...As a child, Walls' parents chose an alternative lifestyle which they saw as beneficial, but in reality subjected their children to abuse, neglect and extreme poverty. The children had a sad and independent childhood with their parents, who often tended to their needs over their children. In The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls writes of how as a young adult she pulled herself out of the unhealthy lifestyle of her parents, and managed to make something of herself. In The Glass Castle, Rex and Rosemary are not the ideal American parents, but they would be considered effective. They would be considered effective because they taught their children to stand up for themselves, independent, supportive and supportive and always there for each other. One of the effects that the Wall’s parents had on their children was teaching them to stand up for themselves. “The mattress shot forward, and our arsenal of rocks flew through the air. I heard them thud against Ernie’s body and clatter on the road. He screamed and cursed as his bike skidded” (166). When Brian and Jeannette go against the neighborhood bullies they show that they may not have money or what other families have but they are clever. They demonstrate their cleverness by creating their own catapult to stop Ernie Goad and his friends. To sum it all up, Jeannette and Brian learn to stand up for themselves by being a team. The second effect that the Wall’s parents had on their children was teaching them to become independent. “I was...
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...Data bases searched 2005 to 2014 | Key words used | Number of studies found | Cochrane Google scholar | Plantar fasciitis treatment | Systematic reviews | 0 | | | Randomised controlled studies ( RCTs) | 4 | | | Controlled trails | 0 | | | Case studies | 0 | Effectiveness of calf muscle stretching for the short term treatment of plantar heel pain: a randomized trial Joel A. Radford, Karl B. Landorf, Rachelle buchbinder and Catherine Cook Goal: Randomized sham controlled trial to determine whether calf muscle stretching is an effective short term treatment for plantar heel pain Strengths * Used the Foot Health Status Questionnaire which has proven good reliability * Decent sample size (n=92) * Moderate success of blinding Weaknesses * Some of the patients in the stretching group had to discontinue stretching due to pain (this is important to note in the patient handout) * Only demonstrated one way of stretching the calf Conclusion: Calf muscle stretching is not recommended for plantar heel pain Level of scientific evidence: 2 Degrees of recommendation: C/D Cryoultrasound therapy in the treatment of chronic plantar fasciitis with heel spurs. A randomized controlled clinical study C. Costantino, M.C. Vulpiani, D. Romiti, M. Vetrano, V.M. Saraceni Goal: To evaluate the clinical efficacy of cryoultrasound therapy, in comparison to cryotherapy alone Strengths: * Decent sample size (n=84) * No reported side effects or complications ...
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...Journalists receive the opportunity to use newsu.org, a website which provides courses for aspiring writers. The “Writer’s Workbench” course presents journalists with a wide variety of explanations regarding how to compose an effective work. The course is divided into four sections: Nuts & Bolts, Special Effects, Blueprints, and Useful Habits. The first section, Nuts & Bolts, elaborates towards the fundamentals of writing an effective paper. Writers should appreciate the content of the Nuts & Bolts section, which presents readers with thorough explanations of the necessary characteristics of journalism. The Beware of Adverbs and Using Strong Verbs subtopics, for example, stood out because writers will discover the level of effectiveness that different parts of speech deliver within a report. Writers may not appreciate the list of verb qualifiers at the end of the “Strong Verbs” subtopic, which does not provide examples regarding why to avoid using the listed examples. Journalists will use the content of this section when they need to omit unnecessary details within their works. The second section of the course is entitled Special Effects, which explains how to write formal and creative. This portion of the course is beneficial, because this section explains how to conduct a vibrant and colorful report, while applying formal writing techniques. The Seeking Original Images subtopic was well elaborated, especially when the author humorously cites athlete Cal Ripken, Jr...
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...CASE STUDY-ESSENTIALS FOR AN EFFECTIVE TEAM This case study illustrates the concept of essentials for an effective team and what all are the key ingredients needed to make the team effective and efficient. The key topics covered in this case study are uniformity and consistent goal of team and organization, supportive business environment, team based performance and contribution of each member to the group i.e creating a synergy effect. These key topics are essential for the success of the team. For a successful team based performance competence and commitment to a goal are very important. In order to be successful the team members should be competent i.e should have talent, knowledge, organizational clout, experience and technical know how needed to get the job done. Thus effective team is composed of people who collectively bring all critical competencies to the effort. Team members should have clear and common goal i.e team members goal should be aligned with the organizational goal. In order to have clarity of goal among each team member the concept of ‘’elevator speech’’ can be used. Commitment to a common goal is another ingredient to make the team effective because commitment is a visceral quality that motivates them to do the work and to keep working when the going gets tough therefore understanding the goal is easy but being committed to the goal is tough therefore each member should be committed to attain the goal. Commitment to the common goal is more...
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...Zhean Drae G. Genterola 1 PTB Physical Therapy Article Reflection The main focus and aim of Physical therapy is to help restore the physical capabilities of a certain individual. It is to bring back the physical state of a patient before he/she was injured. The article that I choose is entitled “Neuromuscular Electric Stimulation Effect on Lower-Extremity Motor Recovery and Gait Kinematics of Patients With Stroke: A Randomized Controlled Trial” by Yavuzer et al. The article is focused on the effectiveness of NMES (Neuromuscular Electric Stimulation) in helping improve the frequent motor inability of stroke patients. The article was not that effective because it was concluded that NMES combined with a conventional stroke rehabilitation program was not superior to a conventional stroke rehab program alone. But it was effective in showing the difference between these two procedures. They managed to determine insignificant gap between the results of the two processes. For me, the article, along with many other PT articles, focused on the concepts of the brain and nervous system, restoring it’s functions to a normal state. They hypothesized that the repeated dorsiflexion of the ankle by NMES may enhance selective motor skills because it helps activate the muscles that are left numb by the stroke that the patient suffered. Stroke is, of course, the loss of blood supply to the brain, thus decreasing the cerebral activity/function. The aim of NMES is to restore full function of...
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...4. Significance and Justifications for the Study The study of E-learning effectiveness is important. It is because we have to define that whether learning by using electronic media or through the Internet is effective or not. Nowadays, technology have helped human in all types of activity including education. This is what we can see in our daily life. Although technology is getting more advances, but there is not necessarily that it can help a lot in education field. Throughout this research, we have to find out the factors and how the factors affect the effectiveness of E-learning. Since technology nowadays is advances than older time, people would rely on electronic device. So, E-learning will be more practical and effective since people nowadays will have more interested on learning by using the combination of technology and education. Besides, with the Internet available, knowledge can spread widely. This can foster the process of learning and people can gain knowledge faster. E-learning may benefits to all of the users which means both of the learners and instructors. Let’s say if a company chooses to train their employee by using E-learning, this may result to material cost decrease. It is because the company doesn’t have to prepare an operating room just for the training purpose. E-learning can be flexible because the learners can study anywhere and anytime as long as there is device and also connection available. The advantages of E-learning are yet...
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...their stakeholders is get them on the same page. The stakeholders and leaders have the same goals and expectations. So has for the leaders are concern their strategy is to express to the stake holders how they are as much involved in the organization as the stakeholders. Stakeholders want to feel a sense of security where they are investing in. As a leader it’s their job to let them know that the organization appreciates them. Leaders can use to their advantage how the alignment correlates to effective communication. In return the stakeholders can expect a successful organization. By leaders showing enthusiasm and the get up go attitude this will further along gear up the stakeholders to fully communicate. . The ultimate test of the effectiveness of communication with stakeholders is getting feedback from the stakeholders themselves (Lang, 1999). Getting feedback from your stakeholders...
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...Team Development I. Between expectations from superiors and the demands of a competitive marketplace, many leaders look for new innovations to increase the effectiveness of team projects. Strategies on how to improve the effectiveness of our Transitional Team were researched to ensure our organization’s success. A. Members of any group collaboration must remain effective at all times to ensure success of the objectives and goals as in regards to their organization. Strategies for improving the effectiveness of the Transitional Team include: clarifying the team mission, creating a plan/objective, and conducting progress reviews. 1. When preparing for a major change, it is best to clarify the team mission. Each team member must know and can comprehend the mission, and understand their role in fulfilling such mission (Maroney, 2004). 2. After clarifying the mission, we must collaborate to develop a plan which outlines the team’s goals and objectives, provides strategies for fulfilling the team mission, and successfully accomplishing the goals and objectives (Maroney, 2004). Such plan should also include the responsibilities of each member in relation to fulfilling the mission and goals (Maroney, 2004). 3. Throughout phases, we should conduct progress reviews during collaboration to discuss and analyze results and future plans concerning...
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...and give an example of your management style? 8. 24/7 operations are like relay races where you take the baton, run with it and then pass it on smoothly. How do you make seamless transitions on shift changes? 9. How effective are you in communicating with your peers and management? Give an example where you have used effective communication skills with your peers or bosses 10. How would you describe food cost and how would you calculate it? 11. Given you know how to calculate food cost how would you place a typical food order and what controls would you use to measure that cost? 12. How would you create a crew schedule? What would you need to build the schedule and what factors would you use to measure its effectiveness? 13. If you are the manager in charge with only two crew members but have three stations to fill: cashier, coffee assembler, and sandwich maker which station would you assign yourself to and why? 14. How effective are you at understanding budgets and implementing them? How do you measure controls and give an example of a budget factor you controlled in the past? 15. How do you schedule your...
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...Abstract Objective: To determine if ignition interlock devices reduce driving while intoxicated (DWI) recidivism. Search Strategies: Cochrane Collaboration search strategies were used. Selection Criteria: Studies for selection examined the effectiveness of interlock programs in a defined population. Studies were required to have a clear description of the program and outcomes evaluated, to have a comparison group and to provide interpretable data. Data Collection and Analysis: A total of 31 studies were found. Ten studies met the selection criteria. Three of these studies were eliminated from further analysis because they did not contain original data. A fourth study was eliminated due to methodologic weaknesses, leaving six studies for final review and analysis. Pooled analyses were not done because studies did not follow similar methods over comparable time periods. Main Results: Five of the six studies found interlocks were effective in reducing DWI recidivism while the interlock was installed in the car. In the five studies demonstrating a significant effect, participants in the interlock programs were 15%–69% less likely than controls to be re-arrested for DWI. The only reported randomized, controlled trial demonstrated a 65% reduction in re-arrests for DWI in the interlock group, compared with the control group. Conclusions: Alcohol ignition interlock programs appear to be effective in reducing DWI recidivism during the time period when the interlock is...
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...Chapter 17: Managing Organizational Change and Innovation This chapter discusses what needs to be considered when changing an organization. Some of these changes would be the input and the technological aspect of the business. I retained the most information from this chapter in the section of change agents. There are three agents of change; external, internal and external-internal change agents. External agents of change are temporary. They are used in situations where an organization needs help individual and group behavior. External agents are usually professors or private consultants. Internal agents of change are already apart of the business. They already know how to change an organization. In most cases they are managers who have recently been brought into organization that needs help. External-Internal agents are the combination of both external and internal. An organization uses both approaches to change the problems that have arisen. Question My thought-provoking question is how effective are external and internal change agents? I want to know why because what would be the next step to take to get the company at a good performance level. I know this works in most cases because I have seen it happen. I am just curious. Personal Implication Internal change agents personally affect me the most. My dad is a general manager at Applebee’s and he usually gets sent to stores that have a poor performance. He knows how to run a restaurant successfully. My dad has to...
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...…………………………………………………….............………… 10 Limitations …………………………………………………………………………........………… 11 Appendix ……………………………………………………………………………….…..……… 12 References …………………………………………………………………...……………..……… 16 Acknowledgement We would like to thank Dr. Deepa Sethi, Assistant Professor for providing us with the opportunity to work on this project. Her support and guidance at every stage was highly instrumental in our progress. We would also like to thank Ms.Shindya, Teaching Assistant for scheduling meetings with Prof. Deepa The resources available from our library were extremely useful for our literature study. Most importantly, we thank the students for their time and co-operation in filling our survey Executive Summary The effectiveness of PowerPoint as a teaching aid was observed since its introduction in 1997. In the initial years, the response from the students was highly positive. This could be acknowledged from the higher grades, increase in attendance and reduction in disruptive behaviour, when compared to other mediums like the blackboard and transparent overheads. But, there was also a study which showed that the students’ performance depended on the difficulty of the lecture and not on the medium of teaching. Still, the positive...
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...Assignment 8 1. Although the smiths had already eaten dinner, they aloud Johnny to prepare his plate at the stove and join them at the table. 2. Sarah chose to go on the field trip to Atlanta and was nearly bursting with energy as she boarded the bus. 3. I believe the paper napkins will effect the color scheme you selected for the wedding regardless of what Ms. Compton says. 4. We shall precede with the bake sale , and all proceeds will go to the Children’s Mission. 5. May I attend the party with Bert? I asked Dad. “I know he's not your favorite person.” 6. People can often work too much, which leads to burnout. 7. Your understanding of this novel is so thorough. 8. He set the plant on the window sill so that it could take advantage of the pretty weather. 9. Blake didn't know if he passed his exam. 10. you must accept the fact that his being here affects you greatly. Plagiarism Plagiarism is the practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as ones own. One of the many ways to avoid plagiarism is by citing, Following the document formatting guidelines like APA which is used by most educational institutes. If you properly cite then that wont constitute as plagiarism. Quoting is also an effective way to avoid plagiarism. When quoting a source, you have to use the quote exactly the way it appears. no one wants to be misquoted. Quoting must be done correctly to avoid being accused of...
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...system. Ginger contains gingerols and shogoals that give ginger its hot and warming qualities, responsible for their ability to suffocate the insects. In making the insect spray, the dalandan was squeezed in order to get its extract, while the extracts of ginger were juiced out by chopping the ginger into smaller pieces and squeezing it until the juices reached the measurement given. For additional d-limonene substance (orange oil) which was extracted from the dalandan peels soaked in a jar with alcohol and was left on a sunny place for one week. To finish the product, all extracts were mixed in a sprayer. Salt was added as preservatives, which aid the capacity of the extracts to stay effective for at least three weeks. To test the effectiveness of the product on houseflies, the researchers two trials were done, using slices of jackfruit. In...
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...Prior to the lectures presented this last weekend, I did not realize that there was a difference between operational effectiveness. Operational effectiveness measures competency and how well a company outperforms its rivals, but a large part of strategy implements evolution and differentiating amongst competitors. As Michael E. Porter states, “A company can outperform rivals only if it can establish a difference that it can preserve” (Porter 2010, p. 3). In addition, a great deal of strategic positioning is to know the market and deliver the needs of demands. For example, Southwest provides a first come first serve seating and allows its customers to check in 2 bags for free, while Spirit Airlines have the lowest deals in most flights, but charges their customers a fee for any carry on bags or checked in luggage. American Airlines and affiliates offer wifi and complimentary drinks on flights and JetBlue has Direct TV for its customers. I use these examples because I travel back and forth from California and Oregon, and have observed these features on many airlines. I find it very applicable to the topic of strategy. Each and every airline has its distinguishable features as incentives for customers to choose them over their rivalries. My perception of strategy has evolved in that I have applied many of the previous discussions we have had in the past with strategy and effective implementation. I find it hard to successfully carry forth strategic planning and success within...
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