Due to the media’s prevalence and the role it plays in informing the people and shaping their views, the call for diversity has become important for many. With people realizing the lack of representation of other races, ethnicities, sexualities, and gender in the media they consume, those in charge of what is being created and released are now given the responsibility to make sure that the new content being pushed is out is inclusive. If media companies fall behind on...
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Thesis: The poliovirus is a highly infectious virus that causes polio, which has debilitating signs and symptoms on the body and undiscovered treatments. Introduction The Poliovirus has been carbon dated back at least 6000 years ago in Egyptian mummies. It was also known to be a great health issue in the United States around the 20th century. However, in the 1950’s it subsided when vaccination for the virus was developed and made available to all individuals. This, in turn, helped...
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Part 1- Steinbeck Introduced to the World “Muscles aching to work, minds aching to create - that is man.” (John Steinbeck). Steinbeck failed many times in his life before he became an excellent author. John Steinbeck Jr. wrote award winning novels about The Great Depression and the migrant workers that lived during that time. His creativity and composition was influenced by people, songs and other books. John Steinbeck lived shy and modestly as a child to boldly and confident through...
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Chapter one. Introduction 1.1 Background of the Study Competitive advantage positions a firm product or a service in a way that it outperforms its competitor’s product or service. According to Beadreau (2016), competitive advantage involves communicating and enjoying a greater perceived value to target market than a firm competitor can provide. Competition is at the core of the success or failure of any firm, competition determines the appropriateness of a firm’s activities that can contribute to its performance (porter 1985),...
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Sales of violent video games have significantly increased while violent juvenile crime rates have significantly decreased. Violent video games do not influence aggressive or violent actions in the real world.Sales of violent video games have significantly increased while violent juvenile crime rates have significantly decreased. Total US sales of video game hardware and software increased 204% from 1994 to 2014, reaching $13.1 billion in 2014, while violent crimes decreased 37% and murders by juveniles acting alone fell 76% in that...
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Biomimicry has been used by human beings for very long to solve their issues using designs from nature. Life on Earth has existed for more than 3 billion years and the process of evolution due to natural selection has given rise to the most simple, robust and economic designs. Using these designs to improve, innovate and design products or implementing them on a molecular level to solve human problems would best describe the term biomimicry. Various examples are showing the...
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Introduction In order to successfully solve the tasks and achieve the goals set out in the concept (doctrine) of the Armed Forces, the proper management of human resources is crucial. In this sense, human resources management is an activity that is a combination of flexible and logically justified application of specific methods and tools from different spheres of the socio-economic specter-economy, law, psychology, military affairs, and others. As a result, the effectiveness of human resource planning as a tool for...
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During the first two decades of the twentieth century, psychology was a discipline seeking respect. (Karlins and Andrews 1972) Literally meaning ‘the study of the psyche (soul),’ it was largely a subjective discipline without a focus since science has yet to acknowledge the existence of a psyche. (Rank 1930) The one possible candidate, discovered by Harold Saxton Burr and his colleagues in the 1930s (Burr 1944, 1952, 1972; Burr and Lane 1935; Burr and Northrop 1935, 1939) has not been...
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The process of hearing can be described as a series of events in which the energy of sound is transformed from vibrations in the air captured by structures of the outer ear (e.g. pinna) and further transferred through the ear canal to cause vibration of the tympanic membrane and ossicles of the middle ear, which then become traveling waves in the fluid contained within the cochlea. This leads to stimulation of the inner ear hair cells that, in turn, stimulate...
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Introduction to My Unique Educational Journey My name is Rose Wang. I was born on January the 28th in Beijing, China. I am a Chinese girl who never received the “normal” type of education in China. Growing up, I never attended a traditional Chinese school, took the Chinese elementary school and middle school entrance exams, or wore those baggy traditional Chinese school uniforms. From the first grade to the third grade, I attended Morning Stars International School. From the fourth...
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Introduction Lysergic acid diethylamide, also known as LSD, or “acid,” is considered the best-known and most researched psychedelic or hallucinogenic drug. [footnoteRef:1] It is made from a lysergic acid compound found in ergot, a fungus that grows on grains. [1: Passie,Torsten , John H. Halpern, Dirk O.Stichtenoth, Hinderk M. Emrich, and Annelie Hintzen. 'The Pharmacology of Lysergic Acid Diethylamide: A Review.' CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics 14, no. 4 (2008): 295-314. doi:10.1111/j.1755-5949.2008.00059.x.] Today’s recreational users of LSD often include people in...
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Mr. Shoaib is a 62 year old male patient admitted to your ward. He has right ischemic CVA and resultant left site body paralysis. He has no sensation or movement in the left side of body. He has lost his gag reflux and is unable to swallow food. An N/G tube is placed for providing him nutrition. Mr. Shoaib is not able to change his position and is dependent on care givers for changing his position. He is also not...
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The various revisions and amendments to the original cognitive dissonance theory have less to offer than the original theory itself. Critically evaluate this claim using one or two examples of such alternative theories. The theory of cognitive dissonance was first introduced by Leon Festinger in 1957, establishing dissonance and consonance as a replacement for the more general terms, inconsistency and consistency (Festinger, 1957). Festinger proposed that humans store expectations of phenomena we believe match; when these expectations are challenged, we...
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“Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder defined by deficits in communication and social interaction, and the engagement in restricted and repetitive patterns of behaviours” (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Due to this, the child will have trouble functioning in work, school, and other areas of life. For example, if routines change this is something a child with ASD will struggle to cope with. As autism affects the child in different ways, this in turn can have an adverse effect...
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Technological advancements have shifted the marketing designs adopted by firms. Since the advent of social media sites in 1997, consumers buying behaviours and purchasing parity have changed to incorporated social attitudes (Sudha and Sheena, 2017). Traditional marketing entailed relations between brand firms and consumers to initiate purchases and build consumer loyalty. The venture is somehow expensive and time-consuming; thus, many brands have shifted to influencers marketing using social media platforms to reach out to buyers. Recently, influential marketing has taken...
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Who would think that a hug is a luxury, and interacting with others would require at least being 2 meters apart? With the COVID-19 pandemic still surging at an alarming rate worldwide, one would think what can they do to slow down the spread? Having correct mental and psychological thinking can strengthen the mindset to cope with it. There are also some factors like promoting healthy eating, staying away from drugs and alcohol, seeking medical care when needed, and having...
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Altruism is one aspect of what social psychologists refer to as prosocial behavior. It’s the principle and moral practice of an individual that concerns for happiness of other human beings or animals. It can be distinguished from feelings of loyalty but it doesn’t consider as relationships. The Field of Prosocial Behavior The prosocial behavior has been identified through series of experiment and based on the study; one of the great factors that affect pro-social behavior can be between genes and...
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Abstract COVID-19 is an ailment triggered by a new coronavirus; this illness is known as 2019-nCoV and linked to the same family of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome. This disease has started in China on 31 December 2019 and then permeated globally. This paper is going to look at four aspects resulting from COVID-19 pandemic. The first one is the economic losses in several sectors worldwide, such as tourism and oil. For instance, Spain and Italy are losing billions of dollars...
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Introduction Coronavirus disease (COVID-19), declared as an international pandemic by the World Health Organization is known for its a broad spectrum of symptoms that affect different individuals in a variety of ways that primarily range from inflicting mild sickness to severe illnesses [1]. The high and uncontrolled spread of COVID-19 is a source of major concern for the public, nevertheless, Americans have taken the initiative to learn more about the disease by searching for knowledge online. The internet is being...
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“Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes” By Rowan Axelsen Throughout George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four novel and Kurt Wimmer’s Equilibrium film, power and control are maintained by totalitarian governments who regulate all aspects of the dystopian society. This makes the audience think and try to prevent future damages that could happen in the real world. During both dystopian fictions we can see that the main characters have experienced emotion which shows how...
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Abstract Sherman (2013) proposed that the affirmation of an individual’s self-worth in one area can protect against negative behaviours in other areas. Rubin (2020) hypothesised that greater intentions for using time management strategies will occur in participants who self-affirm before watching a persuasive video message. In the present research, 414 participants who were undergraduate students from an Australian university or from an international participant pool called Prolific responded to an online Britton and Tesser’s TM Questionnaire after completing both, a...
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Alcohol is an important part of Bhutanese culture, especially in the eastern parts of Bhutan, they serve it as a gesture of showing respect, honor and hospitality. Alcohol is served in a number of forms including welcome drink, farewell drink, drink with food and other ceremonial forms. The basic nature of alcohol is underplayed to promote it as a socially acceptable commodity in Bhutan. Due to which it becomes one of the reason for being widely available in country, an...
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George Floyd and Breonna Taylor are only two of the many names within the number of African Americans that have lost their lives as a result of police brutality. As a consequence, from police officers acting on police brutality, or “…excessive…often illegal use of force…,” the majority of cases reported have resulted in African Americans suffering “from assault and battery to mayhem, torture, and murder” (Moore). To reduce this issue, the policing system, must be reformed by adjusting the way...
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Chronic illness today is sometimes referred to as a pandemic due to the increasing prevalence of such illnesses (Lewis, Dirksen, Heitkemper, Bucher, & Camera, 2014). Some examples of illnesses that can become chronic are heart failure, kidney disease, cancer and diabetes (Lewis et al., 2014). This paper will focus on type II diabetes (DMII). DMII manifests as a result of insulin resistance, inadequate insulin synthesis due to morphological changes in pancreatic beta cells, changes in adipokine production and increased glucose...
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Introduction Starbucks Corporation, an American company founded in 1971 in Seattle, WA, is a premier roaster, marketer and retailer of specialty coffee around world. Starbucks has about 182,000 employees across 19,767 company operated & licensed stores in 62 countries. Starbucks was established in 1971 by three local businessmen to sell high quality whole beans coffee. In 1981 when Howard Schultz visited the store, he plans to build a strong company and expand high quality coffee business with the name of...
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The break-out of coronavirus pandemic has greatly impacted the whole world. People stayed at home during lockdown, or wearing masks all day during their work after the slightly alleviation. Not only the daily life has been changed dramatically, but also the business world. The most impacted business should be those who rely highly on world trade. The world trade in 2020 is expected to plummet by between 13% and 32% due to the disruption of the normal cross-border economic activities....
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Substance abuse is one of the factors related to female offender’s pathway into the criminal justice system (CJS), it has been correlated with the after-math of childhood abuse and the repeated involvement in crime (Bloom et al, 2003). Vast numbers of women in prison have been arrested for drug offences or have reported to have a drug abuse problem (Henderson, 1998). In the UK the average percentage of women who are in custody that have been reported to have a...
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While at face value S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders appears to be nothing more than a common teen angst book pushed upon the teens across the nation, it is actually a great book that defines overarching emotions that accompany adolescents through the years that bridge their youth and adulthood. Set in 1960’s Tulsa, Oklahoma, The Outsiders is essentially a diary by the main character, Ponyboy Curtis, retelling two weeks of his life to his English teacher. The book is focused on...
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Throughout history, there has been a big discussion on what the definition of a serial killer is. The Federal Bureau of Investigation defines serial killing as “a series of two or more murders, committed as separate events, usually, but not always, by one offender acting alone” (United States, Congress, et., al). The FBI has also stated that the motives can include, but are not specifically subject to, anger, thrill-seeking, financial gain, attention seeking, and sexual contact, which is most often...
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In today's society, there is a division based on gender roles. Gender roles are what society expects based on the sex of the person. For example, a male is classified as self-confident and aggressive while a female is friendly and emotional. During the late nineteenth century, gender roles were defined. In this time period, the role of women in society was prevented. Many gender stereotypes have been present in the past and are still present even today. In the short...
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