Consensus

Concussions have a long history in sports, and are still a relevant problem today. The Consensus Statement of the Third International Congress on Concussion in Sport in November 2008 defined concussions as a “complex pathophysiologic process affecting the brain, induced by traumatic biochemical forces.” Simone Isadora Flynn stated in Concussions in professional sport, “Concussions are also known as minor head trauma, mild head injury, or mild traumatic brain injury.” He also stated, “A…

2013 proposed a classification of intraabdominal hypertension into 4 grades depending upon the values of IAP. They also defined IAP as a steady state pressure concealed within the abdominal cavity. The definitions as laid down by the WSACS 2013 consensus guidelines are tabulated in table 5. Increase in IAP may occur both due to and may lead to a variety of critical illness, mainly due to decreased perfusion and ischemia of various intra abdominal organs. A severely increased intra abdominal…

In the film, 12 Angry Men, many of the jurors had task roles within the group. Juror 8 played the role of energizer. According to Zastrow (2015), the energizer, “Stimulates a higher quality of work from the group” (p. 84). Instead of letting all the men vote guilty, he made them question their decision. He brought up key points that made them dig deep into the case, and look at the situation from different perspectives. Juror 1 had the role of direction giver. He was in charge on making sure…

The Functionalist Perspective Sociological theories are different perspectives of how society is regarded. The functionalist theory looks at society from a macro perspective and has a number of key elements which will be outlined and evaluated in this essay. Functionalist analysis was first introduced by Auguste Comte (1798-1857). Comte drew comparisons from human biology to describe how society functioned. It was concluded that as much as the human body’s organs all needed to be working…

inter-group conflict as there are just less cultures available to clash with each other, while intra-group conflict would not be all that different in relative terms. As for reverse ethnocentrism that embraces other cultures, the journey to reach consensus where all cultures or players in a society are satisfied would be a tall order, as some cultures have contradicting values that would never be agreed on by any side. For cultures to compromise a chunk of their cultural identity in order to…

The tactical use of rhetoric in The Flight from Conversation by Sherry Turkle and Faux Friendship by William Deresiewicz is purposefully placed to influence the reader’s opinions with their arguments. Turkle claims that technology use is creating an obstacle for relationships and that increased usage negatively effects casual conversation, while Deresiewicz argues that friendships have evolved over time from being personal to purely emotional with the use of technology. Although their arguments…

My mother always told me “the only thing you have that no one can take away from you is your education.” As a student, I was taught about vocation as well, which is one’s higher purpose in life. In my own words, college is just the epicenter of the big “grind” of life. The decision to be a teacher in 2016 comes from my belief and desire to impact lives in the best way possible; to use methods unconventional, yet very effective to a child’s attention span that I once had. It is my goal to become…

Language is the light of the mind. It is an element of civilization that raised man from hunting and gathering to the like of MLK, Kennedy, Shakespear’s,and ect...Man could not become man except by language. An essential point in which man differs from animals is that man alone is the sole possessor of language. No doubt animals also exhibit certain degree of power of communication but that is not only inferior in degree to human language, but also radically diverse in kind from it. The words of…

the accomplishment of numerous activities. Notably, language makes sure that a consensus is reached whenever people communicate as the information being relayed is comprehended in an easy manner. If language did not exist life would be cumbersome as an agreement would not be realized and this would be disastrous (Formigari, 2004). Apparently, the ultimate origin of human language has not yet been decided as a consensus does not exist. Despite this trait, researchers have come up with creative…

planning prescribes a strategy of being both ready and able to compensate for any additional factors that might occur. Another important element to parish planning is consensus, which is when everyone in the parish knows what the viable options are that potentially represent God’s will—rather than just the pastor’s will. Consensus according to this process then becomes a means of discerning God’s will for the…