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Critique of the High Protein Diet A Summary of the Diet The chosen high-protein diet is the Atkins 20 diet from the Atkins 20 website. This diet is implemented in four stages of increasing total carbs. The total carbs in stages 1, 2, 3, and 4 are 20 to 25 grams, 25 to 50 grams, 50 to 80 grams, and 80 to100 grams respectively (Atkins, 2016). The rest of the calories are obtained from protein and fat. The diet has a vegan variation that recommends obtaining 31 percent of calories from plant proteins. In the first phase, an individual begins switching the body from burning carbohydrates to fats. Weight loss occurs rapidly due to the breakdown of fat in a biological process known as ketosis. The dietary intake mainly comprises protein and fat. Carbohydrates are obtained from vegetables. However, vegetarians should not undergo this step. In the second stage of this diet, more foods are added back to the diet to determine the optimum amounts of carbohydrates that can be taken without excessive weight gain. In the third phase, the person learns how to maintain weight loss and get rid of the remaining few pounds. The last phase is the maintenance phase, which aims at sustaining the weight loss for the rest of the person’s life and preventing additional weight gain. Important Facts about the Diet The Atkins 20 diet is useful in the shedding of weight in the short term. The results of this plan are realized in the first few days. However, it is important to follow the rest of the steps to sustain weight loss. It is also beneficial in improving blood sugar levels. There is no need to exercise to stimulate weight loss on the Atkins diet plan. However, most people tend to substitute the missing carbs with red meat that contains large quantities of saturated fat, which may negate the benefits of the diet plan. My Opinion about the Diet In my opinion, as much as the diet is beneficial in helping to initiate weight loss, the longstanding consequences of restricting carbs and consuming excessive animal fat are unpleasant. For example, taking excessive fats contained in animal proteins may have disastrous effects on the blood lipid profile of a person thus predisposing them to cardiovascular complications such as atherosclerosis and hypertension (Fletcher et al., 2005). In addition, the burning of fats to liberate energy instead of glucose (from carbohydrates) leads to the accumulation of ketone bodies or ketoacidosis, which may interfere with the acid-base balance (Seifter & Chang, 2016). My Protein Intake My Protein Needs Given that the recommended dietary allowance of protein intake is 0.8 grams per kilogram of body weight, my protein intake should be 0.8 grams/kg ×60 kgs since I weigh 60 kilograms. My required prote
Introduction Revenue cycle management (RCM) is one of the key issues in health care billing system. To bill for services, it is important to collect data during a patient’s visit and properly treat insurance requirements and regulations. Taking into account that insurance system presents various options and tends to change rapidly, the billing process may sometimes be difficult to provide. RCM professionals are expected to assign correct codes to health issues and accompany the whole process of payment. They are also responsible for reimbursement, eligibility, and other procedures involved in financial concerns. It should be noted that ambulatory (inpatient) and outpatient services have some differences in terms of revenue cycle management. In particular, ambulatory care setting requires paying great attention to financing comprehensive and coordinated care, while outpatient services focus more on out of the hospital treatment and may be reconsidered as per patients’ request if they disagree. As reported by the official sources, the latter is characterized by the growth in recent years, since plenty of patients have transitioned to outpatient realm (Singh & Wheeler, 2012). In order to understand revenue cycle management in an in-depth manner, it is critical to identify differences between inpatient and outpatient care settings. Literature Review The thorough review of the recent literature indicates that the majority of scholarly sources explore RCM in a hospital setting. Abdelhak, Grostick, and Hanken (2016) state that the key internal revenue drivers include productivity that is also called provider capacity, patient volume, an
The country of choice   * Grants company should enter the Thai market because it has the most suitable environment compared to politically hostile Vietnam and religious Malaysia.   * Thailand has been under an indirect effect of globalization due to its tourism industry.   * The last decades of global market activity have been marked by increased competition in all sectors.   * The markets were seriously protected, and the positions of the dominant participants are clearly consolidated.   * However, it turned out that the development of a company is impossible without competition, but is forced to learn the art of race as a guarantee of future success and development of the company in the market.   * In this case study, we will consider new market integration, some tools, and techniques of corporate strategy functioning, the task of which is to stimulate the development of the company in the most effective way for it, and to use the position in the market for its purposes.   * The main goal of developing a competitive strategy is to adapt to constant changes in the competitive environment successfully.   * There are various managerial approaches to overcome intense market competition and rivalry
Waste Water Treatment Plants (WWTP) in the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council) region were built with an aim of meeting the ever-increasing demand due to population growth in the region. This was projected to be a cost-effective venture that would be environmentally friendly vital in reducing carbon emissions (Al Mazroui, 2000). The first WWTP to be launched in Abu Dhabi, the second-largest city in the United Arabs Emirates (UAE), was done in the year 1973. This was designed to recycle a total volume of 4,545 cubic meters of wastewater per day (Vesela, 2007). Nonetheless, with the increasing demand owing to a growing population, the Sewerage Project Committee commissioned the development of another unit with a bigger capacity to meet the water demand. According to the planners, the unit was to be constructed in Al Mafraq, a hinterland of Abu Dhabi that is 40 KM away and at an altitude of forty meters above sea level (Redouane, 2010). This was basically designed to treat a volume of approximately 100,000 cubic meters of wastewater per day, serving a population of close to 332,500 people. However, with the growing pressure due to population increase, this plant was upgraded in the year 1997 to accommodate a volume of close to 260,625 cubic meters per day. Furthermore, the Water Research Company (WRC) increased its efficiency to accommodate a capacity of approximately 320,000m 3 /day. With this capacity, the plant was projected to serve a population of 0.9 million people. Of note, since the year 1999, the plant has continuously been upgraded. As such, before the year 2001, the initial phase was rehabilitated, and in the year 2003, the management took the initiative to engage in the environmental management of both biosolids and odor. Despite the efforts geared towards increasing the capacity of Mafraq WWTP, the plant’s capacity has continuously been overstretched owing to a higher population growth rate (Fig. 1) that is synonymous with this realm. Fig 1: Projected population between 2008 and 2030. With the above projection, the ADSSC (Abu Dhabi Sewerage Services Company) has braced itself to meeting the future demand (Dawoud, 2005). As such, the projects for the construction of WWTPs in Abu Dhabi have been given a priority, becoming part of the state’s vision 2030. The initial plan was meant to build four plants by the year 2013. This was envisioned to increase the overall capacity of recycled water to 850,000 cm 3 per day, meant to serve a population of approximately 3 million people. These plants, which form part of the two major projects, are located in Wathba. Once completed, the plants will ease Mafraq WWTP from its current pressure of recycling wastewater that is beyond its designated capacity. To date, Mafraq WWTP has had to recycle wastewater that is way beyond its capacity following an increased water demand. This has impacted negatively to the environment, prompting the stakeholders to raise an alarm over the same. The problem of wastewater overload in Mafraq WWTP stretches way back beyond the year 2005. Over the years, Mafraq WWTP has had to cope with the overload. The trend of capacity between
Introduction In The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald pays attention to the relationships between both Jay Gatsby and Tom Buchanan and Daisy Buchanan. The expression of love for Daisy, as portrayed by Gatsby and Tom, are somewhat different. However, both of them are in dire need of owning the woman, which makes them quite similar. There are many similarities and differences shared by the two men in an equal measure. Jay, Tom, & Daisy in The Great Gatsby Scott Fitzgerald’s book is mainly focused on the relationship of Daisy with Gatsby and Tom, with particular attention paid to similarities and differences between the two men. The features they have in common and differ in eventually influence the woman’s choice regarding whom to choose to build a relationship. Tom and Gatsby are similar in several ways. The similarities involve both the men seeking to have total control of the woman. Moreover, they are prosperous and hostile towards each other. Both men want to achieve financial success. They consider their upper-class status in society to be of great significance. At Yale, Tom shows off his wealth by riding high-class cars. The urge for more money and wealth is evident in Gatsby when he quits his job as a janitor. He considers the janitorial job humiliating and opts to get into organized crime to make more money. Both men love Daisy dearly so they can do anything to have her for themselves. Gatsby works hard for Daisy’s love and uses even illegal means to become rich to make him likable. Gatsby willingly takes the blame upon himself when Daisy kills her husband’s mistress while driving his car. Their dislike and hostility for each other is another apparent similarity shared between the two. At the Plaza hotel, the two men involve themselves in a fight, which illustrates their dislike for each other. Their faults come out during the argument to the surprise of their close friends who are there. The two also hurl insults at one another. For instance, Tom shouts, “I suppose the latest thing is to sit back and let Mr. Nobody from Nowhere make love to your wife” (Fitzgerald 137). Even though Gatsby and Tom are similar in many ways, they are also different. First, Tom comes out to be brutal, though he has a powerful personality. Tom also resides at “East Egg” with people having old money. He went to Yale, and as a youn
Introduction Gender related communication refers to issues that effect men or women and whether the differences in gender that are evident in face to face communication also extend to other media and research papers. The basic idea is that men and women tend to communicate differently. For the same set of sentences, men would see a totally different image than a woman and this causes needless friction and strained relations when communicating with a mixed gender group. This paper would analyse two journal articles that are related to gender related communication and find out the logic and if there are any flaws. Main body Rossetti (1997) argues that right from the childhood age, boys learn about aggression as a means to obtain domination over friends and peer groups while girls tend to be more cooperative and docile. When the children grow up and start working, unfortunately this tendency seems to remain. While men tend to be sharp, aggressive in their communication, and more intent on scoring points and gaining an upper hand, women tend to use communication as a means to heal and reach out to people and the language seems less aggressive. The author noted that women have a tendency to use qualifying words such as if, but, though, probably, I think, you, us, we and I. Men tend to use intensifiers in their communication and use words such as always, very, only and every. When these words are taken in a sentence, the context can change and the miscommunication can result. However, there is one flow in this argument since the way a person speaks and communicates is moulded to a great extent by the family culture, values, education, social background and the work culture where one works. These influences are known to cause a deep rooted change and in fact, there are many courses on effective communication and public speaking where language and diction and the manner in which ideas should be put forth in a socially acceptable manner, are taught. The author has ignored these factors. Allen (1991) has written about the extra efforts taken by organizations to ensure that the communications sent forth are checked for all possible factors that can injure feelings or ones that tend to cause miscommunication. However, the author contends that such sterilized communications are actually official communications that are sent and the situation is different in one to one communications that include emails and discussions. The author contends that men in general try to be assertive and when asked to give out ideas, actually give ‘commands’ even though they may not be in a position of authority. Women on the other hand try to give out suggestions by using we, probably, could be and so on. The intention of men is not to give commands but just that they feel if their ideas are taken more seriously when spoken forcefully. Women on the other hand use such comm
Introduction Studies show that human behaviors are subjective to whatever each one believes or knows. In fact, in most studies the expectations tend to present certain degrees of risks that influence the research outcomes. The expectations seem to occur particularly whenever the assessments show some level of subjectivity. The resultant effect is the generation of biased findings. Thus, researchers in clinical trials tend to use masking also dubbed as blinding in order to get rid of the biasness. However, many clinical researchers across the globe seem to comprehend the term blinding although there are perplexities lurking afar the general understanding of the term. For instance, the types of blinding namely triple blinding, double blinding, and single blinding have different meanings according to various individuals. The different views create miscomprehensions resulting from the confusing meanings. In clinical trials, blinding has a very rich account that has been in existence for centuries. According to medical literature, blinding entails making all the data collectors (assessors), healthcare providers (investigators) and trial participants uninformed about the allocated intervention in order to avoid the influence of such information. Besides improving the trial participants’ retention and conformity, blinding minimizes knowledge bias also called the differential evaluation of results. This research examines the importance of blinding in clinical trials, the types of blinds, as well as offers recommendation on the best type of blind. The importance of blinding in clinical trials Blinding plays an invaluable role as a methodological aspect of the randomized controlled trials in clinical research studies. In other words, blinding provides the most favorable devices for minimizing the probability of disparity in treatment as well as the evaluation of outcomes in clinical trials. Besides, the cover up of group allocation from a number of individuals involved in clinical studies comes with its own justifications and significance (Devereaux, Manns, & Ghali, 2001). When randomized controlled trials are conducted well and thoroughly, the ingredients for the provision of optimal approximations arise from the effect of the intrusions involving surgeries. In addition, masking has a strong point in augmenting the validity of statistical experiments applied in the justification process. This arises founded on the fact that the disparities incurred in the intervention groups and control groups portray the differences between two random samples of the population. In essence, the disparities amid the control and interference study groups ought to be evaluated against the likelihood expectations in the research populace (Kaptchuk, 1998). Numerical experiments are based on various presuppos
Every country needs some oil to run its errands, but the oil producing nations (OPEC nations) are few in number. From an economic point of view, whenever the suppliers are few, they tend to manipulate the prices of their products. Essentially, OPEC nations agree on the amount of oil to produce and the prices of selling the oil. OPEC nations discuss the target markets, and they dictate the distributing channels for their own good. In a span of one month, oil prices can raise considerably, but since oil has no substitute, the demand for oil remains inelastic. Indeed, oil prices affect nations’ GDPs in one way or another. This paper will give a clear outlay of the effect of oil prices on the various variables in the GDP equation using clear illustrations and graphs. The gross domestic product (GDP) presents the market value of the economic activities within a nation. The GPD sums all the amounts of monies spent in a nation. The four factors that measure the GPD include the consumption levels of the consumers, investment levels of businesses (amount businesses spend on purchasing goods and services), the government spending, and the net exports. In this case, the net exports amount is the difference between the exports and imports. Oil prices have an indirect effect on each factor of the GDP equation, which in turn affects the nation’s GDP levels (Maeda 112). GDP = C +I +G+X Where C is the total consumption of the consumers, I is the investment levels of the businesses, G is the federal, state and government spending, and X is the net exports (exports minus imports). Oil prices and their effects on the total consumption of consumers Consumption is directly proportional to the income levels of a household because people can only spend the amount of money that they earn. However, not all the money is spent; earners have to pay income taxes to the government, and some households save some of their income. Whenever the oil prices are high, businesses tend to increase the prices of their products to cater for the rise in the production costs (Pinno and Serletis 202). This factor decreases the consumers’ spending powers, and consumers tend to buy few items. Essentially, some consumers would decide to save their money rather than spend it with the hope that the prices of products would decrease in the near future. The price elasticity of demand will play a critical role in such a case, where, consumers will only purchase necessities and shy away from buying luxuries. Consumer spending f
Shopping Report For this shopping report, I chose to review the Sandro store, located in Bloomingdale in the South Coast Plaza. The brand belongs to the contemporary market and has a strong focus on feminine styles, such as dresses, ruffled tops, and lightweight materials. One of the 2017/2018 Fall/Winter trends that are evident in the brand’s collection is the “working girl” style. According to Allende, this trend inspired styles with strong shoulders and a cinched waistline, which emphasizes a woman’s power (par. 1). In Sandro, this trend has been translated into outerwear designs, such as belted jackets. Another F/W 2017/2018 trend that was adopted by Sandro is checking print, which was among the top trends seen in Tibi, Balmain, and Missoni collections (Pieri 63-66). Pressman also indicates the apparent focus on rich, warm colors (par. 2-3), which has also been translated into the Sandro collection. For instance, red colors and fire prints can be seen throughout the store. Most of the items are in solid colors, although there are some printed models. There are also many forecasted trends that are likely to be reflected in the brand’s future collections. For example, ISPO released several color palettes that reflect the designers’ forecasted color preferences for the Spring/Summer 2019 collections. The colors that are likely to become popular in Sandro are the rich techno tones from the “Dancing” palette, as well as the calm yet bright colors from “Jungle Jammin’” (ISPO par. 4, 6). These colors will suit the brand’s style and reflect its philosophy, as they are feminine and not too bright. The upcoming S/S 2018 collection, however, may adopt some of the trends reflected in the Trendzone’s fashion and color forecast. For example, “Wonderlust” colors (Trend zone 22293) may become popular, as they represent a range of color options that can be used with lace and feminine silhouettes popular with the brand. For instance, light beige, pink, and peach can be used both as solid colors and as the main colors in lightweight skirts and dresses, whereas woodland, camouflage, and tent green would be perfect for classic style dresses and outerwear. As for the structure, Feightelberg suggests that S/S 2018 will bring a strong focus on body shapes: “There will be more of a design emphasis on bustles, bellies, hips, and