...objectives and monitoring performance. Corporate governance may be the ways of bringing the interests of investors and managers into line and ensuring that firms are run for the benefit of investors. Given the state of the economy of Pakistan in 2010, troubled as it is; ideally it would be more desirable to look at the governance issues at macro level for Pakistan. As a famous economist, Dr Shahid Javaid Burki- a long observer of Pakistan’s economy has recently stated “Pakistan can generate a greater bounce in its economy than India by creating better governance. It has occurred before in the country’s difficult economic history and could happen again.” (Improved Governance: Dawn, 12th, October 2010). However, as a starting point , in this paper we look at closely the governanceissues for the banking, a sector which has played a significant role till recent years in economic activity of Pakistan. Rehman et al (2010) have looked at the issue of corporate governance in Chemical and Pharmaceutical sectors of Pakistan and found that there is a significant impact of corporate governance on the shareholder’s returns in pharmaceutical sector of Pakistan. Corporate governance has become...
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...Jackson does not share Alisha's enthusiasm because he fears that he is a carrier of a deadly genetic mutation. Just five years ago Jackson's mother was diagnosed with Huntington's Disease at the age of 43 and Jackson's grandmother succumbed to the disease at the age of 68. Jackson is an only child and although unconfirmed and heavily denied by his family Jackson is convinced that his mother discovered her ill fate shortly after he was born. Jackson's wife and father do not want him to be tested for the disorder because they fear a positive diagnosis will destroy any life he has now and in the future . Jackson has endured years of watching his loved ones suffer and does not want to pass the disorder on to his children. The purpose of this paper is to define and describe Huntington's disease (HD), explain inheritance patterns, describe the specific gene mutation seen in patients with HD, discuss reproductive issue and outline the ethical and social implications associated with genetic testing. Huntington's disease was named after Dr. George Huntington, who is credited for discovering the hereditary disorder in 1872(Huntington’s Disease Society of America, 2008). HD progressively destroys neurons in the basal ganglia of the brain. This destruction of brain cells causes deterioration of both mental and physical abilities(Huntington’s Disease Society of America, 2008, para. 2). Symptoms of the disease consist of motor, cognitive and behavioral malfunctions. Motor degeneration...
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...PERSONAL LEARNING STYLE AND THEORY PAPER Personal Learning Style and Theory Paper Charolette Giddings University of Phoenix PSYCH 538 Lifespan Development and Learning July 13, 2009 Personal Learning Style and Theory Paper One of the most interesting things a person can ever do is sit and figure out what they love out of life. It could be reading, dancing, studying, making crafts, playing sports and so forth. Whatever it is, it describes that person. As for myself, I am a round-about person that enjoys the smaller things in life. The following paragraphs will explain my individual learning styles, my strength, opportunity for growth, and an improvement strategy that will raise my areas of weakness. A learning[->0] style is a student's consistent way of responding to and using ways in their life to help with the context of learning. “A learning style is said to be the composite of characteristic cognitive, affective, and physiological factors that serve as relatively stable indicators of how a learner perceives, interacts with, and responds to the learning environment” (Webster, 2006). I believe that learning styles are those in educational conditions under which a student is most likely to learn. Thus, learning styles are not really concerned with "what" learners learn, but rather "how" they prefer to learn. There are 7 different learning styles that are described throughout this particular assessment: Visual, Social, Physical...
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...Amino Acids and Athletics Ana-Merrie Selves SCI 241 Science of Nutrition December 10, 2010 Glenn Johnson Many athletes mistakenly believe that consuming protein will augment performance, and some even believe consuming additional of particular amino acids will further the effect of building muscle as well as amplify performance. However, research cannot support these beliefs, and specifically the intake of certain amino acid supplements has no connection to fitness. In fact, a paper by the American Dietetic Association stated an inordinate amount has not shown to improve performance (Stockton, 1988). The amount of protein optimal is arguable when talking to nutritionists and athletic doctors. The amount of protein recommended for adults is approximately two ounces a day for a 180-pound male, although research suggests young athletes may break down muscle protein for energy. A 1987 paper by the dietary association admitted the recommended daily amount could be low for exceedingly active adults, increasing the proposed daily amount be increased by nearly 25% (Stockton, 1988). North Americans are noted to eat double the protein necessary, whether active in sports or not, and essentially people are unlikely to consume too little protein. Consuming more protein previously was thought to achieve nothing, but also not harmful; simply expelling the excess (Stockton, 1988). Evidence now indicates that excessive protein or amino acid supplements may be damaging; kidney and digestion...
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...multiple security technologies has prevented many organizations from achieving their information security goal. In view of these constraints and in compliance with recent with recent corporate and industry regulations like Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, businesses now deploy application firewalls as security measures. Based on the foregoing, the author has recommended the use of application firewalls as a single platform for achieving layered security through network protection, application protection and data protection. This paper commences by examining the defense in depth theory and the types of application firewall and the author concludes by citing the Institute for Computing Applications (IAC) of the Italian National Research Council (CNR) as an example of an organization which engaged application firewalls in resolving its network security problem. Research Analysis/ Body The development of Information security is of paramount importance to organizations that have online presence. The primary goals of information security are confidentiality, integrity and availability. In order to achieve these goals, organizations need to adopt a multi-layered security defense strategy named defense in depth. A defense-in-depth approach to security suggests an organization shouldn't rely on a single device to protect its system as the source of attack is growing every day....
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...How will the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act change healthcare? Christine Grandfield Professor Joannah Bruscell CAP480 – Arts and Sciences Capstone December 9, 2012 Healthcare reform is taking place in this country whether we want it or not! Now that the 2012 election is over, more changes will start to take place throughout the next few years. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act became a law on March 23, 2010 (Glass, 2012). The purpose of this project is to persuade any individual that will read my paper that we, as a country, will not be better off with new healthcare reform. Our president has been re-elected for a second term, healthcare reform will be enforced and made into laws, which will affect our lives, as we know it today. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will change the way healthcare organizations conduct business. There are those that say things will be better, but I do not see that happening. Healthcare costs are already rising because companies do not know what to expect. We are already paying too much for healthcare. I do not want to pay more, do you? According to Humana (2012), healthcare in the United States did not gain ground until the late 1930s when Blue Shield insurance and Baylor Hospital in Dallas created a system - now known as Blue Cross Blue Shield – in which Blue Shield established a way for “doctors to protect their interests and their payments” along with Baylor helping people pay their hospital bills...
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...size punishes all… A critical appraisal of the criminalisation of HIV transmission Lauded by lawmakers as an expression of their strong will to ‘fight AIDS’, HIV-specific laws have become a ubiquitous feature of the legal response to HIV in sub-Saharan Africa1 As of 1st December 2008, twenty countries in ECOWAS Parliament, the West African Health Organisation sub-Saharan Africa had adopted HIV-specific laws.2 (WAHO), the Center for Studies and Research on HIV-specific laws or ‘omnibus HIV laws’, as they are Population for Development (CERPOD), the Network of sometimes ironically referred to, are legislative provisions Parliamentarians in Chad for Population and Development that regulate, in a single document, several aspects of HIV and the USAID West African Regional Programme.3 and The stated objective of these HIV-specific laws, as communication; HIV testing, prevention treatment, care provided under several of their preambulary provisions, and support; HIV-related research; and the protection of is to and AIDS, including HIV-related education people living with HIV. The emergence of HIV-specific …ensure that every person living with HIV or laws in sub-Saharan Africa can be traced to the adoption presumed to be living with HIV enjoys the full of the Model Law on STI/HIV/AIDS for West and Central protection of his or her human rights and freedoms.4 Africa in September 2004. Generally known as...
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...Objective: 1. Pedagogical Delivery * Creating an active and engaging classroom experience where students have opportunities to maximize learning and outcomes * Effectively delivering all courses utilizing the appropriate delivery methodologies (blended or onsite as scheduled). * Implementing best practices in assessing student learning through exams, assignments and other appropriate methods in all courses. * Support students outside the classroom through tutoring, review sessions, advising, etc. * Accommodate appropriate educational technology that meet or exceed university standards. * Give students the opportunity to work in groups; develop written and oral communication skills; and develop critical thinking and problem solving skills. * Apply a student-centric teaching strategy * Challenge every student. * Teach all assigned courses utilizing approved course delivery modalities. * Teach a minimum of one course online as part of annual credit hour workload. * Average MCE of 3.6 – 3.7 across modalities * Average response rate to MCE of 70% * Average course shell observation rating of 3.5 across modalities * Average class observation rating of 3.5 for onsite courses * NPS course rating of 50 across all modalities * Opportunities to support students outside the classroom (e.g. tutorial support, review sessions, etc.) Objective: 2. Technical Content * Continuously evaluate course content and analyze student...
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...Pop Culture Versus Research: How Gender is "Perceived" in Non-Verbal Communication Student Name Here Steve Ott November 10, 2006 Pop Culture Versus Research: How Gender is Perceived in Non-Verbal Communication When selecting a topic for my research paper I started with the idea of exploring the differences in body language used by the different genders. I changed my focus after I read the information presented by two mainstream magazines targeted specifically for women and men. To obtain a woman's perspective I chose an article from Cosmopolitan magazine titled "6 Body-Language Mistakes All Couples Make". For a masculine view I chose an article from Men's Health titled "10 Subtle Signs of What She's Thinking and Feeling". The way in which the information was presented in the two magazines struck me as significant as to how gender is stereotyped by the media and acts as reinforcement in a person's gender identification. I found it personally interesting how the article from Cosmopolitan was four pages long, well documented with excerpts from academic publications, and presented the differences between male and female nonverbal body language as it pertained to relationships. The article in the Men's Health article was very short and succinct and focused on how to read a woman's body language to know if she was interested in having sex. The difference in these two articles only reinforced the stereotypical views of men and...
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...This article was downloaded by: [University of Macau Library] On: 09 October 2014, At: 18:24 Publisher: Routledge Informa Ltd Registered in England and Wales Registered Number: 1072954 Registered office: Mortimer House, 37-41 Mortimer Street, London W1T 3JH, UK Chinese Journal of Communication Publication details, including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rcjc20 “Platonic relationships” in China's online social milieu: a lubricant for banal everyday life? Yann-Ling Chin a a Arts, Humanities and Education, Nottingham Trent University , UK Published online: 14 Nov 2011. To cite this article: Yann-Ling Chin (2011) “Platonic relationships” in China's online social milieu: a lubricant for banal everyday life?, Chinese Journal of Communication, 4:4, 400-416, DOI: 10.1080/17544750.2011.616286 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17544750.2011.616286 PLEASE SCROLL DOWN FOR ARTICLE Taylor & Francis makes every effort to ensure the accuracy of all the information (the “Content”) contained in the publications on our platform. However, Taylor & Francis, our agents, and our licensors make no representations or warranties whatsoever as to the accuracy, completeness, or suitability for any purpose of the Content. Any opinions and views expressed in this publication are the opinions and views of the authors, and are not the views of or endorsed by Taylor & Francis. The accuracy of the Content should not be relied...
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...Crisisology: Charting A Course Through Crises CRISISOLOGY Charting A Course Through CRISES By Muhammad Sani Isa 1 Crisisology: Charting A Course Through Crises © Muhammad Sani Isa First published 2014 ISBN: 978-978-935-256-2 Published in Nigeria by Society for Safety and Crisis Management Block AO 1, Suite 19, 2 nd Floor, Junction Road, Kaduna All rights reserved. For further enquiries, please contact the author: Tel: +234-8052232004 Email: sscm.ng@gmail.com 2 Crisisology: Charting A Course Through Crises Table of Contents Dedication Attestation Acknowledgements Foreword Preface 1. Perspectives on Crisisology 2. Facts about Crises 3. Causes of Crises 4. Classifications of Crises 5. Crisisology As An Academic Discipline 6. Becoming A Crisisologist 7. Crisisology and other Social Sciences 8. Challenges of Crisisology Notes References 5 6 7 9 11 15 27 35 49 65 82 89 96 103 105 3 Crisisology: Charting A Course Through Crises DEDICATION This monograph is dedicated to Hajia Salime, my dear mother; Hafsat, my lovely wife; Yazeed and Yaqeen my precious sons. 4 Crisisology: Charting A Course Through Crises ATTESTATION I, Muhammad Sani Isa do solemnly, firmly and honestly attest to the fact that crises create injuries, illnesses, deaths, property damage, disruption of means of livelihood as well as the environment, etc. Therefore, I can never conceive, plan, finance, promote or personally indulge in the spread of hate messages, killing of fellow human beings, destruction...
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...Corruption Sanchit Avasti Roll no. 03 TYBMM Introduction of corruption What is Corruption? In philosophical, theological, or moral discussions, Corruption is spiritual or moral impurity or deviation from an ideal. In economy, Corruption is payment for services or material which the recipient is not due, under law. Corruption means the state of being bad and dishonest, especially in matters concerning money. It creates a very impact to the country's education, occupation, living style and mostly the humanity. Corruption affects all regions of the world and all levels of society, but the impact is greatest in developing countries. Every year, developing countries lose USD 50 million to 100 million through corrupt acts Corruption undermines political, social and economic stability and damages trust in institutions and authorities. It also fuels transnational crime. Terrorists and organized criminals are aided in their illegal activities by the complicity of corrupt public officials. Types of Corruption Corruption became a sway all over the world now-a-days. It can be categorized in three types. There are three broad classifications of corruption, which are however not mutually exclusive: Petty and Grand corruption: Petty Corruption: • Practiced on a smaller scale. Defined as the use of public office for private benefit in the course of delivering a pubic service. Usually involves relatively small amounts of money, including bribery (grease money or speed...
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...Crisisology: Charting A Course Through Crises CRISISOLOGY Charting A Course Through CRISES By Muhammad Sani Isa 1 Crisisology: Charting A Course Through Crises © Muhammad Sani Isa First published 2014 ISBN: 978-978-935-256-2 Published in Nigeria by Society for Safety and Crisis Management Block AO 1, Suite 19, 2 nd Floor, Junction Road, Kaduna All rights reserved. For further enquiries, please contact the author: Tel: +234-8052232004 Email: sscm.ng@gmail.com 2 Crisisology: Charting A Course Through Crises Table of Contents Dedication Attestation Acknowledgements Foreword Preface 1. Perspectives on Crisisology 2. Facts about Crises 3. Causes of Crises 4. Classifications of Crises 5. Crisisology As An Academic Discipline 6. Becoming A Crisisologist 7. Crisisology and other Social Sciences 8. Challenges of Crisisology Notes References 5 6 7 9 11 15 27 35 49 65 82 89 96 103 105 3 Crisisology: Charting A Course Through Crises DEDICATION This monograph is dedicated to Hajia Salime, my dear mother; Hafsat, my lovely wife; Yazeed and Yaqeen my precious sons. 4 Crisisology: Charting A Course Through Crises ATTESTATION I, Muhammad Sani Isa do solemnly, firmly and honestly attest to the fact that crises create injuries, illnesses, deaths, property damage, disruption of means of livelihood as well as the environment, etc. Therefore, I can never conceive, plan, finance, promote or personally indulge in the spread of hate messages, killing of fellow human beings, destruction...
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...Outsourcing and its Effects on the Automotive Industry Abstract This paper will explain the history, current issues and future issues of outsourcing and its effects upon the automotive industry. Outsourcing has become a huge topic in recent years as our economy has begun to struggle. However as our automotive companies become more strained with increased wage expenses, shorter product life cycles and a higher cost of capital outsourcing is being utilized according to Parry and Roehrich (2009). Outsourcing can help to solve many of these problems by bringing wages down and bringing more resources and expertise in. This will help to soften the blow of these increasingly tough economic times. In order to do this they will have to reduce their on-site functions. Although as more and more core functions are being outsourced, the companies are at a larger risk of becoming “hollow”. Our essay will explore the history so that we can learn from our past mistakes and apply what we learn into the issues that we are facing currently and will face in the future. What exactly is outsourcing? Well Ledford (2006) describes that outsourcing is often used to describe situations where corporations move part of their operations out of the country. However these companies can also subcontract with in the same country and this would still be outsourcing. Now off shoring is a type of outsourcing which relocates business processes to another country in the hopes of keeping as much as...
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...Browse Essays/Technology Net Neutrality This essay Net Neutrality is available for you on Essays24.com! Search Term Papers, College Essay Examples and Free Essays on Essays24.com - full papers database. Autor: anton • November 11, 2010 • 680 Words (3 Pages) • 326 Views Page 1 of 3 As someone who has had some sort of web presence for over ten years , I am completely and unequivocally in favor of net neutrality. Google defines net neutrality as "the principle that Internet users should be in control of what content they view and what applications they use on the Internet. " What net neutrality means to me, is that the content I have to share (however mundane it may be) has an equal opportunity of reaching any Internet user as any other content on any other web site. There are some interesting videos on You Tube discussing this topic most notably Robin Miller's video which talks about how net neutrality benefits individuals like you and me. However, the threat to net neutrality impacts everyone--small businesses, large businesses, and individuals . If we lose the battle to maintain net neutrality it could stifle competition amongst businesses online with the only companies remaining being the ones who can afford to pay premiums to broadband service providers for prioritization. Technologies like packet shaping (not necessarily a bad technology depending on what it is used for) are paving the way for such discrimination. Small businesses will find it more difficult to compete...
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