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The questions of alienation and discrimination of immigrants in the new unknown and sometimes hostile environments are raised in the short stories Daughter of Invention by Julia Alvarez and Silent Dancing by Judith Ortiz-Cofer. The picture of the surrounding world is viewed through the children’s eyes in both stories, while Cofer emphasizes the aspect of gender roles in her work. The authors of both stories aimed at the depiction of immigrants’ adaptation in the country, in which language, rules and traditions differed from the lifestyle of their native land. The problems of the upbringing were illuminated by the authors but the lines of the parents’ behavior in two stories were different. Cofer’s characters tried to support their children during the uneasy process of adaptation. “We were the only ones in El Building that I knew of who got presents on both Christmas Day and on Dia de Reyes, the day when the Three Kings brought gifts to Christ and Hispanic children” (Cofer 91). Trying to imitate the traditions of the new country, parents were trying to help their children assimilating to the new society, they spent a lot of time together and sympathized with the relatives, realizing that the children and adults had similar problems. Alvarez’s characters were, on the contrary, too busy with their own affairs, and did not manage to help their children to adapt to the hostile environment. “Her father kept poking his head in the door just to see if Yoyo had “fulfilled your obligations,” a phrase he had used when the girls were younger” (Alvarez 142). As to Yoyo’s mother she was inventing some things to make the life of American women easier and it prevented her from heart-to-heart talking to her children. Perhaps, trying to make the kids stronger mother preferred to skip the problems and to shift the responsibility for the school conflicts onto her own children. She could see the way out in it, but the children needed support and understanding and could not find it in the family. One more reason which predeter
Wastewater could be defined as any water that is influenced by pathogenic organisms (they can cause cholera, polio, typhoid, hepatitis, etc.) which may include any wastes from human activities such as environmental, chemical, biological, etc. The wastewater can be disinfected with the help of various chemicals (relatively limited use), biodegradation and filtrations systems (the filtration of wastewater through the soil), etc. There are certain positive and negative outcomes of wastewater disinfection. The positive outcomes are of course reduced pathogens. Chlorine and bromine are used commonly to disinfect the wastewater. The negative outcome includes the fact that the use of bromine, for instance, may not be very environmentally friendly. The bromine may also disinfect the wastewater for a very short period of time because of which chlorine is preferred as a disinfection chemical. The emerging technologies to disinfect wastewater are ozonation and UV lights. The wastewater treatment consists of certain stages such as pre-treatment, primary, secondary, and tertiary. In the pre-treatment stage, the wastewater (from numerous places – buildings or industrial units) is transported with the help of pipes to a treatment plant. The harmful contaminants are removed informally to have them transported safely to the treatment plant. In the primary treatment, harmful objects, stones, sticks, and other material (that can block the tank) are removed. Other harmful contaminants such as oil, are brought to the surface and skimmed off. The secondary treatment then takes the wastewater and offers few methods to clean it further. The idea is to break the organic material present in the water and settle it out. The most common method used to do this task is activated sludge that uses micro-organisms to break down organic pollutants. The tertiary process is the last stage for cleaning the wastewater which requires the water to pass through the sand filters and the remaining particles are removed and the water is considered clean. The activated sludge process contains solids in the system and it takes days to clear the solid material, this span of time is known as solids retention time (SRT) which is also commonly known as sludge age. θc is a mean cell residence time which is the aver
Introduction Human beings work hard to realize their potential. Throughout this journey, careers appear to occupy a critical position in every person’s philosophy. I have always wanted to become a counselor. From my early years, I wanted to focus on the unique psychological issues affecting many people. I also wanted to implement the best leadership strategies to achieve my goals and support those of my followers (Mulhall, 2014). To succeed, people should embrace the best traits, models, philosophies, and concepts depending on the intended goals. This discussion explains how the Theory of Vocational Personalities and Environments by John Holland sheds light on my career development. Applying Theories to My Career Development John Holland’s Theory of Vocational Personalities and Environments stands out as the main model that can describe my career growth and development. According to the theory, the career of an individual is known to manifest his or her personality. This argument matches with my career path because I always wanted to help others and make it easier for them to realize their goals (Sharif, 2015). Consequently, I focused on the best practices that could empower, guide, and encourage more people to re-pattern their experiences. The practice has therefore encouraged me to become a competent counselor capable of supporting the needs of many clients. The theory also indicates that individuals in similar careers or occupations will tend to portray similar personality traits. This is true because I am always passionate about other people’s outcomes and experiences. Some of the unique attributes defining my philosophy include intelligence, integrity, leadership, and the ability to guide others (Sharif, 2015). The surrounding environment, according to the model, will determine the careers embraced by an individual. Combined with an individual’s personality, the environment will dictate the occupation of an individual. For instance, my friends and family members used to encourage me to support others whenever in need (Watson, Nota, & McMahon, 2015). My desire to tackle people’s challenges and offer sustainable solutions dictated my career path. I used to believe that a career in human services would give me greater satisfaction. This analysis explains why I have found myself in the counseling profession. It is also agreeable that different relatives and family members have been embracing several professions such as social worker, human services, healthcare, and psychotherapy (Mulhall, 2014). This is a clear indication that my genes are aligned to such kind of a career. This theory is meaningful because it indicates clearly that a person’s behavior and character will be guided by hereditary and environmental factors. My predisposition to human services is something that has made it easier for me to succeed in this profession. The six labels (RIASEC) outlined in the theory can also be used to support my career development path. The first label shows conclusively that people will be realistic whenever focusing on their ca
As Stanley Milgram’s famous experiments indicate, the role that the tendency to obey those in power plays in a person’s readiness to cause harm to someone is an extremely controversial research issue. Having watched The Experimenter directed by Almereyda (2015), I think that Milgram’s experiments cannot be justified despite the potential usefulness of the obtained results due to the huge stress that they caused to the participants. The movie demonstrates some attempts to break the participants’ will and exploit their trust in authorities, which can be deeply traumatic for some people. When the participants refused to go on in administering rather strong electric shocks to “learners,” they were aggressively convinced that they had no choice and that shocks would not cause serious bodily damages, just pain (Almereyda, 2015). To continue on question one, in the scenes featuring the experiment, the participants tried hard to hide their anxiety and fear and understood that the entire situation was deeply wrong. The researchers could see the belief perseverance effect (the tendency to deny new information) disappear as the participants were becoming less and less able to convince themselves that everything was under control as promised (Almereyda, 2015; Coyle, n.d.b.). In the context of the participants’ emotional suffering and the feelings of helplessness and being lied to, the experiment does not seem to be justified, especially given that the results could not be fully applied to the Holocaust as intended. As for question two, not all research questions are worth answering despite costs to the participants. To begin with, in controversial experiments, there are no guarantees that the research question will be answered accurately, and lab experiments’ poor generalizability is their well-known drawback (Coyle, n.d.a.). For instance, Milgram was willing to study the factors that could shed light on the motivations of the Holocaust executioners and conducted an experiment involving the risks of emotional breakdowns and severe stress in the participants (Almereyda, 2015). Despite the costs, it cannot be said that the results answer the intended question. For instance, Milgram couldn’t design an experiment in which “teachers” would be led by racism towards “learners” and know that their actions would have irreversible consequences. Another reason why not all research questions are worth answering is the unpredictability of outcomes. For instance, in studies of violence and human behaviors, some research subjects may suddenly realize that they enjoy inflicting pain on others. In such cases, it cannot be guaranteed that they will not decide to explore this feeling in other, totally inappropriate, and harmful ways. Concerning the final question, the film has changed my perceptions and made me realize that conformity can take worrying forms and even become a weapon. It is because some scenes from The Experimenter demonstrate that the desire to conform outweighs people’s common sense even when they are sure that their behavior
Activities of service coordination The three main activities of service coordination are resource selection, monitoring, and referral. Benefits of service coordination Service coordination is a critical aspect of management practice in any field since it is not always possible for an individual or single agency to cater to all their clients’ diverse needs. The advantages of service coordination examined herein are just some of the many that apply depending on the organizational setting and particular client requirements. In many cases, the mandate or mission of an organization can limit its scope such that it does not have the ability to provide the clients what they require. Consequently, case managers need to know where these resources are available in the community and subsequently initiate and facilitate their client’s referral. A key advantage of service coordination is that it brings about the reduction of incompetence by agencies because they only provide the services for which they are qualified and mandated to render. As are a result, there are more resources available for the improvement of service delivery to the streamlined customer base, eliminating the risk of straining facilities with client needs that an agency may not be equipped to address. Secondly, the management of projects and cases is simplified because clients are not forced to wait for services the firm cannot deliver, only to discover this after wasting a lot of time. As a result, there are fewer people waiting to be served at any given period because all those with needs that require outsourcing are identified and redirected as soon as possible. In addition, through service coordination, case managers and clients can get a middle ground where to discuss the next step if there is an impasse, eliminate potential disputes, and prevent the breakdown of communication. The process of service coordination in most cases allows the client to participate in finding a solution, therefore, enabling managers to get immediate feedback, which helps them in recommending a referral party or allocation of resources. In addition to saving time, such collaborations foster relations between the managers and referred clients. In a corporate setting, when one efficiently refers to a customer, the latter will feel appreciated and as a result, they are more likely to bring their business to the firm in the future. Moreover, when an agency or institution has the option of service coordination, they are better suited to identify and address the needs of their various clients. This is a qualitative benefit in that, it ultimately streamlines the quality of service provided by the organization since there is a high level of clarity and everyone understands his or her responsibility. This is also an added advantage since, when each person is aware of what specific role they are expected to play in the organization, it results in faster and more competent response rates. This a quantitative advantage as the organizations involved can do more for their clients by concentrating on their areas of specialization. During the referral process, managers and o
Introduction In the modern world, it has become quite cumbersome to operate businesses and governance affairs without a sound information technology platform. In fact, information technology is basically an essential backbone not only in business but also in government operations. It is definite that several advances have been made in technology especially in information domain ranging from the way information is gathered, stored, analyzed, retrieved as well as disseminated by both business organizations and government agencies. It is against this backdrop that this report explores the concept of voice recognition technology in terms of disadvantages and domain of its use, impacts of this technology on individuals and organizations as well as its future prospects. Definition of voice recognition technology To begin with, it is imperative to note that the concept of voice recognition technology is a recent development. It is a technology whereby human words, sounds and phrases are converted into electrical waves in such a way that the moving electrons electronics are coded to give particular meaning. It interprets language being used into text than can be understand depending with the coding. The latter is then saved and progressively transmitted into a designated. In order to obtain the right meaning of the voice projected, there are myriad of internal processes that take place (Obermaisser 215). On the overall, voice recognition technology allows users to transfer v
Introduction The patients usually make complaints in respect of various issues connected with provision of health care by the HMOs. In the area of specialist care, the patients complain on the time it takes to see the specialist, the refusal of authorization to consult a specialist, less number of choices in the specialists available, the time it takes to get appointments with the specialists and limited options to have consultation with the specialists. In the matter of treatment, the complaints of the patients include the refusal to provide treatment, time taken to authorize treatment, time taken to provide treatment, time delays in authorizing the treatments including the conducting of the tests complain about general denial of treatment, delay in providing treatment, delaying the and length of waiting time in the offices. The other complaints in the formulary are; refusal to provide effective drugs, too restrictive nature of formulary, patients getting the offer of poor quality and ineffective medicines, offering of only generic drugs, lesser quantum of medicines and frequent changes in formulary with more than 60 notations. The patients do complain in the area of doctor-patient relationship. The complaints are poor relationships between doctor and patient, doctors spending inadequate time with patients, lengthy waiting time for appointments, indifferent nature of physicians, less effective communications with the physicians and lesser personal contacts with the physicians. The patients also make complaints on the selection of physicians. The complaints in this respect cover the refusal to see the doctor as per the choice of the patients, on each appointment the patient getting to consult different doctors and discontinuity of care (Friedenberg, 1999). Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) COBRA provides the opportunity to the workers and their families the right to get a continuation of the health benefits lost by them. The right to choose the continuation is available for a limited time only. There are different circumstances prescribed by the Act under which this continuation benefit can be availed by the employees and their families. These include where the employee loses the job voluntarily or involuntarily, if there is a reduction in the number of hours worked by the employee due to any reason, where there is a time gap when the employee changes the jobs, or where there is a calamity or divorce or other life events which caused the loss of benefits. Under the Act, the individuals qualified are required to make payment of the entire premium coverage up to 102 percent of the cost of the entire plan. The Act generally extends to the group health plans sponsored by employers having 20 or more employees in the respective prior year. The employers have to offer the employees and their families the chance of temporary extension of health coverage up to a period of one year (US DOL). Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ERISA passed as a federal legislation sets the minimum
Introduction A mother’s love has been proven throughout history and has been immortalized by sayings like “Nothing beats a mother’s love” and “No matter what a child does, a mother will always be a mother.” My mother is the epitome of these sayings and as I live and breathe, I will continue to attest to this. You see, I have not only felt my mother’s love but also seen it in action. I can remember everything that happened just this past June — June 18, 2003, to be exact, as if everything only happened a few hours ago. That year, I was a carefree 11-year-old who had all the time in the world to enjoy the life ahead of me. Little did I know that everything in my life would change that night. The night that my 15-year-old brother was killed by a drowsy school bus driver as he stood outside my parent’s outdoor equipment business. That night, I came home from school to receive the bad news. News that changed my life literally from that very morning. I had 15 special years with my brother and being in the 5th grade, he was my role model in everything that I did. He was my protector and guardian angel who was always there when I needed him. But now, I am 17 and 2 years older than him. I often find myself wondering as to how my night has turned out and what our relationship might be like at this point in our lives. Would we still be best friends and have each other’s backs? 6 years later my family and I have changed a lot and are still on the road towards a long and lonely grieving process. Consequences of the accident We were devastated by the accident. Our sense of security was crushed and we could barely function as individuals and as a family for the next couple of years after the accident. We each dealt with death in different ways. My father had to go back to work 2 weeks after my brother’s untimely demise. He had to go back to the place where my brother died to pay the bills. While my mother threw herself into investigative work trying to figure out how a drowsy bus driver from our school would have been allowing to drive a bus in his condition. She needed to understand why and how the accident happened to have some sort of closure. She refused to let my brother’s death be in vain. Something good had to come out of it and that she would make sure of that. Everybody tried to dissuade my mother from finding out the truth. Everyone but me. You see, I know my mother, I knew she would not stop until she got some answers. Her investigation was not for naught. It may have taken her 4 years but, she discovered that the driver suffered from sleep
Executive Summary Stress management is one of the important factors that should be maintained within a working place. Employees make very important part of the organization. They are the driving force within an organization. Success within the organization is always dependent on the ability of the employees to work effectively. It is therefore very important to ensure that the management eliminates any form of stress among the employees. Employees should feel free working within the organization. They should feel cared for and this will act as a motivation. Management of stress may be a complex problem within an organization because it will force the management to have a close personal relationship with the employees. This may not be very easy, especially when the employees are numerous. It is very difficult to manage stress among employees when there is no personal relationship with each of them. The management should engage employees, and allow them the freedom to share their feelings freely with the management and among themselves. The management should create a forum where employees can share their feelings, and enhance the ability to manage their stress. The management should also eliminate all the possibilities of creating more stress to the employees while at workplace. This will enhance the efficiency of the employees. Introduction The United Kingdom is one of the developed nations around the world. The economy of this country is run by large firms which operate in various cities within the United Kingdom. The cost of hiring and maintaining an employee in this country is relatively high (Bak 2004, p. 48). The rate of employee turnover is also high because an employee can easily move from one firm to another if he or she feels that his interests are not taken care of. In this society, it is very important for the management of various firms and governmental organizations to take care of the interests of the employees (Ameragi 2009, p. 79). The employees are the wheel of an organization. They always determine how efficient an organization will move within the rough and competitive road. Stress is one of the factors that have serious negative impact in the workplace. When the employees are stressed up, they always tend to be less effective. It is therefore important to manage employees’ stress levels within the organization (Basona 2002, p. 38). In order to manage stress levels it is important to know the source of the stress. An employee may be stressed up because of domestic matters. Another main reason of stress is the work itself (Weiss, W 2011, p. 23). An employee may also be stressed bec