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The quality of the services provided by the health care sector could be considered one of the major concerns of the modern health care sector. The fact is that the quality of life of a patient and his/her recovery depend on the efficiency of the provided care and approaches used to treat him/her ( Details Do Matter! Medical Malpractice in Dubai, UAE 2015). However, there are numerous cases when the disregard of the basic norms and the disrespectful attitude towards the performance of certain duties result in the increased risk to patient safety (Van Leijen 2015). In this regard, it is crucial to introduce a certain monitoring system that will be able to control the functioning of health workers and guarantee their respectful attitude to their duties. Besides, a national reporting system focused on the improvement of the healthcare quality and patient safety should also be implemented in Dubai. There are several reasons for this statement. Statistics show that in the UAE the number of fatal mistakes that result in patients deaths or significant deterioration of their state remains high (Bell 2014). For this reason, the reporting systems main task is the decrease in the number of medical errors and improved quality of the health care delivery. Its positive impact could be evidenced by the fact that organizations characterized by the implementation of similar monitoring system show better outcomes and have good rates of patients recovery (Kader 2013). There are several crucial points that should be considered while implementing the given reporting system. First, it should be public for people to be able to obtain the important information related to the functioning of various health care organizations and also provide the information needed to make a certain conclusion (Allouz & Muhtadi n.d.). Under these conditions, patients will have an opportunity to impact the delivery of care and improve it. Additionally, health workers should also provide the information about their actions and main procedures used to help a patient to recover. Besides, to attain success and guarantee the objectivity of data, it could be collected with the help of certain monitoring equipment ( Medical errors may go unreported n.d.). The credibility of the given information will obviously contribute to the improved outcomes and increased patient safety. Finally, to guarantee the efficiency of the program and turn it into a powerful tool that could really alter the current situation, it is crucial to use this data as the credible evidence to the incompetence of certain workers and necessity of additional training. In other words, in case a program admits the lack or skills, experiences, and competencies needed to perform a certain task, a health worker should be removed until his/her competencies will be improved. Altogether, the gre
Health Information System (HIS) refers to “a system that can acquire, manage, transmit, and store data and information such as the health of patients and activities of health facilities” (Fichman, Kohli, & Krishnan, 2011, p. 419). Information systems play a significant role in every healthcare setting. Such systems have been “evolving with every technology change” (AbouZahr & Boerma, 2005, p. 582). The 1800s The first medical machines emerged during the 19th century. However, such primitive machines did not contribute a lot to the improvement of HIS. The main technological inventions included probes and scalpels (Fichman et al., 2011). Electrotherapy machines were also invented during this century. The 1900s-1940s This period was “characterized by various assistive technologies such as hearing aids, pacemakers , and ventilators ” (Aghazadeh, Aliyev, & Ebrahimnezhad, 2012, p. 866). X-ray machines also developed during the same period (AbouZahr & Boerma, 2005). The 1940s-1960s During this period, computers became common thus pioneering new changes in healthcare practice. Medicaid and Medicare in the United States promoted the acquisition of mainframe computers. Such computers made it for “different hospitals to share their accounting systems” (Aghazadeh et al., 2012, p. 869). The 1970s The concept of effective communication between healthcare departments became evident during the 1970s. New applications “such as results reviews and order communications were developed” (Grandia, 2015, para. 3). New transaction systems became evident thus imp
Initially, Nintendo was not lucky and owes its survival and strong market position to the Wii console strategy. Nintendo also started to feature some of its high-tech amusement arcade games on the Wii platform. Wii employed a new strategy by realising that the firm could do more with less input. Therefore, it successfully employed combination of low powered processors and a standard optical disc drive, compared to the powerful chips and high definition lasers in Sony’s PS3 and Microsoft’s XBOX 360. The strategy utilized motion sensing wireless technology that compels one to get up and in to playing the game. Wii controller resembles TV remote controllers. The designers speculated that the familiarity with TV remote could be more appealing than the more complicated video game controllers. The strategy was a success. It is due to these strategies that the firm managed to survive and become the most successful video game company in terms of revenue and profits earned. The Wii game console was termed as an immediate smash hit by industry analysts. They dared and questioned its potential to remain relevant and successful in the market. However, their fears and speculations subsided when retailers started to have troubles in keeping the product in their stocks for more than a year. The firm defeated its competitors with 24 million purchases completed in a period of 18 months as compared to only 19 million complete purchases of Xbox 360 from Microsoft and only 12 million complete purchases of PS3 from Sony for the same period of time. In addition, Wii game console has the capability to scan weather, news, and websites through wireless internet connections; a tool that fuels a continued sale of Wii in the market. Therefore, Nintendo was able to put into rest the doubt that the Wii product was just a short-term event (fad). In the product life cycle, Wii can be classified to be in the Maturity stage, this is the second last stage in the product cycle. It can be argued that the game console is moving towards the decline stage. Therefore, at maturity stage of any product in market, the most delicate stage, the company has to put stringent measures and strategies to give the product a competitive advantage. Evidently, Nintendo is employing good strategies that are keeping Wii in the market. The fact that Nintendo has always emphasized on innovation positions the firm stronger in the market. For example the critical interface in gaming has always been the success determiner and as the case suggests Nintendo is currently putting in place developers to think about how interaction uses motion on gaming consoles. In fact, Nintendo’s success can be attributed to creative leadership and willingness to do things differently. As long as Nintendo stays focused it will be successful for many years to come. Wii’s next life cycle phase is ‘decline’ and
Introduction Cannabis is also known as weed, hashish and a large wide variety of different slang phrases. The most common form is marijuana – a “greenish-grey mixture of the dried flowers of Cannabis sativa” (NIDA 2018, para. ). In terms of intake, some individuals smoke marijuana in pipes, hand-rolled cigarettes or in blunts. The predominant mind-altering chemical in cannabis that is accountable for most of the intoxicating effects in people is known as delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). Cannabis is the most commonly used psychoactive drug around the world after alcohol and the first among illicit substances. During the last several years, the number of cannabis users has increased among adolescents and concerns have been raised that its consumption can lead to serious mental disorders specifically psychotic disorders. Nemours research studies have been conducted to investigate the link between cannabis use and schizophrenia. These studies aim to explore the adverse consequences of cannabis use together with whether it increases the risk of developing schizophrenia. The available evidence in the literature shows a connection between cannabis and psychosis. Seven years ago, the Swedish Conscripts Cohort was the only major study control that addressed this topic. New studies have emerged and supported the Swedish study that cannabis is a substantial association factor for schizophrenia. However, other studies are more careful when drawing such conclusions and interpretations because there is no clear evidence that cannabis causes schizophrenia. Regarding this assignment, I am going to address the importance of this topic in the field of addiction and healthcare, assessing the research that suggests that cannabis plays a role in schizophrenia and the strengths and weakness of the study. Lastly, I will conclude the research with possible academic suggestions for the literature review. Rationale for the Subject and its Importance in the Field
Introduction Paternalistic ethos appeared to be the part of colonial American history influencing the life of various class levels being under the pressure of social instability. The book “Give Me Liberty! An American History” written by Eric Foner, highlights the basic peculiarities of paternalistic ethos interference with social activities and underlines the attitude of social classes to its introduction in the USA through various historical steps of country development. Class Inequality and paternalistic ethos The development of paternalistic ethos was considered to be a try to suffuse the relationships between colonial partners and dependents on the basis of legitimacy through the metropolitan contemporary norms adoption. The introduction of paternalistic ethos appeared to be a significant step in class rule legitimizing. It left a positive print in the international and interclass unity of the colonial period experiencing by the USA. The slaves managed to feel humanity on the part of higher classes due to paternalistic ethos development; it created some space for the slaves giving them an opportunity to release their needs through religious involvement and expression. Slaves and people of Afro-American origin had an opportunity to experience the “sense of family”. “…it created a tendency for the slaves to identify with a particular community through identification with its master…” (Foner, 2005) It should be noted that paternalistic ethos was the slaves’ defense against the threat to their interests and possibilities for self-expression. Being the representative of the Northern culture, the paternalistic ethos could be perceived as the shaper of nationalism. The introduction of this aspect influenced the unity of black and white nations uniting them under common elements of intimacy and affection. The representative of the northern state being under the influence of communist interests experienced pressure because of paternalistic ethos development; it is necessary to underline the fact the individuals were impacted by the interests of the state and experienced strong pressure in the political sphere. The owners of plantations having slaves and enough space for their agricultural business widening were as well influenced by the adoption of paternalistic ethos; it should be noted that emotional distance between them and their slaves could result in slaves’ chattel status. Nevertheless, some changes were observed in the system of agriculture provisions. Some fines and penalties have been introduced for unwillingness to serve people. Slaveholders and employers took advantage of such changes receiving additional profits. Conclusion The characteristics of paternalistic ethos in the book “Give Me Liberty! An American History”, written by Eric Foner, managed to evaluate the pros and cons of its development for all levels of social classes. The period of colonial America appeared to demonstrate the atmosphere that time through the lives
Raymond Carver, a major short-story writer, and poet in the 1980s are often called a minimalist writer. His stories were brief with strong messages. The stories contained themes of importance in real-life described small periods and often it included alcoholism, which was a part of his life as well. In this paper, two of his stories, “What we talk about when we talk about love” and “Cathedral,” are going to be discussed. There are both similarities and differences between these two works. Though the themes in the stories are different, both convey a message which is strong enough and thought-provoking to the readers. His characters undergo a change that is obvious at the end of the story, thereby which they realize truths that were earlier strange to them. The characters in “What we talk about when we talk about love,” and “Cathedral” develop with the story and by the end, they undergo a change which they receive with a shock. In the former story, Mel, through his narration of a story of an old couple, explains their love, the rest of them realize what true love is. They remain on their chairs though they initially had plans to go out for dinner. “I could hear my heart beating. I could hear everyone’s heart. I could hear the human noise we sat there making, not one of us moving, not even when the room went dark.”(Dialogue from “What we talk about when we talk about love”). In Cathedral, a narrator is an arrogant person at the beginning of the story. He makes fun of the blind man by talking about color TV and commenting about blind people. He sympathizes with Robert’s wife out of his ignorance. However, in the end, the narrator understands that it is not different to be blind and that the visually challenged Robert sees everything in a better way than himself. Secondly, the characters in both stories are similar. Many of Carver’s works present characters who are divorced and again married. These two stories are not different from his other works. They too have characters who married twice. “What we talk about when we talk about love” has Mel, Terri, and Nick who were once divorced before they married again. Similarly, in “Cathedral,” the narrator’s wife is a woman who married and later got separated from an army officer. The setting in both the stories is similar too. Only a small period in the lives of the characters is depicted in the stories. It is Carver’s unique way of writing short stories. “What we talk about when we talk about love” happens when four people sit together and talk about what real love is. The story ends when their conversation ends, which means the story is about just a couple of hours in the characters’ lives. “Cathedral” is about a blind man coming to the narrator’s house which causes them to interact with each other, following which the narrator’s notions and attitude change. The story end
The Role of a Global Organization for the State Global organization refers to any international alliance that involves many different nations or countries that are united by a common agenda. Global organizations are defined by the countries or regions they represent, and their main objective is to study, gather and disseminate information, establishing laws and policies that are universally accepted (Campbell et al., 2004). More importantly, these organizations do play several significant roles and activities to their member states. For instance, the organizations assist in cooperation and unity between different nations, by setting negotiation deals between them. It is also the responsibility of international organizations to set up bilateral or multilateral treaties between nations. Apart from these roles, some organizations would also conduct certain supervisory functions. Other common functions of global organizations, which have assumed great significance in recent times are the negotiation of multilateral agreements between nations and the formation of consortium institutions that would establish a foundation for important international projects (Cullen and Parboteeah, 2005). This paper features the Chad-Cameroon Oil Pipeline Project as an example of projects that have been funded by a consortium of private and public financial institutions. The Chad-Cameroon Oil Pipeline Project The Chad-Cameroon Oil Pipeline Project is a project whose development can be defined in a mixture of aids and debts. Officially inaugurated in the year 2003, this was arguably one of the largest private/public development projects in Africa. As it would be observed, Chad and Cameroon are both categorized as low-income nations, by the World Bank and they only depend on exports of primary products for their foreign earnings. For instance, Chad’s limited natural resources, coupled with the incessant political conflicts have resulted in less private investment. In that case, Chad would have to depend largely on their neighbor Cameroon which serves as an entry as well as an exit for the country’s imports and exports. Also, Chad’s foreign income is very much limited owing to its limited accessibility as a landlocked country. This continues to pose serious challenges to the country’s economic development… Economic Situation in Chad To sum it all, the economical situation in Chad is not so impressive as a result of long years of political instability and civil wars. The country was recently ranked in the fifth position among the poorest countries globally, by the World Bank and this indicates its poor economy. More importantly, Chad is constituted of a bulging in
Introduction While budgeting as a whole has many strategic challenges, budgeting for the public and non-profit sectors has its own concerns that are unique to these types of organisations. The process of creating, implementing and maintaining a budget for a non-profit organisation (NPO) may be especially challenging due to such specific concerns as the lack of standard earnings system and reliance on stakeholders’ consistency. Thus, it is vital to address the problems that a person responsible for creating a budget can encounter while working with different types of NPOs. This essay attempts to describe NPOs, introduce general guidelines for budgeting in non-profits, outline challenges specific to this sector and present a number of possible solutions that one can utilise to make the budget effective and reliable. Description of NPOs Non-profits can have different purposes and take the form of a wide range of organisations (Zietlow et al. 2018). For instance, some non-profits may be concerned with local initiatives such as community education and support, while others may centre on global issues in the spheres of healthcare, religion and many others. However, the uniting factor of all NPOs and their defining trait is their charitable nature built on the focus on social causes. As a contrast to businesses, non-profits do not revolve around gaining profits and distributing them among the main stakeholders of the company (Shah 2007). While in the for-profit organisations the budget may revolve around the end goal of gaining the highest possible amount of money, non-profits usually focus on furthering their goal. The main aim of each NPO is directly connected to its objectives and major operations. All finances gathered by these organisations directly or indirectly support the fulfilment of these goals and are not expected to bring particular financial gain as a result of service (Bryson 2018). Therefore, the process of creating a budget for such organisations cannot rely on profits derived from work of the NPOs members but should consider alternative ways of acquiring financial support. Budgeting in the Non-Profit Sector: Guidelines The beginning step to creating a budget for NPOs is the establishment of the main guidelines for the future budget. In order to stay focused on the main goals, an NPO’s budget should set specific objectives for the programme and its parts. These goals can also help one to allocate necessary funds to the most critical elements and resources required for an NPO to function. Here, the assessment of all activities that determines which of them are essential and which are not is appropriate. As NPOs usually do not have a stable source of income because of the lack of commercial operations, the allocation of funds to required resources is essential to the success of an organisation. Furthermore, the attention should be given to the anticipated income sources, and
Purpose of the trip The purpose of the international traveling plan is to visit the Greece city of Athens for five days. The five days will be spent within the city but on different sites. The first day of the tour will be spent in the region of the Acropolis in the Acropolis Museum and Plaka. The second day of the tour will be spent in the regions such as the Ancient Agora, Temple of Olympian Zeus, and Syntegra Square. The third day of the trip will be spent on the outskirts of the city of Athens. The day will begin by picking a cab from the Athens Art Tour. The tour will comprise of visiting the National Archeological Museum, Byzantine Museum, and the Christian Museum. The afternoon part of the third day will be spent doing the Athens Bike and Ride Tour. The fourth day will be spent in Cape Sounion, Temple of Poseidon, and a half-day bus tour of the city. The last day will be spent on a private tour of the city of Athens. A brief history of Athens Athens is among the oldest cities in Greece. The city is known as the foundation of western cultural civilization. The city is known to have produced great philosophers such as Plato, Socrates, and Aristotle among others. The city is very rich in Greek artifacts such as temples and statues. The city is the current capital of Greece (Hellander and Armstrong 32). The city has world-renowned attraction sites such as the Acropolis and Plaka. These sites have big museums full of Greek artifacts which can be dated back to the 16th century. Statistics about tourist arrivals The city of Athens attracts an average of six and a half million tourists annually from across the globe. In the year 2013 alone, the city of Athens attracted 6,920, 678 tourists. Sixty percent of these tourists were from European Union followed by 10% from the US and %10 from the Asian continent (Greek-Athens, par. 4). Hotel lodging: Green practices The notable green practices in the Electra Palace Hotel lodging include paperless services, solar water heaters, natural air fans, underground floor heating system from natural solar, and energy saver bulbs. Besides, the bathrooms are fitted with water saver flashers and showers. The hotel rooms are well lit because of the large windows. Thus, electricity for lighting is only used at night. In addition, the swimming pool in the hotel is heated by a green energy source. Different sites (Acropolis and Plaka), history, and charges Acropolis Commonly known as the UNESCO world heritage site, the region of the Acropolis can be dated back to the 3000 BC as a temple for the Greek goddess Athena. Most of the structures on the site have a symbolic meaning in terms of the beginning of western civilization and the establishment of the ancient Greek civilizati