Zombie Films: Social and Psychological Themes in Horror

Readings: Summary Zombies have been quite a social phenomenon recently, with the idea of the living dead have been quickly and rather smoothly integrated into popular culture, in general, and the horror genre, in particular. Although the public enthusiasm for the walking dead creatures seems to have declined slightly, zombies...

Yusef Komunyakaa’s Poem: Exploring Childhood & Racial Tension

Yusef Komunyakaa’s poem “Blackberries” and Sylvia Plath’s poem “Blackberrying” are two of the many poems that have utilized the theme of blackberry picking as a plot. Both poems belong to distinctly different eras of American History. Sylvia Plath is a confessional poet while Yusef Komunyakaa’s poem is deep-rooted in his...

Y Health and Wellness Studio: Managing Technology and Social Responsibility

Technology Plan Technology in Use Y Health and Wellness Studio business has integrated software and hardware technological devices to support its service delivery to its clients, who are young children. The hardware components include mobile phones, tablets, and computers with physical exercise apps installed in them. The company has also...

Biotransformation of Xenobiotics: Processes and Implications Explained

Every day people are influenced by various chemical elements, also known as xenobiotics, which get into the organism through lungs, skin, and the digestive tract with air, food, drinks, or medicines (Denali, 2015). Some xenobiotics do not impact the human body, while most of them cause chemical reactions. As a...

Wrongly Accused: Flaws in Justice System

Introduction The problem of wrongly accused and imprisoned citizens has gained significant importance during recent decades. The growing number of criminal cases in which the convicts are exonerated implies concerns about the validity of the current justice and investigation systems. The opinions on the necessity of the ultimate reconstruction of...

Guidelines for Standard Written Communication: Analyzing Key Readings

Articles Analysis Writing is an integral practice of official communication at various levels of the organization. Although writing may seem to an ordinary person like a simple event of just typing words on a piece of paper, to the writer it is a tedious process of collecting material, synthesizing, organizing,...

Enhancing Communication Skills in Comp 101

Introduction Throughout the Comp 101 class, I have come to appreciate and understand the core elements of writing, research, and the general reading criteria which will further my endeavors in other areas of study or work. This is because communication is exceedingly required to better identify with other areas of...

Impact of Offshore Job Transfers on Freelance Writing and IT

It is increasingly common for freelancers from abroad to take over jobs formerly occupied by individuals in the U.S., U.K., and Canada. In some cases, this situation is called “job transfer.” A sizable number of countries have become targets of “job transfer” activity, China and India among them. “Job transfers”...

Importance of Voting: Civic Duty and Democratic Engagement

Voting is a right and an obligation of anyone aged eighteen and above. Many citizens neglect the opportunity to participate in selecting the new representatives of the power branch, which is not justified. Indeed, the right to vote is officially only a right, and no one can be made to...

The Unethical Tuskegee Experiment and Its Human Rights Violations

Overview of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study In 1932, the southern states were experiencing a syphilis pandemic that affected poor people the most. No one cared about impoverished and black people. Worse, physicians seemed unconcerned about their concerns. The medical profession blamed poverty-related ailments on “bad blood.” Wealthy patients received excessive...

WWI Events: Wilson’s League of Nations & America’s Role

Introduction This is an essay that generally talks about some of the events as it appertains to world war I. In it, there is a discussion about Wilson Woodrow and his fight for the League of Nations. Also, the issues that dragged America into the war and the aftermath of...

Addressing Workplace Violence Against US Nurses: Strategies and Solutions

Proper job climate is among the key factors that make healthcare providers’ work more effective and patient-oriented. Speaking about nurses, it is necessary to mention that being a nursing professional always involves being dedicated to patients and performing the work with regard to high standards. Even though every nurse understands...

Chemical Safety in Construction: Preventing Accidents

Introduction Attention Getting Device Death and injury due to accidental chemical exposure is a constant and real danger in construction sites around the world. On average nearly 30 million workers a year are exposed to hazardous substances due to improper handling standards, no prior knowledge regarding the corrosiveness of a...

Exploring Online Community Dynamics on WonderHowTo

When one lurks in an online community, it means that they either just scroll or post so infrequently that it is hard to call participation. There are various reasons for lurking, one of which is feeling the need to acknowledge the basic rules and ways of the community before posting....

Antigone and Nora: Defiant Women in Patriarchal Societies

Introduction Even though the two plays; ‘Antigone’ by Sophocles and ‘A Doll’s House’ by Henrick Ibsen were written in completely different times, they share certain thematic elements when it comes to the portrayal of the female characters. For instance, the characters “Antigone” by Sophocles and Nora in “A Doll’s House”...

Women in International Business: Breaking Barriers

Introduction According to Ricks, male dominance is still the chief characteristic of the modern-day international business (78). Additionally, while the women population makes up a huge section of the workforce in individual countries, they only represent 6% of the business expatriate (Ricks 83). However, the situation is rapidly changing. Organizations...

Why Women Shouldn’t Serve in Combat Roles

Abstract The debate as to whether women should serve in military combat units or roles has been ongoing and still continues. Those who believe that they should be allowed to participate in combat units argue from the gender equality perspective. However, this line of reasoning ignores the fact that there...

Amanda Wojick’s ‘Yellow Bandiad Waterfall’ Artwork Analysis

We have been discussed many works by different artist, Amanda Wojick, Richard Serra, and Louise Bourgeois. These artists have different vision of the art and try to implement their ideas in different forms. Elkins in the chapter “Just looking” states that seeing means searching (22) and he is right. When...

The Bystander Effect: Why People Don’t Help

History has seen many examples of the bystander effect, a phenomenon that stops people from helping others in an emergency. It is important to understand the nature of this phenomenon and the factors that attribute to its occurrence to reverse it and minimize casualties. Social psychologists conducted numerous studies to...

Wi-Fi and WiMax: Key Wireless Technologies for Businesses

Introduction The onset of wireless communications paved way for the aspect of mobility during communication, which is increasingly becoming a core requirement for organizations due to the nature of the present business environment (Bagad, 2009). This implies that wireless communication is essential for any organization that is to remain competitive...

Churchill on Soviet Expansion and Western Self-Determination

Churchill believes the Soviet Union “desires the fruits of war and the indefinite expansion of their power and doctrines.” How might those expansionist desires challenge the Western principle of national political self-determination, a cause it championed during World War 2? After World War II, the Soviet Union had its vast...

Online Communication: Wikis vs. Blogs for Collaboration

Without any doubt, online communication is one of the most widely-spread types of communication between people. Being far from each other, people get an excellent opportunity to share news, discuss various themes, meet new friends, organize their days, and entertain. Of course, writing letters and chat communications are excellent and...

Why Hockey Has Fewer Injuries Compared to Other Team Sports

Introduction There are various kinds of sports with each having rules and regulations that govern it. Some sports are considered risky than others based on the situations that surround them especially in terms of injuries that are endured by the team players (Bird, Black & Newton, 1997). This piece of...

China’s Innovation Stagnation: History and Theories

When studying the history of China, many put a focus on innovations that gave a start to the development of Western civilizations. Despite the fact that China was very advanced in agricultural and technological productivity in the time period leading up to the fourteenth century, the country stopped its development...

Church and State: Form vs. Content in Controversial Issues

Author Brendan Sweetman delineates the difference between form and content in the arguments that arise between church and state, particularly in the area of traditionally controversial religious and moral issues such as abortion, gay rights, capital punishment, and euthanasia (Sweetman 232). Form, Sweetman contends, refers exclusively to the quality of...

Comparing Why Him? and Bridget Jones’s Baby: Romantic Comedy Insights

I hope my message will find you well, and you will enjoy my reply to your last message. You asked me to share my recent motive theater experience and compare two romantic comedies I was lucky to watch. In fact, such a task was a bit complicated for me because...

Why Business Acquisitions Fail: Key Factors

Introduction When a firm proposes to buy the shares, stocks, or assets of another similar firm it is called acquisition. The process of acquisition is complete only when there is a concrete agreement signed by two or more parties. The acquisition process requires huge financial input because; firms have to...

“Who Is a Progressive?”: T. Roosevelt’s Vision, Goals and Achievements

Introduction Theodore Roosevelt was a great leader of his time and sought to bring in the Progressive era to the United States. This movement aimed to address numerous social problems created by industrialization and urbanization. Political mismanagement and abuse by big businesses have led to a violation of many social...

Improving Logistics with Demand & Order Management

Customers are not getting their orders in a timely manner. It’s your job to find out why. How can the functions of demand management and order management impact your organization’s logistic and supply chain structure? What indicators are you looking for? What actions would you take? Customer satisfaction is one...

The Link Between Job Satisfaction and Worker Productivity

Purpose of the article The purpose of the article is to define the contributions of job satisfaction, psychological wellbeing, and dispositional effect on workers’ productivity and happiness. The article also focuses on the factors that influence employees’ motivation to work. All the constructs are tested and analyzed both theoretically and...

US Army Wheeled Mechanic Department: Code of Conduct and Ethics

The Wheeled Mechanic Department of the United States Army’s code of conduct values integrity, commitment to excellence, and people. This code provides a framework and guidance about business culture as expected among employees, stakeholders, and senior management. The code forms a fundamental basis through which we undertake business enhancing the...

Factors Influencing the Future of the Death Penalty: Insights by LaChance

Introduction This reading essay summarizes, explains, and evaluates the main points of the reading: “What Will Doom the Death Penalty: Capital Punishment, Another Failed Government Program?” by Daniel LaChance. The main theme of this article is the call to abandon the death penalty because it has failed. This essay, therefore,...

Factors Leading to the Demise of the Death Penalty: Analyzing Trends and Arguments

The author of the article “What Will Doom the Death Penalty: Capital Punishment, Another Failed Government Program?” observes that four decades have passed since the death penalty was pronounced ineffective and unjust (LaChance, 2014). The increasing levels of crime in the United States encouraged more people to embrace the idea...

Satirical Insights: Saunders, Swift, Rothman & Wallace

Reading Between the Lines: The True Meaning of the Story George Saunders: Marriages. Winning Your Lottery In his extremely satiric essay Saunders asks a simple question – why not marrying someone with an even weaker will and becoming what can be called a “normal family” (Saunders)? The author claims that...

The Role of History: Should Everyone Study It?

Should the field of history be mainly left to the professional historians to research and debate among themselves, or is it important for everyone to study history? In my opinion, everyone needs to learn the history and not leave research and debate over it only to professional historians. Every person...

Wellness Coach Health Practitioner: Community Health

Introduction The Wellness Coach Health Practitioner (WCHP) project is a business plan that implies providing the combined services of a wellness coach and a health practitioner to customers, thus increasing quality and leading to higher customer satisfaction rates. The project is fraught with several challenges, yet it is likely to...

Welcome to the United States of Ambien: Sheffield’s Article Analysis

Writing about the adverse effects of drugs is a thankless job, and getting this job done without making the readers nauseous with its preachy tone already is impressive enough. Rob Sheffield has gone an even more successful way by prompting his audience to acknowledge the explicit abuse of Ambien –...

Motivation Theories in Diversity Management for Organizational Success

Introduction With varied forms, diversity has evolved into a vital aspect of contemporary social structures and corporate entities. As the global landscape becomes more diverse, the need to manage diversity effectively has escalated. Understanding how to engage, empower, and motivate individuals with varied backgrounds is crucial, as revealed by motivation...

Essential Questions for Premarital Counseling Success

Introduction At the stage of relationships before the wedding, couples, as a rule, do not experience significant difficulties in communicating and solving joint issues. However, in the process of marriage, domestic challenges and different views on certain life situations may cause serious conflicts that can lead to quarrels and even...

International Federation of Journalists: Defending Press Freedom

The website is run by the International Federation of Journalists organization. This organization was first established in 1926 and its current chapter was launched in 1952. The IFJ is open to membership by journalists’ trade unions from all over the world. It presently has about 600,000 members from over 100...

Methods for Web Service Composition: Techniques and Best Practices

Introduction Nowadays, social media are regularly used by businesses to share information about their products and services and get immediate feedback from a large pool of users. Considering this, social media sites create multiple opportunities for social media commerce or, in other words, active participation in “the marketing and selling...

Applying Watson’s Caring Theory: Principles & Benefits

The core principles of Jean Watson’s Theory of Human (Transpersonal) Caring are concerned with the values of kindness, equality, amiability, and spiritual care about the patients (Watson, 2013). To cultivate the understanding of Watson’s theory, the principle of mindfulness is suggested (Sitzman & Watson, 2014). Applying this theory to the...

Water Quality in Indonesia: Insights from Batujai Reservoir

Introduction Clean, fresh water is a valuable natural resource that ensures the survivability of the nation. Despite having 6% of the world’s water resources, Indonesia’s management and environmental policies have not only been raising concerns but also pushed the country to the brink of water crisis (“Indonesia’s water and sanitation...

Corporate Impact on Water Access in the ‘Flow’ Documentary

Man cannot live without necessities, such as air, food, shelter, and water. It has been said that man can live for many days without food but only a few without water. It is, therefore, a comforting fact that like air, water is free. No one owns the water, and because...

Waterfall vs. Iterative vs. Incremental: Product Development Models

There are several models or approaches to product development, and they include the waterfall and iterative (agile) ones. The waterfall approach presupposes the linear implementation of all the processes that are relevant to production; in this case, the new activity is undertaken after the previous one has been finished and...

Defining Operational Capacity in Wastewater Treatment Plants

The concept of capacity is viewed through the lens of the technical properties of the wastewater plant. When mentioning the phenomenon under analysis, the contributors to the site imply the ability of the plant to contain a certain amount of water, produce a particular amount of work, etc. Therefore, although...

Challenges of Reducing Waste in US Healthcare

Currently, the healthcare expenditures in the United States continue to grow with exponentially high rates with policymakers attempting to slow the number of wasted resources and efforts in the industry. This assignment briefly describes three manifestations of wasted resources and efforts in health care, such as poorly managed care transitions,...

Examining Wasted Efforts in American Healthcare: Key Issues

To provide proper medical and nursing care, it is of great importance to developing a good resource management strategy. For instance, any assets available to care providers should be used in a way that maximizes their effectiveness and prevents extra expenses. Nowadays, waste resources in modern healthcare systems include money...

Washington Monument: Engineering Marvels & Historical Insights

Introduction The monuments of Washington D.C. are the world’s most recognizable landmarks, and their glory attracts visitors from all corners of the world. Such landmarks as the Washington Monument also demonstrate the glory of engineering thought, and represent interesting cases through which one can study the history of technological advancements...

Warcraft Movie Review: CGI Marvels and Storytelling Flaws

The given essay will review the movie Warcraft by outlining its pros and cons. Warcraft is an adventure fantasy film set in the fictional universe of Warcraft, presented in the eponymous series of computer games and books. The developers of the Blizzard Entertainment series first announced the creation of the...

War Attitudes in Poems by Tennyson, Emerson, Hardy, Owen

Introduction A poem can be defined in several ways. For example, we can define it as a piece of writing in verse form, which conveys strong feelings about a given subject. Poets always write poems for several reasons. For instance, one can write a poem to show his attitude or...

Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Worldwide Inc.’s Market Analysis

Market Structure The company, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Worldwide Incorporation, operates in the oligopolistic market structure. The company has unique operational strategies which can be equated to the ideals of oligopolistic strategies, characterised by few competitors dominating the global parks and resort business (Baumol & Blinder, 2011). Strong commitment...

Walmart’s IT Asset: Competitive Advantage and Industry Impact

Application and Asset: Description Retaining competitiveness in the environment of the global market is a challenging task. At Walmart, the focus on integrating IT assets into the framework of the organization and focusing on their regular update can be seen as the crucial strategy of the organization. At present, it...

World-System Theory by Immanuel Wallerstein: A Social Analysis

Immanuel Wallerstein maintains that the world-system should be used as a primary unit in social analysis rather than nation-states. The world system contributes to development theory because it is dynamic and over time, different countries constitute core countries. He highlights some of the benefits of globalization. Globalization is the only...

Volkswagen Emissions Scandal: Ethics and EPA Violations

Summary of the Situation On September 18, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency made a notice of violation addressed to the company of Volkswagen (Environmental Protection Agency, “Notices of Violations: Volkswagen” par. 1). The Agency accused the German car manufacturer of breaking the American car emission standards. It was found...

Volkswagen’s Strategy and Market Performance in India

Volkswagen (VW) brand takes a semi-premium position in India. At the same time, it is more premium than the main brand’s competitors: Toyota and Honda. By positioning the brand in this way, the management aimed to emphasize the value of quality, innovation, and high technology which are historically associated with...

Nursing Care for Sudden Vision Loss: Diagnoses and Plans

Introduction Visual loss is a challenging condition associated with numerous complications. In addition to evident sensory perception deterioration, it creates significant emotional and psychological effects. The following paper presents two nursing diagnoses for a patient with a sudden loss of vision accompanied by respective teaching and nursing care plans. First...

Virtual Reality in Nursing: Case Studies and Usage Insights

The application of knowledge is a task that remains troublesome to achieve for students, mostly due to the lack of practice. Virtual reality cases allow students to develop their grasp on educational material, at the same time linking together theory and practice in a natural manner. This is important in...

Partner Violence: Research Insights and Nursing Solutions

Violence against women presents one of the most important problems of modern society and there are a lot of researchers who aim to analyze the present situation in order to develop the best solution. In their article, Netto, Moura, Queiroz, Tyrrell, and Bravo (2014) report the results of their research...

The Virtual Vikings Exhibition in the British Museum

I visited the British Museum’s website. After going through the page, I found out that the museum engages in many activities. Their main activities include storage of ancient and new discoveries, exhibitions, providing training in collaboration with African museums, and offering international training programs for individuals who wish to be...

Marketing Segmentation Strategies for Video Games in Australia: Trends and Analysis

Market segment matrix At first, it is necessary to create a market segment matrix that describes the behavioral and psychographic characteristic of potential customers who can be divided in two groups. Characteristics Gamers People, who need photocopy and printing service Psychographic Social class: middle-class. Lifestyle: Gamers are experiencersor people who...

Victims’ Advocates: Essential Role and Services

Characteristics of a Strong and Effective Victims’ Advocate The National Center for Victims of Crime (n.d.) describes victim advocacy as the process of supporting victims that consists of diverse elements. Based on this information, an advocate needs to have well-developed interpersonal skills to ensure effective and positive interactions with victims....

Physician-Assisted Suicide: Complexities and Ethical Dilemmas

Introduction Assisted suicide is a person’s life with the help of an outside party – usually a doctor. Such services are complex because they are a strict violation of a human right to life. At the same time, such service is the will of the person because of their right...

Vice Presidential Debate of 2020: Topics and Results

Vice Presidential debates are an inherent part of U.S. democracy since they help voters understand the policies of candidates and learn about the potential presidents’ learning mates and their proposals. This year’s event took place at The University of Utah and featured incumbent Vice President Mike Pence and Senator Kamala...

Foreign Markets: Demand, Competition & TV Advertising

Selecting a foreign market The ability to select a viable foreign market is a crucial undertaking whenever there is need to expand and diversify operational strategies. Before expanding to foreign markets, it is vital to consider the level of demand for products being marketed by an organization. Market demand is...

Ventria Bioscience’s Stakeholder Involvement Strategies

Abstract Scott Deeter and Ventria operate a biotechnology firm in California. The firm wants to commercialize a pharmaceutical product, which uses an innovative technology. The technology utilizes genetically modified cereals to produce proteins used as pharmaceuticals. Currently, there are a number of problems faced by the firm. As such, the...

Exploring Various Nursing Theories and Their Practical Applications

Introduction Nursing theories create frameworks for patient care, which can have a positive impact on individuals’ health outcomes and the quality of care. This paper presents grand and middle-range nursing theories and discusses how they are applied within two research studies. The report reflects on the utility of selected approaches,...

Values & Attitudes of an Effective Human Service Provider

Introduction Values refer to codes of conduct that a person holds as relevant, worth, or essential in life. On the other hand, attitude is the way of viewing or feeling about something, which is usually seen in a person’s form of conduct. Human service goes along with appreciating the well-being...

Utilitarianism in Ethics: Making Moral Decisions

Every person regularly has to make choices of the moral character. While the law clearly defines, what is right or wrong, life does not seem to be that uniform. In fact, the laws are written as a representation of the current moral views. The easy example is slavery, which used...

Gender Inequality in “The Times That Try Men’s Souls”

Summary The Times That Try Men’s Souls rendered the issue of social injustice that manifested itself in gender inequality. Chapman stresses that, now that a significant social change is on the horizon, the time has come to address the gender problem: “the women have leaped from ‘their spheres’” (Hollitz 270)....

Elements of Traditional US Business Law: Foundations and Applications

Importance of preventing the business from criminal activities Robbery is the act of taking over the personal property of an individual against their will. The act is executed by force or by causing fear to the individual in question. In most cases, the act is executed via violent means and...

Requirement for Undergoing Psychological Testing in Presidential Eligibility

Introduction Being a president of the United States is a highly influential position that requires a significant degree of responsibility and awareness of the existing challenges the country faces. The current requirements for this job include three qualifications, which will be discussed below. This paper argues that the current criteria...

FBI’s Role in Political Surveillance for Terrorism Investigations

Identify the primary law enforcement agency responsible for political surveillance in the investigation of terrorism in the United States Terrorism is a critical issue for the whole world. In the USA, it is addressed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). This agency deals with the development of counterterrorism investigations...

Enhancing Math Education with Visualization & Tech

Lack of instructional methods and the inability to incorporate technologies into the classroom are the main reasons why many students cannot acquire mathematical knowledge and skills. The problem is that many educators may underestimate the usefulness of technologies and visualization techniques as tools that can facilitate both teaching and learning....

Forecasting with Regression: Methods, Accuracy, and Limitations

Forecasting is a term used in economics to mean the estimation of the future state or position of a variable or a set of variables. Forecasting normally comes in handy in times of planning and making decisions for the organization about the variables in question. For instance, it could be...

Assessing U.S. Homeland Security Strategies and Goals

Do you believe that the U.S. government is properly organized or structured to accomplish the six critical mission areas defined in the 2002 version of the National Strategy for Homeland Security, or the four goals outlined in the 2007 version? Why or why not? The U.S. government is ready to...

National Museum of the American Indian & U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum

Introduction By visiting history museums, people gain knowledge about particular periods, personalities, civilizations, or events in the history of humanity. In this paper, I will evaluate the National Museum of the American Indian and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. These places focus on different epochs and messages, but they both...

Cherokee Nation: Land and Struggles Before 1820s

Cherokee Nation Before the year 1820s, the land east of the Mississippi was made up of the Cherokee Nation (Reisman 7). In 1828, the whites began to show interest in the Cherokee nation due to the discovery of gold in the region (Roark 320). During the year 1830, Georgia tried...

Impact of US Gun Laws on Homeland Security and Safety

The government of the USA has developed a range of gun policies that are meant to ensure the security of its population. They affect homeland security strategies, making it easier to prevent and investigate crimes associated with the use of firearms. The effects of these laws do not only decrease...

William Leach’s Analysis of U.S. Capitalism and Consumer Desires in Historical Context

William Leach’s Land of Desire is concerned with exploring the development of consumer capitalism in the US between 1890 and 1932. The author detailed the process within which merchants, advertisers, politicians, and reformers worked collaboratively in order to establish a culture in which consumerism was celebrated and perpetuated. Several important...

Comparison of US and Canadian Health Care Payer Systems: Models and Impacts

The Canadian health care system is funded by the state and can be described as a system of insurance and health plans for ten provinces and three territories. This system is known as Medicare and it provides free or almost free medical care and medical services to all Canadian citizens....

USA and UK Child Protection Sites’ Analysis

Introduction The social service I have chosen for the analysis is child protection. I have compared the two sites; one of them is in the USA, and the other is in the UK. The first site is well-developed and has a great structure. It cooperates with the different states and...

Urban Chinese Family Dynamics in ‘Shower’: Insights from Whyte’s Study

The reason for choosing this article for the research is its consistent arguments, analysis, and conclusions about the peculiarities of urban Chinese families. Furthermore, it has substantial parallels with the movie Shower and can be a good background for its understanding. The author discovers differences between Chinese and Taiwan family...

Untreated Dental Caries: Importance of Health Education and Prevention

Introductory Details of the Article The article reviewed in the scope of this paper is titled “Effect of school-based oral health education in preventing untreated dental caries and increasing knowledge, attitude, and practices among adolescents in Bangladesh.” It was written by Haque et al. and published in BMC Oral Health...

University of the Virgin Islands: Changing Misconduct Policies

The culture of any university is heavily dependent on the values and rules that are promoted among its students. Even those who are hard-working and well-motivated to study sometimes break the rules. Therefore, it is important for any school or university to create a system that will help individuals who...

Vision of Abundance: UPEI University’s Strategic Planning Elements

Articulating a vision of abundance includes five core elements. They are focus on positive deviance; include a left-and right-brain image; make the vision interesting; ensure source credibility, and attach the vision to a symbol (Whetton and Cameron 558). The following paper will consider these elements for the University of Prince...

Student Opinions on University Athletics Department Support

Background This research is aimed at examining the opinions of students regarding the role of the athletics department in the university. Much attention should be paid to the support that should be provided to learners who are engaged in various types of sports. Many of these individuals have to cope...

User Interface Design: Navigation, Input, and Output

Introduction All information systems have a relatively similar user interface, which is categorized into three principal aspects: navigation design, input design, and output design. These subdivisions of interface perform particular functions, which satisfy the user’s needs and facilitate his or her experience (Aerts, Smits, & Verlegh, 2017). This paper aims...

Group Meeting Analysis: Responsibilities, Interactions, and Leadership

I have recently attended a group meeting in my community, which aimed at the discovery of the necessity of the vegetation in the area. In this instance, the group consisted out of six members, and I could freely observe their interactions. The primary goal of this assignment is to conduct...

Role of Unions in Performance Appraisals and Organizational Success

Is there still a need for Unions? Why? Why not? Operation of Unions has undergone a lot of transformation. Earlier, they operated as illegal organizations in the protection of the employee from exploitation through salary, wages, or remuneration. Later the law protected them, and therefore the history is a huge...

Review of ‘Union Decline in a Neoliberal Age’ by Vachon et al.

Globalization is one of the most important tendencies that alter the modern world and shape peoples mentalities. Nowadays, it affects all regions of the world and all spheres of human activity. For this reason, its comprehensive investigation becomes an important task to understand the peculiarities of the issue and the...

Adaptation Strategies for Task Performance Without Thumb Function

Introduction This study examines the effects of thumb absence on task performance, paying particular attention to the tactics people use to make up for this loss. Understanding these methods is essential for those who have lost their thumbs or have reduced thumb function (Nichols et al., 2022). Although previous research...

The Civil Rights Movement: Struggle for Equality and Social Change in America

Introduction Since the post-war years in the United States, the problem of the struggle of African Americans for civil rights as a result of prolonged racial discrimination has been particularly acute. Many social barriers aimed at discriminating against black US citizens naturally provoked a backlash. As a result, this led...

Unilever’s Leadership Strategy for Global Brand Management

External Environment and the Organization Unilever is one of the largest companies in the world and produces dozens of different products under numerous brands. As a result, this creates the necessity for developing a leadership strategy that enables the company to simultaneously control such brands over numerous international markets (The...

Evolution of Blogging: Types, Political Impacts, and Comparisons

Introduction The act of blogging has diversified since it began in the 1990s. At the moment, technorati.com has trailed over a hundred million blogs (David 369). In the past, blogspace was used by unknown people who created a network for communication purposes. Today, blogspace is being used by various institutions...

Diversity and Emotional Intelligence in Teamwork Dynamics

Diversity is one of the most important issues to address in the contemporary globalized world. Organizations often have employees who have different backgrounds. Of course, gender issues and the generation gap are also important to take into account. It is clear that the development of proper relationships among employees is...

Surgical Nursing Preparation for Students: Review of Foran’s Study

The article written by Foran (2016) presents the results of research aimed at studying the connection between guided practical tasks performed by nursing students and their knowledge related to surgery and the basics of nursing care. The article outlines the results of a quantitative study involving the statistical analysis and...

Problem Associated with Undercover Police Investigations: Legal and Ethical Issues

Introduction Undercover activities have traditionally been used to target crimes involving corruption, drugs, pornography, and prostitution. This involves deception and involvement in illegal activity to gain evidence involving criminal activities. According to Marx (1988), “UCEs have worked to combat organized prostitution rings, the manufacture and distribution of drugs, street gangs,...

Uncovering the Sickness Industry Documentary: Food & Health

Summary of the movie “Uncovering the sickness industry” The documentary movies are called “Uncovering the sickness industry” by foodmasterstv. It has the main theme of the effects of what human beings eat on their health. The movie elaborates on the effects different foods have on human health and the negative...

Uncontrolled Hypertension in African Americans: Evidence-Based Analysis

Many people live with hypertension today and cannot control its signs and development because of different reasons. Hypertension is defined as a public health problem that many people around the whole world experience (Villarreal, Nielsen, & Samudio, 2018). Uncontrolled hypertension causes serious damage to the body, and it is expected...

Corporate Governance Practices in the UK: Roles and Responsibilities

In ‘The UK Corporate Governance Code’, what issues are addressed within comments included in the preface? The main issues addressed in the comments included in the preface are related to the benefits received by the society since the beginning of the usage of the Code and the specifics of the...

Two Fridas by Frida Kahlo: Identity and Separation

Frida Khalo painted the Two Fridas in 1939 after the divorce with her husband. Each Frida in the picture represents either her Mexican or her European identity, which is seen from their clothes. The artist painted two images of herself sitting next to each other, holding their hand, and connected...

How Twitter Uses Google Analytics for Marketing Success

The selected company is Twitter, which is a social networking platform that was launched in 2006 (“About,” 2019). The venue currently boasts of over 100 million active users posting at least 340 tweets every day (“About,” 2019). The success of the platform has been pinned on several factors. For example,...

Gender Roles in Cooking Shows: Swenson’s Analysis of TV Trends

In her project, Swenson reviewed Cooking Network for the purpose of studying the portrayal of gender roles that are changing rapidly in the modern society in relation to consumption, domestic work, and television. The author chose Cooking Network as the source of materials due to the diverse representation and content...

Painfree: Why Consumers Should Buy the Product

The short reading under analysis contains one conclusion which is the response to the issue which is not explicitly in the text, but which can be extracted easily. The text also contains nine reasons which are aimed at convincing the consumer to buy the product. The conclusion of the text...

Trust and Security: Insights from Schneier’s Analysis

Schneier puts forward very crucial issues about information security. I concur with his argument that people always trust others or even some things without thinking much about it. However, I disagree that people are so naĂŻve that they can put 100% trust in any issue. People have learned that there...

Trump’s Campaign Promises vs. Actions: A Realist Approach

Introduction Among ones of the most conspicuous Donald Trump’s promises are repealing Obamacare, banning Muslims, deporting all illegal immigrants, building a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border and making the Mexican government pay for it, stopping Trans-Pacific Partnership (TTP), and reversing Obama’s deal regarding the reopening of diplomatic relationships with Cuba....

McCarthy’s “Enemies from Within”: Cold War Rhetoric and Fear

On February 9, 1950, Senator Joseph R. McCarthy delivered the famous speech – “Enemies from Within” in Wheeling, West Virginia. The speech was a direct attack on President Truman’s foreign policy, which McCarthy claimed was treasonous because it allowed communist sympathizers to run the State Department. As such, McCarthy warned...

AMIA Code & HIPAA Compliance: Ethical Standards for Trinity Hospital

When choosing the ethical perspective for the analysis of its options, the Trinity Hospital can decide to be guided by appropriate codes of ethics, which are produced by international or national organizations that specialize in healthcare informatics and medical information management. An example of such code is that by the...

Developing a Personal Nursing Philosophy as a Trauma Nurse

Introduction To develop a personal nursing philosophy, it is essential to overcome particular challenges in one’s practice. Therefore, the following paper is to cover my experiences as a trauma nurse. Moreover, the following paragraphs are to provide some thoughts that I realized during my work in a hospital and gained...

Improving Healthcare Access for Transgender Patients

Limited Access to Health Care One of the challenges encountered by transgender patients refers to the lack of adequate access to healthcare services. As noted by Cruz (2014), they have to face stigma while assessing the primary care that is expressed in diagnosing and using the medical language. Based on...

Social Identity Theory and Its Biblical Implications

Introduction Social Identity Theory (SIT) is a psychological concept that proposes that individuals view themselves within the framework of the social groups they belong to or identify with. Social psychologists Henri Tajfel and John Turner created SIT in the 1970s. The theory suggests that humans have an inherent inclination to...

The Representation of Religious Heroism in Cinema: Jewett and Lawrence’s Discussion of Stereotypes

Introduction In the chapter “Heroes and Superheroes,” Jewett and Lawrence discuss heroism communicated through cinema. The chapter’s main argument is that cinematography has given a more profound representation of religious heroism (Jewett and Lawrence 384). In addition, the authors argue that heroism in cinema encourages religiously insightful behavior in the...

Breaking Social Norms: Coughing and Sneezing Etiquette

Introduction Social norms are an essential component of society that regulate the behavior of people and the relationship between them. Even though these are unwritten rules, everyone around the community expects all members of the community to adhere to them. I tried to break one of those social norms, which...

Caring for TGN Youth: Key Issues for PMHNPs and Best Practices

Introduction Working with transgender and gender non-conforming (TGN) children and adolescents requires much knowledge and awareness. They may experience severe mental health conditions, lack support from their family, and show suicidal behavior. This paper discusses the issues a psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) should be aware of when interacting...

Post-WWII U.S. Presidents: Policies of Eisenhower to Reagan

Introduction The days following the end of the Second World War presented both opportunities and challenges to the United States. Several American presidents applied diverse policies to overcome the issues associated with the Cold War. This paper gives a detailed analysis of the achievements of these four presidents and how...

Interview with A.D.: Russian Migrant’s Experience in U.S. Healthcare

The interviewee: profession or career, culture of origin The interviewee that agreed to participate in my course project is a migrant worker of Russian descent. For the sake of anonymity, I shall refer to the interviewee by his first and last name initials, which are A.D. He is a 36-year...

Effective Training Transfer: From Theory to Organizational Success

Ensuring training transfer The analysis of the training field reveals that the theoretical knowledge of training cannot be completely applied in practice. In this regard, the skills acquired in the course of training do not always correlate with high performance and productivity. Therefore, it is necessary to work out a...

Analysis of Fort Hall Trading Post Guidelines

Type The document under analysis includes a set of guidelines regarding the coordination of Fort Hall as one of the essential trading posts at the time. Title The regulation in question is titled N. J. Wyeth’s instructions for Robert Evans at the Fort Hall Trading Post (1834). Author As the...

Trade Openness and Economic Growth: New Insights

Introduction In the paper called “The Relationship Between Trade Openness and Economic Growth: Some New Insights on the Openness Measurement Issue” Hutchet-Bourdon, Le MouĂ«l, and Vijil (2011) discover aspects of measuring trade openness and its impact on economic growth. The review of the existing literature reveals the lack of a...

Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s Domestic Policies: Transforming Japan’s Society

How did Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s domestic policies change the basic structures of society at the time? Toyotomi Hideyoshi is regarded as one of the heroic men in Japan’s history. Despite being born from a peasant family, he rose to the limelight after he destroyed the Asian clan of Omi in 1573...

Voice-Activated Braking System: The Future of Automotive Technology

Market growth Market growth is defined as the increase in demand for a particular good or service over a given period (Kotler, et al, 2008). Depending on the selling features of the product, the market growth can either be slow or fast (Kotler, et al, 2008). For instance, the Voice-Activated...

Cowardice in “To Kill a Mockingbird”: Mayella & Bob Ewell

The novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is full of examples of courage, but it has the examples of the exemplar cowardice as well. Cowardice has different forms in the novel. The first example of cowardice is the behavior of Mayella Ewell. She has no friends, and her...

Key Entrepreneurial Traits Highlighted in Todd’s Analysis of Successful Leaders

The entrepreneur (Is Todd the right guy? Does he have the right staff?) The case study shows that Todd has characteristics of entrepreneurs. Despite any negative action, the ability to keep trust and commitment to a certain idea is one of the key attributes of any entrepreneur (Gartner, Jennifer, and...

Thucydides on Athens’ Strategic Choice in the Peloponnesian War

Introduction Thucydides tells a detailed account of the Peloponnesian War, a major military conflict between Greek Powers. At the source of this war lies the conflict around Corcyra, an emerging naval power. After defeating Corinth’s fleet in a dispute over their shared colony of Epidamnus, it established itself as a...

Unchurched People and Churches: Debunking Nine Myths

What myth about the Unchurched surprised you the most? How will your new knowledge about characteristics of the Unchurched affect your ministry? The author introduces nine powerful myths about the unchurched people and their attitudes to churches, leaders, and insights offered. Each myth is a unique approach to the understanding...

Impact of Third-Party Payments on US Health Care Costs

Third-party payments are arguably the most important factor that determines the cost of medical treatment in the United States. They are responsible for increasing the price of treatment and thus rendering health care services inaccessible to many Americans. Calls for the reduction of treatment expenses primarily major on government policies...

Strategies for Writing Essay Drafts and Sentence Variety

Prompt #1 A search for strategies regarding the writing of essay drafts leads to relatively a similar set of strategies. It is suggested that drafts should be written quickly and without significant organization at first in order to “brainstorm” all ideas that one may have about the topic. It is...

Historical Overview and Impact of Canada’s 1928 Sexual Sterilization Act

The World Trade Organization is the sole global body that deals with fairness in trade among nations. It designs rules to ensure that large economies and small economies are at par in economic growth. However, its policies and propositions are not popular with most nations. Its aims are to facilitate...

Class & Race in Chesnutt’s “The Wife of His Youth”: A Study

The construct of class and race can have a considerable impact on the life choices of individuals. In “The Wife of his Youth,” Charles Chesnutt describes the story of Mr. Ryder, a prosperous African American with light skin which meets his wife, Liza Jane, after a long period of being...

Chaucer and Feminism: Gender Themes in Canterbury Tales

At the outset, it seems as though Chaucer is a feminist. As argued by Sigmund Eisner (1957, p. 45), he suggests that the work of Chaucer portrayed males as ‘lustful’ and immoral with the following phrases: “Of which made anon, maugre hir heed, By very force, he rafte hires maidenhead”...

T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land”: Exploring Modernist Themes

Advancements in the Humanities In 1922, Eliot wrote The Waste Land, a long poem, which imagery occupies the minds of scholars to this day. Various themes explored by the author in this writing include despair, stillness, and futility of life. Researchers focus on different topics of the work and often...

Trump’s $1.5 Trillion Infrastructure Plan: Controversies & Reactions

In the annual address to Congress, the US president, Donald Trump, recalled his promise to restore the country’s infrastructure. He informed senators and representatives that it is one of his major long-term objectives to invest $1,5 trillion in the development of “the safe, fast, reliable and modern infrastructure” in the...

Effective Common Planning Time: A Kentucky Case Study

Cook, C. M. & Faulkner, S. A. (2010). The Use of Common Planning Time: A Case Study of Two Kentucky Schools to Watch. RMLE Online. 34(2), 1-12. Purpose and Problem Since little research has been done on the common planning of time in school, the authors have introduced the studies...

Trolley Problem in Ethics: AI & Self-Driving Cars

Introduction The Trolley Problem is ethics thought experiment that deals with the choice of saving several people by killing one. It has found widespread use in various moral and ethical discussions, such as law, medicine, and, recently, artificial intelligence (AI) and automated vehicles. This essay will discuss my views of...

The Arrow of Time: Philosophical and Scientific Perspectives

Summary The basic issue of concern for physics and philosophers nowadays is defining the direction of the time arrow. The arrow of time is known to be directed in the future. This means that all the events are arranged in chronological order, and human mind is adapted to such organization....

The Threat of Economic Autonomy of France: Globalization and Challenges

In the current world, globalization can be viewed both in a social context and in economic terms. For instance, it can address the unity and international openness of people all around the world, but it can also mean global trade, international political and economic associations, and so on. Thus, the...

Erik Erikson’s Third Psychological Stage: Developmental Insights and Implications

The third psychological stage discussed by Erikson deals with initiative and guilt; it commonly occurs during the time children are 4-6 years old (UGA Social Work Student, 2009). Kids start to initiate activities, holding the leading role that gives the power to make decisions. It is significant to give children...

St. Louis Shakespeare’s Tempest: Performance Review

The performance of The Tempest as performed by St. Louis Shakespeare theater was used for this reflection. The production approached the play using a period drama approach with a focus on acting and stage presence as the primary factors to drive the play. This performance covered the text of the...

The Tempest at St. Louis Shakespeare Festival: A Modern Take

Introduction The Tempest is a widely known play by the well-known author Shakespeare. The creation tells a story of a man (who used to be a Duke) being trapped on an island with his daughter. One of the modern interpretations of the piece was shown at the St. Louis Shakespeare...

Team-Based Care Model in Nursing: Benefits and Implementation Strategies

Step 1: Identify the model of nursing care that you observed. Be specific about what you observed, who was doing what, when, how and what led you to identify the particular model. When I started observing a unit in the hospital, I have noticed that there was a fluctuating demand...

Child Mortality Differences Analyzed Using Wilcoxon Rank-Sum Test

Introduction The practical value of statistical analysis lies in the ability to make data-driven decisions that reduce the effects of bias and subjectivity of conclusions. In this paper, statistical analysis is used to analyze differences in child mortality data between two regions. Since the data do not fulfill the criteria...

Argumentative Reasoning: Dialogue and Problem-Solving Skills

Introduction Reasoning is an essential aspect of any dialogue, as this aspect helps people build mutual understanding. Cooperation and contracts can only be made because reasoning leads people to some logical conclusions about the options being considered. Thus, each type of reasoning can work differently, which affects how people think...

Non-Parametric Statistical Tests and Malaria Intervention Analysis

Introduction The use of non-parametric statistical tests makes sense in practical situations when the distribution of the variables used does not correspond to the normal distribution, including for reasons of small sample sizes. Ignoring the assumption of normality of distribution can create distorted results and negatively affect the quality of...

The Effects of Inflation on Purchasing Power, Borrowing, and Wealth

Introduction Over time, prices of goods and services tend to rise, and this process is known as inflation. It is a phenomenon that affects people’s lives significantly and in various ways. From this perspective, the effects of inflation can be both positive and rather negative, depending on the circumstances and...

Overview and Impact of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)

Do you feel that The State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) achieves its fundamental purposes? Why or why not? Considering the fundamental purposes of the SCHIP, it was designed for “uninsured children under age 19 living in families with income that is low but above Medicaid’s threshold, children living in...

Analyzing Plot and Character Development in Star Wars Storyline

The Star Wars story takes place in a galaxy that is going to face numerous threats. The viewers are introduced to main characters, Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi that have to complete a mission and meet various allies during their long journey. Damaged by the Federation, their ship needs to...

Analyzing Thomas Friedman’s Speech: Key Insights

Introduction The video that we have been required to watch is the speech of Thomas Friedman, the journalist, and writer, who works as a columnist at The New York Times. The speech is well presented and delivered. At first, Friedman seems a bit nervous and constrained; he says “erm” a...