. Individuals are, however, socialized in order to fit into the existing social structures. Socialization comprises of thinking, feeling, and way of acting of individuals. Socialization also consists of feelings towards work (Haferty, 1988, p. 19). This can be considered from medical socialization literature. In medical socialization, emotions are involved. In a society, people are also attached via their emotions. Further, individuals in social structures are socialized via technical skills, ...

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Computer hard disk drives are storage devices for digital data. The digital data is stored on high-speed rotating magnetic surfaces. They are non-volatile and use the random access technique to access data stored on them. It consists of fast rotating discs which have magnetic surfaces onto which data is stored. They are permanently mounted on the computers and cannot be easily detached like floppy disks. It is known as hard disk drive as both the disk and the drive are contained inside the same unit. The costs of hard disk drives have fallen in the last few years and ...