...University of Phoenix Material Strategies for Selecting a Topic Complete the following table. |Question |Answer | |What two objects, people, subjects, or concepts are you going to |I will compare and contrast two different methods of losing weight | |compare and contrast? |which are exercise and diet pills. | |What are the similarities between the two objects, people, subjects, |The similarities are that they can both help you lose weight. Also, | |or concepts? List as many similarities that you can think of. |both exercise and diet pills can have side effects, help increase your| | |energy, and confidence. | |What are the differences between the two objects, people, subjects, or|The differences between exercise and diet pill are, exercise can be | |concepts? List as many differences that you can think of. |free, keeps your heart in shape, controls stress and anxiety. Diet | | |pills are, effortless, pain free, and save you time. | |Are you going to focus on similarities, differences, or both? Explain |I am going to focus on...
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...Two Methods of Losing Weight By: Tiwander Aleck COMM/155 December 18, 2011 Instructor: Shelagh Smith Two Methods of losing weight Today’s society is weight conscious, millions of people are trying to be picture perfect. From child hood everyone wants to be a prince or a princess, slim goes along with it. Weight is a major factor. Most people think to look good; they have to be slim and trim. With excess weight a greater problem than ever, the question of whether dieting or exercising is more likely to lose weight is vital. The purpose of my essay is to compare and contrast the expenses, health benefits, and weight loss between these two methods. Exercising to lose weight can be expensive, if you don’t do your research. Most exercise plans cause for gym equipment, memberships, video tapes, and clothing. These expenses can be lowered by finding an alternative exercise, which doesn’t cause for purchasing Items. Dancing and step aerobics can be done in your own home, avoiding membership fees. Unlike exercising, dieting doesn’t require equipment to lose weight. Dieting requires nutritious food, that’s low in calories. Dieting can get expensive, if you choose to lose weight by taking pills. Diet pills are required to be taken over a long period. To avoid these expenses, you should choose a healthy eating plan that will stick with you for the rest of your life. Exercising has its benefits. There are many exercises you can do to maintain good health. Some examples are...
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...Compare/Contrast Essay “Romeo And Juliet” and “Much Ado About Nothing” There are many similarities between Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing and Romeo and Juliet. Was this Intentional or Accidental? Even though Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy, and Romeo and Juliet, is one of his saddest tragedies, the two plots share many common incidents. Did Shakespeare mean to have these coincidences or did they happen by accident? In both of his dramatic works, the Masque is a key element furthering the infatuation of the lovers. Also the balcony scenes in both plays are crucial because without them the plot could never have reached its denouement. It seems that God came into both of the plays in the spirit of the friars, because they had good plans to keep love together. In both plays, the masque functions as a dramatic device which initiates the love plot. It occurs in a social gathering, but not without the help of costumes. If it were not for costumes the result of love might have been drastically different. How was the masque used to get lovers together? In the case of Romeo and Juliet, Romeo hears about the masque and decides to go, thinking that he might be able to get away with this scheme. Upon entering he sees Juliet and right away, he knows it is love. If he had not worn the costume, the hosts might have ejected him from the party and he might not have met Juliet. Much Ado About Nothing has...
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...through the way they interact with nature. There is, however, a culture which threatens the relationship between man and animal, American culture. Americans have lost their regard for nature, and in doing so they may have lost a crucial part of their identity. These two ways of life are starkly different and Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko illustrates the contrast of the cultures interacting with the world around them. The Laguna tribe’s core belief...
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...Disorders Outline I. Introduction “Recent data estimate the overall prevalence of depression at about 11.1% of the American population, or nearly 35 million individuals (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011). A predictive models suggest that up to 50% of the population will experience at least one episode of depression during their lives” (Life Extension, 2014). Depression has negatively affected the lives of many individuals throughout the world. Look around you there may even be someone close to you that is demonstrating signs of its stifling affects. Depression does not discriminate with its suffocating relentless appetite. It is known to affect children as well as adults of all ethnicities. Depression has an insidious way of taking one from feeling at a level of ten to a level of zero. And if left untreated depression can lead to losing everything that means the world to you. One is debilitated by its unwavering feeling of loneliness, and sometime paralyzing affects. It’s often said that depression results from a chemical imbalance, Scientist have believed for more than 30 years that mood related chemicals such as dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine also known as monoamines are low in the brain during major depressive episodes (Nauert, 2006). Clearly, there is an impact on the patient’s life and his/her family life. Therefore, depression is often considered as a disorder that affects the whole family. In this presentation we will attempt to describe the...
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...AMS Psychology 4/17/13 -Compare and Contrast essay- Topic: An average person, and the life of a celebrity. Breaking the first, and second Commandment While celebrities are just people, they eat, sleep, and operate the same as everyone else, their charm drew them in the spotlight, then on into the limelight for public scrutiny. When we compare two aspects of the same realm, who generally operate under the same conditions, but two different lifestyles. We assume they are held to the same standards, given equal treatment, respect, and privacy. Instead someone decides off the record, that a person who's become a celebrity, an interest to the public eye, for making their intimate relationships public knowledge, and ultimately objectify them to exposing ever secret, in return, they receive leniency for injustices, and destructive behavior. Such as public intoxication, driving under the influence, public indecency, possession of controlled substances, etc... Continuously wiping ones slate clean, leaving little to wonder why celebrities don’t learn from run-ins with the law. Do we see what is happening? Their private rights are revoked, in return, they get to unabide by the law. What should of landed them in prison for 5 years, was reduced to a slap on the wrist, meanwhile paparazzi invade their personal lives, and their complaints go unheard. What has really become of our views, and our wholesome standards? To...
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...Macbeth – Compare and Contrast Essay (Death of Banquo/Act 3 Scene 3) Directors, from James Stuart Blackton’s 1908 silent adaptation to last year’s Justin Kurzel film, have attempted to interpret William Shakespeare’s Macbeth in their own unique styles. The films are based on the original text but differences appear in the way each director decides to recreate the classic play to their audience. From the traditional style of Roman Polanski to the modern interpretation by Rupert Goold, no film is alike. In Macbeth, Shakespeare frequently uses the theme of death to portray the limits and emotions behind the main character’s thirst for ambition. The death of Banquo marks a significant moment in Macbeth’s continuing downfall as it reveals the increasing brutal nature of Macbeth’s greed for power. In Banquo’s death scene, the Goold’s version satisfies Shakespeare’s intended tension while Polanski’s version is flawed for being inaccurate....
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...It would not be a surprise that television, internet, and any other kinds of ads of big fast food companies such as McDonalds® or Subway® have successfully advance their ideas of healthy foods in many of Americans. Yet all of these wealthy corporations, along with many other smaller companies, have many ways to sell their products. These methods could be underhanded loaded with jargon. Information of simple knowledge overfilled with confusing and sometimes random information that otherwise will be too insignificant for people to put an effort to learning about. There are also times where information is overly simplified and have no real background to make a worthy judgment. Amidst all of the fallacies in the fast food industry, there exist reliable sources of information. In recent years, there has been an increase of connecting ideas of the transformation of fasts foods. Although some arguments claim the reason is one clause over the other, some will divert and stray off topic. They exert random facts to either make the claim reasonable or by overflowing them with sources that seems reliable from authoritative figures. Rabin article “Proximity to Fast Food a Factor in Student Obesity” goes to say: Ninth graders whose schools are within a block of a fast-food outlet are more likely to be obese than students whose schools are a quarter of a mile or more away, according to a study of millions of schoolchildren by economists at the University of California and Columbia University...
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...that recent interest in project management is based on a recognition that many organizational tasks do not fit neatly into business-as-usual. The significant differences between project management and general management are overviewed. The three interrelated objectives of budget, schedule, and specifications are also introduced. In addition, two alternative project life cycles are presented and the importance of understanding this distinction is discussed. Also included in the chapter is a discussion of project selection including both non-numeric and numeric selection methods. The chapter concludes with a discussion of the aggregate project plan and an overview of the organization of the remainder of the text. Cases and Readings Some cases appropriate to the subject of this chapter are: Harvard: 9-688-040 Boeing 767: From Concept to Production (A); 9-688-041 (B) 9-888-519 Videotape. This 19 page best-selling case shows how a massive corporation manages the evolution of an enormously complex and risky project from conception to manufacture. The 1-page B case is a supplement update about whether Boeing needs to change the way they manage such projects. The video shows the assembly process of an airplane, compressing 10 weeks of work into ten minutes. Good introductory case to the idea of large-scale projects. An 18 page teaching note is available for this case (9-689-027). Harvard: 9-396-311 BAE Automated System (A): Denver International Airport Baggage-Handling...
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...section Vi essay forms Many people use the term “essay” to mean any paper written for a class. In actuality, there are many different types of essays, each of which has a unique purpose, form, and style. We call these different types of essays “modes of discourse,” and they include expository, persuasive, and comparecontrast essays to name just a few. This section of the Guide has a dual purpose. First, various types of essays are described and suggestions are included about how to approach each particular type of writing. Second, the sample essays are good tools for you to see how these different essays look in their final form. These are not templates (no essay can be a carbon copy of another even in form), but they will give you a good idea of what a final piece of writing for each mode of discourse looks like. It would be advantageous to critically analyze the form and content of each sample against the instruction for how to write each type of essay. chapter 21 expository essays Jennifer propp An expository essay explains something using facts rather than opinions. The purpose of this type of essay is to inform an audience about a subject. It is not intended to persuade or present an argument of any kind. Writing this type of essay is a good way to learn about all the different perspectives on a topic. Many students use the expository essay to explore a variety of topics, and do so in a wide range of formats, including “process” and “definition”...
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...There is, furthermore, a stark contrast in the opening line: “I heard a fly buzz” and “When I died” (1). One sees the familiar mundanity of a housefly juxtaposed with the singular complexity of death. It begs the question, why does the speaker/Dickinson opt to establish this unusual contrast, not to mention in the very first line? Is it to suggest that something as simple as a housefly overshadows the gravity of death? Is the speaker trying to negate the gravity of her own death? Or is the speaker trying to lend a deeper significance to a simple fly than it would otherwise connote? Like much else in this poem, Dickinson reveals little. In the next line, the speaker observes that “The Stillness in the Room / Was like the Stillness in their Air –” (2-3). Herein the reader receives some information about the setting: the speaker is in her bedroom (2). Moreover, there is – appropriately – a somber, repressed...
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...Killing Us Softly The nutritional dietary consumption of carbohydrates is between 55-75% for the vast majority of the global population as their main source of food intake and energy. And the general populous continues to be misinformed by government agencies regarding what a normal, healthy diet, should be, as well as what a balanced diet looks like. Eating a low-carb high-fat, or ketogenic, diet of high fat, adequate protein and low carbohydrates can provide many health benefits as compared to the alternative of an unhealthy diet. Research suggests that a ketogenic diet builds a healthier body than other diets because it will lead to weight loss, improved blood pressure, and reduce appetites. The ketogenic diet is the foundation for a healthy life. As noted by Dr. Eenfeldt (2014), The ketogenic diet has been referred to by different names, such as: the keto diet, low carb diet, low carb high fat (LCHF), and to some degree the Adkins Diet. The ketogenic diet is a well known diet for being associated with consuming a low amount of carbohydrates, a moderate amount of protein and high amount of fat, where the body produces ketones in the liver to be used as energy (Taubes, 2008). With a diet high in carbohydrates your body will produce glucose and insulin. Glucose is the easiest molecule for your body to convert and use as energy, so it will be chosen over other energy sources. The insulin is produced in order to process the glucose in your bloodstream (Taubes, 2008, p.167)...
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...body gradually develop as time continues to pass. Some of the most drastic changes are the physical changes that can have a profound effect on the way a person at this stage of life view themselves. Common health problems that evolve during this age The physical modification people in this stage of life may experience varies depending on many factors that contribute to one's health. Smoking, drinking alcohol, unhealthy eating habits and stress can all negatively affect a person's health and increase the chance of acquiring the common health issues middle-aged adult face. Common health issues include Cancer, Diabetes, Hypertension, Arthritis, High Cholesterol and Weight gain, all of which have a direct connection to one another. Hypertension In middle adulthood, the body starts to change and evolve in more ways than one. The metabolism starts to slow down, and health problems are more common to arise at this point. There are various common health problems that we see at this age, and a more common one is Hypertension also known as high blood pressure. The higher one's blood pressure becomes, the harder their heart has to work to pump. Hypertension can stem from a variation of things such as smoking, alcohol consumption, obesity, etc. Addressing hypertension can be done medically or with a few lifestyle changes like weight loss, stop smoking, less alcohol consumption, less sodium intake in your diet. A regular exercise regimen or a combination of both medical treatment...
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...Question 1 (a) The House of Quality functions as a living document and a source of ready reference for related products and future upgrades. While it is a great communication tool at each step in the process, the matrices are the means and not the end. Its purpose is to serve as a vehicle for dialogue to strengthen vertical and horizontal communications. Through customer needs and competitive analysis, the House of Quality helps to identify the critical technical components that require change. Issues are addressed that may never have surfaced before. These critical issues are then driven through the other matrices to identify the critical parts, manufacturing operations, and quality control measures needed to produce a product that fulfils both customer needs and producer needs within a shorter period of development cycle time. The net effect of all of this is that the items that drive the company’s action are driven by the customer’s requirements. There is an increase in focus on the customer and an increased awareness of their wants. Because of this focus, the process leads to improved customer understanding and the ultimate outcome- a satisfied customer. The general format of the House of Quality consists of six components: - Customer requirements (HOWs) listing the requirements derived from customer statements. - Technical requirements (WHATs) comprising relevant and measurable product characteristics. - Planning matrix illustrating customer perceptions...
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...APRIL 2015 AIMS To compare the influence of the routes of administration on the onset and duration of action in response to a hypnotic drug, sodium pentobarbitone (60mg/kg), in mice. INTRODUCTION Drugs need to reach the sites of action in order to produce an effect. A suitable route of administration is important to ensure the drug entering the blood circulation to finally reach their site of action. The selection of the best route of administration of the drug depends on its physical and chemical properties. Drugs are introduced into the body by several routes. They may be taken by mouth (orally); given by injection into a vein (intravenously), into a muscle (intramuscularly), into the space around the spinal cord (intrathecally), or beneath the skin (subcutaneously); placed under the tongue (sublingually); inserted in the rectum (rectally) or vagina (vaginally); instilled in the eye (by the ocular route); sprayed into the nose and absorbed through the nasal membranes (nasally); breathed into the lungs, usually through the mouth (by inhalation); applied to the skin (cutaneously) for a local (topical) or bodywide (systemic) effect; or delivered through the skin by a patch (transdermally) for a systemic effect. Each route has specific purposes, advantages, and disadvantages. This will determine the effectiveness of the drug to cause the site of action to produce a response. Identical drugs can produce different results depending on the route of administration...
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