Divorce stalks Katrina survivors Story Highlights Katrina survivor Ricky Murray is trying to save his marriage Despite heart attack, he’s still trying to repair his flood-damaged home After three years in FEMA trailer, wife is talking about divorce Pastor says he’s busy counseling couples who are stressed out; many split up April 25, 2018 Read More »
Jiang Wen is a Chinese film actor, screenwriter, and director. Jiang wrote and directed his first film in 1994, In the Heat of the Sun, which is a tale set in the Cultural Revolution In the Heat of the Sun The film is set in Beijing during the Cultural Revolution. It is told from the perspective of Ma Xiaojun, who is a teenage boy at the time. Ma Xiaojun and his friends are free to roam the streets of Beijing day and night because the Cultural Revolution has caused their parents and most adults to be either busy or away April 25, 2018 Read More »
Stoic philosophy claims that external conditions aren’t “up to us” – in our direct sphere of control – and therefore have no real moral worth. The only valuable thing, the Stoics claim, is a good character. A good character is something that no one else – no other person or any other external factor – can take away from a person. A person’s character is up to them, and only they can choose to to abandon it. This powerful vision of moral self-sufficiency is what enables Jim Stockdale to endure 7 years as a POW and still retain his self respect. April 25, 2018 Read More »
how to recognize and respond appropriately, and effectively, to victim/survivors, and bystanders/witnesses, of sexual violence. Although a large majority of sexual assaults do not happen in public settings, in some cases, they do. This is when it is important to understand the experience of the bystander. Bystander intervention can help to explain how, when, and where these kinds of assaults take place; at times, it may even prevent the assault from happening. For this week’s Discussion, watch the video case study of Talia. Locate research on bystander intervention by Victoria L. Banyard and/or Sarah McMahon. April 25, 2018 Read More »
Coca Cola Denmark case study of CocaCola Denmark hereby referred as CCD has been given to us as to write an assignment regarding the fulfillment of the course in research and methodology. As per the project manual CCD is willing to invest in Danish market and target even more market segments and also achieve the prolific market share in the Danish market. The company is more aware of the contemporary situation that people are now more focused on drinks embedded with nutrients rather than just the refreshing drinks in the past. I will be elaborating further about the company in the introduction part. April 25, 2018 Read More »
Opponents of legalized recreational marijuana like to point to studies that show that marijuana smokers suffer from everything from restricted blood flow to the brain, to memory loss, to the increased likelihood of schizophrenia and depression. But science is still not completely certain about these assertions. April 25, 2018 Read More »
How did the civil rights movement evolve over time, and how did com- peting ideas and political alliances affect its growth and that of other social movements? April 25, 2018 Read More »
Quantitative studies obtain data through the measurement of constructs. Clinicians also require that phenomena of interest be measured. Measurement involves assigning numbers to represent the amount of an attribute present in a person or object. Attributes are not constant: They vary from day to day or from one person to another. Variability is presumed to be capable of a numeric expression signifying how much of an attribute is present. The purpose of assigning numbers is to differentiate between people with varying degrees of the attribute. April 25, 2018 Read More »
Data collection plans for quantitative studies ideally yield accurate, valid, and meaningful data. This is a challenging goal, typically requiring considerable time and effort to achieve. Steps in developing a data collection plan are described in this section. (A flowchart illustrating the sequence of steps is available in the Toolkit of the accompanying Resource Manual.) April 25, 2018 Read More »
A population (the “P” of PICO questions) is the entire aggregation of cases in which a researcher is interested. For instance, if we were studying American nurses with doctoral degrees, the population could be defined as all U.S. citizens who are registered nurses (RNs) and who have a PhD, DNSc, DNP, or other doctoral-level degree April 25, 2018 Read More »