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Brazil is the ideal country to acquire a new telecommunications company. Due to military rule, the country has witnessed hyperinflation and its economy is not very liberal. Brazil has undergone major reforms which have ensured that the economy remains somewhat liberal. The country needs to adopt structural reforms so as to ensure a growth in its GDP. There is a great need to curb inflation and keep the interest rates low. The country has had high public debt and there is no political will to enact conservative spending policies. The revenue system for the country has not been up-to-date and it has a heavy tax burden, although its taxable base still remains narrow. Individual companies have devoted a lot of resources and manpower in trying to manage their tax affairs. The tax system is still complex, unwieldy, and porous. All these factors necessitate the acquisition of another telecommunications company (USA International Business Publications 50). Brazil is ideal as a telecommunications hub given that it has a high population, and the market is both large and growing. The country’s economy is diversified and it is witnessing political stability though political effectiveness is not yet up to date. This coupled with a tax system that is ineffective and a deficient labor market and infrastr
Abstract   * Objective: To investigate the effect of chiropractic treatment as measured on electroencephalography.   * Method: A literature search on CINAHL, MANTIS, PubMed, and Cochrane databases yielded 15 results that were used in this study. The study excluded literature that failed to meet the inclusion criteria.   * Results: The systematic review reveals that an electroencephalogram is an important tool in measuring the effects of chiropractic as the methodology shows.   * Conclusion: The majority of reviewed studies support the applicability of EEG in chiropractic measurements. The recommendations should be assessed further to strengthen the findings of this study. Introduction The EEG has gained dominance within chiropractic care over the recent decades. [1, 2, 3] Evidence indicates that alterations take place during chiropractic spinal adjustments, affecting several bodily functions. Further evidence suggests that chiropractic adjustments pass on brain signals, which affect the body, brain, and nervous systems. Teplan emphasizes that the brain emits different brainwaves concurrently, allowing the EEG to capture the readings each time. [2] According to the author, placing the EEG on scalps to capture the waves with varying characteristics can provide information on a patient’s level of alertness, autonomic stimulation, and responses to stimuli. This application is valuable to chiropractic research, making it the foundation for this study. The EEG can, therefore, be used to investigate the relative electrical activity in various brain regions. The EEG is also applicable to observing alertness, reading cognitive engagement and locating damage resulting from injuries or tumours. [2] Most notably, EEGs are known to investigate symptoms of various diseases, to test the drug effect on different diseases, and to test the efficacy of chiropractic care. In studying epilepsy, it locates seizure regions, assisting in locating the epileptic focus during treatment. [2] This review focuses on studies investigating the effect of chiropractic treatment as measured on the EEG and their validity as supported in the available literature. The review also seeks to understand the neurophysiological effects of chiropractic spinal manipulation using EEG measures. Application of the EEG The electroencephalogram (EEG) is a tool that monitors brain rhythms and imbalances by monitoring brain waves. [2] The brain structure generates the electrical activity that the EEG tool reads and later communicates. Using an EEG allows chiropractics to measure electrical impulses, which communicate information within the brain, in hertz. Rather than print EEG oscilloscope tracings on paper, chiropractics digitize the generated data on computers, display them on screens, and save them for later use. [2] Digitization makes waveform recreation possible for later display and statistical analysis. Indeed, the ability to store EEGs and quantitatively analyze data facilitates cross-comparison of an individual’s EEG against a database of persons without any neurological disorder. This
Introduction Most of the developing countries were affected by the 2008 financial crisis, including Brazil. These countries experienced high unemployment rates while production and consumption levels decreased remarkably. The key areas affected by the financial crisis were: unemployment levels; average income; and social welfare programs (Proni, 2010, p.1). This report will therefore focus on the impact of high unemployment rates on Brazil’s economy occasioned by the financial crisis that occurred in 2008. Brazilian economy: An overview The Brazilian economy has recorded protracted economic growth since 2000 after several decades of poor performances. For example, the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) per capita grew at an average rate of 1.62 % between 2000 and 2007. This was a marked improvement when compared with previous period (GDP per capita grew 0.82% from 1980 to 1989 and 0.27 between 1990 and 1999 workers (Rafael et al., 2007, p.4). As a matter of fact, Brazil is one of the key players in global economic performance. This is also manifested in world trade negotiations where Brazil plays a major role. The country has also attempted to create employment opportunities and raise average incomes of its workers. For instance, the country recorded a sustained decline in unemployment rates since 2003. Also, the average annual wage rate increased at 3.7% between 2005 and 2007. The population segment living in absolute poverty decreased from 12.8% in 1999 to about 7.9% in 2006. These achievements were attributed to the rise in average earnings and a robust social welfare program that bolstered earnings among low-income workers (Rafael et al, 2007, p.5). The Brazilian Labor Market during the 2008 Financial Crisis It is vital to note that, unemployment levels are measured on monthly basis. This exercise is only done in the main metropolitan areas (see appendix). Although high unemployment rate was one of the key concerns for the Lula administration, the country has introduced several remedial measures to solve the problem. For example, in 2003, the unemployment rate in Brazil’s metropolitan areas was over 11.9%. However, in the following years the country recorded positive economic growth. Consequently, the unemployment rates began to drop. It is also important to note the apparent dissimilarities among metropolitan areas in Brazil: in Recife and Salvador (metropolitan areas located in northeast of Brazil), a considerable segment of the workers are affected by unemployment. On the other hand, a small portion of the labor force in Curitiba and Porto Alegre (located in southeast) face a similar experience. Sao Paulo, being the most industrialized and populated region, registered the highest drop of unemployment level (from 14% to 8.3%) between 2003 and 2009 (Proni, 2010, p.10). There is no doubt that the 2008 financial meltdown created havoc to the liberal trajectory of the Brazilian economy: a robust deceleration in the last four months of 2008 and a slump in the first three months of 2009 occurred. As prospects for industrial employments were severely constrained by low levels of economic activities, economic experts pr
Introduction It is normal for human beings to have emotional or moral sensitivity, especially about personal principles. According to experts, feelings have numerous effects on an individual in terms of one’s perception of things, people, places, and ideas (Kreamer, 2011). Behavior and attitude are some of the main indicators of the way emotions affect an individual. Studies have established that emotions can either affect someone in a positive or negative way. This depends on factors such as their immediate environment and maturity levels. The workplace is one such environment where people develop feelings, which affect them in different ways. According to experts, feelings in the workplace influence a lot on the success of an organization in terms of employee experiences and the ability to build good relations with their clients (Drexler, 2013). A positive work environment helps the employees to relate well with each other, while negative feelings dampen everyone’s moods that lead to unfulfilling emotional states. Experts argue that positive emotional states by employees help to boost productivity because everyone has enough motivation to give their best output in their respective duties (Kreamer, 2011). Most organizations in the contemporary world tend to hire individuals with high levels of emotional intelligence. This plays a crucial role in building the right workplace environment for good productivity. Organizations also incorporate emotional management strategies in their employee training and development programs. Such training help employees to understand the negative effects that feelings in the workplace have on important elements such as productivity (Drexler, 2013). Discussion One of the main reasons for the increased interests in the concept of feelings in the workplace is the need to improve employee welfare. This means that organizations should design their workplace environment and structure in a manner that allows employees to express themselves appropriately (Wartzman, 2013). Experts argue that feelings are an integral part of every human being’s life and cannot be taken for granted. People often express their feelings through speech, behavior, and attitude. For example, it is easy to tell when someone is in pain because they will say it, show it through their body language, or act in a certain way (Kreamer, 2011). Organizational leaders have a huge responsibility of ensuring that they understand the emotional state of their employees. The most important thing is to ensure that employees learn to develop positive feelings as a way of preventing negative emotions from developing (Wartzman, 2013). Studies have established that emotional intelligence is one of the most desirable qualities in the contemporary workplace environment. It is defined as the ability of an individual to identify his or her emotions, analyze them, and understand the way they can affect others (Kreamer, 2011). For example, if someone knows the way he or she feels when they are under pressure, they normally avoid making appointments at such a time (Goudreau, 2013).
Major Facts Tea and More (TAM), a large tea company, was founded in Los Angeles in 1985 under the name Global Tea. In its early days, the founders did not chase money and focused on finding the finest tea sorts and shipping them from specific suppliers overseas. When Jack Reynolds took over the company in 1992, the focus shifted toward marketing, expanding the stock, and ramping up production. By the 2000s, the businesses had increased the annual revenue but run into a common problem commonly referred to as growing pains. Major Problems Tea production happens in several stages with the primary being shipping, packaging, and selling. Due to the complicated nature of the process and the only production facility located far away from the headquarters, the company has been experiencing problems with customer service. Customer dissatisfaction is a complex, multi-level issue, and as of now, it is clear that employee turnover, sales representatives’ demotivation, the lack of new ideas, and management style are all at fault. To untangle this, Reynolds and his team need to start with one underlying problem and then proceed with the others. Possible Solutions TAM might brainstorm for ideas and try to launch new products in line with customers’ tastes and expectations. This might generate a spike of interest and an increase in sales, but in the long perspective, experimentation might not be sustainable if the core issues remain untackled. Reynolds seems to experience a lot of pressure and stress out over the company’s prospects which pushes him to take up too many responsibilities. He might consider changing his management style by reading self-development literature and hiring a business coach. In the process, he might feel relief and even adjust the workflow, but changes in a single person do not impact the entire company radically. Addressing sales’ representatives demotivation, which accounts for the high turnover rate, might be time-consuming but worth it in the long run. Choice and Rationale Tea and More should consider Option C and focus on the employees’ engagement. They are the brand’s ambassadors and the mediators between the managing board and the customers. TAM needs a change that would come from within, and enhancing the corporate culture could be the key. Reconnecting with the sales representatives will help address all the other issues. A decreased employee turnover will mean a more effective passing of knowledge to new personnel. Engaged and happy staff will be more creative and generate more ideas regarding products and marketing strategies. Lastly, they will go the extra mile to check with the clients, remind them about payment dates, and gain feedback. Implementation The first way to achieve the goal would be by organizing coaching sessions where each employee’s potential would be recognized and motivation discovered. Facilitated small-group sessions were found to be beneficial for employees’ performance and showed long-term results (West et al., 2014). Second, it would be naive to think that the mission alone could drive a sales representative without appropriate monetary compensation.
In a piece of art, the artist presents the subject of his art to the intended audience from his point of view of the subject. The way the artist presents the subject of his work does not always rhyme with the way the subject of the painting sees himself. For instance, a person may believe that he or she is a friendly, ever smiling person. However, an artist paints his or her image as a furious stern-faced person. In most cases, the way people think of themselves is totally different from how other people think of them. However, the perception of an artist on his subject is important because it determines how the audience of the painting will perceive the subject. Adolf Hitler is one of the people who during and after their life time, people perceive them differently from what they think about themselves. Hitler believed that he was a leader, who was always ready to fight for the right and welfare of the Germans. To him, all his actions were meant to restore the lost glory and position of Germany. Even though he believed that he was a leader mindful of other people’s welfare, artists depicts him differently. Breker is one of the many artists who have created artworks on Hitler. All this artworks have one common feature. They present Hitler as an aggressive, hostile, unsociable, scary person, who is not likely to think about other people. From this sculpture, Hitler is depicted as stern-faced man, who could break anyone who stood on his way. The sculpture has no even the slightest depiction of a man who was ready to die fighting for the welfare of the Germans.
Introduction Gothic poems depict features of horror and romance using themes based on dream motifs, love, and death. Poe is a renowned gothic poet whose poems have great elements of horror and love. This essay will focus analysis on two poems by Poe; thus, The Raven and A Dream . The essay will also analyze two poems by Hudgins, i.e., In the Well and Praying Drunk . Gothic tone in Poe’s Poems Poe’s poems are rife with gothic elements. They are the so-called dark poems because they depict the horrors that lie in a person’s subconscious. Features of such poems include references to darkness, dream motifs, death, supernatural beings and other aspects of mysticism. The two poems, The Raven and A Dream , exhibit a regular rhyme scheme, a common aspect of Poe’s gothic poetry. Rhyme in The Raven occurs regularly in the second, fourth, fifth and sixth line in every stanza. For example, in the second stanza rhyme appears as follows: “floor/ Lenore/ Lenore/ evenmore”. A Dream posits an alternating rhyme scheme in every stanza; thus “night/ bright” and “star/ afar” (Poe, “A Dream” stanza 4). Regular rhyme is a prominent feature of gothic poetry as it creates a regular rhythm. It helps create the aura of mysticism in gothic poems. There is an extensive repetition of sounds in Poe’s poems. In The Raven, the tapping and rapping sounds are repeated significantly: “… someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door” (Poe, “The Raven” p. 716) and “… you came tapping, tapping on my chamber door” (Poe, “The Raven” p. 716). The tapping and the rapping sounds create an eerie atmosphere and suspense in the poem. The speaker, though afraid of the extraordinary raven, is overcome by curiosity to hear more from the creature. Alliteration has also been used extensively in the two poems. A few examples in The Raven include: “weak… weary”, “silken sad” and “Deep… darkness” (Poe, “The Raven” p. 716). Various examples abound in A Dream . They include: “dreamed… departed”, “life… light” and “While… world” (Poe, “A Dream” stanzas 1 and 3). Alliteration enhances rhythm and musicality in poems. The tone of the two poems is basically melancholic. Poe has achieved this through a clever choice of words, e.g., “dark night” and “lonely spirit” in A Dream (Poe, “A Dream” stanzas 1 and 3) and “weak and weary”, “sorrow” and “bleak December” in The Raven ( Poe, “The Raven” p. 716). Together with the regular rhyme scheme and the repetitive “o” sound in The Raven , the poet is able to heighten the melancholic atmosphere that is characteristic of gothic poems. Gothic Tone in Andrew Hudgins’ Poems The poems, In the Well and Praying Drunk by Hudgins evince gothic elements. In the Well has an “abcb” regular rhyme scheme, which produces a regular beat. This helps set the gothic atmosphere and tone in the poem. The rhyme in Praying Drunk is deliberately irregular in order to implicate the erratic actions of one drunk. The speaker is praying to God after another episode of drinking and debauchery: “Our Father who art in Heaven, I am drunk” (Hudgins, “Praying Druck” stanza 1). The poems also exhibit some repetitive sounds
Proposition Summary Nguyen’s and Fleming’s claim of using the Smart Gun technology through incorporation of biometrics as a means of protection of the second amendment is in a lack of valid grounds. This is through his first claim of having childproof and child safe guns as a safety precaution for the minimization of homicide and suicidal cases (Bobkoff). There is also the claim of the Smart Gun technology reinforcing responsibility and legitimacy for making, selling and purchasing guns. Here, there are considerations about the irresponsible behavior people have knowing that guns are untraceable to them in case of any killings. There is an adequate presentation of the row between responsible gun owners and those focused on sales as a source of economic earner without any concerns about the dangers of an increase in circulation through the black market (Bilton). The third point is in the reduction of gun ownership by psychologically unstable people through the Smart gun technology. Gun ownership is in respect of people with responsibility of protection of others and gun owners need to know the repercussions of any irresponsibility. The claims that gun ownership requires a sense of responsibility and that is achievable through the S
“Goodbye Columbus” was published as a compilation of five short stories that were published in 1959. The novel contains the following short stories: “Epstein,” “The Conversion of the Jews,” “You Can’t Tell a Man by the Song He Sings,” “Defender of the Faith,” and “Eli, the Fanatic.” Principally, the book is concerned with the tribulations faced by the third generation of the incorporated Jews who are forced to leave their conventional ghettos and parents to attend college, official jobs, and life in the towns. The book was instrumental for Roth to win the National Book Award that he won in the year 1960. Furthermore, it earned him the status as one of the most gifted upcoming young writers of his time. Goodbye Columbus is recounted from Neil Klugman’s perspective, a middle-aged man who lived with his relatives in the ghettos of Newark, New Jersey, and worked in a public library. Over the summer, Neil is engaged in a relationship with Brenda Patimkin, an Upper-Middle class Jew who is attending college and lives with her parents in the suburbs. Through the relationship, Neil is able to display the bleak socio-economic contrast that existed between the lower and upper-middle-class Jews. The summer end coincides with Brenda’s brother’s wedding and she returns to college. During a planned meeting between the two “lovers” in a hotel room, Brenda informs Neil that she can no longer continue with the relationship since her parents had learned and disapproved of it. Though dejected by her girlfriend’s rejection, he leaves the hotel has acquired a new sense of self-knowledge; this is exhibited by the commencement of the Jewish New year as Neil enters Newark. Among the values that are explored in the novel include: class variations among the Jewish society, spiritual conflicts over Judaism, the uniqueness of the Jews, love, sex, and relationship, and the struggles underwent in acquiring self-knowledge by young Jewish men. A significant aspect of love, sex, and relationship is displayed by the numerous sex encounters between Neil and Brenda all of which take place at Brenda’s home such as in the family’s Television Room and Brenda’s bedroom (Roth, p. 468, 2005). Neil perceives his sexual encounters with Brenda as a form of accomplishment. He describes his first sexual encounter with Brenda with a competitive game metaphor to display a sense of achievement; Neil’s relationship with Brenda is a form of social-economic uplifting. The first quarrel leading to a breakup between the two “lovers” results from Brenda’s parent’s discovery of her diaphra