Introduction Diabetes is one of the adverse health conditions that affect a large number of people and subject them to intense physical and psychological suffering. It is a health condition characterized by the persistence of extremely high levels of glucose in the blood. This disease is becoming common in different...
Introduction The business environment is often characterized by dynamics that require financial planning and rationale in making decisions. Specifically, a business in the music industry is dependent on the perception and preference of the target clients. Thus, this reflective treatise explores the important factors in establishing a music promotion business,...
Employment-at-will is a doctrine that is followed by most states in the country. Many states allow exceptions such as public policy and work contracts (Media Law Resource Center, 2010). Florida does not allow these exceptions, but employees can approach the court of law based on the provisions of anti-discrimination and...
Introduction Project’s Main Objective The objective of this project is to shed light on the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The aim is to reveal the Act’s role enhancing protection of investors from corporate crimes. The Act pays emphasis on disclosure of accounting information through legal frameworks in a bid to minimize...
In the wake of corporate malfeasance involving high-level publicly traded companies such as Enron, Arthur Anderson, WorldCom, Adelphia, Tyco, and other corporations, the U.S. Congress enacted the landmark Corporate and Criminal Fraud Accountability Act (Sarbanes-Oxley Act), with the view to providing for sweeping reforms in the way that these corporations...
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has had a significant impact on corporate business in the USA. Admittedly, it has supporters and opponents who discuss the positive and negative outcomes of the law. However, researchers agree that enactment of the law was inevitable. The US business world was shaken by several...
Introduction A research design is “the overall plan for answering research questions and hypotheses, and it entails the approaches used in gathering data” (Cantrell, 2011, p. 188). Quantitative and qualitative approaches are the main means of collecting data. When a research design uses the two approaches, then the approach is...
Introduction One of the primary responsibilities of financial managers is to raise capital in terms of funds, because only a few firms can fund all their projects solely with their internal sources (Gallagher and Andrew 21). Sourcing of funds operates via financial markets which involve trading of securities. For this...
Introduction About Risk Management In order to understand the importance of risk management, the report will provide an overview of risk management principles. This report will look into the responsibilities of a project manager and the development of a risk management plan that will mitigate the impact of risks encountered...
Introduction Stock markets are systems susceptible to influences from various types of information. They are especially affected by accounting information (Wang, Fu & Luo 2013). Due to the varying interests of investment entities, this kind of data usually elicits reactions in the stock markets. Creditors, investors, and regulatory authorities make...
Introduction This discussion revolves around the identification and description of a number of areas where Zoe’s Kitchen can make improvements, especially in areas of its operations, to develop a stronger market position. The paper also highlights the interrelationship between the areas of improvement that are suggested. While the discussion under...
Introduction Nursing theory is “a creative structuring of concepts that can result in effective healthcare practices” (Jarrin, 2012, p. 15). Health practitioners can use such theories to analyze evidence-based knowledge in medical care. Nurses use different theories in order to offer quality care to their patients. The application of such...
Summary of Article The article “Standards of Practice for Culturally Competent Nursing Care: 2011 Update” offers 12 standards that can support the cultural competencies of many nurses. The presented principles focus on the rights of human beings regardless of their cultural backgrounds. The authors believe that there are political, cultural,...
Introduction The subject of labor relations is inevitable in the world of employment and the interactions between major stakeholders in the job market. In other words, the subject presents the process of balancing employment goals that relate to efficiency, equity, labor rights, and workforce management (Boswell, 2008). As a course...
Abstract Same-sex marriage is still a hotly debated issue in the US. Some Appellate courts have banned the practice, while the federal courts have endorsed same-sex marriages. The decision of the Supreme Court about the constitutionality of same-sex marriages is expected to bring harmony among all the federal courts and...
Introduction This presentation is a wake-up call to address correctional processes that focus on intellectually disabled juvenile offenders. The submission is aimed to end the inadequacies of the current legislation that guides the correcting and rehabilitation of young offenders through the criminal justice system. As it stands, the current approach...
Apple Computer Inc (AAPL) produces software and consumer electronics such as computers. Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs founded Apple in 1978. The company revolutionized the music industry with the release of the iPod that gave the customers the opportunity to experience and listen to music in a very different manner....
The chosen research topic is the impact of corporate governance on firm performance. This topic was chosen because of the increased interests that have been expressed towards corporate governance. Due to the fall of businesses in 2008 and the prevalent business scandals, corporate governance has become an important organizational aspect....
Abstract Continuous quality improvement plays a crucial role in promoting the quality of goods and services. By enhancing the quality of its goods or services, an organization is able to meet customer expectations, which translates into greater satisfaction and higher profits for the firm. Continuous quality improvement tools vary with...
Introduction Community assessment survey is one of the most effective tools in the public health research that is usually used in order to collect data on the specific community’s health for the purposes of identifying the key factors that determine the population’s health status. The community assessment traditionally includes significant...
Introduction The cage microenvironment has significant effects on the growth and development of mice. Given that mice are animal models that researchers use in undertaking diverse research, they require appropriate husbandry (Pritchett-Corning, Chang, and Festing 494). Standard cage and enriched cage are two types of cages that are applicable in...
Account Debit Credit Revenue 586,000 Cost of goods sold 264,500 Gross Profit 321,000 Expenses Marketing 4,500 Depreciation Expense 24,350 Insurance 1,400 Property taxes 16,900 Rent 28,000 Salaries 78,500 Utilities 6,700 Net Profit 160,650 A careful analysis of the two income statements shows that there is a discrepancy between some critical...
We will compute the overhead and total cost per product using the traditional costing method. Thus, total cost = the cost for each product. By implication, total cost (Widgets) = Direct labor cost + direct material cost +overhead cost (Cooper and Kaplan 43). Therefore, the total cost (widgets) = 100,000...
Introduction Boyle and Reburn (2015) define a serial killer as a person who was, or is, actively involved in the death of more than three persons. Many serial killers have been described to have psychological problems that in turn give them the desire to kill. Pratt (2013) also adds that...
Rationale About the principles of management, performance appraisal systems are tools that are meant to justify the income of employees. Appraisals are actually used to justify if the employees deserve a promotion, salary increment, and/or rewards. In this regard, the appraisal methods at Tesco have been used to provide material...
Introduction Expatriate management often involves the use of cultural assimilation practices to help expatriates adjust to the new office environment that they find themselves in. Even if it is the same company, merely in a different country, the fact remains that these branch offices often function under a different business...
The article to be reviewed is the 2014 article “Can Transcriptomics Provide Insight into the Chemopreventive Mechanisms of Complex Mixtures of Phytochemicals in Humans” written by Van Breda et al. The article is based on the four-week intervention for consumption of blueberry-apple juice by the 143-person study group. Its main...
Introduction This paper analyzes the award-winning documentary, the Inside Job, by Ferguson (2013). The documentary describes the causes of the 2007/2008 global financial crisis and how financial impropriety, coupled with unabated corporate crime, led to a widespread collapse of the global financial system (Mitchell & Moore, 2012). This paper analyzes...
Abstract The use of social media has become increasingly popular and important in the globalized world today. People use social media for all kinds of reasons, including economic, social, and political reasons. However, the main reason for engaging in social media for most people is to satisfy their desire for...
Introduction Epigenetics refers to the study of factors that ensures that every gene within an organism is given an opportunity to do its work. For example, human organs have the same genes. It is epigenetics that ensures that each and every one of the bodies performs its designated function. These...
Introduction Inventions and discoveries are intellectual property, which emanate from creative and innovative minds. The US constitution recognizes these inventions and discoveries because it has provisions for them. Title 35 and section 101 of the US constitution provides that “whoever invents or discovers any new and useful process, or any...
Health care workforce today is highly skilled and well-trained. The education of health care specialists is extensive and very detailed. However, the facts say that the health care system is in crisis these days because of its tremendous inefficiency (Bodenheimer & Grumbach, 2012). There is more politics in health care...
Introduction The Australian Government passed the Clean Energy Bill, also known as Carbon Tax, and related legislation in early November 2011. It should be a base for a carbon pricing mechanism. Opposition of such measures claims that it might lead to firm’s relocation and reduction of working places. However, government...
Abstract One of the foremost trepidations of the multi-rotor systems’users is torsional vibrations. As opposed to the lateral dynamic issues of a rotor, torsional failures are very atrocious as the first problem symptom is mostly a shaft that is broken, coupling or even a gear tooth. To make matters worse,...
With 1.11 billion users as of March 2013, businesses all over the world are turning to Facebook as an advertisement platform. On the other end, consumers are increasingly accessing Facebook to obtain information on various products and businesses as the number of businesses on the social media site burgeons by...
Introduction Terrorists’ behavior involves murder, property destruction, and unleashing social threats (Wilson, 2000). Past empirical research study on terrorism indicates that terrorist groups suffer from trauma right from the infancy stage. They are presumed to have developed fundamental extreme beliefs that strongly impacted their lives and completely changed their perceptions...
Practicum and Policy Background Senator Rene Garcia of Republican Party, State of Florida was selected for this Nursing Legislative Practicum because of the state of origin and his diverse views on healthcare reforms. Garcia works with healthcare committee and therefore understands that the State of Florida continues to experience budget...
The film Miss Evers’ Boys analyzes the US government’s experiment, which affected research participants. The experiment aimed to find an appropriate treatment for the syphilis disease that affected whites and blacks. The film can be analyzed from the ethical framework of “respect for persons”. It is apparent that the government...
Introduction The term ‘communication’ bears various meanings depending on the context of application. This paper will explore this matter by defining communication in terms of how and why it matters. This goal will be achieved via evaluating a case to demonstrate how communication works in practice by relating the theory...
Beyond the surface implications of literature as a teaching tool, stories can sometimes uncover several attributes about the author and his background. Wagamese’s novel uniquely explores nature and presents some of the pertinent aspects of societies. The author states that “all of us have an intuitive connection to the planet,”...
Abstract The aim of this report is to carry out comprehensive stress analysis of a car chassis. It is worth noting that the aforementioned stress analysis algorithm on such a structure as a car chassis helps to a greater extent overcome the possibilities of their failure while in use. Stress...
Admittedly, modern society has a significant issue with the lack of direct human contact between people, as online lives have their full attention. The play Dead Man’s Cell Phone by Sarah Ruhl depicts a gruesome reality that people can find themselves in due to their disconnectedness from direct interactions with...
The Internal Rate of Return (IRR) of the project is approximately 18%. This is proportion of the initial cost that the management aspires the project will be able to produce in terms of profits on an annual basis for the seven years. It is a relatively low figure, especially given...
What is FIDIC? FIDIC is the French acronym that stands for the Fédération Internationale des Ingénieurs-Conseils (in English, the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (Shnookal 5). The organisation was founded in Switzerland in 1913. Since then, the organisation have come up with a number of standard conditions for construction contracts....
Sleep plays an important role in the life of every person because it influences the physical health, provides people with an opportunity to reproduce the required portion of energy, and improve behavioral and emotional challenges. Nowadays, sleep research is famous in different countries (Hellström, Fagerstrom, & Willman, 2011), and scientists...
Executive Summary This report covers the ratio analysis of Sharjah Cement and Industrial Development Company. The ratios covered include profitability, liquidity, asset management, and debt management ratios. The report concludes that Sharjah Cement and Industrial Development Company is profitable, liquid, and has a low gearing level. Introduction The company selected...
Abstract This position paper focused on the issue of Software Assurance cost against its importance. It offered relevant argument to support Software Assurance cost. Software products bear risks and threats that could have massive impacts on end users. Software Assurance programs offer vendors opportunities to assure their clients on safety,...
Introduction Life sciences have advanced studies that explain the evolution of organisms in the world. Charles Darwin developed a theory that described the evolution of various species of organisms based on natural features. In this theory, the natural occurrences dictate the organisms that survive in the ecosystem depend on the...
Introduction It is hard to disagree that communication solves many problems, and words are the incredible power of humans. For any speech to be effective, influential, and relevant, it also has to be rhetorical, which implies proper and suitable language usage. In 1851, Sojourner Truth, who was a former slave...
In schools, it is taught that Christopher Columbus was the first person who found the Americas. In many textbooks, history begins in 1776, while the events that happened earlier are not mentioned. The facts that are usually taught to students involve the journey of Columbus, transferring goods and people, and...
“Amadeus” is a movie directed by Miloš Forman, who released it in 1984. This movie is about a famous composer Amadeus Mozart, however, the genre is a fictional biography. While the movie is about Mozart, the screenplay is fiction and the complex character of Mozart, who is hard-working yet childish,...
Introduction The cost of capital denotes the cost of a company’s finances (debt as well as equity), or, from an investor’s viewpoint, the necessary rate of return on a firm’s extant securities. It is employed in the evaluation of novel projects of firms and is the minimum return, which investors...
Introduction The members felt that economic activity has been expanding at a commendable pace. Apparently, the rate of unemployment had declined with steady job gains indicating improvement of the labor market. The members also noted that underutilization of the labor resources is continuously reducing. They expect that real economic activity...
In the tragic story of Macbeth, written by Shakespeare, the development of the main character and the change to evil were accompanied by a series of visions. These hallucinations were essential for the narrative, and they started with the dagger, which he saw before murdering King Duncan (Shakespeare 139). In...
Introduction Weapons of mass destruction are manufactured with biological or chemical elements and are used in the modern terrorism as bioterrorism and they are currently evolving currently and are thought to evolve more in the future if the issue about their limitation in usage is not addressed due to the...
Baker and Martin argue that the term capital structure refers to a combination of debt and equity capital that helps managers to achieve their objectives (Baker and Martin 144). First, managers should consider the merits and demerits of both equity and debt capital so that prognoses could be made and...
The attack of 11th September 2001 was a wakeup call for the United States and the rest of the world as well to overhaul their counterterrorism techniques and measures. It resulted to major policy changes and the invasion of Afghanistan. The department of Homeland Security was set up, immigration was...
Abstract In modern society, tattoos have become a common fashion among people. Fans of tattoos consider them as a way of expressing their beliefs, values, principles, norms, traditions, and experiences. Despite their dominance and the existence of freedom of expression, tattoos are not appropriate in the workplace for several reasons....
Introduction Art and religion have been existing since time immemorial. It tends to be used to depict supreme beings and diving roles within the society because of its substantial emotional influence. Additionally, its ability to display an accurate picture of ancient mythological representations can easily facilitate religious analysis (Rosen, 2015)....
Deceptive advertisement, is where the manufacturer of a product or service, gives untrue or misleading information when advertising. Advertisements have been known to lure people into buying things they would not have otherwise bought. That fact has made advertisers to include false information or omit crucial information during advertisement. One...
Introduction Sexually transmitted infections cause a significant health concern globally. Bacteria cause a majority of STIs. This essay discusses the N. gonorrhoeae and C. trachomatis as major causes of STIs. The paper’s key focus is on the bacteria adherence to cells, fighting/adapting mechanisms, and major infections. N. gonorrhoeae adherence to...
The loss of Texas in 1836 under the guise of an independent republic became for the former Spanish colony an omen of US aggression. Nine years later, Texas joined the United States as another state. Now, the Americans wanted to get rich and almost empty California, virtually not controlled by...
Terrorism… While pronouncing this word, lots of terrible and horrible pictures appear in our mind. But people should remember the most terrible terroristic acts, and more over, these terroristic acts should be studied. Why? – To understand the psychology of people, who plan and act these terrors and as a...
Altdorfer’s The Battle of Alexander at Issus is arguably the best-known painting by one of the most notable masters of the German Renaissance. While the title claims to depict a particular historical episode – one of Alexander the Great’s victories against Darius III of Persia – the symbolism of the...
Numerous forms of leadership exist, and all aim at helping achieve the desired goals of the organization. Some of the leading firms are considered more effective than others. There has been a sharp contrast between the two forms of leadership: transformational and transactional. Transformational leadership is considered as the leadership...
Introduction The film in question deals with the problem of poverty in the USA. It is universally acknowledged that all Americans are representatives of middle class. However, reality is different and many families are facing numerous social and economic issues. The film focuses on the views of children who are...
For around two centuries, the relationship between the state governments and the federal government has been steadily shifting toward national supremacy. However, in recent years, the interplay of power between the two has been moving back toward the dominance of states. Before the Civil War, the most severe defenders of...
The ethical analysis conducted on this case reveals that the parties and stakeholders engaged in unethical business practices. Blanchard and Peale’s test confirms that the conduct of Kenneth Branch, Mr. Erskine, and Steve Griffin directly contravenes the law. Mr. Branch’s idea of sharing classified documents belonging to Lockheed Martin for...
Introduction When a person is going through a painful life event, it is necessary to have people that can offer him/her support to overcome such a situation. According to Twycross (2003), stressful events have serious effects on one’s life unless they are properly handled. Such a negative experience may lead...
Summary While analyzing data, one out of the four scales of measurement – nominal ordinal, interval, or ratio – is used. Allocating a particular scale to any variable can be a tough task. It is a crucial task to first comprehend the mathematical properties and then allocates the relevant scale...
The sampled study was a quantitative research study. Quantitative research studies mainly focus on investigating a research phenomenon using numerical or statistical techniques (Bernard, 2011). Events and numbers were key features of the sampled study. For example, the duration of telephone interviews were numerical measures of the study’s methodological process....
Introduction The company Worldwide Advertising, Inc has two sites in Houston, TX and Richmond, VA. Various departments are spread across these sites. Networking equipment is already in place for both sites, which are separate Active Directory Domains. In addition, some departments shall want their data to remain private from other...
Developmental and age elements Substance abuse leads to addiction in various human developmental stages, but studies have revealed that people who start abusing drugs at an early age have a higher propensity for engaging in dangerous substance abuse. J.J’s case reveals that she started drinking at 12 years, and this...
The coronary heart disease has had an increasing trend among women, thus, prompting healthcare providers to initiate training aimed at educating the patients on preventative care. This training program aims at imparting the right knowledge regarding the disease to patients and especially women. The information shall be passed to patients...
After meeting with a nurse educator, I made a number of observations that perhaps are crucial in promoting a good learning environment. In my experience as a student in the nursing department, nurse educators can hardly initiate a good learning environment if students and other members of staff fail to...
Thelma and Louise’s movie have many significant correlations with ”The Courage to Be” philosophy of Tillich as it drives the existential position concept. It attempts to show what impression I and others must have all along with and what are significant determinants of the lives of people. Meaning every action...
Lateral violence is a form of violence that a person or a group of people directs towards friends, colleagues, and peers instead of enemies. Its intention is to intimidate the friend or colleague because the other party views him/her as a potential threat at work or within the society. Worldwide,...
Abstract This paper analyzes whether tattoos are appropriate for the workplace. It examines the reasons for and reasons against tattoos in the workplace. The paper provides an extensive analysis of the evolution of workplaces and how this has been affected by external factors. Finally, there are recommendations based on the...
Henry’s “The gift of the magi” has several significant symbols such as a comb, a golden watch, and Della’s hair. Jim sells his watch to make a nice present for his beloved woman and gives away the most valuable thing he has. In this story, the watch symbolizes Jim’s connection...
Strict liability should not be applicable in certain circumstances. In other words, strict liability should be limited to some level. For instance, it is pertinent to mention that one of the common general legal principles is negligence. However, strict liability is comprised of specific legal doctrines. The concept may also...
Introduction The Miranda v. Arizona case involved an important decision made in 1996 by the U.S Supreme Court to protect people from self-incrimination. The court maintained that both exculpatory and inculpatory statements given by a suspect during an interrogation in police supervision would be acceptable in a court of law...
MoMA opened in 2019 with a unique approach presentation to its contemporary art display. Its collections contain creativity levels that existed over the past. The arts range from film, photography, architecture, media, paintings, performance, and sculpture to works on paper. Most of the galleries in the museum are arranged chronologically,...
The MSN financial ratios are inaccessible. As a result, alternative websites have been used to assess the financial ratios. The paper uses financial ratios from the Morning Star and compares them with those from the MarketWatch. The two sources give almost similar results on the ratios under consideration. Financial condition...
Introduction Simone de Beauvoir in The Second Sex outlines her idea of woman as Other, an object at males’ disposal, the role allocated to women in a patriarchal society. In the second volume of the book, the author describes the conventional experiences of women and shows how their submissive position...
Summary The essence of this report is to highlight the crucial steps that the U.S President outlined in the continuation of the war against terrorism during the commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. The President announced that the killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in May...
Summary In this report arithmetical representations are suggested for measuring rotational speed and cycle difference of speed sensors. The suggested arithmetical representations are used in parameter maximization and gear wheel blueprint of Hall Effect rotational speed detectors and measuring methods. Experiment outcomes indicate that the mathematical representations are very important...
Music, literature, and art have always been the people’s way of expressing their ideas, concerns, or protests in an open or hidden form and spreading it among the population. Today, music also remains an important source and way for the expression of social ideas, and the song La France by...
The Civil Rights Movement embodies various activism that sought to secure African Americans’ political, social, and economic rights. After the Civil war during the Reconstruction period, some amendments led to the abolition of slavery. However, racial segregation arose in the south that discriminated against the Southern Blacks and led to...
The concept of the monstrous has been known throughout the history of culture. Modern cultural and artistic tradition leads to the fact that mental experiences when meeting with the Other, monstrous, reflect a feeling of horror of greatness and power in front of a once mysterious and unknown object of...
Abstract Forensic science is a broad field with an extended history of application. Prehistoric rock paintings and other artifacts indicate that the practice has been in existence for centuries. As such, an examination of a number of primitive reports signifies that the primeval crime detection process by great extent relied...
Assessing the difference between terrorism and violent behavior, first of all, it should be noted, that terrorism can be classified as violent behavior, as it is a behavior that produces violence. Nevertheless, terrorism is distinguished from most crimes that fall under the violent behavior category by several criteria. One of...
When talking about freedom as a word, many connotations emerge in one’s different and own imaginations. From the revolution to the Reconstruction period, the freedom concept has gone through many phases in American history, making it synonymous with the emancipation of slavery. On one hand, it has been seen as...