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This is a qualitative study report that uses the feminist poststructuralist theory and a qualitative ethnographic design.Azzarito and Solmon (2006) state that in this study, a qualitative ethnographic research design was utilized to address the research questions presented in this paper. The purpose of this study is to investigate how students view the construction of their bodies in relation to physical education and how students’ meanings of their bodies affect their participation or resistance to physical education. The authors made it important by using the study to destabilize gendered dominant discourses of mass media body culture and to develop positive, meaningful, and empowering student physicality. This was easily done by doing direct interviews with the students and the results made it an important case. The topic fit perfectly well as compared to the existing literature. This is because the study is based on the feminist poststructuralist theory. The study is used to find out what meanings the students have on their bodies and its effect on their participation and compliance or resistance in physical education and what should be done to transform gendered dominant discourses of mass media body culture to develop a positive, meaningful and empowering physicality. The author is a member of the research team whose values are based on the feminist poststructuralist theory. The author thinks that physical education is not done correctly or is done based on each students’ view on its effect on their bodies. The author wants to develop a meaningful physicality. The author gives a summary of the site of the study and the identity of the participants. The participants were high school students in four ninth grade physical education classes in two schools. In total, there are twenty eight participants, fourteen from each school. There were fifteen girls and thirteen boys; there were 18 white students and 10 black students. These four classes were selected after a pilot study that included six classes from three schools for five weeks. The third school was excluded because of students’ high lack of participation in physical education. The students were representative of gender and ethnic diversity, different body sizes and shapes, skill level observed and student engagement levels in each observed physical education class. The study took place in two public schools; Walters High School and Molson High School.
From the NURS240 course syllabus, I learned a lot about nursing, leadership, effective communication, and building proactive relationships in different practice setting. From the course work, I learned that nurses should possess a wide range of skills and competencies in order to offer evidence-based care to their patients. Such nurses should embrace the concept of lifelong learning since nursing is an ever-changing profession (Sullivan & Garland, 2010). New nursing ideas and concepts emerge every day. Nurses can use such ideas to provide competent care to different clients. Nursing informatics and evidence-based concepts also emerge every day. They should therefore have professional developmental plans (PDPs). Such Action Plans will show their strengths, gaps, and weaknesses. They will also use such plans to develop new goals that can support their career objectives. A proper PDP should be in accordance with the nurses’ professional background. According to the Keiser School of Nursing Philosophy, students should receive quality education in order to become providers of evidence-based and holistic care to their clients ( Casey & Wallis , 2011). This philosophy can support my short-term and long-term goals. Such goals have the potential to widen my skills and eventually make me a competent provider of quality patient support. As discussed in the NURS240 unit, the nursing professional code of ethics summarizes the professional act in nursing as functioning on inter and intra personal interactions with the patients. However, there are ethical dilemmas which often arise. For instance, procuring abortion goes against life and denies the unborn baby the right to life. On the other hand, the action of a sick Jehovah Witness member to decline blood transfusion may also become an ethical dilemma, especially when this action is likely to result in death of the person. In the above examples, a nurse has to apply rational judgment to analyze the extent and threats when making decisions in the best interest the clients ( Casey & Wallis , 2011). The primary relationship between legal and ethic issues facing nurses in their practice is very dynamic. For instance, the nurses have the responsibility of maintaining confidentiality, professionalism, and due care within the confines of what is morally upright. However, this goes against the situational ethics. For example, a nurse has the responsibility of trying his or her best in addressing emergency situations without necessarily having to consult the patient. The two least ethical dilemmas that nurses face in their practice are provision of sensitive information to patients and balancing the diagnosis and appropriate treatment. These conditions have been improved over the years and are no longer a big challenge to nurses. When a nurse is confronted by an ethical dilemma, employing accountability and responsibility will introduce the elements of rationale and moral judgment within the laws to ensure that the action taken is in the best interest of the patient As indicated in the NURS240 course, there is need for a caring attitude and ardent personality. Training encompasses basic care services and p
Abstract The hospitality industry is more of a service industry, thus for an effective operational management, the focus should be on the quality of service that customers receive from the company. When quality and satisfying services are offered, then customers can develop loyalty to certain company, a factor that builds a strong brand name for the company. In the United States of America, the service industry account for over 80% of the economy’s job market; in hotel and tourism industry, much efforts has been made to improve the service delivery systems in the sector (McCluskey, 2004). The government has some policies meant to protect its population form poor quality form the sector players. McDonald is the world largest hamburger and fast food restaurants ; which operates centrally and franchised business; to remain competitive in the fast developing industry, management should develop a quality service delivery system to all its over 31,000 restaurants in 119 countries. To manage and control service delivery, the management has to set some benchmarks and see their strict adherence (McDonald Official Website, 2011). This paper discusses service delivery systems in operation management; it will use the case of McDonald to diagnose the issue. Brief history of McDonald McDonald is a leading world sandwich provider with more than 31,000 restaurants in 110 countries in the world. Other than itself operating from a central point, it is in the business of franchising; the group restaurant was established in 1940 in San Bernardino, California by a duo by the names Richard and Maurice McDonald . It is known for its fresh quality fast food; the main fast food that the company is known with is sandwiches. The company offers both counter service and drive-through service depending with the location and the nature of the particular outlet; it has both inside and outside catering however inside catering takes most of the business time. The company aims at improving quality and getting higher returns with the delivery of quality services and fresh foods (McDonald Official Website, 2011) Literature review Service in the hospitality industry In the hospitality industry the ability and willingness to provide quality services is seen as an essential strategy for success and survival; a service can be defined as an encounter between business and a customer that has supporting facility and using facilitated goods. In McDonald for instance when a customer make an order for a hamburger then the hamburger is the facilitating good, the restaurant I the supporting facility while the people who were involved
Introduction Expensing in business is applied as an accelerated form of depreciation. According to Yuan and Oriaku (2016), the benefits accrued allow companies to make new capital investments. The results are that the business owners enjoy the incentive of expensing their initial buying costs of machinery helping them to lower tax burden. The incentive generated by the reinstatement of Section 179 motivates small business owners to invest and expand their businesses. Unemployment Greater investment is related to gains in employment and innovations. Re-instating the act will hence lead to reducing the level of unemployment in the U.S and increasing novelty. It will, therefore, stimulate the U.S economy by reducing the dependency level and increasing creativity. The domestic consumers, private entities, and the government will, as a result, enhance their level of savings. The result will be increased investments since there will be a high amount of funds available for investments in infrastructure and private business, creating more jobs in the economy (Brazell & Mackie, 2000). Expensing and Business Investment Expensing contributes as the major form of depreciation that causes huge allowable deductions to the business. The results are reduced taxable income, creating the potentiality of stimulating business investment. Performance is made possible by cutting down the cost of capital to be incurred for qualified investments. Schroeder, Clark, and Cathey (2013) argue that reduced costs of capital facilities in helping firms free up substantial resources. The amount will be available to be employed in achieving various business objectives. The reinstatement of section 179 of the year 2014 will help firms further invests in other factors of production, for instance, labor and capital. The act will also help companies have enoug
Able corporate is a manufacturer of portable electric power tools and sells them in the B-2-C and B-2-B market. The case background on the company shows that the company requires a definite strategic direction in order to become profitable. The company’s internal conditions have been described in the case wherein the company demonstrates three basic problems: (1) the company has had no investments in the past, and (2) were running a line of outdated products. The cost structure of Able is non-competitive and high. The plants were obsolete and cost of production high. The sole positive area of Able is its innovativeness. However, the problem that can be observed in this respect is the company’s lack of marketing acumen, which has led to its competitors merely copying its product and gaining market share. Thus, Able Corporation’s internal conditions are a problem, which has been illustrated in the case, has led to the non-profitable condition of the business. This paper aims to provide a strategic solution to the business and show which are the area where Able Corporation need to concentrate in order to gain market share and run profitably. For this, the first step will be to review the company’s external environment. In order to understand the external market of Able Corporation we need to look at the industry position. As the products that the company makes are used in construction purposes by households as well as builders so we will look at the housing starts from the US (U.S. Census Bureau, 2009) census data and the industry report of the construction industry in the US (Datamonitor, 2009). Figure 1. Deceleration in the real estate industry and construction industry in the US. The historical household starts are analyzed in order to understand the demand for the product in the household market. Figure 1 shows that the demand for new homes in the US had increased from 2001 until 2005. The growth in the real estate sector for the domestic households increased from 6.8 percent in 2002 to 10.3 percent in 2003 and then started declining. This demonstrates that the demand for portable electric power tools had declined in since 2003 to present. Further, the construction spending also has reduced by 0.9 percent from April 2009 to May 2009 and by 11.6 percent from May 2008 to May 2009 (U.S. Census Bureau, 2009 ). This shows a deceleration in the real estate industry and construction industry in the US. The figure below demonstrates that the sales in the electrical equipments manufacturing sector in the US suffered a declining sales in first quarter of 2009 as
The NRA, National Rifle Association, was formed in 1871 by Col. William C. Church and Gen. George Wingate. This followed a poor show of marksmanship by their troops. The main aim of forming the group was to encourage people to practice shooting as a sport or a form of entertainment. AARP, American Association of Retired Persons, is a membership organization that is comprised of senior citizens who are 50 years and above. It was founded by Dr. Ethel Percy Andrus to protect the social life interest of senior citizens ranging from job placement, money management, tax preparation and prescribed drug cost especially so negotiating for an affordable health insurance. Both NRA and AARP are prominent, but I find NRA being more powerful than AARP. Between the two organizations AARP, has the larger membership of about 35.7 million as of February 2010 (NRA, 2011) which is almost ten times that of NRA which was estimated at 4.3 million(Opensecrets.Org, 2011). Over the years, changes occur in most interest groups that see their membership rise or fall. Some of these reasons are as a result of members’ frustration due to lack of expected results or while membership surge occurs when the interest groups attains certain goals in such an incredible way. In the year 2005, for example AARP was said to have a membership of about 39 million (Kaiser, 2005), this number has however dwindled over the years to the current 35.7 million. On the other hand, NRA membership has been growing through the years even though not at a very high rate. In many cases, growing numbers indicate growing faith if not trust and power. With such a high number of members comes power, but that is not always automatic. Power is the ability to influence policy making in both the political arena and legal framework. Having a high number of members therefore puts an interest group in a better position for negotiation than its counterpart; however, power is sought rather than given on a silver platter. While AARP may have the numbers to be able to put so many candidates through to congress their influence on policymaking is minimal as compared to the influence made by the NRA. With its 4 million members, NRA is able to reach out to the congressmen and influence the policies that they make in a way that favors and protects the inter
In this essay, I argue the issue of the role of settings in the novel Passing by Nella Larson, because the resent research in the field of literature have shown that the setting makes the basis for the story that the author is telling. One of the most well-know contemporary American writers, Nella Larsen explores a subject long discussed and presents it in a completely new way. Taking a closer look at the problem of the racial conflict, she also speaks of other important things, such as an individual and a society, and people’s loneliness which can occur even in the center of a crowd. Despite these topics are rather complicated, she manages to hit the very point. And although the methods she has chosen for this purpose are not quite new, they work right for her novel. Larsen’s novel Passing is a snapshot of a mulatto woman’s life in the big city of dying dreams. Taking two different lives of two similar people, Irene Walsh and Clare Kendry, Larsen shows the difficulties that a person of mixed races can face. The two lives, crossing and parting, and crossing again, show the effect that two different life approaches of the two characters have on their future state and the reaction of by the society. Showing how dangerous it is to forget one’s national heritage, the novel is a piece of a really heart-rending writing. If you have ever looked for a frame for a photograph, you must have noticed how important the background is. It makes the central topic brighter, more expressive, –and marks its place in the room. The same goes for setting in the novel. It can emphasize a dramatic moment, or help the reader get prepared for the new tur
The study of the constituents of the brain is the same as finding one’s way around an unknown city. Generally, one needs a system of bearings and its main divisions. Ones one has acquired this information, he/she can converse the general position of any destination with ease. To be acquainted with the fact that the human brain has 5 divisions, it is essential to comprehend its premature development. In the embryos of vertebrates, the tissues which in time develop into the CNS are known as fluid-filled tubes. The initial signs of brains development are 3 swellings that crop up at the frontal part of this tube. They finally grow to form the fore, mid and hindbrain. “Before birth, the initial swellings become five. This is because the forebrain and the hindbrains grow into two different swellings. The five swellings are the Telencephalon, the Diencephalon, the Mesencephalon, the Metencephalon, and the Myelencephalon” (Pinel, 2007). These are the ultimate divisions of the human brain. This paper will therefore focus on the human brain, its divisions and its functionality. The CNS (Central Nervous System) is constituted into the spinal cord and the brain. The brain is the section of the CNS found within the skull. “It is commonly divided into five main parts, listed here in the order from the lowest. They are the Medulla Oblongata (Myelencephalon), Pons and Cerebellum (Metencephalon), Midbrain (Mesencephalon), Thalamus and Hypothalamus (Diencephalon) and Cerebral Hemispheres (Telencephalon)” (Seymour, 2000). The brain of a human being is in the center of the nervous system. Surrounded by the cranium, the human brain has an identical structure as that of other animals. The major difference is that it is more than 3 times larger than the brains of typical mammals with the same body size. Most of the extension is in the cerebral cortex, this is a complex layer of neural tissues covering the exterior part of the forebrain. In particular, the frontal lobes are extended; these are connected to the executive functioning such as self-control, scheduling, and way of thinking, interpretation, and conceptual thought. The brain segment that is devoted to visualization is also significantly broadened in human beings (Johansons, 2006). The human-brain checks and controls the body’s actions and responses. It constantly gets sensory data and does a rapid analysis on this information, and then acts in response, managing bodily actions, responses and functionality. The brainstem manages breathing, heart rate, and additional autonomic courses of action that are autonomous of the conscious brain functionality. As shown by Murre & Sturdy (2005), “the neocortex is the center of higher-order thinking, learning, and memory, while the cerebellum is responsible for the body’s balance, posture, and coordination of movement”. The Medulla (Myelencephalon) is the brain structure/division that is most posterior. It is made up of strips ferrying signals linking the body to the brain. Th
Abstract Declining Christianity in America is an undying debate following research and surveys that support this notion. In this paper, the author looks at historical, empirical, and theoretical perspectives from different authors. Although a considerable number acknowledge decline in Christianity, others view this as a modernization effect, which places Christianity at a turning point. In acknowledging that most Americans have become less religious, a trend that is likely to continue, majority of the authors argue that Americans are still more religious than any other developed nation. The discussion spawns new frontiers where the authors delve into the issue of internal wrangles within and among churches. This paper also discusses the issue of hypocrisy in churches and the effect of the former and the latter in the subsequent decline in Christianity. Finally, the author discusses the hidden truth about the supposed decline. Introduction This paper critically analyzes declining Christianity in light of constant studies in the field, which continue to depict an institution that is losing its vitality as each day passes. Interestingly, Americans have not lost touch with Christianity completely. It is not representative to draw comparisons with other European nations. In America, Christianity is still crucial though the fervor rates from disinterested to extremely Christian. The author also depicts a situation where dynamics in society has led to a Christianity impasse coupled by factors such as modern
Introduction One of the most prominent characters in the Bible and especially the New Testament that should be aped in this modern day world and by Christian workers all around the world is Paul. Paul was a missionary theologian who forged his theological reflections in the face of his understanding of the Old Testament, what has happened in the Christ event, his own experience of resurrected Lord and the experiences of his Churches 1 . Paul had an understanding of the plan and work of God in His creation from eternity past to eternity in the future. Paul was also conscious of the fact that some of his letters and statements were to be founded on which of his readers would conduct their ministries 2 . Essay Modern day Christian worker or Bible student is not an inspired Scripture writer or even an apostle of the rank of Paul but could learn a number of key lessons that are still very much applicable their ministry from this great man of God be it Pastoral, Relief Work , Counseling or even Writer. Paul as an Itinerant Missionary Paul was considered to be fundamentally a missionary and an apostle to the Gentiles during his time 3 . The itinerancy of Paul was complex and should therefore not be necessarily regarded as an ideal manner by which to carry out ministry 4 . The general routine of Paul whenever he entered a city was to relate himself with people and minister in the synagogues if any existed. Since he was Jewish, he sought to worship with fellow Jews as they were more conversant with the Scriptures from which Paul preached 5 . There were a number of factors that apparently determined Paul’s movement as an Itinerant missionary for instance the Roman road network. In particular instances, while the Holy Spirit directed Paul’s movements, Satan hindered them 6 . The whereabouts of his assistants and his own needs also were a major factor that determined Paul’s movement in the course of his missionary work 7 . However, Paul’s itinerant missionary model and his missionary passion for lost souls should be emulated by every Christian worker today. His commitment to local believing community is also one to be emulated especially for the non-church based Christian worker in this day and age 8 . Paul as a Pastor The pastoral instincts of Paul caused as well as enabled him to constantly adapt his teaching, theological reflections and style to suit his congregatio