ShantanuT01/DACTYL-Pretraining huggingface dataset:
Every day people can observe the changes which are connected with the information technologies and multimedia. It seems that modern scientists can create any technologies with any possibilities. The limits are only in our mind. Nevertheless, recent inventions support the idea the possibilities of our brain can be combined with information technologies. The progress in computer technology is enormous, and it is related to the aspects of the social and economical development. Today information technologies are in a constant progress. Several years ago it was impossible to imagine computers which can be controlled with the help of our brain. Nevertheless, today such technology exists and develops to present more opportunities for people. “In this newly developed technology, the scientists connect a computer with the human brain, and then program it to read the thought of that brain” (Brown 2011). This project can present the hope for the physically challenged people. The possibilities of such computers are rather difficult to overestimate, and they can be used in different fields of people’s social life. Moreover, scientists state that they “will be able to put tiny, permanent implants in people’ brains, and this will do away with the need for a keyboard or mouse” (Brown 2011). That phenomenon which was considered as a miracle earlier can become the part of our everyday reality in the future. Furthermore, “the potential to manipulate computers or machinery with nothing more than a thought” is really great (Grabianowski, n.d.). It can open a new age in the development of the opportunities of medicine, business, and entertainment. Thus, the level of people’s interaction with computer technology has shifted from using keyboards to simple touches and then to using their brain. It was the start for the development of new horizons in the interaction of computer devices not only with people but also with the objects of their surroundings. It is the time when ‘iPad with legs’ appears as the touch-screen table and it “can recognise many gestures, hands and users at once as well as other physical objects placed on the table” (Moses 2011). In the future such devices will be used in airports, big shops, and hotels because their suitability is confirmed. It can be one of the most convenient ways to interchange the information. The possibility to exchange the information is considered as one of the most significant today. This tendency has affected the development of
In Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s epistolary Gothic horror tale, the monster’s part is played by family, medicine and society. Gilman uses setting, character and irony to demonstrate the damage to women from oppressive marriage, medical paternalism, and societal expectations. Over the course of intermittent diary entries, the narrator chronicles her descent from mere postpartum depression (Merced, A Case of Postpartum Depression in “The Yellow Wallpaper”, Part 1 ) into madness, hastened along her downward plunge by a putatively solicitous family, assiduous but misguided medical care, and an enviable seaside setting for recuperation. She responds with the only weapons she possesses: writing in her secret journal, weeping, whimsy, apparent submission, dissimulation, withdrawal, and eventually, dissociation. Gilman, regards women as deserving of greater consideration than was accorded to this “ little girl ” (Gilman, The Yellow Wallpaper 553). Gilman’s story also advocates indirectly for all mentally ill individuals: for their humane, thoughtful, and personalized treatment (Gilman, Why I Wrote “The Yellow Wallpaper”). The narrator is characterized as sympathetic and self-deprecating character, rather than a self-indulgent malingerer. She laments, “ I wish I could get well faster .” She regrets feeling “ basely ungrateful ” for her husband’s care (Gilman, The Yellow Wallpaper 548). She is acutely perceptive, sensing, early on, jarring dissonances in the situation, for example, the availability of a “ colonial mansion ” for short-term rental (Gilman, The Yellow Wallpaper 547). She does not, however, trust her own judgment, since, “ If a physician of high standing, and one’s own husband, assures friends and relatives that there is really nothing the matter…what is one to do? My brother is also a physician…and he says the same thing. “ (Gilman, The Yellow Wallpaper 547) John dismisses the vapors of his “ blessed little goose ” (Gilman, The Yellow Wallpaper 549). (This is almost a tease for ‘gaslighting’ (Dirks) but is not confirmed). She cannot communicate her distress because “ he is so wise, and because he loves me so ” (Gilman, The Yellow Wallpaper 553). This is a deeply ironic statement, since love should make us more sensitive to the needs of a loved one, not less . When she expresses anger or frustration at his medical choices or attitude, his patronizing response stifles her. She tells us, “ But John says if I feel so, I shall neglect proper self-control; so I take pains to control myself – before him, at least, and that makes me very tired ” (Gilman, The Yellow Wallpaper 548). Anyone who has dealt with depression knows that unexpressed anger is exhausting and destructive. This is a double dose of blindness on his part: paternalistic sexism and medical arrogance, and is ultimately devastating to her recovery. We are also cued that this character is an intelligent, accomplished writer who misses her “ congenial work ”, “ society ” and “ stimulus ” (Gilman, The Yellow Wallpaper 548) “ advice and companionship ” (Gilman, The Yellow Wallpaper 550). John note
There are several systems of government that have been tried over the years and decades. Some of them offer specific benefits while others turn out to be completely unstable for societies and nations. In this essay I consider Wolff’s criticisms of the capitalist system in the US, and the viability of the alternative he proposes in the cooperative model of Mondragon, Spain. An interesting point that Professor Richard D. Wolff mentions is that previously, times were better and the unions were on the rise. Even though there seems to be more systems of support today, they are not as effective. In the beginning of the 19 th century, the unions were very effective and served people. Then, the government created social security and the benefits were much greater than today. The modern government focuses on relationships between individuals, businesses, countries, and continents in terms of how the resources are being used in order to meet the wants of people. There is a lot of emphasis on the forthcoming of total spending into the economy and its repercussion on the output, whether negative or positive. In the beginning of the 19 th century, there was a labor movement that is described by the organized approach from people to the businesses and governments. The population requested better conditions, and the nation had the support of socialists and communists, as these parties were strong and gave the people needed support through demonstrations and mutual cooperation. The major decision made was that the government went to the businesses and agreed on a deal. The businesses would give their resources to the government and their trade off was that there was a guarantee that capitalism will be held back. Governmental supports, banks and loans are all part of the system of such cooperation. Unemployment became even worse, as people were separated into those with great resources and those who were on the poverty line. Professor Richard D. Wolff reminds
Ghostery extension is an impressive privacy extension tool that blocks ads, speeds up a website, and stops trackers. After installing the browser extension and visiting the most frequently accessed sites, there were 45 trackers. The Ghostery extension had blocked some of these from displaying. The trackers collected included the sites I had visited before when doing online shopping, ads about dating sites, and advertisements about joining social media sites. These blocked trackers were related to what I had searched for on the chrome browser. After getting a detailed report about the trackers blocked from the Ghostery extension report by visiting five websites, I learned that online companies exploit personal data for profit. Online companies collect personal data and use it to track private online activities, such as purchases, social life status, and other personal data. They use the collected individual information to make advertisements on sites that one visits without their consent. Technology sites and online companies usually collect people’s data, but sometimes they fail to gather their full story information. For example, Brockell (2018) said that she was happy when she used to get advertisements related to pregnancy. She is annoyed that the online companies did not stop sending her ads about purchasing baby clothes after her child’s death. The audience data collection companies must have measures to enable customer tracking of information to provide the right promotions. This will prevent hurting people’s feelings, as experienced by Brockell. The safety of individuals while online is threatened by technology companies collecting information without consent. Ghostery extension warrants the privacy and safety of personal information.
A rapidly developing company, Starlight’s Game on Wheels has encountered a couple of issues over the past few years, which caused the necessity to re-evaluate some of the company’s values, as well as redefine its mission and reestablish the goals and the further course of actions. First of all, it is necessary to restate the vision of the company. According to the current state of affairs within the company, its key vision is to provide as diverse services as possible, aiming at the customer’s satisfaction. Therefore, it can be concluded that the vision of the Starlight’s Game on Wheels is developing new concepts instead of reinventing the old ones and provide the clientele with only top-notch services, which can be achieved with the help of focusing on the customers’ demands and the current trends, trying to predict the future tendencies. Defining the company’s mission, one has to admit that it relates directly to the company’s vision. Aiming at providing only high-quality services which no other company can match is the key mission of Starlight’s Game on Wheels . With the help of a careful analysis of the other gaming enterprises’ facilities, the aforementioned goal can be achieved rather easily. The mission can be achieved by improving the existing IT techniques, developing such strategies as advanced analytics, client computing and online security. Consequently, the company’s values are the client’s interest and satisfaction. Once making sure that the services match the customer’s expectations, Starlight’s Game on Wheels can rest assured that it has fulfilled its mission. With the help of surveys and questionnaires, as well as an efficient feedback system, Starlight’s Game on Wheels can handle the situation. For instance, it is reasonable to work on mobile applications, according to the current feedbacks. The fourth issue concerns the supplies. To provide more services, it is necessary to cut the costs for supplies, which means that cheaper sources are needed. Moreover, it will be necessary to redesign business needs, process, and score, as well as localize exploration and provide internal integration of the processes. Speaking of the company’s goals and objectives, one must mention that establishing the latter is the primary issue. The objectives for this goal are to fight the rivals, to introduce new services, and to draw a new plan for pricing policy and discounts. Among the strategies which can help implement the goals and strategies, the following must be adopted: 1) spreading word about the company; 2) stirring people’s emotions; 3) boosting the customers’ confidence. These strategies can be implemented with the help of such tactics as offering free game samples; providing free supplementary equipment for the games, and offering walkthroughs for additional fee, as well as creating a membership club. The advertisement system should also be touched upon as the cornerstone of any company’s development. While Starlight’s Game on Wheels is known among gamers and the representatives of gaming industry, it is still desirable that most people know about it, which a
Introduction When conducting a search or a seizure it is necessary to preserve the data or information during the process of investigation. Historically, the consequences of computer crimes have involved a limited number of victims and investigations. However, this trend is changing and the impacts of the digital evidence within the conventional crime investigations have become widespread. The investigations within the private and public contexts are likely to incorporate seizure, as well as, preservation and analysis of digital information. Thus, it is necessary to have an integral mechanism to form part of the investigation process (Casey, 2011). The data that can be obtained is of immense significance in court cases since they contain data that can be relayed electronically (Norton, 2011). These are latent evidence obtained when retrieved from the physical objects that contain them. A computer device such as software contains very delicate information that can be disrupted. Failure to deal with this information or data appropriately may lead to unusable or inaccurate decision on a criminal case. Thus, it is important to device a method of investigation that may enhance the preservation and maintenance of the integrity of the evidence (Casey, 2011). In a crime scene, a suspect may invoke a program that can interfere with system or data files. Moreover, a single action on the targeted system could most likely affect the system files. Therefore, it is crucial for investigators experienced in the seizure of a computer evidence to preserve and seize the system. When there is nobody around, the monitor should be inspected. When there is an indication of formatting, the power plug should be pulled off very quickly. As a result, shutting down a computer requires making decision that usually depends on several parameters such as experience of the investigator as well as the type of the computer (Wilkinson, 2011). Problem statement Due to technological advancements, computers can be used to commission crime, act as evidence of crime, as well as, targets of crime. Thus, it is important to understand the nature of evidence that can be retrieved from the storage devices and how to process the crime scene. Turning off a computer have merits and demerits’, hence it is important to decide if the attempt may protect the data contained in the RA
Her Brilliant Career is a documentary focusing on gender discrimination in the work places, politics women face, and many other workplace challenges faced by the women. The documentary asserts that a few women hold law or engineering professions unlike their male counterparts (Her brilliant career ). The director asserts that for women to be successful in their workplaces, they must adjust and behave in the manner their male counterparts want them to behave. For instance, he points out that when a female engineer request for a promotion her boss will request her to work harder like the male employees. At the present, workplace discrimination against any disadvantaged group is illegal. For women to be successful in their careers, Jean Holland has organized a women’s workshop in California (Her brilliant career ). In the workshop, Holland teaches women how to succeed in the workplace by being nice. Through this, she encourages the workshop participants to always be smiling and be nice in their workplaces. Based on the above documentary, it is apparent that gender discrimination in the workplace has never been addressed. The documentary supports the writings about the gender discrimination by illustrating how the vice is perpetuated in the workplace (Her brilliant career) . According to the documentary, it is apparent that the daily activities carried out within an organization dictate the level of gender inequality. As such, organization’s internal practices play a great role in the determination of gender equality. For instance, an organization can have women and men doing same responsibilities, but when it comes to the process of decision-making only men are engaged. Based on this, it is apparent that managers and leaders play a great role in promoting the gender equality within an organization. The narratives presented in the documentary reaffirm that the workplace continues to be a place of disadvantages groups in a number of ways (Her brilliant career). First, the documentary acknowledges that workplace discrimination is illegal. Despite this fact, the documentary shows that currently the society is facing more gender discrimination issues. Through this, it is apparent that workplace discrimination is still being carried out. For instance, the documentary illustrates that although some women have the same qualifications and experience as their male counterparts, the male employees would be promoted ahead of them. Equally, the documentary asserts that male workers enjoy development opportunities and exposure to various challenges compared to women. The increased number of male dominated corporations in the society confirms the above argument. Women face so many challenges when trying to make to the top of their profession because of several reasons. The reasons are lack of organizations to value the gender differences, intense work demands, marginalization of women, and clash of family and work priorities. As such, male and females in the society are
Introduction The selected behavioral risk factor from the healthy people 2020 objectives is binge drinking. Binge drinking is a serious issue that leads to complications, comorbidities, and fatal outcomes, as well as auto-crashes (Knickman & Kovner, 2015). The paper aims to examine what strategies can help make the health promotion program effective. Binge Drinking as Behavioral Risk Factor Binge drinking is defined as the consumption of four or five drinks in a row (Bartoli et al., 2014). Adults and adolescents become binge drinkers because alcohol helps them feel confident, reduce anxiety, and avoid or forget about social pressures. According to Caldwell, Gerbino, Mira, Rosenthal, and Silva (2016), Minnesota has the 5th highest rate of binge drinking in the USA, and approximately 1,257 deaths per year happen in Minnesota due to heavy alcohol use. Furthermore, approximately 21% of violent crimes in this state are related to alcohol consumption. Approximately 30.2% of men and 17.3% of women in Minnesota are binge drinkers (Caldwell et al., 2016). Of all motor vehicle accidents in Minnesota, 24% were due to alcohol consumption; 2.040 people were injured in alcohol-related crashes (Caldwell et al., 2016). As can be seen, binge drinking has a serious impact on the health of Minnesota citizens, leading to injuries and car crashes. The high rate of Minnesota regarding binge drinking compared to other states indicates that a health promotion campaign is needed. Downstream Stage Patient health education and cognitive-behavioral interventions can be suggested as means to address the issue. Patient education can include teaching binge drinkers about the consequences of frequent alcohol consumption, dangers of being on the road while drunk, and possible comorbidities or other negative factors such as drug abuse, household violence, or unplanned pregnancies (Caldwell et al., 2016). According to Riper et al. (2014), cognitive behavioral therapy is effective when treating alcohol addiction and subsequent comorbidities such as depression. In this case, cognitive-behavioral interventions have a better impact on depression than on the alcohol
The relationship between organizational performance and human resource management (HRM) practices has been discussed and examined by scholars and business administrators. It is believed that the ability to motivate, train or empower workers can give a company a competitive advantage over other firms. One of the issues that are often studied is the impact of the so-called human resource bundles on the business outcomes, namely productivity, profitability or retention of workers. In this case, the term bundles can be understood as a set of aligned and interrelated practices and strategies that are supposed to bring mutually enforcing effects on organizational performance (Ahmad & Schroeder 2003, p. 37). This paper is aimed at determining whether this approach leads to superior outcomes. Overall, one can say that such bundles can indeed have a positive influence on a company provided that managers understand the core values and needs of workers. At first, it is necessary to focus on the theoretical background of HR bundles and the reasons why approach to HR management has become very popular in many organizations. One of the main assumption is that the activities of an HR managers have to be synergistic (Toh, Morgeson, & Campion 2008, p. 864). In other words, they have to supplement one another and create an extra value for a company. Scholars provide various examples to support this idea. For instance, companies often develop training programs for their workers so that they could acquire and develop new skills. However, these training programs usually yield better results, if an organization has a knowledge-based pay system (Toh, Morgeson, & Campion 2008, p. 864). This system has to account for individual contribution of every worker so that he/she could be more willing to take part in training. This is how several HRM practices can reinforce each other. The second point that scholars make is that HRM practices should reflect organizations context. Managers should take into account such factors as the size of the company, its structure, culture, product, and so forth (Verburg, Hartog, & Koopman 2007, p. 186). This is why it is necessary to adapt HRM practices to this context