abstinence. Research studies examining smoking cessation interventions and its overall effectiveness were critiqued and evaluated using a systematic literature review. Methods: Specific medical databases were utilised, followed by a methodical search strategy to identify key articles. Through evaluation of the studies, reliability and validity will be established. Evidence based practice will be explored throughout the report and will demonstrate how to source and appraise relevant research, whilst
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A Critique of Direct-to-Consumer Advertisements Gina Emmanuel Grand Canyon University, NUR 641E August 14, 2013 A Critique of Direct-to-Consumer Advertisements The purpose of this paper is to comprehensively and concisely critique an internet advertisement for the FDA approved prescription drug: dexlansoprazole (Dexilant) and for the non-FDA regulated herbal product Aloe Cure, two products advertised as options in the management of gastro esophageal reflux disease (GERD). Advertisement
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Understanding Famine: Entitled failure, Food Availability Decline or something else? Famine is defined in the dictionary as “extreme and general scarcity of food, as in a country or a large geographical area, any extreme and general scarcity, extreme hunger; starvation.” (Dictionary.com) Famines happen as a result of things such as Natural Disasters, Lack of rain/drought and not much money. Most droughts happen in the developing countries (Third world countries), which aren't economically successful
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Values-Based Leadership Volume 8 Issue 1 Winter/Spring 2015 Article 6 January 2015 Favoritism: Ethical Dilemmas Viewed Through Multiple Paradigms I-Pang Fu Pennsylvania State University, ipangfu@psu.edu Follow this and additional works at: http://scholar.valpo.edu/jvbl Part of the Business Commons Recommended Citation Fu, I-Pang (2015) "Favoritism: Ethical Dilemmas Viewed Through Multiple Paradigms," The Journal of Values-Based Leadership: Vol. 8: Iss. 1, Article 6. Available at: http://scholar
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College Published by McGrawHill, an imprint of The McGrawHill Companies, Inc., 1221 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10020. Copyright Ó 2006, 2003, 2000, 1997, 1994, 1991 by The McGrawHill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. The contents, or parts thereof, may be reproduced in print form solely for classroom use with A First Look At Communication Theory provided such reproductions bear copyright notice, but may not be reproduced in any other form or for any other purpose without the prior written consent of The McGrawHill Companies
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Research Critique, Part 1 Kathleen J. Good Grand Canyon University: NRS 433 October 19, 2014 Problem Statement In 2010, after the earthquake that struck Haiti, thousands of nurses and healthcare workers traveled to Haiti to volunteer to help with relief efforts. In the year and a half after the earthquake, when looking through peer-reviewed literature, it was revealed that “all of the publications are anecdotal in nature” and “there was no original research using scientific methods that systematically
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maximisation is the base for this approach and the main instrument used is a poverty line; this sets a threshold where if income or consumption is below, people are then classified as poor. An example of this would be the ‘dollar a day’ where any income below $1 a day is classified as poor. This approach suggests that income or consumption is equivalent to well-being. In developing countries measuring welfare with consumption would be more appropriate than using income, as income is a small component and would
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REVIEW OF A JOURNAL 1. BIBLIOGRAPHY Author: Mr. Yeng Keat, Ooi and Shuhymee Ahmad from School of Business Management, College of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Malaysia. A Study among University Students in Business Start-Ups in Malaysia: Motivations and Obstacles to Become Entrepreneurs, International Journal of Business and Social Science, Vol 3 No. 19; October 2012. 2. OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY The main objective of the study is to examine the undergraduate students' perceptions
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Chapter 1—“Critical Reading, Summary and Paraphrase” Research and Composing in the Disciplines 1. What is Summary? __ A summary is a brief restatement, in your own words, that focuses on the main idea or point of a passage. ___ 2. From this chapter, what are the 3 qualities of an effective summary? _brevity______, _completeness __and __objectivity____. 3. Why is objectivity difficult in summary? ___Objectivity is difficult in a summary because, in a summary you have to select certain content
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