Finite element method

‘Minimum’ Gestures,” written by Michael Saltsman. She was persuaded by Saltsman’s comments about “the negative economic consequences of a living wage” (46) but she wasn’t satisfied that the living wage was completely ineffective. Makens continues this method of searching for more differing views of the topic of raising minimum wage so that low income employees can live off of their earnings. She effectively showed her audience the many views of the argument and her opinions and takes from each…

Hence, the sample has limited generalizability to the greater population of instructors, administrators, and coordinators in universities of Iraq. Secondly, the data collection method in this research study was through interviews. There are other forms that data could be collected through various means such as multiple interviews or focus groups with participants that would enable the researcher to carry out deeper analysis, but…

which resulted in a mass market demand not only for cars but many other products in the manufacturing industry (EyeWitness to History, 2005). Taylor’s scientific management in accord with (reference 1) describes how the application of the scientific method to the management of workers could greatly improve productivity and optimise the way tasks were performed in a special manner. This removed the need for Highly skilled individuals and converted…

Reflection Paper 2 Three Personal Goals This course helped in the understanding of research and how important it is to thoroughly examine the research article prior to utilizing it. The first goal was to be able to apply application to nursing practice. Application is defined as, “use a concept in a new situation or unprompted use of an abstraction. Applies what was learned in the classroom into novel situations in the workplace” (Randall, 2010). This goal was partially met. Research…

This book review is going to be looking the work of Catherine Bell in her book ‘Ritual Theory, Ritual Practice’. In this book, Bell looks at people’s curiosity with rituals and the pre-existing notions of rituals. Bell hashes out the argument on connections that make a discourse on ritual to compel cultural activity studies. Bell acknowledges that there hasn’t really been any analysis of the term ritual that has presented forward one definitive definition, that shows its role in the way people…

Blinks In the book Blink, Gladwell describes a phenomenon he refers to as “blinks”. These are instances where your unconscious takes in information and processes it, so you react to the situation without having to take the time to consciously think. Throughout his book Gladwell provides a variety of situations where these are helpful or harmful, however he does not touch on how this process occurs or how it relates to attention. While we still are not sure exactly how attention selection works,…

Ashutosh Jogalekar's post is a response to a previous article, by Alex Berezow. The original article argues that psychology is a not a "real" science. While Jogalekar agrees with Berezow to an extent, he explains in further detail his contrasting views why psychology may not be a "real" science but why it is still a science. Berezow claims that in order to be considered a field of science it must have five certain qualities: clearly defined terminology, quantifiability, highly controlled…

Narrative Relevance Narrative relevance was determined by evaluating the importance of each T-Unit in developing the narrative. A 2-point rating system was used to determine the relevance of each statement. An utterance was given a 1 rating if the utterance was relevant and necessary to the story development. Conversely, a rating of 2 was given to the utterances that were irrelevant to the story and hindered the development of the story. Each T-Unit was given a relevancy rating, and the…

As discussed in the scholarly article When the First Voice You Hear Is Not Your Own by Jacqueline Jones Royster, “cross boundary discourse,” contributes to human problems in society. Royster arranged her article to be clear and concise to her readers and began by stating her main interest for analyzing the problems that she faced and common problems in society as well. As her evidence and reasoning, she structured her article around three personal stories/scenes. She then concludes with advise…

To grasp the concept of personal identity, one has to address the problems it arises. “Who am I?”, “Personhood”, “Persistence”, “Evidence”,“Population”, “What am I?”, and “What matters in identity” are the questions that need to be faced in order to create a more elevated understanding of self (). In this essay, I will discuss the effects of cosmopolitanism on personal identity, analyze Locke’s position of what constitutes identity, and identify what is Hume’s perspective on “I.” Explain…