Read and consider the “Willingness to Pay” example in Section 7-1 (Chapter 7 Section 1).  Everyone shops for things they need for themselves and for gifts for others. Your old car just died and it’s not worth anything. But the local Toyota dealership has a sale on the new Corolla Hybrid that gets 45 MPG […]

Technology has impacted social interactions in many ways. Driven by a solutionist approach and supported by the available means to develop digital structures, engineers seek solutions to mitigate or enhance many different aspects of the social life of individuals. With the economical and digital inter-connection happening worldwide, individuals and societies are collectively impacted by the […]

Individual change is at the heart of everything that is achieved in organizations. Once individuals have the motivation to do something different, the whole world can begin to change. The conspiracy laws in the UK recognize this capacity for big change to start small. In some legal cases, the merest nod or a wink between […]

Evan is a psychiatric nurse working on an inpatient floor in a general community hospital. Mr. Girardi has been in a car accident, which has landed both him and his daughter in critical care. Because of Mr. Girardi’s extensive injuries, his physicians prescribe that he be put on light sedatives that do not induce coma […]

Belladonna (Atropa belladonna) is a poisonous plant that has been used as a medicine since ancient times. It is named “Belladonna” for the “beautiful women” of Renaissance Italy, who took it to enlarge their pupils, which they found more alluring. Belladonna the remedy But it also goes by a more sinister name — deadly nightshade […]

In 2008, a General Motors automobile factory in Dayton, Ohio was shut down—another victim of the cratering economy. Among the witnesses to its final hours were documentarians Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert, who not only filmed outside of the plant and interviewed a number of the now-displaced workers buy also supplied some of those employees with tiny camcorders […]

Reflect: Reflect on the characteristics of a critical thinker. Critical thinking gets you involved in a dialogue with the ideas you read from others in this class. To be a critical thinker, you need to be able to summarize, analyze, hypothesize, and evaluate new information that you encounter. Some of the critical thinking skills include […]

Mary is a divisional manager of a nonprofit organisation that aids homeless youth. Her department focuses on evaluating the skill-building programs that support the various associated groups and individuals that work in conjunction with the nonprofit organisation in delivering these services. She reports directly to the CEO. During the last 12-months she has been very […]

Narrow AI (ANI) – also referred to as Weak AI, goal-oriented AI which is designed to perform singular tasks (eg facial recognition, speech recognition, voice assistants, driving a car, or searching the internet); very intelligent at completing the specific task it is programmed to do. Virtual assistants such as Siri by Apple, Alexa by Amazon, […]

Sue is an RN who has been practicing for 3 years and typically works in labor and delivery, and she volunteers at a clinic that serves diabetic OB patients. She encounters two patients, one who has developed gestational diabetes and the other who has been diabetic her entire life. proposed that as learners attempt to […]

Nike Inc. is a multinational corporation that focuses on the manufacture, and sale of footwear. It was founded in 1964 by Phil Knight and Bill Bowerman and began as a small running shoe company (Piskorski & Johnson, 2012). The company was originally known as Blue Ribbon Sports obtained the current name from a famous swoosh […]

Institute of Medicine (IOM) or the National Academy of Medicine, as currently called, is a non-profit organization established in 1972 under Tribhuvan University. IOM was established to provide evidence-based approaches and recommendations for public health facilities. IOM is also responsible for training health care workers in all categories as needed in the United States. Since […]

Chronic conditions claim more lives than all other diseases combined in Europe (Coates, 2017). This article notes that the self-management of chronic conditions is an uphill task. However, the process follows health guidelines in force, available resources, local service provision, and the culture in which it is delivered. Self-management of chronic conditions entails individual’s ability […]

Beauty therapy refers to applying and using a wide range of treatment and cosmetic techniques on an individual by trained beauticians. Beauty therapists are pundits in the area of facial and body care and knowledgeable in the area of skin biology and cosmetics chemistry. The most common beauty therapists’ most common services include manicure, pedicure, […]

A compensation plan refers to a complete package that outlines the details of employee’s wages, benefits, salaries, and terms of payment. During a formal employment period, employees receive incentives and monetary compensations in form of wages and salaries. Retirement or pension as commonly referred to in the United States means benefits to employees by their […]

Alaouir, Taima, Robin Gustavsson, and Nathalie Schmidt. "Factors Driving Purchase Intention for Cruelty-free Cosmetics: A study of female millennials in Jönköping, Sweden." (2019). https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1320983/FULLTEXT01.pdf Consumers of beauty products today consider different ethical factors before making purchase decisions. Former studies have revealed that ethical consumption of beauty products positively impacts consumers’ health-being, increased satisfaction, and cost […]

From a list of nine television series provided, I chose Mystery Road, starring Aaron Pedersen, 2019. The Mystery Road is a popular television series premiered on June 3, 2019. It aired on ABC TV, an Australian based television network. Aaron Pedersen alias Jay Swan is the protagonist in this television series. Notes about the first […]

Mortality, in its simplest definition, means the state of being mortal or destined to die. Heart disease and cancer are the leading cause of mortality in the United States for more than a decade. The two conditions claim about 46 percent of all deaths in the country. This paper looks at mortality, as seen by […]