...successful in dealing with political and social issues during his presidency. The first issue that Theodore Roosevelt had to deal with the coal miners’ strike in 1902. “He warned the mines and told the workers that the military was in charge of the mine now” (Barone, paragraph 11). “Teddy was then able to get both parties to come to an agreement and prevented a shortage of coal for the upcoming winter” (Barone, paragraph 11). Another important and successful change he made was to pass laws through Congress on regulating the economy. President Roosevelt called for a “ban on railroad rebates to big shippers, a railroad rate regulation, the...
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...Influence of Early Life Experiences on Anxiety disorders Anxiety disorder is a mental health description for all forms of uneasiness, excessive worry,and phobias of life events. Such fears can based on events that happened or just imagination and it affects the physical well-being of a person. Different studies have shown that anxiety disorders in different family members overlap. This may be due to the factors experienced while growing up, family factors and genetic transmission. A Childs needs and issues are diverse but a general assessment would indicate that all early experiences can lead to psychological problems. For example, a need to over-achieve, an anxiety disorder of a generalized nature or dysthymic disorder (mood disorder characterized by chronic depression). Such disorders can be traced to a long standing inability to derive satisfaction from one’s life alongside the family issues that worry people, the expectations from the society that leave one apprehensive and a person’s coping strategies which mostly are maladaptive (Corey, 2012). The details do not present a clear diagnosis as to anxiety disorder’s root cause in many cases, hence the need to be cautious when deciding on a therapeutic course of action. Everyone’s unique experiences bring up psychosocial challenges which may become the main focus of the clinical therapies. People may experience phase-of-life issues; present parent-child problems while at the same time having partner...
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...seek effective solutions to this growing problem. Bullying would not be such a huge problem if school officials stepped up and started intervening. But how can they intervene when many cannot even recognize signs of bullying, or have not been trained on how to properly handle the situation? If not handled correctly, it can worsen and create more issues for the victims. In a survey done by Frank Barone, principal of Amsterdam High School New York, teachers believed approximately 16% of students are bullied victims (Barone,80). Barone also surveyed students, 58% of whom revealed that they are bullied victims. He found three core reasons as to why teachers and faculty members do not recognize bullying. First, the teachers believed that the bullied victims have to learn to stand up for themselves on their own. Second, they see bullying every day to the point that have become immune to it, and thus hardly recognize it anymore. Lastly, they do not have the resources or the time to intervene because they are so overwhelmed with other duties and issues. After these three discoveries, Barone was more aware of the...
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...Philippine Journal of Science 139 (2): 161-166, December 2010 ISSN 0031 - 7683 Waste Chicken Feather as Reinforcement in Cement-Bonded Composites Menandro N. Acda Department of Forest Products and Paper Science, College of Forestry and Natural Resources University of the Philippines Los Baños, College, Laguna 4031 Philippines This study investigated the use of waste chicken feather (barbs and rachis) as reinforcement in cement-bonded composites. A series of composite boards consisting of various proportions of waste feather, cement, sand, and chemical admixtures were prepared. Mix workability decreased significantly as the proportion by weight of feathers or ground feathers increased from 5% to 20%. Boards containing 5% to 10% fiber and/or ground feather by weight showed comparable strength and dimensional stability to commercial wood fiber-cement composites of similar thickness and density. Stiffness, flexural strength, and dimensional stability of the feather-cement boards decreased as the proportion of feathers was increased above 10%. Higher proportions of feather, however, showed significant reduction in modulus of elasticity (MOE) and modulus of rupture (MOR), and increased water absorption and thickness swelling after 24 hours of soaking in water. Key Words: Barbs, Chicken Feather, Cement Composites, Coupling Agent, Dimensional stability, Hygroscopicity, Keratin, Silane, Superplasticizer INTRODUCTION Chicken feathers are waste products of the...
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...Philippine Journal of Science 139 (2): 161-166, December 2010 ISSN 0031 - 7683 Key Words: Barbs, Chicken Feather, Cement Composites, Coupling Agent, Dimensional stability, Hygroscopicity, Keratin, Silane, Superplasticizer *Corresponding author: mnacda@yahoo.com 161 Menandro N. Acda Waste Chicken Feather as Reinforcement in Cement-Bonded Composites Department of Forest Products and Paper Science, College of Forestry and Natural Resources University of the Philippines Los Baños, College, Laguna 4031 Philippines This study investigated the use of waste chicken feather (barbs and rachis) as reinforcement in cement-bonded composites. A series of composite boards consisting of various proportions of waste feather, cement, sand, and chemical admixtures were prepared. Mix workability decreased significantly as the proportion by weight of feathers or ground feathers increased from 5% to 20%. Boards containing 5% to 10% fiber and/or ground feather by weight showed comparable strength and dimensional stability to commercial wood fiber-cement composites of similar thickness and density. Stiffness, flexural strength, and dimensional stability of the feather-cement boards decreased as the proportion of feathers was increased above 10%. Higher proportions of feather, however, showed significant reduction in modulus of elasticity (MOE) and modulus of rupture (MOR), and increased water absorption and thickness swelling after 24 hours of soaking in water. INTRODUCTION Chicken...
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...Technical paper Name Date Object oriented Program or rather OOP entails an object with data files which are organized in a manner that integrates procedures ad instructions that are incorporated into data fields. The system is essential in combining computer programs with a similar objective and point of operations. For example, computer operations have a similar language that is integrated in programming such as JavaScript, Smalltalk, and Python C ++. The difference is similar due to data and codes that are used to give attention to connected programs. The scope area focuses on how the way a company collects and aggregates data from disparate data sources. Additionally, the actual data collection in the organization ensures reliability and validity of actual collected. Innovative information data collection method simplifies data and aids data sharing among every department. Their scope of data management and analysis entails the second concept of data analysis. IT innovations have helped different organizations to access data from different departments. This means that OOP methodology is convenient is saving data and it is more secure when handling data from crucial projects. The object oriented programming therefore enables one to create objects and classes also that are prototypes or better imitate the real world unlike in the technical programming that puts more prominence on orders rather than the presentation. The main objective...
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...Action Research Context Colleen Whylie Shovanna Holman In 2007, thirty four percent of New York Public School fourth grade students were reading below basic reading levels (National Reading Report, 2007). This shows that schools need to experiment with different literacy programs that will improve reading skills and fluency. Using technology-based literacy (E-Books) can increase student’s reading skills and fluency because technology is interactive, includes visual and audio effects, which can help students, stay focused while reading. My research topic is based on literacy in the classroom and how well children interpret reading with technology. The classroom consist thirty-three children of different race and background. Teachers will have classrooms set up with smart boards and iPads so each child will get individual learning. The location of the school is located in Bronx New York. The National Reading Report has been showing a high percentage of below basic reading scores on the fourth grade-reading test in New York City Public Schools. The City can try implementing new literacy programs to help increase student-reading scores. Upgrading literacy technology is one way schools can attempt to increase the literacy scores of the student population. Electronic books are one type of literacy technology that schools use to improve technological literacy in the classroom. These books have a variety of video animation, sound and voice effects, which hold student’s attention...
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...1. ¿Qué problemas tiene Robín Hood? ¿Qué problemas necesita abordar? Los problemas principales: • Crecimiento de la banda de una manera acelerada. • Al ampliar el grupo, Robín pierde autoridad. Esto hace que sea más difícil su coordinación • Pocos o escasos recursos en el entorno para sustentar la banda. • Falta de disciplina o problemas para aplicarla. • Falla en la recolección de ingresos por falta de viajeros. Temas que deben ser atendidos: • Considerar implementar nueva política de impuestos. • Unirse a la conspiración para liberar al Rey Ricardo. • Ubicación peligrosa y fácil de detecta por enemigos, necesidad de defender un puesto fijo. • falta de rangos intermedios y de escala inferior para mantener orden. • Cargos intermedios renuentes a cambiar de estrategia. 2. ¿Robín Hood y los Bandidos necesitan una nueva misión? ¿Objetivos nuevos? ¿Una Estrategia nueva? Si, definitivo ellos tendrían que plantear nueva misión, objetivos y estrategias, porque la banda ya cumplió con sus objetivos iniciales, se acoplan a una visión que fue implantada por un conflicto personal de Robín Hood y está ya fue cumplida, sin contar el rápido crecimiento de la banda y los interrogantes de ¿Qué quieren? ¿Cómo van a lograrlo? ¿Cuándo van a implementarlo? Aún siguen sin ser establecidos. 3. ¿Con qué opciones estratégicas cuenta Robín Hood? ¿Proseguir con la estrategia actual es una opción o ésta es obsoleta? La estrategia actual ya está obsoleta, nos queda claro que se deben...
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...Rochelle Witherspoon BUS341 Management Concepts and Application M3A1 Current Event “Competitive Advantage” 15 September 2013 The term competitive advantage is the ability gained through attributes and resources to perform at a higher level than others in the same industry or market (Chacarbaghi and Lynch 1999, p. 45). There has been quite a bit of study and research interest due to existing issues regarding superior performance levels of businesses in the present competitive market conditions. "A firm is said to have a competitive advantage when it is implementing a value creating strategy, not simultaneously being implemented by any current or potential player" (Barney 1991 cited by Clulow et al.2003, p. 221). Firms that have a competitive edge over their rivals thrive in the marketplace and can exist for a very long time. Public companies in this category can have substantial returns for investors because they are able to capitalize on their competitive advantage. If one or more competitors can copy their ideas or make better products, then the company that had the competitive edge loses that advantage quickly. A prime example is Apple iPhones, in the cell phone manufacturing industry, U.S.-based Apple Inc. was on top of the world last year due to the astounding popularity of its iPhones and other products. Investors couldn't get enough of Apple's stock, pushing it well over $700 per share late last year. Investors were absorbed by the media and Wall Street’s glamorization...
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...The basic choice facing any politician seeking to stimulate a moribund economy is whether to catalyze the supply side with tax cuts on business or the demand side by way of spending increases. Obama obviously made that choice years ago: He will work the demand side. Talk about you equation stuff Famed conservative columnist Dick Morris points out that in all federal capital projects, only about one-quarter of the funds appropriated are actually spent in the fiscal year. According to his studies it takes that long to plan, engineer and begin construction. Also he stated that for every $6 spent in the Bush stimulus, only $1 actually got spent on goods or services. Five dollars out of every six in the Bush stimulus package of 2008 went to pay down debt items such as: mortgage, credit card, student loan or home equity (Dick Morris). Now if his numbers are correct dick Morris points out that, only 25 cents out of every dollar actually is spent in the fiscal year, and only one-sixth of that sum actually gets spent by the workers who get paid on new goods and services, only about 4 cents from every dollar actually stimulates the economy. Lastly he brings up an interesting statement, for the cents spent on the economy who says it’s going to be spent on domestically produced product, couldn’t it just have gone to feed Chinese imports (Morris). A year after the bill was passed the White House released its summary of 150,000 reports submitted by recipients of federal grants or contracts...
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...Louis Leon Thurstone made significant contributions in many areas of psychology, including psychometrics, statistics, and the study of human intelligence. He developed methods for scaling psychological measures, assessing attitudes, and test theory, among many other influential contributions. He is best known for the development of new factor analytic techniques to determine the number and nature of latent constructs within a set of observed variables. Thurstone considers intelligence as a mental trait and the capacity to make impulses focal at their early, unfinished stage of formation. To him therefore, Intelligence is the capacity for abstraction, which is an inhibitory process. Zeichner (2007) defines intelligence as the ability to learn quickly, solve problems, understand complex and abstract issues and generally behave in a reasonable, rational and purposeful manner. Intelligence derives from the Latin verb intelligere, which means to comprehend or perceive. It is the mental quality that consists of the abilities to learn from experience, adapt to new situation, understand and handle abstract concepts and use knowledge to manipulate ones environment. Intelligence can also be described as being able to think logically, analyze issues, and solve problems and to cope with life in a new environment. Thurstone (1887-1955) offered a differing theory of intelligence. Instead of viewing intelligence as a single, general ability, Thurstone's theory focused on seven different...
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...How Reaganomics Destroyed the Middle Class Reaganomics are the economic policies that were set and promoted in 1980s by the U.S. President Ronald Reagan. These policies are mainly connected to trickle-down economics. There are four pillars that are associated with the economic policy of Reagan and they include: reduce government economic regulation, reduce growth of how much the government spends, reduce the marginal tax rates such as capital gains tax and income tax and lastly reduce the level of inflation by controlling money supply growth. These four policies were expected to increase investment and savings, balance the U.S. budget, reduce inflation, increase the economic growth rate, restore healthy financial markets and reduce interest rates. However, instead of bringing benefit to the U.S. population and the economy, Reaganomics ended up destroying the middle class and America. This is because it led to uneven distribution of wealth, wage disparity, unregulated economic activity, increased deficits and low-end jobs. The following is an analysis of how Reaganomics negatively impacted the middle class and the Americans. Majority of Americans welcomed the idea that was presented to them by their President Ronald Regan in the 80s whereby he made a policy of cutting down taxes for corporations, businesses and the investors who are the rich in order to stimulate economic growth and to create jobs for the youths and the poor in the society (Chafe 110). American...
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...really listened and retained what I was telling him. Instead of him telling me what I needed to purchase, he let me tell him what I wanted to purchase. He asked lifestyle questions to determine the features I may want or need. I felt like he was working with me instead of just for himself. I was not rushed or pressured in any way, which often happens at dealerships. They seemed to really appreciate my business and concerned that I have a positive experience at their dealership. Most consumers question the motives of sales associates as to whether they are trying to help them or just sell them something. Consumers tend to believe that the salesperson is thinking of themselves only and not at all about the customer. DeCarlo, T.E. and Barone M.J. (2013). The thing that really made this experience positive was that the salesperson not being pushy. It...
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...so a gluten-free diet is currently the unrivaled existing treatment for celiac patients, as it removes all form of gliadin from the body. In a recent study on gliadin, a component of gluten, it was deduced, “Undigested gliadin peptides induce innate and adaptive T cell-mediated immune responses” (Barone). In brief, people suffering celiac disease are unable to digest gluten because it contains the protein called gliadin. Gliadin is present in wheat, rye, barley and oat flour—all must be severely avoided. An adaptation of the gluten-free diet is the only way to overcome the disease by...
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...Mexico: An Emerging Market Country Mexico has one of those economies that many people tend to overlook and undervalue. I am unsure as to why many take Mexico out of the equation when looking at the world market investment and business options, however, in my opinion, Mexico is a strong emerging market country. Perhaps many Americans are frightened of sending their investment money into the Mexican economy because of the negative press Mexico is always getting. Not more than a month or two seems to go by without some mention of a drug cartel, violence, border enforcement, or poverty. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the positive and negative aspects of an American company doing business in Mexico, to discuss Mexico’s laws and government stability, and finally to discuss Mexico’s gross domestic product (GDP) and other elements that involve Mexico’s market economy. Rowland, 2012, lists some of the concerns most business owners would have when doing business in Mexico. Fear of corruption and violence likely top the list, both of which seem to be problematic in the country. Some American businesses may also dislike the idea of bringing jobs from the United States into Mexico. However, looking past these top concerns gives one a huge glimpse into the possibility of growth and investment to be had within the Mexican economy. Cost alone is a huge motivating factor when deciding on whether or not to do business in Mexico. Kohli, 2014, states “Mexico’s manufacturing cost is...
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