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The Network is a famous American movie that was released in 1976 and gradually joined the ranks of the most culturally significant films ever produced in the United States. The plot is centered on Howard Beale – a prominent TV presenter who works for the Union Broadcasting System network. The...
Revolutions always bring violent fights and deaths, but sometimes they are the only choice for the struggling populations to fight for one’s rights and freedom. The Mexican Revolution was a significant overthrow of social order that consisted of armed struggles from 1910 to 1920. It had a long-lasting effect on...
Night by Elie Wiesel is one such book where the main character is forced to go through hardships in order to become a different person. It describes the difficult life of a Jewish boy who had to experience a horrifying experience of hunger, violence and losing someone he loves. Since...
Hypercholesterolemia refers to a high level of cholesterol in the blood. This health condition occurs when the inner walls of blood vessels accumulate and store too much cholesterol, which is released to the bloodstream when it reaches excessive levels (Vettor & Serra, 2018). Coronary arteries, the blood vessels supplying blood...
It is hard to disagree that most people are influenced by other individuals or the whole society in various situations. The power of any social situation is rather significant, and there are three forms of influence processes that can affect the way people act in a social setting. The purpose...
Media consumption grows increasingly with the development of the internet and the popularization of social media. Today, a regular adult spends almost half of the day consuming media, which includes watching TV, surfing the web, and texting through various mediums either at home or outside. Such a vast number of...
The influence of neighborhood and, more generally, residence on different aspects of adult outcomes seems to be a subject of poignant interest. The article “An Atlas of Upward Mobility Shows Paths Out of Poverty” by Leonhardt et al. constitutes part of a sizeable body of literature dedicated to the subject....
Cells need to produce considerable amounts of energy to sustain day-to-day operations and reproduce to grow and create new organisms. For example, the meiosis process involves the replication of chromosomes so that one cell can become four gametes (Ko, Chapter 13, 7). The photosynthesis light reaction is the first stage...
Buddhism is one of the major religions in the world, and it is now practiced in various countries including China and Japan. This religion spread in China during the first centuries B.C.E. and became widely practiced in the sixth century (Heine xii). It entered China through trade relations with people...
It seems reasonable to state that waging war has always been an expensive undertaking. What is more, with the flow of time, weapons, armory, and other military equipment – as well as expenses on army maintenance – have become pricier. It is not surprising that recent technical progress provides the...
Although training is critical in preventing injuries during competitions, the strenuous practice often results in many athletes’ deaths. Recently, the number of athletes succumbing to training injuries has risen consistently due to numerous temperature-related illnesses, such as heat stroke. However, leading researchers contend that since these experiences are precipitated by...
Although slavery is abolished and the characters are legally free, they do not feel their freedom. The main characters are free to do what they want, but they do not let themselves do so because of their moral obligations or past experiences. The play also mentions the mill workers who...
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar 1, A Delta Airlines flight 191, always flew between Fort Lauderdale and Los Angeles with a scheduled stop at Dallas. In 1985, the flight was affected by bad weather while in the air along the Texas-Louisiana gulf coast. The plane crew opted to change their route but...
Understanding the correlation between demand and supply is one of the fundamental requirements for gaining competence in economics. The specified correlation represents the primary ratio that defines the emergence of new companies, the choice of business strategies, and the changes in communication approaches. Therefore, determining the demand and supply curve...
According to labor law, independent contractors are guaranteed multiple rights such as the right to contract, choose where to work, how to work, and manage their own business. As an independent contractor, Amier enjoyed working for Amazon and was appalled when the company banned his account without any apparent reason....
The story “The Wrysons” written by John Cheever is a typical narrative about an American couple that preferred everything familiar to the unusual that they distrusted. The life of these people revolved around their comfort zone, and they were incredibly unwilling to welcome any change in their well-organized existence (Cheever...
The plot of Cormac McCarthy’s novel focuses on two people, the father and his son having a challenging journey across the post-apocalyptic continent. Throughout the novel, there is an idea of carrying the fire. Even in the end, the boy asks a stranger, whether he has been carrying it as...
Throughout world history, wartime has always been considered as the darkest and most dooming time for the world community. However, modern textbooks are not capable of expressing the actual feeling of terror and trembling fear people lived through during those years. To bring modern generations closer to their ancestors’ history,...
The literature review section of a DNP project is significant both to readers and the writer. It provides readers with fundamental knowledge that is required to understand the main body of the paper. For the writer, it is a starting point of any research – it provides the necessary information...
The number of unmanned systems in the world is regularly increasing. Today, this diversity includes “self-managed” planes, vehicles, drones, seagoing ships, and spacecraft. Each designed device solves unique problems, hence the variety of interfaces for control and monitoring (Howard, 2013). There is no need to create machine functionality that will...
Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics is centered on the concept of virtue ethics, which can be approached from different perspectives depending on one’s philosophical precepts. Aristotle advances the view that ethics should be contextualized based on whether an action is informed by the pursuit of excellence. The judgment on whether one acted...
Stroke is a severe pathology of the brain, which is caused by the violation of the blood supply and is fraught with dangerous implications for both the nervous system and the sensory system. The manifestations of impairments in patients with stroke may vary depending on the severity of the brain...
How would you sum up what Andre Dubus III is saying in this memoir? Try to express in the sentence or two the significance to him of the events he relates. Dubus focuses on two transformative experiences that affected his childhood. When his father leaves the Marines to become a...
Deviance mainly refers to the contravening of norms and standards as set out in a particular society. Crime, on the other hand, involves the violation of laws set by the government aimed at controlling erratic behaviors. Crime thus represents a form of social deviance since it involves breaking the law...
Managing a company is a challenging and demanding task that requires the employer and employees to perform their duties. However, in some instances, one of the sides underperforms and needs to be motivated. In most cases, it is a certain employee that does not satisfy the management’s needs, forcing the...
In the 1840s, there were three major sectional differences in economy, politics, and states’ rights between northern and southern states of the United States. One should be aware of the fact that during the given period, there were far fewer people in the South than in the North. It is...
Nutrition and Oral Hydration: Resuming Postoperative Diet The first diet doctors usually prescribe after an operation is a clear liquid diet. It is fat-free and based on water and juices. A soft diet corresponds to the next stage in recovery and contains limited solid foods. Eventually, a patient can gradually...
Healthcare ethics is a set of basic principles and values that are applied when making decisions about medical procedures. These ideas include such bioethics notions as autonomy, justice, beneficence, and nonmaleficence. These important factors should be taken into consideration to make recommendations and decide on the best course of action....
Introduction One of the main goals of any business is profit maximization, and one of the principal means of reaching that goal is setting an optimal price for its goods or services. However, the considerations that go into determining this price depend in large part on the market structure. Different...
International strategy generation implies making a subjective decision based on objective facts. In other words, every company needs to decide what will benefit it as it taps into foreign markets, taking into account factors many of which are unchangeable and unmodifiable. In this sense, a strategy can be defined as...
One of the Army’s primary tasks is to serve the American people by protecting the perpetual national interests and complying with military responsibilities. To meet these requirements, one needs to adhere to the leadership based on values and impeccable character, and professional expertise. The Army leadership requirements model (LRM) provides...
In the current course, the most exciting topic for me is personal protective equipment (PPE) in the hospital. The area fascinates me in particular because PPE is of the highest importance for every healthcare facility, and it unites all hospitals regardless of their profiles. In the present paper, I provide...
The notion of racial and ethnic inequality has always been closely associated with American society. However, over the last months, the subject of racism and discrimination has been discussed at an unprecedented rate, followed by demonstrations, protests, and loots. Hence, it is now of crucial importance to dwell upon the...
Realizing a political change takes a lot of time, effort, and resilience. African Americans were on the receiving end of racial prejudice and injustice over 100 years following the Emancipation Act of 1863 (Healey, 2012). They were subjected to race-induced violence and would always be economically and politically oppressed, including...
The graph describes the connection between relative humidity and temperature as well as the variations in these two parameters at different times of the day. The overall relationships exhibited are that the relative humidity increases as temperature reduces and vice versa. The peak relative humidity is measured at 6 am,...
The Kite Runner is a novel written by Khaled Hosseini in 2003 about the fall of the Afghanistan monarchy because of the Soviet Union’s intervention. Amir, a Pashtun boy who moved to the United States, is the protagonist of the book. This story reveals such themes as family affairs, friendship,...
The Executive Excellence Awards is the annual leadership event that recognizes executives who have guided their companies to success with consistent and extraordinary leadership. In 2016, Seattle Business magazine honored 14 local business leaders with “Executive Excellence Awards” (Truzzi, 2016). I enjoyed all the brief stories describing those leaders’ efforts...
Ageism is a highly prevalent worldwide issue that affects both younger and older people. For that reason, The World Health Organization (WHO) launched a broad campaign aimed at combating this problem with the primary goal of providing equal opportunities to the population across the world. WHO defines ageism as discriminative...
The statue of Queen Nefertiti is one of the most famous examples of ancient art, depicting the image of one of the most beautiful women of antiquity. It was created in Egypt, circa 1345 BC, by the sculptor Thutmose, who was the official court sculptor of the Pharaoh Akhenaten, and...
The relationships among biological sex, gender role, and sexuality are often perceived differently in societies around the globe. For example, western societies have a strong penchant for patriarchy, which has certain implications for the people who defy the status quo. As evidenced in the trailer for a movie about women...
Almost all major companies and organizations offer maternity leave – a particular paid period of time for new mothers. However, in some countries, fathers are also provided with such an opportunity. This is called paternity leave, but, unfortunately, it is available only in five American states. The purpose of this...
The Moldau is the symphonic poem of the Czech composer Bedrich Smetana. The poem illustrates the flow of the Moldau river from its spring in the Bohemian forest to Prague. The Moldau theme is played five times and could be characterized as proud and playful by the character. Such an...
The article “New Revenue Recognition Guidance and the Potential for Fraud and Abuse: Are Companies and Auditors Ready?” by Douglas R. Carmichael (2019) raises an essential topic of whether the guidance and a standard introduced by the Financial Accounting Standards Board meet the objectives stated by the organization. The author’s...
Located within the cerebral hemisphere’s left temporal lobe, Wernicke’s area is a brain region critical for language development, particularly in speech comprehension. Language capabilities are progressively acquired and enhanced from childhood to adulthood and encompass receptive and expressive abilities. Wernicke’s area contains motor neurons that support the comprehension of both...
Introduction The Hittites were urbane Anatolian people, a bronze age civilization that played a crucial role in establishing a hugely powerful empire in the deep mountains of Anatolia around 1600 BC, and that existed for over 800 years. The power and strength of this empire reached their height during the...
Distributive justice is guided by objectiveness and aspires to make people live in equality, equity, and depending on their needs. However, such theory is quite ambiguous because it plays out differently in diverse situations, and it led to fierce discussions in philosophy, the social sciences, and others. Regardless of procedural...
A Current Situation A current situation in a team-related environment that I fear refers to the fact that it is challenging to avoid conflicts within the team. The scariest aspect is that these conflicts and issues adversely influence personal relationships with individuals. As a result, team-related conflicts can endanger or...
Planning for end-of-life care involves important and sensitive decisions, which mindful persons have to make, especially when approaching the life expectancy age. As a senior citizen aged 65 years, I would adopt an advanced plan of care in the preparation of the health complications coming with old age. Bartley et...
Singin’ in the Rain is a 1952 musical comedy directed by Gene Kelly and Stanley Donen. This film is significant as it was shot in the epoch of transition from silent films to sound ones. As I watched Singin’ in the Rain, I noticed that MGM Studios used the shift...
Ambition is the elementary factor in the play Macbeth by William Shakespeare. The author has used Macbeth and Lady Macbeth to explore the concept of purpose in Macbeth. The two characters’ ambitions and downfall are the key storylines which the author illustrates. Besides, the desire of control by Lady Macbeth...
I vividly remember the day I realized life was too short and unexpected not to wish for more. It was April, and I sweet-talked my mom to take me to the amusement park on the weekend. I was eight years old, and I had never been to the amusement park...
For this assignment, I have watched a TED Talk video in which Wendy Troxel explains the impact of the lack of sleep on teenagers. The author argues that the role of sleep is significantly underrated, which leads to many issues with health, both physical and mental (Troxel, 2016). I agree...
Compared to the company mentioned in the text, one of the best examples to oppose such demand elasticity might be Wal-Mart. The key reason for such comparison is the mogul retailer’s initial impact on smaller firms that get careworn under the influence of natural sales generated by Wal-Mart (Allgrunn &...
In the past, dating suggested sharing intimate time with one’s partner, but the rules have changed. Today, it is possible to search for information about a potential lover online before becoming acquainted in person. The result of this search may vary from positive, such as similar taste in music, to...
Concept testing is vital for making effective decisions that will improve a given organization’s performance and competitiveness. However, concept testing is often reduced down to marketing a finished product and getting “an initial reaction from customers before committing substantial funds to the product” (Cianfrone, 2019, p. 3). This marketing-oriented concept...
In his fascinating TED talk, “A new equation for Intelligence,” Alex Wissner-Gross discusses the way people can use intelligence, as a physical force, to maximize the diversity of possible futures. He elaborates on how future options can be kept open through the application of the study findings from the latest...
Battleship Potemkin was revolutionary in many senses, but the most memorable and fascinating part is arguably the Odessa Steps. While it is a marvel from the technical point of view, the sequence also criticizes war and its cruelty, particularly towards the innocent. However, the message is enhanced through the montage,...
Bell, T. R., Applequist, J., & Dotson-Pierson, C. (2019). CTE, media, and the NFL: Framing a public health crisis as a football epidemic. Rowman & Littlefield. This book argues that there is a link between experiencing chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and playing American football. The authors emphasize that media coverage...
Alcohol abuse is an urgent problem for many modern people, as it is the most affordable way of intoxication. Statistics informs that excessive use of the substance is the reason for “95,000 deaths and 2.8 million years of potential life lost each year in the United States” (Alcohol facts and...
The literary concept of poetry is one of the most challenging aspects in terms of encoding the writer’s intentions and ideas behind the lines, especially when analyzed decades after their first publications. A prime example of such a challenge would be the poems written by Robert Frost, an American poet...
The debate on the issue of economic inequality mitigation has been one of the central aspects of global discussion for decades. The primary concern of such an argument has always been based upon establishing a direct link between the process of globalization and an increase in the gap between average...
In this article, Parrish (2015) tries to clarify the reasons and factors that caused his hatred towards African-Americans. According to the discussions of the author, it is the impulse that is given by social prejudices and beliefs. For example, it is mentioned that the author’s parents were also against African-Americans...
The first essay is devoted to gender inequality in modern societies and its reasons. The best part of the essay is the definitions provided and a short history of society’s development that show the reasons for inequality. The thesis statement is clear and includes contradictive opinions, which are discussed further...
The article “Why must we protect crocodiles?” explaining the value of the Philippine crocodile to rural communities” discusses various methods, approaches, and reasons to protect the endangered Philippine crocodile. Although it is strictly prohibited from hunting, its numbers continue to decline due to the use of poaching fishing methods. The...
In the aftermath of World War II and during the Cold War, there were two spheres of influence in Europe. Western Europe supported the capitalist principles of the USA, whereas Eastern and Central European countries sympathized with the Soviet Union seeking to have communist governments in place. This entailed significant...
The concept of otherness is one of the central issues in James McBride’s autobiographical book The Color of Water and Nadine Gordimer’s story Country Lovers. However, while there are many similarities in how otherness functions in these works, some aspects are fundamentally different. This short essay argues that two authors...
In the American healthcare system, organizations use a special set of codes to specify the type of performed medical assistance. Procedures on the skin, subcutaneous and accessory structures are grouped under their own code range. This subheading is divided into the following categories, each one is further separated into subcategories....
The Issue of Sexual Deviance Kinsey Reports gathered their samples through the stratified sampling method. In the stratified sampling method, subjects are chosen according to their behavior relatedness, a massive sign of subject bias. According to Goode (2016), Kinsey’s study failed to address representativeness, skewing the research. In Kinsey’s sex...
Virginia Henderson was the one who proposed the supreme theories of nursing in the mid-twentieth century. Her accentuation on essential human requirements as the focal point of nursing practice has prompted further hypothesis advancement concerning the patient’s necessities and how nursing can help address those requirements. The theorist’s characterization of...
Authors often utilize symbols to signify the importance of events, objects, or relationships in their works. Indeed, the majority of the great poetic or literature works use some degree of symbolism to allow readers to visualize the writers’ messages. Correspondingly, in the play Macbeth, Shakespeare uses symbolism to portray the...
All Quiet on the Western Front is the most famous and influential book by Erich Maria Remarque. The novel is set in the western front of World War I and depicts the life of German soldiers. The futility of war and the devastating effect it has on human psychology are...
It is worth noting that the work of Zora Neale Hurston called “Sweat” brought up a gender conflict as the main subject for discussion. In particular, this short story reveals aggression and sexist oppression against black women by black men. In this story, the husband attempts to kill his wife...
Nursing theories provide conceptual frameworks for studying phenomena and developing knowledge in healthcare. Different models can be applied to different domains of nursing and used at all levels of abstraction, which allows formalizing the process of research in the field. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the theory...
Starting with the title and ending with the plot, the whole book notes the connection of the narrative with harmless birds. The title “To Kill a Mockingbird” is associated with a specific situation that occurred in the plotline. Atticus buys special air rifles for his children for shooting sports. And...
All products have a limited life cycle and go through various identifiable stages. It starts with the conception of the product, its development, its introduction to the market, then to a stage when the market rapidly grows and stands saturated just after attaining maturity (Stark, 2019). Subsequently, the market drops,...
As a reaction to the Soviet Union’s increasing influence, parts of American society became extremely similar. Some people even argued that the nation was becoming homogenous. Americans watched the same TV shows, worked for the same companies, bought similar apartments and products, and had identical lives overall. However, the thorough...
13th is a documentary by Avu DuVernay, which explored the perpetuation of hidden slavery in the US in its historical continuation, evolving into different forms of “socially-acceptable” practices that were used to keep black Americans as second-grade citizens (DuVernay 2016). I approached the film with a degree of bias towards...
Article by Kim Baker, “The Black Officer Who Detained George Floyd Had Pledged to Fix the Police,” tells the story of Alex Kueng. He was one of two black people along with the victim in case of the death of George Floyd. Though he aspired to work in the police...
Calcium is an essential element within the process of muscle contraction due to its direct involvement in the interaction between muscle fiber proteins, such as actin, troponin, and myosin. Myofibrils have the ability to interact with ATP and contract only in the presence of certain concentrations of calcium ions in...
Gathering information about social media users, their preferences, demographic characteristics, and other features for advertising or maintaining competition is a natural phenomenon in today’s marketing environment. The more successful a website integrates targeted promotional materials, the more profits owners can generate. Regarding the ethics of this practice, the key issues...
Recently, information leaks have become more frequent in our company due to the improper use of social networks. Unfortunately, this is often the fault of employees who spend too much time on the Internet and post too sincere texts. First, it leads to a decrease in productivity at work, and...
Generally, t-test include five assumptions that have to be taken into consideration at all times when the analysis is executed. As discussed by Kim and Park (2019), first, the scale of measurement applied to the collected information follows an ordinal or continuous scale. Second, the data is derived from a...
My favorite store is Zara, which specializes in low-cost and fashionable clothing. As it is a clothing store, it uses merchandise to visually captivate customers and those who pass by. It was especially apparent the last time I went there. Zara primarily targets sight, which is supported by other senses,...
The 2020’s presidential campaign in the United States was thrilling and intense as the Democrats focused on removing President Donald Trump from office. While there were other contestants, Joe Biden proved to be the primary challenger of the incumbent president. Throughout the campaign, communication played an indispensable role in shaping...
The essence of my proposal is this: the Constitution should unequivocally state that the secession of any state of collection thereof can only be possible with the ratification by all the states comprising the Union. The Declaration that created this nation held dear the people’s right to assume the separate...
Symbol Meaning(s): This symbol is new to society since it has been created as a result of the emergence of new digital technology. It looks like an upside-down drop with a circle in it. Its appearance resembles a hot air balloon or a pin that travelers put on the world...
Introduction Healthcare is being continuously reformed, employing innovation, and developing person-oriented strategies. Envisioning recovery in healthcare offers a new type of improvement in the recovery process, which includes innovational strategies, and the use of communication advancements to assess overall well-being and patient-oriented recovery. Effective envisioning recovery needs reforms in healthcare...
Protectionist measures are policies enacted to safeguard domestic industries from competition with foreign firms. They are executed by introducing subsidies, trade tariffs, import quotas, and other trade barriers on imports from foreign business competitors. Remarkably, nearly all typical economists concur that free trade is essential for the thriving of the...
In the video, Jill gives an informative insight into the intricate workings of the human brain. She is a neuroanatomist who personally experienced the distinct characteristics of the brain’s two hemispheres after having a stroke. Since her incident occurred in the left cerebral half, Jill could not understand human language...
The appropriate utilization of statistics, backed up by these methodical studies, is crucial for the entire modern society and the media sphere separately. Being a rather specific science, statistics can cause difficulties for people, which leads to incorrect interpretation of the analyzed data. This effect is particularly serious in the...
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted by the members of the United Nations in 2015 for the purpose of promoting health and well-being in the world. The goals determine the priorities and targets that are associated with the principle of universal care, and they also affect the practice of...
The inherent need to be a part of the community is often seen in modern society as a negative phenomenon, yet, in essence, it is a neutral force that may incite one to take a specific action. The latter, in turn, may be positive or negative, yet the very concept...
Edmund Spenser firstly published sonnet 75 in 1595, and it was devoted to his second wife, Elizabeth Boyle. The verse was a part of the book Amoretti and Epithalamion, which included love poems and a wedding song. In his work, Spenser presents a straightforward idea that love is immortal and...
The presentations equipped me with new knowledge about adult stem cells. First, I learned that these cells can replicate indefinitely. They are defined by the ability to break down unlimited times. Second, they can transform their identities or convert to cells of entirely different tissues. For example, adult bone marrow...
When a female patient complains of headache, blurred vision, and epigastric pain after delivery and Pitocin infusion, nursing priorities should include prevention of excessive bleeding and evaluation of possible complications after the episiotomy. Regarding the already made incision, such problems as increased blood loss, infection, pain, discomfort, and new hematoma...
The concept of expansion has become the leitmotif for most companies’ business strategies in the modern economic setting. The rationale behind the focus on expansion is quite obvious since a larger organization with stronger links across the globe has greater chances of remaining sustainable and keeping its competitive advantage over...
Religious texts often become fundamental for individuals’ views and societies’ values, serving as the framework for the rules of the right conduct and behavior. In some cases, they tend to bear more significance for people than scientific research since their authority is rooted in hundreds and even thousands of years...
Cultural beliefs are a set of norms, practices, behavior patterns related to actions, thoughts, and manners which society’s members share and are inclined to. Cultural beliefs significantly influence the decision-making of healthcare providers and patients with chronic disease and their medication (Ohr et al., 2017). Cultural principles pose a challenge...
Article Summary The article describes the situation surrounding the uncertain status of transgender and transsexual athletes in the U.S. and international sports. Focusing on the track athletes Andraya Yearwood, Terry Miller, and Chelsea Mitchell, it explains the contested legislation over the matter, as well as issues of fairness and exclusion....
The Group of Seven and Northern Development by Paul Walton tells the Great Transformation of Canada and related opposing viewpoints, driven by the agrarian myth and the myth of progress. It began with the acquisition of vast resource-rich areas located on the Precambrian shield (Walton, 1990). The Group of Seven...
OxyContin is the brand name used to sell the extended-release form of oxycodone. It describes a semi-synthetic prescription opioid used to manage severe pain (Cheng and Coplan 568). Like all opioids, OxyContin carries the risk of psychological and physical dependence (United States Department of Justice 39). In addition to pain...
Despite the fact that penicillin is traditionally prescribed for the effective treatment of various bacterial infections, it may cause an additional highly negative consequence. Penicillin allergy may be defined as an abnormal reaction of the individual’s immune system to the medication on the basis of this antibiotic drug. In the...
Even though it may not seem that the situation described in the case study is a significant threat, it should be treated as a breach of patients’ confidentiality. On the one hand, physical therapist accidentally accessed health records without authorization. On the other hand, this information was shared with a...
The topic of the project for the wellness class is plastic pollution and associated health problem. For discussion, presented a captivating article written by Laura Parker (2020) in National Geographic. The article describes the recent findings of plastic pollution and current ways to respond to the problem. The article is...
Introduction The mission of healthcare is to provide high-quality care for all, but the analysis of Southern Regional Health System (SRHS) has demonstrated the medical staff’s failure to deliver care equitably across different ethnic and racial populations. SRHS is located in Jackson, Mississippi, which is a very diverse area that...
Every kind of sport has its own history that explains how a specific game has come to its modern state. In his book, Loose Balls: The Short, Wild Life of the American Basketball Association, Terry Pluto considers basketball history by describing how the ABA was created and merged with the...
The given assessment will focus on James Baldwin’s “Sonny’ Blues,” and the essay question on what this work reveals about issues like reality, imagination, truth, morals, values, relationships, gender roles, and power structures. This particular piece of writing primarily focuses on family values, brotherly relationships, and addictions. The story demonstrates...
Shima Baughman, a Professor of Criminal Law, wrote an article titled “Police solve just 2% of all major crimes.” The author researched police reports issued within the last fifty years and found that it fails to solve serious crimes. The findings of Baughman prompted the author to conclude that the...
“The Raven” is one of the most well-known poems by Edgar Allan Poe. This work of art can be seen as a hymn to remorse and emotional distress. The story starts with a description of a man who is “weak and weary” whose negative emotions and despair intensify with every...
Traditionally, women have been stereotyped as caregivers, while men as breadwinners. This has led to some careers being associated with men or women, such as “midwife” and “mailman.” When society brands a job as feminine, its authority diminishes, and fewer men join the career. Masculine jobs are deemed to need...
Procedural programming and Object-oriented programming (OOP) are two paradigms in programming. They are fundamentally different in how they approach problem-solving and organizing programs. Under procedural programming, a program is organized as a step-by-step instruction to solve a problem. The instructions are executed linearly, but they can include elements that control...
The main difference between the old and the new metaphysics is in the philosophical problems they seek to address. The old metaphysics, going back up to the Ancient Greek philosophers such as Parmenides and Aristotle, was preoccupied with the matters of essence and existence. The classic example of a problem...
The efficiency of executive compensation for shareholders is something that boards of directors and companies strive to achieve by maximizing their tax deductibility. The tax code (Internal Revenue Code) includes several provisions that apply to executive compensation such as Tax Code §162(m) – Deductibility of Executive Compensation and Tax Code...
Introduction The chapter presents selected information adapted from Hochschild’s 1997 book The Time Bind: When Work Becomes Home and Home Becomes Work. In this chapter, Hochschild discusses the changing relationship between work and home life based on her research of working parents. The main conclusion of the author is that,...
Introduction The debate over the issue of abortion is intense and involves many doctors, ethicists, policymakers, and researchers all over the world. Medical journals are full of controversial articles which defend the perspectives of opponents or proponents of abortion. Hendricks convincingly argues against the expulsion of a fetus and presents...
Everyone wants a music system with crystal clear sounds that are appealing and entertaining. Jerrold Company presents the Jerrold amplifier, which is the absolute solution to the voice problems in homes, business places, and even campaigns. The amplifier has the Alternating Current (AC), making it easy for the user to...
This post demonstrates how e-commerce growth depends on various external factors. The pandemic situation proved that the Internet plays a significant role in the life of modern society; it is an essential channel through which many companies run their business. For example, in developing countries, the virus outbreak led to...
Plyometrics has been known to be one of the most efficient methods of training speed and explosiveness in athletes. With numerous studies supporting this statement, the article entitled “Effects of Plyometric and Explosive Speed Training on Recreational Marathoners” was chosen for analysis. This paper is going to briefly summarize it...
Social media has become a part of people’s everyday life, but many do not think about the way these platforms affect their behaviors, mental health, or other spheres of their lives. This communication channel can influence people of different ages in diverse ways. Young adults tend to form some of...
The dream of creating a world with 100% renewable energy is closer to becoming a reality than ever. Large corporations, countries, and separate states have already transferred or put a plan into action to transfer to 100% renewable energy in a couple of decades (Garcia et al., 2018). Even individual...
The International Olympic Committee (I.O.C.) approved France to host the next summer event in 2024. Paris was chosen as a strategic city of welcoming professional sportspersons in international sports, including athletics, football, basketball, and volleyball, among others. The decision of awarding the bid was based on significant social factors relevant...
The pandemic of COVID-19 has affected the world drastically, changing the course of interactions between people, jeopardizing the global economy, and creating a significant political strain. Approaching the problem of COVID-19 from a philosophical standpoint, one will recognize several determinist stances that can be applied to the problem at hand....
The current mission of the Atria West 86 Retreat Stay is to provide its customers with the greatest range of opportunities for relaxation and introduce strategies for maintaining their safety, as well as physical and mental well-being. By booking a room at Atria West 86 Retreat Stay, one will receive...
Listening to the recording of “Spring”, first movement, by Vivaldi is an extreme pleasure for many individuals, and I am one of them. The chosen instruments perfectly imitate natural sounds, provoking the required emotions and causing the necessary effects. For example, violins are used to imitate a delightful birdsong and...
It is hard to disagree that leadership is a challenging and severe process that requires people to be strong, communicative, successful, creative, and influential. However, thanks to several methods and theories, being an effective leader may become more manageable. The purpose of this paper is to define leadership and non-sanctioned...
Classics are literary works that are considered the gage and main point of reference for their era or a particular genre. Previously, this term referred to certain authors of ancient literature, and later it was used to refer to all ancient Greek and Roman literature. This concept is now used...
Introduction The first video named the Stanford Prison Experiment presents a real socio-psychological experiment held in 1971. The US Navy sponsored the study as they had intentions to reveal the reasons for severe conflicts between the guards and the prisoners in the prisons (Vsauce, 2018). Phillip Zimbardo, the lead researcher,...
Understanding the topic of women and migration means being able to embrace a sizeable range of factors affecting the topic in question. Therefore, the key talking points to be included in a lecture on the issue of women and migration will have to concern three main areas, which are the...
Virtue ethics states that practicing honesty, dignity, and generosity makes an individual a moral and virtuous person (MacKinnon & Fiala, 2018). From this perspective, Snowden’s action can be viewed as an act of virtue. Using his moral code and the vision of the situation, he preferred to report about numerous...
The US Supreme Court does not adhere strictly to any universal rules or techniques of constitutional interpretation, enabling cases when civil liberties are violated. The freedom to express one’s views is protected by the First Amendment to the US Constitution. The government is not to limit the ability of citizens...
The compositions left a profound trace in the literature of the XX century. Even though the stories are short, they contain significant ideas. The narratives are modernist since they describe the individual’s thoughts, not the social environment. The paper below represents a brief overview of the narrations. It also explains...
Successful communication is an essential part of human life, and it defines one’s overall promotion in all spheres. However, there are conflicts that prevent us from being good at communicating, and I am no exception to the rule. Once I had a friend, who was an aggressive type of person,...
The RAIDERS installation by Stephanie Syjuco is an example of how the art of the past can today be transformed into the art of the present, using modern technologies. She created two-dimensional replicas of the ancient Asian vases, utilizing the images that she found on the Internet. I believe she...
Introduction A debate regarding the political system in the US is a controversial topic. On the one hand, the state is usually characterized as democratic, while on the other, many issues affecting the daily lives of the citizens remain unresolved. Despite the proclamation that the country is a democracy, the...
Robert Merton’s Strain Theory is a sociological and criminological theory that states that social structures may force people to commit a crime. There are five modes of adapting to strain that an individual can pursue: conformity, ritualism, innovation, retreatism, and rebellion, the last three of which are associated with criminal...
Taxes represent involuntary charges imposed on people or companies and controlled by a government agency, whether local or national, to fund different operations within the country. From an economic perspective, taxes fall on the one who caters to their burden, be it an establishment such as a business or consumers...
At first glance, Othello seems simply a tragedy of jealousy, just as Macbeth is a tragedy of ambition. It is easy to imagine that Shakespeare decided to explore several exciting and dangerous passions and warn the audience against them. However, the ideas ingrained in the play seem to be broader...
This paper will analyze the graphic strategies used by Art Spiegelman on page 13 of his graphic novel, Maus: A Survivor’s Tale. This page represents a part of the narration when a father tells his son about his past, so it includes both the current timeline of the story and...
Marriage is a unique social institution that can be viewed as an agreement between partners needed to regulate social life and create a legally recognized union based on passion, love, religion, or other reasons that might help to generate benefits and get an advantageous position, or a desired social status....
Arthur Fleck, played by Joaquin Phoenix in Joker version of 2019, has several psychological disorders. They include psychotic illness, bipolarity, hallucinations, depression, and pseudobulbar affect. The last one is relatively rare and is characterized by uncontrollable laughter or crying (Hakimi & Maurer, 2019). Arthur tends to experience fits when feeling...
The discussion of the history of Mexican identity in the US is not possible without the mentioning of the Chicano movement. A series “Chicano! A History of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement” provides an extensive overview of the movement, and the current paper will address the first episode of...
Abstract If your professor asks you to provide an abstract, start typing your abstract here (no indentations). If you do not need an abstract, remove this page. Your abstract should be a single double-spaced paragraph. Your abstract should be about 130-150 words. Introduction Safe driving is a topic that has...
Abstract People in the 21st century perceive the world in a significantly different way from their counterparts from the 14th century. Jean Baudrillard argues that a considerable shift has occurred, and human beings can no longer determine what reality is. He states that individuals are surrounded by “models of real...
My Homiletic Swimming Pool is a great religious book written by Timothy Tow. This paper seeks to analyze the concepts of the first two chapters of the book. The first chapter discusses two effective methods of communicating God’s word, which seems to be the central theme of the book; teaching...
Introduction Plato is one of the most studied and celebrated philosophers. His attempt to find concrete, specific solutions to the significant problems in the world resulted in his work on the “Forms”. Elucidation of “Forms” is his major work describing them as supra-sensible identities. According to Plato, “ideas” or “forms”...
Comprehensive health education is important for the promotion of public health. However, increasing health literacy is not always easy as some learners become disengaged or discouraged in the process. For this reason, teachers must use multiple media to get their points across and provide learners with the most relevant information....
One of the most key characteristics of chapter eleven revolves around relationship dynamics between various characters. The first major event takes place when some boys, who surrounded Vivian as the center of their attention, show disrespect towards Park. At this moment, Kim observes such behavior and steps to defend him,...
Hurricanes are a result of warm, moist air from the ocean surface rising swiftly and meeting with cooler air. This creates warm water vapor which condenses to generate storm clouds and rainfall. The condensation releases latent heat to warm the cool air above and causes it to rise and create...
Down syndrome (DS) is the most common and leading cause of the intellectual deficiency. Patients diagnosed with DS address various health concerns, such as “congenital heart diseases(CHD), Alzheimer’s diseases (AD), leukemia, cancers, and Hirschprung disease (HD)” (Asim, Kumar, Muthuswamy, Jain & Agarwal, 2015, p. 1). It is a complex and...
Life is a combination of victories and defeats, and each person sooner or later faces troubles. Problems can arise from uncontrolled situations and occur due to coincidences. People react differently to a crisis, and crime may seem like the only solution. On the other hand, an accident can lead to...
