...Animal Therapy in the United States Military Marti Powell University Composition and Communication II/COM156 November 25, 2013 Tamra Excell Thesis: The United States Military has different animal therapy programs designed to help Wounded Warriors and active deployed soldiers, and has been doing so since the year 1919. I. Animal-Assisted Therapy A. Definition 1. Differences 2. The Heart B. In the Beginning 1. Thru the years 2. Documentation II. Deployment A. War Zone 1. SFC Boe and Budge 2. Trauma and Reassignment B. Lessons 1. Policy 2. Health III. Walter Reed National Military Medical Center A. Programs 1. Dog Tags 2. Warrior Transition B. Nonprofit 1. Qualifications 2. Benefits Abstract Information for this research paper was obtained by reading articles written for the U.S. Army Medical Department Journal, April-June, 2012. These articles were written about the use of canines by the military for Animal-assisted Therapy in the military. All articles are written either...
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...identify a specific manufacturer. Even today it continues to advance and evolve to become more helpful in finding and punishing the individuals responsible. History Bomb detection has been as issue throughout history since the inception of mass detonation devices. At first the main method was through looking at the shape of the device since the explosives were large and had a defined look based on the materials, detonation device and such. Usually it was done after the fact by searching for the components, explosive residue and such to look for a specific trait of a bomb maker or type of explosive used. It has always been the driven by the research for our military to create more weapons and ways to keep them from detection. It started with humans looking at the objects, and then advanced to using X-rays and such, to detection dogs, dolphins, and so on up to today’s vapor detection systems. Current Reasons for Advances in Detection The following instances are just a basis for the push to expand our capabilities to detect explosives. It is a needed capability to protect our citizens. * 1983 Marine Barracks Bombing Lebanon * 1988 Pan Am Flight 103 Lockerbie, Scotland * 1993 World Trade Center Bombing * 1995 Murray Building Oklahoma * 1996 Khobar Towers, Saudi Arabia * 1998 U.S. Embassy Kenya and Tanzania * 2000 USS Cole, Yemen, Aden * 2001 9/11 From the IRA in the UK, to Hamas and Al-Qaida terrorist are everywhere including homegrown such as...
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...Call of the Wild Research Paper True individual success is not provided on a silver platter, it is not built from the hands of another, it is not found in a surrounding environment, but rather found within one man. Individual success is hard work,determination, will power , and strive that a person possesses. Individuals that have found the success within themselves can be seen throughout history with elected officials, academic scholars, and achieving medical professionals. In order to achieve the ultimate prosperity, hard work and dedication is essential. Albert Einstein could not develop the theory of relativity, had it not been for his previous work in physics. Edward Jenner would not have developed a cure for smallpox had it not been...
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...accomplish the goal notwithstanding they are working a full-time job. I have been working toward accomplishing the MBA for enhancing my career and to establish precedence within my family. This paper will enlighten the reader of why the degree of an MBA. Enhancing My Career Recently, I was offered a job and have since accepted the position as an electronic quality assurance representative to monitor the Department of Defense contracts of private companies in the Reno/Sparks area. I chose this position because of the experience that I gained via the military. I chose this field because I want to do my part to ensure the Department of Defense continues to be provided with a quality product. I have 11 years experience performing analytical research and inspections of several types of avionics systems. I have the technical experience to perform the job however; I do not have an inkling of how the inner workings of a private business work. I believe a MBA would assist me to have an understanding of my job and the company that has the contract that I would be overseeing. Jungian Personality Assessment Recently, I had partaken of the Jungian Personality self-assessment and recieved a trait indicator of ENFP or an extrovert with intuitive that has feelings and perceives. I believe this fits me to a “T.” Kleiman (2007) stated, “An individual’s personality can have an important bearing on job success” (p. 151). As one does research on the ENFP, they will find that the career...
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...In African National Parks, the rangers usually have their hands full with trying to keep the poachers out of the parks and saving the animals. But they get some help from a few dogs and a few soldiers. They are known as “tracker dogs.” These tracker dogs are specially trained to track down poachers and bring them to justice. It’s extraordinary actually, the dogs that are trained are Alsatians, also known as German Shepherds. Alsatians are used instead of the bloodhound dogs because the Alsatians can handle the heat better and can track for longer periods of time (Steyn). Tracker dogs are trained to track down poachers for longer than 8 hours at a time, even in extreme weather conditions such as heat and rain (Steyn). These dogs have had successful tracks where they would chase down poachers for more than 12 hours and still be right behind the...
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...Technical Paper Presentation Contest J B INSTITUE OF ENGG AND TECH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (Biologically Inspired Intelligent Robots Using Artificial Muscles) PRESENTED BY: Praveen Kumar J Sai Krishna A B.Tech III/IV B.Tech III/IV j_pravee@yahoo.com adimula_saikrishna@yahoo.com Abstract: Artificial Intelligence is a branch of Science which deals with helping machines finds solutions to complex problems in a more human-like fashion. This generally involves borrowing characteristics from human intelligence, and applying them as algorithms in a computer friendly way. A more or less flexible or efficient approach can be taken depending on the requirements established, which influences how artificial the intelligent behavior appears. Humans throughout history have always sought to mimic the appearance, mobility, functionality, intelligent operation, and thinking process of biological creatures. This field of biologically inspired technology, having the moniker biometrics, has evolved from making static copies of human and animals in the form of statues to the emergence of robots that operate with realistic appearance and behavior. This paper covers the current state-of-the-art and challenges to making biomimetic robots using artificial muscles. Keywords:...
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...Micro Assessment 1 Running Head: MICRO ASSESSMENT PAPER Micro Assessment Paper Melroy Brown Lincoln University Micro Assessment 2 Abstract This Micro Assessment is about a client named Jane Doe that presented at CPS in Copperas Cove after having an altercation with her husband. Jane is a young mother that has a history of mental health and anger management issues. She has been married for just over a year. The client and her husband have a history of arguing and fussing in front of the children. Jane Jane was arrested after grabbing a knife and trying to stab her husband with the knife. When she did not succeed at stabbing him with the knife Jane went upstairs and overdosed on several pills. She was taken to the hospital and was immediately signed out by her mother that works at the hospital. Because of her leaving the hospital against doctor’s advice, CPS was called to remove Jane’s children from the home for their safety. This Micro Assessment will give detailed history about Jane and give suggested client-directed treatment plans for her treatment options. Micro Assessment 3 Assessment Demographics: Name: Doe, Jane Age: 20 years old Name(s) of Parent(s)/Guardian(s): Peggy Sue Williams ...
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...Wernher Von Braun and his impact on physics. We will discuss his life, where he came from, his education, and his accomplishments. We will discuss the effect he and others like him had on our lives, how they changed them, and their contribution to science. Wernher Von Braun was born March 23, 1912 the second of three sons born to Baron Magnus von Braun and Baroness Emmy von Quistorp. Born in thecity of Wirsitz, the province of Posen in the Prussian area of Germany. Von Braun being born the son of a Baron and Baroness. Wernher and his brothers all became Barons at birth, they being born of German nobility. Wernher and his brothers were raised to be honorable and educated. At an early age of four Von Braun’s father had noted he could read a paper upside down and ask his teachers question they couldn’t answer even then showing an understanding complex matter above others his age. His father’s job as a diplomat had him transferred to Berlin where in the 1920 he studied music, a passion he continued until adulthood. In 1924 at 12 years old the young aspiring rocketeers first rocket experiment didn’t go so well for him. Wernher after talking his older brother, Magnus into helping.The two Von Braun brothers bought 6 large skyrockets and lashed them to Wernher’s coaster wagon. Then placing the wagon with the rockets mounted on it on the most upscale street in Berlin. They ignited the fuses and Werher jumped in. What followed was described as a “wholly out of control wagon trailing a comet’s...
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...foregone. The forms of bullying which take place in an organisation are vast and range from verbal abuse to violence to sexual discrimination and harassment. While occurrences of bullying arise because management allow them to, literature suggests that there are various other factors which lead to it. The following sections attempt to explore these determinants. There is much evidence to suggest that workplace bullying is encouraged by management (O’Connell et al, 2007) and other evidence that suggests the opposite view (Einsaren, 2003). I will determine that one of the main responsibilities lies with management, but that other factors such as personalities, workplace ethic, policies, working culture, organizational behaviour and industrial nature have their own roles to play. Through my research I established that a knock-on effect exists within the concepts produced in the literature. We must firstly look at definitions of bullying and conflict to establish why it occurs from reviews of literature. Definition The ESRI describe bullying as “undermining the individual‘s right to dignity at work,” (ESRI, 2001). Bullying is a serious issue which is too often overlooked. It undermines ones integrity and affects one’s ability to work to their best. It causes many problems for the organisation when it occurs. Some of these include: low productivity, low self...
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...Treasure Trove of the Aging Workforce Abstract The purpose of this paper is to analyze the diverse workforce with a focus on age diversity. The factors include challenges that can occur in an organization, how to overcome these challenges and benefits of a diverse workplace. This paper is organized by answering three questions around age diversity. The answers consist of various literature reviews and personal insight. Treasure Trove of the Aging Workforce It was once known that the retirement age was 65. That is no longer the case. Employees are no longer retiring, mostly due to the outlaw of mandatory retirement. In addition to not having retirement regulated, people are healthier today due to medical science so they can work longer. With the aging workforce occurring there can be challenges that need to be overcome in order to effectively run an organization in todays world. Aging Diversity What changes in employment relationships are likely to occur as the population ages? Researchers suggest employers have mixed feeling about the aging workforce, however many can be positive. Positive changes in employment relationships that likely will occur can be the increase in work experience, job satisfaction, a strong work ethic, commitment to employer, and to quality of work. Pearson and Judge (2015) state, “ They bring to the job a higher skill level earned through years of experience, remember the organization’s history and know the aging customer base.” However...
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...Should the U.S. take Military Action in Syria? Syria, a country in the Middle East bordering Turkey, Iraq, Jordan, Israel and Lebanon has experienced growing civil unrest since 2011. The current government, led by Bashar al-Assad, has responded with violence and human rights abuses. In September 2013 the United Nations (UN) (United Nations, 2013) confirmed chemical weapons were used against civilians in Damascus on August 21st. These actions have generated an outcry for intervention. Arguments Some believe taking action is the only way to stop the killing of civilians and end human rights abuses perpetrated by the military. These pro-interventionists conclude Assad continues his oppressive actions because he doesn’t believe anyone will take action to stop him. Assaults on Syrian civilians are documented by many sources. Since January 2011 it is estimated over 100,000 citizens protesting against the Assad regime have been killed by military forces (Table, 2013). A report commissioned by the UN in June 2013 estimated 5,000 were killed each month since July 2012. This number exceeds reported deaths in Iraq at the height of war in 2007. In a September 2011 report many atrocities against children were documented. Over a hundred children were killed in connection with protests, many others reported injured. A group of children in the town of Dara’a, as young as 8, were taken into custody in connection with anti-government graffiti on a schoolhouse wall. These children...
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...interconnected, uprisings in each nation took different forms and reached out distinctions and interactions between uprisings, revolution, and civil war. standing scholarly debate. The presence or absence of civil war is examined in examinations of civil war: the nature of the governmental regime, territoriality complete understanding of what constitutes civil war and provides a framework 76 Introduction the Middle East, authoritarian regimes thought invulnerable to protest and impossible to oust began to cede to massive protest. Attacks on governmental institutions and elite leaders ensconced from public opinion developed divergently in each nation, employing tailored strategies to mobilize the public and reap key support. This paper focuses on the nature and development of these Arab Spring further use these distinctions to illuminate the conceptual, instrumental, and semantic nature of civil war in general. - exacerbated the grievances felt by rebel forces and smoothed over ethnic, religious, and tribal ten- trastingly, in Syria, instances of mild reform under Bashar al-Assad, popular concerns for security, kept civil war at bay. Conceptual Isolation of Civil War presence or absence of civil war. However, the scholarly distinction between civil war and other insurgency and counter-insurgency, uprisings, genocide or genocidal actions, and general loss of internal monopoly over the legitimate use of force.1 confuses the framework of responses and semantically...
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...The Relationship between Australia & Indonesia Previous to this research assignment, I was uninformed of Australia’s complex relationship with Indonesia. However, after extensively analysing media articles from a range of different sources, I have concluded that the relationship is balanced in a sense that it displays both positive and negative aspects. When discussing military relations, overall, negative impacts from the East Timor war have left the Indonesian- Australian relationship with tension and uncertainties that remain until this day. In relation to political connections, most aspects of the government relationships are positive, despite a few minor cases that dislodge the strong bond. On the other hand, the booming tourism industry reflects positive aspects of the Indonesian- Australian relationship. After the Japanese Attacks on Australia in World War II, Australia recognised its vulnerable geographical position and sought a relationship with the islands to the immediate north (Indonesia) to form a strong defence strategy. However, this military alliance has had a negative impact on Indonesia’s and Australia’s relationship. Specifically referring to the East- Timor war, a series of negative events strained the relationship between the two nations. The first of these events, being the killings of 5 Australian journalists when they had been reporting on the East Timor war in Balibo. Recent evidence has proved that these killings were a deliberate act of execution...
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...of Politics in Corporate Business Success As a general rule, correcting market failures is best left to the government. Businesses cannot be trusted to get it right, partly because they lack the wherewithal to frame intelligent policy in these areas.[i] Free-market economist Adam Smith (1723-1790) states that if self-interested people are left alone to seek their own economic advantage, the result, unintended by any one of them, will be greater advantage for all. He maintains that government interference is not necessary to protect the general welfare.[ii] MBA 8111 Business, Government, and Society Introduction Governments have become the black box for corporate business success around the world. This paper will discuss the close relationship between business and government, using Halliburton as main examples throughout the case. Halliburton has often been perceived negatively by the public and has become a favorite target by Democrats for critics about conflicts of interest, undue corporate influence, hidden motives, accounting fraud, bribery, bilking the government, tax evasion, and trading with rogue nations.[iii] Its name has become synonymous with political cronyism.[iv] The current U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney, who previously held the CEO of Halliburton from 1995 to 2000, is criticized to facilitate the government contracts to be available to the company even though he has persistently said that he has severed all business ties with...
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...like a fairy tale. Did they work long and hard to earn their status as the one percent? Is the remaining ninety nine percent of the nation lazy and incompetent? In my opinion it is a rare circumstance that there is a correlation between hard work and “getting ahead”, but if we work hard and stay true to our passions we are always getting ahead by our own terms. There was a Serbian man born on July 10th, 1856, whose long life boyhood dream was to harness the power of Niagra Falls. He worked his entire life laying the foundation that makes our entire technological existence possible and until recently hasn’t received any credit whatsoever publicly for his accomplishments. The power that surges through the computer as I sit and type this paper is created by an induction motor and delivered by using AC (alternating current) technology that was invented by this man. The transistor that allows me to download information and refresh...
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