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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) refers to a condition that occurs in children that involves deficiencies in motivating and regulating oneself (Ashley, 2005, p.24). These deficiencies result in extensive and involuntary distractions, problems with organization, procrastination and poor prioritization. ADHD is a recurrent and long-lasting condition that begins in the early years of childhood and persists throughout life into adulthood (Ashley, 2005, p.28). When this ADHD persists into adulthood, it is referred to as adult attention deficit disorder (Adult ADD).research has shown that 60% of children with ADHD show signs of the condition in their adulthood. It is so prevalent that 15% of the world’s population has ADHD (Ashley, 2005, p.33). With time, ADHD develops into adult ADD.ADHD is treatable with a combination of skills training, behavior and cognitive therapy and medication. Adults who exhibit the adult ADD have the same mental potential as adults who do not have the condition. The development of ADHD into adult ADD involves the change of symptoms as the child grows into maturity (Anne, 2000, p.54). The symptoms of the condition are different in both
Nature of the Research Conducting a study on the subject of management is a challenging task that requires a detailed analysis of the factors involved, including both the company-induced and the ones that are predetermined by the extraneous factors, such as the factors related to the economy of a particular market, the political atmosphere thereof, and the societal norms. The factors above determine the nature of a study to a considerable extent. The research to be carried out can be defined as mixed since both quantitative and qualitative data will be required to answer the primary questions. Moreover, it is essential to point out that the paper will be primarily field-oriented as it will test the actual application of management theories, in general, and talent management approaches, in particular, to the realm of multicultural companies’ management. A closer look at the research under analysis will reveal that it will also focus on the specifics of intercultural relationships in the environment of Qatari companies with high diversity rates. The fact that high diversity rates do not necessarily trigger an immediate spur in the cross-cultural communication process should be viewed as the foundational problem that lies at the core of the research. Impact on the Researcher’s DBA Although it would be wrong to claim that the specified paper will reinvent the current Qatar industry with its revelations would be quite a stretch, it is still expected that the solutions outlined for diverse companies and their managers will help address the contemporary talent management concerns. Therefore, the study under analysis is likely to have a direct and a very strong effect on the DBA of its author. To be more exact, the information discovered in the course of the study, as well as the strategies created in the process, is likely to shape my vision of the very process of HR management in the context of multicultural companies. In other words, the study will inform my further management approach, making me focus on the significance of making the staff’s concept of multiculturalism and diversity compatible with the company’s standards of cross-cultural communication. As a result, the incorporation of the corresponding tools into the array used by a DBA expert will permit a significant increase in the professional competencies. More importantly, the study will show quite graphically that, to remain relevant in the contemporary business world, in general, and the environment of management, in particular, one will have to evolve consistently. Hence, the outcomes of the study are likely to spark a DBA expert’s lifelong learning process. DBA and Innovation Last but definitely not least, the issue of innovation and its connection to the DBA competencies need to be brought up. As it has been stressed above, the research is supposed to prove the significance of an unceasing learning process for a DBA specialist. Consequently, the neces
Introduction The growth of the PV industry has been on increase due to technological advancements and the support the industry has been getting from governments. The industry has also witnessed remarkable growth occasioned by concerns on global warming. It has been projected that solar energy demand will continue to grow in China and other parts of the world (Tiwari, 200). However, the energy form has still been expensive in comparison with other forms of energy. This is because the industry has been grappling with a shortage of raw materials used in producing the energy. For instance, demand for silicon which is used in the manufacture of solar cells has been increasing. Background China has plans of developing large amounts of hydropower, wind power, biomass and solar photovoltaic by 2020. In order to accomplish this mission, the country requires at least 267 billion USD for it to invest in renewable energy sources. Investment in renewable energies such as biofuels and wind energy has been slowed down by concerns of global warming. China has projected that by 2020, an estimated $ 40 billion would have been invested in solar energy. As part of the plans to have enough energy, the country has embarked on the use of solar energy. Analysis The gross domestic product in china has been growing significantly thus stabilizing the country’s economic forecasts. As a result of this increased economic growth, the country’s demand for energy has been increasing thus prompting the government to come up with renewable sources of energy. Due to the popularity of solar energy and its domination in the world market, it has been the most appropriate option for the country. This has led to stiff competition among several companies providing solar energy in the country. For instance, in 2007 four Chinese companies paved their way into the market and made huge profits. In 2006, two more companies had raised more than $ 500 million after joining the list. These companies have been attracting investors since their prices have been lower than the prices offered by Western manufacturers (China solar, 2004). The Chinese government has taken important measures in improving the environmental condition of the country. New laws on renewable energy s
Love is an art that is known to thrive even in the most unlikely circumstances. This is because it has the capabilities to develop wings and soaring high above such hindrances that can hamstring it. The love between two individuals can only stand the test of trials if it is deeply rooted in their hearts and not based on temporary gains (Hicks 286). This essay seeks to attest that indeed love has the capability of thriving under unfavorable conditions. This will be done using substantial evidence from these three texts: “Wuthering Heights”, “Virgin Suicides” and “One Day.” Furthermore, the essay will discuss the reason why people with different characteristics fall and eventually remain in love. In “Wuthering Heights,” there are a good number of incidences of true love. First and foremost, whatever Heathcliff and Catherine possess is pure love. The fact that they naturally grow fond of each other without having to force themselves on each other lends credence to this statement. Their love is not based on any materialistic thing. During their youthful years together, they came to learn the habits of each other. They grow fond of each other that a day can hardly pass without the two spending time together in seclusion. This is substantial evidence that Heathcliff and Catherine were truly in love. True love binds two people together and makes them to find pleasure while in the company of each other. Therefore, the fact that Heathcliff and Catherine often spend time together is an indication of true love. Three years after their separation, Heathcliff shows that he still loves Catherine by seeking revenge against Edgar for marrying his lover. His action can only portend that the love he has for Catherine is deeply rooted in his heart and not even such a long period of separation can take it away. His quest for retaliation against Edgar also shows that he never recovered from the loss of Catherine. One can read Heathcliff’s pain and frustration through his desperate actions to get even with Edgar. He therefore elopes with Isabella, Edgar’s sister. It is appalling that he does this not because he loves Isabella, but to hurt Edgar and make him feel the way he does. Finally, Catherine’s death leaves Heathcliff a lonely man for the rest of his life. This is evident in the first chapter when he says “Guests are so exceedingly rare in this house.” (Bronte 12). It is obvious that things would have been better if Catherine was still alive and married to him. Catherine also shows her love for Heathcliff in various ways. First, she confesses to Ellen that even though she is going to marry Edgar, she actually loves Heathcliff. It is not an easy matter for Catherine to confess such a controversial feeling to Ellen. The fact that she can confess her love for Heathcliff openly in spite of his social status shows that she truly loves him. Instead of feeling ashamed about her love for Heathcliff, Catherine shows that she cherishes it by disclosing it to Bella. Catherine also becomes worried and distressed when she learns of Heathcliff’s disappearance. She is very trouble
Critical or reflective thinking has been widely promoted in nursing management and health care education as an effective approach for improving clinical decision-making, analytical and problem-solving skills of health care professionals. Fero, Witsberger, Wesmiller, Zullo and Hoffma (2009) define critical thinking (CT) as a subjective thought process that involves assessment, analysis and interpretation of clinical events and scenarios. CT, at the health care administration level, has been associated with safe patient care, and better patient and staff outcomes. In Fero et al. ’s (2009) study, it was recommended that nurse educators develop instructional strategies that improve critical thinking in nursing students by training them to be critical in their judgment, continue inquiry, and handle complex clinical situations. This would prepare nursing students to become effective nurse leaders later in their career. To achieve these results, the study identified “the initiation of independent nursing interventions, differentiation of urgency, clinical data reporting, providing relevant rationales and problem recognition” (Fero et al., 2009, p. 145), as the core training areas. On his part, Drennan’s (2010) study explores the impact of Master’s training on the critical thinking of medical graduates. He reported that, compared to students taking undergraduate medical programs, postgraduate nursing students have better CT skills in “reflection, evaluation, inference and clinical reasoning” (2010, p. 429). This finding reinforces Fero et al ’s (2009) assertion that teaching strategies, which focus on essential CT skills help prepare students for clinical decision-making in the complex and dynamic clinical environment. It also underscores the benefits of exposure to reflective thinking during nursing education as a way of acquiring self-directed learning and reflective practice. In this study, the medical graduates with a Master’s degree recorded higher CT scores compared to graduates from other levels (undergraduate diploma). This implies that the instructional strategies employed in Master-level training to improve the critical thinking of students. In view of this, Fero et al. (2009) write that better CT skills improve patient and staff outcomes. Experienced nurses make good managers due to their reflective practice and critical thinking skills. Building on this premise, a systematic review of studies on critical thinking skills by Robert and Petersen (2013) found that reflective practice fosters safe and quality care delivery among health care professionals. This study found that professionals with effective CT skills use a case-based approach (model, borderline, related and contrary cases) in their practice. This approach is effective in clinical decision-making and problem-solving. Compared to Fero et al .’s (2009) key CT skills of autonomous interventions, clinical judgment, and analysis and interpretation of problems, Robert and Petersen (2013) identify risk estimation, and analysis and evaluation of diagnosis
The major sources of funds include trading, leasing and sharing of the risk and rewards. Most contracts entered are on profit and sharing since they are in tandem with the sharia laws. For instance, banks may sell their assets to customers through installments or lease their property for the duration of time and attract fixed returns. The Islamic banking does not carry out or allow fractional reserve banking. This arrangement allows charge of interest of loans given out, a practice that is not allowed by the Muslim sharia laws. The sources of funds of the Islamic banks are from deposits. These deposits do not attract interest. The sources of funds include savings accounts, shareholders’ investments, investments accounts and current accounts. Investment accounts are classified as either general or special and may include statutory funds such as treasury bonds. All these deposits attract profit, which is not a mandatory. The profit distribution is dependent on the performance of the financial institution. Funds for these banks are used in meeting or financing shorter as well as long-term needs of the members. The banks provide profit sharing and equity financing. This ensures that funds are channeled to individuals or schemes to steer economic growth. In equity financing, the bank is allowed to participate in the enterprise’s decision-making process, while under profit sharing scheme the bank participates in the management decisions when borrowing takes effect.
Introduction In the past, autism and language deficiencies were considered to be two distinct problems. This was the case until, recently, when evidence was presented claiming a definite linkage between the two. Language difficulties were found to be an indicative characteristic of autistic children. Autism is one of the many autism spectrum disorders categorized in the wider category referred to as PDDs (pervasive developmental disorders) (Conti-Ramsden et al. 62). These disorders delay and interrupt many aspects of child growth, especially communicate and socialization. In simple terms, “autism is a complex developmental disability that appears during the first three years of life” (Conti-Ramsden et al. 62). Even though the root of verbal communication difficulties in autistic children is unexplained, many experts have concluded that they as a result of effects of a number of conditions and factors which transpire either, during, or soon after birth. By affecting the development of the victim’s brain, it results into difficulties which mess a person’s capacity to comprehend things or socialize (Conti-Ramsden et al. 62). Some experts connect the language troubles with the theory of mind, messed up capacity to think, as well as a messed up skill to symbolize during conversations and play. Reports have showed that the US is currently experiencing an autism epidemic. The most recent data confirm that one out of every 91 kids suffers from Autism Spectrum Disorder. Compared with the 1980s, when only 2-5 kids in 10,000 were diagnosed with the problem, the rate has increased greatly (Solomon and Chung 250). Understanding the link between Language problems and autism The first three years after a child is born happens to be characterized by intensive speech and language development. It is the period during which the child’s brain begins to develop towards maturity (Danon-Boileau 3). However, most basic communication signs appear only days after birth. With time, their dialect mechanisms, consisting of the mouth, throat, jaws and tongue, and throat, and voice become more developed, but not fully established. At that stage, the kid makes controlled sounds. By the time a child reaches than age of one year, it is likely that he/she will have comprehended a few words. Normally, diagnosis of autism can happen only when the child reaches two years of age. This is because it is a time when it is expected that a majority of the kids should be able to talk. Earlier than that, say 18 months, it is very difficult to detect this problem although kids are able to pronounce an average of nine words (Danon-Boileau 14). Assessing language problems For any concerned parent or guardian, it is a priority to know everything about their children, language and autism bei
Introduction It’s notable to mention that each country in the world has a profile; the country profile acts as an easy way and instant guide of summarizing the country’s political, historical, economic, geographical, statistical and international relations among other factors (nationsencyclopedia.com, 2011). Statistical profile Kenya is the selected country from Africa which this paper will focus on during this discussion; Kenya is an African country located in the east of Africa and Nairobi is its capital city, it covers 582650 sq km (nationsencyclopedia.com, 2011). According to the latest census carried out by the government in 2009, Kenya has a population size of 38.6 million (bbc.com, 2010). The level of immigration in Kenya is at present very high since the country is currently experiencing high influx of Somali refugees seeking asylum in Kenya fleeing from hunger and terrorism from the alshabaab militia group back in Somali. Notable to mention is that Kenya is the country that has the world largest refugee’s camp that comprise Dadaad and Kakuma refugee’s camps which house large numbers of Somali, Elitrean, Sudanese, Ethiopian, Rwandan, Burundian and many small groups of refugees from different nationalities (Unhcr.org, 2010). According to UNHCR, Kenya is experiencing huge numbers of both refugees and asylum seekers with Somali’s leading with a total of 404,000 refugees, 32,500 from Ethiopia, 25,000 from Sudan and a total of 20,000 refugees from various other countries. Nevertheless, the country also hosts a big number of asylum seekers for example 2,500 are from Congo, 1,000 from Sudan and about 2,000 from various countries (Unhcr.org, 2010). Immigration policy of Kenya The Kenyan immigration policy states that, “anyone apart from the excluded categories, on arrival to the Kenyan border must personally report his/her arrival to the immigration officer and personally complete and submit an entry declaration form 1” (immigration.go.ke, 2011). If the person fails to follow this policy he/she is guilty of an offence; the person will have to then apply for an entry permit to the immigration officer which will be issued to him/her when successful at a specified fee depending on the duration of his/her stay. Any immigrant who attempt to enter Kenya through other place apart from the specific designated entry roots specified by the government is guilty of an offence (Kenyarep-jp.com, 2010). “Any person immigrating to Kenya for the sake of education in any educational institution is eligible for pupil/student pass once the institution grants him admission letter” (immigration.go.ke, 2011). The person must make an application for the pupil pass to the immigration officer whom will grant a pupil pass when satisfied that the pupil has been accepted by the educational institute which is approved by the ministry of education and that there is adequate accommodation for the pupil at the institute so that the student does not deprive Kenyan citizens for accommodation. “Any perso
As the Mongols expanded their territory, not only did they become powerful, but they also left behind a trail of pain to those that resisted their rule. In the account of the Abbasid Empire and Section 7: The Rise of the Mongols, one trait associated with the Mongols is that in their approach and stopped at nothing to achieve power. For example, in the account of the Abbasid Empire, the Mongols used negotiations and instructions to compel the Muslims to submit to their rule. However, when the Muslims neglected the call for military reinforcement against the Persians, Hulagu murdered the people in Baghdad and depopulated the city only to recover decades later. In their rise, Genghis Khan realized the Muslim states were powerful, like his grandson, Hulagu, who tried to negotiate with Afghanistan and Turkestan instead of hitting them head-on. However, on declining the request, Genghis Khan attacked the Turkestan, killing every living thing in his wake. One contrast between the two reads us that in section 7 when Chinson Bayan invaded Southern China, Kublai Khan led the Mongols to allow the Southern China Empress to live pleasurably inside an opulent palace. When her husband, the Song Emperor, heard how they treated his wife, he returned to China only to be seized and beheaded. On the contrary, the invasion of the Abbasid Empire saw Hulagu lead his horse riders in singling outhouse of learning for destruction. The people were massacred by the bushel, Abbasid Caliph included. Contrary to Genghis Khan, who poured molten gold down the throat of the sultan, Hulagu ordered his men to roll the caliph up in a carpet and rode their horses over him.
Open Educational Resources (OER) practice was adopted during 2002 Forum organized by UNESCO. The main concept of OER is associated open and free use of resources for teaching, development, learning, and research. All the materials could be shared in digital formats via various online and offline media platforms. Such a policy introduced by the Commonwealth of Learning provides a wider access to education by reducing costs and improving the quality of learning. Despite numerous advantages, the OER movement undergoes heavy criticism due to the failure and insularity to connect its main activities with larger target audience (The Commonwealth of Learning, n. d.). There are also doubts concerning the nature of motives claimed by the Commonwealth because of accusations of imperialism, as well as discrimination in terms of political, cultural, and economic preferences. In this respect, developing a learning environment for students from United Arab Emirates to study English and IT is a challenge because of the established restrictions. To undermine the rationale for OER, Rolfe (2012) and Willems (2012) emphasis is placed on the challenges of copyright, as well as problems with IT support. In particular, the means of information sharing raise equity consideration for students whose learning skills and experience do not allow them to engage fully into academic process. Besides, developing countries face difficulties in ensuring sufficient IT assistance for students participating in OER movement. Apart from the problems with technical support, Schmidt-Jones (2012) and Lane (2012) discuss the importance of motivation for students to make inquires through OER systems, which are predetermined by the availability of the learning modules. In fact, most people need constant supervision and assistance for obtaining information via Internet sources. Finally, availability of the resource cannot guarantee community’s active participation in movement. In this respect, Scanlon (2012) refers to the community’s potential using open resources for self-development. Free and open education often prevents teachers from assessing their experience and readiness to obtain and share information independently (Gil et al., 2012). Therefore, being a teacher of English as a second language and IT, it is purposeful to integrate training programs for students to have a better idea of the movement. Despite the fact that OER practices generate constant information sharing and exchange, as well as gaining experience in online learning, there are still a number of challenges characterized by economic and cultural factors (Richter, 2012). In this respect, Hodgkinson-Williams (2012) recognizes that OER can be successful in case teachers and learners overcome educational gap and ensure the development of educational justice. Sharing educational resources remains a challenge for teachers and students whose