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Gaming is one of the many activities people use to control their mood and maintain their emotional state. The effects of video games on the psyche have been raised regularly throughout the industry’s history. More often than not, the mainstream TV channels, radio airwaves, or any other media space sources put video games in a negative light. Digital entertainment is referred to as increased aggression in society and crimes committed by people with mental disorders. The media has often blamed video games, particularly Call of Duty, for several types of crimes and inappropriate actions. An example would be when a man escaped from prison, then came out of hiding to buy that game. While trying to apprehend him, he attacked an officer ( Fugitive comes out) . At the same time, in 2017, scientists in Germany summed up the results of a four-year study in which they tested Call of Duty players. The study aimed to reveal the impact of games on a person’s worldview. After the gameplay, the subjects were shown pictures of real-life brutality and compared with the reactions of a second group who did not play. It turned out that both groups responded in the same way. Besides, video games are used for therapeutic purposes: they allow participants to experience novelty, help maintain attention over a long period, develop social skills, and help with cognitive recovery (Griffith et al. 71). Accordingly, the view that video games containing violent scenes harm the human psyche and make people aggressive is highly subjective and not holistic. The most well-known effects of video games usually report perceived negative impacts. These include game addiction, increased violence, and various psychosocial consequences. These effects should not be forgotten, but there are many references in the literature to the positive benefits of video games. The topic needs to be studied and dealt with from different angles, as the issue is quite acute and relevant. Works Cited Fugitive comes out of hiding to buy new ‘Call of Duty’ video game, police say. KTVU FOX 2, 2021, Web. Griffith, Mark, et al. Videogames as Therapy. International Journal of Privacy and Health Information Management , vol. 5, no. 2, 2017, pp. 71–96.
Introduction Athletes make use of dietary supplements with the aim of enhancing their performance. Proteins are some of the most popular “performance-enhancing” supplements used by amateur and professional athletes. Norbert et al. report that at least 40% of athletes make use of protein supplements because they feel that an ordinary diet is unable to provide the necessary nutrients in adequate quantity (2). The prevalence of protein supplement usage among athletes is because of the supposed benefits that these products give to the individual. However, most of the advantages are overstated and research indicates that supplements have some significant demerits. This paper will set out to argue that protein supplements are bad and as such, they should not be used by athletes. Why Protein Supplements are Bad Protein supplements are associated with a number of adverse health effects on the individual. Protein supplements are consumed in order to add the protein content in the athlete’s body. Since most supplements contain a high dosage of protein, consuming them might lead to the overloading of the body with proteins. Nemet and Eliakim document that when this happens, the kidneys and the liver experiences a high urea/nitrogen load (13). Excess proteins lead to the production of more ammonia by the body and it is the function of the kidney to get rid of these ammonia. The kidneys are overworked as they try to eliminate more ammonia from the body. This kidney and liver overload can contribute to the loss of kidney function or the development of kidney complications. Large amounts of protein also result in dehydration, which is undesirable for the athlete. Vaughn warns that a decrease of as little as 2% of body weight from dehydration can significantly reduce the muscular strength and stamina of the athlete (236). Dehydration also places the athlete’s body at risk since the body temperature rises steadily and the heart rate increases. It can also result in an increase of calcium loss from the body, therefore reducing the strength of the athlete’s bones. Protein supplements do not stimulate muscle growth in the athlete. Most athletes consume protein supplement under the false assumption that this will assist in muscle growth. Whitney and Eleanor reveal that protein supplements do not assist in the building of muscle (195). This assertion is supported by research by Nemet and Eliakim, which indicates that there is no scientific evidence demonstrating that increased protein intake will increase muscle mass” (13). The additional protein provided by protein supplements is dismantled by the body and used for energy or stored as body fat. The athlete is only able to stimulate muscle growth by engaging in vigorous exercising. Taking protein supplements in the hope that these products will stimulate muscle growth is ineffective and it does not assist the athlete to enhance his capabilities. Protein supplements lead to excess fat development and this might decrease the performance of the athlete. Athletes consume protein supplements due to the body-building ability of proteins
Introduction It is worth noting that the air transportation industry is highly competitive and complex due to a number of reasons. In addition, many enterprises have been striving to share leadership among themselves for many years (Cummings & Angwin, 2015). Air New Zealand is an example of the way effective management and leadership have brought the mid-level company to the group of large-scale leaders through a considerate attitude toward marketing strategy. The purpose of this research paper is to analyse the New Zealand airline industry, evaluate the market potential of Air New Zealand, and discuss the risks associated with its marketing strategy. Alternatives Within the Strategy Despite the opportunities that the company attained through the use of viral technologies, the risks discussed above are significant. Therefore, it is essential to identify alternative solutions within the strategy chosen by the enterprise. From the point of view of managing consumer demand, viral marketing has ensured the distribution of certain information through social networks and other services; nonetheless, the company also needs to consider traditional promotion methods including advertising (Bolke, 2014). It will allow making certain that consumers receiving an information message will obtain it from both disinterested parties and on behalf of the affiliated side. In addition, relying on viral marketing, the company needs to use other methods of positioning and brand promotion, which will mitigate the possible risks described above. For instance, the enterprise might cons
Messages must pass through four basic elements in which the audience may selectively decide to be involved with the communication or not. The four basic principles involved are attention, understanding, retention, and action. Which one of the four principles do you think is the most important and why? Communication is the process whereby a sender directs information to an audience or a receiver through a medium. The sender encodes the message and gives time for receivers to decode it before they give feedback. The basic principles involved in communication are attention, understanding, retention, and action. An effective communication process allows an organization to be involved with the community through corporate social responsibility (CSR). An organization’s involvement in the community is very important and it offers credit to the organization. In addition, the multi-approach public relations plan is of benefit to an organization in several ways. Effective communication, involvement in the community, and the multi-approach public relations plan are vital to the success of any organization. Understanding is an important principle of communication. Decoding is the process where the receiver understands and connects meaning to a message. Before sending information, the sender first has to encode the message first. Encoding is where the sender decides the correct words and the best channel to use in conveying the message that will make it understandable by the intended receiver. However, this does not mean that the recipient will correctly understand the message as intended by the initial sende
PICOT Do adult patients with cancer pain (p) feel less pain when receiving palliative care from the palliative care team (i) if compared to conventional care practice (c) in terms of pain intensity reduction and improved pain management (o)?   * P: Patients with cancer pains   * I: Palliative management and consultations   * C: Conventional care practice (no palliative care whatsoever)   * O: Reduced pain strength and enhanced pain management   * T: This parameter is not required for this study. Statement of the Problem The problem revolves around the provision of care to palliative cancer patients and their overall psychological and physical condition. It is safe to say that this particular population is exposed to several health issues that adversely impact their state and seriously downgrade their resistance to depression and other mental health issues (Matzo & Sherman, 2014). Within the framework of this research, it is expected to evaluate the benefits of a palliative care team and their influence on patient outcomes. The researcher is certain of the fact that the social and emotional needs of palliative patients with cancer will be met as a result of the conducted research (Becker, 2015). By addressing the issue of palliative care of cancer pains in patients, the researcher expects to answer the question of whether the developed practitioner-led intervention will turn out to be effective. (Matzo & Sherman, 2014). This problem is rather relevant for the existing health care environment because it is pivotal to identify the best way to deal with pains in palliative cancer patients and facilitate their living through the proposed intervention. Connection to Specialization The problem of implementing this particular practitioner-led intervention is inextricably linked to the area of my specialization because assembling a palliative care team of practitioners is hypothetically expected to be an effective instrument in helping palliative cancer patients to deal with their pains (Melnyk & Fineout-Overholt, 2015). Employing this project, the partakers will improve professional skills and expand their knowledge base in terms of mitigating pains associated with cancer. The existing literature in the area also contributes to the connection between my specialization and the proposed intervention as there are issues that are currently insufficiently researched, and there is a need to generate more evidence (Becker, 2015). Also, by assembling the team of palliative care professionals, the researcher expects to address several issues inherent in nursing leadership practices and management approaches. The Evidence-Based Nature of PICOT The evidence-based origin of the practice question stated at the beginning of the paper can be supported by research in the area that claims that palliative care seriously affects the patients’ perceptions of pain (Matzo & She
This is a company that deals with the tobacco business and has the economic and voting interest in the world’s largest brewing companies. It deals with the selling of tobacco and it is the largest in the world in the selling of this product. It is found in New York City therefore the country makes many sales from this product benefiting the people economically and raising their standards of living. (Damaris, 1999) The company has spread its branches to other countries like the UK where it is able to sell its products and also have the product been processed in such a country making its sales to be high as it is the only tobacco company that is able to have support on the FDA regulation meaning that most of the worldwide producers of this product will be affected as people will switch to this company for the product that is proved to be safe for human consumption. The company will have many branches in all the countries because their products are safe. But meanwhile, the company seems to lose most of its profitable consumers because of the measures that are taken that is the banning of advertisement of the product this means that few people will have the knowledge about the product and thus the people without the knowledge will not buy from the company and therefore low sales will be made. The campaigns in tobacco control have the focus on the efficiency of the industry’s role in promoting tobacco use and therefore to increase sales the people need to have knowledge concerning the use of the product. Due to the negative effects that resulted from tobacco the company had to change its name from the Philip Morris companies to Altria so that they can be able to retain the product profit. The product leads to effects on people’s health like cirrhosis that is caused by the use of cigarettes for a long time therefore the health warning campaigns against the use of this product have affected the sales of tobacco. The company was able to raise its sales after the changing of the name where it made the world have the impression that this company will have the impact of increasing the sales and thus the people are benefiting as they charge low prices as compared to the other companies. The company has done all the things that can raise its sales by changing the name so that the users understand the company as providing the best products that have followed the legislation laws of the health institutions this brings a clear outlook of the company were by the consumers are willing to make use of the product because it is seen to be safe. The change of the name had the implication of providing a full description of the company as the leading consumer products company that led the people to rate the company as the most favorable company to make the purchase of its products. The use of consumer food beverages had no meaning to the people and therefore
Outline The basic concepts required to change the operations of the fire service station to enhance the reduction of accidents were the ultimate intent of this paper. The processes involved in the initiation and termination of projects in the station should follow proper planning initiatives, organization, and guidelines. The pre-determined goals and objectives of the station can only be achieved through proper reforms in the stages involved in project management. The main issues covered in the paper are; the organization structure which forms the basis for steady and consistent functioning and operations of the station. A working structure provides the foundation on which duties and procedures are set by the required standards as well as allows all individuals to engage in decision making. Leadership is also examined as an important factor of management and project behavior. Transformational, interactive, situational and transactional leadership is the most effective style for a project which is set to reduce incidences and accidents in the stations’ service vehicles. Certain skills are a necessity in leadership which include; project management skills, team management as well as self and customer management competencies. Information transmission within various departments in the station is also very important. Thus the other factor discussed in the paper is communication skills. The performance within the station is influenced by communication and therefore, proper channels for transmitting information should be a priority. To avoid the dissemination of wrong messages to the workers, the station has the mandate to improve the channels involved in information delivery. The sender or encoder, message, media of transmission as well as the receiver or rather the encoder should be well defined to ensure that the right response is obtained from a communication. These were the major stages discussed in the paper since a fire service station without such consistency and planning suffers mismanagement hence an increase in incidences and accidents to its service vehicles. Introduction For the successful conclusion of project goals and objectives, the discipline of planning, organizing, securing, and managing resources are very crucial. A project with a defined setup and end brings about important transitions and added value in an organization. It is therefore; very important to follow proper planning initiatives and guidelines to achieve the stipulated results from a project and at the same time honoring the preconceived project constraints. Some of the typical constraints in a project are Scope, time, and budget. Other ambitious and secondary challenges are allocation and optimization as well as integration of inputs vital to meet pre-determined goals. According to Mutt (2011), any project requirement is steered through by specific stages which include the initiation stage, planning, execution, controlling, and finally closing stage. T
Introduction Partnerships create healthy opportunities for businesses to grow. The reason is because of the aspect of shared responsibilities. However, the growth of this form of business depends on the number of partners and the capital they inject into the entity. The firm “We Guessed, and You’re Wrong” (WG & YW) is a consulting partnership owned and operated by four friends. The business uses computing technology and data mining software to help people predict the future of their ventures. The company has continued to grow over the past few years. The current state of the firm gives the owners an opportunity to introduce new partners and staff into the company. A new partner would bring the capital of $1,000,000 to the firm. They will also bring additional opportunities. Alternatively, the firm can hire new NMSU engineering graduates and develop an associate program that would allow the new recruits to grow to partner status. Such growth can be achieved through career development (Schlosser, White, and Lloyd 135). A potential partner will need to accumulate at least one million dollars to join the business. As a shareholder in the firm, I would make a number of recommendations to the other partners. I will advise them to hire three new NMSU engineering graduates and develop an associate program. The reasons for the recommendation of the option will be discussed below. Advantages of Allowing more Partners to Invest in WG & YW Consulting Firm Hiring three new NMSU engineering graduates is recommended as a way of expanding the operations of the business. The process will lead to the development of an associate program that will allow the new students to grow to partner status through career development (Kaplan, Sensoy, and Stromberg 99). The information provided in the case study indicates that the firm would incur some costs to set up the associate program. However, the firm will remain in control of its operations. The expenses would be incurred only at the start of the associate program. After the initial costs are met, the firm is expected to make more profits. High-Caliber Partners for the Company There are a number of advantages associated with increasing the partners in the firm by hiring NMSU engineering graduates. The major benefit is that the move will enhance the quality of services provided by the consulting company (Barber and Odean 790). The main operations of the firm involve the use of computing technology and data mining software to predict the future of investment portfolios. The graduates will learn more about the operations of the company by working with the original founders of the firm. It is noted that the business will not assimilate partners directly into the entity. However, after the training period, the graduates will be allowed to join as partners. The strategy is advantageous to the firm, given that it will be absorbing people who know their duties in the business. High-caliber partners will help the organization to grow further (Barber and Odean 801). The firm will also be able to offer quality services to consumers. As a result, demand for the products would
Introduction Ethics are simply concerned in distinguishing what is right or wrong, good or bad to the society. Several theories were developed to explain this but in one way or another, they differed from each other because some considered the morality of an action while others considered the consequences of an action. Deontological theories, normative and utilitarian theory are some of the ethical theories Jeremy and Daniel clearly explain some of these theories in their book and their relevant contributions to medical ethics as discussed below. Jonsen on the other hand indirectly applies these theories but he mainly focuses on normative ethics which he directly and openly discusses as we shall later in this article According to Jeremy Daniel deontological theories, also known as Kantian theories judge the rightness and wrongness of an action based on its adherence to the rules that are to be followed 1 . In other words, if a person completely adheres to the rules of a certain discipline then his actions are right, for instance, if a doctor tells a patient in a critical condition that he is not likely to survive and that there is no hope, he may be considered as a moral person because he has adhered to the rule of sharing every relevant information with patients. Jonsen also indirectly applies Deontological ethics when he introduces us to the modern medical ethics which suggests that some actions are wrong for instance lying to a patient to convince him to do the right thing. Modern ethics recommend that doctors tell their patients the whole truth and let the patients decide from the advice given to them by the medical specialists. On the other hand, the Utilitarian theory demands that a right and moral action is one that produces more pleasure over pain 2 . Pleasure in the medical involves healing of hence if any action leads to the healing of the patient then it is ethically right according to Utilitarians. In another word, the outcome of an action determines whether an action is right or wrong rather than considering whether the action itself is right or wrong. For instance, if a doctor has to lie to the patient to convince her to continue taking her medication then lying in this situation is right and good. Also, it considers the number of people involved in that an action should produce more pleasure over pain to the majority of the population and not the minority. In other words, an action is considered right if it produces more happiness to most of the people that it affects. Medical ethics tend to differ with this although not in all situations. As we shall see later in this article the medical code of ethics demands that the doctor should share with the patient all relevant information about the disease and the form of treatment