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The Significance of the Problem The problem, variables, population, and hypothesis The article’s main issue is the existence of financial strains, which affect the quality of life amongst the aged people dying with cancer. The independent variables are the financial burden and cancer, while the dependent variable is the consequences of such strains. The article’s hypothesis states that financial strains reduce the quality of life for aged people dying of cancer. Why this article was selected This article was selected because it gives clear information on how the financial status of an aged individual, who is dying of cancer, affects his/her quality of life. The article highlights a strong relationship between financial wellbeing and quality of life in end-of-life situations for aged people. The article was an eye-opener to me as earlier I could not see the relationship between financial constraints and the quality of life for aged people dying of cancer. Significance to nursing practice serving an urban family population This article is significant to nurses serving in the urban family population because it highlights the kind of nursing care that aged people are dying of cancer need. For instance, if an aged person dying of cancer has poor quality life due to financial strain, it means that the status of his/her health will be poor too, which indirectly implies that such person will require nursing care more often as compared to their counterparts living in good health status based on financial stability. Therefore, a nurse serving in this kind of environment, will anticipate the nature of care needed, coupled with the frequency of demand for such services. Review of Literature Summary of the approach of the researcher(s) – (i.e., keywords, databases, number of articles) The researchers used four electronic databases to conduct a systematic search of studies on illness-related financial stress on people dying of cancer. Also, the researchers were interested in determining the prospective patients with terminal cancer and caregivers on the financial burden. Twenty-four papers were used for the literature review using four databases. The keywords included caregivers, socioeconomic factors, terminally ill, terminal care, neoplasms, and family, economics (Hanratty, Holland, Jacoby & Whitehead, 2007). The theories used in nursing and other fields The researchers did not use any theories in this paper. However, the family systems theory applies to this research problem. This theory holds that individuals, which in this case are the aged dying of terminal cancer, cannot be understood without studying other family members. This assertion explains why the researchers were interested in learning about the perceptions of the financial burden from caregivers. Summary of the results of the review of the literature 2764 titles were generated from the searches made, but the researchers chose 24 papers. There were “13 papers from the USA, five from the UK and one each from Australia, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, and Sweden” (Hanratty
Introduction It needs a synthesis of Knowledge in this world that is subjective to the individual position or point of view and is relative and not always what we see but also dependent on other extra-sensory perceptions in accordance to the paradigm. Unlike animals who mostly judge the world and its knowledge in a limited way with their senses, our methods of perception include the use of the five senses, reason, logic, emotion, and intuition. Many times, the degree or extent of knowledge varies with education or with the kind of surroundings a person imbibes. The issue in concern evokes this specific lack of perception in terms of racism and, more particularly, colonialism. If we look at the period of the two novels, Robinson Crusoe, and Gulliver’s Travels, and correlate them with contemporary history, we will see that it was the era of great voyages. It was the time where new places were being discovered. The age of the Renaissance and The Restoration, in simple words, was the age of a new dawn of human civilization. European traders and voyagers were going out in the sea for the sake of discovering new countries. The age is also historically important as it was in this time the idea of colonialism started to expand, and there are definite hints of colonialism in the two novels (Bernhard 2004). It can be stated that we can view Gulliver’s Travels as an anti-colonialist piece of work while Robinson Crusoe as a pro-colonialist work. If Robinson Crusoe can be termed as a “ Settler Colonial work ” (Go 2009) then Gulliver’s Travels has some features of “ Exploration Colonialism ” (Go 2009) as Gulliver traveled and went to the countries and the story deals with his experiences only. The slave trade prominent in colonialism is prominent in Robinson Crusoe. We can detect traces of colonialism when in Gulliver’s Travels the hero reaches Brobdingnag, and the farmer who rescued him made him an exhibit only to earn excess money. This can also be called a type of slave tread which can be seen in colonialism. In this context, the issue of ‘burden’ is a prime concern while evaluating the colonialism concept in the two novels. This hard pill of ‘colonialism with brutality’ needed some spooning with sweetness to become a favorable aromatic digestible element for the general people of the imperial states. As a result this phrase ‘white man’s burden’ came into existence as a remedy to the enlightens of the industrial revolution and people were ready to buy this theory as this theory easily softened the guilt feeling of the educated class and justified the brutal acts and decisions taken to control and cover the colonial agitations. It is not that the leaders of men and the men of their leaders never knew what was going wrong in these colonies but kept both eyes blind towards these acts. This is because all of them and all the way they knew everything they did and everything they knew about the colonies were either immoral or tampered to the extent of fallacy but could never digest the fact as it was too decadent for their psyche. Therefore, this term ‘white man’s burden’, almost tried to do a damage control act on their
Introduction A pesticide is defined as a chemical manufactured to repel, prevent, or stop the growth of certain living organisms via impairing certain biological processes necessary for their existence. They are mostly sprayed in the crops like cotton which is used to make textiles. Cotton which is planted in a very small portion of the land about 2.4% of the whole land is the largest market for pesticides and takes about 25% of the use of the total pesticide. These pesticides that are used in cotton farms are very hazardous to such an extent that the World Health Organization classifies them as toxic. There has been an argument on whether those people who sell Germany’s clothing are at risk of being poisoned or not. In this paper, I am going to give examples of those toxic textile pesticides, their effects on human health and the environment, symptoms of pesticides poisoning, and measures that can be taken to reduce these effects of pesticides. In each assignment topic, I will show how ethical theory and information relate to the assignment. Type of toxic textile pesticides There are four main toxic textile pesticides. These are Aldicard which is a nerve agent that is very powerful and when absorbed in the skin can kill an adult. Secondly, there is Endosulfan which is very poisonous. And thirdly we have monocrotophos that was found to cause paralysis in children living near cotton-growing farms. Findings of a medical analysis conducted in South Africa on human breast milk revealed traces of Deltamethrin. The dilemma here is whether to use these pesticides and if yes which one to use. According to Ridley,(1998, para.11), based on Deontology ethical theory that is mainly concerned with the obligation and duties of an individual, a deontologist will go on applying the pesticides without taking note of the effects it is going to have on individuals living near this farms. However, using the utilitarian ethical theory that is based on the consequences of the action, a person decides on whether to use the pesticides, basing his answer on the benefits that the pesticides will have on the majority of the people. He/she may opt to use the less harmful pesticide. For example, he may use monocrotophos in fields where children will not have access to the fields. Effects of pesticides on human health and environment There has been an argument on whether pesticides use on textiles has any negative effects on the workers working in the cotton farms or those selling the textiles and whether textiles are contaminated. After reading different texts and watching the video on toxic textile pesticides, I came across many negative effects of pesticides on human health and the environment. To start with, pesticides cause poisoning. It has been found that every year, 1 to 5 million poisonings are a result of pesticide use leading to about 20000 deaths while others are hospitalized (Vettorazzi, 1979, para.13). The dilemma here is whether to use pesticides or teach people about their negative effects. Using deontology ethical theory one may decide to continue using pesticides as its function i
Operations Plan Key Aspects of Operations The facility where all operations of Liquid Innovations will be performed is located in the Mauldin SC area. This building is also used as a company’s office. The rented facility is rather small, but it includes all the necessary equipment, and the company plans to purchase other facilities to organize required warehouses. The production process is based on the work of the part-time personnel, including three administrators and such professionals as a manager, a marketer, and an IT professional, and five technicians. The available purchased equipment includes two mixers ($30,000 each); two bottling machines ($10,000 each); three computers ($1,500 each); and a labeling machinery ($1,000). Costs include such inventory as glass bottles (25,000, $3,000), metal caps (25,000, $3,000), cardboard cartons (500, $500), and ingredients ($600/one month). The rented equipment includes two vehicles ($2,000/month) and two refrigerators ($2,000/month). Cost and Time Efficiencies Liquid Innovations follow the cost and time efficiency strategies while focusing on renting the most costly equipment, including vehicles. In addition, the costs are decreased because the company outsources labeling to the other existing company in Greenville County, and the ready products are stored in warehouses of that company. Costs associated with transportation and storage are lower than costs of purchasing new facilities, printers, and labeling machines. Competitive Advantages The competitive advantage of Liquid Innovations depends on the strategy that is used regarding the final operations stages and storage. As Liquid Innovations only is a startup company, it can reduce costs associated with shifting to the large-scale production while investing in purchasing more inventory and ingredients and marketing strategies to attract more customers (Wilson, Zeithaml, Bitner, & Gremler, 2012). Outsourcing and renting related to the equipment needed during the early period of the company’s competition within the market allows focusing on targeting products and maximizing production while reducing costs on the basic equipment (Jobber & Ellis-Chadwick, 2012, p. 54). Moreover, technicians are highly qualified to conduct the quality control and reach the aimed capacity in 50,000 bottles per month within the first three months. From this point, the competitive advantage depends on the strategies used to reduce operational costs in order to increase the company’s potential for branding and raising the level of quality because the produced beverage is of the premium class. Problems Addressed and Overcome Much attention should be paid to improving the inventory control and reducing costs associated with supplied inventory and ingredients and distribution approaches. Suppliers and retailers are local, and the turnaround time is minimal. However, to improve the quality of products and the inventory control, it is necessary to plan developing partnerships with more suppliers to receive the most quality products within the shortest period of time to increase the brand propositions. Research and Development Activities Three technicians form the resear
It is challenging to imagine modern society without such a concept as universal education. However, it was not always available for everyone and everywhere. More recently, in the United States, education was considered a privilege of whites, while black people were deliberately restrained from acquiring knowledge. Fortunately, this situation began to gradually change after the Civil War through the opening of schools in the South. Thus, the foundation was laid for a unique cultural layer of black educational institutions. The purpose of this essay is to explore this concept with the help of the presented documentary and analyze the place of historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) in the culture of America and the modern world. The history of the emergence of education among blacks is directly related to the struggle for freedom and rights. The main obstacle to obtaining at least some knowledge for the slaves was their subordinate position. Their owners deliberately discouraged African Americans from learning. Nevertheless, many blacks felt a desire to learn and were eager to gain at least some crumbs of knowledge. Therefore, when the opportunity arose to organize, schools were among the first to rise in the black society. The documentary very vividly shows the desire of the former slaves to obtain the knowledge and conditions with which they were willing to be content for this. Although there was initially no qualified teaching staff in such schools, the blacks shared the skills they had. This factor and such a desire to learn, even despite the lack of conditions, clearly shows how critical education was for these people. It is this aspiration, as the film shows, that has helped to create many educational institutions throughout the country. However, this process cannot be called ideal due to several issues. Some of them are related to Booker Washington, who is both the greatest educator and politician who defended the African American and a conservative who didn’t want to fight for the immediate granting of blacks’ full civil rights. While Washington actively promoted technical education for blacks, including its opponents, such as W. E. B. Du Bois, demanded more radical measures. The documentary is extremely clear about the internal struggles between various black groups. Although they all fought to improve blacks’ living conditions, their views did not coincide, which led to discord and conflicting educational trends. Perhaps partly because of this, but blacks could not gain complete educational independence immediately, despite the eager need. Even in those educational institutions with a black administration, the true leaders were still white. The film shows that despite the presence of many colleges and universities and the nascent black intelligentsia, segregation persisted in society. Blacks were somewhat separated from everyone else, but for most of them, it was considered normal. However, the HBCUs served one essential purpose – they allowed blacks to shape their views, vision of the world and carry it further through the youth. In many ways, this struggle was complicated by th
Introduction On December 26, 1991, the world woke up to the collapse of the Soviet Union. No one had predicted such an outcome. It was as a result of declaration 142-H, which led to the acknowledgment of the former Soviet republics during the creation of The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The fall was of great significance to the West. It was seen as proof that capitalism was superior to socialism. 1 The country had no social classes. It had achieved a socialist status in the 1930s. The US also felt triumphant as the fall meant the end of the cold war. The disintegration led to significant changes in the world in relation to political, socioeconomic, and military alliances. 2 In this paper, the author will analyze some of the factors that led to the fall of the Soviet Union. A critical analysis of the issue reveals that a combination of internal and external factors led to the collapse. The major external forces included the intervention of the US in the affairs of the Union. Analyzing the Collapse of the Soviet Union Internal Factors Poor governance Mikhail Gorbachev oversaw the dissolution of the Union. During his tenure, the president enacted the Perestroika reforms and Glasnost policy programs. The policies were aimed at positioning the country as a global powerhouse. However, these reforms led to the fall of the Soviet Union. It was mainly because Mikhail developed technical ideas to deal with challenges but failed to justify the solutions. Historians claim that it was easy to manipulate him as most of his reforms benefited few people, especially his advisors. 3 Corruption In spite of the reforms put in place by Gorbachev, corruption was rampant in the Soviet Union. The grass root reforms were meant to counter this problem. Increased corruption led to disappointments and instabilities in the Union. 4 In August 20 th , 1991, there was an attempted coup d’état. The revolt was based on the desire for a centralized form of government instead. The attempt greatly destabilized the Soviet Union. It led to the death of the Communist Party and later the Union itself. 5 The American Interference The Ronald Reagan’s administration played a crucial role in the disintegration of the Soviet Union. For example, the arms race had a negative effect on the USSR economy. 6 In addition, the breakup of Yugoslavia and the Balkans meant that the Soviet Union lost important trade partners. Yugoslavia was a strong ally, which shared political systems with the Union. The 1989 revolution and the Baltics in
Introduction Analysis of notional definition of enclaves is regarded as the important aspect of the regional business analysis. Ethnographic description of the region is helpful for assessing the actual business background of the Good Luck Sum in San Francisco. The ethnographic analysis will be added with a demographic review of the region in order to identify whether the business success is stipulated by the ethnographic background of the restaurants, or the population that is regarded as the target audience of the commercial belt. Discussion Clement Restaurant is selected for the analysis, as it is regarded as the best Dim Sum restaurant in the neighborhood. Business analysis of this place is rather contradictory, as the services offered do not correspond with the high-quality service standards. Hence, credit cards are not accepted, there is no parking for guests, there is no reservation opportunity, the terrace is absent, there is no waiter service, and the delivery service is not offered. Regardless of the name “ Good Luck Sum Restaurant ”, this may be regarded as a moderate café. Nevertheless, the popularity of this place is immense. The clientele of this restaurant is business personnel, students, and people who have leisure time. Actually, this place is intended for the accelerated life tempo; hence, it is impossible to regard this place as something comfortable for quiet lunch. Chinese or broken English is generally heard among the serving personnel, and this is the key reason why waiters are not offered. As for the demographic origin of the neighborhood, it should be stated that the district is mainly business-occupied, as this is the administrative center of the city, and Clement Street itself is known as the shopping district of San Francisco. Though, the income level of the target audience is below average. Hence, the service is pretty cheap, as the average order ranges between $ 5 and $ 10. In general, this is intended for tourists who are on their shop tours, so the material level of these people allows them to spend money easily. The place is not regarded as a residential community or travel site, however, the local population values this place highly enough among other places with original Chinese food. People who live there rarely choose such places for having leisure time, however, the place is rather popular for friendly dates, business lunches, short snacks, etc. Actually, this is explained by the atmosphere of the place, as regardless of the clientele turnover, the place looks accurate and cozy. The noises of the overcrowded streets are not heard, though, the musical background needs essential improvement as it is not paid sufficient attention. As for the matters of residential analysis, the place can be compared with other Asian cafes and places, however, Good Luck Sum is one of the first that were opened in this street. Actually, it is hard to evaluate the commercial belt development considering the only instance, however, the regarded place may be regarded as the business development pattern of other places wit
It is everyone’s dream to be successful in life. A successful life is one that is satisfying and one where happiness and fulfillment in one’s existence is attained. All human beings strive to lead successful lives where such satisfaction is derived. A person’s attitude, knowledge and health should be well so as to achieve this goal. A healthy life encompasses the physical, emotional as well as the spiritual aspects. The three aspects work together to maintain a complete healthy person. Since a human being is a social being he or she ought to maintain good relationships with other people. To attain this good communication skills are very essential. Knowledge is another skill that one should attain to excel in today’s global society. With knowledge one can innovate many ideas which can be used to earn a living. The world is turning into a global village and good communication skills blended with knowledge, intellect or innovation will see one’s success. With acquisition of knowledge one will have the integrity and the technical skills. Knowledge works to replenish one’s intellect and one is in a position to think creatively and mindfully. Creativity is a vital aspect especially since it ensures innovation of beneficial ideas. Good intellect will make life more satisfying and a person will consequently excel. It also allows continued growth or development. Being focused to attain one’s goals enhances on one’s intellect. An observant person has a positive mind that enables him or her to learn or adapt to new environments. A knowledgeable person will be able to look on the positive aspects in life. He or she will be able to ignore that which pulls him or her down and will focus on the goal and work towards it. Education ensures the acquisition of knowledge and this will ensure that one establishes his or her talents and pursue them through continued study. Again in this global world one should be flexible enough so that when technology and other forms of advancements are phased of one can be able to fit in effectively. A flexible person is fast and keen to learn new ideas. He or she can therefore pursue new interests without complain (Dilcock L, p. 20). Effective communication is appropriate in all springs of life. Good communication sees the expansion of businesses as people can negotiate effectively. One ought to be very observant of what is happening around him or her and should be able to adjust accordingly. A smart person will be set specific goals which can be measurable and attained in a specific time period. In attaining these goals being curious while using all the senses will be important. Good communication will enable someone to have good social interactions. One will be able