Essays on Span

The transitional phase between childhood and adulthood is a stage in human development and growth commonly described as adolescence. This stage begins at the age of around 11 to 13 years with the start of puberty which means the development of the reproductive processes. In the United States, adolescence is defined as the age span of 10 to 24 years (Edelman, Mandle & Kudzma, 2014). Unlike childhood stages where growth is slow and steady, adolescence is a period characterized by rapid changes in cognitive, physical, psychosocial, moral and spiritual growth as the shift from childhood to young adulthood takes place. ...

Charlotte Supplements is a small-scale organization operating in Charlotte North Carolina (NC) selling over 6,000 products. The portfolio of the company includes supplements for vitamins, minerals, herbs, and sports edibles. Due to its scale, the company does not interact with the audience digitally regarding product information such as prices. Moreover, the company operates for a limited span each week (CS, 2017). The purpose of this paper is to propose a business model and a competitive strategy for overcoming this small-scale but a potential competition. The paper will explain the core concept of strategy briefly prior to the proposition. ...

International Business

Abstract The underlying study is an analysis of camel cookies which is a UAE based business willing to expand in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The company is already functioning in few Arab countries with a goal to satisfy customers and uplift the Arab culture in a modern way. Founded in 2013, the company has successfully met the demands of the domestic market. The first part of the paper plans to analyze the business concept of camel cookies and the second part entails a detailed political and legal analysis of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia as the company is about to ...

Influence of Nurture on the Process of Becoming a

Abstract This is a research paper that presents connections between family’s part in the process of becoming a successful adult. It concentrates on answering specific questions: “How do families with all their complexity influence their children’s psychological development since the early childhood? In what way are the family background and students’ academic achievements (successful/unsuccessful life) related?” These questions are answered through analysis of a group of 15 people from different familial backgrounds, each of whom had a simple task of telling about their childhood experience. Information obtained is later compared and contrasted with various scholarly studies of ...

Abstract

Linear Regression (LR) forecasts the value of a random variable (dependent variable) for a given value of an associated independent variable. The regression equation provides the formula for such a calculation. Simple Exponential Smoothing (SES) forecasts the bases its forecasts on a weighted average of past data, with more weight on the more recent periods. A smoothing factor helps in providing weight. It generally forecasts for the short-term. In the present case, we forecast the sales data for year-2 for ABC Furniture Company using both the methods. For SES, we use two smoothing factors α equal to 0.15 and 0.90 ...

The nutrition and fitness goals in Health People 2010 are to promote health and to reduce chronic diseases caused by improper diet and excessive weight gain. No significant progress was noticed towards this objective. The Health People 2020 nutrition and fitness goal is therefore, to promote health and reduce chronic disease risk through consumption of healthful diets and achievement of healthy body weight. Only efforts that are able to bring about change in the individual behavior, and in the environment that support these behavior, will enable the achievement of Healthy People objective. ("Nutrition and Weight Status | Healthy People 2020", ...

Literature Review

Overview The research question is essential for any study; as it will enable the researcher to focus on a particular subject to do research. The research question for this study is the effect of direct communication between the CEO and the employees when it comes to Job satisfaction. The question allows the researcher to focus on the concept of job satisfaction, internal communication the roles of both the CEO and the employees, and the factors that influence communication enhancement. Internal communication is the frequency of interaction between the upper level of management and the lower level of management (Bloom, ...

The Cost of Education

Introduction The cost of education has spiraled higher in the recent past, and this trend is not surging down anytime soon. However, the impacts of the high cost of education have restricted a majority of academically potential students in the cold as having no chance to compete for some top-rated Colleges and Universities. Notably, the middle-class has been hit so hard by the rising cost of education since they are not capable of funding their children’s education in the prestigious Colleges, and at the same time not so poor to have the necessary merit for the education subsidies. ...

Introduction

Essentially, career development is a progressive process that continues even after employment. According to Noe (2010), it all starts from school work where employability happens to be the most primary goal in career development. Upon employment, career development continues through organizational as well as personal efforts. This can involve training in the case of an organization or furthering education in a personal context. Employee training could aim at organizational goals but impacts significantly on an individual’s career development.

The Role of Training in Organizational Development

Employee training refers to the enhancing of employee’s capabilities and knowledge in performing different tasks at the workplace. It ...

Question 1:

The five core competencies that are discussed and broadly tackled in the MBA program are as follows: Competency 3006.1.5: Legal and Regulatory Requirements Competency 3020.1.4: Motivational Concepts in Human Resources 3012.1.4: Microeconomic and Macroeconomic Principles 3013.1.4: Marketing Strategy 3014.1.1: Financial Analysis The graduate in these core competencies of the MBA program is taken through the rules and regulations as well as the legal procedures that they should be privy to, so as to analyzes applicable legal and regulatory requirements of their organizations and assist them to determine whether organizations meet legal responsibilities or not. The graduate in this competency ...

Overview

Technology has both positive and negative implications on the lives of the people. The proliferation and advancement of technology tools have enormous effects on the lives of the people with respect to the odds of space and time thereby influencing the nature of social interactions. In particular, the technological advancements have direct effects on social evolution and social interaction across the globe, especially on the internet. The relationship between technology and social development results in the new realities of the individuals and the society. In particular, the relation between the society and technology encompasses the social networks sites, modern ...

Analysis of GMOs Effects on Human Health

Introduction The study of genetically modified organisms has grown to be a topic of concern in the contemporary world. In particular, there exist regulatory procedures that guide the process of approval of the genetically modified crops and foodstuffs (DeFrancesco 796). The only technique that enables the assessment of such issues is the introduction of the mechanisms like the toxicological tests, for example, in mammals, through the performance of such a process over longer time intervals incorporating detailed blood as well as organ system analysis (Séralini et al. 1). However, it has been challenging to carry out such initiatives ...

Retrieved from http://www.uncubemagazine.com/blog/9133113 Retrieved from http://www.uncubemagazine.com/blog/9133113 Trusses are engineering structures common for wide-span buildings like industrial buildings and sports centers with the purpose of reduction the consumption of materials and lightweight design. Figure 1 and Figure 2 show the first SANAA’s industrial building located at the Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein. The architects of the building were Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, and its project commissioner was Rolf Fehlbaum, chairman of Vitra. It has a diameter of 160 meters and is 11 meters in height. Inside, the building is divided into two parts for safety reasons. As ...

Count the number of shots in the scene. Make sure to note number of all shots. There are as many as 59 shots in the entire movie sequence from the film Requiem for a Dream (2000) directed by the stalwart director, Darren Aronofsky. The 59 shots in context span across a very small sequence of as much as 2 minutes 5 seconds.

Determine the average shot length (ASL) by dividing the running time of the clip by the number of shots.

The average shot length (ASL) of this sequence from the movie, Requiem for a Dream, is just 2.118 seconds. This can be determined by dividing the running time of the contextual clip by the total number of ...

Problem 1. Yowie

Part 1 The first stage was actually taking all the required physical measurements of all the group participants. They can be found in Tab.1: The only ratio we were familiar with was the one proposed by the assignment (height : arm span = 1 : 1), so we checked it. Based on our measurements we were able to make a conclusion that this ratio is actual but not precise. In our data, the ratios were: Courtney 167 : 160 = 1.04 : 1, Angela 169 : 170 = 1 : 1.01, Steev 176 : 180 = 1 : 1.02, Danielle 155 : 150 = ...

According to personal understanding, the article published by Zenger, Folkman, & Edinger (2011) focused on complementary skills required with extraordinary and natural leadership trait. The authors discussed a situation where Tom was working for a Fortune 500 organization as a sales executive. In his overall work span, Tom was appreciated by the organization and peers for his efforts, and generated results simultaneously. Besides, he was a benchmark for other executives working for the organization. Moreover, Tom possessed set of skills that was beyond excellent result generation. He had demonstrated his skills in identifying a potential problem, provided solutions, and demonstrated ...

Personal Review on Self-Assessment

Understanding the concept briefly, Psychological Capital (PsyCap) is an assessment of gather positive capacities of an individual at a workplace through four psychological elements, which could produce effective outcomes after an adequate training. PsyCap comprises of four positive psychological capacities namely hope, optimism, self-efficacy, and resilience. The score of PsyCap indicates the productivity, stress tendency, and well-being of an employee at a workplace (Steeneveld, 2016). Evaluating personal PsyCap scores, I scored 16 points in “self-efficacy” that refers to the broadness in performance and role activation at a workplace. I affirm the accuracy in scored points since my personality during ...

Operational Plan for NAB Company

Key Aspects of Operations Initiating the operational activities of the company, Non-Alcoholic Beverages Company (NAB Co.) would require approximately 200 employees in single shift. The company would be regulating two shifts in a day. The organogram of 200 employees each shift would include production workers, monitoring teams, shift managers, and Melinda Cates in the morning shift. The evening shift would comprise with the similar pattern of labor utilization but Stephen Job would be regulating in order to cross check the morning activity. The company would need a 5,000 sq ft. space initially to place equipment and conduct the ...

Introduction

The negative or positive experiences of early childhood play a very significant role in the development of the social and emotional behavior of an individual. According to Fagundes, Bennett, Derry, and Kiecolt-Glaser (2011), the ability to understand the social and emotional behavior of an adult is complex because it requires one to have a comprehensive understanding of their entire lifespan (p. 40). This is because the social and emotional development of an individual are influenced by several factors that they encounter during their major stages of growth in their lifespan (McClelland, Ponitz, Messersmith, & Tominey, 2010, p. 35). Some of ...

MANAGEMENT

Today, the world of sports has an immense number of fans following with subsequent industrial growth. According to Schlesinger (2016), the American population was recorded more than 320 million and Jones (2015) claimed that more than 60% of American population is a diehard fan of sports. Among innumerable sports, the National Basketball Association (NBA) has 17.7 million viewers; the Major League Baseball (MLB) World Series has 14.9 million viewers, and the National Football League (NFL) Super Bowl had record-breaking 108.7 million viewers throughout United States of America (USA; Thompson, 2014). Surprisingly, more than half a million viewers of each ...

The healthcare controversies that could be expected to develop in the future include emergence of ethical issues, the large percentage of population remaining uninsured, as well as rights of the patients as healthcare consumers. For instance, in the emergence of ethical issues, it was apparent that the following need to be addressed: hacking of medical devices, defending of people’s privacy, scanning of medical information at home, healthy people allegedly switching to technology, biological differences, discoveries on possibilities of prolonging life, bioterrorism due to nanotechnology, technological developments versus evidence based medicine, transhumanism and singularitarianism, as sexuality becoming technological . From ...

Sports Direct – A Brief Corporate Insight

Sports Direct International Plc (Sports Direct) is a chain of a retail store that was established in 1982. The entity was formed by Michael James Wallace Ashley, prominently known as Mike Ashley, who is also the owner of a football club, Newcastle United. Sports Direct is an origination of the United Kingdom (UK) and has more than 670 retail stores globally (Sports Direct, 2016). The corporate operations are segmented into two divisions namely Sports and Leisure, and Fashion and Lifestyle (Sports Direct, 2016). The Sports and Leisure division offers multiple and popular brands to target audience such as Nike, ...

Psychology: Baddeley’s Working Memory

Introduction – Baddeley’s Working Memory Short term memory is an important aspect in human lives as it influences behavior and outcomes in daily lives in more ways than one – of which the role played in development of working memory is an important factor. Even though short term memory is considered to have significant differences from working memory, they are considered to be related by eminent psychologists. The most common factor behind this perspective is that both short term memory and working memory are involved in the storage of information temporarily in an individual. Working memory can be best described ...

MANAGEMENT OF CISCO INTERNETWORK

Introduction With the advancement in modern technology in the area of microelectronics and computing there is the attendant need to share information, making information and communication the hallmark of the digital age. This development has necessitated the need to interconnect various networked electronic devices in a manner that would permit exchange of information and sharing other resources. These networked devices are mainly computers and other similar technological gadgets that make information processing possible. At the heart of this need is Cisco Systems which designs technologies and manufactures devices that enable the interconnection of networked devices for the purpose of ...

Question 1

DNA replication can be defined as the process by which during cell division the DNA duplicates itself to several copies. In this process, the first step involves the unzipping of the double helix found in the DNA structure. This is done by the helicase enzyme, which breaks hydrogen bonds holding the DNA together. When separated the two DNA strands form a replication fork with a Y shape (Craig et al. 2014). This causes the strands to be oriented in different directions, forming the leading and the lagging strands. Once the two orientations are formed, a short RNA piece called ...

Biological factors that might account for Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia is ranked as one of the most severe mental ailments in different parts of the world. A person in 100 individuals develops the illness over a life span. It can develop any time but commonly shows up in the late teens to mid-20s. In addition, it is common in both males and females. Physicians are now embracing that, its results are dimensional across interlinked areas of signs; severity, functional or social disability, medication, employment and management factors. To describe and diagnose the philosophy of this disorder, numerous modern strategies have been suggested, since the prototype explanation by Kraepelin. ...

Introduction

The general public tends to describe sleeping as the process of just closing your eyes and letting your body rejuvenate. However, researchers have been able to come up with a comprehensive definition of sleep and it has been stated that sleep is a simple action of an individual being relatively unaware of whatever’s going around in their environment. However, this definition has been met with various contradictions due to the fact that this definition may incorporate various conditions such as hibernation or instances that the person may be in a coma whether it is medically induced or brought ...

Today, technology showcases its exertive existence than ever. Televisions, laptops, desktops, tablets and laptops are the products of this technological era with their use being notable to many across the globe. However, its embracement has raised arguable disputes among different scholars with both negatives and positives getting attached to their use. Children are perceived to be vulnerable and on the benefiting side of the use of media such as the computers. Is the television usage on the collision course or constructive to the lives of the users? This paper explores the use of the television and its implications to ...

Analysis of How Uber Changes the Way World Moves

Executive Summary ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 Analysis of the Uber’s Business Model ----------------------------------------------------------- 3

The Revenue-Generation Model of Uber ------------------------------------------------ 5 Value Propositions -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7 Uber and the Decision-Making Process ----------------------------------------------------------- 8

References --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10

Executive Summary Generally functioning in connecting passengers and cab drivers in the shortest amount of time possible, Uber is considered by many to be one of the most groundbreaking innovations of this era where advanced technology is the primary key to serve people in the most efficient way possible. Making a big name in less than a decade, many still question the methodology employed by Uber for it ...

With four treatment options, the patient must undergo a thorough consultation with the clinician, covering each restoration type. Each treatment presentation will include the benefits and drawbacks the that particular method, risks and/or impediments associated with placement, complications that can arise after placement and daily maintenance protocols. The presentations must be clear and concise and devoid of scientific terminology that may not be recognized by the patient. To enhance understanding, it is recommended that the presentations utilize models, photographs and/or drawings representing the final product; images of previous cases can be used if they comply with all patient confidentiality ...

Meditation has many desirable effects for an individual’s quality of life. According to studies, meditation improves not only the mental health of its practitioners, but also their physical health (Shaku, Tsutsumi, Goto, & Arnoult, 2014, p.406). Because of its known beneficial effects, meditation has been used as intervention or therapy for various clinical and non-clinical cases. Meditation, for instance, has been used to improve the quality of life and attention span of adults with mental issues and is also proven effective in easing depression and anxiety of patients suffering from terminal diseases such as cancer and HIV (Kim, Kim, ...

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Management in Starbucks

Question 1: What types of departmentalization are being used? Explain your choices.

There is also functional departmentalization in the SVP level with functions of finance, coffee and global procurement and corporate social responsibility. In the support center, there is also functional departmentalization with the functions of accounting finance, IT, sales and supply chain management. The same also goes for the zone offices with functions of HR, facilities, account management, finance and sales. Question 2: Do you think it’s a good idea to have a president for the US division and for the international divisions? What ...

When I was accepted into the program, I intended to work hard, get good grades and start my career. But my dreams were interrupted by devastating losses that ultimately cost me my financial aid. I am therefore appealing this decision, first, on the grounds of compassion since the loss of both my parents within a two-month span prompted me to drop a class and, second, due to the fact that the loss of financial aid will make it all but impossible for me to finish my studies. One of the things I have learned since suffering the loss of ...

1.1. The problem presented in the case was how the Chief Learning Officer (CLO) Tom Pederson, would transform the company by developing a strong company culture. Coming from a long history of struggles, employing talent of varying cultures to help get them thru the challenges they faced, the bank is now faced with the dilemma of how to merge these cultures to come up a with a unified organization. Pederson also had hesitations about the newly-implemented performance evaluation program, which is the first time employees are rated against the company’s vision and values. 1.2. As mentioned, one of ...

It needs to be taken into account that literature goes on to reflect the true nature of the society of this world. The stalwart literary artists have for long engaged in portraying the dynamics of the interpersonal relationships in their works, and the theme of domination and its subsequent subversion has come to find commonality in the works of many literary artists of the world. If one closely introspects on some specific works, it would be easier to gauge how the thematic content of domination has been portrayed in the literary texts over the span of the history of ...

1. Assume initial population of 2700, rate of growth of 6%, and time interval of 15 years. The formula to be used is also called continuous growth formula . The future value is: FV=PV×ert PV=2700, r=0.06, t=15 FV=2700×e0.06×15=6640 2. For time intervals 30 and 45: PV=2700, r=0.06, t=30, 45 FV=2700×e0.06×30=16334 FV=2700×e0.06×45=40175 3. For growth rates 8% and 10%: PV=2700, r=0.08, t=15,30, 45 FV=2700×e0.08×15=8964 FV=2700×e0.08×30=29763 FV=2700×e0.08×45=98815 PV=2700, r=0.10, t=15,30, 45 FV=2700×e0.10×15=12100 FV=2700×e0.10×30=54230 FV=2700×e0.10×45=243050

The results from calculations are similar to the results coming from the Excel file.

4. The graphs are not straight ...

One has to reckon the fact that film first came to exist in the public domain as a form of art back in the year 1895. Over the years, this form of art has developed a lot and films have come to be one of the most complicated forms of aesthetic expressions. However, if one traces back to the history of cinema and the making of the early films, it can be comprehended that the films made were quite different from the ones that one sees in the present times. A close introspection of these early works of cinema ...

Business Plan for a Proposed Three Star Category Hotel in Auckland

Business Plan for a Proposed Three Star Category Hotel in Auckland

Executive Summary

The present paper proposes analyses and presents a business venture in the form of a 3 star category 70 room hotel Business. The business is projected as low cost and high value proposition to the mid to upper scale business and leisure clients. It is found that the business is capable of recovering its 5 year working capital costs within a span of 2 years and 2 months thus an early operational breakeven is likely. Annual revenue of $1,609,650 at 70% occupancy and $90 ADR (Average ...

How are our health perceptions shaped by cultural and society?

The determining factors of human’s health are biological, natural, socio-economic and cultural environment. In general, health conception refers to different features and contexts. In the majority of cases, being healthy implies having strong physical and mental feeling of well-being. The reflection of a healthy person depends on the territory of growing, family upbringing and economical terms. Therefore, the social and cultural patterns have a strong impact on modern health perceptions. Generally, there are both positive and negative consequences. As for advantages, nowadays, the more physically vigorous, agile and strong person is, the more respect and honor he receives. ...

Introduction

David Eagleman’s (2015) book entitled The Brain details scientific discoveries about the way the human brain processes information. The book details the ways in which one’s sensory capabilities and sensory processing activities formulates the way in which one interprets the external environment. It is the combination of sensory capabilities and the processing of sensory input that is largely responsible for the “reality” that one experiences (Eagleman, 2015). The external environment or what humanity would collectively call “reality” is not necessarily what truly exists. Reality may in fact be more subjective or internal than previously thought. Therefore, one ...

Each bulb "checks in" to the Internet every hour each day with its status and energy usage (one data point): There are 24 hours in a day. 5 bulbs×1datapointhour×24hoursday×8bytesdatapoint=960bytesday The user remotely controls their lights once a day on average (one data point for all bulbs, not one for each): 1datapointday×8bytesdatapoint=8bytesday The user checks the status once a day (one data point): 1datapointday×8bytesdatapoint=8bytesday Total: 960+8+8=976bytesday

How much data is transferred each week?

There are 7 days in a week. Total: 976bytesday ×7daysweek=6832bytesweek

How much data is transferred each year?

There are 365 days in a year. Total: 976bytesday ×365daysyear=356240bytesyear

What if 30 million homes had this same setup – how much data would be transferred each year altogether?

Simply multiply the annual ...

7. Describe three different leadership styles and give examples of a situation in which each style could be most used effectively.

Autocratic Leadership- Leader makes decisions without consulting others. The manager takes the decision, announces it and then ‘sells’ it to his subordinates. Works best in situations like a new start-up where the employees are new and await directions. Participative or Democratic Leadership - Decision making is collectively shared between the managers and the employees. The manager presents a tentative decision which may be subject to change. The manager may present the problem, seek suggestions and then ask the ...

Essay for Business School

The urge to excel in life and perform exemplary acts has led people to tread paths that were arduous but filled with learning and wisdom. I am no different since I have always managed to tread difficult paths in the face of insurmountable obstacles and always managed to achieve unbridled success in such attempts. At present, my aim would be to gain entry into EBS for a variety of reasons. EBS school is a world renowned business school that is known for its Executive MBA program. This program is a top notch program that is combined with the Durham ...

My new role in this expansion for growth of The Dunkin Donuts by opening five new locations is huge task that I plan to undertake in the most professional way possible. Based on my past experiences in job staffing, leading, training, couching, and managing employees, which have contributed to my success in the previous position at Dunkin Donuts, I believe I can extent the same expertise to this new role. In my new role, I Intent to adopt a more advanced job design, organizational design, recruitment and selection process, and training and performance appraisal measures to ensure successful opening ...

Instagram Marketing Case Study: Starbucks

Introduction The internet has entered people’s lives in tremendous numbers. More people use the internet today than even a decade ago. It has become the way to engage with friends, family, community and even businesses. As internet has become ubiquitous, so have its applications. Business to business e-commerce and business to customer e-commerce have steadily grown and is expected to become $20 trillion industry by 2020 . Increasingly social media has become the new avenue for marketing efforts by both traditional companies and e-commerce companies . From the biggest brands to the smallest companies are all onboard social media to ...

Executive Summary

The Financial Accounting Standard Board (FASB) primary point is to build up new bookkeeping gauges and enhance past bookkeeping norms of monetary reporting and money related bookkeeping identified with nongovernmental elements, so they gives exact data to speculators and different clients of budgetary explanations. The paper portrays the FASB current venture identified with protection identified with focused enhancements to the representing long-span protection contracts. The fundamental point of this anticipate is create focused on upgrades to exposures necessities identified with long haul and brief length protection contracts.

Introduction

The Financial Accounting Standard Board (FASB) has been built up in 1973 ...

Psychology

Bereavement Process Across the Life Span and Five Stages of Dying Introduction Death is an inevitable process of an organism’s life cycle particularly among humans. However, in the human life cycle dying is just one facet of experience as the living left behind by the decease also undergoes a process of bereavement encompassing grief and other emotional manifestation caused by death. In this discussion, bereavement process and its difference with the process of dying across the life span. In addition, the discussion also focuses on identifying the difference between the two concepts by applying the four-component model of ...

ADHD is an abbreviation for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder. This disorder occurs in the human brain and usually caused by a series of inattention or hyperactivity during the developmental stages of an individual. The symptoms of ADHD usually manifest in childhood especially between 3 years and 6 years. These symptoms can be observed during adolescent and adulthood stages (Kail & John 17). Having the symptoms of ADHD during childhood can translate into positive functioning during adulthood when the victim of the disorder undergoes medication. This process increases individual focus and reduces hyperactivity thus resulting into positive functioning during adulthood. Infancy describes ...

A developmental perspective on behavioral health is important because biological and behavioral processes unique to each developmental period have far-reaching implications for health promotion, disease prevention and disease recovery in childhood and adolescence. Promotion of health during childhood and adolescence is important because it is during a healthy these early critical periods that major organ systems develop and learning of health-related behaviors, attitudes, values and perceptions take place. The development of healthy lifecycle during childhood and adolescence will cast the mold for a similar lifestyle through the life span. Prevention of disease and rapid recovery from illness at all ...

Annotated Bibliography

Bauerlein, Mark. The Digital Divide: Arguments for and Against Facebook, Google, Texting, and the Age of Social Networking. New York: Jeremy Tarcher/Penguin, 2011. Print This book is directly related to the topic on online social networking because it discusses the different risks and advantages associated with the use of social media, according to the interpretation of different commentators. There are those who see these technological developments as innovative steps towards better education, information access and progress in humanity. However, there are people who are also concerned about the negative impact it has on our society. For example, these online ...

“Slavery by another name”, the 90 minutes documentary which was aired on February 13, 2012, and directed by Sam Pollard, is an adaptation of the book by same (authored by Douglas Blackmon) name which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2009 (Pbs,"Slavery by another Name"). Like the book, this documentary has some very strong analytical insights on breaking the most popular misconception that the African- American (referred as ‘blacks’) were actually emancipated with the Abraham Lincoln’s proclamation of the year 1963. The documentary specifically works on the time span between the civil war and the World War II ...

Explain the Life Span Perspective of Development

The life span perspective of development focuses on individuals’ development through their respective lifespan. It is concerned with who people are and how they gradually gain their identity. Research suggests that psychoanalytic theories attempt to provide insight into an individual’s lifespan development as well as the developmental stages that a person undergoes in their life (Doise, 1998). Ideally, the lifespan perspective offers useful information regarding the way environmental and hereditary factors interact to create the differences in individuals’ lifespan development. The perspective is essential in the study of human development because it provides significant insight into an individual’ ...

DEFLECTION OF BEAMSIntroduction

Any kind of modern day construction makes use of a component called structural beam, or beam. A beam helps in adding strength of any design or structure. Generally manufactured using steel, wood, or concrete, it is commonly used for spanning any open element of a structure. In any design work based on iron, steel I beam is the most commonly used one. On the other hand, home-based constructions generally make use of wooden beams. When steel I beam is encased within concrete, it forms a concrete beam and is typically used in the construction of heavy structures, such as ...

Abstract

My motor skills developed on time, although my motor coordination is still not very good. My physical development is in line with normal course of development of a person. I have sustained healthy weight throughout my childhood and adolescence, and my height and weight started growing rapidly during puberty that started at the age of 11. My height and weight during puberty were different from my peers, which made me feel self-conscious and lowered my self-esteem. Puberty was also marked with emotional and behavioral changes that affect many adolescents. I have completed Piaget’s stages of development on time ...

Heath care ethics and law are disciplines with overlapping concepts. However, each discipline has an independent parameter and distinct focus. Clinical ethics is defined as a methodology for considering the moral inferences of medical technologies, treatments, and policies with extraordinary to determine what must be done or avoided in the delivery of health care (Corning, 2009). Thus, each profession has adopted a code of ethics to regulate the conduct of its members. A code of ethics set up by a profession body, upholds a particular image in public (Mahar, 2013). On the other hand, the law is defined as ...

Business

I. Copy/paste the following items from your major scholarly project into your Metacognitive Assignment document

The sentence or two that best gives your argument or analysis point (your thesis). 

“This decline in the retention rate reflects the implication of a problem caused by lack of the company’s attention on the importance of leadership and professional growth among its employees and top management. I believe poor publicity, lack of change-management training and leadership training, in addiction to inadequate public facing could be contributing to the surmounting issues facing Transurban”. One complete body paragraph (not your introduction or conclusion) that includes at least one reference to a secondary source and demonstrates your best work ...

We live in a world of technology nowadays, in which we depend on online services in order to get our work done. For example, the things we have once done without the Internet are now mostly done online such as shopping, researching, and communicating with people. We also derive our source for entertainment online primarily such as watching online videos and show, and searching for cool and fun websites. Finally, we have accepted the fact that our online habits and presence is just as importance as it is in our real lives. Therefore, technology has greatly affected the way ...

In short, not everyone who experiences traumatic episodes is diagnosed with PTSD. It is really a situation that depends upon the individual. Some individuals, for example, can go through a traumatic episode and never experience symptoms of PTSD. At the same time, some individuals can experience what many would consider to minor stress related issues in life, yet encounter PTSD with a vengeance. When many people encounter a traumatic experience, they will feel sad, frightened, disconnected, or possibly anxious. These feelings are quite normal within the span of human emotions. For many people, these feelings will be short lived ...

Claim

It is extremely legal for manufacturers in the United States to intentionally practice planned obsolescence in the design of their product.

Explanation for the Claim

Planned obsolescence is a business practice of deliberately designing products limiting its lifespan or making it unfashionable after a given period. The main purpose of this strategy is to make consumers feel the need to buy new products that the manufacturer will have provided. Most of the time, the products are purposely intended to fizzle out after the warranty has expired. This manufacturing strategy is widespread in America with digital device companies being the most notorious for its ...

Language and Identity

Languages are viewed as universal abstract systems that are considered as independent and self-sustainable such that they can be extracted from an individual. The implication is that, whereas the language systems are of the individuals, they can be extracted and studied independently of the users for clearer insight. Individual plays no role in shaping the language systems as they are independent of the users. However, they can manipulate them to communicate and express themselves as they deem fit. Identity is a significant component of a language; it refers to the ay an individual perceives his or her relationship to ...