Miscellaneous Essays

A light delivery system to illuminate the organ or object under inspection is also present in an endoscope. The light source is normally outside the body and the light is typically directed via an optical fiber system. Endoscope also consists of a lens system transmitting the image to the viewer from the fiberscope.

The marketplace is the sum total of customers, who make choices of available offerings to satisfy a real or perceived need. For a businessman, the marketplace is a playground with innumerable possibilities to put his wits online and reap the results good, bad, or indifferent. No wonder, the management books are full of sporting terms like targets, goals, team spirit, etc.

Over the past two decades, stressful life events have been studied about a host of social, psychological, and medical outcomes. One of the most consistent findings within this vast research literature is the variability in well-being that people exhibit when they experience stressful life events. Constructs reflect attempts to identify differences.

According to the research findings, consumer buying decisions will in most cases be influenced by the prices, income, and availability of credit facilities, emotional attachment, need satisfaction, technical factors, and advertisements. When products prices are low the more the consumer is influenced to buy the product, however, the influence of price depends on the price elasticity.

Where a person appropriates the property of another without the knowledge and the express consent of the owner thereof, that person shall be liable for theft. "Any assumption by a person of the rights of an owner amounts to an appropriation, and any later assumption of a right to it by keeping or dealing with it as owner” shall be deemed as a violation of the law.

Under those limiting factors it was never considered important or relevant to give any weight to local cultural requirements save and except for occasions where the local customer had to be satisfied with the offering in a competitive environment. Then and only then does the cultural importance demand a better understanding of the market forces.

Generally speaking, marketing can be defined as an organizational function and a set of processes for communicating, creating, implementing and delivering value to customers and for managing customer-business relationships in a way that will benefit both the organization and the stakeholders involved.

Pricing is another sensitive issue in type business. The fixed price set for Mongolian Grill should be reasonable in the sense that the possibility of each customer going through a second serving should be considered. The restaurant should not drive down the price to the point that the quality and freshness of the food being offered to the customer will suffer.

Conflicts in workplace need to be resolved early because if left long to fester, the situation can become explosive and critical for the organization. The workplace conflicts are basically external in nature and may

Generally, while Keris Mas has made several contributions to world literature in terms of writing in the Malay language, his short stories hold a special universal appeal mainly due to the characters he creates and the language used by him to show what the characters are going through within the story.

Generally speaking, the important issues of physical exercise and weight gain have entered the campus consciousness as a means to improve our quality and length of life. Everyone is keenly aware of the dangers of obesity that are promoted by America's sedentary lifestyle and unhealthy choice of diets.

tions of secondary students – students with learning disabilities, remedial students, holds the promise for sufficient practical and theoretical value for research. The study has a rationale, as it purports to bring out significant findings in the learning pattern of a

The six-day Arab-Israel war in 1967 is a distinctive turning point in the contemporary history of the Middle east. Israel demonstrated that it was capable of initiating swift, strategic strikes that could significantly political balances in the region since it seized additional territories which have placed about one million Arabs within the sphere of Israel’s direct control in the captured territories.

d from the social services agency includes people with physical disabilities or sensory equipment needs, asylum seekers, people requiring occupational therapy or community equipment and the firm’s target market the elderly. Social service provides a function in society of

The most important feature of change is communication. There may exist an exemplary vision and skilled manpower that can rise to the occasion and achieve the objectives, but in the

The number of people on file in the database has expanded due to recent changes in the law that allow the police to take samples from anyone that is detained for an offence whether they are ultimately convicted or not. While proponents extol the benefits to

Humans are innately social beings.  Biological studies indicate that when human babies are born, their brains are underdeveloped, hence are born highly dependent and in constant need of care.  Unlike other mammals like horses or cows whose offspring can stand on their own minutes after their birth, human biology draws both mother and newborn towards each other to ensure the survival of the infant.

There is more to the theatre, cinemas, and creative literature than just entertaining and tweaking the imaginations of people. If we take a look at the broader side of theatre, cinemas, and creative literature, we will see that it can be a powerful tool to awaken the consciousness of the people of the myriad issues that beset society.

Since the world is reduced to an electronic village and global finance has become a reality, therefore in a contemporary global corporation financial capital is one of the most fungible assets to cross national boundaries. The determinants of the way in which

When skin is punctured for any reason, these bacteria have the ability to enter the wound and eventually cause an infection. Some people carry these bacteria and will never be infected by them. More than 30 species of staph bacteria have been discovered and they can so many types of illnesses such one kind of staph causes urinary tract infections.

The waning influence of the Irish Catholic Church over the Irish Republic was reflected in the changes that were seen in the alterations that were brought about in Irish law in relation to the influence of

2000, which modifies the existing Trustee Act of 1925, has included a new general power of investment of trust proceeds by trustees as a default measure.1 The trust instrument as laid out by Alan Benson, the deceased does not impose any limitation upon the trustees in how these

Better to be savvy about the culture, history, custom and people of other lands of the world. The knowledge of Geography will make us smarter and more confident. To enhance the interest and curiosity of the students here are a few

When a new product is launched in the market, a sequence of stages is passed through by it, which is the main and significant factor of a product’s success. In specific, such sequence of stages has been referred as the product life cycle, which plays a

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the basis for the Tylenol product contamination case. Two separate scenarios involving Tylenol poisoning occurred during the 1980’s. The first occurred in 1982 when

It’s because of this growth that it is often argued that the development of the world at large started with the development of Western Europe during the era between 1500 to 1800. This growth and development has been attributed to many

The growing competitiveness of the European markets especially against US markets provides Euro a great opportunity to shine against the US dollar. The economic power and EU’s relationship with the Asian economies especially have allowed it to wield substantial economic power as one of the largest buyers of Asian economies. 

It is easy to protect legal interests against a purchaser of the legal estate where the title is unregistered. However, where the title is registered it is easier for a third party to protect equitable interests. The author of the discussion seeks to answer the question: Do you agree? Support your answer by reference to statutes and decided cases.

Allen Consulting Group (2007) reported that there are only 57 primary carers that handle the health care needs of 100 aged individuals today. Since informal carers do not have sufficient knowledge on ways to protect themselves from strains, this group of people is more prone to suffer from physical injury.

. A depreciation or devaluation of the yen can cause the dollar value of his export receipts to be less in US dollar terms. If the yen appreciates or is revalued, he can gain in the sense that the yen received can be converted into US dollars at a higher exchange rate.  A trader who wants to avoid currency risk must do certain things to protect himself.

Following the plot provided by Hector, the proprietor of the Red Lion, Brad, works out an excellent improvisation, whereby he composes a breathtaking

There is little question that globalization and electronic commerce has had a significant effect on strategic management and management development (Hunger et al. 2005). One feature of any management development program is that it should recognize the

Tchaikovsky was one of the most popular composers of the nineteenth century. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was born in 1840 in Russia. His father, Ilya Petrovich was a manager in a metal works, and his mother Alexandra has French ancestors. Pyotr showed a predilection for

Prenatal testing for a variety of fetal abnormalities, such as genetic illnesses or even perceived, future personality defects, allows for women to consider abortion based on prenatal testing results. This prenatal diagnostic system tests the forming fetus for genetic imperfections and then, using counselors or physicians, offers options for handling identified genetic diseases or trends. 

Everything in this world has its own importance and there is absolutely no denying this very fact. Man is slowly waking up from the blindness of his arrogance. One must stop stretching and yawning from this awakening or man will have nothing to wake up to. It may be too late already and thus we must act now to save the burden for tomorrow.

First, I would like to learn how to think in a more organized, scientific way. Some have suggested “that for complete initiation as an efficient citizen of one of the new great complex world wide states that are now developing, it is as necessary to be able to

In the home country UK, Sainsbury had to face stiff competition from market leader Tesco and this has restricted their further growth in the industry. Sainsbury’s needs to adopt a translational business strategy to expand the business in the present business and industrial conditions. As a part of their expansion strategy, Sainsbury’s planned to start its supermarket business in the South Asian region.

“There is increased demand and certainly the Turkish issue is being seen as an excuse rather necessarily a reason” (Stewart, 2007, as quoted by The European Weekly, 2007).  Some analysts also claim that oil prices could easily go up to $100 a barrel because of the tension, even if the oil supply is actually high.

This is demonstrated through the first segment of the book in its thorough discussion of the Native American music already present on the continent when white people began arriving, the folk music these white people brought with them, and the types of music brought in when African people were forced to become a part of the American experience.

This paper outlined and identified the different types of charters available to contract a vessel. It discussed and presented a brief but comprehensive explanation of the contract of a vessel and the different factors involved in the determination of a vessel contract. It tried to present the whole information in a compact way.

But much of the focus of the book is about how clutter and junk in your house or in your life can negatively affect you. Clutter slows you down and keeps you stuck in the past: it is a kind of

& Mrs. Myers, shopkeepers who have taken care of Tommy for the past month; Mr. Conners, a printer so obsessed with money he can see nothing else; the printer’s son; unseen but heard representatives of the orphanage; a green light that represents the presence of a

Every country is blessed with huge resources-natural as well as human-built. However, only a few countries are making use of them as means of development. The natural resources, for example, are abundant in countries like Hong Kong, however,

It’s a belief they hold so dear that they also promote it to other countries all over the Globe. That’s why it is quite surprising that the United States of America, a country whose government is built on this ideology, came at a very poor

Acts set rules to be followed, and regulations set the exceptions to these rules.  This can be seen in Chapter 3, Section 20, paragraph D of the Medicines, Poisons and Therapeutics Act of 2008 where it said that “[f]or this Act, a person is authorized to deal with a medicine, low harm poison or moderate harm poison if— the dealing is otherwise authorized by regulation”.

A situational analysis would show that the current operational structures when shifted to a new location would not only change in shape and dimension but also require a functional integration process to carry out the current orders without

William and Stanley have been accused of murder and accessory to the murder of a store clerk in Beecher County in Alabama.  Interesting points can be made about legal procedures in this movie and how they really play out in real-life courtroom dramas.  For purposes of brevity, the focus will be placed on the arrest, the incarceration, and the trial.

Business ethics are very much influenced by social movements, social systems, and social preferences. In a very broad sense, therefore, the social environment happens to be the culmination of forces operating from different platforms such as history, culture, polity, ethics and morality, values, and institutions.  

he world do not change for the individuals in the Decameron yet the heroes of the story manage to evade the laws and even if the law is applied to them, the application comes up towards their benefit rather than their detriment. As to the book itself, it must be noted that The

i. The population comprises of grades 1-12 students, with particular attention to ELLs and SWDs, who took the California English Language Development Test (CELDT) and