The principles of figure-ground facilitate the formation of a pattern that influences our perception and explains that the environment has two varying concepts. The figure concept usually considers the focus of objects present in the environment. These are the objects that organisms consider important and require certain types of response....
Gestalt psychologists explained the organization of brain sensation and considered the perceived motion experienced in rapid flickering images. Their argument suggested that pattern formation from the brain facilitates the perception process revealing that the brain usually categorizes the environment based on figures and ground. This implies that the figure is...
The sense of audition supports the ability of the body to monitor the movement and position. This system works together with the vestibular system responsible for the detection of angular and linear deceleration and acceleration. The audition sensor system makes use of special cells in the inner side of the...
The olfactory receptor system is responsible for the identification and recognition of airborne molecules. Odorants refer to chemicals that carry the smell, flavor, fragrance, or aroma. Perceived odorants get dissolved in the olfactory epithelium located in the nose, where millions of receptors are present. They contain specialized cells to enhance...
Authoritarianism is one type of political regime in which power is concentrated in one person’s or group’s hands with the partial preservation of human freedoms. Its main characteristic is the lack of democracy, in which citizens freely and honestly determine the government in elections. Although formally, with authoritarianism, elections are...
There has been increasing criticism of liberalism, challenging this ideology. Any phenomenon that denies the universal equality of people can serve as a source of disputes about the liberal order. Alternative political views also hamper its principles: environmentalism, populism, neo-conservatism, and similar approaches. Postmodernism and extremism, which question the foundations...
Emotional and social development is closely interconnected due to the very essence of the two processes. Although a person can show emotions alone, it is in society that they are revealed most fully. From my perspective, emotional and social maturation poses an essential question: when exactly are they considered an...
In chapter 13, Berk examines the physical and cognitive changes that occur in humans during early adulthood. Each of these concepts is interesting in isolation, as it represents a vast space for study. Physiological changes associated with both aging and changes in activities, as well as cognitive, focused on changes...
Human resource management planning is a procedure that categorizes existing and future human resources need for an institution to attain its goals. Human resource planning is a link between the general strategic plan of an organization and the human resource personnel. Human resource planning is vital to any organization in...
Policies play a significant role in the development of a competent and functional organizational culture. In this case, the guidelines in an employee handbook stipulate the ideal approach to employees’ interaction with the clients, employer, and the attainment of business objectives. Different companies utilize different policies to regulate the welfare...
Social security and healthcare programs are effective tools to support the adult generation and people whose health or other issues allow them to receive social protection. It is essential to take an honest and responsible approach to social security regulation, as the lives of many people, including those with disabilities...
To make the work of psychologists with Native Americans culturally appropriate and effective, it is tremendously important to incorporate spirituality into counseling and reduce administrative obstacles to receiving care. In fact, this population group does not visit counselors frequently, which can be explained by stigma, mistrust, or fear of being...
Religious beliefs play a critical role in understanding the idea of the existence of God. According to Rowe, there are three main approaches to discuss this point, including the Cosmological, Design, and Ontological arguments. All of them have their strong and weak aspects and specific contributions that are logical, irrefutable,...
In the modern marketing environment, one of the essential tasks of any company is to separate its products from competing products in the minds of consumers. Before a company starts creating advertisements, it needs to find differences between very similar brands. The most critical element in the successful differentiation of...
The term Gnosticism is used to define a set of religious and philosophical beliefs that developed alongside ancient Christianity, becoming especially popular between the 2nd and the 4th CE. According to Dillon, Gnosticism means “the knowledge of divine mysteries reserved for the elite.” However, the term itself has been used...
There are many methods ensuring the success of leadership and management programs, three of which can be considered the most significant. The first one is stakeholder mapping, which means that the company should outline the individuals who can contribute to the development and delivery of training. Such an approach is...
The article “Empty House on the Prairie” is dedicated to the move to the Midwest before the ice breaks, making the family build the new house and totally change their life. “The tiny towns in the Great Plains and upper Midwest don’s want to die. They are trying to keep...
A transactional leader is one who aims at guiding and motivating followers through the process of clarifying roles and the requirements of their tasks. In other words, transactional leadership is “rational, based on principles of exchange and expectation: you do this for me, and in turn, if satisfied, I will...
According to Hofstede, national culture is the combined mental programming of an explicit group of people that are distinct to a particular geographic location. Some examples of national culture include Australian, American, Sri Lankan, and Indian. Conversely, corporate culture is a set of cultural attributes explicit to a particular organization....
The Striate cortex is thinner in layers containing output neurons that communicate with other parts of the brain. The striate cortex starts the processing of visual input. About a dozen additional areas of the human cerebral cortex participate in visual processing. They are often referred to as extrastriate areas or...
ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) is used to improve the performance of an organization by reengineering the present business activities. Therefore, proper implementation of ERP is important in an organization. Like any other complex information technology, ERP systems can be deployed in different ways. For the success of an ERP system,...
Using different approaches toward consultations allows making them more effective as the interventions for assisting clients and implementing set goals. As a rule, four approaches toward consultations are identified; these are client-centered case consultation, consultee-centered consultation, program-centered administrative consultation, and consultee-centered administrative consultation. The main difference in the consultation types...
A representative in the state legislature is an individual elected by citizens through casting votes. The public believes that the leader is their servant and should work hard to improve society’s situation. Other than being a politician, a leader requires statesmanship by showing integrity and willingness to serve others. However,...
The power transition theory focuses on the nature of war and its relation to power. According to this conception, the likelihood of war increases in the condition of even distribution of capabilities between states. Consequently, peace can be guaranteed in case of a power imbalance. Organski emphasizes that the power...
Balancing against power and balancing against threats are the two interconnected strategies of international relations. The balance of power implies that the similar strengths and capabilities of states reduce the risk of conflict. In this situation, the military, political, and economic powers are considered the most significant resources. This type...
Erikson’s theory has been present in psychological circles for more than half a century. As the title implies, this approach to developmental psychology was introduced by a neo-Freudian psychologist, Erik Erikson, in the 1950s. According to Erikson’s theory, lifespan development is divided into separate strictly defined stages, each associated with...
Understanding about behavioral styles of the customers is a prerequisite for sales personnel in order to get a satisfactory result. This helps “to tailor his or her approach to a given person and a given situation.” (Stennes, 2008, para.4). The four different styles of customers include socializer, director, thinker, and...
A water molecule finds its way from the ocean when it is heated by the heat from the sun. The water molecule, which was once in the form of a liquid, changes to a vapor state. The molecule is moved to the upper sides of the atmosphere by movements of...
It is through gravity that people are able to fall on the ground without losing contact with it. Moreover, gravity makes it possible to move by lifting the body even when one is moving on a level surface. The braking action and gravity act together when one is moving. During...
The first Newton’s law of motion states, “a body at rest or moving in a straight line in a constant speed will remain at rest or in a constant speed unless another force acts on it”. This assumption is referred to as the law of inertia. The concept of inertia...
The nature of pedagogy and andragogy presents two types of learners with unique attributes and characteristics. First, the pedagogical learner will depend on the instructor or teacher to achieve the intended learning aims while the andragogical student depends on the self. The pedagogical learner will collaborate with the educator to...
Andragogy is a teaching model and strategy aimed at meeting the educational demands of mature learners. This concept could be considered as holistic because it entails the application of science and promotion of practice to empower adults. The consideration of the process is necessary in an effort to improve the...
There are some similarities and differences between the Hindu notion of Brahman and the Daoist notion of Dao. Dao and Brahman are similar in that both of them are indescribably and nameless. They both manifest themselves to man in many ways and can be identifiable with many and all things...
Religion has and continues to be a major cause of violence in the world. In medieval ages, the most expansive wars were the Crusades which were carried out by the Christian army in an attempt to reclaim the Holy Land from the Muslims. These Crusades were destructive and they led...
The spheres of management and human resources are primarily characterized by the need for constant improvement and development, as striving for better results makes businesses remain relevant in the market. Hence, to ensure the accessibility of improvement and to boost one’s skills, researchers in the field of human resources have...
A marketing environment includes external (that cannot be controlled by a company), and internal (funds, employees, materials, markets, devices that perform work) factors. Understanding the marketing environment of a company or product aids in developing future strategies for retail. I speak about the internal marketing environment for ‘Ring Doorbell 3...
Initially, it was believed that the first cellular life forms were anaerobic heterotrophs because they were thought to have fed on organic molecules present in the water where the cells originated. However, there are extremely low concentrations or no molecular oxygen as water molecules split through ultraviolet lights. With these...
Enzymes are vital in the energy production processes in the body. They serve as organic catalysts, especially in promoting metabolism. A protein is a nutritional substance that is found in all living organisms. It is directly involved in the chemical processes of life. Its functions are different depending on the...
Race plays a direct role in jury selection and it is largely undisputed although condemned that jury discrimination has and continues to exist in the United States, favoring white juries. Juries typically oversee cases that go to trial, thus more serious crimes with defendants facing significant penal consequences. While juries...
There is a significant belief that the bail system discriminates either directly or indirectly against racial and ethnic minorities, as historically, these defendants are likely to be detained because judges either refuse bail or set bail at levels they cannot afford, knowing there is a discrepancy in average income levels....
Under the 6th Amendment of the Constitution, all defendants in criminal prosecutions have the right to assistance of counsel. However, minority and poor defendants often could not afford counsel leading to unfair trials. The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled several times on the issue. In the famous 1932 case Powell...
The novel by Joseph Conrad presents the reader with an artful game of contrasts. The primary plot is tightly related to the global wave of terror wreaking havoc in 19th-century Europe. However, in its global background, the personal tragedy of the Verloc family is naturally woven into the story. As...
Difficult economic times call for challenging decisions that can affect retailer business in a country. For instance, during an economic recession with increased unemployment rates, central banks may boost the economy by inducing an expansionary money policy to expand the money supply, raise loans, and reduction in interest rates. However,...
Fiscal policy is an economic framework used by federal governments to control their spending and taxation, thus influencing the economy. By the government acting to adjust the spending and tax revenue, it can impact the economic results by either lowering or raising the economic activity. For instance, when a federal...
Quasi-experiments include certain control over variables and are used to test causal hypotheses. The main goal of quasi-experiments is to reduce bias and other factors that can threaten causal inference. Since the participants of quasi-experiments are not aware of the fact that experimentation is being conducted, the factor of bias...
Europeans, who actively settled on new continents, starting from the end of the 15th century, eventually reached Australia’s shores and founded the first settlements there in the 18-19th century. Suddenly, white people discovered that the continent was already inhabited by aborigines, instinctively perceived as a threat. Probably, white people also...
There are two particular aspects of Australian art – the aboriginal art and the art of the first settlers who depicted the locals as they saw them. The art of the latter is usually superficial and fails to present the aborigines as human beings but reduces them to savages guided...
Cicero’s series of speeches called In Verrem allow us to understand the orator’s thoughts regarding how the Romans should have ruled their empire, and these texts have evidence that they cared about the welfare of their peoples. First, Cicero perceived himself as the patron of Sicilian citizens, so as soon...
Under the United Nations framework, the World Health Organization is the directing and organizing authority for health. It is in charge of setting the global health research agenda, establishing norms and criteria, articulating evidence-based policy alternatives, providing technical assistance to countries, and tracking and evaluating health patterns. The Strengths of...
The incident involving Japan Airlines Boeing 787-8 JA829J happened on 7 January 2013 and was caused by a fire coming from underneath the lid of an auxiliary power unit battery case. The incident prompted an investigation and a suspension of the battery units pending the evaluation of the incident. The...
Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crashed on January 31, 2000, while flying from Puerto Vallarta to Seattle, crashing in the Pacific Ocean due to a loss of pitch control. Everyone on board, including two pilots, three cabin crew members, and 83 passengers perished in the crash. The initial analysis of CVR...
Valujet 592 Flight crashed on May 11, 1996, taking the lives of 110 passengers and crew on board. The crash was prompted by a fire in the cargo container, which happened because of violations of storage and packaging rules by the subcontractor performing the packaging. Valujet’s cost-cutting policies in combination...
The Space Shuttle Columbia catastrophe occurred on 1 February 2003, when the shuttle descending through the atmosphere had a piece of protective foam break off and damage the heat-resisting plating of the wing, resulting in the shuttle losing control and breaking apart. All 7 crew members perished in the crash....
The New Deal Liberalism affected all groups, including Native Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Asian Americans. They had been inspired by Kennedy’s rhetoric and Johnson’s actions, which fostered equality and justice for every American ethnicity and skin color. There was significant upward mobility in the social welfare of minority groups thanks...
Latinx and Native Americans mobilized in the 1960s by organizing Civil Rights movements determined to end the oppressive capitalist regime, each for their own ethnic group. Meanwhile, the black protests became black riots. The uprising in the South was determined to end discrimination and segregation on racial grounds. They hoped...
The New Deal Liberalism succeeded in the sectors of health and welfare of people by protecting the civil rights and rights of minorities. For example, Lyndon Johnson, who had succeeded President Kennedy, triumphed in bringing forth the Great Society. President Johnson flooded Congress with bills that improved the situation of...
The clinical recommendations are that every patient over the age of 50 should be assessed. Thus, every patient 65 years of age and older should be regularly screened for risk factors for osteoporosis and fragility fractures. This applies to both females and males. Screening starts at 65 years with the...
A database transaction is a unit of work done within a database management system against a specific instance of a database. A complete database transaction should not violate the integrity of the database and should leave the data in a reliable and consistent state. Properties of Transactions Database transaction supports...
Bots are another kind of threat to network security like viruses, worms, Trojan horses. It is a type of malware which allows an attacker to gain complete control over the affected computer. It is actually a program that can operate as an agent for a user or another program. A...
Volunteering is any free activity that is aimed at generating various kinds of benefits for other people. In addition to that, it can be used to understand essential sociological concepts, including social control, stigma, deviance, minority group, assimilation, and affirmative action. Thus, social control is a set of rules, norms,...
In the literature, different definitions are used to define civic activism. Thus, van Ingen and Bekkers state that civic engagement stands for non-violent means to solve some problems and improve a current state of affairs. The researchers stipulate that this phenomenon can be represented by “membership of voluntary associations or...
The term “interrupted presidency” describes the situation of removal of a president earlier than the full term expires. It is often not a nonviolent transfer of power. So, I think that the 2019 coup in Bolivia is an example of an “interrupted presidency” because Morales still had some months left...
The guest Gema Kloppe-Santamaría studied the history of lynching during the post-revolutionary period in Mexico. The main issues discussed in the podcast were the roots of lynching, the victims and perpetrators of lynching in Mexico, and the similarities and differences between lynching in the USA and Mexico. The main accent...
A Framework for Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision: Effective HIV Prevention and a Gateway to Improved Adolescent Boys’ & Men’s Health in Eastern and Southern Africa by 2021 Traditional male circumcision in Eastern and Southern Africa plays a significant role in people’s lives. For many African residents, it is crucial to...
Da Mayor is a paradoxical character well-known for his constant inebriation and the habit of giving out advice to everyone. One of his most practical and symbolic pieces of advice is given to Mookie at the beginning of the movie when Da Mayor tells him to “do the right thing.”...
The conflict arises as Buggin’ Out is offended and finds it unacceptable for a pizza place in the neighborhood with a predominantly Black community to have no photographs of Black celebrities on the “Wall of Fame.” It might be perceived as a minor problem; however, Sal’s “Wall of Fame” serves...
Through the words of the main character, the development of the personality and the change of views over time can be easily traced. The play Dr. Faust is a philosophical and psychological tragedy that reveals the inner struggle of a humanist scientist who strives for unlimited knowledge but is aware...
At first glance, it might seem that traditionalism belongs to the category of sensitive historical phenomena firmly associated with antiquity. Thus, as a rule, when individuals reflect on tradition, the mind directs the flow of thoughts toward past experiences and events. As a consequence, an erroneous belief may be created...
In the rapidly developing environment, companies should gain a competitive advantage through the NPD strategies since the most technologically leading organization achieves increased capacity and efficient production processes. Referring to Kazimierska and Grebosz-Krawczyk, digital tools and innovations, including “computer-aided design, engineering, and manufacturing (CAD/CAE/CAM) tools,” are implemented almost in all...
Mingle has two options for the company’s growth, which include cost and differentiation. Based on the existing company characteristics, Mingle’s products have a unique feature related to natural ingredients used in the production process. Due to the fact that current competitors in the seasoning market make their products with the...
Pessoa and Trabasso identify six types of risks associated with NPD: performance, schedule, development cost, resources/technology, market, and business risks. Performance risk rises from the design’s ability to achieve the required quality of a product, including production capacity and cost associated with the new product. Schedule risk is related to...
Product and Project Levels Mingle seasoning is focused on healthier alternatives to existing seasonings with nasty ingredients. Their main priority is to provide a high-quality product that does not contain unpleasant components but at the same time stays cool and fancy for consumers. This company’s objective leads to the production...
When a group of people is found going against the law, all the members of the group are accountable. Everyone is required to rise to a mutual degree of foresight, even those who have partial skills. This subjectivity trails from the law’s purpose to safeguard people similarly from each other....
Gardner says that “Morality is gappy and sometimes needs a law to help fill in the gaps. But the same is also true in reverse.” Laws are a set of guidelines formed to direct a group of people or an organization on what is allowed and not authorized. Morality is...
A fixed-price contract is such a contract in which the size of payments does not depend on the time or resources that were spent for the completion of the assigned task. Therefore, the price of the services is specified in advance. According to Polinsky, the parties that sign this type...
The supplier that the company’s administration will choose for the provision of office cleaning service is expected to perform several essential tasks. First of all, the supplier should be responsible for maintaining high hygiene standards in the office. More precisely, this includes wet cleaning of the space before the start...
Diamond Developers should utilize the current framework to ensure sustainability efficiency. It is suggested that Diamond Developers collaborate with LEED in the Middle East to tailor the LEED framework to the region’s needs. It is a well-established framework and commonly used rating scheme that can foster global and regional resilience....
Although quality nursing care has various definitions, knowledge of the concept is essential for a nurse to provide effective and safe treatment and help. “Quality nursing care is a multidimensional concept,” and defining it is a significant step in a nurse’s learning process. Quality nursing care is the provision of...
The social constructions of class are related to stratification or the position of individuals within society regarding their socioeconomic status. Thus, the upper class was continuously evolving and frequently referred to as the people who did not have to work. As for the United States, this term is related primarily...
Social constructions are intertwined with the concept of race and define its perception by people on the basis of their convictions with regard to society. At various times, they tried to examine and describe the differences between them on the grounds of this concept through the lens of numerous theories....
In modern society, the trend of late marriage can be observed globally. The urgency of this problem is progressing every year as young people do not strive to legalize their unions and continue to cohabitate, raise children, and conduct common, everyday household chores. There are many explanations and reasons for...
Intermediate sanctions are more stringent than probation and less restrictive than jail sentences. They give numerous extra punishment alternatives for wrongdoers that demand greater supervision of the sentence. Intermediate sanctions are primarily a government response to jail overpopulation.
Just like in the general workforce, the involvement of women in law enforcement is an evolving aspect. However, in law enforcement, women’s services are as old as enforcement agencies, although they have been allocated the lesser complicated tasks. For instance, the first police department to be established in the United...
Disparate recidivism rate refers to the frequency of delinquent or illegal behaviors that recur. The American criminal justice system can adapt programs to introduce educational programs in each federal prison to reduce recidivism. Such an initiative will provide the inmates with a chance to reform and learn at the same...
America has also been nicknamed the land of honey and milk because of the belief that it is a place of luxury and comfort. For this reason, America has faced immigration challenges as more people move from their countries to America in search of a better life. Most immigrants are...
Investment spending has a tendency to fall and rise on numerous occasions, thus said to be unstable due to several reasons. Consumption is complementary to saving or investing; hence if a household does not consume, it invests. However, it is easier to forgo investment than consumption which at most times...
It goes without saying that the distribution of information and its sharing may be regarded as a highly critical stage of the process of information dissemination. In the present day, the majority of organizations have shifted from storing their information locally to information management on a network basis utilizing third-party...
In July 2021, several parts of Arizona were seriously hit with massive flooding. The city of Flagstaff, located among North Arizona’s mountains and “considered a gateway to the Grand Canyon,” was mostly affected as floodwaters caused by monsoon rains have swept through its streets, turning them “into murky, fast-running streams.”...
When considering how botox affects communication between neurons, it should be essential to remember that there are four different sites in the human body that can be influenced by it. These include postganglionic parasympathetic nerve endings, neuromuscular junction, postganglionic sympathetic nerve endings, and autonomic ganglia. The process of binding between...
The Coronavirus is transmitted through the droplet process, where droplets from surfaces or air are touched or inhaled. When a person is infected, the virus travels within the body and attacks organs such as the lungs and spleen. In the lungs, it attacks the epithelial cells, which form the lining...
The issue of trustful relationships and accountability between police and people is questioned over the last years. Many studies are devoted to raising the efficiency of police actions, for instance, the development of its oversight actions and improving its liability. At the same time, a system that is aiming to...
The American Revolution took place from 1755 to 1783, in what earned British North America, consisting of thirteen colonies, independence, thus leading to the formation of the United States of America. The Americans who fought during the American Revolution were in the Continental Army. The Continental Army faced many challenges...
The French – Indian war took place for over seven years, pitting Britain against France to control most of North America. Preceding the war, France had started advancing into the Ohio River valley in the early 1950s, a move that created tension in the British camp. The Britons felt like...
A payroll processing system (PPS) is an innovative approach for working with financial operations for business management. The related programs allow the companies to calculate taxes, benefits, and other salary factors before paying their employees. Besides, a PPS can store records for further reports, adjust the data when new regulations...
Officer fatigue is a complex phenomenon which is not influenced by a single factor, such as shift duration. However, poor sleep quality can significantly contribute to it, and various schedules may impact one’s ability to rest properly. For instance, several long shifts in succession, which is the case with 3/12,...
Yes, I am a brand loyal consumer who prefers to buy only my preferred product. Apple Inc. is my chosen brand because it already has iPhones, iPads, Apple Watches, Macs, Apple TVs, and other accessories in Saudi Arabia. Apple Inc. is an international technology corporation based in Cupertino, California, that...
Economic Dilemmas and Overdependence on Slave Labor Even when Rome was underneath attacks from the exterior force, it also struggled with serious financial challenges. Overspending and constant wars significantly widened the gap between the poor and the rich. Intending to evade tax inspectors, several well-off individuals flew to the countryside....
The subjects of femininity, feminism, love, and how to be a woman persist and are central in the works of Simone de Beauvoir. The French philosopher also continually tackles the topic of marriage and its role in the relationship of men and women. At the present time, the concept of...
This storyline is built on the contrast between the Asian and African cultures and how stereotypes about different races affect people’s ability to see others as they are. For example, the Hong Kong natives have prejudice toward Africans. During one of the discussions with frineds, Marshawn says the following about...
Roland is Regina’s younger brother, whom Marshawn decided to look up to. Unlike Marshawn, Ro grew up in Pomona outside Los Angeles in a middle-class family. This means that Ro did not experience the struggles and violence that Marshawn saw when he grew up. Ro’s successes motivated Marshawn since he...