Diversity index

In a time where traditional college is becoming more and more expensive Community College offers a more approachable alternative to those seeking to escape their cave and reach enlightenment. According to Moneycrashers.com students are expected to save at least twelve thousand dollars when attending Community College over the course of a two year degree (Eneriz). Everybody receives essentially the same high school education however what people chose to do to further their education can be a…

Media multitasking, as defined by the study conducted by Ralph, Thompson, Cheyne, and Smilek, is the engagement of more than one medium in a given time (i.e. listening to music, reading, and watching a video simultaneously). Utilizing a series of online self-report measures, the study examines media multitasking and its relation to various aspects of everyday attention; particularly failures of attention and cognitive errors, mind wandering, and attentional control, emphasizing attentional…

Inefficient justice system has contributed to causation of these menaces. Unless efficient justice system is produce no nation progress is possible in Pakistan. Pakistan remains one of the most lawless countries in the world. According to rule of Law index, published by World Justice Project based on the performance of justice and governance, Pakistan is ranked 106th out of 113 countries mentioned in the report. Even more glaring is the Pakistan’s lowest position in the South Asia; Nepal, India,…

is so vital to being human, having a language to use only with certain people is a strong tool for building a tight-knit community. For example, “Languages are scientifically interesting even if they don’t index cultural traits,” says McWhorter. “They offer variety equivalent to the diversity of the world’s flora and fauna.” (McWhorter) This is exemplified by the fact that there is a language in New Guinea where the same word is used for drink, eat and smoke. Furthermore, McWhorter believes that…

satisfaction among married couples have utilized methods of surveys rating scales, and self-report measures, as a way to measure the level of sexual satisfaction in marriages. Some of these assessment tool s were: The Sexual Satisfaction Scale (SSS), The Index of Sexual Satisfaction (ISS), Global Measure of Sexual Satisfaction (GMSEX), and the New Sexual Satisfaction Scale-Short (NSSS-S). The Sexual Satisfaction Scale is a brief 30 item measure of sexual satisfaction and sexual distress. It…

comfort and hope. The songs We Shall Overcome and Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika have become musical representations of triumph over the injustice within their national origins. Because of this, these songs have contributed to Peirce’s Sign Theory of icon and index, and have been repurposed to garner support against present societal challenges, such as the Black Lives Matter movement and the promotion of…

Q2a) The three indicators used to create the Global Hunger Index are the proportion of people who are food-energy deficient, the relevance of underweight children under the age of five, and the under-five mortality rate. It ranks on 100-point scale, with 0 best score, and 100 being worst. Q2b) The countries with the greatest hunger problems are the ones that are in the alarming stage and the extreme alarming stage, and they tend to be third world countries, that are developing still. Also, the…

“A report from the National Science Foundation found that HBCUs produce the largest amount of African American students that go on to pursue PhD’s in the STEM areas. In fact, approximately 33% of African American students receiving their PhDs in STEM attained bachelor’s degrees from HBCUs. To put that in perspective, roughly 105 institutions are producing a third of all African Americans obtaining PhDs in STEM fields” (Gasman & Commodore). This statistic shows that even with fewer resources than…

Like Crarys description of the stereoscope, which, according to him, its a better representation of the modern period of photography. This reflects the scientifically based idea that an optical experience is based as much on the body as it is on the machine. So in other words I can say that the museum is the machine that makes up move and see things in one particular way, but what if instead of us moving across the machine, the machine moves around us. Spaces that change, works of art with out…

Tourism sector Portugal tourism was ranked 15th with value 4.64 in Travel & Tourism (T&T) competitiveness index ranking in 2015, where 141 worldwide countries were measured and the leader was Spain with 5,31 (World Economic Forum report, 2015). To find pros and cons in Portugal tourism, I have created the bar graph between Spain and Portugal T&T factors’ scores…