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Soule and Nella van Dyke discusses the wave of black church arson (1989 – 1996) on the basis of the competition theory. The authors first mention several ideas that surfaced as an attempt to explain the phenomenon. Some scholars claim that the arson wave is a part of a conspiracy of hate groups to start a race war. Other…

Current Trends in Healthcare A distinct trend that is presently affecting human resource management in relation to healthcare is the lack of nurses and healthcare physicians. There have been so many changes and reforms throughout the system and patients have had a difficult time obtaining health insurance. Companies are having a hard time filling critical roles in their facilities and are struggling to keep up with the demand. Human resources must create a strategy that will lessen these…

as revealed by MRI.  Lesions and atrophy: Studies have shown that global markers of impaired cognition have been linked to total hyper- and hypo-intense lesion volume (Rovaris et al., 1998; Lazeron et al., 2005; Sperling et al., 2001; Rao et al., 1989). This may be due to the lesions disrupting cortical-cortical connections (Lezak, Howieson& Loring, 2004). Brain atrophy is found to be a more powerful predictor of cognitive impairment than lesion volume (Benedict et al., 2004). Studies have…

At the end of the Second World War, the city of Berlin was divided into the East and West in an attempt to prevent Germany from starting a third World War. However, this solution was not wanted by many countries; it was merely a compromise. Thus came the German Question. No one would give in and agree to unify Germany, especially the United States and the Soviet Union because the Cold War had just begun. The U.S. was afraid that if they gave in then communism would spread. At the time, leader of…

How did reputation spur the Japanese cult, Aum Shinrikyo, also known as Aum, to use violence and how did they utilize said violence to create a new reputation? An act of domestic terror in 1995, and several smaller scale terroristic acts committed in the early 90s, is the kind of violence used by this cult to change and build a new reputation for themselves. After trying to gain political legitimacy, and failing, cult leader Shoko Asahara turned to building up his credibility and reputation by…

To what will foreign shareholders lead our economy? Back in 1989 Harvard Business School professor Michael Jensen in his article "The Eclipse of the Public Corporation" has announced that public companies with a large number of shareholders, which were created in the West throughout the twentieth century, nowadays impede the further development of the economy in many sectors. The reason is simple: the shareholders' interests do not coincide with those of managers. For the first ones it is…

forever changed the course of history. Most did not see what he might become, “When I saw Hitler, none of his remarks during my treatment suggested madness, there was nothing extraordinary about his behaviors” Dr. Richard Weber, Hitler’s doctor (Jones, 1989). However, there are environmental traumas, personalities, and diagnoses of Hitler that resemblance the serial killer. Environmental trauma The most common factor that affects human brain is the environmental factors. According to Freud,…

With respect to the ego boundaries among the female characters in the text, Séllei (2009) suggests "They always stand apart but close, always in relation to each other, always in a mental and spiritual proximity, but as presented by the text, never threatening each other's subjectivity" (p. 180). Séllei then goes on to contrast the text's representation of the maternal with traditional patriarchal representations. I've always wanted to see what life would be like a thousand years from now and,…

Country image is one of many extrinsic signals (e.g., brand reputation, price, etc.) that may contribute to an overall image of a product (Eroglu and Machleit, 1989). The country image is created by such variables as representative products, political and cultural environments, socio-economic development (Wang and Lamb, 1983), history, economic and political background, national characteristics, and traditions (Nagashima, 1970). Most past research has either illustrated or assumed image of…

Major depressive disorder (MDD) affects 350 million people worldwide and it is one of the leading causes of disability (Marcus et. al, 2012). The effects of this mental health disorder extend to not only the individuals who are depressed, but also to those who are part of their interpersonal circle. For example, based on interviewer ratings, it has been reported that family members of patients suffering from MDD show higher levels of dysfunction in problem solving and affective involvement…