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The particular features of the children’s growth are determined by a lot of factors which can be discussed as the child-specific characteristics, including the genetics factor, and as the child behaviours, with references to the nutrition, physical activity, and daily regime. There are a lot of factors that can influence the children’s growth concerning such measures as height and weight which can be normal or abnormal. These measures should be controlled according to the special scales and charts to predict and overcome possible changes in the children’s growth which can be discussed as an abnormality. To examine the conditions which are important for the children’s growth, and which can cause abnormality, it is necessary to refer to three growth charts and analyze them about the average measures and influential conditions. Three charts representing the changes in the growth of eight-year-old James, David, and Marco are examined and compared with the clinical growth chart which provides information about a child average growth rate. The CDC growth chart for boys from 2 to 20 years is used to compare the measures presented in the charts with the average measures typical for the age of eight ( Boys’ stature-for-age and weight-for-age, 2000). It was found that the measures about the weight and height of James were correlated, and the boy’s weight of 20 kg can be discussed as healthy for the height of 118 cm. However, these measures are not related to the boy’s age of eight. They are lower than the permissible norm for age. That is why it is possible to speak about an abnormality in the boy’s growth. The parameters characteristic for David are also compared with the measures presented in the CDC growth chart. The correlation of David’s weight and height can be discussed as normal, but it borders with the underweight. This fact is conditioned by the boy’s abnormal height of 132 cm which is not related to the weight of 26. If the boy’s weight is normal, the height is over the norm. Marco’s parameters are also compared with the CDC growth chart. The measures are analyzed regarding their correlation to each other. It was stated that the boy achieved the borderline of the overweight. Moreover, Marco’s weight and height are significantly over the permissible measures which are characterized for the age of eight. Thus, Marco’s growth is abnormal. From this point, James and Marco’s charts indicate the significant level of abnormality when David’s chart allows speaking about the absence of the healthy correlation between the weight and height typical for the age of eight. Focusing on the abnormality characterized for James, it is necessary to state that there is a high level of abnormality which can be caused by the lack of
The problem of climate change has plagued humanity from the very beginning of the industrial revolution when anthropogenic impact began to transform the world around us fundamentally. The scientists of Lunar Energy have learned how to convert industrial gases into energy. The company is specialized in providing excellent volume energy for many countries, as well as for a high number of private and public companies. Due to its significant contribution to the world’s struggle against the greenhouse effect, the firm has gained international recognition and plenty of investments. By the year 2035, the company had been developed into a full-scale transnational enterprise with roots and headquarters in Australia. Lunar Energy participates in many transnational and multinational programs related to the safe production of energy, which results in remarkable cooperation with international organizations. The company forever inscribed its name in history through the invention of a reactor that uses industrial gases as a source of energy. Industrial gases can be converted into clean energy using a unique reactor that uses carbon dioxide as a feedstock and displays a highly purified concentration of formic acid. This acid, which has been produced by traditional carbon dioxide devices for a long time, most often requires expensive and energy-intensive stages of purification. At the same time, the direct production of formic acid contributes to the active development of industrial technologies for the conversion of carbon dioxide, thereby healing our environment. During the first tests of the new technology, the reactor achieved the effectiveness of energy transformation of almost 50% ( Reactor turns greenhouse gas, 2019). Such a result means that energy may be saved in formic acid in the form of special liquid fuel. Moreover, the high environmental friendliness of formic acid allows not only to generate electricity while emitting carbon dioxide but also to capture by-products, processing them again. Business Proposal Lunar Energy would like to make an offer to the hospital regarding the provision of energy in the form of formic acid. The company understands that healthcare is an expensive and substantial part of any economy that requires many crucial resources. Lunar Energy has an impeccable business reputation and pursues the aim of providing its services to critical economic and social areas in Australia on a beneficial basis to both parties. The company is ready to propose a 25% discount for its production to ensure that, first of all, it complies with the intentions of enhancing its reputation and the Australian economy. How Energy Will be Provided After the hospital places the order and measures the exact volume of energy that it needs, Lunar Energy will convert industrial gases into formic acid. Then, the company will put this acid into specific IBC containers developed by the firm, as formic acid is a quite dangerous substance ( Formic acid , no date; Lockwood, 2017). Lunar Energy also
Despite all the advantages that technology and progress have to offer to the humankind, there has always been a tendency to romanticize the nature and cultivate the idea of returning into the lapse of innocence where the concept of money and other vulgar attributes of civilization is no longer in existence. The given tendency has been prevailing among the world’s most renowned poets since the dawn of the Greek civilization, and the literature of the XVIII century did not seem to bring anything new to the table. To give the poets of the Enlightenment credit, though, they did attempt at making the idea of the fallen values seem somewhat original, making it take a shape of the literature genre known as urban pastoral. The typical elements of urban pastoral can be easily traced in the poems of such authors as Jonathan Swift. Although Swift conveys the same idea of moral decay and the need to reconsider the key human values, he uses a fairly original way to do so in his “A Description of a City Shower” and “A Description of the Morning” with the help of several peculiar stylistic devices and a specific mood of the poems. The formal elements of the poem, however, also help convey the message typical for the urban pastoral of the time. To start with, the meter of each poem serves the purpose well. The iambic pentameter couplets, the trademark of “A Description of a City Shower” and “A Description of the Morning,” help the audience immerse into the atmosphere of a heroic verse style and, therefore, realize the significance and the scale of the moral issues that the world is facing. Indeed, shifting the emphasis on the second syllables, Swift makes the poems sound like something that a passer-by would say about a city and its daily routine while traveling to a place where the troubles of the mundane life are no longer the focus of attention. In addition, the self-repeating iambic structure makes one think of something inescapable that makes the citizens return to their self-centered and vain ways: “Careful observers may foretell the hour/ (By sure Prognostiks) when to dread a shower” (Swift line 1) sounds like an impending doom with the help of the iambic pattern. Another important element of a poem, rhyme is an integral part of both Swift’s poems. It is quite peculiar that both poems are structured in the same meter, i.e., AABB type; the lines rhyme in pairs in both “A Description of the Morning” and “A Description of a City Shower”: “hour–shower,” “wings–flings” (Swift “A Description of a City Shower”), “coach–approach,” “own–flown” (Swift “A Description of the Morning”). The given meter allows for a focus on the content instead of noticing the structure; therefore, the poem can be easily digested and understood. A much smaller poem, “A Description of the Morning” allows for more wiggle room for various stylistic effects, such as assonances and alliterations. The latter can be traced in such lines as “The kennel-edge where wheels had worn the place” (Swift), where the repetitive “w” sound creates the impression of a boring daily routine, thus, contributing to the effect that urban pastorals are supposed t
The Future This paper casts a critical eye over the challenges or issues in the area of tests and measurement that one can see in the future. Challenges for instructional helpful responsibility tests, Current models of state or local instructive reform rely on accountability systems that normally considered extensive utilization of standards-based estimations. There have been various interpretations of how these responsibility systems are developed and implemented. Testing and Measurement in the Next Generation Technologies is a project aimed at incorporating various platforms for network testing and measurement for developing a general and open pan-European infrastructure. The system will include both passive and active measurement techniques via a common
Steve Jobs leadership style Steve Jobs was one of the most successful, influential, and respected organizational leaders in the history of the United States of America. He was an example of success for his numerous inventions, entrepreneurial spirit, marketing skills, and most importantly his unconventional style of leadership. He came across as a result-oriented leader who sought maximum output from everyone. Jobs commanded a lot of respect from his colleagues because of his nature of making decisions based on serious examination and judgment. Steve Jobs had a vision to achieve market leadership through the products and services he developed. His strategic approach was to identify gaps within the technology industry, develop solutions, set trends, and let others follow. His aggressiveness, high level of intelligence, and willingness to learn from failures contributed to his indisputable success at the helm of Apple Inc. His thinking style was dissimilar from that of conventional organizational leaders because he had the ability to see and understand things differently. He was a leader with an exceptional intellectual aptitude and believed in his ability to influence sustainable change in the world through development of innovative products and services. He established Apple Incorporation at a time when people across the world were freeing from illusions because they did not believe in science. Jobs was bold enough to launch his company at that time because he had already established what people were looking for in the market. Courage is an attribute associated with unconventional leaders who believe that there is a solution to every challenge. Achieving success in a highly competitive market requires a leader with exceptional skills and a strong spirit in order to counter market forces that present obstacles. Achieving leadership goals and objectives Effective and reliable leadership is an essential element for success in any organization. It is important for organizational leaders to achieve all their goals and objectives. As a leader, I want to be successful in all undertakings, hence the need for development of certain traits and values that will place me ahead of my peers. The first thing that needs improvement is my character. Character is important to a leader because motivating people in order to achieve a common goal goes beyond commanding respect, being sensitive towards their needs, and embracing aggressiveness. Instead, I intend to develop inherent attributes such as the desire to promote ethics and morality through my actions and reactions. The second element that needs improvement is my position on leadership and its purpose. I want to transform from a conventional leader into an unconventional leader. The reason for this is that unconventional leaders value the growth and welfare of the people they lead unlike conventional leaders who prioritize their own development and welfare at the expense of others. A successful leader is known by the degree of growth observed in the p
Introduction Organizations operate in an environment that requires some changes to remain competitive. Consequently, they cannot operate efficiently in the long term without learning and development either wholly or at an individual level (Easterby-Smith, Crossan & Nicolini, 2005, p.783). The goal is to ensure that an organization has the capability to sense any changes in the external and internal environment and then adapt to meet the new demands. The subject of organizational learning and development is a critical issue that is rooted in the organizational theory. The issue finds central applications in the human resource section of any organization (Bontis, Crossan & Hulland, 2002). Although there are several models for organizational learning, the goal of this paper is to discuss the applicability of Peter Senge’s learning and development model within an organization as shown in appendix 1. Peter Senge’s Learning and Development Model According to Peter Senge, learning organizations are organizations, which make it possible for all members to develop, and be transformed in a continuous way (Fulmer, Keys & Bernard, 1998). Environmental pressures cause organizations to embrace change through learning alternative ways of getting things done in the most effective and efficient manner. From Senge’s concept of organizational learning, organizations encourage learning through enabling people to do things in an interconnected and comprehensive manner (Senge, 2004). In this sense, organizations imitate communities by encouraging people working in them to develop total commitment to them. Senge’s model for organizational learning is based on five main pillars. These are “systems thinking, mental models, team learning, personal mastery, and shared vision” (Senge, 2004). System thinking is the main building block of Senge’s learning and development model. In his book Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization , Senge brings a wealth of information on how theory can be deployed in an organization to address various issues and organizational questions. For Senge, systematic thinking is the pillar for enhancing learning irrespective of the industry in which an organization operates. Such thinking forms the sphere, which integrates all different facets of an organization to operate coherently (Senge, 2004). System hypothesis enables people to tackle and understand the whole while still paying attention to the existing interrelationships between the whole and the constituent components. Senge argues that peopl
Introduction The work of the Italian opera composer C. Monteverdi is one of the unique phenomena in the 17th century’s musical culture. In his interest in humans, in their passions and sufferings, Monteverdi is a true Renaissance artist. None of the composers of that time managed to express the tragic, life-like feeling in music, to come closer to comprehending its truth, and to reveal the pristine nature of human characters. At present, when art is becoming the art of interpretation, for an adequate “reading” of the creations of the past, it is necessary to address the experience of those composers who determined the main traditions of the opera, the principles of its embodiment. One of the most striking “discoveries” of the early 20th century was the music of the Venetian master Claudio Monteverdi. Today this name is known to the whole world, and by the number of theatrical premieres in the season, Monteverdi is approaching such absolute leaders as Verdi and Mozart. Monteverdi’s musical dramas are now performed not only in most European countries but even in Australia and the countries of America and Asia (Lewis and Acuna 6). The study of Monteverdi’s work, in which both composer skills and a fine knowledge of vocal technique are merged, is very relevant since Monteverdi’s opera work had a significant impact on the development of vocal art and pedagogy. Namely, he was at the origins of the so-called “living vocal tradition” (Cohen 56-57). An analysis of Monteverdi’s creativity allows defining the Italian vocal school as a synthesis of technology and aesthetics. In particular, Lewis and Acuna believe that this interpretation of the voice was most fully manifested in the “bel canto culture,” Italian vocal performing and pedagogical tradition, which is a syncretic unity of aesthetics and vocals (Lewis and Acuna 172-179). The object of study in this paper is the work of Claudio Monteverdi from the standpoint of embodying the technical and aesthetic principles of bel canto in it. Brief biography and the value of Claudio Monteverdi’s creativity Monteverdi was born in 1567 and began to compose music early. Already at the beginning of the 1580s, the first collections of polyphonic vocal works (madrigals, motets, cantatas) were published, and by the end of the same decade, he became a well-known composer in Italy, a member of the Academy of the Cecilia Santa in Rome (Redlich 19). Since 1590, Monteverdi has been serving in the court chapel of the Duke of Mantua (first as an orchestra and singer, and then as bandmaster). In February 1607 in Mantua, the first opera of Monteverdi was staged with great success ‑ Orpheus (libretto by A. Striggio) (Redlich 25). Monteverdi turned a pastoral play intended for palace festivities i
Background Analysis of High Recovery Brackish Water Desalination Processes using Fuel Cells (2009) was written by Rajindar Singh and details a water desalination technique using fuel cells. The author is the Technical Manager, Industrial Purified Water, Siemens Water Technologies, Colorado Springs, CO, USA. Rajindar Singh Singh has authored and co-authored several articles that mainly touch on water purification systems, these articles have been published on scientific journals such as Separation Science and Technology, Desalination and Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy. He has also written several books on the same topic, these include Hybrid Membrane Systems for Water Purification (2006) and Influence of Slip Velocity at Membrane Surface on Ultrafiltration Performance (1977). His years of experience working on water purification systems at Siemens Water Technologies make the paper a credible source for academic purposes as he writes the book from a professional point of view. The paper was written in 2009 and this fits the widely accepted 5-year range within which scientific information remains valid. This implies that the information contained in the paper is up to date and can be used for scholarly purposes. Rajinder targets individuals interested in water purification techniques and this is evidenced by the fact that he publishes his paper in a scientific journal dealing with separation technologies ( Separation Science and Technology ). While writing the paper, Singh refers to several peer reviewed journals, books and reports from well-known bodies and firms such as the United Nations and UTC respectively. All of these factors contribute to the article being a credible source of information. Article Summary The article is written in report format. The first part is the abstract and is followed by an introduction. Singh follows this with a design basis for the system used in the desalination process, then the results and discussion, and concludes with a section on summary and conclusions. At the end of the paper, Singh give a list of references that assert that his research techniques were excellent, this is evident from the length and number of entries on the reference page. I chose to work on the System Design Basis section as it gives a full description of the method used for desalination process. Water Desalination Process A sketch of the desalination process using a fuel cell is shown below: Fuel cells convert Hydrogen to electricity and this powers the system. Since hydrogen and oxygen are easily available, the system is designed to save energy and reduce operation costs. Hydrogen gas enters the fuel cell through an inlet on the cathode end and i
Accounting Standards will actually differ from one region to another. Different organizations also develop different accounting standards for their decision-making. The Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) sets such standards in Australia. This board is to make sure that, the accounting standards are followed professionally in reporting accounting decisions (Monti, Belkaoui, 1991). By and large these standards almost show commonness between Australia and China. However, to both cases, accountants are required to maintain high standards in their accounting reports. In both of the countries, they have adopted accounting standards which are required internationally (International Accounting Standards). These standards regulate the accounting system applied internationally so that accounting system is applied professionally. These standards have been set to cater for the changing global volume of business in which corporations is undertaking their businesses internationally. With this aspect accounting standards should be set so as to foster high standards of accountability in professional accounting. The aim of these international standards of accounting between Australia and China is to foster quality accounting results both in the domestic understanding as well as any inter-global linkages that these countries may engage in. Such standards in both of these countries promote a global proficiency and reliability (Mickee, Garner, 2002). Due to the current nature between the ownership and control of businesses, high accounting standards have to be maintained to ensure that stakeholders’ requirements are ensured. Basically, in recent corporations, expansions of firms in Australia and China have been too high. Such expansions have led to increased divergence between the ownership and management of these business firms. To ensure this, International Accounting Standards have been highly applicable in the two countries, to ensure reliability of the shareholders to the accounting information. Either, there have constantly been high capital-inflows in the two countries and the global scenery. To ensure such quality of reputation in accounting system, there has been the use of International Accounting Standards (River, 1994). Despite the uniqueness in the accounting standards between China and Australia, capital-inflows have been the subject to great difference where the difference in the business environment has called for a difference i