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The article explored the economic growth of Peru in 2013. It highlights that a weaker domestic demand and decline in exports heavily contributed towards the slow pace of growth experienced in the country. However, the aforementioned factors did not significantly affect the Gross domestic product. The GDP of the country experienced a marginal rise to 5.02 % during the same year. The figures were officially provided by the government. Slight growth was also realized in December 2013 compared to December 2012. According to INEI (a government statistics agency), the overall net growth in December 2013 stood at 5.01 percent. In 2013, a growth rate of 5.83 percent was witnessed in the retail sector of the economy, while in 2012, the construction sector expanded by about 8.7 percent. On the other hand, a marginal growth of 2.2 percent was recorded in the agricultural sector in 2012. However, the mining subsector realized a growth rate of 2.91 percent. According to the statistics released by the government agency, the manufacturing sector performed dismally in 2013. It expanded by an alight margin of 1.7 percent. When Peru’s economy was seasonally adjusted, it revealed a slimmed growth by 0.4 percent in December 2013 compared to the previous month. The article relates to a number of economic aspects discussed in the course. To begin with, the concept of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is the main subject matter of the news article. Two main factors that hampered a significant rise in GDP were poor exports and weak demand level at the local level. The article also notes that the slow rise in GDP was mostly experienced in 2013 after a period of about four years. The global financial turmoil has also been mentioned in the article as one of the likely causes of poor growth in the Gross Domestic Product. Hence, another vital aspect learned in the course material is economic growth. The formal report released by the government after the end of 2013 revealed that Peru’s economic growth had suffered myriads of setbacks ranging from poor demand and supply factors to reduced volume of international trade. The low prices of metals in 2012 were also cited as one of the factors that slowed the growth rate of Peru in two subsequent years. Initiating a new mining project, as stated by the Peru government, will indeed play a vital role as a GDP deflator (Sobel & Macpherson, 2011). Apart f
Introduction Artificial intelligence is already on the verge of revolutionizing business as various enterprises have taken the initiative to adopt this technology within their systems. Previously, self-directed systems were perceived as a threat to society, but nowadays, the world is slowly learning to embrace changes that can be beneficial to any industry (“Top 5 trends”, n.d.,). That is why it is crucial to analyze some trends in artificial intelligence that are being adopted by many businesses for better functioning, in particular, the implementation of Evie.ai, its functions, and the consequences. Evie.ai One of the most successful examples of applying AI to the business sphere is the implementation of Evie.ai. Evie is “an artificially intelligent scheduling assistant who helps coordinate meetings and calls with others” (“Evie”, n.d., para. 1). Evie leads all the negotiations, monitors the participants, sends out invitations and reminders on the day of the meeting. In other words, Evie helps to save time and space to work on important things. Background A businessperson Lee Jin Hian created Evie because his work had a global character as his boss was based in the US, the engineering team was in Singapore, and his stakeholders were from New York to Sydney. That is why scheduling meetings that could accommodate all his partners was incredible trouble for him. As a result, he spent a lot of his time on schedules, leaving less time for his actual work. He also understood many other executives were or would suffer from the same painful point of organizing meetings in different time zones. Jin Hian expected that soon, Al personal assistants or even Al employees would not be a rare sight in the workplace. In 2014, he decided to create a robot called Evie, which would imitate human behavior (Hio, 2016). In 2016, Evie.ai successfully secured seed funding from a Singapore-based venture capital firm that focused on investing in local early-stage start-ups, especially those involved in financial technology, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity. The Essence of Evie.ai and its Business Model In its core, Evie is a working set of rules and principles, carefully designed and woven together with software that allows the virtual planning assistant to understand and respond to natural human speech. Evie is also able to distinguish between meeting invitations to
Introduction Human behavioral genetics is the study that aims to understand both genetics and environmental conditions influencing human social behavior’ (Epstein, 49).A single gene does not influence human behavior because behavior consists of complex traits involving several genes. Behavioral genetics also examines the role of genetics in animal and human behavior. Twin study method is a research method for examining genetics and environment influences on the medical and behavioral characteristics’ (Nancy, 56). Twin study tries to establish whether genes play a major role in our ability to understand and manipulate social relationships. It tries to compare two most common genetic designs.These include Mono zygotic (MZ) and Di zygotic (DZ) twins which are from the same family. Mono zygotic twins share almost all genetic make ups while Di zygotic twins only share half of the composition of the genes. Twin study method addresses questions such as what effects do environmental factors have on the twin similarities and twin differences. (GWA) study which stands for Genome –wide association is a method that seeks to establish the components of common human diseases and recent advances in the next generation technologies’ (Nancy, 203). The study has been used to identify genetic variations which are susceptible to diseases and other physiological traits such as an individual’s, age height and hair color contributing to it. Social behaviors studied and reported in the article There are various social behaviors which have been reported in this article.Mentions in the article include: empathy, social stress and aggression, popularity, parenting, leadership and politics and finally music.They have been looked at into details and how some of these social behaviors are influenced by the trends. Empathy By definition empathy is one’s ability to accommodate other people’s feelings. The study was conducted by Knafo and friends were contributors. Major contributions to empathy are genes and environmental factors. Between 14 and 20 months no genetic influences were found to impact empathy.While between 24 and 36 months strong environmental factors influenced changes. Overall both genetics and environmental factors contributed to the change in empathy and at the same time changes were noted during the child’s growth. Latest studies designed to examine the role of specific genes contributing to empathy tested a single intronic previously associated with autism and maternal sensitivity which found lower behavioral and dispositional empathy’. (Craig, 356) Social stress and aggression Social stress is defined as the social contact and its influences on human and animal behavior. On the other hand aggression has been defined as individual independent reaction towards a particular thing. Aggression has a major contribution to an individual’s success in the future encounters. Twin studies have revealed that over 50% in aggressive traits is accounted for heredity’ (Craig, 449). A rise in the test hormone levels linked with dominance and competitiveness is as a result of aggression of an individual. Music Music is the universal language of mankind’ (Longfellow,
Introduction Currently, Donald J. Trump is the President of the United States. His nomination and rise in popularity divided people in America and the world into supporters and opponents, and the effects of this change are noticeable today. Trump’s election campaign relied on outrageous claims and made use of phrases that were hardly diplomatic. However, the charisma of the current president and his use of social media allowed him to win. The methods that Trump has continued to employ since his first introduction to the world of politics can be analyzed through the lens of demagoguery. This is a concept in which a person appeals to the prejudices of the public through lying, scapegoating, and treating the opposition as weak (Hahl et al. 1). Trump’s behavior, if continued, represents a great threat to the American notion of democracy because it both indirectly and directly promotes hate, inequality, disregard for facts and knowledge, and tactless political leadership. Current Political and Economic Situation One can assess the current state of the U.S. to understand the changes that Trump has brought to the country in the two years since his inauguration. According to Zurcher, issues can be divided into ten major categories such as immigration, taxes, or healthcare. Immigration, in particular, was one of the first issues to be addressed by the new administration. According to his claims during the campaign, Trump started to close the borders to whole populations, as people from multiple countries with predominantly Muslim citizens were banned from entering the U.S. (Zurcher). Other significant attempts include the termination of the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) program, which was temporarily put on hold, and the closing of the immigration lottery (Zurcher). Overall, the administration and the president have pushed to make immigration much harder for all people, including the families of U.S. residents. Another point of focus for this presidency is the sphere of healthcare, in which Trump has voiced his opposition to the previous president’s Affordable Care Act (ACA). ACA is a system that allows people to receive essential health benefits, purchase insurance despite having pre-existing conditions, and access subsidies based on the families’ poverty level. Although the ACA was not repealed completely, the administration is still working on changing the field of healthcare. In contrast, Trump succeeded in other reforms. Notably, he introduced tax cuts for some citizens and businesses (Zurcher). The president is also interested in reversing the environmental protections instituted by the previous administration, establishing new diplomatic relations, and increasing tensions between countr
Many scholars agree that the behaviour of business people affects their businesses. Recently, it was realized that there are other factors that also shape a business. Some of those factors include the culture of the society, the type of businesses that hold the economy of the country and the quality of goods and services in the country. It suffices to mention that scholars have also argued that there are several factors that contribute to the decline of a country’s economy, thus affecting its businesses. This essay summarizes the book called “Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update” by Donella Meadows, Jorgen Randers and Dennis Meadows, which highlights several factors that limit the growth of businesses. The concepts explained in the book can also be applied to world economies. The essay includes a discussion on sustainability, while tying the definition to success in companies and world economies. Summary The book, “Limits to Growth: The 30-Year Update” by Donella Meadows, Jorgen Randers and Dennis Meadows is the third book in the series. The book focuses on an analysis and summary of data collected over forty-five years. In particular, the data collected revolves around current policies that can affect world economy in both positive and negative ways. The authors also pay attention to some of the things that can be done to ensure that the economy provides for all. One of the major arguments proposed by the authors is that technology has affected the economy by both improving it, and making it worse. The authors argue that whereas technology has made life much easier and given people a lot of ways to make money and boost their countries economy, it has also made life expensive. Other scholars including Liu and Xie (2013) support this premise. Meadows, Randers and Meadows explain that a major concern when discussing the economy and technology is the growing costs of exploiting natural resources. They explain that many centuries back, it was very difficult for people to exploit all that the earth has to offer, especially with regards to minerals. This changed with the inception of technology. People were not only able to reach the deepest part of the earth in search of natural resources like oil and minerals but they were also able to convert them into things that could be used in trade. Technology also allowed people to create minerals and other resources from the natural things they could attain from the earth. However, in the same breath, technology also made acquiring these things very difficult. Currently, even the most basic
When making a decision to implement a new electronic health record (EHR) system at Bright Road Health Care, it is necessary to consider the range of limitations with which the team is dealing at the moment. The current system of collecting patient data, writing it out on paper, and manually inserting the information into a patient data system that is only available at nurses’ stations is outdated. The record system is inefficient and requires nurses to do double work, which is limiting their productivity. This calls for the establishment of an effective EHR system at the facility. Based on my findings, the management of the healthcare facility is deciding between two electronic solutions that have different benefits and limitations in their operations. Patient Data Systems represent installed on server solutions with a basic interface embedded in them. The eTrail solution is cloud-based and does not present any setup costs for the facility, as well as allows customized and automated reporting. In terms of cost-effectiveness, the price of integrating either of the solutions equals out depending on the additional modifications that will be installed within the systems. It is important to note that each of the mentioned systems represents its benefits and limitations. For example, when integrating a Patient Data System, the facility will install terminals in as many locations as possible, which contributes to increased costs. However, such systems present greater security because data will be stored on servers. The eTrail system offers greater flexibility and can be used from multiple devices, including phones and tablets, which is convenient for nurses. However, cloud data storage is subjected to high-security risks. Nevertheless, the integration of eTrail is the recommended solution for Bright Road Health Care as the facility requires a flexible and intuitive system that will be easy to integrate within the current processes. Cloud-based EHR systems are much simpler in their implementation since the software is run on the web instead of computes, which means that there are no additional costs of hardware or software installation. Compared to the Patient Data System, eTrail does not require licensing, maintenance, and update fees and can be run at a fraction of the cost on a long-term basis. It is highly likely that the facility will only have to pay a monthly fee for eTrail, which is the same as paying utility bills, due to the application of the principle of software as a service (SaaS). The requirements of Information Technology resources are significantly lower in cloud EHRs because there is no need for the staff of the facility to hire specialists for installing, maintaining, securing, and updating the system. Instead, all operations can be managed by IT specialists working for SaaS providers. In addition, it is important to note that despite the skepticism associated with security issues, web-based EHRs can provide the necessary level of safety. For instance, methods of high-level encryption provided by EHR systems are similar to those used by banks. Besides, as mentioned by t
The soul- making theodicy is founded on the concept that many individuals have a belief in God, despite the apparent physical and moral evils prevalent in the world. It involves the development of a theory that elaborates the real world, considering that a perfect God is in existence. The theory’s hypotheses are internally coherent, in consent with the Christianity religious tradition, and the world is revealed from the natural and moral evil facts, and scientific inquiry. John Hick changed the manner in which theodicy was thought about in the traditional philosophical theology, by conceiving the globe as a soul- making vale. According to John, God is just and fair. Hence, He subjects suffering to His creatures. According to John, suffering enables individuals to grow morally and spiritually, which is essential for individuals to become mature. In the absence of suffering, individuals are unable to foster personality and virtue. God is the world’s designer. Hence, He does not prevent hardships and challenges. On the contrary, He exposes His creatures to challenges. Through this way, God’s people are able to trust and believe that He will deliver them from the challenges, and save them from temptations. Via misfortunes, challenges, and dangers, temptations are meant to promote people’s growth towards perfection. John Hick’s arguments are founded on Irenaeus Greek church priests. John traces the Augustinian reaction to the man’s fall in the Garden of Eden. God is regarded as benevolent and all- powerful and He created an amazing world and humanity. At one moment, Satan and some angels misused the freedom they had, and descended to the earth. Consequently, they made Adam and Eve sin, through convincing them to eat the forbidden fruit. This ushered in misery and evil. Therefore, human and angelic free will is the foundation of morals. Misuse of the free will lead to natural evil, which is prevalent in the universe. It is worth noting that God is not the creator of evil; it originated from the Satan when he misused his free will. As such, evil has no substantial existence. At the end of the world, God will pass judgement to His creation. Evil is a parasite to God’s creation. On judging humanity, sinners will be condemned to hellfire and the righteous to eternal happiness. Through this, God will bring back justice to His creation and balance to the world. John asserts that perfection is acquired at the end, as opposed to the start. While suffering, individuals are being subjected to a unique form of creation. Perfection comes after an individual has experienced an arduous and long process. Sometimes, God sends suffering to His people to test their faith. Moreover, God is always concerned about the welfare and well- being of His creation. He is aware that His people
The marketing message of Alaska as a business location dwells on its presentation as the last frontier. This part of North America that has not been in the limelight and it misses global mentions of trade and business investments in the region. In Alaska, Conoco Phillips serves as the biggest oil producer in the region with vast investment in natural gas production facilities and development of overall oil related resources. The company is invested in Kaparuk and Alpine. The company is also eyeing Prudhoe Bay. The company seeks to be the first one to have an oil development in National Petroleum Reserve – Alaska (ConocoPhilips, 2015). This report reviews the external environment affecting the company and relies on two business analysis tools to present identified conditions. The tools are PESTLE analysis, which evaluates the overall business condition for Alaska, and Porter’s Five Forces analysis, which looks at specific environmental threats to ConocoPhillips. Application of PESTEL model or framework to Conoco Phillips Important factors for the success of the company include the political environment that it operates in, the business environment that affects its realization of competitive advantages, the availability of resources, which serve as raw materials and growth factors. These include the global prices of resources marketed by ConocoPhilips, the number and capacity of skilled labor available for the operations of the company, and any other opportunity available to increase the efficiency of its operations as a strategy to realize its strategies. The following section uses the PESTLE analysis tool to review the external business environment of ConocoPhilips Alaska. Political Alaska has traditionally been a Republican state, but an increasing number of voters are nonpartisan. The state is notable for heavily taxing oil corporations to fund its budget, and this is considered a disincentive for the companies (Jones, 2014). However, politicians will likely make statues that promote the welfare of the people of Alaska depending on pending issues affecting the state. Economical Alaska sits at the northern most point on the west coast of North America where there is water on both sides and Canada on the east, with the closest neighbor on the west being Russia. In terms of trade, Canada, and Russia present the nearest trading partners in Alaska in a geographical context. Since its purchase from Russia by the United States, the region has become the subject of various economic opportunity rushes such as the current search for petroleum resources. It is emerging as a tourism frontier for North Americans and people outside the region. As the 49th State of the United States, it is also benefiting from the economic policies and frameworks to promote trade and economic development in the entire United States. This includes the trade agreements that the United States has with other trading partners such as Europe and South America. The treaties are making it easy for some financial institutions bring internal capital to the region and fund local or regional business interests. In addition, being part of the United States gives Alaska compa