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it through this relatively short period? In answering this question Cliff (1998) suggests that micro business performance is influenced by the motivations, aspirations, and intentions of the entrepreneur. This would suggest that from the start, the business has a destiny to succeed or fail depending on the inclination of the entrepreneur and that this would be correlated with the rate of business growth. However, although these variables play a crucial role of the guidance of the business,…

The Myth Behind the Polygraph Test Throughout history there has been many ways to try to determine if someone is lying or telling the truth being questioned for criminal offences. A few examples of tests that were used in the past before the polygraph test was invented include the rice test and the dunking test (Scott O. Lilienfeld, Steven Jay Lynn, John Ruscio, Barry L. Beyerstein, 2010). The rice test was used by the ancient Hindus and the idea of it was that deception leads to fear and fear…

Introduction The following critical review will investigate the introduction and implications of Consumer-Directed Care (CDC) for disability care and services in Australia. This will be achieved through evaluation and critique of Consumer-Directed Care as a service innovation and brief examples from the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS). The aim of the critical review will be to assess the strengths and limitations of consumer-directed care – especially in cases where an individual…

been generally identified as the root causes of Africa’s socio-economic and political conundrum, it is still safe to argue that many of the African leaders are being loyal to the agenda of their parties at the expense of Africa’s development (Barkan, 1992). Africa’s leadership is tagged as an embodiment of lack of direction, neglect and drift, fraud and insensitivity to the plight of the citizens. It is an ubiquitous knowledge, that while the impoverished Africans are languishing in stench…

Bachnik suggests there is a sliding scale for ideas of selfhood, a force that is defined by shifting. How movement along what she describes as a social axis is actually initiated is the central organising factor for self and society, she argues (Bachnik 1992:155). In terms of organising factors, this harkens back, to some extent, to Benedict, who noted in “The Chrysanthemum and the Sword” that: “Every Japanese learns the habit of hierarchy first in the bosom of his family and what he learns…

Construction industry has been the most corrupt sector in most economies (Transparency International, 2002). This shows that construction industry becomes an industry with highest ethical issues in all countries included Malaysia. Mostly, these ethical issues happen among high level of the involvement in projects especially contractors. 2.5.1 Code of Conduct Code of conduct is a central guide and orientation to support people in decision making. Code of conduct also involve in clarification of…

The High Court of Australia decided that terra nullius shouldn't have been applied to Australia on the 3rd of June 1992, the Aboriginal Torres Strait islander people have land rights. The Mabo case was a turning point to history for the aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as it was a step closer for having equal rights. Unfortunately, Eddie Mabo died in January 1992, so he did not find out the results of his case which was 5 months before the High Court's decision. Soon after the Mabo…

“Studies have shown that poverty and income inequality, whether at the city, state, or national level, are powerful predictors of homicide and violent crime (Blau and Blau 1986; Hsieh and Pugh, 1993).” There are studies that agree and disagree the poverty is contributed to violent crime behavior. The research study by Bruce P. Kennedy, Ichiro Kawachi, Deborah Prothrow-stith, Kimberly Lochner, and Vanita Gupta, are rating homicide rate and poverty relationship using the Robin Hood index. Robin…

interpretations. Early Mesozoic lithospheric extension led to the development of a long sequence of rift basins. The Deerfield basin is the erosional remnant of one of these rifts exposed in North America after Pangaea separated during the Carnian (Olsen et al., 1992). Today, the valley formations include Pre-Triassic basement, Late-Triassic Sugarloaf Arkose, Early-Jurassic Fall River Beds, Jurassic Deerfield Basalt, Jurassic Turner Falls Sandstone, and Jurassic Mt. Toby Conglomerate.…

except with further implementations of violence and sex. As times have changed however, we witness Dracula change from a character of abjection and abhor to one with compassion, human becoming in Francis Ford Coppola’s film, Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) and Genndy Tartakovsky’s film, Hotel of Transylvania (2012). However, a more recent Universal Production adaptation, Dracula Untold (2014) may prove otherwise. Overall, with influences of context, Count…