ShantanuT01/DACTYL-Pretraining huggingface dataset:
Outline The art of persuasion recognizes that, effective communication and power of persuasion are inseparable because communication cannot be complete if a speaker does not make effort to influence listeners. However, research has shown that, for the listener to be influenced, the speaker must be aware of the direction he/she is leading the listener. A successful model of effective communication requires that, all parts of components of persuasion function harmoniously. These include attitude of the listeners when being convinced which is built through the rapport the speaker has with listeners. Presence of a rapport makes listeners honor the speaker and develop interest with what is being said in order to help the speaker achieve his/her goals. The objective of the research paper is to find out how the power of persuasion may help one improve his/her communication skills. Introduction Power of persuasion is based on emotions and logic as well as character to control persuasive thought. These are the cornerstones that determine successful persuasion and forms fundamental basis of interpretation of other people’s messages in order to win them so as to think in a certain way. Emotion refers to a powerful feeling characterized by an impulse to external expression while logic is a branch of science that focuses on valid reasoning as well as correct inference. Character on the other hand comprises of total sum of traits that distinguish a person and make who somebody is. The topic is of much interest because in the modern world, issues such as politics largely depend on persuasive tactics that one has where the power lies in the tongue. Research has shown that, ethos is very significant in any argument and it refers to the advocate’s character according to the perception of his/her listener. The most significant component of ethos is the speaker’s integrity because when the listeners perceive the speaker is honest and of high integrity, the speaker stands a better chance over others who may not be having such characters. The latter would have his persuasive ability diminished if the audience is aware of his selfish motives because they would have doubt over him. (Wring 2001) Among the things that stand out in the research, are the importance of being truthful and fair as one speaks. This should be accompanied by exercise of justice in resolution of dispute as shared values because they reinforce the mind of the listener. It is also important for the speaker to be honest because it enhances ones integrity and this is what matters most in success of persuasions. Studies have shown that, perception of integrity can possibly be created be
Changes in the society affect the responsibilities of the police officers, their organizational structure and the qualifications needed for the position as a police officer. The society has expectations that pose challenges to the police system regarding their responsibilities and the general framework for their work. This increases the potential of conflicts between the police and society in the process of executing their duties (Clarke & Knake, 2010). The judicial background opposes most of the responsibilities police perform and both the judiciary and society view such responsibilities in relation to legitimacy aspects. The public relates the requirements of the police force to the expectation of the society where the police are expected responsibly to respond to the situation. In order to meet the requirements, the police officers need expertise and skills to plan and execute their duties. Police officers also need high-level interpersonal skills in addition to cognitive skills (Clarke & Knake, 2010). The police officers are expected to use problem-solving techniques according to the constitution in the operational situations that are becoming more complicated with time. Recording and evaluation of data require use of the information technology according to the law before any decision can be made (Clarke & Knake, 2010). The society is experiencing new forms of crime and the needs of the people for security are continuously changing. Therefore, police officers have to cope with the new trends in the community and adjustments within the police organization. In addition, police officers need to have visionary thinking by first perceiving themselves as a “learning system”. The members of the police force require supporting one another to ensure that learning is continuous. Some cases presented are technological and require police forces that are equipped with technological expertise to handle them. The modern technology is influencing the police force even more and demanding for effectiveness. Police officers require having the right tools to handle electronic data according to the new leadership expertise. Whenever there is a new position for police management that involves electronic handling of cases then only the qualified individuals are advantaged. The police force requires permanent life-long retraining in areas such as financial managements to help them come up with flexible budgeting methods. Police managers need to familiarize themselves with commercial terms such as business executives to prepare them with the principles of economic management (Bayley & Nixon, 2010). Deployment of both human and material resources in a way that will not risk the traditional responsibilities by the police is another challenge. In order to manage business principals the deployed human resource in police force must have a background in areas like cost managements. This is a challenge for both the individual police managers and entir
Introduction Educators and learners approach the new normal of remote learning with concern or enthusiasm, optimistically or skeptically. While each of them might have genuine concerns, it is essential to open-mindedly understand the advantages and disadvantages online learning creates for both learners and teachers. There are always pros and cons for every good or bad idea, and remote classes are no different. Students, instructors, and all stakeholders in the American education sector must weigh the pros against the cons of developing a resilient model for today’s learning environment. Positive Aspects of Remote Classes Remote classes allow students to access learning materials at any time, from wherever they are, and at their speed. Such access creates high levels of convenience and efficiency in place and time, enabling learners to study at the best pace and style. Online class discussion forums support high-quality conversations and are student-centered (Criollo-C et al., 2018). The asynchronous nature of discussion forums gives learners time to understand and reflect on posts from their instructor or fellow students before offering their comments or feedback. Traditional in-person classes require learners to respond on the spot, which gives them limited time for the articulation of ideas and forethought. Educators reap the benefits of remote classes through higher creativity in content delivery and learners’ engagement. Instructors have to match their lesson delivery to the self-directed and self-autonomous nature of online classes, which include interactive environments (Mukhtar et al., 2020). Unlike in-person classes, remote classrooms require educators to upgrade their instruction styles, and course objectives, and create new content suitable for the online learning environment (Mukhtar et al., 2020). For example, while in-person classes do not require video lessons, some concepts must be demonstrated in videos for online learners. Traditionally, in-person presentations could not be repeated in front of learners but now students can watch the uploaded video as many times as necessary to understand a concept. Negative Aspects of Remote Classes Limitations around technology, accessibility, and equity are the major drawbacks of remote classes. Both learners and educators should have access to an internet connection to participate in classes. Logistic, technical, and economic reasons can hinder access to the learning environment (Criollo-C et al., 2018). Successful remote learning should establish mechanisms to restore access as quickly as possible to ensure equal learning opportunities for all students. Computer literacy levels might also limit the use of the classroom features and functionalities for both educators and learners, lest they drag down the program. Technology failures pose a threat to accessibility as such systems are bound to experience downtimes, only when such failures will occur is unpredictable (Mukhtar et al., 2020).
Abstract This proposal aims at the investigation of compliance programs’ influence on financial crimes in the UAE. Particularly, such compliance units as FATF MENA, NICE Actimize, and DFSA, current problems, and possible solutions were identified. The evidence-based literature review provides the basis for the study. The proposal also involves the methodology of the potential research consisting of both quantitative and qualitative methods. The topic of the Research Proposal The finance scope, an area of monetary and currency values and securities, is actively developing a significant element of the UAE economy. In terms of freedom of economic relations and the imperfection of the legal regulation, the financial sector has become one of the most attractive for the commission of criminal acts. The term “financial crime” includes a very large group of crimes that have similarities in their forensic characterization. This concept is generally associated with criminal acts of fraud, embezzlement, money laundering, and others. In this regard, there is a need to investigate the UAE way of confronting financial crimes through compliance programs such as FATF MENA, NICE Actimize, and DFSA resulting in the concise analysis of key problems, objectives, concepts, and methodology of the proposal. Literature Review In order to identify principal problems in the marked area, it is essential to conduct a literature review. The corporate compliance unit is one of the ways of affecting financial crimes as it guarantees that all the businesses in the country are organized legally according to requirements of local and federal laws. There are a number of programs devoted to the implementation of the mentioned strategy. The Middle East and North Africa Financial Action Task Force (FATF MENA) is an international organization that is a benchmark in the global fight against money laundering, the mission of which is to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. Hawala is the traditionally utilized Alternative Remittance Systems (ARS) in the UAE. The Central Bank administers the registration of hawala operations and adherence to a related set of rules and assures that details of those registered are kept safe, under strict confidentiality rules 1 . The FATF M
Culture is the way of life of a given people. It entails how people behave and perceive different life issues. It includes aspects like religion, customs, language, beliefs, food among others. Culture varies from one place to the other depending on the circumstances surrounding a place such as climate and environment and how people perceive things. The difference between cultures brings about the issue of culture shock. Culture shock is experienced differently by various people and is believed to be temporary. In this assignment, I will give my experience and how culture shock affected me. It was last year when I decided to have a change of environment; after having a very tight school schedule. I held the idea that spending my summer on a farm far away from the busy city life would be a relief to me. Since childhood, I had spent my life in the city and hence I was used to city life and all the attributes that go along with it. This made the countryside look so different for me in regard to various aspects including the environment, the customs, the food taken, the values and beliefs among other things. The first thing that gave me problems was the environment and climate in the new place. Initially, I found it interesting due to the fact that it was free from congestion and pollution and everything seemed cool. It was however very cold, which made me to clad in warm clothing so as to put up with the weather. Communication is another concept that was so different. Unlike in the city, respect in the countryside was a key issue especially when interacting with people who are much older. I had to be taught the words I would use when addressing older people. Although it sounded awkward, I had no choice but to learn. Shaking hands was also important since you had to show concern to the other person. People had to engage in lengthy conversations whenever they met differing to the city life where they just say hello and leave. Food and how meals were taken was also amazing. Most of the food offered to me was very unfamiliar; some tasting okay while others were just unbearable. Meals were taken many times a day and people took time together. This is unlike in the city where everyone is rushing and taking a meal together as a family is rare. Some customs in the countryside also seemed unbearable, for instance, having to work hard for specified duration of time and having resting hours. It is a relaxed experience compared to the busy lifestyle in the city. Generally, some of the feelings that I experienced as a result of culture shock include feeling out and misunderstood, frustration, anxiety, homesickness and worse still developing a negative attitude towards the new culture. It is evident that culture shock is a reality that people have to face from time to time as they encounter different cultures that are markedly different from theirs. This is mainly because of the differences that exist in regard to values and beliefs. All in all, culture shock is temporary and requires just some time before one adjusts and thus move away from the confusion.
The world is too big compared to different groups of people residing in it. These people usually have different cultural and economic activities which they carry on as part of their lives. The difference in the perspective in which they view different aspects is mainly based on their customs, way of life and geographical location. Due to the existence of these differences, there are need to narrow the gap so as to enhance mutual interaction between different people (Petersson & Osterhammel 1). This paper explains my understanding of global citizenship and expresses how the notion of citizen-consumers fits with my thinking at this time and the relevant questions I may have. Global citizenship is the unifying of persons’ identity irrespective of their roots and is in essence part of globalization. Globalization has become to be persistent in the current world. This has been brought forward by the presence of numerous interactions between different persons from different backgrounds. This interaction is responsible for minimizing the differences. Thus globalization cuts across all sectors of life from social to economic. This implies that globalization takes space into account (Waters 3). Globalization dates its roots back to before the independence of many countries around the world. When the colonial governments resided in countries other than their mother countries, they gradually exchanged some of their cultural, social or political aspects. Although globalization is not a smooth process as some people usually prefer to maintain their social, political and economic aspects and respond with hostility to anyone who tries to alter it, it has some great importance as well as demerits. The merit is mainly on the economic aspect. Globalization has made it possible for technological advancement as well as sharing. This has resulted in the improvement in industrial, manufacturing and other fields of the economy which has resulted in the creation of more job opportunities for the citizens. The demerit of globalization is that although it is supposed to bring uniformity, it is not usually the case. Instead of mutual exchange, it is sometimes manifested by resources moving from one region to the other only leading to unequal resource distribution. Globalization has also led to moral decay in some communities; this happens in the case of those communities which may be viewed to be conservative. Assimilating in the new ideas brought in by globalization in such areas as dressing fashion, and in the entertainment industry has often been met with a lot of oppo
Abstract Gestational diabetes is a prevalent obstetric problem. The outcome may affect both the mother and the neonate. This essay aims at providing a brief, yet, comprehensive review on gestational diabetes, clarifying the key caring components, discussing the role a midwife can play as a part of a health care team, and finally inferring the challenges that face midwives dealing with this condition. Introduction Although childbirth is a natural process; yet, midwifery is the art and science of practicing care to assist females at all stages of the childbirth process (pregnancy, delivery, and postpartum) (Liburd 1999). The word challenge carries many connotations, it points to the demanding task of proving, as well as winning a situation against opposing or difficult circumstances (Soanes and Hawker 2008). Vibeke and colleagues (2009, p. 1349) defined gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) as glucose intolerance detected for the first time during pregnancy. They considered GDM a significant forecaster for type II diabetes mellitus (DM) since females with GDM are sex times prone to develop type II DM than non-GDM mothers. Professional midwifery aims to enhance maternity care through capitalizing on maternal and fetal outcomes. This concept reveals a promising model of maternity care systems where midwives are key members of primary care providers and a significant link between community care providers and the healthcare system (ICM 2003). This essay aims to look at the problem of GDM and accept the challenge of clarifying a management framework from a midwifery viewpoint. Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) Glucose is an important metabolic substrate for the fetus as it is for the mother. Since it crosses the placental barrier by facilitated diffusion, GDM is a risk to the mother and the fetus. (Habermann and Ghosh 2008). Etiology and pathogenesis Diabetes is the result of inadequate insulin supply to meet the needs of the tissues for blood glucose regulation. Regarding GDM, two specific points are worthy to mention; first, pregnancy is associated with increased insulin resistance starting in the second trimester, progressing through the third trimester to reach levels similar to type II DM. Insulin resistance in GDM is likely to be the result of a combination of lifestyle factors (nutrition and overweight) and the insulin-desensitizing effect of chorionic gonadotrophins (placental hormones). This is evidenced by the fact that GDM subsides in many cases after delivery (Buchanan and Xiang 2005). Second, to compensate for increased insulin resistance in pregnancy, the pancreatic B cells increase their insulin secretion. Therefore, changes in blood sugar levels during pregnancy may be small especially when compared with the larger changes in insulin resistan
Architecture is, sometimes, considered to be the way to express the needs of society. Thus, it is always a reflection of a certain époque and people’s perception of a better world. Observing architectural monuments, we can say in which époque it was built and what its are characteristics of it. For example, the buildings of the Gothic period are marked with strict lines and they are very high. It shows that the intention of that époque was “to be closer to God” as every detail “was trying to reach the sky”. Modern architecture tendencies were dictated by one of the revolutionary concepts of the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries (Modern Architecture and International Architecture) that expressed new ideas in art. These styles were described by Otto Wagner at the end of the 19th century and Henry-Russell Hitchcock and Philip Johnson at the beginning of the 20th century. Wagner manifested a new form of style and Hitchcock and Johnson defined its principles. A common thing between those two approaches is that the architects propagated the same “philosophy of the style” giving to it different names. So, in 1895, a new movement of Modern Architecture was manifested by an Austrian architect Otto Wagner. He described the principles of a new European movement and presented the steps of the creation of architectural buildings. It was a new interpretation of “realism” that established new ideas of using materials and architectural techniques. Wagner put forward the idea that every form of art (building or even monument) begins with the construction, and only then appears the “art-form”, “every architectural form has arisen in construction and has successively become an art-form” (Mallgrave and Contandriopoulos 2008, 94). Moreover, he insisted that the “art-form” reflects the needs of society and, consequently, it should serve these needs. He called this strategy a “modern way of building”. Later, Henry-Russell Hitchcock and Philip Johnson expanded and interpreted this approach. They called a new direction in architecture the International style. They generalized the characteristics and outlined general principles of a “New Modernism”. These principles were recognized in the world and got the name “a single new style”. In other words, it was a new version of the European modernism that had a “functional” approach: “One is the politically inspired movement they name “functionalism”” (Mallgrave and Contandriopoulos 2008, 166). At the same time, this style was characterized by one more approach to architecture called “nostalgic and sentimental” that addressed to traditions common for American architects. However, t