Essays on Technology Research Paper

For a firm to continue its existence and maintain profitability in the long run would call for the need to strategically act in response to the competition.... ... ... ... A proper analysis should be made which should take into concern the other factors lying beyond the competitive arena as well as the competitors....

Bp America is considered as one of the worst companies in America as a result of the tainted image from its operations particularly the oil spill in the Gulf Coast region.... There have been several unfortunate incidents that contributed to the slump of Bp to be recorded as one of.... ... ... According to its official website (2011), the company is struggling to regain its status after its image was tainted by the above mentioned spill....

Leininger's theory of culture care diversity and universality was developed by a nurse in the 1950's to explain the relation between cultural care, knowledge and the efficiency of patient care (Jones, Cason, Bond, 2004).... The theory holds that the missing link between.... ... ... The purpose of the theory is to find a positive link between the factors mentioned above, and to find the best way to improve nurses' understanding of their patients. ...

By far the most important forces all centre around what is probably the most serious issue for the automotive industry: concerns over oil.... Gas prices have steadily increased.... ... ... Government regulators are constantly pushing for tighter fuel economy regulation, while gas mileage is a prime concern for many consumers (Gas The environment in the automotive industry is rapidly changing and to a wide variety of forces....

In the last three years, in Mattel Company, the quality of their products has had issues, with most of the customers complaining of low value of the products.... Notably, the company is the single largest producer of toys in the world, the company risks losing the market threshold,.... ... ... The research gives an insight on the problems, which the company has faced over the three years, and outlines the strategies that may have caused the issue. ...

The United States Surgeon General has noted that youth suicide is a major problem across the country, and indeed a public health problem that deserves serious attention (U.... .... Department of Justice, 2009).... Between 1995 and 1999, there were about 110 reported suicide cases in the.... ... ... Over two-thirds of the suicide victims are Caucasian while about 40% and 18% of the victims are of Hispanic and African-American decent respectively (U....

Martha Stewart, CEO of the Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia and her stockbroker Peter Bacanovic from Merrill Lynch were fined $195,000 and $75,000 respectively in.... ... ... Economically analyzing the situation in which an individual violates the insider trading laws can help in judging whether a penalty serves its purpose of discouraging violation of insider trading laws....

The topic that I have picked which is of key relevance is that of the impact that disorders have on an individual's ability to focus on the environment, more specifically the hearing aspects.... Instead of selecting one of the disorders I selected deficits which tend to occur as.... ... ... Why this aspect is relevant is because the impairment of hearing is directly related to an individual's ability to learn and hence it makes it difficult for older adults to grasp concepts, face increased confusion and a certain lapse in memory due to an People with these disorders have problems with the ability to focus on a certain aspect of the environment” (The cocktail party, ....

The West Nile Virus (WNV) is caused by a microorganism belonging to a group of disease bearing viruses known as flaviviruses that are usually spread by ticks and mosquitoes.... These are normally female mosquitoes, which need blood from hosts of various preferred species, in order.... ... ... Margulies (15) states that scientists first learned of the virus while studying sleeping sickness in Uganda in 1937 and the virus is today commonly found in Africa, West Asia, Europe, and the Middle East....

It is a subset of the company's data and activities.... Data marts often have business related purposes, such as, measuring the impact of marketing promotions and forecasting sales performance. ... ... he driving business tool for the data mart.... ... ... It is necessary to understand the independent business needs of a business environment....

It is referred to as maintenance of the ecosystems that are long-term and durable.... The approach it takes should put into consideration a peaceful co-existence of human beings and.... ... ... As a result of climate change that causes negative effects to the environment, sustainability has the capacity to resist change....

The various health stakeholders in the world have been championing for adjustments in the policies regarding healthcare.... The nurses have the primary duty to ensure that.... ... ... For this to be achieved, it has been realized that some further social interaction standards need to be adopted by the clinical officers and management (Peplau, 1991)....

The study of emotions in relationships which brings forth attraction and love has brought two insights that emotions and emotional display are relational and directs.... ... ... Emotion feelings shape individuals .... hen attraction is more than mere appearance and lusts, it becomes the most beautiful time when someone is in love....

In this paper author has used Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Test of Homogeneity of Variances for SPSS and Human Resources Managing.... ... ... ... The Human Resources Managers are the primary determinant of quality in research and higher education.... Therefore, the university collaborates with this department to hence human potential both quantitatively and qualitatively....

The paper "Financial Health Management" states that generally, the author's main concern is on the effectiveness of the revenue collection process.... The article is important in identifying the results or gains of an effective revenue collection in hospitals.... ... ... ... Revenue cycle management procedures in hospitals have earned a lot of importance in the current hospital business environment....

This research paper "American Education System" presents the education system in America that is diversified providing excellent resources in a wide range of programs for students who are capable of pursuing a quality education.... ... ... ... However, the effectiveness of education is reduced in recent years due to various social and political issues that influence the system....

The paper "Nursing at Iron Ridge" states that the search revealed that in Iron Ridge, people, who are not homeless, have access to health clinics five times as often and are admitted to hospitals at a frequency of 3.... times when compared to those who are homeless.... ... ... ... Recommendation for influenza vaccination is also done to people who are 65 years and above and children who are below the age of six years....

This research paper "Annotated Bibliography Barlow: the Great War in British Literature" elaborates on the period of the Great War and how it modified British literature.... Barlow also points out the relationship between the war and poetry as described by different people including the Georgians....

As the paper "Integrative Psychotherapy and Addiction" tells, the best practice for the treatment of addictive behavior is the use of Naltrexone, an opiate antagonist medication, in the process of cognitive therapy.... Naltrexone is very effective in changing addictive behavior.... ... ... ... Using cognitive therapy is a provisional, focused restorative approach to assist drug-dependent people leave addiction, with the help of similar learning processes they used to develop the addictive behavior initially....

As the paper "Factors Which May Cause Obesity" outlines, the diet behaviors adopted by most children in the modern world are a primary cause of obesity.... Children consume a lot of fast foods that contain high percentages of calories.... Other children consume non-processed food.... ... ... ... Obesity among children has become a topic of concern all over the world....

Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United Sates of America.... As a Democratic Party candidate, he was elected to power in 1913.... He served as the president for two terms until 1921.... ... ... ... Woodrow Wilson and World War 1 Introduction Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United Sates of America....

The Cuban missile crisis better known in Cuba as the October crisis, and the Caribbean crisis in USSR, occurred in October 1962 during the era of the cold war.... It was a serious confrontation between Cuba, America, and the Soviet Union that lasted for thirteen days.... .... ... ... The missile station in Cuba got built by the USSR so that Cuba would be able to protect itself from the United States invasion (Cuban missile crisis, 2011)....

The paper describes second language acquisition as a complex phenomenon that requires the learner's unabated commitment, untiring passion, unflinching dedication, and absolute concentration to have command over the language other than one's mother tongue or primary native language.... ... ... ... Language acquisition is very similar to the process children use in acquiring first and second languages....

The paper "America: Dream or Delusion" focuses on the critical analysis of the characters and settings of the novels on the American Dream.... In the twentieth century, it conjures images of wealth, equal access to opportunities, and solid college education.... ... ... ... Migrants to the United States often fled from social inequality and prosecution in their countries....

The current U.... .... deficit is 100% in excess of the gross national product (GDP) (Thornton, 441).... Prior to the 1930s, both democrats and republicans were against building a national deficit and believed that deficits should only be accrued in times of war and crises.... .... ... ... Therefore in addressing the growing national deficit, the Republican Party advocates for government spending habits to be curtailed, and also to amend tax legislation with a view to creating jobs and increasing salaries, reform Medicare and national security, and for the reformation of welfare programs (GOP....

According to Fullan (2003), “schools reporting strong positive trust levels in 1994 were three times more likely to be categorized eventually as improving in reading and mathematics than those with very weak trust reports.... By 1997, schools with.... ... ... In contrast, the likelihood of improving schools with very weak trust reports was only one in seven....

The goal of the present research "The Hidden Power of Oprah Winfrey" is to provide a profile description of Oprah Winfrey and her professional activity.... The writer of the paper suggests that the 'hidden' power of Oprah Winfrey is simply her power to find what is hidden in everyone.... ... ... ...

The paper 'How to Learn a Language Apart from Rote Memorization?... reveals secrets for mastering a new language.... The author tells about guidelines besides a learning of new words including mechanism of rewards and punishments and social interaction stimulated by speech.... ... .... ... ... Nowadays, learning languages apart from one's native tongue is becoming a necessary skill in order to survive globalization....

The paper "Anthropology of Humor Analysis" focuses on the critical, thorough, and multifaceted analysis of the major issues concerning the anthropology of humor.... In looking around today's world, sometimes it is difficult to see what there could be to laugh about.... ... ... ... The economy is in the toilet, families are struggling to make ends meet, college students are wondering if there will be a use for their degree by the time they finally graduate....

The paper "The Jungle by Sinclair" narrates the story of how a group of immigrants from Lithuania survived the hostilities of the US' meatpacking industry.... Most of the time, poverty, harsh reality, suffering, and loss are portrayed.... Throughout the novel, the author's experience is described....

The paper "The Role of Regional Fisheries Management Organisations in the Conservation of Fish Stocks" discusses that high seas have so far been beyond the range of supervision, which needs to be extended wherever commercial ships move on the high seas for capturing sharks directly or as bycatch....

This essay discusses an association of drug manufacturers -PAM.... Each manufacturer has refused to enter into the Drug Act rebate agreements.... There was a similar suit as PAM's which went before the Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari, in the case PhRMA v.... Maine.... ... ... ... PAM claims that a prior authorization severely curtails access to the drugs for Medicaid patients, sharply reducing the drug's market share and sales as the process cause patients to use competing drugs from manufacturers that participate in the rebate and are not subject to prior approval....

There are many definitions for non-governmental organizations (NGO's).... One common-sense definition is that of Anna Vakil.... She defines the non-governmental organizations as “self-governing, private, not-for-profit organizations that are geared to improving the quality of life for disadvantaged people” ....

Pancreatic Cancer Cancer has become one of the highest disease killers in the world.... The horrible thing about cancer is that it is non-discrimative based on age, gender, ethnicity, etc.... It also can affect almost any organ in the body as well as form at anytime.... ... ... ... Even though scientists and medical researchers have been searching for a cure for cancers, it is hard to pinpoint the cause due to the fact that some cancers can be caused by genetic factors, while others are caused by environmental factors; some just occur randomly....

Its mission is to “provide the public with exposure to art and to promote understanding of the role of art and artists in American culture through collection, conservation,.... ... ... 1).... The museum is proud to have a roster of about 65 permanent collection artists with artworks of various designs, styles, and genres....

The desired body image changes from place to place, and varies with time.... There are several factors that influence what is considered as the ideal body image.... One of the most important and biggest.... ... ... The mass media has the power to influence what the masses consider to be ideal.... This in turn affects the self-esteem of the audiences as self-esteem is tied to the body image....

In the paper “Decreasing Rates of Neutropenia in the Chemotherapy Patient” the author describes Neutropenia as a disease characterized by a low neutrophil count.... The primary concern is that neutropenia often means that chemotherapy treatment must be halted to prevent any further problems.... ...

Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe, and disabling brain disorder that has affected 1% of the American population (National Institute of Mental Health, 2009, p.... 1).... People diagnosed with schizophrenia are often stigmatized in the society because most of the people believed that.... ... ... Types of schizophrenia include paranoid, catatonic, disorganized, undifferentiated, and residual schizophrenia....

The study investigates the disruption of the vaginal microflora with the onset of endometritis, analyzing the previous researches in this sphere.... It proposes the use of microbial population in the development of probiotics that could treat endometriosis in bovines.... ... ... ... This paper presents a review of the article on the protective properties of the normal flora in the reproductive tract....

Human services professionals should measure the costs of their program together with the principle of economics, such as stating a clearer picture from which costs are measured.... The perspective of the programs can imply for the value placed and which resources to count.... To.... ... ... ine if their programs are cost effective the professional need to have a cost-effective analysis since it compares costs to units of the objectives of the program as it also ensures no “net benefit” is produced, with costs exceeding benefits or benefits exceeding costs....

This is what Tom O'Brien, Tom's of Maine CEO said, “Every well-run business needs strategic goals – we just believe that those goals need to include things like sustainability as well as profitability.... We're guided by two foundational documents: a philosophical.... ... ... t, our Reason for Being, which inspires our strategy; and a practical tool, our Stewardship model, which forms the basis for our everyday decision-making” (Tom's of Maine, 2015). ...

Teaching to work independently is to teach a habit and not a subject matter.... I will have to choose a suitable pedagogical approach that will help cultivate independent learning in an.... ... ... In learning centers, children work with their peers and, hence, need the skills of working independently as a group too....

Their discovery changed the face of the aviation industry as they invented aircraft controls and three axis control.... This enables pilots to steer an aircraft well.... ... ... They were closely following the research of Otto Lilienthal, a German aviator who died in a glider clash.... By collecting more accurate data, they were able to build wings and propellers which could not be compared to their Before they developed the first aero plane, they had a shop with bicycles, motors and printing press in Dayton, Ohio (Palamana, 20)....

The era we are living in is the one in which freedom is favored on all aspects of life, be that speech, expression, or even sexual orientation.... Considering this, banning.... ... ... rayer in school would make the policies and legal framework completely biased toward evil, as it is only good that prayers can bring with them in effect....

The article outlines how variations in organismal traits are associated with the ecological environments.... Research indicates that biological interactions such as predation can result in variations in functional attributes within and among prey species.... ... ... ... These organisms reveal strategies in reaction to environmental signals both directly and indirectly demonstrating predator emergence....

In this article, Hardy and Maguire (2010) explore the discursive processes that can be used to change an organization and institutional field with the help of field-configuring event.... This article is based on the case study of the UN conference which served as a platform of the.... ... ... This Convention formulated new regulations for a range of harmful chemicals except insecticide DDT....

There is no any health and fitness program present in the locality.... Majority of the people around live unhealthy life's with no exercise to improve on their health.... Research conducted in the.... ... ... The most affected with obesity and overweight issues are adults and aged population of both genders....

The design and development of ways to deal with street violence and crime in the social setting has always been a necessary practice in a bid to enhance social.... ... ... The CeaseFire program is one of the primary ways used by a number of communities in the state of Illinois to contain and address street violence issues....

Even though South African art is different and unique in Africa, some common elements such as the use of human figure, balance, and symmetry, youthfulness, composed demeanor and luster are commonly identified.... South African art is a representation and portraiture of South.... ... ... Art in South Africa aims to illustrate the concept of national identity....

This has mainly been led by removal of tariffs and liberalization of markers.... For many decades, Boeing Company has dominated the.... ... ... Boeing Company approaches the market through taking advantage of changes being experienced in the market in order to maximize its profits.... In addition, the company has been Boeing Aircraft Company and Airbus rivalry In the current decades, the level of globalization has increased tremendously an aspectthat has increased the level of competition in the market....