International Association for the Study of Pain

Introduction Chinese immigrants to the United States quickly learned they faced an uphill battle when it came to basic survival, yet they never quit fighting to make better lives for themselves and for future generations. Initially, Chinese gathered together in Chinatowns across the United States and maintained a high degree of heritage consistency. They were originally resistant to adopt Western concepts of medicine, but after time, began to incorporate both allopathic and traditional…

When using information systems, it is essential to ask, “What is the ethical and socially responsible course of action?” A MODEL FOR THINKING ABOUT ETHICAL, SOCIAL, AND POLITICAL ISSUES Ethical, social, and political issues are closely linked. The ethical dilemma you may face as a manager of information systems typically is reflected in social and political debate. One way to think about these relationships is given in Figure 4-1. Imagine society as a more or less calm pond on a summer…

Studies show that 45 percent of meals consumed by children exceed the recommended amounts of saturated fats and trans fats. Studies also show that 1/3 of young children’s daily caloric intake comes from dining at restaurants. Most of the choices (93%) at restaurants contained more than 430 calories (Santrock, 2013)…

In AS book, her willpower was greatly emphasized by the writer/sister but at the same time the book also confessed that Sophie was a thinker, meaning that Sophie did think of the consequences of the actions made by her brother and his friends, whereas Hans would think about Germany’s future and the necessity of giving the German people an opportunity to have an opinion about Nazism but even so, Sophie was convinced that they had done the right thing and the legacy of the white rose would…

Despite offering a different character’s point of view, several of the dramatic techniques resident in Miss Julie are exhibited. Even more importantly, Strindberg again insists on placing the family of the play in the context of a Darwinian battle of the strongest. It is natural for us to expect similarities between The Father and Miss Julie due to the close proximity of their writing, but the points made about Strindberg’s later work help provide an additional insight into the playwright’s…

at night, some people staged a procession in Ramu in protest of the perceived blasphemous image uploaded to a Facebook account. Newspaper reports stated that local Awami League leaders were initially seen mobilising the mob and emphasising the sentimental religious issue to counter the opposition. The Daily Star, a widely circulated national daily, reported that a motley group comprising local leaders of pro-Awami League organisations, BNP men, madrasa students and common people were allegedly…

Introduction David Malouf is a prominent author of Australian literature. The present research is a study of male identity in David Malouf’s Remembering Babylon. The men reflected in Remembering Babylon (1993) reveal the Australian ethos, social milieu, and cultural realities of the period when they were being written. As well, his novel elaborates the description of the men’s lives, and identity in the Australian society. Although research on men has a long history,…

Healthcare accessibility at “Bottom of the Pyramid”: A study of scope of eHealth in India Introduction According to World Health Organization (WHO) World Health Statistics 2013, India has a ratio of 6.5 doctors, 10 nurses and 9 beds per 10,000 people compared to the global average is of 13.9 doctors, 29 nurses and 30 beds. In order to meet the healthcare requirement of its population of 1.25 billion, India needs an additional 1.54 million doctors, 2.4 million nurses and 2.6 million beds. At the…

Final Project Stress in Police Personnel: A Case Study of Lahore, Pakistan A REPORT SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT SCIENCES, VIRTUAL UNIVERSITY OF PAKISTAN IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Submitted By MC130400828 Muhammad Kashif Faiz Department of Management Sciences, Virtual University of Pakistan LETTER OF UNDERTAKING I Muhammad Kashif Faiz Student VU ID MC 130400828 hereby confirm that the…

thief in vain and in the process draws many town villagers out of their houses and into the town square. In front of this large crowd of onlookers and his two travel companions, Roberto confesses that his life has been filled with immense sorrow and pain. This suffering is a result, as he laments, of his fractured connection with his Cuban homeland and his indeterminate ethnic status in the United States, where he is “neither Cuban nor American.” Roberto describes how he is constantly reminded…