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The focus of designs of facilities has shifted form the traditional methods and now it is dictated by the needs of both the users and residents. The needs may include health conditions. The designs are created to suit supportive and efficient staff performance in addition to reducing stress among visitors and residents. Other aims include increasing performance, ensuring customer satisfaction, and improving productivity. The designs put in mind the role of nature in making the structures safe and easier to use. Health institutions for example need to have outside gardens. The view of the garden and its shade improves the health outcomes by reducing stress thus helping in the management of stress and shows the commitment by the institutions to take care of the well-being of both their visitors and residents. If the gardens extend to other sites that can be used for physical exercise then the depression that results from stress is greatly reduced. More groups that are targeted by the improved designs other than those in the health institutions include the sightless, the hearing impaired, wheelchair users who have challenges in walking and the partially blind. Designers starting with those in the urban centers must take into account open places, pedestrian routes, and recreational areas. Architectural designs have to take care of the horizontal and vertical accessibility to outdoors by the physically challenged. This has to be considered whether it is among the new structures or the existing ones. Elevators, stairs, entrances, rest rooms, handrails, and doors are among the facilities within the structures that are designed to make ensure that the needs of all the visitors and residents are satisfied. The needs of people also influence the design of public places to improve their quality and usage. They have to be designed to meet the diverse cultures and outdoor life. People’s needs and experiences must be satisfied in the process of preparing the designs. The designs of outdoors in public places have to be user centered. Public spaces are considered as participatory landscapes. People claim these places through their feelings and actions. Direct human involvement calls for a valued examination of control as a major element in designing urban spaces. Control comes in to take care of personal and social benefits that people get from these public environments. Control is the ability of users whether individuals or groups to influence, use, or gain access to a public place. As such, control becomes a psychological construct. Control i
It is normally said as a general rule in financial accounting that the assets of a company less its liabilities are equal to the equity of that particular company. This means that each entry in the books of accounts of a company has an effect on its assets, liabilities, or equity. It, therefore, follows that for every debit entry, there is a credit entry to counter the effect on the books. This would balance the equation that Assets fewer Liabilities equal to Equity. In the case of Witten Company, this is its first month of operation and most transactions will touch on the stockholders’ equity since its year of investment. The following transactions will therefore follow. With the $20,000, we debit cash and credit shareholders funds. This is because there is an increase in cash, as well as an increase in shareholders’ funds. All the other transactions either lead to a cash inflow or a cash outflow. At the end of the day, we compute the net profit or income from these transactions and that would be the net increase or decrease in shareholder’s equity. This is done by basically concentrating on the income and expenditure for that period that is, August 2010. Below is the computation of net income of Witten Company for the period August 2010. From the above computation, it is depicted that the increase in shareholders funds in Witten Company is $2,750 which is basically the net of incomes and expenses in the month of August 2010. It is also important to note that this is its first month of operation and therefore it is not liable to tax. Computation of the net income for the month is as follows: The net income takes into account cash and credit sales for the period less any sale returns. In this case, there is no sales return. Therefore, the net income of Witten Company is equal to $9,800. The transactions will either affect cash or retained earnings and are explained as below. The purchase of supplies worth $100 is a
Introduction Many universities conduct some kind of common tests for the students to decide their exact eligibility for admission. Questions have been raised by many people for and against conducting these kinds of tests. GRE is a typical example of such tests. The purpose of this essay is to check whether GRE is an effective measurement of graduate admission or not. Origin of GRE The ancestor form of GRE originated at the time of the First World War. During the recruitment process of the US army, the authorities needed to check the efficiency of the candidates. They conducted alpha tests for evaluating candidates. Later the organizers of SAT exams had to follow the way of this army recruiting system under unexpected circumstances. After that most of the well-known universities began to follow the same way. In the book ‘ Rethinking the SAT: The future of standardized testing in university admissions’ Rebecca Zwick says, ”The first SAT consisted of questions included the questions similar to those included in the army alpha test, which had been developed by a team of psychologists for use in selecting and assigning military recruits in world war I.” (Zwick, 2004, p.xi-xii). Peculiarities of subjects GRE derived from the way we already mentioned. In this kind of exam, instead of evaluating the real abilities of candidates importance is given to the command of candidates over subjects like English, Math, etc. besides the general subjects. These candidates also have to face questions from other GRE subjects like Engineering, literature, etc. The main problem arises when candidates who are well at GRE subjects like engineering, fail in subjects like English. There are many points to justify standardized tests. Pro GRE people say that it doesn’t evaluate the candidates’ scores in their academic examinations. Only a minimum mark is necessary for attending the test. During the tests, the real thing which is counted would be the knowledge the candidate would have acquired during their academic years and their analytical ability. But things happen in another way. The organizers of the questions derive questions from a collection of conventional questions. So, naturally, candidates just prepare only those particular questions. There are a number of versions for GRE tests (now known as CAT – computer adaptability test) like GSAT, MSAT, LSAT, etc. The basic form of all these exams is similar. The difference is only on a few papers and the way they are conducted. The importance of keeping time limit Most of the exam organizers advise the universities to consider the results of these kinds of exams as one of the many criteria that should be assessed. But commonly this instruction is violated. Many institutions take the test result as the only parameter to evaluate the student for making admission as well as grading them throughout the academic years. All GRE tests are time-bound. The candidates must complete the exam within the specified time limit. They must be able to write the answers keeping the time limit. But the time required for doing a specific work may chang
The study of an effective group is of paramount importance especially in the academic circles. Here a well thought out group implies a great deal of academic excellence among learners and also a good spirit of team work. This is because working in groups makes learners tolerable to other people with diverse ideals and believes. In this case we are going to look at an academic group at college level of study which is supposed to work out assignments issued in classroom. We will also look at some tips which make this group to produce successful results. Finally, we will also look at how various dimensions of group participation are expressed in our group of interest and also how they lead to the group’s effectiveness. There are various factors which can be described to be very critical for the group to attain the intended standards of effectiveness. The most interesting point to note is that all this factors surround the leadership of the group. One of the key factors is the information sharing especially from the group leader to his group members. This can be realized through practicing open and transparent ways of passing messages which are wholly accessible to each and every member of the group with equal regards. In this case members will be in a position to come up with highly valued decisions since all members are quite knowledgeable about all crucial affairs of their group (Weber, 1983, p. 1). Also, with free flow of information there will be little objection towards arriving at final and most critical group decisions. Secondly, the other inevitable factor for the attainment of an effective group is the group confidence among the members themselves and also towards their leader. The group confidence implies the faith that they have upon themselves as it regards to the performance of their tasks and responsibilities and most particularly towards their leader. In this case the leadership style will have a lot of influence in shaping the confidence of the members in a group. Here the group leadership which appreciates and values the contribution of its members will lead to an effective group. This is because the members will participate more on the group tasks and in decision making due to existing good confidence towards the leadership. Also other practices which can increase group confidence includes retention of membership by the previous leaders of the group and practicing democratic form of leadership other than being autocratic (Wageman, 2010, p. 1). The other factors which can be attributed to attainmen
The Recovery Audit Contractor program is an essential topic for workers of the medical sphere. Although it is often viewed liked excessive bureaucracy outlay and waste of money by physicians, it helps control the payment system of the US clinics. The program evolved from the initiatives of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to develop an assessment of the various medical sphere’ departments. Multiple evaluation systems were arranged; RAC was meant to examine and control the financial correctness of the hospitals (Harrington, 2019). Initially, the program was employed as a demonstration projects with the three years term. It should have detected the errors in individual bills of contractors and organizations’ financial apparatus. However, the program was effective, and its executives proposed valuable solutions to payment methods and errors reduction. As a result, the Medicate approved the program for permanent work (Harrington, 2019). Thus, a project aimed at temporal problem solving proved to be a helpful tool for enhancing the healthcare system. The program’s design is relatively complex, which produced numerous issues in the payment regulations. Namely, the RAC staff was given a part of improper payments recognized by them; this factor has driven some workers to attempt to find the most costly errors (Zelman et al., 2020). However, the Medicare Audit Improvement Act corrected the issue by implementing fines for a selective approach for work. Nowadays, the payments for revision are chosen by the criteria of frequent mistakes in the area. Additionally, clinicians with proper medical education review the reports of RAC workers. It is especially important since various medical services are not coded for payments, as a result being billed inappropriately (Zelman et al., 2020). Moreover, unnecessary services could be revealed after analysis provided by RAC professionals (Harrington, 2019). Therefore, the program was improved thoroughly since its inception in the clinics of the US. The algorithms used by RACs are derived from years of experience. The workers are not given the cases of improper payments; instead, they should define the areas where the errors occur the most frequently or any suspicious organizations (Harrington, 2019). After that, the RAC workers send warnings to the providers of medical services who have received an underpaid bill or excessive amount of money for their work. Virtually, the improper fees are overpaid bills collected by dishonest or inexperienced providers (Harrington, 2019). Furthermore, medical assistants furnish detailed reviews of the cases, estimating the necessity of various services. The coding system developed by Medicate is used by RAC as well since it is composed by professionals in medicine. The appeals made by RACs undergone several stages; during them, additional analysis of a request is done, and a possibility to argue with the payment decision is given to providers. Finally, if providers do not meet the demand and cannot substantiate their position, the RCAs can transfer the case to the judicial organizations (Harrington, 2019). In brief, the RC
Introduction Entrepreneurial abilities and skills are often taught in theory to give students an understanding of their importance, traits, and applications. However, one of the most effective ways is to study real-life examples from a career of well-known business people who have applied these skills to overcome challenges. Consequently, this paper will look at the entrepreneurial and leadership traits of Jerry Yang, co-founder of Yahoo, to identify the essential skills for a successful business. Biography Jerry Yang is co-founder of Yahoo and is included in the Forbes list of the wealthiest people. Yang was born in Taiwan and was given the name Chih-Yuan at birth (Olson, 2014). When Yang was two years old, his father died, and eight years later, he and his extended family moved to San Jose because of the possibility that Taiwan being annexed to China. Yang had mathematics skills and built his first computer in high school, and later then entered Stanford for a computer engineering course (Olson, 2014). At Stanford, Yang met and became a friend of future Yahoo co-founder David Filo. This year was the beginning of the history of one of the largest and most successful search engines in the 1990s. The creation of Yahoo is the story of the hobby and knowledge of two Yang people who wanted to make the Internet more convenient. In 1994, they spent plenty of time on the Internet searching for materials for their alchemic works, but since the sites were not organized and not logical, this process took too much time. For this reason, Yang and Filo created “David and Jerry’s Guide to the Web” for friends by collecting the best sites, dividing them into categories, and creating a search engine (“David Filo & Jerry Yang,” n.d.). Over time, there were more sites, the system expanded, and more and more people started to use it. In 1994, the creators renamed the system to Yahoo, and by 1995 more than a million surfers a day were visiting it. However, Yang and Filo did not make any profit (David Filo & Jerry Yang,” n.d.). For this reason, Yang and Filo found venture capital, hired a CEO, and were the first who started to locate advertisements on site. In 1996 their stocks cost $ 33, and the companies were valued by $ 850 million in total (David Filo & Jerry Yang,” n.d). Yahoo has developed every year by concluding agreements with partners, online stores, and websites. However, Yang’s biography also demonstrates the blunders and setbacks that caused him to leave the company. In 2007, Yang became the CEO of Yahoo; however, many partners and business people called him “too nice” because he did not confront competitors and did not make tough decisions for the company (Effron, 2018). In addition, in 2008, Yang refused to sell Google shares to Microsoft for 62% more than the market value; as a result, Yahoo acquired Verizon in 2017 for 4.5 billion, or 10% of Microsoft’s offer (Ef
Introduction “The Proposition” is an Australian movie directed by John Hillcoat and it was released in 2005 which won a dozen awards for the best in screen play, cinematography, costume design, original music score, and production design. The film was also awarded the best movie and the best supporting actor. There are four producers for this movies and the screen play is written by Nick Cave. The presentation and depiction of indigenous culture of Australia is the main attraction of the film and this is the reason behind the selection of this particular movie for this assignment. Various elements in the movie like dialogues, cinematography, screen play, music and historical context take the movie to another realm. Therefore, it is one of the best movies in the contemporary history of Australia. Choosing the topic The reason behind the selection of the topic is that it has won many awards with the presentation of the indigenous culture of Australia. This movie is one of the best movies in Australia. “The Proposition” sets aside the emotion, the guilt and the judgment associated with contemporary thinking around Indigenous issues, and simply tells it like it is, warts and all” (Woorama, 2006). There was guerilla warfare in the older times in Australia at the time of invasions and the presentation of this movie helped the people to go back to the history and it paved the exposure of aboriginal people to the new world, media and movies. Since it depicts the older indigenous picture of Australia in all its authenticity, the movie gets an added attraction. “The film develops into the themes of screenwriter Nick Cave’s harrowing body of song lyrics – death, loneliness, and betrayal – which play out brilliantly against this desolate Australian landscape. That he contributes a mournful yet insistent score isn’t surprising, but Cave’s ease with story structure, dialogue, and characterization is refreshing indeed for a rock musician” ( The proposition: Review , 2010). “The film’s creative strategy is simply to go further than anyone has in depicting the horror and degradation of the frontier in the 1880s. White on white or black, black on black or white – all are colored red in The Proposition . The assumption is we’ve been kidding ourselves, unwilling to face the truth. The film is a sort of misanthropic history lesson, with a hectoring tone and a desire to shock. That would not be a problem if it were also dramatically satisfying” (Byrnes, 2005). Angle and perspective taken The movie gives importance to the colonial times of Australia and it brings so many facts in front of the viewers thereby putting a lot of thoughts into the spectators’ minds to ponder over. “This movie reflects very well the very dark side of colonial Australia. The true past of colonial Australia is often forgotten or glossed over, but once you know of the events at Lambing Flats and of the Tasmanian Cannibal Convicts, Alexa
Introduction This document is a decision document whose aim is to carry out analysis of the possible sites and come up with a decision on the location to build a hospital for the Mid South Hospitals NHS trust. The project will be financed by several companies which include banks, building firms, developers and service providers. The hospital once completed will be run by the Private Finance Initiative (PFI). Large scale buildings such as this hospital would in the past be financed by the treasury but under the private finance initiative they are put out to tender. The private consortia is given the opportunity to build the new facility and then lease it back to the NHS along with non clinical support such as maintenance, catering, cleaning and laundry. The consortium is then paid an annual unitary payment by the NHS trust. These payments are higher than those that the treasury would have paid if it had financed the project. The payments also flow back to the coffers of the private companies that make up the consortium instead of circulating back to the NHS. This results in an increase in the return to investment. The returns that will come up after winning the contract are enormous and therefore this document provides in depth analysis of the locations to ensure that the contract is won. The current hospitals in the region are old and cannot cope with the current medical demands of the residents. The facilities in these hospitals are also not updated to the current technology and therefore the need to develop a state of the art facility for this region cannot be overlooked. Another problem that faces the area is whether to construct one large hospital at a centralized location or many hospitals at different locations in the area. The construction of one large hospital is favored by the consortia since it will result in the hospital being able to provide excellent special treatment centers across a wide range of specialties. The hospital will be able to attract more medical specialists. This option however faces some drawbacks since the area does not have a good bus transport system and getting a specific location where its accessibility will not be affected to a great deal become problematic. Before making a decision on the preferred site, it is important to examine in detail the potential sites which may act as the location for the hospital. These are examined below. Sites Potential site A: Old Colliery This site is a disused mining site and needs a considerable amount of investment to clean it up and sterilize it before it can be built upon. The landscaping of the area is currently being done and also the infrastructure is being improved. On the other hand, the transport network for the area is poor and the quality of housing for the area is also poor. There are no green areas around the place meaning that the environment is not well conserved. The advantages of this area is that there is availability of unskilled and semi skilled workers who may prove an advantage if