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One of Eliot’s most influential works, Middlemarch is literally packed with characters that, nevertheless, turn out to be fully developed and have unique personalities. Obviously unwilling to resort to creating stereotypes, Eliot managed to create unique story arches for each and every one of them – and, naturally, they all leave an impression. One of the major characters to the plot, Lydgate is a mixture between a positive and a negative character, who, on the one hand, fights stereotypes and, on the other hand, reinforces them, which, combined with his passion for science and complete disregard of the everyday world, makes him one of the most memorable characters in the book. One of the most fascinating things about Lydgate’s character is that it cannot be classified as either the positive or the negative character in the context of the II and the II parts of the book. True, he does make a few mistakes, yet his intents are never malicious, and he clearly means no harm. His naivety and self-absorbedness, however, clearly shows that he is far from being perfect, therefore, adding a touch of humanity to him and making him more relatable. To start with, his dreams are completely unrealistic; like a stereotypical mad scientist, he craves to cognize the entire world, whence his major flaws, like self-assurance, stem from: “From that hour Lydgate felt the growth of an intellectual passion” (Eliot). In his pursuit of what he considers the essence of existence and the pinnacle of human thought, he leaves a number of important elements of a social life, like interactions with the people around him, out. In addition, he has an interesting yet tragic history of relationship: “Lydgate was in love with this actress, as a man is in love with a woman whom he never expects to speak to” (Eliot). However, with all these flaws and strange traits of character, Lydgate is never portrayed weird to the point where he becomes unlikable or unrelatable. Tertius Lydgate is one of those characters that prefer acting instead of sympathizing; he would check the patient’s pulse rather than listen to his/her tedious stories of feeling unbearably bad. Hence, it could be argued that, though being seemingly cold-hearted, he helped much better than those who spent their time listening to others’ stories with compassion, yet did little to no effort to help people out. In many ways, Lydgate’s attitude towards the rest of the humankind is vastly predetermined by his profession; condescending and benevolent, he is concerned much more with the results of his actions than with the process of interacting with other people: “I have seen him. He gave me his vote. I must call to thank him.
‘Healthy People 2010’ is a 10-year health strategic plan of the United States, which aims at promoting healthy lifestyles and prevention of diseases. The health strategic plan has it basis from Healthy People 2000 health agenda, which emanated from collaborative efforts of the United States government, citizens, and public health organizations. Culmination of the Healthy People 2000 objectives did set stage for the formulation of Healthy People 2010 healthy strategic plan of the United States. The Healthy People 2010 has two major objectives: to improve the quality and length of healthy life, and eliminate healthy disparities in the society that has been very unequal. To achieve its objective, the Healthy People 2010 identified 28 healthy indicators that are critical in assessing progress of health, but health experts identified 10 leading health indicators. The 10 leading health indicators give enough information regarding health status or issues in the population for policymakers to make appropriate policies. Obesity is one of the health issues with indicators such as physical activity, environmental quality, and access to healthcare falling in the 10 leading indicators of Healthy People 2010. Physical activity is one of the leading health indicators according to Healthy People 2010 for it determines prevalence of obesity in the society. Physical activity intricately links with nutrition because the health status of a body does not only depend on physical activity, but also intake of nutritious diet and subsequent assimilation and utilization of the nutrients. Since a healthy diet supplies the essential nutrients to the body, proper and optimum physical activity is necessary to enhance their assimilation and utilization, hence preventing the accumulation of the excess nutrients into toxic levels or causing obesity in the case of carbohydrates. According to Centers for Disease Control [CDC] and Prevention (2009), enhanced physical activity and modification of diet are effective measures of reducing incidences of obesity in the society with health disparities and inequality (p.1). Thus, healthy body requires nutrients and physical activity to improve physiological and biochemical processes of the body, hence prevents occurrence of the obesity. Social and physical environment is also another leading health indicator that determines predisposition to obesity. Series of studies have confirmed that social and physical environments influence eating and exercising habits of individuals. Some environments such as workplaces and schools discourage physical exercises because people eat well yet they become preoccupied with other issues and neglect healthy lifestyles such as physical
Accounting scandals Accounting scandals are caused by financial misdeeds that are performed by persons in the management of business establishments (Needles, Powers and Crosson 98). Interested persons or oversight agencies unveil the malpractices within organizations. Satyam Company was involved in an accounting scandal in 2009 (Rai par. 1). The business organization specializes in offering IT and back-office accounting products. It was astonishing that the firm’s founder gave evidence of committing the crime in a letter that he wrote to the board of directors (Rai par. 3). What impacted the corporation and the public most is that, after the malpractice was unearthed, it was made public that the founder of the Indian firm falsely improved revenues by $1.5 billion. Thus, it was known that it was underperforming, but the director aimed at convincing investors that it was performing excellently. Nominal accounts On the basis of Jason Henson’s actions, it would be important to note that nominal and cash accounts were affected. Nominal accounts reflect temporary transactions that are made when firms acquire funds and use them. Thus, they could be characterized by sales and purchases. Cash accounts are part of real accounts that reflect intangible things that do not have physical existence in a company (Needles et al. 45). Nominal accounts would experience a debit because they would be exemplified by removal of money for expenditure. On the other hand, cash accounts would experience a credit because they would be typified by addition of money from the lending bank (Needles et al. 46). There is an ethical issue in the manner Jason Henson obtains a substantial ov
Communication is of paramount importance amongst workers of Tennessee Healthcare, like any other healthcare facility, given that it involves the interaction of individuals to carry out its mandate. Breakdown of communication may manifest through the failure of carrying out consultations while undertaking important decisions that refer to the changing of roles, jobs, and the way these jobs are carried out. Tennessee Healthcare experienced a problem of communication amongst the managers, employees, and patients and this may have manifested through failing to consult amongst them in choosing the new computer information system. Technology innovation decisions may have required that employers consult with the employees to make sure that their interests and inputs are put into consideration. In fact, some innovations may involve laying off workers or the need to train or retraining of the existing workers and therefore the more the employees are involved, the more successful such an implementation could become. This is because some implementation may lead to laying off workers. In addition, major technological innovation could lead to the restructuring of the way employee carry out their duties, and in this case, the way information was manually or otherwise collected, recorded, analyzed, and communicated, or other issues pertaining to the handling of feedback information. Tennessee Healthcare would have saved on the employee morale if they would have involved employees in this program because their participation would be boosted by letting them feel that they are part and parcel of the program implementation. This would boost or retain their morale to work. No wonder issues realized within the organization in the current status include low employee morale. Another problem with the failure to involve employees is that the program already faces resistance because they think it is being forced by the management or it is a “managerial thing” and therefore issues of leadership must be taken care of. The management should represent the majority of the employees so as to make sure that the employees do not feel separated from the management, which would also contribute to causing them to resist the program implementation. The resultant of the above-mentioned problems would be low production and delivery of poor quality service to patients. The staff managers, all staff, and the management should move on to offer intervention to the problem by holding meetings for example weekly; creating workgroups for solving various problems every month; offering training for the employee
A number of approaches have been developed by various theorists and psychologists in order to help at managing psychological disorders. Cognitive behavior group therapy and Yalom’s therapy model are considered to be one of the most reliable approaches to evaluate problems within dysfunctional emotions and behaviors. In this paper, these two models will be analyzed and evaluated in terms of their similarities and differences: the essence of Yalom’s model and cognitive behavior group therapy model, their objectives and structures, and group membership. Theory Cognitive behavior group therapy, also known as CBGT, is an approach that is used during the group therapy in order to treat different variants of social phobia. CBGT is one of those models, which can be used in treatment under certain inpatient settings (Christner et al., 2007, p. 509). Yalom’s therapeutic model assumes that interpersonal interaction is essential for the success of group therapy. Yalom himself suggested that change through group therapy is a complicated process that is facilitated by interplay of human experiences, which he considered as the therapeutic factors. The theory of cognitive behavior group therapy is based on the ability to conceptualize information for each member of the group and the group as one whole. It is necessary to identity the problem that causes psychological problems and working on the problem so as find workable solutions based on the problems. This model utilizes the Socrates’ way of knowledge unlike the Yalom’s model because the therapists have a desire to know much about the client using the technique of questioning. It is also based on educational model of doing things with the assumptions that all behaviors and attitudes adopted by individuals are all acquired through learning process (Montgomery, 2002, p. 34). In cognitive behavior group therapy, the goals of the entire process are set in accordance to the existing problems. It is then that thinking behaviors that are at the center of the behavior problem are modified. On the other hand, Yalom based his practice on the importance of therapeutic factors in finding solutions to psychological problems. Some of the factors include instilling hope in the patients in order to help them manage their own problems. Therefore. in terms of theory, the two models are different in their own fundamental principles that guide their functionality to the patients. Group Membership The two models tend to be joined by the fact that both of them place much emphasis on the importance and relevance of here and now theory in group therapy. Concerning group membership, I can note that with cognitive behavior group therapy it can be applied to a group of peo
Abstract The current paper discusses the impact of technological innovation, pay-for-performance, and evidence-based medicine to improve care quality and reduce costs. The study investigates the impact of the initiatives in coordinating care. The study also analyzes the adoption of Medicaid and Medicare in increasing care delivery across the country. The findings show that these initiatives may improve care quality and reduce costs. Discussion The current healthcare quality differs depending on the institution providing it. According to Mayberry, Nicewander, Qin, and Ballard (2006), significant gaps are noted in care provision that affects patient satisfaction and healthcare costs. In addition, reasonable costs influence care outcomes, creating a need for quality initiatives to handle the deficit (Yee, Lechner & Boukus, 2013). The present study explores the quality initiatives that increase patient satisfaction and potentially reduce healthcare costs. It should be borne in mind that the effects of Medicare and Medicaid on the quality of healthcare are dubious at the very last. While the concept of insurance as the basis for healthcare services provided is rather reasonable, some of its aspects are quite controversial. For instance, the recent rise in the prices for job-based health insurance can be interpreted as a rather positive effect on the security of staff, as the CEOs of the ADP research Institute explain (Mangan, 2015). In addition, the specified reforms have led to price transparency within the U.S. healthcare environment (DeLeire, Joynt & McDonald, 2014). As a result, the delivery of the corresponding health services is nowadays carried out in an entirely transparent manner. Hence, the threat of financial frauds, manipulation with medicine and, therefore, a drop in the quality of the corresponding services have been reduced, as the example of St. Michael’s Hospital (DeLeire et al., 2014) shows. Thus, among the factors affecting the delivery of healthcare services in the corresponding facilities, proper financing and the provision of a required budget for buying proper equipment and medicine, hiring competent staff, etc., deserves to be mentioned first. However, one must not underestimate the significance of adopting the corresponding technologies for facilitating high quality within the healthcare facilities, either. Last, but not least, the issue of healthcare ethics and compliance with law needs to be brou
Business communication is paramount for an effective business; to have an effective communication it is the work of leaders to ensure that their organization has such structures that can allow the flow of information from the sender to the receiver as well as the information has been received in the most correct form. There are a number of ways that managers can improve communication in their organization, they include: Ensuring that the organizational culture is positive towards communication; a positive organizational culture facilitates free flow of information where managers and subordinates share information and give feedback to each other to improve business operations and processes. Organizational culture has the symbols and signs of an effective communication thus any employee of the company will receive information as intended. The medium of communication should be well implemented and serviced; communication takes places via a channel or medium of communication; the medium needs to be effective and well understood by the majority of the organization. Organizational structure should be well framed and ensure that teams are well made; an orchestrate team has high chance of good communication than a team that is not bonded and well framed. An orchestrate team undertakes numerous trainings on the best communication methods they should adapt to share ideas among themselves. Since teams are made of people, there is need to address people needs and social evils that might hinder their communication; for instance there is need to have conflict resolution mechanisms that ensure people live well with each other for an effective business and team communication. Communication is an art that can be learn, thus team leaders should take the role of training their subordinates. Arctic Mining Consultants The team of Tom Parker, John Talbot, Greg Boyce and Brian Millar had engaged in an assignment that required to have been completed within a week; however according to Parker who was the overall leader of the team, the work was too much for them. The initial cause of the problem that arose in the team was the volume of work verses the people who were available for the task. The work seemed too much for them as well as they were having different experiences. When deciding the targets to be met, there were some assumption that the team leader made that the situations and conditions would be the same, although the workers has been promised some allowances on their efforts, there was an issue on how matters were handled thereafter. Another cause of the problems or the missing of the set objective was the way parker he
Technological development has changed the way many children relate to their friends. Today, most kids have access to mobile phones and the Internet. Consequently, they interact with their friends through social media platforms. According to Kennedy-Moore, a lot of parents are unable to regulate the use of technology among their children. Therefore, perpetrators of Cyberbullying take this opportunity to spot and harass their victims. Report from the Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI) identifies bullying as a major problem in most American schools (Schargel). Moreover, cyberbullying contributes to the death of many kids in the United States. Vulnerable children such as those with autism are at high risk of being bullied. Schools and parents have a significant role to play in the fight against cyberbullying. This paper will discuss the measures that parents and schools can take to curb this crime. Role of Schools In the past, most schools used filters to regulate the contents that students shared on the Internet. Nevertheless, Schargel claims that the majority of cyberbullies know how to circumvent these filters. Therefore, relying on such measures cannot protect students from cyberbullying. One of the strategies that schools ought to use is informing students about the crime and how it is handled. Empowering students to deal with cyberbullying may protect them from falling victims of the crime. It can also help them to cope with the challenge in case they are bullied. Transparency is critical in fighting cyberbully. Schargel posits that most cyberbullies prosper on humiliation, coercion, and secrecy. Failure to report incidents of cyberbullying to either parents or teachers allows the perpetrators to continue to commit the crime. Schools should encourage students to report instances of cyberbullying for necessary measures to be taken. Nurturing a tradition of forbearance and mutual respect in schools can help to prevent cyberbullying. According to Battista, “Schools can provide information to students about the legal ramifications of cyberbullying as well as make it a part of the school’s policy and students’ code of conduct with regard to the use of technology”. Many children share personal information on social networks without knowing the potential repercussions. Schools must enlighten students on the dangers of posting private information on social media. Moreover, they should teach learners how to purge confidential information online to prevent it from being exploited by cyberbullies. Many kids and youths do not know about cyberbullying and its effects. Battista argues that even though most children understand the classic behaviors attributed to bullying, schools must emphasize that online actions can also amount to harassment. Any form of online behavior either via emails, blogs, websites, or texting that can ruin people’s image is regarded as cyberbullying. Most students may not consider their actions as cyberbullying unless they know how they affect their colleagues. Role of Parents Cyberbullying activists encourage parents to monitor and restrict the us
Food production systems in Asia and Africa at the beginning of the 21st century Despite the differences in climate and human impact on the environment between Africa and Asia, the similarities tend to unify the two continents. There are similarities in the food production policies that are shared by both regions. According to Thomas-Slayter (2003), there is mixed cropping and integrating different forms of farming in both continents. This policy was put in place to enhance food security, especially because of unpredictable climatic conditions. This policy has worked well, especially for countries with low-income generation projects. A small piece of land can cater to quite some farming options so that adequate food production is made possible for the citizens of these two continents (Jerve, 2012). Food crops have been preferred to cash crops. This has been yet another food security policy. The latter has ensured that food is produced in plenty and that the citizens do not starve at the expense of cash crops. Fish farming is carried out on both continents. The main advantage attached to this type of farming is that fish ponds occupy small pieces of land. Fish f