ShantanuT01/DACTYL-Pretraining huggingface dataset:
Teaching students to carry out a detailed analysis of different art forms, particularly, visual (e.g., movies, graphic novels, etc.) and literature-related ones (e.g., novels, short stories, poems, etc.) is an important step toward helping them understand art and its role in their lives. Thus, it is crucial that students should be able to express their ideas in a cohesive and sensible manner. It is crucial to make sure that the learners should remember the exact patterns of expressing a critical thought. By making the use of the identified phrases a second nature of the learners, one is expected to promote the development of the Monitor Procedural Memory by the learners (Bailey & Pransky, 2014). The use of specific vocabulary can be viewed as an indispensable element of developing critical and analytical skills in students. Before students are capable of designing a unique manner of artistic expression, they will have to learn the tropes that are traditionally used to analyze artwork. Therefore, it is imperative that they should acquire the necessary vocabulary and use it appropriately. To make sure that the learners should have a basis for their further analysis of the text, as well as be able to express their point of view and get the necessary ideas across, the teacher will have to consider the following vocabulary as a possibility: Abbreviate, Chronology, Credible, Estimate, Analogy, Evidence, Exaggerate, Foreshadow, Graphic, Illustrate, Intermittent, Isolate, Metaphor, Perspective, Plausible, Presume, Prompt, Reduce, Reflect, Represent, Requisite, Reveal, Sequence, Significance, Speculate, Synthesize. It is necessary to make sure that the learners should know that they are not restricted by the choice of words provided by the teacher. Instead, the identified vocabulary should be viewed as a starting point for their development of critical abilities. Therefore, the students should be encouraged to explore their vocabulary opportunities by using the appropriate dictionaries, including both printed and electronic ones. It should be borne in mind that there are a plethora of misconceptions about the efficacy of specific tools for reviewing and memorizing the target vocabulary. For instance, the traditional exercise involving filling in the blank parts of the text does not have the desired effect on learners since it does not invite them to analyze the text (Spencer-Waterman, 2013). The incorporation of collaborative practices should be interpreted as the first step toward teaching the target audience the essential vocabulary for critical reading. For instance, the teacher may use a cloze sentence so that the learners could respond together by using the vocabulary word: “We call text intermittent when…” The use of collaborative practices can be viewed as the most efficient way of teaching learners the target vocabulary (O’Connor, 2014). For instance, the exercises that involve defining the word in a group should be viewed as a possibility. Suggesting that the learners sho
Idea generation Today, business conditions are dependent on knowledge and technology, which have created high rates of competitions. As a result, organizations have realized that they do not possess all solutions, relevant information, and expertise for their problems. Luckily, some have noted that valuable knowledge resides in external sources. Based on this realization, many companies have embarked on exploiting knowledge and expertise outside their boundaries. Professionals have linked crowdsourcing to creation of new ideas, solving technical issues, innovations, reducing costs of product development, and time for developing new products. Firms have used crowdsourcing to generate new ideas from a large crowd instead of using few in-house individuals. In fact, others have created idea contests with rewards in order to get new concepts. However, it is appropriate to define the problem as precise as possible before initiating an idea contest. Firms must provide motivational materials for the crowd to participate in the idea generation. The crowd notes that the outcome must be more than the time and effort spent in the contest (Simula and Vuori 5). Consequently, firms have organized expensive reward systems for participant as witnessed during the LG idea contest. Crowdsourcing contests can result into generation of too many ideas to the extent that an organization can fail to utilize or develop them effectively. While other researchers have noted that crowdsourcing concept is still in its initial stages, others have dismissed it as ineffective concept. On the contrary, some studies have indicated that crowdsourcing ideas were the best in terms of originality relative to ideas from experts (Simula and Vuori). Therefore, businesses should use crowdsourcing to generate new ideas and solve business problems. Market research In market research, crowdsourcing has been useful for gathering information from a large crowd in various parts of the world. The crowd can deliver the desired results in a timely manner and at relatively low costs. Most Web sites that provide crowdsourcing services usually pay their crowds a small fee (as low as US $0.03) in order to respond to their questions. Web sites for crowdsourcing that handle market research have increased. However, professional researchers question the kind of information collected from the crowd. It is also necessary to note that crowdsourcing has not replaced the traditional market research firms that handle complex research. Others have noted that crowdsourcing may not be the best approach for conducting market research. It is important to note that crowds get rewards for taking part in the survey. As a result
Introduction There has always been a startling contrast between the transportation systems of developed and developing countries with the former usually having well planned, modernized and efficient methods of transportation while the latter is usually considered mired in bureaucratic entanglements, inefficiency and a lack of sufficient urban planning that transport systems are seemingly added on as an afterthought to a city’s creation. Such contrasting natures can be seen in the case of Riyadh and Vancouver wherein both cities exemplify the differences in urban planning and transportation development between developed and developing countries and as such make an interesting case to observe whether any similarities in transport systems exist despite the inherent differences between the two. Air Transport One of the first major similarities between Vancouver and Riyadh is that both cities have major airports situated “relatively” close by with Vancouver International Airport located 12 km from the downtown district of the city while Riyadh’s King Khalid International Airport is located 35 km away. On average the King Khalid International Airport handles 15 million passengers a year while Vancouver International Airport handles 17 million a year, this shows a relatively close similarity in the sheer amount of people that pass through both cities on a yearly basis and is a good starting point in order to determine whether other similarities between these two diverse locations. Before proceeding any further, it is necessary to bring up the fact that due to Vancouver’s proximity to large bodies of water the city does have an alternate method of air transport in the form of planes that can land and take off from the water (Boyle, & Haggerty, 2011). Though such planes are not as well used now as they were before, they still constitute one aspect of Vancouver’s transportation system and truly sets it apart from Riyadh due to the fact that such planes are not used at all within this city due to its proximity to one of the largest deserts on the planet. Rail Transport Systems The main difference between the two cities in terms of transportation capacity is the fact that Vancouver has several light rail transport systems meant to offset traffic and make it easier for people to move from one part of the city to another. These transport systems are composed of the Sky train, the West Coast Commuter Express, the Expo line, the Millennium line and the Canada line, all of which service millions of commuters a day. It must also be noted that the Sky train transport system actually goe
Transnational strategy- internet transactions transnational inc. acquire, develop and deploy technical and business capabilities in the field of transactions on the internet and world wide web. The advent avails low cost and high speed for business and other individuals based on universal capability for instantaneous and low-cost communication with very high flows of information and a high degree of independence from external control. Multi-domestic firms include general motor. The differentiation and cost leadership strategies seek competitive advantage in a range of market segments. The differentiation and cost focus strategies are adopted in a narrow industry. This strategy engrosses selecting one or more criteria used by buyers and then positioning the business uniquely to meet those criteria. This strategy is usually associated with charging a premium price for the product that often reflects the higher production costs and extra value-added features provided for the consumer. Differentiation is about charging a premium price that more than covers the additional production costs, and about giving customers clear reasons to prefer the product over other, less differentiated products. (Bartlett and Ghoshal, 1989) Possible ways a firm can reduce the UNIT COST when it comes to the production of A global brand of baby food under a global strategy The firm should use the most efficient means of transportation in which bulk transport must be considered. The company should use the cheapest material with quality material to produce the most nutritious product. Low cost will be achieved if the selection criteria of the material are well done. A “Global” version of furniture Product development determines product cost. Practice Concurrent Engineering with the early and active participation of manufacturing, purchasing, and vendors. The use of commercialization techniques will ensure low costs. Co-locating manufacturing engineers ensures the best teamwork If outsourcing, choose a local vendor which ensures early and active vendor participation in product development teams. The company should offer an introduction of different enterprises to every country in order to minimize the transportation cost of the final products. Standard products can be built to order without forecast or inventory and specials can be mass-customized on-demand. Doubling labor productivity, cutting production throughput times, and reducing inventories as well as cutting errors and scrap correction reduces unit costs. (Bartlett and Ghoshal, 1989) Suggestion on how QFD applies to make a global laptop computer In making a global laptop computer, the quality function deployment applies in many ways. it involves translating decision criteria or critical-to-quality
Ethics in organizations is an important ingredient of organizational success. Both the employers and employees ought to act ethically to ensure that the goals and objectives of the organization are achieved (Mello, 2006). However, given the different personalities and thinking of human beings, ethical problems in organizations are inevitable. As such, it is important that the human resource department of each organization puts in place appropriate measures to deal with ethical problems facing them. It is because of this that most organizations have in place a “code of ethics” that shows the expectations of the employer with regard to ethics. The main ethical consideration affecting my division is the high rate of absenteeism by most of the workers. Upon careful review of the workers’ master roll books and clocking schedule, I have noted with a lot of concern that most of the workers fail to report to work during some days of the week. This is a weighty issue because the production rate in my division has in turn significantly gone down. Upon further calculation of the hours lost by the absent employees, the Account department has noted a decline in company’s profits in the last quarter of the financial year. This prompted my department to find out the reasons behind the high rate of absenteeism. It has come to my attention that the workers are complaining of long working hours with few breaks which makes the workers very fatigued and opting to allocate themselves off-days by being absent from work. It is my humble request that a re-schedule is made on the duty rooster of the workers to incorporate more breaks during working hours as well as rotational off-days for the workers. I also request the incorporation of three shifts in my division instead of the current two in order to have workers work for shorter hours. This will not only reduce the rate of absenteeism but it will boost the morale of the workers thus increasing productivity hence higher organizational profits. In addition, it will also improve the reputation of the company on the basis of corporate social responsibility. Diversity is yet another significant issue of concern in organizations. It is brought about by the differences in the culture, race, social class, age and
Background Nelson Mandela was born on July 18th, 1918 and died on 5 th December 2013. He is well known for being an anti-apartheid. He served as president from 1994 to 1999 as South Africa’s first Black president. He focused on defeating apartheid through the elimination of racism, inequality, and extreme poverty. He also served as the Secretary General of the Nonaligned Movement from 1998 to 1999 in the international front. In his quest for freedom, Mandela was jailed for twenty-seven years. Influence Mandela has inspired me in many ways. He is a man with many great achievements including the Nobel Peace Prize, Presidential Medal of Reedom and the Ghandhi Peace price award. The personality attributed to Mandela is worth recognizing. His great achievements make him my hero. The selfless nature and humility Mandella portrayed has helped become humble. In most cases, things do not happen the way we plan. However, being humble in such situations helps us become victors in the long run. Mandela displayed humility in various ways in his fight for the liberation of the Black people in South Africa. Another attribute that I have learned from Mandela is that of tenacity and firmness. Even after being captured and detained in prison, he never gave up. I have learned from him that one should not despair when faced with challenges. The world requir
“Broken Glass” is a play by Arthur Miller, a leading American playwright of the twentieth century. First staged in 1994, the play is a combination of psychological detective story and detective drama. The action took place in Brooklyn in 1938. The main characters are Sylvia Gellburg, her husband, Phillip Gellburg, her doctor Harry Hyman, and his wife, Margaret. Philip and Sylvia are a Jewish couple who live in New York. The woman suddenly becomes paralyzed from the waist down, and Dr. Hyman tries to reveal the reasons for this fact. It is possible that her condition is caused by psychosomatic, as a result of reading news about Kristallnacht, or the anti-Jewish pogroms also known as ‘the Night of Broken Glass.’ In the play, the author argues about both personal and social issues. First of all, Miller dramatizes the concept of strained marriages. Both couples depicted in the play do not look happy living together. Philip is evidently concentrated on his problems and finding his identity, which results in the neglect of his wife. The man is usually deep in his thoughts and does not notice the world around him (Miller 4). Sylvia, a woman in her early forties, lacks his attention. This fact could also contribute to her loss of ability to walk. Another problem is that their family is in isolation, and Sylvia has no one to share her feelings and problems. The social issue attracts attention to the problem of anti-Semitism that was typical of 1960s America. It resulted in the desire of Jewish immigrants to assimilate and frequently conceal their roots. Phillip is presented as a self-hating Jew who tries to find his place in New York. Miller explicitly addresses the Jewish theme as a whole and the concept of the Holocaust in particular. He makes the events in Europe of 1938, such as the anti-Jewish pogroms by the German Nazi, a reason for a Jewish woman’s ailment. Another idea related to Sylvia’s ailment that can be deducted from the plot is the feeling of powerlessness that people usually observe when they face racism or fascism. The play is important for the Western World because it touches on the dangers of anti-Semitism, fascism, and racism, which have had a significant impact on the development of society and its values. The family of Gelldergs depicted in the play can be treated as a representation of many other immigrant families who move to another country and try to find their place. Frequently, new people are not accepted in a friendly manner, particularly when they are of a different ethnic background. While the play is not history itself, it has a historic retrospective since it depicts the
Many Christians claim to know God because they possess propositional knowledge about an infinite being who they believe to be the creator of the universe. However, this is insufficient because the best knowledge of God should be attained through acquaintance with Him. Many Christians focus on hoarding facts about God but rarely connect with Him at a personal level through their hearts, actions, thoughts, and ways of living. The teachings of Christianity are revered for their depth and simplicity. However, few Christians apply and live them as a way of cultivating deep relationships with God. For instance, compassion, kindness, and generosity are key tenets that help Christians connect with God. Human beings can only connect with God through their souls. In order to be acquainted with God, Christians are advised to grow their spirituality. Christianity promotes meditation and prayer as core ways of connecting and communicating with God. Numerous Christian teachings provide knowledge about God that is relayed through the Causal-Acquaintance Principle. For instance, all aspects of life that are beyond human comprehension are attributed to God. For instance, Christians are acquainted with God through observing His effect on their lives. Christianity teaches that God created humans. Therefore, human life is attributed to God as the source. Christians believe in eternal life. This belief emanates from the teaching that the human spirit is indestructible because it is part of God. Therefore, when a Christian dies, the spirit survives and passes on to eternal life. The teachings of Christianity are based on the life of Jesus. According to Christian beliefs and teachings, Jesus was one with God. Therefore, he possessed knowledge of God. His teachings were aimed at helping people know God and develop loving relationships with Him as their source. Loving God is the main way of knowing and developing a relationship with Him. Christians believe that avoidance of sin and emulation of the life of Jesus are sufficient to create a relationship with God. To know God is to be acquainted with Jesus through living his teachings. Jesus taught numerous precepts that are important for connection with God. They include love of God and fellow humans, faith in God, kindness, hope, and compassion. When Christians live their lives governed by the precepts of Christianity, they connect and form eternal relationships with God. One of the core requirements of knowing God is avoidance of sin. God is pure and Christians are called upon to live spiritually and morally upright lives. The effects of knowing God manifest through experiences that cannot be comprehended by the human mind. For instance, love, wisdom, joy, peace, and happiness are signs of deep communion and acquaintance with God. Christianity teaches that God sacrificed His only son because of the love He had for the human race. Sacrifice is another way of expressing God in life. Whenever Christians sacrifice for the sake of other people, they express the love that Jesus taught. T
Surviving in the realm of the 21 st century global economy is not an easy task for SMEs. Developing in a new environment, they have to face a number of entirely new challenges. Since most of these problems are related to not only economic, but also social and ecological issues, a complex approach towards the new issues based on sustainability and a proper resource allocation must be developed. Combined with the effects of the climate change and the corresponding issues with the crops, the increasing growth of the population is obviously one of the greatest concerns (Slaght 2012). Among the possible solutions, the idea of investing into economic growth in general should be mentioned. The specified solution can be seen as quite valid in the context of smaller agricultural cities and states. However, the specified solution works well only for the regions that already thrive on their agriculture related business. For industrial states, the solution is much more complex and requires that sustainable product consumption must be adopted. The rivalry for resources, as well as the scarceness thereof should also be listed among the key concerns (Godfrey et al. 2012). Producing more food from the same amount of land, therefore, remains the only possible solution. This solution, though, fails to capture the necessity to use exhaustive resources sustainably and, therefore, may lead to a complete drainage of exhaustive resources and the extinction of a range of species. Needless to say, the productivity of crops and livestock, which has decreased over the past few decades impressively, is also the issue of a major concern (Godfray 2012a). This is the point, at which sustainable consumption factors in. Sustainable consumption will supposedly help reduce the resources exhaustion rates and, therefore, contribute to the environmental