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Introduction The ketogenic diet has been gaining some massive attention in recent years as one of the most successful solutions to weight loss. The diet is based on the principle of ketosis, which is a metabolic process of burning stored fats when there is a lack of glucose. The process results in the building up of acids named ketones. When maintaining a ketogenic diet, an individual is required to restrict the level of carbohydrates and consume foods high in fat. As such restriction becomes continuous, ketone levels in the body rise, and fatty acids that one consumes become the main source of fuel and energy. Main body The raw diet is another popular weight loss strategy that is based on consuming raw and unprocessed foods such as fruit, vegetables, nuts, etc. Alternative preparation methods include juicing, blending, soaking, dehydrating, and several others. Supplement intake is usually discouraged on such a diet. Proponents claim that a raw diet can boost weight loss, increase energy, and manage chronic diseases. Compared to the raw diet, the keto regime can significantly reduce appetite rather than suppressing it, lower insulin levels and resistance to insulin, leading to fewer neurological complications, improve cognition, and muscle mass to maintain better body composition. Raw diets can often be nutritionally unbalanced due to the lower caloric composition of allowed foods, which is incompatible with intense training. Conclusion The ketogenic diet, however, focuses on fat burning rather than muscle burning, which makes it more compatible with training. It should be mentioned that both diets could provide lasting results only in cases when individuals adhere to their requirements to the fullest degree due to the need for an adaptation period.
America is a large continent, where today, a huge number of different nationalities and representatives of different races, genders, orientations, and ethnic groups live. Thus, diversity is an essential part of American society as it plays a vital role in the relationship between people and influences their interaction. I had plenty of encounters with individuals who reflect diversity in my everyday life. That has impacted me as a personality and contributed to the values and views towards discrimination that I have today. I remember that when I started to go to school, my family and I moved to a district where the prevailing party of our neighbors was black people. A lot of my classmates also were Afro-Americans, which at the first time was surprising for me as a child that had never been in a group of people that at first glance are so different from me. However, already at that moment, I felt that it was the only difference in our appearance. After a while, I met so many interesting and kind people from different backgrounds. That experience taught me that an individual’s personality does not depend on the color of their skin, ethnic background, or nationality. I am grateful for the fact that I realized it in the early stages of my life. As a person who is against discrimination, it is a pity to see how people might remove themselves from people from minority groups just because of their skin color, ethnicity, or other characteristics that are different from those people. I see such behavior as quite unfair, and I suppose that people who are imposing discrimination in today’s society should be more open-minded and educate themselves on the topic of diversity and equality.
The Cornell note taking system is a model of taking notes that was developed at the Cornell University by Walter Pauk. Pauk was an education professor at the university. This model of taking notes was developed in the year 1954. The model was meant to aid students in the University by simplifying the study process. Pauk published this model of study in his famous book titled, “How to Study in College”. The Cornell note taking model of study seeks to ease studying by setting specifications to guide students in taking notes while studying (Sylvia, 27). How the Cornell note taking system works This model of learning gives a systematized way in which students can summarize and organize notes. An explanation is given on how the paper used in note taking by students ought to be structured to get maximum utility from study sessions. This is a major distinguishing factor between this model of study and other models. According to this model, the study or note taking paper can be structured as indicated below. Source: “The Cornell System for Note-Taking”, p. 1 The three parts labeled in the diagram above are critical while studying. The note taking area is used in recording lectures. This has to be done using telegraphic sentences. After a class or learning session, students should formulate questions basing on the notes recorded in the note taking column. Questions are important because they aid in making clarification to students concerning the meaning and relations of meanings in the notes. Questions also aid in broadening and strengthening memory of students. During the study for exams, these questions simplify revision work. The cue column is critical in recitation of the notes. During recitation, students are required to cover the note taking area fully. Students are required to recite the answers to the questions by looking at the questions in the question column. This has to be said loudly depending on the level of understanding of the student. This leads to the reflection of the learning material, which is another important step in learning. This is achieved through a re-look at the facts that are raised through answers to the questions found in the study text (Sylvia, 27). Questions asked during reflection include those on the relevance of the facts in the notes, principles informing the facts, the applicability of the facts, and their relationship with what the learner already knows. The question about what goes beyond the facts is of great relevance in reflection because they are brought out during learning. Students are also required to keep reviewing previous notes. This has to be done for at least ten minutes each week. This keeps the facts in the notes fresh in the mind of students. The summary section is used at the end of the learning session. The notes on each page are summed in this section (Sylvia, 27). This model of learning has been found to be very effective in different learning sessions. It is best suited in learning session that deal with broad theoretical concepts with numerous notes and information. Thus, it best suits my economics classes. The system is very effective b
Introduction Toni Morrison says in her article “Unspeakable Things Unspoken: The Afro-American Presence in American Literature” that “the trauma of racism is, for the racist and the sufferer, the extreme disintegration of the self, and has usually appeared to me a cause (not a symptom) of insanity” (Morrison, 1988, p. 141). Most of Morrison’s works excel in bringing to light this shattered self via depictions of the “unimaginable.” Individuals who are outcast, abandoned, deserted, or perverted; those who maim themselves, murder people, or commit suicide are shown as ordinary participants of Morrison’s imagined society. Owing to the internal division caused by white, racist culture, these persons inevitably mistreat or harm themselves or others, whether emotionally, physically, or socially abject. Morrison presents individuals in her works who battle with love, marriage, and parenting, all common settings of adversity, as well as racial adversity that is both their inheritance and affliction in white culture. As will be seen in Sula , the latter invariably affects the former’s characteristics. Morrison also demonstrates how, while the abject persona generated by racism is abhorrent, the abject boundaries of humanity are nevertheless essential and, in the end, unavoidable. Sula by Toni Morrison depicts a more nuanced link between abjection and selfhood in which an individual abjected by white Americans is equally subject to a variety of circumstances inside their racial community. Background Toni Morrison started composing Sula more than fifty decades ago. This was a period of intense mobilization among African Americans and many others fighting for civil rights and social equality (Middleton, 2016). The novel explores racism, discrimination, and oppression against African Americans. It illustrates the anguish individuals have when they cannot find respectable work and the resilience of many to live. Case in point, Eva chops her leg to earn money to support her household. The author demonstrates how, when confronted with racist conditions, a number of folks were forced to crawl to whites, as Helene acts on a passenger train to the South. On the contrary, some responded, like Sula demonstrates when she confronts young white lads bullying her and Nel. The work garnered favorable reviews from commentators, who lauded her evocative descriptions, excellent characterization, beautiful style, a
Introduction The history of modern states was either formed through conquest or imperialism. For example, many states in Africa came as a result of European expansionism. The main purpose of the conquest was political, economic, or social self-empowerment by the conquering states. History has recorded the world’s most powerful empires such as Roman Empire, French empire to have expanded their territories through military capability. Powerful political figures such as Napoleon, Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great possessed various political skills and mechanisms that enabled them to maintain their empires and remain in power. Many scholars and philosophers such as Plato, Aristotle, John Locke, Thomas Hobbes, and Niccolo Machiavelli studied or wrote on many issues concerning how rulers should rule their subjects. This paper is going to look at how Machiavelli gives numerous examples of flexible terms of compassion, honesty, and liberality in his demonstration of amorality as a necessity to be a successful prince. The examples of the flexibility given will demonstrate the inappropriateness nature of the examples in the role of being an effective ruler. His views on compassion The idea of flexibility uses the term compassion by Machiavelli who, through his experience in the management of the government, came up with controversial political ideas. He believed that effective leaders should be uncompassionate if they have to rule and maintain political power. He believed that people only became good when mistreated and that doing good to people yields low returns due to the complexity of human nature. As a result, he advised that for a leader to be effective in his governance, he should only embrace those ideas that are of his interest and not mind about other people’s interests (King 36). Despite this approach, Machiavelli does not advocate for the mistreatment of subjects by leaders. This is especially true for those who uphold the principle of democracy in their system of government. As it is known, the principles of democracy embrace the issues of freedom of speech, equality, justice, and respect of human rights. Thus, he purports that an effective leader should not embrace a dictatorial form of governance. Such a dictatorial form of government will violate human rights and fundamental freedoms of the citizens, therefore, discouraging competitive politics in the state. Therefore leaders will become ineffective because the principles of good governance will be undermined in the sense that morality will not be the order of the day hence poor leadership leading to failed states (Skinner 68). His views on honesty Moreover, Machiavelli argued that political leaders were not supposed to be honest in the management of their government affairs. This clearly showed that for one to be effective he should never respect the p
Although a strand of existing literature demonstrates that research on human growth and development is a relatively recent endeavor, particularly in reference to the fact that studies involving children did not begin until the late ninetieth century while those involving adult development and ageing only emerged in the 1960s and 1970s (Lerner et al, 2009), a myriad of theoretical perspectives and standpoints have evolved over time in a focused attempt aimed at shedding light on underlying issues related to human growth and development (Adams, 2006). This paper aims to demonstrate reasons why the stage theories seem to be best suited, in my view, to explain human growth and development. In addition, the present paper will aim to explain how the stage theoretical framework relates to principles that guide the rehabilitation process. Using the stages theoretical framework, life span development is divided into various phases, which include: Prenatal stage (conception to birth); infancy and toddlerhood (birth to 2 years); early childhood (2-6years); middle childhood (6-11 years); adolescence (11-18 years); early adulthood (18-40 years); Middle adulthood (40-65 years), and; late adulthood (65 years-death (Adams, 2006). Each of these stages has its own developmental paradigms, needs and demands. Academics and practitioners rightly points out the study of human growth and development is best understood when intraindividual and interindividual changes are described, explained and optimized in terms of the different phases that individuals undergo, from childhood to adulthood (Adams, 2006). Although various studies have shown that human development is life-long (Lerner et al, 2009), explaining the various changes that individuals undergo in terms of clearly cut developmental phases of life provides a pattern through which various issues and challenges can be addressed in relation to the phase of development. More importantly, explaining lifespan development through stages enable parents, educators and other interested entities to provide the right conditions for individuals in a particular stage with the view to enable them achieve their full potential. The above explanations are in line with my philosophy of human growth and development, which is informed by the fact that human beings are affected and influenced by common factors that are best captured when physical, cognitive and emotional variables of human development are outlined in terms of invariant stages or phases of life. For instance, it becomes easy to use these stages to explain the refinement of motor skills in children, the development of logical thought processes, sexual maturity and career ambitions of individuals though the life span. Additionally, the stages perspective to human development best explain why individuals must follow a particular trajectory or order for maturity to be reached: that is, individuals must progress from a simpler and immature phase of behavior and experience toward a more complex level for maturity to be achieved
Introduction Local authorities are embracing the use of strategic management in their daily processes. Many have recognised the usefulness of the approach but few are yet to optimize its potential. Internal and external environments in public organisations make strategic management a challenging task for many. These firms require a comprehensive analysis of strategy use in the public sector, which the essay will attempt to do. The extent to which firms in the UK apply strategy management depends on the management model chosen for the analysis. Organisations in the public sector feel the impact of strategy management depending on their strategic stance, which could be defensive, reactive or prospective; their strategic action or their strategic processes. These dynamics will be applied to a case study about a local council known as Brownsville. It is essential to determine how the council’s strategic challenges came about and how it can solve them effectively through strategic management theory. Theory How public organisation use strategic management Extent to which organisation employ elements of strategic management Research conducted by (Poister & Streib, 2005: 47) indicates that several public firms in the UK implement strategic management. The prevalence of the phenomenon in these institutions is an effective way of determining whether strategy use is still a theoretical approach, or whether it has become part of public sector organisational life. Almost 90% of the institutions that carry out strategic planning reported that the effort was worthwhile, they recorded appreciation of outcomes and willingness to stick to the process as reasons behind strategy effectiveness. Poister& Streib, G. (2005: 51) report that among the respondents they interviewed, a third of them had accomplished 60 to 80% of their goals. Since this research employed a range of city councils with over 25,000 residents, then one may assert that the adoption of strategic management is becoming widespread. Local councils, public health organisations, educational institutions, and other public firms sometimes exhibit elements of strategic planning. They can define organisational missions and visions as well as goals and objectives of the firm. This assists members in having a direction and knowing the purpose for which they are working. Boyne et. al. (2004: 328) explain that rational planning must be done effectively within public institutions in order to facilitate development. In the UK context, these authors found that a number of public organisations have difficulties in following up on planning owing to technical challenges. If local authorities lack expertise on rational planning and adequate resources, they are more likely to fail than those with political problems alone. These findings do not apply to all organisations. Public firms must look at their settings and identify the most pressing concerns among their citizens. Furthermore, because managers and other au
In everyday life, one needs to make changes to their career. It can be important in case one needs to be successful. This is because, in everyday life, things do change, and thus one should be flexible so that they can be able to fit in this changing world. Therefore, everyone seeking a job has to have time to reflect on their career. So, it could be possible to develop a plan in future of what you would like to achieve. One can make both short term and long term career plans. In the short term, one has to develop realistic goals and objectives that need to be accomplished in that short time. In making a career plan, one should be free from the career barriers that include personal barriers like lack of motivation, be free from family pressure and peer pressure. In avoidance of these, it becomes possible for one to make a plan that will not contradict in the future and make one’s plans fail. (Collins, 1994) In career planning, you should not put much pressure on yourself as this can affect the outcome of the decisions that have to be made in all areas, and thus, one will lead to getting the wrong information, as the plan will be affected. Therefore, one should be sure of what they expect to do in future. So in planning, there is a cue of what is expected to be included in that plan. In making this plan then one has to consider the current lifestyle and the current job so that in making the plan then you will be sure of what you are to change so that the right information is given. Also, one needs to analyze their passion. One has to reflect on the times when they feel energetic and other changes that occur in one’s body. This way, it becomes possible to get the correct changes that occur in the workplace. Therefore, one can make the relevant changes in the plan. So, in case of a new job one will be able to produce highly. One needs to analyze their strengths and weaknesses in terms of work experience, the training that one has, skill development and personal characteristics. In such areas, one can be able to make amendments to the changes as they are required. One needs to analyze the expected success based on power, control, and other areas where one can achieve success. There is a need to analyze the personality. It becomes easier to get information about the working style, analyze the dream job that one has. This way, they can know how to work out so that this dream can be achieved. Also, there is a need to analyze the current situation where one is in to know the starting point. In making the career plan then there are steps that one has to follow, and they include:
Terms of Reference Mobile banking refers to banking activities that are carried out using mobile devices, for instance, cell phones and tablets (Market Reports 2015). Mobile banking has transformed the way people conduct business transactions by eliminating the inherent need for face-to-face transactions. Mobile banking, also known as m-banking, enables users to execute financial transactions through the internet without the need to visit a bank branch physically. One key feature of mobile banking is its ability to offer services to customers at significantly low fees. Mobile banking does not involve the traditional costs associated with physical banking such as paying rent (Jeong & Yoon 2013). The money saved is then used to extend discounts to customers. Mobile banking has made it easier to shop by eliminating the need to carry cash everywhere. In the United Kingdom, a large number of people have adopted mobile banking services. It is estimated that about 34% of adults use mobile banking (Market Reports 2015). This figure indicates a tremendous shift from physical to mobile banking in the UK. Conversely, mobile banking raises issues of cybersecurity and the safety of customers’ money when transactions are conducted via cell phones (Akturan & Teczan 2012). Therefore, the writer wishes to investigate the numerous impacts of mobile banking because the burgeoning phenomenon may entirely replace traditional banking in the near future, specifically in the UK. The study will be guided by the following research question: How has mobile banking transformed how consumers approach and perceive banking? Despite the existence of a wide body of research on the topic of mobile banking, there is little research on how customers view mobile banking. This study seeks to examine the various impacts that have been occasioned by this change on customers in the last five years. This goal will be achieved by interrogating the attitudes and views of different customers regarding the change. The aim will be to determine what customers feel regarding the shift from traditional to mobile banking. The writer appreciates that while most customers may be optimistic about this transformation, others, especially the older generation, maybe apprehensive. Millennials are ordinarily believed to be tech-savvy. Hence, they are assumed to be more welcoming of technological changes relative to their parents. This research will also be seeking to determine the validity of this assumption by relying on a sample of people of different ages. Literature Review Mobile banking began toward the end of the 1990s when Paybox, a German company working together with Deutsche Bank, commenced its first service (Shaikh & Karjaluoto 2015). This service was then deployed for testing in the European countries, among them Germany, Sweden, Spain, Austria, and the United Kingdom. Later, Kenya introduced the text-based M-Pesa service in 2007 (Jack & Suri 2011). By 2012, the number of registered M-Pesa users in Kenya had grown to 7 million, owing to the convenience of the use of this new service (Mbiti & Weil 2011). SMS-ba