Miscellaneous Essays

The explanation for the onset of hypocalcemia is a result of the removal of his thyroid gland wherein “hypocalcemia can be caused by hyperparathyroidism, by failure to produce 1, 25-dihydroxy vitamin D, by low levels of plasma magnesium, or by failure to get adequate amounts of calcium or vitamin D in the diet.

This is a man on the edge, about to kill his life for a dream, or possibly a nightmare. The overall feeling of dread he experiences, is reflected in the situation of the animals he describes, the sadness and hopelessness of their fate symbolized by such images as:

The co-existence of several religions within the same area has caused many tragedies all over the years. Srdjan Dragojevic in "Pretty Village, Pretty Flame" (1997) gives us a perfect example of the results of such a diversity within a conflict. Milan the Serbian and Halil the Bosnian are childhood best friends.

The inquiry is a product of the increasing alarm caused by substance abuse-related crimes such as shoplifting, burglary, rape homicide and murder. It is the goal of this paper that we ascertain how specifically the "Ending Offending Program" helps abate criminal offenses such as the likelihood of re-offending of those who underwent the program versus those who did not.

During the last several years there has been a renewed interest in the research and development of stem cells, with the hope of finding a cure for many untreatable diseases. Skepticism regarding graft versus host rejection problems, the potential need for lifetime administration of immunosuppressors and tumour and teratoma formation has delayed authorizations to reproduce pre-clinical safety and efficacy in experimental human trials.

That is, right from the senior level management to the staff in the lowest rung of the company. In the present corporate management scenario, there are only three or four levels of management and staff. The training should be organized in such a way that it does not come in the way of the daily working operations of the company.

Progress and development are important goals and aspirations of a company. These critical elements, which determine a company’s success and market strength, are key aspects during the course of formulation of all kinds of tactics and strategies. Before making any strategies or a general plan, one has to take a lot of factors and situations into consideration before moving ahead with any kind of implementation.

Quantitative research methods provide the connection between empirical observation and the mathematical expression of quantitative relationships. Qualitative methods are better suited for the examination of complex social phenomena within the natural settings, and provide the researcher with a holistic image of the phenomenon.

Historians have sharply disagreed as to who was responsible for the breakdown of Soviet-U.S. relations after the Second World War; and whether the conflict between the two superpowers was inevitable, or could have been avoided. Historians have also disagreed on what exactly the Cold War was, what the sources of the conflict were, and how to disentangle patterns of action and reaction between the two sides.

Born in Forres, Scotland on August 6, 1820, Donald Alexander Smith is the 1st Baron of Strathcona and Mount Royal, Hudson Bay’s Company (HBC) officer, businessman, politician, diplomat and philanthropist. He was also a fervent supporter of the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). Jay Cooke was a renowned banker and a “financier of the Civil War”. He was born in Sandusky, Ohio on August 10, 1821.

There are actually healthy foods to be found in the soul food diet, like collard greens or cabbage or rutabagas cooked without meat fats; eating the sweet potato without the “candied” elements of sugar and butter or corn syrup; and using cholesterol-cutting toppings like Smart Balance and plain yogurt on baked potatoes instead of butter.

On March 12, 1947, President Harry Truman addressed Congress to ask for funds that would aid Greece and Turkey so that they could repeal the communist threat. Truman said "it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures" (n.p.).

It involves use of the given assets in such a way that the above-mentioned factors are fulfilled. At first, Project Management was an act only undertaken by huge industries like the military and construction companies. Later on, as its advantages came in to the open, it became popular in many small-scale companies too; and now, almost every other company has a department for Project Management to themselves.

The purpose of the writer is to inform the readers that the Belgian Coca-Cola scare was not so much an outbreak of food poisoning but an outbreak of mass hysteria. The author cited the scientific study made by Coca-Cola showing that in the contaminated bottles of Coke there were present sulfur compound residues at between five and seventeen parts per billion. 

As an international player, the company is also very aggressive in pursuing strategies to capture rapidly developing economies in Europe and Asia. This success of Dell, Inc. can be directly traced to the efficient strategies it employed. The IT firm is also regarded as a world class manufacturing system which employs the most modern and state-of-the-art value chain.

I personally believe that the four factors that may have contributed to the growth in merchandise in world trade between 1955 and 2004 are the following, but not necessarily in order: 1) the advent of and significantly rapid advances in information technology; 2) the reduction of, or, in some cases, elimination of, tariffs; 3) the rise in income cost; and, 4) the fall in transporters.

It also gives information about the strengths and weaknesses of lobbyists and the process of being a certified lobbyist. Another good source of information regarding lobbyists is the book written by Jeffrey M. Berry known as The New Liberalism: The Rising Power of Citizen Groups. This contains data on how influential lobbyists are in Congress.

In defining the career path that I would like to take, my decision to pursue a degree in business administration highlights my innate desire to uplift the private sector in Saudi Arabia, stresses my in born passion in the operation of business organization, and exhibits my interest in the emerging global business climate.

Increased gasoline prices have a huge impact on the economy because of the heavy reliance on motor vehicles in developed countries. For example, each additional ten cents per gallon adds as much as $14 billion to American gasoline expenses. To understand the importance of gasoline for the national economy, it is essential to look at the market.

In Shostakovich’s works, says Olkhovsky, “there appears a clearly expressed tendency towards contact with the "neo-classical" trend of contemporary Western music. This tendency represents a synthesis of "constructivism" and emotionalism, classicism and romanticism. In this sense, their work tenaciously unites the old with the new.

The art work is something evolved from ordinary experience and given perfect form, and not the mere literal transcription of ordinary experience no matter how interesting or exciting.” So, in other words, the work of art, although inspired from reality, is not an imitation of reality, it implies a transformation.

Judgmental heuristics are sometimes used to make this process simpler, to make better predictions, and to make improved policy prescriptions. Judgmental heuristics are principles or methods by which one makes assessment or judgment of probability simpler. These are "rules of thumb", educated guesses, intuitive judgments, or simply common sense.

Another problem is the problematic sulfur emitted from the diesel fuel used by many ships. The environment is affected by this fuel, and it can also make individuals ill. The seriousness of this problem exists in the fact that it actually causes death.

The norms of auditor's independence also denote the admirable excellence of not being prejudiced or prohibited by others in matters of opinion and conduct. It was not difficult, by subtle thought transmission for independent auditors, perhaps with some self-satisfaction to invest them with this splendid excellence of independence.2

Job satisfaction has to be created, by communication, less visible supervision, and by improving physical working conditions and safety levels. Organisations giving more attention to the security of workers are successful today. Management should reduce work anxiety and even managers should not be under undue pressure from their supervisors.

Toilet teaching is an important stage of social learning; as it must take place in each child’s life regardless of his/her abilities and health state: Sooner or later everyone will get involved in social mechanisms, and the knowledge and appropriate social behavior will be vital during the first encounters.

Mosques can serve many different functions and are not limited to places of worship. Often they represent the Islamic culture of an entire neighborhood or surrounding area. Often they are used as political meeting places for those living in the area. They act as a kind of hub for all Islamic activity.

In non-communist countries, it slowly evolved into pluralism, worker’s democracy, according to the prevailing ideologies of the land, as totalitarianism could not survive in free societies. With the collapse of Communism in the USSR, totalitarianism anyway came to an end and unions lost their ultimate power.

These are the two issues that should be addressed in the analysis through Nadler-Tushman model (1980). Company expects market to increase considerably by 2010 as per Forrester Research study's observation that world's data will increase by then. The company now has only meager share of 9% of $1.2 trillion worth of global market.

These are eye, visual pathways and the visual centers of the brain. The function of eyes is to capture light and convert it into the neural messages. The visual pathways modify and transmit these messages from the eye to the brain where the messages are interpreted by the brain and thus the living being "see" the object.

Instead, one encounters umpteen overlapping versions of it. The phrase has evolved over the course of American history. Today, it can mean anything - from life, liberty to dream of upward mobility, equality, home ownership or the gambler's dream of getting something for nothing.

The poem Theme for English B is a masterpiece that describes the feeling of a person who is one of the ignored ones, present in the race to show the ignorant that all are equal in America, all should be equal, and thus, equality should prevail in the state that provides equal rights and shelter to people of various colors.

Governments work hard to decrease recidivism rates because an increase illustrates the incapability of released convicts to become productive and functioning members of society after having served their sentence. For this reason, an accurate measurement of the tendency towards recidivism in society must be attained.

It will seek, ultimately, to understand company roles as they change in response to shifting market conditions. The following areas will be discussed: The need for a study of this type is clear. It is currently popular for managers and consultants to focus on Porter's Five forces for analyzing existing industry conditions, with some rounding out their analysis using standard models such as the Generic Strategy and the ubiquitous SWOT.

The company shows fairly stable profitability evidenced by the return on capital employed of 0.27, gross profit margin of 0.16, and net profit margin of 0.08. It should be noted that the company earns a very low margin on its sales (16%) yet is able to efficiently manage its costs yielding a net income which is 8% of the total sales.

From savage to the papacy through to the industrial era, the age characterized by information is a nightmare in the very existence of humanity. Sjberg, L: (2001) Nevertheless, the contemporary theories and misphilosophies in this cyborg and the cybernetics; genetic engineering, the internet, television, mobile technology and cloning are attributes of a society that is artificially guided.

The meaning of the term apparently has evolved from negative to positive over the years due to events hogging the headlines involving important issues. Jacqueline Taylor (2006) records that while whistle-blowing disparagingly referred initially to 'tattle tales,' then to the disinterested term, 'informant,' until recently it has taken up positive and welcome connotations.

Similar to Christian Duguay's film Joan of Arc, Luc Besson's film can be realized as assuming a conservative approach to the tale of a young woman who succeeded in a man's world. In the movie, Joan's subjectivity is put down at every turn and it goes so far as to create the heroine as hysterical, if not mentally ill.

Written agreements are solemn documents and are traditionally crafted within the ambit of legalese. However, technical words, terminologies and phrases belonging to the jargon of lawyers sometimes sow confusion instead of enlightenment. It is no overstatement to claim that so many commercial contracts are hard to read.

Arab-Muslims are not a visible ethnic group yet important in the American society. Their portrayal as villainous, barbaric and bomber in the American media presents an interesting research question which this paper will attempt to answer. The question is how were the Arabs portrayed in the American popular culture of which the main source is the media and what is the main reason.

3). Delta has had a long-term positive identity in the airlines industry, in which safety has always taken a major role, but following the 9/11 terrorist attack, which included aircraft, the company suffered a drastic revenue shortfall, considered by Delta CEO Leo Mullin to be "closely associated with the events of 9/11 and its aftermath" (Written Testimony, 2001, p.

It eventually came to be familiar as Cuba, from its original name, Cubanascnan. The increasing economic impenetrability, sourced by the total U.S. domination of the Cuban economics, cultivation, and industry, marked the stage following World War I. within an ambiance of crisis, the Liberal Party leader, Gerardo Machadoy Morales, crusaded on an alteration stage and was chosen president in November 1924.

Conflict management skills, persuasiveness, diplomacy. One middle level employee in XYZ Software Development Company, who is responsible for 6 junior level executives and ensures that quality output is delivered on time, has tough time getting his team to perform.

But performance discussions and salary actions will be dealt with at separate meetings. Appraisal will measure performance in achieving goals and plans and performance as a manager, that is, how well a person carries out key managerial activities. Traditional appraisal methods that attempt to measure personality traits have serious limitations.

The treaty establishing the European Constitution for the European Union does not cover the whole of Europe in a geographical sense. With the main aim of replacing the overlapping set of existing treaties that comprise the Union’s current constitution and to “streamline decision-making in what is now a 25-member organization”.

The New World Information and Communication Order (NWICO) signifies a new order in the distribution of communication and news in the context of the global village context. It also signifies the undercurrents of a debate over media representations of the developing world in UNESCO in the late 1970s and early 1980s, which is where it was born.

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On the other hand, employees have the right to their private lives so that their posts on the social networking sites should not be monitored worse limited by their employers since they are only bound by their responsibilities inside the work area. The question of what should be the limit of the employers in monitoring the activities of its employees is a vague one especially if it involves the company.

There are too many people that consume too much energy that is created from traditional hydrocarbon-based technologies to ensure long-term global sustainability. In the popular media, these issues are usually presented with a specific political agenda that makes it difficult to separate calm, reasonable analysis from either the prognostications of hysteria-mongering environmental alarmists.

Methods of punishment from centuries gone by have changed in present times. This is evident from the writings of Michel Foucault, which are referred to by Conquergood and Anderson in their respective essays, Lethal Theatre and To Die Down to Death. Foucault described the public torture and execution of Damien, who had made an attempt on the life of Louis XV in the 16th century.