ShantanuT01/DACTYL-Pretraining huggingface dataset:
Introduction Toronto is one of the fasting growing financial economic centers of the world. Toronto’s economy plays a vital role in the economy of Canada. According to the Global Financial Centre Index, Toronto ranks at12 th amongst 46 most renowned financial centers of the world. The financial services industry of Toronto has acted as a critical economic engine for the city generating great employment opportunities and yielding higher GDP. According to the World’s Economic Survey, Toronto ranks as the third largest stock exchange in North America. The financial sector of Toronto has contributed about 13.2 percent directly and 7.9 percent indirectly to Canada’s GDP (Bullen et al., 2011). This indicated that Toronto’s financial sector plays a prominent role in locally and internationally. Toronto contributes about half of Canada’s GDP that is about $1.736 trillion. Furthermore, last year Toronto’s economy posted a growth rate of 2.7 percent. Its financial sector has played a significant role in Canada’s economy and therefore, holds a significant importance for investors and businesses. Toronto’s economy is a mixed economy with no single dominating industry. Three major industries of the region ranked by the percent of GDP are the financial industry, real estate, and wholesale and retailing trade (Careless, 2002). The major contribution to GDP is made by its financial industry i.e. 14 percent. During last three years, the financial sector of Toronto provided major opportunities for businesses and has attracted major investments, which have positively affected its position in the global arena. This paper shall analyze different aspects of the financial sector of Toronto, and it shall also critically analyze its economic significance. This report aims to study t
Credit card attitudes and behaviors of college students by authors So-Hyun Joo, John E. Grable & Dorothy C. Bagwell presents a scenario of the credit card use and its effects on college students. It looks into the parameters of the rise of credit card usage and notes that this inclination towards credit cards and use of multiple credit cards by each student renders negative effects on the student. The writers note that the credit card companies are targeting the students and reaping the consumerist interests prevailing in the society today. This article directly relates to the basic culture of the modern society that is predominantly formulated by market-induced economy at a greater scale. The authors explore the consumerist attitude and voluntary shopping syndrome that is prevailing in the current culture directly. The authors juxtaposed the cultural perimeters with financial sector in order to expose the cultural imbalance of today. The sociological concept on culture, which is directly related to the article, is the sociological theory of Deviance. The concept explores social disapproval in elicit from and though credit cards are not illegal it is certain that over use and abuse of credit cards are surely breach of social and cultural norms as they violate the fundamental stability of the society itself. The most important aspect of the article is the cultural economization that the society is going through today. It is important to check this tendency or else there would be serious consequences in the near future. Works Cited Joo, So-Hyun, Grable, John E. Bagwell, Dorothy C, Credit card attitudes and behaviors of college students, College Student Journal: Find Articles , 2003, Web.
Prelude to Conflict The prelude phase describes the situation that made the conflict possible, taking into account its participants, their relationship, and the environment where the conflict takes place. Organizational factors, such as the disparity in power and status, can also be a significant factor in creating interpersonal conflict (Anicich et al., 2015). These environmental factors strongly affect the development of a conflict. Alice and Bob were two friends who have known each other for years, shared hobbies and social circles. The two were planning to host a social gathering and were inviting their mutual friends. Among those friends was Charlie, whose company Bob believed everyone would enjoy and personally wanted to see at the event. However, Charlie had recently made some disparaging comments about Alice, which have offended her. Alice thought that spending time around Charlie would upset her and possibly lead to further conflict between them, which could spoil the social gathering. Triggering Event The triggering event is the event or issue that one of the sides of the conflict finds objectionable. A triggering event can arise from causes such as a difference in personalities, lack of information, or, in this example, an ambiguity in responsibilities (Lalegani et al., 2019). This event is generally seen as the start of a conflict. Bob invited Charlie to the event without asking Alice as the two had not discussed the possibility of one of them finding a mutual friend’s presence objectionable. Alice discovered Charlie’s name on the event page they had created on Facebook. Initiation Phase At the initiation phase, the conflict becomes overt and the two sides become aware that it exists. Alice told Bob she did not want to see Charlie at the gathering but did not explain the reason for it. Differentiation Phase During the differentiation phase, the participants of the conflict attempt to resolve it through the use of conflict management tactics. Bob was incredulous since he was unaware of the ongoing conflict between the other two. He thought Alice was being difficult or exaggerating some insignificant offense and insisted that Charlie should come. He suggested that Charlie will not cause any trouble, there will be enough people at the event, and that the two do not have to interact with one another if they do not want to. He also explained that it would be rude to cancel an invitation after it had been accepted. Alice conceded the point about rudeness but explain
Teaching/learning outcomes are largely dependent on various factors within the classroom as well as in the external environment. Consequently, a classroom teacher has to be aware of these factors as much as possible. With such knowledge, a teacher is able to organize and reorganize his/her classroom for the purpose of attaining the set objectives. Even so, reorganizing of classroom organization and grouping for enhanced learning require creativity. A creative teacher is capable of reorganizing his/her classroom organization for effective monitoring and assessment of the learners’ progress. Reorganizing Classroom Organization Classroom organization has to do with the arrangement of the various elements of learning. A teacher organizes students’ tables and chairs, teacher’s desk, the position of the projector and other learning aids. He/she arranges how the learners sit in a classroom and the spacing between the learners. A teacher may deem it necessary to reorganize the classroom organization as may be necessitated. For instance, a teacher may rearrange learners’ desks depending on the number of students she/he has in the classroom. This is to say that it is up to a teacher to ensure that the room does not look compressed. Another factor that influences such an arrangement is the behavior. Many teenagers tend to be cheeky as they grow. It is a teacher’s duty to understand his/her students and reorganize the classroom. For example, it is advisable to have learners with behavior problems sitting closer to the teacher’s desk and the well-behaved ones sitting at the back. This way, learners with behavioral issues hold back their unbecoming behaviors. Such behaviors are usually a distraction to other learners around them. A teacher may also make a modification to be sure that all the learners sit in a way that they are all visible to him/her. This helps a lot when it comes to classroom management. It reduces or eliminates the chances of a leaner being up to something unconstructive during lessons just because the teacher does not keep an eye on him or her. Classroom organization, as one may observe, is all about understanding learners and responding to their individual needs and differences. Grouping for Enhanced Learning When it comes to grouping learners, a teacher has to bear in mind a few things. First, it is not advisable to have all lessons conducted in groups. That way, a teacher’s methodology becomes predictable, and the grouping may eventually fail in meeting its objectives. Grouping depends on the content and objectives of the lesson. One of the primary reasons for grouping learners is to encourage students’ participation as much as possible. It also enhances understanding of the topic and offers an opportunity for creativity and communication. During grouping, a teacher should consider various cognitive abilities of the learners. This is to imply that a teacher should group learners in ability groups. This enables all the learners in a particular group to cope with the assigned tasks. A teacher should not necessarily group fast learners together. He/she should be able to identify them and give them something extra to do.
Introduction: Zinsser and His Measure of Triumph In the present-day world, the reputation of every single Epson is measured by his/her success, and that is something to think about. While the idea of obtaining a valuable experience even at the cost of failure is somewhat admitted as a good one, the focus of the society is still on the achievements rather than on life’s lessons and what they have taught one. In his paper, Zinsser explains that the constant focus on the positive result forces the American youth into an extremely exhausting lifestyle: “I see four kinds of pressure working on college students today: economic pressure, parental pressure, peer pressure, and self-induced pressure” (Zinsser). Moreover, according to the author, with a well though-out plan of victories and the crowning achievement, in the end, the life of the American youth becomes rather dull: “They want a map — right now — that they can follow unswervingly to career security, financial security, social security and, presumably, a prepaid grave” (Zinsser). Too Much of a Good Thing: Zinsser Has a Point It must be admitted that at certain point, Zinsser pins down the basic negative aspect of the whole idea of the American Dream; indeed, the key problem of the present-day youth is that they are in a rush for their highest peak, with no regard for the current achievements and not being able to evaluate the positive and the negative aspects of a certain experience. As Zinsser explains, “Achievement is the national god, venerated in our media — the million-dollar athlete, the wealthy executive — and the glorified in our praise of possessions” (Zinsser). Obviously, there is a grain of truth in Zinsser’s train of thoughts – the focus on success presupposes that the young people will not be able to analyze the results of their work, deriving both the negative and the positive information – they will take a failure as an utter defeat, and the success as the complete victory, without analyzing the benefits and the drawbacks of their current state of affairs. Thus, one must admit that Zinsser’s argument seems rather legitimate. Savoring the Victory: My Experience of Success Despite the arguments offered above in support of Zinsser’s ideas, it is necessary to mention that experiencing a moment of success is much harder in terms of its analysis; once tasting the victory, one is bound to aim at reliving the moment of triumph again and again without the concern for the significance of experience derived from a negative result. Moreover, fear of negative results can arise. For example, my personal experience of success could have led to my following the blazed trail of the American Dream and fearing any possible negative results. Once, writing an assignment from school, I came up with the idea that led beyond the topic area and pushed me into philosophical reflections. After putting much effort into this task, I was really delighted to see that I received an excellent mark for it, and at the same time it hurt me to realize that the next paper might not match the excellence of this one, which made me spend days polishing the next
Introduction The topic of the paper is the carbon cycle, which includes its description and mentioning its key stages. Though the carbon cycle is barely noticeable for most people, it plays an important role in creating a habitable environment on the Earth. Therefore, the topic came from a closer overview of the environment that people live in and the substances on which they depend. Since climate changes may affect the carbon cycle and the lives of people drastically, the phenomenon deserves a detailed review. Occurring at a range of levels and influenced by human activities significantly, it needs a better focus and thorough analysis. Search Process I chose Google as the search engine and typed “carbon cycle” into the search field. The query returned approximately 2,830,000 results. Needless to say, Wikipedia was the first site that Google suggested in its top ten. To get the general idea of what I would be looking for, I browsed Wikipedia for the essential pieces of information. Since Wikipedia offered the sources that dated back to 2008 and earlier, I decided to look for the necessary resources on Google Scholar, which is a repository of scholarly sources. First, I used the same phrase (“carbon cycle”) when searching for the article. However, the results returned by Google Scholar (657,000 items) were too general. By using the word “climate” as one of the keywords, I narrowed the search down to 226,000 results and located a scholarly article by Reichstein et al. Results According to the research implications, there is a direct connection between the carbon cycle and climate change. To be more exact, climate extremes, which can be observed currently, trigger a chain of interconnected effects that cause a change in the carbon balance in the environment. Furthermore, the rate of the carbon cycle and the percentage of carbon emissions depend largely on the type of climate change that occurs in the chosen area. The authors of the article provide a brief description of the phenomenon of the carbon cycle, stressing that it implies the absorption of carbon dioxide emissions. According to Reichstein et al., the carbon cycle occurs primarily “via carbon accumulation in forest biomass and soils” (Reichstein et al. 287). The authors also provide a detailed description of the concept of climate variability, as well as the extremes, stressing that the latter phenomenon is typically viewed in the context of not only meteorological but also other essential variables, therefore, creating a complex environment, in which the carbon cycle extremes can be studied carefully. Furthermore, the authors stress that, despite a large number of forests and the increase in the humidity rates that th
The average global temperature is rising and mankind is about to experience a deadly catastrophe as a result. This is as a result of accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. It has been primarily attributed to human activities such as combustion of fossil fuels and deforestation. Global warming can be termed as the greatest threat facing humanity in the twenty first century whose effects are overwhelming due to massive climatic changes. It is attributed to the rise in sea levels, alterations of rainfall patterns as well as extension of subtropical deserts. Besides, it has been associated with the extreme weather such as tsunami and retreating of glacier in Polar Regions to cause rising sea levels. Consequently, species extinction and food insecurity due to reduced agriculture has been evidenced especially in the developing world. With the rising population along with food shortages, mass starvation could be evidenced as well as sanitation issues and other health problems. The melting of ice caps will desalinate the oceans, reduce its temperature and change the ocean currents, leading to another ice-age, which could overwhelm the human civilizations causing their extinction (Miller & Spoolman, 2008). The developed world is aware of these threats to humanity and has engaged into various mitigation policies to alleviate the issue. They have proposed ways of dealing with global warming that include adaptation to its effects and geo-engineering geared at eliminating the buildup of greenhouse gases. Additionally, the developed world has initiated international mitigation
The discussion’s main idea lies in the necessity to prevent people from being misinformed about their partner’s HIV/AIDS status. According to state law, doctors are not allowed to disclose the patient’s HIV status, leaving this to the patient (“Limits on confidentiality,” 2017). I agree with the discussion’s statement that HIV-positive people have a strong argumentation to stay silent on the subject, as they can be discriminated against after the disclosure. However, I believe that the key to avoiding the issue of the HIV growing epidemic does not lie in the doctor’s duty to anonymously inform one’s sexual partners. It is the complete modification of public health policy that matters the most in the context. People should receive the proper level of sexual education from an early age without being afraid to speak on the subject. The issue of HIV/AIDS consists of two major drawbacks. The first one concerns stigma and discrimination against people with HIV (CDC, 2019). The reason they do not disclose their status to their partners does not lie in their desire to hurt the partner, as sometimes they are afraid of being abandoned. In my opinion, such a high level of discrimination is caused by people’s incompetence in the matter. Another important issue concerns the growing necessity of safe sex promotion by conveying the idea of self-responsi
Executive Summary Enviro & Demo Masters, Inc. is a demolition company that treats its employees unfairly. In the recent past, the executives of the company were found guilty of underpaying their employees. However, the executives have developed a habit of violating the federal wage law and tampering with the witnesses whenever the company is sued. The company presents false payrolls to the government agencies to deceive them of the exact amount of money that it pays its employees. Generally, Enviro & Demo Masters, Inc. is one of the companies that hide their unlawful practices through fraud, which covers up their ill deeds. The company employs fewer workers than the mentioned number of workers in the contract. Thereafter, the company lists the names of relatives in the record of demolition workers, yet the relatives never work. The certified payrolls presented to the ministry of labor contain forged signatures. Indeed, the unlawful practices that the company performs are numberless, and the company executives forget that their practices would have adverse consequences on the general performance of the company. Further, the company may have a destroyed reputation, as employees would shy away from accepting the company’s employment opportunities. The company ought to treat their employees fairly so that they can deliver their best. This memo is addressed to the CEO of Enviro & Demo Masters, Inc. It contains some advice of the strategies that the company ought to employ to improve the internal operations of the company. Advice to the company’s executives Enviro & Demo Masters, Inc.’s executives should know that employees are the most important stakeholders of the company. Their efforts determine the quality and quantity of products and services offered by the company. Essentially, employees determine the profitability levels of the company. The employees have the ability to strike, demonstrate, and destroy the reputation of the company. They can also discourage other employees from joining the pressured work environment. Therefore, employees need an encouraging work environment to deliver their best. It is worth noting that employees or customers can make use of the loophole to formulate their own demolition companies that will compete against the Enviro & Demo Masters Company. Obviously, the new companies would beat Enviro & Demo Masters, Inc., as they would seal all the loopholes. The company’s executives should understand that they ought to have a mutual relationship with the employees, as they cannot do without them. Steps to take Employees’ pay Enviro & Demo Masters, Inc.’s ex
Introduction This paper presents an explicit critique of the article, Engaging health care workers to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infection and avert patient harm , by Fakir and others. Reflectively, the review will authenticate relevance of the research article which has comprehensively captured the conceptualization ideas discussed within its periphery of ideal and actualization. Besides, the critique paper reflects on the methodology strategy and adopted methods which appear to have employed quantitative analysis. In addition, the critique investigates research designs and conceptualized results which are quantifiable and assess the same in terms of relevance in the present strategies for preventing the catheter urinary tract infection. Article critique The article, Engaging health care workers to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infection and avert patient harm , is a summary of research on the prevalence of the catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) in hospitals. The research article reviews the impact of the CAUTIs and nursing driven indwelling catheter protocol in terms of reducing the CAUTIs. Through quantitative evaluation, the research involved reviewing the CAUTI prevention strategies that hospitals adopt and why they are more effective in some hospitals than others. The highest effectiveness score was noticed in hospitals which had a proactive implementation process as indicated in the article. Therefore, hospitals with high levels of success in CAUTI prevention tend to have clear road maps, comprehensive team work, and strategy nursing role allocation. It is apparent that “HCW engagement at the hospital level is an essential component for successful implementation of the CAUTI prevention work” (Fakih et al. 2014, p. 225). As established by Fakir, Krein, Edson, Watson, Battles, and Sanjay (2014), the best strategy for preventing catheter-associated urinary tract infection lies in proactive engagement of the heath care workers. The authors noted that several efforts have been directed by different health agencies to reduce devise use. For instance, the authors noted that the efforts of CDC and HICPAC have resulted in creation of several guidelines for preventing CAUTI through involvement of the healthcare personnel. The main indications suggested by the agencies are; “(1) acute urinary retention or bladder outlet obstruction, (2) accurate measurements of urinary output in critically ill patients, (3) preoperative use for selected surgical procedures, (4) to assist in he