...The Policy Process: Formulation, Legislation and Implementation Jackie Crawford HCS/455 December-21-2015 James Mc Manus The Policy Process: Formulation, Legislation and Implementation To start the policy process, the issue the policy was created for must be identified, as well as the policies holding the answer to the problem. Stakeholders and researchers will consider the idea to find if the policy will reach agenda making policy. Policies must be used to improve the health and wellbeing of society. The Unite States (US), the formulation of new policy’s that require public health related plans and come from local, state, or federal legislations the govern ruling that covers health and regulations. I will discuss the stages and how the topic becomes a policy. Objective of Policy In the United States (US), for many women, they will experience some form extreme violence in their lifetime, with approximately 27% of women reporting uninvited sexual contact. “At the end of 2011, 23% of all people living with HIV in the United States were women Black/African American and Hispanic/Latina women continue to be disproportionately affected by HIV, compared with women of other races/ethnicities” CDC, (2015). The report has estimated 36% of all US women, have experienced and reported intimate partner violence (IPV), physical violence, rape, and stalking. Women are living with HIV, are reporting the prevalence of IPV, at 55% reported by women with HIV. Additionally, further trauma...
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...The Policy Process: Formulation, Legislation and Implementation HCS/455 24 November, 2014 The Policy Process: Formulation, Legislation and Implementation In order to first start a policy process, the problem for which a policy is to be created must be identified and the policy holding a solution to the problem. Researchers and stakeholders will investigate the problem to identify if the policy will reach the policy making agenda. Policies must be to improve society’s health and wellbeing. In the United States (U.S.) public health related issues that require a formulation of a new policy and come from local, state, or federal legislations which ruling govern the provision of health care services and regulations. In this paper the stages in which a topic becomes a policy will be discussed. Objective of Policy For many, it is a scary thought to go to a hospital. This is because of fear of contracting an infectious disease while at the hospital. The disease could be contracted from the waiting room or from improper procedures from staff members. When a patient enters a hospital, that person could have a serious illness and that illness could potentially be highly contagious. The Healthcare Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee (HICPAC) is put in place from the federal government as an advisory committee to provide guidance on the processes for infection control. The primary activity of the Committee is to provide advice on periodic updating of...
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...Polyjacking vs. Mudjacking in Huntsville, AL Do you have deteoritating, flaking or chipping concrete? Is your sidewalk or driveway unlevel? If your driveway, patio, or porch steps are sinking, you need our concrete repair services. We can lift and re-level your problem spot without the inconvenience and expense of a complete tear-out and concrete re-pour. As patios, walkways and driveways crack, uneven cracks develop. In addition to being an eye sore, cracked and unlevel concrete can be tripping hazards to you and your family. Fortunately, mudjacking and polyjacking can solve many sinking concrete problems instead of facing a concrete tear-out and new concrete pour. Both methods offer the same results - to lift and level sunken concrete by injecting material into drilled holes. However, choosing the best concrete repair method can be a difficult decision. To pick the best solution for your needs, it's important to know the difference between polyjacking vs. mudjacking. h2: Mudjacking in Huntsville, AL Affordable Foundation and Home Repair has over 20 years of mudjacking experience and proudly serves the Huntsville area. Anytime the concrete on your property sinks, it leaves damaging voids under the house and structure. To lift concrete to its original position, voids are filled under the affected slab with a thick mixture of clean soil and cement. This slurry mixture is injected with force, then lifts and raises the sunken concrete back into position. Grout is then added...
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...Indian Paint Market to reach Rs495bn by FY17: IPA Study | | India Infoline News Service/ 09:35 , Jan 21, 2013 | The theme for this year’s conference Coating 2020 – Future Redefined; will witness industry stalwarts converge to analyze and redefine the future of coatings industry in India. | Indian Paint Association (IPA), the apex body of the Indian Paint industry, is hosting the 26th Indian Paint Conference which is scheduled between 18th – 20th January 2013, at Hotel Grand Hyatt in Mumbai. The theme for this year’s conference Coating 2020 – Future Redefined; will witness industry stalwarts converge to analyze and redefine the future of coatings industry in India. In order to have a better understanding of the paint market in India, IPA, has appointed AC Nielsen to undertake a detailed and comprehensive study to estimate the size of the market, both in decorative and Industrial paints. Indian Paint Market – Size & Future coating industry’s latest report by AC Nielsen will also be unveiled at the conference. This report will cover the estimated trends in different product categories with an in-depth analysis of the end user market in the decorative paints segment. Key highlights of the Study by IPA & AC Nielsen: Indian paint market is expected to reach 49,545 INR Crs by 2016 – 17, decorative market will continue to grow and would have higher share compared to industrial paints. Overall paint value market is estimated at 26,040 INR Crs for...
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...Asian Paints Limited is an Indian chemicals company headquartered in Mumbai, India.[3] It manufactures a paints for decorative and industrial use. Asian Paints is India's largest paint company and Asia's third largest paint company, with a turnover of Rs 96.32 billion. Besides Asian Paints, the group operates around the world through its subsidiaries Berger International Limited, Apco Coatings, SCIB Paints and Taubmans. Asian Paints has acquired 30% stake in Dutch Boy Philippines from Berger International Limited (BIL), an indirect subsidiary of Asian Paints. Asian Paints executed a conditional stock purchase agreement relating to the sale of 427,000 shares of Dutch Boy Philippines, which ceases to be an associated company of BIL. Asian Paints, Ltd. (APL) has entered into a 50:50 new joint venture agreement with PPG Industries, Inc. (PPG), a US-based provider of paints, coatings and speciality products, to accelerate the growth of non-decorative coatings business in India. This is the second joint venture between APL and PPG. They currently have a 50–50 joint venture named Asian PPG Industries Ltd (APPG). APL and PPG have agreed that APL will take lead in the second venture, while PPG will take lead in APPG in order to utilise their respective strengths to best capture the growth in infrastructure development and globally driven markets in India. APPG currently services the Indian transportation coatings market and this change will expand its scope to additionally service...
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...Policy Formulation The settlement house movement is synonymous with the plight of America’s urban poor. These urban poor Americans lived in such appalling conditions is hard to imagine that plant life could survive let alone human beings. This movement took place in the late 19th century and continued in the beginning of the 20th century. Crusaders of this era were burdened the task of getting the rich and poor to live harmoniously and collectively in an interdependent community. It was this call to duty in which the establishment of “settlement houses” were born and produced. These houses were manufactured in poor urban parts of the country where they had settlement house volunteers who would live; share their culture, knowledge, and education as well as helping to improve the poverty line of their low income neighbors. These volunteers and residents; officiated effective methods of helping and in turn created a path for government agencies to take over the majority of the responsibility. These settlement house workers with their innovative mentality to find solutions to their everyday poverty and injustice also lead the way to creating the profession of social work that we all know today. The settlement house pioneers had unique ways to their approach to policy formulation. Two of the most unique themes that characterized the social workers’ approach of the movement were reform and research. Reform during this era meant that “accepting the forces of urbanization...
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...Hayley Masi May 8, 2013 Law Lipman E1 Justice Delayed is Justice Denied The term “Justice delayed is justice denied,” was written by William Ewart Gladstone (1809-1898). Gladstone was one of the greatest English politicians and was also former British Prime Minister. It has several possible origins, one of which is the Magna Carta, clause 40 which states, “To no one will we sell, to no one will we refuse or delay, right or justice.” A prompt trial is guaranteed by the sixth amendment of the United States Constitution. A defendant who is held in jail for a lengthy period of time prior to his day in court could ultimately be found not guilty and then will have been in a sense wrongfully imprisoned. Trials that are pushed back for years may mean that witnesses may be lost or their memories may fade and a guilty man could walk. Victims of crimes and their families must prolong an agonizing ordeal awaiting their day in court. Parties on both sides of the law may be adversely affected by a justice system that is slow and inefficient. In the New York Times, an article written showed that in the Bronx there were more people waiting for their trial then in the rest of the city combined. This borough “was responsible for more than half of New York City’s criminal cases that were over two years old, and for two-thirds of the defendants waiting for their trials in jail for more than five years.” Of the cases eventually tried in the Bronx, less than half of the...
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...What is technology doing to and for us? Sitting on the playground with a tablet avoiding a couple kids; playing with jump ropes, draw with chalk on the ground, playing hop scotch, teeter totter and swinging on the monkey bars. A seven-year-old boy is playing basketball on the tablet and when asked by his friend to come play basketball on the court. He reply’s “I don’t wanna, I’m playing on my tablet.” In schools, students are learning skills that they will need to carry them through life and to find jobs. Schools use technology more and more everyday to teach kids and relate to them. Kids are allowed to bring their own devices to class such as tablets, Ipads, and Mini Laptops and use applications that the teacher may require them to. Clearly, technology is becoming increasingly essential to learning. Students with basic academic skills improve with the use of everyday technology. With the speed of technology solving problems is becoming achievable at a faster pace. A good example of that is finding out about schools closing during bad weather. You can have an email sent to you, or even a text message sent to your mobile device, letting know if you have class. Performing school tasks as in writing research papers, finding out your grades for the semester, and submitting work is so much easier. For example flipping through pages to find a word in the dictionary while looking over it once or twice became easier. Now, you can type it in online and in seconds...
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...Introduction Over the years pharmaceuticals have been trying to find multiple ways to improve the drug delivery system for cancer. Microgels and hydrogels were first established, and then the new creations of nanogels were created. Nanogels have grown to have a huge impact for the use of certain anticancer drugs. Although characteristics of nanogels are still being studied by recent researchers they tend to have many advanced features as a drug delivery system. Some features include: simplicity of drug formulation; high drug-loading capacity; exceptional dispersion stability; and prolonged storage of drug formulations in the freeze-dried form. [1] Nanogels are cross linked particles of sub-micrometer size, made up of hydrophilic polymers. There three-dimensional polymer chains are formed by using covalent linkages or the self-assembly processes. [2] A polymer with two different properties such as soluble and insoluble is called an amphiphilic polymer. When the polymer is added to water it creates nanoparticles. The outside of the nanoparticle is called the shell and the center is called the core. When the core is cross linked it then forms a nanogel. Within this experiment cysteamine hydrochloride is added to create crosslink chains in side of the nanogel and TCEP is then added to cleave the disulfide bonds within the gel. Because Nile red is insoluble in water it is added before water during the cross linking reaction. Without the addition of cysteamine hydrochloride the Nile...
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...Executive Summary Lenovo is currently the Top 1 market leader in PC industry globally. With the acquisition of IBM’s x86 server business and Motorola Mobility on 2014, and the changing landscape of tablets and smartphone market, we will look into Lenovo’s strategic position. There are several issues facing by Lenovo now: ♣ Bad economic environment might post threat to Lenovo’s PC and enterprise business ♣ Declining growth in worldwide tablets market would hurdle the Lenovo’s growth of market share in tablets market ♣ Lack of Wearables and Internet of Things (IoT) Products would leads Lenovo missing out of future key driver in business ♣ Lenovo’s Smartphone market share is declining due to confusing brand positioning of Lenovo brand and Motorola brand Based on the issues identified, below are the recommendations: ♣ Lenovo to utilizes the merger of IBM x86 server business to be more price competitive and enhance global reach ♣ Lenovo to focus on low-end to middle range tablets to avoid competition with top tablets vendors which focused on high-end devices ♣ Lenovo to reposition Lenovo brand and Motorola brand in smartphone market to gives clear differentiation to consumers ♣ Lenovo to expand product lineup for Wearables ♣ Lenovo to deploy more resource on research and development on Internet of Things (IoT) products Introduction In 2014 Q4, Lenovo finally achieved its goal in becoming the world’s largest PC vendor, and continue...
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...14500 do 10840 6 Jr. Manger (Q.A)- B 1 MSc (Pharmaceutical 1640-60-2600In charge of Quality Chemistry)/ MSc (Micro Biology) with 2 years 75-2900 Assurance experience in the relevant field. do 10840 7 Jr. Manger (Q.C) 2 B.Pharm with 2 years experience OR Msc. In charge of Quality (Chemistry)with 2 years 1640-60-2600Control 75-2900 experience/ BSc (Chemistry) with 5 to 7 years experience in relevent Field do 10840 STAFF/WORKERS:TECHNICAL 750-40-950-50B.Sc. (Chemistry) with D.Pharm 1200-60-1500Industrial DA Production of Drug and minimum 3 years 70-1990-80based on cost experience in Pharmaceutical Formulations 2390-95-2865- of living Index production 110-3415 630-25-755-30Minimum 10th Standard + ITI in 905-35-1080Production of Drug Fitter/ Machinist Trade with 2 40-1360-45years experience in a Formulations 1585-55-1860Pharmaceutical Company 65-2185 Minimum 10th Standard + ITI in 605-20-705-25Production of Drug Fitter/ Machinist Trade with 1 830-30-950-35Formulations year experience in a 1230-40-1430 Pharmaceutical Company 630-25-755-30Minimum 10th Standard + ITI in 905-35-1080Maintenance of Plant &Mechanical Fitter Trade with 2-5 years 40-1360-45experience in the relevant field 1585-55-1860Equipements 65-2185 1 Supervisor (Foreman grade) 2 9126 2 Worker Grade I 10 do 9006 3 Worker Grade II 16 do 8981 4 Mechanic Grade I 2 do 9006 5 Mechanic Grade II 1 Maintenance of Plant...
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...Biovail Case Assignment Questions: 1. How many truckloads of product are actually required to carry $10 million of product? Show your calculations. Given: a. 1 Wellbutrin XL tablet is estimated to be 1.5 cm3 (this includes the packing space) b. 1 18-wheeler trailer’s dimensions are: 17m x 4.5m x 2.5m Since the tablet and the trailer are using different units of measurements we need to convert the trailer dimensions to centimeters before we can calculate the volumes. a. To convert meters into centimeters the ratio is: 1meter = 100 centimeters 17m= 1,700 centimeters 4.5m = 450 centimeters 2.5m = 250 centimeters To calculate volume b. Volume of a rectangular prism = a x b x c Volume= 1,700 x 450 x 250 Volume = 191,250,000 cm3 c. To find out how many Wellbutrin XL tablets fit into a trailer 1.5x=191,250,000 X=127,500,000 d. How much revenue does Biovail get from a single pill ? 400% 35% $2.83 Biovail → Distributor → Wholesaler → Retailer 0.52 ← 2.10 / 400% ← 2.83/1.35%=2.10 127,500,000 x 0.52= $6,630,000 One truck can definately carry $10 million worth of Wellbutrin XL tablet product. 2. How should the company recognize revenue based upon the two possible FOB contract structures mentioned in the case? Since Biovail’s stock is publically owned it needs to file its financial statements with the SEC. The SEC requires that it abide by GAAP...
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...Strategic Management of Business Policy Formulation and Implementation between Bangladesh and India Course Title: Strategic Management Course Code: MBA 512 Prepared for Prof: Muhammad Mahboob Ali, Ph.D. Visiting Professor of IUB Prepared by Mostafizur Rahman 1221544 Shamsher Ali 113060 Abstract The business relationship between India and Bangladesh is currently of special interest in both countries for a number of reasons. Firstly, there are urgent and longstanding concerns in Bangladesh arising from the perennial, large bilateral trade deficit with India, and from the large volumes of informal imports from India across the land border which avoid Bangladesh import duties. These concerns have been particularly acute on the Bangladesh side in the context of discussions between the two governments of the possibility of a bilateral free trade agreement along the lines of the India-Sri Lanka FTA. Secondly, even though (because of the disparity in the size of the two economies) India’s trading relationship with Bangladesh is much less significant for it than it is for Bangladesh, closer economic integration with Bangladesh is nevertheless seen as a very important way of reducing the economic and political isolation of the seven Indian eastern and north eastern states from the rest of the country. Finally, both countries have long shared common objectives for closer economic integration...
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...THE POLICY PROCESS 1 The Policy Process HCS/455 December 2, 2011 The Policy Process 2 The Health care industry has many policies, rules and regulations that have to be followed in order to have a successful company in today’s world. The Health care industry has many policies that keep companies in compliance with all the rules and regulations in order to protect the consumers, patients and employees. In every hospital, doctor’s offices, therapy clinics, etc, there will always be certain protocol of running a successful and thriving business. A certain point in time where these policies were made, there was a process to developing a policy for a particular business. All companies, corporation, or business will have policies set in place. This holds true for the foundation for AIDS/HIV. While putting together certain regulation for research groups, this foundation also has to follow each step in the policy process. Coming up with that policy was a process and throughout this paper we will discuss the policy process and what it takes to ensure the write policy has been made to protect the company, consumers and all of its employees. The policy process has certain steps that have to be taken before having a successful outcome. These important steps are as follows: The formulation stage, the legislative stage and the implementation stage. Throughout this paper we will discuss...
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...The Policy Process: Part 1 HCS 455 January 13, 2014 The Policy Process: Part I – Health Care Reform Policies are considered and reviewed on a daily basis with intentions of solving problems and improving quality of life. The policies that are implemented in order to improve the health care system for Americans have an affect on every individual person. With this being said, it is especially essential that all policies are carefully contemplated before they are actually implemented. This paper will address how topics become policies. This will include three stages, which consist of the formulation stage, the legislative stage, and the implementation stage. There are several stages that a policy must go through before it can be established. These steps are essential to the process and need to be efficiently followed through throughout the policy process in order to be certain the the policy will in fact solve the problem that is at hand as well as be able to improve the quality of life for all citizens. The stages included in the establishment of a policy include: agenda building, formulation, adoption, implementation, evaluation, and termination. There are many situations that represent the economic need that America has for an improvement in health care as well as the introduction of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which is also known as the Health Care Reform. Before the country was able to experience the benefits of this policy, going through...
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