ShantanuT01/DACTYL-Pretraining huggingface dataset:
Introduction The topics that were discussed in the course were actual, and thus, I find it interesting to comment what I have learned and how this information will help me to change perspective, how it is related to my experience, and how my outlook was influenced by the information gained during the process of education. There are two topics that I want to center my attention on, namely:  1. Adult education and the significance of adult education to the economy of the country;  2. ABE (Adult Basic Education) shortage of funding in British Columbia and the problem of refugees in the sphere of education. Adult Education The primary objective of the paper is to reflect the discussed topics that were stated above. First and foremost, I would like to focus my attention on describing the first topic that was related to adult education and the significance it to the economy of the country. Education receives priority in the modern and digital world. The progress would be impossible without learning. Recent studies have already proved the existence of the link between academic achievements and success in the future the person is likely to have. Thus, the ability to have access to educational programs is relevant not only for children but for adults as well. The fundamental point that I have realized during this course is that education does not stop after school or college graduation. Adult educational programs aim to deepen knowledge and provide an opportunity to master skills and improve qualification. The role of adult education should not be underestimated. The next thing that I understood due to this course is that adult education has several advantages; among them are the following ones, namely:  1. Adult education allows deepening professional knowledge and mastering the skills that are essential for career improvement;  2. Improvement of the potential and gaining of confidence in academic knowledge;  3. Skills and abilities gained while the process of adult education contributes to success at the workplace. However, it should be pointed out that adult education has several challenges as well as advantages. The role of adult education is considered to be immense. Nevertheless, it is difficult to find the right balance between career, education, and private life. Moreover, sometimes it can be difficult for people who have spent several years in a workplace to come back to the classroom. It is challenging to combine further education with a private life and a full-time job. Adult education promotes the well-being of the
Introduction Among the major and urgent concerns that exists in the world today is the ever rising population size that falls in the category that is excluded from meaningful participation and constructive contribution in the economic, social, political and cultural realm of the larger communal context in society. As it were this state of affairs presents a wanting situation in as far as safety and efficiency. Even more compelling is the role burdened on education as a key component and determinant in the motivation and enhancement of the individual capability and potential. It is seen as a vehicle for widening the individual’s available choices in as far as the enjoyment of the freedoms that are presumed to make life meaningful and worthwhile. Thesis Statement The history and jurisprudence of the education sector worldwide has since been influenced by the changing trends and ideologies that have brought human rights to the forefront in all educational management and administration initiatives. To begin with the skills provided by basic education beginning with the basic ones such as being able to read and write receive their own levels of prominence. Secondly, education is said to de-motivate and discourage the continuance of and existence of other more negative life components. For instance the creation and enforcement of the provision of free and compulsory primary education presumably ameliorates child labor. Thirdly, education bears a great obligation and burden that extends towards powerful empowerment of specific individuals who inadvertently suffer from social and economic devaluation. The acquisition and attainment of universal education by the general population has a necessarily fundamental impact in the alleviation and elimination of social and economic barriers that accrue to any functional society and forms an essential part of the realization of the individual human freedoms (Bloom, 1956) Instructors worldwide have the responsibility of being key players in the facilitation of the achievement and fulfillment of the objectives of any education system. In this quest they are faced with varying challenges that vary from financial, social and physical nature. Of specific interest are the physical and social challenges that appear in the form of diversity in the student body. As it is the success of any education policy lies in the class room setup however small it may seem.
Classification According to Gabutti et al., the causative agent of chickenpox, the Varicella-Zoster virus, belongs to the 3rd type of viruses from the Herpesviridae family, a subfamily of type 3 α-viruses, and contains DNA. It has the shape of an icosahedral capsid (shaped like spheres). Gerada et al. assert that the size of the virion reaches 150-200 nm in diameter. It is similar in properties to the herpes simplex virus and is indistinguishable from the causative agent of herpes zoster. The virus’s outer shell contains a double layer of lipids and is a derivative of the nuclear envelope of the host cell. Between the capsid and the outer shell of the virus are matrix proteins. Infection This virus does not have its apparatus for the synthesis of organic molecules. Therefore, for self-replication, it uses the resources of the host cell. The primary target cells are the mucoepithelia (Gabutti et al. 16). In turn, the main location of latency is the sensory and cranial ganglia. The penetration of the varicella-zoster virus into the cell occurs by the interaction of the virus with receptors on the cell membrane. Connecting to the receptor, the virus loses part of its shells, moving to the cell nucleus. In the nucleus, the actual reproduction of the virus occurs – DNA replication. One cell produces several million viruses. After the assembly of new DNA, the synthesis of virus shells occurs – the nucleocapsid, tegument, and supercapsid. To build them, the virus uses the membrane of the nucleus of the affected cell, violating its integrity. Due to damage, the cell fills with fluid and soon dies. Thus, the virus infects the nuclei of cells with the formation of eosinophilic intranuclear inclusions and can cause the formation of giant multinucleated cells. Symptoms The disease usually begins acutely with fever and rash on the skin, scalp, and mucous membranes. Kennedy and Gershon note that sometimes the disease begins with a short prodrome, manifested with subfebrile temperature and deterioration of health. The rash occurs within 3-4 days, sometimes longer. The primary element of the rash is a small spot or papule, which very quickly, after a few hours, turns into a vesicle with hyperemia around it. Since chickenpox rashes do not appear all at once but at intervals of 1-2 days, elements of rashes at different stages of development can be simultaneously seen on the skin. Forms of Chickenpox According to Kennedy and Gershon, there are three typical forms of chickenpox. With a mild form, the general condition of the patient is satisfactory. The temperature is sometimes normal but more often subfebrile, rarely exceeds 38 °C. Rashes on the skin are not abundant, on the mucous memb
Introduction Columbia Plastics is a leading producer and seller of skylights and a variety of plastic fabricated building materials. The company is a subsidiary of Fraser Company. Since its inception, the company managed to retain its position as the leading producer of skylights in Seattle, Washington for fifteen years. However, new entrants in the market led to increased competition in the skylight industry. The dominant firms in the industry, Columbia Plastics, and Vancouver Light are competing based on the prices of their products. The essence of competing based on price is that the company with the cheapest product will be able to gain market share and to improve its profitability in the long-term. However, this strategy threatens the long-term competitiveness of Columbia Plastics in two ways. First, significant price reductions are reducing the company’s profits, which in turn negatively affects its long-term competitiveness. Second, Columbia Plastics is likely to lose a significant portion of its market share if it is not able to retain its customers through price reductions. This paper evaluates the alternatives that Columbia Plastics has to respond to the increased threat of competitive rivalry in the skylight industry. Based on the evaluation, recommendations will be suggested to help the company to improve its competitiveness. Moreover, a strategy for implementing the recommended alternative will be proposed. Problem Statement Columbia Plastics is facing difficulties in responding to Vancouver Light’s decision to reduce its prices to gain market share in Seattle, Washington. The alternatives available to the company include undercutting Vancouver Light’s prices, maintaining its current pricing policy, and matching Vancouver Light’s prices. However, adopting any of these strategies is likely to affect Columbia Plastic’s profits or market share or both negatively. Analysis of Alternatives Matching Vancouver Light’s Prices In a market that is characterized by high competitive rivalry, customers tend to have low switching costs. To elucidate, competition increases customers’ choices in terms of the products or brands to purchase. Customers make their purchase decisions by considering factors such as the products’ qualities and prices. When customers have low switching costs, they can easily switch from one brand to another to purchase the product with the preferred qualities or price. In the skylight industry, customers are price sensitive since they can easily switch from one supplier to another in response to a price reduction. Thus, Columbia Plastics can avoid losing its major customers to Vancouver Light by adopting a price-matching strategy. Price matching is a strategy in which a company sets price
The water input should be adjusted by drinking liquids and eating substantial food varieties. The contribution of water through ingested liquids is roughly 1.5 liters each day, from consumed food sources 1 liter and oxygen-consuming breath under 500 ml in a day. The body loses around 400 milliliters of its standard water yield through exhalation. One more half of a liter is lost through the skin. Urination represents around a half and a liter and defecation represent about 0,1 liters of water output. In a warm and dry climate, she could be losing extra liquid through perspiring which should be supplanted. In the wintertime, Lacy lost moisture through dissipation to the dry air and particularly through breath. Low humidity increments water loss fundamentally in the initial two hours of openness without fieldwork. She could lose a lot of body liquid through sweat. Most water is recuperated in the proximal tangled tubule, circle of Henle, and distal tangled tubule. Antidiuretic chemicals and aldosterone are liable for directing how much water is held in pee. Sodium is reabsorbed in the thick climbing appendage of the loop of Henle. The rest of the Na+ retention happens in the distal nephron. Aldosterone advances sodium ion reabsorption by the nephron, advancing the maintenance of water. Caffeine increments the glomerular filtration rate by restricting the vasoconstriction of the renal afferent arteriole. Caffeine additionally represses Na(+) reabsorption at the degree of renal proximal tubules. By empowering pee, compounds with diuretic properties like caffeine in espresso and caffeinated beverages might influence Lacy’s hydration status. The kidneys can manage water levels in the body; they moderate water in case an individual’s water level is low. They can make urinate more weakened so removing the abundance of water is essential. If there should be a low liquid level, blood osmotic tension increments, invigorating osmoreceptors in the hypothalamus. Diminished blood volume causes a reduction in a circulatory strain that animates the arrival of renin from the kidney. This causes the creation of angiotensin II, which animates the thirst placed in the nerve center. Water is the essential hydration supply for a teenager. After physical exhaustion, rehydration ought to predominantly be replenished with water. Notwithstanding, an electrolyte drink would not be nonsensical after an extreme and prolonged exercise.
Despite the fact that people have always been striving for freedom, which involves freedom of choice, freedom of lifestyle and the freedom to make mistakes, social life has always presupposed a certain level of control over people’s lives. However mild the laws and the rules in a certain society might be, they always determine complete obedience and the absence of any revolutionary moods. Whatever the society might be, without people obeying its laws, it would collapse. Although this statement might sound cruel and uncompromising, it has a proof psychological; and sociological basis, which cannot be argued. Obedience is a part of human’s nature, or at least so says the psychology of a man, the common sense and the Bible. In fact, obedience as a part of a man’s religious beliefs plays an important part in this situation, persuading people to follow the rules established in the Testaments. Without the due respect to the Testaments a man cannot make a virtuous believer. According to Green’s point of view, these are “God’s children, who calls for obedience and honor, and who promises faithfulness and love” (4). However, obedience concerns not only the sphere of religion, but also many other spheres of a man’s life, providing a man with a way to live in peace with the society a part of which he or she represents. The laws that an earthy life grounds on are strict and uncompromising as well, since they declare the ideas that the society is based on, and in case they are not followed, the society simply stops existing. Without obedience, people would go against the laws and make the society collapse. It must also be considered that the reasons for breaking the laws can be different and it is not obligatorily that these reasons should be vulgar, egoistic and criminal. On the contrary, a man can think of committing a misdemeanor, a petty crime or even a felony in the attempts to lend someone a helping hand and improve the conflicting situation. The cost for such a deed is punishment according to the existing law, because the actions that have been undertaken conflict with it. Like a Latin proverb says, “Dura lex, sed lex” – “The law is harsh, but it is the law”. If people stop acting according to the rules of the civil and criminal law, the world that they live in will become a mess. Indeed, there are rimes when it seems that a petty crime or a small mischief will only improve the situation, but even taking such a step, a man should fully realise that he or she will be responsible for what has been done and that the punishment that will follow will be just and lawful. As Woozley said, “the reason for acting in accordance with the law, or for conforming one’s conduct to it, lies in the value of the practice.” (73) If a world becomes a place where people do not cat accordingly with the law, most of the population will spend a lot of time in jail, paying for the crimes they have committed when doing what they thought right. There would be not a single man free of char
Introduction While it is essential for a company to understand its goals, the final results are unreachable without a clear step-by-step plan. Southwest Airlines is no exception to this rule, as there are many complex changes that the company must accept in order to remain at the top of low-cost air travel companies. This essay aims to analyze what steps must be taken by Southwest Airlines to optimize its operations in accordance with the SWOT analysis from the previous paper. Implementation of Changes As has been discussed, the company has a number of issues related to its outdated policies. While Southwest continues to show profits, there are signs that suggest that the firm’s strategy must be reassessed and reimagined. The company has built a highly optimized value chain, yet it needs some additions, such as new destinations, services, and planes. Its fleet and its employees are the primary sources of change, although new leaders can provide an instant result as well. Southwest Airlines has many weaknesses and threats related to its connection with Boeing. Although the company made attempts to break this connection in the past by trying out Airbus A220, the new deal with Boeing proves that Southwest is unable to make such a change instantly (Koenig, 2021). The company must find a way to keep its strength intact since, for example, maintenance costs for Southwest remain relatively low through the usage of Boeing planes (Inkpen, 2017). Another step towards the desired changes is to establish a new deal with the company that can provide planes alongside their parts, preferably ones that will enable new services, such as cargo transportation. Changes in leadership positions can help Southwest with this process. It has been recently announced that the CEO of the company, Gary Kelly, will transfer his post to the current executive vice president, Robert Jordan (Shapiro, 2021). This crucial change is supposed to bring a new perspective on the company’s development and help it with revising its course of action. This step can instantly change the direction of the company. Employees possess the power to change the company as much as its leaders. Currently, the company’s pilots are well-trained to pilot Boeing planes only, making it difficult to implement other types of aircraft (Inkpen, 2017). There might be a necessity to sacrifice this strength due to the uncertainties introduced by the recent lockdown. The lack of training among staff to pilot planes from other manufacturers can prevent Southwest from expanding into cargo transport and from providing in-flight services that some customers wish to have. A more diverse skill set will significantly benefit the pilo
Introduction Even in the midst of modern science and technology, a good number of New Yorkers adhere to religious faith. It clearly shows the pulse of the people. They believe in tradition. Mechanically or intentionally, they pass on the rich traditions of their religion to the new ones. The statistics shows that the present generation is not irreligious though certain revolts against religious faith emerge from some quarters. Edward. A. Purcell Remarks here that “massive immigration and cultural changes have created an increasingly complex social landscape in which religious life plays a dynamic role in New York” (Purcell, 2007, p. 78) New York City as a Cultural Center The city has been noted for its financial, transportation and manufacturing brilliance. Even so, it attains a global glory for its religious diversity. Almost the entire world religions have its home in the heart of the city. It stands unique for its cultural amalgamation. A religion is not merely a set of customs and traditions. It is of a greater dimension. A religion brings a distinctive culture with it. All the religions working in a specific locality get synthesized resulting in the materialization of a great culture. No religion can claim any right over such one. At the same time, the newly emerged culture belongs to each and every religion. Unity amidst Religious Diversity What makes New York City stand apart among other cities is its unique religious forbearance. Nowhere else in America can be seen such a distinctive convergence of different religions having different ideologies. Each New Yorker finds it necessary to identify himself/herself with a religious faith and it is done not at the coast of undermining other ones. There are many reasons behind the City’s religious multiplicity. First of all, the population of the city is remarkably high. Hence, it is likely that there live people of multiple customs and traditions. The New York City Department of City Planning reports that “with a 2008 estimated population of 8,363,710, New York is the most populous city in the United States, more than twice the size of the second largest city, Los Angeles. Over 3 million of New York City’s residents are foreign-born” (Population Facts). Such foreign born people carry their religion
Introduction It is usually easy to regard any forceful and violent behaviour as an act of terrorism rather than a cause of justice, this is normally true when extreme actions are used to voice plights of a community. A case of a Palestinian woman named Leila Khaled is analysed. This essay elaborates her intentions with the support of academic sources and her movie in order to demonstrate her cause of action as a freedom fighter for her country and not a terrorist as perceived. Khaled extreme actions were inspired by suffering Palestinians in their tents. This essay therefore analyses Khaled cause as a freedom fighter and not a terrorist. Leila Khaled a freedom fighter Leila Khaled has strong basis to support her claims as a freedom fighter rather than a terrorist despite her extreme actions. In 1969, Khaled and another male companion decided to hijack a TWA plane from Los Angeles in route via Tel Aviv. Their intention was not to harm the passengers but rather voice their grievances. According to Eager (2008, p.186) Khaled clearly states that her intentions of hijacking planes was driven by her urge to attract international attention which had not been addressed as thousands of Palestinians languished in tents. From her intentions, it would be wrong to dismiss her actions as a mere act of terrorist. It should however be considered cause to liberate Palestinians. If indeed her intent was to inflict pain on innocent people, she could have blown up the plane with the passengers onboard as terrorists did in the U.S. during the September 11 incident. As Khaled sat while hijacking the TWA plane she saw young children sited in the palms of their parents. She was concerned about the consequences that her actions could cause in case the plan backfired and the plane exploded as a result of the explosives that her male companion had. While she was still meditating on her thought, she recalled what thousands of other Palestinians children underwent while in camps. She was then convinced to let the world acknowledge their grievances through any means that she could master. In the end, Khaled succeeded by landing the plane and allowing the passengers to leave before blowing up the plane. This incident attracted the attention of the international community and thus making her a strong female figure among the Palestinians and other women worldwide. She consequently became a sex icon not only for her cause but for other revolutionaries that were making their concerns known worldwide. In her video, she struggles to put forward the message of her revolutionary intentions rather than terrorism by clearly distancing herself from terrorism. As noted by Buxton and Provenzo (2010, p. 66) Leila Khaled was the first female activist who used extreme tactics to get the world’s attention on the plight of the Palestinians. Despite her actions and other several attempts to hijack planes that eventually led to her arrest and later released as a res