Indicator

The first article focuses on how much of a role the media plays in covering the phenomenon of terrorism. The article states how there can be both overrepresentations on covering terrorism while at other times the topic can be underrepresented. The second article’s main focus is trying to develop an understanding of people’s behaviour, attitudes and feelings following a recent terrorist attack. The article uses the London bombings as its example. Both articles acknowledge that the topic of…

expenditures based on health indicators such as life expectancy, under age five mortality rate, and adjusted capital spending on morbidity (Getzen, 2013; Shi & Singh, 2011). Thus, marks up the efficacy of the shared cost of public health efforts on reducing spend outcomes (Getzen, 2013; Shi & Singh, 2011). The US, a member of Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), may have the newest medical technologies, but, has failed in many of the health indicators (Getzen, 2013;…

3.1 NEIGHBORHOOD SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS: FROM PLANNING THEORIES Howard’s idea to divide the “Garden city” into wards is considered to be one of the earliest notions of neighborhood in city planning. He visualized self-sustainable, compact neighborhoods with easy access to jobs, parks and shops for daily necessities. Howard clearly emphasized on efficient transportation network, combination of various social groups and integration of human and nature. Inspired by the “garden city”, Perry’s…

The following is a lesson sequence which modified the above experiment to promote inquiry based learning process. The aim of the experiment: Students use the change in the colour of red cabbage indicator to classify substances as either acid or base. Note: This activity may take more than one lessons. On the first lesson, students group, discuss and prepare their experiment. On the second lesson, students will have opportunities to carry out the investigation, then record, process, and evaluate…

Department of State claims that the indicators of sex trafficking are “poor living conditions [and] multiple people in a cramped space” (U.S. Department of State). Traffickers’ (these types of people are usually employers and business owners) use of coercion – such as threats of deportation and harm to the victim or their family members is so powerful that even if someone reaches out to victims, they may be too fearful to accept help. Knowing the indicators of human trafficking and some follow…

involved in various events. (Olson and Hergenhahn, 2011.) For better understanding through the next couple sections of psychological types, I participated in a Jung typology test to get my opinion on the reliability and validity of the test. The type indicator test I used labeled me as having a slight preference of introversion over extroversion, making up about 19% of my personality. (Humanmetrics.) The first criterion, from my point of view, fits me completely if I had to describe my…

eating disorders in children. Picking and nibbling is defined as the unplanned and repetitive eating between meals and snack, sometimes known as grazing. The hypothesis of this experiment is that picking and nibbling in children could be used as an indicator of an eating disorder or eating disorder behavior. The participants of this experiment included 515 youth aged 7-18 years old. All of the participants have met the DSM5 criteria for anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, but youth with other…

1. Leading / Lagging Indicators: Leading Indicators is a classification of indicators which are used to predict future economic trend. In contrast, lagging indicators respond to events and are used to confirm a pattern that has developed. A few of the impacts of these indicators on businesses are highlighted below: 1. Forecasts the Cost of Capital: Low interest rates typically signal a problem in the economy while higher interest rates suggest expansion and growth. Additionally, for business…

Work engagement is a mental and dispositional state of energy investment, coping with difficulties and directing the effort to work with which the nurse identifies and feels high pleasure to perform. This is not a momentary sensation; engagement at work is a positive, pervasive and persistent mental state. In other words, the engaged nurse is one who is full of energy, feel great pleasure and inspiration for what nurse does (Rasli, et al., 2012 and Vazquez, et al., 2015). Benefits of nursing…

ecology. These theories examine how natural hazards impacts in a community are determined by everyday patterns of social interaction, social organization and unequal access to resources (Warf 1997; Eakin and Luers 2006; Sheppard 2011), and often drive indicator development in frameworks such as the SoVI, VSD, or SVI (Cutter, Boruff, and Shirley 2003; Hahn, Riederer, and Foster 2009; Tate 2012; Vincent 2004; Flanagan et al. 2011; Polsky, Neff, and Yarnal 2007). Several studies often employ OLS as…