...barriers between the physicians and Jesica’s family: The language differences may have been a leading obstacle to effective communication between the physicians and the family, The family recently migrated to the United States seeking treatment for Jesica's condition and were not fluent in the English language. Health literacy may have also induced the communication barrier between the physicians and the family. Health literacy involves the ability to understand medical terms and health care information—health literacy is a communication barrier for individuals native to the English language (Day, 2013). With the language barrier already in place the health literacy barrier may have additionally contributed to the communication barrier, which may have resulted in misunderstandings....
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... of the blood flow in participants' brains as they complete decision-‐making tasks. The researcher is using ____________ to examine the brain's activity. A. electroencephalography (EEG) B. positron emission tomography (PET) C. transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) D. functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) Correct A synapse is a: A. chemical B. gap Correct C. signal D. joint Alphonse suffered a stroke, resulting in a lesion in his temporal lobe. Which of Alphonse's perceptual or cognitive functions is most likely impaired? A. hearing Correct B. decision-‐making C. motor coordination D. emotional regulation An action potential is followed by a brief _________ period, when the neuron regains its _______ charge. A. resting; neutral B. refractory; neutral C. active; positive D. refractory; negative Correct As an action potential occurs, the...
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...financial statements of publicly held companies has risen. One such error was announced by the internet sales company Overstock.com in early 2009. Due to an accounting error, partners of the company were under billed by $1.8 million dollars over the course of 2008. Overstock chose to record this entry incorrectly which falsely ballooned the company’s revenues; in turn, causing them to record an incorrect profit of $1.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2008. Had this entry been booked correctly and within the guidelines of the generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), Overstock would have recorded its earnings correctly, showing a loss of $0.8 million. This shows us how important restating a financial statement correctly is so important. A financial statement restatement occurs when a company, either voluntarily or under prompting by its auditors or regulators, revises its public financial information that was previously reported. A financial statement also occurs when there needs to be a change in accounting principles or there is an error. The number of financial restatements by public companies has increased in the recent years due to increased scrutiny following the well-known accounting scandals at Enron and WorldCom, amount others. The restatement usually involves a completely new audit and in some cases may affect future financial statements in the coming year. The main purpose to restating the financial statement is to review an earlier issued set to financial...
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...Research on information management IM Professional position that I aspire to have From my point of view, I will choose business technology analyst as my aspiring position. It is a position that requires people to have the technical background and business knowledge. As a student in information management, this position matched us best. A special profile is listed as follows. Maggie H Chen (https://www.linkedin.com/in/maggiehchen) who was graduate from Syracuse University is a business technology analyst. She have a dual degree in Finance and Information Management and Technology. She is aspire to become an effective international business communicator and is currently have more than one year working experience as business technology analyst. Practices that will cause failures in IM management In this specific position, the practice that you cannot correctly translate the business requirement into technical requirement will most likely be the case failure in IM management. Considering the specific profile listed above, it is possible for her to incorrectly translate the requirement since she didn’t have the strong technology background. Business analyst is now crucial for the success of the information management. Since this position provide the “translation service” for the business department and technology department, and imprecise translations will result in failure of the project. A study [2] has showed that poor definition requirements (50%), communications...
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...common stock. B) does not usually change by more than 1.0 (e.g. 8.2 to 9.2) during the year. C) can be used to determine the cash dividend to be received during the year. D) is calculated by dividing the earnings multiple by net income. 3. The time frame associated with a balance sheet is: A) a point in time in the past. B) a one-year past period of time. C) a single date in the future. D) a function of the information included in it. 4. Which of the following is not a category of financial statement ratios? A) Financial leverage. B) Liquidity. C) Profitability. D) Prospectus. 5. A credit entry to an account will: A) Always decrease the account balance. B) Always increase the account balance. C) Increase the balance of a revenue account. D) Increase the balance of an expense account. 6. Which of the following is not a transaction to be recorded in the accounting records of an entity? A) Investment of cash by the owners. B) Sale of product to customers. C) Receipt of a plaque recognizing the firm’s encouragement of employee participation in the United Way fund drive. D) Receipt of services from a “quick-print” shop in exchange for the promise to provide advertising design...
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...Youth Violence Ever since the horrible tragedy at Columbine High School, there has been a number of recent school shootings in America. Youth violence is a main issue in today’s society. Many people fear what causes youngsters to be so violent, committing atrocious. There are many wonders that go around about why young adolescents commit such violent crimes. These questions vary from why kids take guns to school, or how do we know if they are putting others in danger, what signs are there, what should be looked at, and what can be done to stop these acts of violence. I remember watching the MTV special “Warning Signs”; it explained the violence in our society today. In the video they talked with young adolescents and asked them questions dealing with crimes they have been institutionalized for. The video also explained warning signs of someone who may be planning to commit an act of violence. Study has shown that anger plays a major role in ones behavior problem. Aggression is any form of behavior intended to harm or injure another living being. There are many reasons why someone acts in an aggressive way. First, many people have an instinct of being aggressive towards certain individuals, second genes are another factor that can develop from a complex interaction of biology, social experience, and each individuals behavior, t... The potential influence of violent video games on youth violence remains an issue of concern for psychologists, policymakers...
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...management dilemma is usually a symptom of an actual problem, such as: □ Rising costs. □ The discovery of an expensive chemical compound that would increase the efficacy of a drug. □ Increasing tenant move-outs from an apartment complex. □ Declining sales. □ A larger number of product defects during the manufacture of an automobile. □ An increasing number of letters and phone complaints about postpurchase service • The management dilemma can also be triggered by an early signal of an opportunity or growing evidence that a fad may be gaining staying power. □ Identifying management dilemmas is rarely difficult. □ Choosing one dilemma on which to focus may be difficult. □ Choosing incorrectly may result in a waste of time and resources. □ Experienced managers claim that practice makes perfect in this area....
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...Seminar Human Resource Management (HR 491) Position Paper STEVEN H. HALL Computer Science Corporation a Global Leader in Technology Park University of Alexandria, Virginia 5 December 2010 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Body . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Competitive Advantage . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Change Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Diversity Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Recruitment and Selection. . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Compensation and Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Organizational Climate . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Cited References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 2 3 INTRODUCTION This position paper explains how and why Computer Science Corporation (CSC) is global leader in providing technology solutions and services through three primary lines of business: (1) Business Solutions and Services; (2) Global Outsourcing and Services; (3) North American Public Sector. CSC capabilities include systems design and integration, information technology and business...
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...Accounting Cycle Accounting cycle is the financial process starting with recording business transactions and leading up to the preparation of financial statements. This process demonstrates the purpose offinancial accounting--to create useful financial information in the form of general-purpose financial statements. In other words, the sole purpose of recording transactions and keeping track of expenses and revenues is turn this data into meaning financial information by presenting it in the form of a balance sheet, income statement, statement of owner's equity, and statement of cash flows. The accounting cycle is a set of steps that are repeated in the same order every period. The culmination of these steps is the preparation of financial statements. Some companies prepare financial statements on a quarterly basis whereas other companies prepare them annually. This means that quarterly companies complete one entire accounting cycle every three months while annual companies only complete one accounting cycle per year. Accounting Cycle Steps This cycle starts with a business event. Bookkeepers analyze the transaction and record it in the general journal with a journal entry. The debits and credits from the journal are then posted to the general ledger where an unadjusted trial balance can be prepared. After accountants and management analyze the balances on the unadjusted trial balance, they can then make end of period adjustments like depreciation expense and expense accruals...
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...variable on which comparisons are made Explanatory variable – binary variable that specifies the groups Statistical methods analyze how the outcome on the response variable depends on or is explained by the value of the explanatory variable Independent Samples: Most comparisons of groups use independent samples from the groups, The observations in one sample are independent of those in the other sample Example: Randomized experiments that randomly allocate subjects to two treatments Example: An observational study that separates subjects into groups according to their value for an explanatory variable Dependent samples: Dependent samples result when the data are matched pairs – each subject in one sample is matched with a subject in the other sample Example: set of married couples, the men being in one sample and the women in the other. Example: Each subject is observed at two times, so the two samples have the same subject Categorical response variable: For a categorical response variable - Inferences compare groups in terms of their population proportions in a particular category - We can compare the groups by the difference in their population proportions: (p1 – p2) Example: Experiment: Subjects were 22,071 male physicians Every other day for five years, study participants took either an aspirin or a placebo The physicians were randomly assigned to the aspirin or to the placebo group The study was double-blind: the physicians did not know which pill they...
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...Chapter 10 Internal Control, Control Risk, and Section 404 Audits Review Questions 10-1 Management typically has three broad objectives in designing effective internal controls. 1. Reliability of Financial Reporting Management is responsible for preparing financial statements for investors, creditors, and other users. Management has both a legal and professional responsibility to be sure that the information is fairly presented in accordance with reporting requirements such as GAAP or IFRS. The objective of effective internal control over financial reporting is to fulfill these financial reporting responsibilities. 2. Efficiency and Effectiveness of Operations Controls within an organization are meant to encourage efficient and effective use of its resources to optimize the company’s goals. An important objective of these controls is accurate financial and non-financial information about the entity’s operations for decision making. 3. Compliance with Laws and Regulations Section 404 of the Sarbanes–Oxley Act requires all public companies to issue a report about the operating effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting. In addition to the legal provisions of Section 404, public, nonpublic, and not-for-profit organizations are required to follow many laws and regulations. Some relate to accounting only indirectly, such as environmental protection and civil rights laws. Others are closely related to accounting, such as income...
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...person’s behavior, thoughts and feelings are influenced by the real, imagined or implied presence of others. Social influence: The process through which the real, imagined or implied presence of others can directly or indirectly influence the thoughts, feelings and behavior of others. Types of Social Influence: 1. Conformity: Conformity is seen wherein a person changes his/her behavior to more closely match the behavior/actions of other people. For example, Solomon Asch’s an experimenter had studied on conformity by experimenting some participants on their behavior pattern. The participants in his experiment were shown 3 comparison lines. They were later shown the standard line and were asked to determine which of the 3 lines matched the standard line. It was then found that the one participant followed what others said, despite of having his own answers to the question asked. 2. Group think: It is a kind of thinking that occurs when people place more importance on maintaining group cohesiveness than assessing the facts of the problem with which the group is concerned. For example, sinking of the Titanic in 1912, wherein the group responsible for designing and building the ship assumed that she was unsinkable and did not even bother to include enough lifeboats on board for all the passengers which caused the life of many people. Characteristics of Group think: a. Invulnerability: Members feel they cannot fail. b. Rationalization: Members explain away warning signs...
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...“PEER INFLUENCE: THE EFFECT OF PEER GROUP TOWARDS THE DECISION-MAKING OF 2ND YEAR AB POLITICAL SCIENCE STUDENT” SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY Course: Bachelor of Science in Psychology- II Names: Balmes, Sharmaine D. Dagohoy , Jasmine D. Jalocon, Clarice P. Abstract: Introduction Group influence occurs when one's emotions, opinions, or behaviors are affected by others. Group influence takes many forms and can be seen in conformity, socialization, peer pressure, obedience, leadership, and persuasion. The actions, reactions, and thoughts of an individual are influenced by other people or groups. A useful framework of analysis of group influence on the individual is the so called reference group—the term comes about because an individual uses a relevant group as a standard of reference against which oneself is compared. Reference groups come in several different forms. Peer group is defined as a small group of similarly aged, fairly close friends and sharing the same activities. In general, peer groups or cliques have two to twelve members, with an average of five or six. Peer groups provide a sense of security and they help adolescents to build a sense of identity. (http://inside.bard.edu/academic/specialproj/darling/adolesce.htm, 2004) In actuality, peer influence is more complex than our stereotype of the negative influences from friends. First, peer influence can be both positive and negative. While we tend to think that peer influence leads teens to engage in unhealthy and...
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...been selected, if the hypothesis regarding the population parameter were true. Hypothesis testing or significance testing is a method for testing a claim or hypothesis about a parameter in a population, using data measured in a sample. In this method, we test some hypothesis by determining the likelihood that a sample statistic could have been selected, if the hypothesis regarding the population parameter were true. The method of hypothesis testing can be summarized in four steps. 1. To begin, we identify a hypothesis or claim that we feel should be tested. For example, we might want to test the claim that the mean number of hours that children in the United States watch TV is 3 hours. 2. We select a criterion upon which we decide that the claim being tested is true or not. For example, the claim is that children watch 3 hours of TV per week. Most samples we select should have a mean close to or equal to 3 hours if the claim we are testing is true. So at what point do we decide that the discrepancy between the sample mean and 3 is so big that the claim we are testing is likely not true? We answer this question in this step of hypothesis testing. 3. Select a random sample from the population and measure the sample mean. For example, we could select 20 children and measure the mean time (in hours) that they watch TV per week. 4. Compare what we observe in the sample to what we expect to observe if the claim we are testing is...
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...exposure can be associated with a particular outcome, such as a disease or certain condition. In these studies, the definition groups are based on the outcome and exposure assessment for potential risk factors. The first step in case control studies is the identification of the case (for example a group of people known to have the certain condition), as well as the control group ( a group that does not have the outcome). The second step is to explore whether some of the subjects in each group were exposed, and how the frequency of the exposure is measured between the case and the control group. Case control studies are basically observational, because there is no intervention taking place, and is a retrospective determination of the exposure to a certain risk factor. Advantages of case control studies • Case control studies are relatively less time consuming, since the disease has occurred in the past, therefore there is no need to assess the disease or condition. • They are an efficient way to study rare cases and diseases or outbreaks of diseases, since they are fast; during an outbreak, the fast examination of certain conditions is required, and a sufficient number of people suffering can be quickly accessed. • They allow a simultaneous examination of multiple conditions and risk factors • Allow the establishment of associations between suspected risk factors and conditions in initial and preliminary studies • They are also useful in the case where induction...
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