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...? of the ENG 111 Frazier, Ion. “How to Operate the Shower Curtain”. The New Yorker 2007: 36. Print. Summary Ian Frazier narrates a humorous incident of handling a shower curtain. The instructions are conveyed directly and this way, the reader feels the experience in a personal manner. He uses simple and direct techniques to explain how to use the shower curtain. He employs ‘shock’ to create humour. The simple manner in which he narrates the experience of taking shower and the funny incidents that may arise point to the hassles one may have to go through while doing an everyday routine. He interrupts the reader’s train of thought unexpectedly and suggests the exact opposite of what they might be thinking. For example, he...
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...Social Policy Task Introduction Social policies were implemented in the past to help deal with discrimination, equity and poverty. They have appreciably been implemented in the society, though some individuals have not been helped by the social policies. Learning of the history of the social policies is particularly beneficial since it helps people and especially advocates. They are able to make referrals with reference to the social policies. The social policies were long implemented in order to achieve the longed for equality among the different races living in the United States. This essay will discuss the history and implications of social policies.
History of Social Welfare Policies
The social welfare history entails... Policy Task...
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...Summary/Analysis/Synthesis Introduction The articles are a brief discussion on the proposed US government billion spending under the Veteran Jobs Corps (VJC) dubbed ‘rebuilding America’. This arises against a backdrop of the president’s campaign and policy for withdrawal of US troops from warfronts-for instance Iraq and Afghanistan-that will see a significant rise in the unemployment levels especially amongst army servicemen and women. These political articles assess the intended unemployment cut of estimated at 20,000 amongst its veteran population over the period 2012-2017 versus the monetary implications to an economy, which is already suffering from high levels of national debt.
Proponents argue that...
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... was done based on the effect it had on the central nervous system and used in the analysis of the study.
The results of the study showed that Ops and by the use of a combination of Ops and BZDs or any other medication which was prescribed for CNS led to a steady cognitive decline. Furthermore it was found that there were greater chances of a cognitive decline in men as far as the Achs medication was concerned.
There were many limitations of the study. These mainly have to do with the presence of numerous potential risk factors which can results in cognitive decline. These can be age, sex, education, smoking at a certain age and other medical issues like congestive heart disease. The incorporation of these at a baseline needs... The topic...
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...Meta-analysis Meta-analysis Anomia treatment efficacy depending on aphasia type, severity, and therapy amount In the treatment of anomia, the meta-analysis evaluation was conducted which focused on the efficiency of therapy for anomia because of aphasia. It mainly focused on calculating the effect size of the therapy. The study focused moderator variables such as type of treatment, follow up measure, word set and time post onset. The results depicted a substantial distinction in effect size depending upon whether the confrontational naming task involved a trained or untrained word set or not. The purpose of this meta-analysis extends the previous research...
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...Summary and Analysis Summary The article begins by introducing various films such as David Lynch’s Blue Velvet (1986), Alan Parker’s Angel Heart (1987), Bryan Singer’s The Usual Suspect (1995), and Curtis Hanson’s L.A. Confidential. Various aspects of these films have been described as being noir. For example, in Blue Velvet, Jeffrey is overwhelmed by his curiosity, which causes him to spy on Dorothy, have sadomasochistic sex with her and shoot Frank Booth. All these actions have been described as noir. The authors proceed to state that a film noir is easy to identify just by seeing it. The unique technical features to look out for when identifying a film noir, according to the authors,...
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...Summary of (Psychiatric) Journal Article
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Reason/purpose of the article
The purpose of this article is to explain how effective and beneficial hourly nursing rounds in mental health inpatient settings are. Even though there have been a number of studies highlighting the need for hourly nursing rounds in general hospital setting its impact among psychiatric inpatients has not been unearthed. Therefore, this pilot study seeks to fill the gap in the existing literature on the effectiveness of introducing hourly nursing rounds in psychiatry settings.
Major theme/hypothesis
The major hypothesis of the...
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...Journal Affiliation: The journal article discusses the debt among college and which has had a negative impact on the economy particularly in buying their own homes. The students are continually laded by the burden of their student loans for colleges and undergraduate degree. Once they are through with these debts and to some even before they complete the payment, they are added yet another debt in graduate school (Mitchell, 2014).
The increase in the interest rates of the college debt from 2007 due to the inflation has clearly not helped the debt problem, if anything it has even increased the burden of the students a notch and the effects are being felt on the economy. Statistics indicate that...
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..., it is evident that the study was free from bias and that the results of the study can be relied on. The research employed single blinding and as such the patient nurses could not in any way manipulate the study in any manner. The research design was well articulated. In addition, the analysis of data was also up to the standard.
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...The causes and consequences of crime by street gangs in the United s Introduction 1. Theoretical outline The theoreticalframework of analysis applied in understanding the causes and consequences of crime committed by street gangs in the US is characterized by the modern sociological theory on criminal behavior (Klein & Maxson, 2006). Thus criminology and sociology assume a very important dimension in the current research study. The conceptual framework is essentially integrated in to this theoretical model in order to achieve a cohesive element of representation across a major range of variables such as social and economic paradigms that support contingency model...
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