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Introduction A pregnant woman can have gestational diabetes where tests find a level of glucose intolerance on first recognition. GDM is commonly diagnosed during pregnancy. Studies have found that approximately 7 percent of all pregnancies have GDM complication, and the prevalence is estimated between 2%-14% (American Diabetes Association, 2004). The changes in rates are mostly attributed to the number of contradictory criteria used in the diagnosis, even those guidelines provided by the American Diabetes Association and the World Health Organization. Gestational diabetes starts when the woman is pregnant. Insulin injection may be recommended although the sickness may prevail after delivery. Proper care is given when there is sign of insulin intolerance. Assessment of GDM The first part of the assessment process is the testing of blood glucose. Important information in the assessment includes individual maternal characteristics, behaviors, and experiences occurring several months prior to conception, during pregnancy, and the time following delivery. Information on lifestyle factors is significant in the assessment and data gathering. Risk factors to be determined include body mass index, ethnicity, and maternal age evaluated using logistic regression. Obesity or overweight increases the risk for GDM. Ethnicity and advanced mother’s age are also factors in having GDM. These cannot be modified, thus the mother has to be educated of these risks. When diagnosed with GDM, she will be oriented of her condition, educated of lifestyle changes and treatment to be given. Initially, she will have to attend a wellness module for women with GDM – the Care for Women Diagnosed with GDM . This is a twice-a-week program designed to care for pregnant women who may have other important schedules to attend to. Women will be taught how to take care of themselves and how to adjust to the treatment process. Pregnant women who are of advanced age and/or belong to ethnic groups are properly screened and monitored by health professionals. Another important activity is the Post-partum gestational diabetes care . This is provided for pregnant mothers who have just been diagnosed with GDM. This module will not only focus on the mother, but on the baby as well. This time in a mother’s life is stressful and can increase glucose levels. New mothers are encouraged not to skip this important part of the treatment process. Recommendations Institutions like the Agency for Health Research and Quality (AHRQ), The Family Practice Therapeutic Guidelines, the ADA, and other government and private institutions make recommendations for GDM postpartum care. The AHRQ recommends: reclassification of maternal glycemic status in first six weeks after delivery, physical exercise for the mother, patient education regardin
It is a tremendous challenge to improve a company’s revenue stream and at the same time provide services that enables it to demonstrate corporate social responsibility. In order for an organization to make more money there is a need to reduce expenses. However, if an organization wants to give back to the community it has to spend money. Thus, it is extremely difficult to balance these two. But in Japan Google was able to achieve both. Google transformed tragedy into triumph through the use of Person Finder and Street View technology. On March 11, 2011 an 8.9 earthquake rocked the north-eastern part of Japan and this was followed by a tsunami that destroyed what the earthquake failed to obliterate (Birmingham 1). One of the cities that were severely damaged by the earthquake and tsunami was Kessennuma (Matsuyama & Biggs 1). Many people died from the earthquake and tsunami. The buildings, factories and other infrastructures at Kessennuma were badly damaged that one of the officials said that it would take 10 to 20 years before the rebuilding process can be completed (Matsuyama & Biggs 1). One can just imagine the confusion, anguish and despair felt by the residents of the city in the aftermath of the disaster. Surprisingly, Google became a major part of the recovery process. The Person Finder was one of the technologies deployed by Google and it was a tremendous help when it comes to providing information regarding the status of friends and relatives (Diaz-Ortiz 110). The Person Finder was a humanitarian tool because the disaster response program of the city was overwhelmed. There were many people within Japan and other countries who wanted to know what happened to their friends and relatives. This technology helped ease the tension and anxiety of those who are eager to reconnect with the victims of the said disaster. Aside from the Person Finder Google also deployed its engineers to utilize Street View , a computer application that enables the user to “select a location and get a panoramic view of the location” (Darbyshire 512). In the case of Kessennuma Street View was a way to show the rebuilding process of a broken city. Google invested resources to maintain these two applications in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan. The success of these two applications increased awareness regarding Google’s products. Since Google
Parental involvement in their children education Introduction Researchers have carried out various researches regarding parental involvement in education of their children, with many reports implying that increased levels of parental participation in the child’s education can improve the student’s academic achievements. Generally, children are mainly educated by their parents and teachers throughout their lives. Parents play a very important role in education, by partnering with teachers and students to enhance running of the education systems effectively. In order to assist the parents to become aware of the effectiveness of their partnering in education, teachers should involve dialogue with the parents early enough to discuss about the parents’ hopes and aspirations for their child. Their understanding of the child needs and their suggestions about the ways that the teachers can help allow the teachers to be able to highlight their limitations and invite parents to participate in their child’s education in definite ways (Nieto, 1996). For the child to perform well academically, it requires substantial support from parents. Parents involvement in education of a child takes several ways including “good parenting, provision of a secure and stable environment, intellectual stimulation, parent-child discussion, good models of constructive social and educational values and high aspiration relating to personal fulfillment and participation in the school events, work and governance” (Desforges & Abouchaar, 2003. P.5). Therefore, the parents involvement normally touches on the school life and the individual assistance offered to the child at home and at school. Parents and the school are very vital in the roles they play in the children’s education and their impact can be greater through partnering in their duties, since there is no clear line to show where the parents’ input stops an
Using innovative technologies, ADNOC is planning to apply its electronic developments in all spheres of activity and production as early as next year. An equally noteworthy example of the diversity and multifunctionality of the use of artificial intelligence is the predictive ability of computer programs. The company is developing a computer capable of processing an impressive amount of large data and suggesting strategies for the company’s actions depending on the forecast. The developers of software for ADNOC strive to build a machine that would work according to a certain theory but would be able to offer the possibility of effective data reading. That is why, within the framework of the company, a powerful program was developed not only for material processing but also for its visualization. By using more accessible visual media to convey complex information, the development makes the future and present of the company more clearly visible and intelligible. The use of computer technologies in the development of a large company is noticeable at all levels of its existence. ADNOC uses computer simulations to improve the operation of the network chain and visualize data for a clearer picture of the company’s position. All these developments are implemented in each of the branches of the company’s operation, increasing the speed of performance and the effectiveness of actions that are more beneficial. Their project to computerize and update all sorts of areas of the company’s activities should be fully implemented in 2022 (ADNOC, 2020). This underlines the firm’s commitment to anticipating and adapting to the future. The company strives to develop a forecasting model that would include the largest possible amount of statistical data. The results of big data processing show that ADNOC has significantly accelerated the speed and the number of financial transactions through its software. Based on the logic of increasing the turnover of money, one can conclude that this software improves the financial performance of the company. In addition, it should be noted that as part of the accelerated exchange of money, an innovative blockchain technology is used, which provides a permanent digital transfer of currency. The program’s ability to make smart business decisions is already reflected in its $ 1 billion worth of stocks (Arabian Business, 2020). The varied opportunities for financial enrichment brought by this program are potentially enormous. Reference ADNOC completes the first phase of the artificial Intelligence predictive maintenance project. (2020). ADNOC. Adnoc’s AI, big data-powered Panorama center generates $1bn in 3 years . (2020). Arabian Business.
It is evident that this particular short story written by Luisa Valenzuela vividly exemplifies the difference between conventional and experimental literature. First of all, as we know conventional or traditional literature is characterized by strict compositional structure which can not be violated. It was long accepted by many writers in classical period and is followed know outlined in Freytag’s Model. There is no denying the importance of the fact that recent developments in literature paid more attention to experimental approach to literature avoiding strict schemata and such popular feature of traditional literature as climax or happy ending. Valenzuela’s short story is to my mind is one of the most concrete examples of experimental approach to the literature. First of all, we see that its beginning is presented as a fact of the suicide committed by one man. The author didn’t give us any factual and historical account of events that preceded this tragic event. She even does not provide us with its reasons posteriori. The temporal continuum is considerably deviated from the traditional narration and is presented in symbolically estranged way. It should be pointed that these assumptions on the possible motives of suicide are not presented in a manner peculiar to detective stories but rather are reflective phrases on the absurdity and tragic nature of suicide in general. In fact, the author does not provide us with adequate finale either. All this corresponds to the features peculiar to experimental literature. In particular it concerns giving more power to readers which is characteristic of experimental writers and is evident in this short-story. A read has to fill empty spaces and understand symbolical moves which are given to stimulate his imagination. It also leaves the space for multifaceted and abundant interpretations.
This paper’s topic is religion (primarily Buddhism and Confucianism) in China and its influence on the Chinese people. The articles and books chosen for this paper will refer to 20th and 21st century China. The topic was selected because the impact of religion in China is, in many ways, unique and cannot be compared to other countries. In the article “Concepts and Institutions for a New Buddhist Education: Reforming the Saṃgha between and within State Agencies,” Stefania Travagnin discusses the opposition between Buddhist education and Western education in China the beginning of the 20th century. The importance of Chinese tradition in education was supported by many, which eventually resulted in demand for drastic education changes during the Republican era 1 When secular education was implemented in 1928, the monks Taixu and Jichen firmly supported it. 2 The significant changes in Buddhist education began in the 20th century when Christianity and Japanese institutions influenced education. 3 Buddhist education eventually adopted the approaches used in secular schools (the monks called it “school format”), but only in the 1920s Buddhist seminaries allowed monks to study such subjects as astrology and biology. Psychology and biology were officially added to the curricula in 1923, and the monk Taixu stated that there were similarities between Western psychology and Chinese Zen. 4 Additional programs were created for student-monks; these programs reflected the multilevel education at secular schools. Eventually, Buddhist education reformers agreed that secular knowledge was to be considered when clerical education was transformed. This learning material points out the influence of secular education on Buddhist education and the reformations that happened in clerical schools in the 20th century, which is essential for understanding the transformation of Buddhism. The next article discusses the influence of Buddhism on China-Singapore relations in 1982-1990. 5 The author argues that the Venerable Hong Choon’s respectful approach to Buddhism and the followers of the religion helped improve China-Singapore relations and positively influenced the communication between the two states. The first two visits allowed the Venerable Hong Choon to establish good relationships with the religious officials in China; in 1982 and 1983, the Venerable met political and religious leaders Zhao Puchu and the Panchen Lama. 6 It is also possible that Venerable’s role in promoting Chinese Buddhism at the global level was significant. 7 It was exciting for me to find out that his visits eventually led to establishing official diplomatic ties between China and Singapore in 1990. During the next visits, the Venerable met China’s highest officials, including Ulanfu (乌兰夫), China’s vice-chairman 8 Later, the Venerable took part in discussions of political questions. Eventually, he invited the inter-faith organization IRO (Singapore) to China; the organization met with high-ranking politicians, although it was their first visit. The Chinese government organized the next visits, and re
Historical events   * In November 17, 2008 Yahoo co-founder Jerry Yang announces intention to step down and this ushers a new business perspective for Yahoo amid takeover bids from Microsoft.   * April 21, 2009 – Yahoo announces plan to cut 700 jobs, company is under new CEO Carol Bartz. Company is seeking a turnaround and has to cut costs.   * July 29, 2009 – Microsoft takes responsibility of Yahoo search and yahoo focuses on advertising business with banner ads.   * December 16, 2010 – Yahoo’s stake at Alibaba is spun off into AliPay, and this affects Yahoo’s stock valuation negatively. It also becomes a show of dwindling revenue options for the company.   * January 17, 2012 – Jerry Yang, the Yahoo co-founder leaves the company completely by stepping down from the board. The control heritage of the company changes and new shareholders jostle for control at this time.   * July, 2012 – Marissa Mayer becomes the CEO of Yahoo.   * 2012 – Yahoo gets three CEOs in the same year, indicating the troubling times that the company has. Achievements   * October 7, 2010 – Yahoo provides tools for giving people information results that they need quickly, and it becomes a media empire with content for entertainment, sports and major events. Model brings users to the Yahoo site where it earns advertisements. The model becomes a new way of monetization that will feature in the company’s future strategies and revenue expansion plans as an advertising publisher and service provider.   * May 20, 2012 – Yahoo announced that it was selling half of its stake at Alibaba and would earn 6.3 billion dollars in cash and 800 million dollars in Alibaba shares. Net income from the sale was about 4.2 billion dollars that would go to shareholders.   * 2013 – Yahoo brought significant engineering talent to reinvigorate the company’s focus for innovation. It boosted its tech focus by putting David Pogue as head of Yahoo Tech.   * 2014 – Yahoo became innovative again by acquiring Flurry and Brightroll, which as new platforms for mobile & social media based content creation that promise to be future revenue centers for the company as it seeks to become profitable in future (Lunden 2014). Milestones   * 2001 – 2007:       + Terry Semel is the longest serving CEO of Yahoo and he had a focus on media business which explains why the company was so centered on content development and advertising revenue for its users. The company developed various platforms and successive CEOs tried to resurrect some dying business ideas from this CEO’s era.   * April 17, 2012:       + After years of making losses, the company made a net income increase of 28 percent. This indicated the possibilities that the company could have by refocusing its business and cutting costs.   * July 6, 2012:       + Yahoo and Facebook agree on an advertisement alliance that ushers a new way for Yahoo to earn revenue outside its platforms by spreading user base to other popular platforms (The Associated Press 2012).   * 2015:       + Yahoo creates SpinCo, a new tax-free spin-off company that takes 100% of its remaining h
The book criticizes erroneous approach of the majority of textbooks in history There can be no surprise that the school is the place which forms the basis for the development of critical thinking of many people. Children get their basic knowledge in the most important disciplines. One of the most important disciplines is history: there is even the famous saying that people / nations who do not know their past are doomed to repeat it. Of course, American scholars understands the importance of students’ understanding of past events, however, some academics claim that there are too many controversies in history that are not revealed in textbooks on history which can produce negative consequences for the development of the entire nation. One of such academics is James Loewen who considers the controversies of history education in the USA in his famous Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong . The entire book is permeated with the idea that students in schools are taught “refined” history which distorts their perception of reality. Loewen states that the vast majority of textbooks provide only one-faceted opinion, they present the “Disney version of history” omitting controversies and blemishes in the American history (Loewen 27). He also states that such erroneous approach to history education can lead to wrong passive position of people who believe in their heroic country which had no difficulties throughout its history. The role of text-books in education and their drawbacks Loewen points out that the majority of people in the USA know the history of their country from the school course and the textbooks. He states that many textbooks have few references to secondary sources. Thus, Loewen stresses that there is a large gap between the knowledge of historians and the amount of facts the rest of Americans are taught (Loewen 267). Moreover, Loewen provides the results of the research held in 1990 which revealed that 40% of teachers (who participated in the research) had a B.A. or M.A. (Loewen 280). This situation only contributes to the fact that students get information about the history from their textbooks only. Of course, not only textbook authors but teachers as well try to omit any controversies in history. It is easier to enumerate particular names, dates and events without discussing various backgrounds, downsides and impacts on the further
Introduction Obama’s speech created a discourse of his political rhetoric of hope, change, and unity among the audience who constitute people from other nations apart from America. His speech can be classified as a Political Genre due to the nature of his message. Careful not to disappoint the electorate, his rhetoric gave hope, promised change, and brought unity to the United States. The exigency among the audience was the prime promise of the president which included hope, change, and unity. This paper seeks to analyze President Obama’s rhetoric to identify its discourse or the rational system of its meaning. Rhetoric situation The world seems to be embracing the idea of change from the different levels of our social settings. In response to the exigency to bring change for the nation filled with lost hope, Obama took advantage of the crisis situation by rebuilding confidence in the electorate. His rhetoric emphasized heated rivalry against the republican while influencing his audience to respond with the emergency that he held. Through antagonistic relations, Obama has been able to create a universal political project through his message of hope. Obama’s rhetoric can be described as a perfect way of universalizing his political plans. In his speech, the president gave hope through words of affirmation pointing out that the American people thrive on hope and the strength of their constitution. This created an impression that his government was going to respect the basic principles of democratic governance. He cleverly dismisses racism when he mentions that the United States was brought together by the declaration of their forefathers’ commitment on equality. In an effort to persuade his audience to respond positively to his rhetoric, Obama brands his political ideologies ‘unending journey’. This creates the impression that the entire American population must leave in pursuit of the same. Exigencies In the rhetoric, Obama identifies the problems in the society and articulates them in very emotional phrases in order to catch the audience’s attention. He reminds his audience that skin color has brought division in America and the struggle for equality was a severe price paid by their forefathers. He emphasizes on a self-executing nation, one that runs its own policies and respects the rule of law and democracy. His rhetoric appeal for individualized responsibility to execute principles of national importance took precedence. His examples to prove his points are simple and very articulate. For instance, his demonstration of how freedom is a gift from God and that it must be secured by humans on the Earth attracted a lot of attention followed by applause. In his speech, he reiterates that the American people have chosen to thrive in hope rather than fear and to embrace unity as opposed to division (Tomasky, 2008). This is an easily understood and extremely handy message of change, that builds around a sequence of unforgett