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Ontario School Library Association. (2013). Legal and Ethical Use of Information. Retrieved from Accessola2: http://www.accessola2.com/data/6/rec_docs/134_worksheet_complete.pdf

This article talks about the various reasons why information is used dishonestly and strategies on how to improve this. It lists various reasons like stress, competition, lack of time and motivation as reasons to use information incorrectly. It also provides various strategies like doing research properly, re-writing in own words and giving credit where it is due as ways to get over this issue. It also provides various options and research available to learn to reference properly and the various referencing styles available ...

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Introduction Ethics is important in any professional body. This paper focuses on some of the ethical studies done on urban development in regional and town planning. Through the paper, one will examine some of the sources that will be used while dealing with the mentioned topic. Most of the sources that have been used in this annotated bibliography are American. This is because one believes America has a more ethical background in ethical issues dealing with urban development. In addition, the chosen articles are more relevant and deeply researched making them more appropriate for the study. By using American ...

Introduction

The overall gross state product for North Carolina in 2010 was 424.9 billion U.S dollars. In the year 2011, the North Carolina’s labor force was about 4.5 million. The working populace in North Carolina is essentially employed across the key sectors of the employment. North Carolina is a key producer of furniture and textiles and leads the country in tobacco production. North Carolina grows 40 percent of United States tobacco. The state leads the nation in mineral resources production including mica, phosphate rock, feldspar, and lithium, among other important minerals. What’s more, the North Carolina’s Economy covers ...

Lake, J., W. (2007) Textbook if integrative mental healthcare. New York: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc.

Western medicine has been leading the medical advances in the treatment of mental health for ages, but recently a revision of the of mental healthcare is required, for defining a more compelling and integrative treatment. This is the main substance of James H. Lake’s study – “Textbook of Integrative Mental Health”. The author explains how the western medicine, considered the most advanced healthcare provider due to its technological integration and scientific research, is currently not enough for treating patients suffering of mental problems. Besides, Lake ...

Cohen, Eli B. Growing Information, Part I. Santa Rosa, Calif: Informing Science Institute, 2009. Print.

Cohen in this peer reviewed article has given an insight on a well researched paper. Cohen gives the essential components of a well researched and articulated work through giving the best research problem statement. The article provides practical example for new comers into the world of research (Cohen, 2009). The elements of scholarly research are also a basic component of the article. This article is essential for a starter due to the fact that, it provides insights on how to create a research statement in order to obtain a ...

This reference is a National Institutes of Health website that focuses mainly on the basic information on hypothyroidism. This reference provides an introduction into the topic by defining hypothyroidism as well as providing various causes of hypothyroidism. The website also offers information on the symptoms of the condition, different tests that are used to diagnose the disease as well as different treatment options. The information from the paper will be useful in introducing the paper and giving basic concepts on the topic.

Borngasser, B., 2003. The Architecture of the Baroque. In: R. Toman, ed. 2003. Baroque and Rococo: architecture, painting, sculpture. Berlin: Feierabend.

Burroughs, C., 1998. Grammar and expression in early Renaissance architecture: Brunelleschi and Alberti. RES: Antropology and Aesthetics, 34, pp. 39-63.

A well known architectural historian, Burroughs, examines in his article two greats of early Renaissance architecture. Both Brunelleschi and Alberti greatly influenced architects of the following generations and they are still considered two of the most important people in the field of all time. The author examines not only their careers, but also their writings, works, ...

Sigmund Freud was a medical doctor and neurosurgeon from Austrian, whose served at the University of Vienna and laid a solid foundation in the field and area of psychoanalysis.

1.Binswanger, Ludwig. Sigmund Freud; Reminiscences of a Friendship: Reminiscences of a Friendship. Grune & Stratton, 1957. While perusing through the electronic books on the internet, I discovered that there was an informative source that articulated the kind of friendships that Sigmund Freud had in his lifetime. It a beneficial source because it points to the social life and aspect of a person. (Category II since it was put forth by an acquaintance or a protégé)

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Blackburn, M., Busser, R. & Nauman A. (2001). Removing Requirement Defects and Automating Test. Software Productivity Consortium NFP

This article underscores the problems that impede operations and growth. In this regard, the article discusses model based approaches to reducing defects in the production process. The article discusses the use of model-based approaches in order to reduce defects, reworks and rejects in order to increase scheduled savings and reduce costs. Automation of development and tests is important in the production process. According to the authors of the article, automation in this way helps reduce resources and time in an attempt to develop high quality production systems. This article is important for this topic as it gives a different perspective ...

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Anderson, M. & Ramos-Reid, R. (2011) Core competence-definition and dynamics in the not-for-profit sector. School of Management Blekinge Institute of Technology Sweden.

The study is among the few that treats the subject of core-competences (core capabilities) within the nonprofit sector, explaining how it applies to the not-for-profit operations. The core competences concept is related to the added value notion, and the authors of this study aim to identify how nonprofit organizations can generate added value by optimizing their internal resources. Developing a multi-case study analysis, the book identifies that nonprofit operations follow the same patterns as for profit organizations for ...

Abstract

In an attempt to discuss the aspects of how marketing and advertisements have shaped people’s psychology, mood and attitude, a number of the preexisting literatures have been reviewed as a way of attempting out the severity and the gravity of the matter. There are quite a lot about the issues, with some touching on the currents trends, some digging into the issue of IMC and impact of social media. However, the topic still calls for a number of researches from the scholars and other practitioners.

Anghelcev, George, and Sela Sar. "In the Mood for the Right Kind of Social Marketing Communication." Journal of Social Marketing 4.1 (2014): 38-57. ProQuest. 10 Oct. 2014

In the above journal, George Anghelcev and Sela Sar argue that how effective a social marketing communication is ...

Browne, A. (2007). Teaching and learning communication, language and literacy. London Thousand Oaks, CA: Paul Chapman.

This is a comprehensive guide for teachers and it offers teaching and learning of communication literacy and language in the early stages (3-5 years). In his work, Browne (2007) draws on research findings and good practice that provide practical guidance regarding working with children in reception and nursery classes. The book further examines how young children progress as learners and users of literacy and language and the combination that school and home make in children’s learning. Browne (2007) locates learning in a curriculum that is play based. It also provides rationale for making play a context and a resource for learning. Additionally, ...

Smoking has already been identified by numerous publications and journals as one of the top risk factors for the development of heart and cardiopulmonary diseases. This rationale has been used by policy makers to make policies and ordinances that prohibit the act of smoking tobacco products in public places. Unfortunately, some countries are yet to follow suit. Their ordinances and legislations’ laxity against the spread of second hand smoke are evidenced by the fact that smoking in public places are not yet fully enforced. In an academic journal published in the Journal of American Association in 2006, the authors ...

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Brewer, N.T., Chapman, G.B., Gibbons, F.X., Gerrard, M., McCaul, K.D., and Weinstein, N.D. "Meta-analysis of the relationship between risk perception and health behavior: The example of vaccination." Health Psychology, 26(2) (2007): 136-145.

The study examines the relationship between perceived risk of flu and health behavior shown by the people. The study informs how higher perceived risk can increase the immunization rate and result into positive health behavior of the people. The source is very useful in understanding health behavior shown by different groups of the people, and also in understanding how rate of flu immunization can ...

Kumar, Sylvia Smith and Archana. "Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Employee Organizational Commitment."in Joseph, Chen. Advances in Hospitality and Leisure. Emerald Group Publsihing Limited, 2013. 49-67.

The scholars in their paper discussed the impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Employees commitment towards the organization, that they termed as Employee Organizational Commitment(EOC). To study the impact of CSR over employees, they collected and analyzed the data from the gaming industry where they used a combination of proprietary employee survey and the statistical model- structural equation modeling (SEM). Results concluded that the employee carries a positive attitude towards CSR, which further leads to affective commitment, continuance commitment, and this strengthens the organizational loyalty in the employees. The researchers also concluded that Gender, tenure and position of employees within ...

In “On Women, Holiness, and Middle Age,” Cristina Mazzoni talks about the aging process for women, particularly as it relates to the stigma of getting older (past the age of thirty-nine). Citing a number of famous figures who died young, as well as some who accomplished great things only after they hit middle age, Mazzoni notes that all of these women have close, fascinating relationships with God no matter their age.

The central idea behind the article is that all of the figures that she names came to prominence (and to God) at the age of 39 or ...

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Baym, Geoffrey. "The Daily Show: Discursive Integration and the Reinvention of Political Journalism." Political Communication, 22(3) (2005): 259-276.

The article informed about disappearing boundaries between politics, pop culture and entertainment. During earlier time programs containing political information & news were completely different from the programs designed for entertainment. Programs containing mix of politics and comedy are gaining popularity, and liked by the people. The article informed about how fake news is utilized in comedy shows, and make audience sometime confused. The emerging media or entertainment can be described by the multiplying technological forces, discursive integration and ...

Coghlan, A., & Pearce, P. (2010). Tracking affective components of satisfaction. Tourism and

One doctoral study research student and a professor at James Cook University in Queensland, Australia undertook to answer questions about links between what motivates tourists in their activities, by tracking affective components of satisfaction. The study selects a number of tourists on dynamic volunteer tourism expeditions. The methodology used was participant long form entry in a diary written communication and analyzed in the group and individual settings. The researchers tried to look for patterns in general levels of satisfactions and how this changed over time, and linked to personality characteristics and daily activity. The study concluded that satisfaction levels do not always ...

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The website Healthy Place gives a greater insight on the relationship between father and son in the article “The Connection between Father and Son”. The main purpose of the article is to remind fathers that they can use crisis situation as an opportunity to get close to their son. The page has quoted an example of Sean and his father relationship where the two have built a close tie as a result of a crisis (Healthy Place). Besides the said article on website of Healthy Place, all other articles and information on the parenting community are important to gather useful ...

Conklin, T. P. (2002). Health Care in the United States: An Evolving System. Info: Ann

Arbor, MI: MPublshing, University of Michigan Library, 7(1).

This article not only cover the changes that the health care system has endured over the years but also elucidates more on the future expectations that are perceived to take place in health care owing to the technological advances and the many specialized fields in healthcare that are perceived to develop in the near future. In this article, the motives and drive factors behind the changes in health care systems are well dealt with. As a research source, this article offers insights on the ...

Annotated Bibliography on Employee Training in Small Buisness

Panagiotakopoulos, A. (2012). Staff “poaching” in the small business context: overcoming this key barrier to training. Industrial and Commercial Training, 44(6), 326-333. DOI 10.1108/00197851211254752

The researcher has used a case study approach to achieve the objectives of the research, and used both secondary data such as company reports, records, etc. and in depth interview to gather firsthand information from the employees of two organizations. Other than salary, the factors such as job autonomy, involvement in decision making, intense work environment and cordial working atmosphere motivate the employees and gain their loyalty to the organization. There is limited scope ...

Annotated Bibliography for Terrorism

Broomhall, B. (2004). State actors in an international definition of terrorism from a human rights perspective. Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law, 36(2-3), 421-441.

Some of the examples of terrorism provided by Broomhall (2004) include hostage-taking and the indiscriminate targeting of civilians, as well as acts of genocide and war crimes.

The international terrorism aspect of this article will allow a more in depth view into the various activities that differentiate domestic from international terrorism, including the legal ramifications that are attached to both forms. Highlighting the International Criminal Court’s definition of terrorism will help to shape the ...

Cantu, R.c.. "Concussion in Professional Football: Morphology of Brain Injuries in the NFL Concussion." Yearbook of Sports Medicine 2010 (2010): 23-24. Print.

In this article the author starts by trying to bring into light what very few aspiring footballers want to hear. In this piece of writing the author categorically describe the concussions and all the other injuries that happen as harzardous. The reason of the author carried out this whole experiment is because he wanted to show the real impact of the concussion on the brain. The demonstration was conducted using a Winstar rat weighing three hundred grams and hit on the head with an impactor of fifty grams moving at a velocities of 7.4 to 11.2 m/s. In his findings, he ...

Introduction

This paper demonstrates in detail on the outcome of divorce on a child. It entails that as a result of divorce, it brings about insecurity on the child, and it can also cause a child to become vulnerable when dealing with relationships of their own. A child tends to have a desire to be wanted, and hence this shows that children go through negative implications as a result of divorce (Das, 2011). Furthermore, divorce contributes to unhappiness among children as they are exposed to a high level of discrepancy from their co-parents before and after separation. This is so as a child has a tendency to have ...

Thesis: Consisting of more than 70% of the surface of the earth, water is without a doubt the most valuable natural resource, which subsists on earth. Without this precious resource, life on the planet would essentially be non-existent, since it is crucial for everything on the earth to grow as well as prospering. Although as humans we recognize this reality, we ignore it through polluting our lakes, oceans, and rivers. The pollution of water causes numerous problems such as killing of fishes and diseases. Water pollution is harmful to animals as well as human beings. Nevertheless, there are numerous solutions ...

Melissa Nasiruddin, Monique Halabi, Alexander Dao, Kyle Chen, and Brandon Brown. ‘Zombies—A Pop Culture Resource for Public Health.’ A Pop Culture Resource for Public Health Awareness - Volume 19, Number 5—May 2013 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal - CDC wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/5/AD-1905_article.htm 2/10/2013

This article was written by Melissa Nasiruddin, Monique Halabi, Alexander Dao, Kyle Chen, and Brandon Brown. It discusses about the dangers of modifying viruses in the laboratory. They say that when viruses are modified, they can pose a very great threat because they can undergo mutation, multiply then spread at a very faster rate to cause problems to the people. In explaining this point, they use an example of a rabies virus which multiplied and caused zombie to a lot of people. It can be used in a research because it can help in creating public awareness on how dangerous zombie infections can be. ...

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Hollis, N. (2013). The meaningful brand: how strong brands make more money. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan. The book tries to identify how the brand of the product has been used by the marketers to unlock the financial development and growth in value. The meaningful and differentiated strategy has been the order of the current market hence making it a hypercompetitive. The book tries to point out the best strategies employed to cater and in fetching high prices. Brands of the products are differentiated in a manner of finding the appropriate large market share. This is in the objective of getting ...

Introduction

The article focuses on how to make biofuels, the advantages of biofuels over other sources of fuel and how the biofuels are important to economies of different countries. Biofuels is a very important source of fuels used in propelling vehicles. It is an alternative source of fuel, which is environmental friendly. Scientists have demonstrated that biofuels can be made from organic materials. The organic materials can be converted into liquid biofuels. The organic materials, which are converted into biofuels, include the shrubs, trees, seeds, fungi, algae, grasses and even animal fats. The biofuels generated from these organic materials power ships, ...

The traditional face-to-face communication is the most commonly used mode of communication due to its formality and the advantages it offers to the communication process. Face-to-face communication presents the environment for mutual relationship between the parties involved in the communication process. However, Riby, Gwyneth, and Whittle dispute that face to face communication might cause a barrier to effective communication since the parties involved in the process might shy away from eye contact. This may occur for instance in case of upward communication in an organization. A junior staff might fear the eye contact of his supervisor, thereby leading to a barrier ...

Aubrey, J.S., & Frisby, C.M. (2011). Sexual objectification in music videos: a content analysis comparing gender and genre. Mass Communication and Society 14: 475-501.

In this article, Aubrey and Frisby (2011) create a coding system which measures the correlations between representations of women and sexual objectification. According to their findings, female artists provide a greater amount of sexual objectification in their videos, and are placed under greater pressure to appear more attractive and glamorous. They are also more likely to showcase sexually suggestive behavior and attitudes. This evidences adds to the argument that women are problematically presented in popular culture and media, as they are placed under a male gaze to be as attractive as possible; a woman’s sexuality is shown to be her primary feature, ...