Method of loci

According to Emile Durkheim there are four different types of suicide. They are egoistic suicide, altruistic suicide, anomic suicide, and fatalistic suicide. Although I personally have never thought about committing suicide, my life has changed because of two girls who decided to take their own lives. I grew up in a small town called Philomath, Oregon so everybody knew everybody. In October of 2013 a freshman named Lilly Stagner committed suicide. We weren’t even acquainted with one another, but…

The findings of this study on neurocognitive performance of high school athletes who incur multiple concussions suggest athletes with a history of 3 or more concussions are still impaired on cognitive tasks and concussion symptoms [6].The authors used a cohort study design, the IVs were concussion groups (0,1,2,>3), and time ( baseline, 3 days, 8 days), the DVs were neurocognitive test scores measured by Immediate Post Concussion Assessment, cognitive testing (ImPact), neurocognitive test…

According to Polit and Beck (2008), nursing research is a process purposely to improved knowledge regarding important issues to nursing profession which involves nursing education, practice, administration and informatics. Nursing research also encompasses a wide scope of scientific inquiry, including clinical research, health systems and outcomes research, and nursing education research (Miller, Ward and Young, 2010). Nieswiadomy (2012) also defined nursing research as the systematic, objective…

Life has always been hard but especially for adolescents. One thing to consider is the amount of change there is going on during the time of becoming young adults. Most of this teenagers have a lot of responsibilities in their lives and many problems that lead them to suicide. During this past 15 years, the rate of suicide in adolescents between the ages of 10-24 has gone up by 8 percent. This means that as time keep passing, teenagers feel more and more depressive which leads them to killing…

the field of psychology that emphasizes on replication studies. In order to make improvements to the psychology and social sciences, importance should not only be given to replication studies but also to the peer reviewing system, experimentation methods and tenure system for educational…

Developing a single patient engagement platform across all care settings, with predictive healthcare management tools, will help empower patients to better manage their health and coordinate with all of their providers for improved healthcare outcomes. Although the healthcare organization may have an existing patient portal, this may not be offering the correct tools and benefits to the patient. Research previously discussed in this paper determined there would be positive outcomes of…

In the documentary Super Size Me, narrated and directed by Morgan Spurlock, Mr. Spurlock sets out to see just what effect eating fast food can have on a person’s health. Numerous questions are posed during the film, so it is difficult to determine the exact thesis of the argument. After filtering through all of the information, I determined the main point of the argument to be that McDonald’s knowingly provides unhealthy food to Americans and wants us to eat as much of its food as we can,…

particular topic. When doing your research, you want to choose the method of data collection that will best suit your study. For some, a time series design would be the best method, for others it may be a qualitative collection method. For the purpose of this paper the time series design method will be described and illustrated in its methods of use. Reflection of Time Series Design A time series design is defined as a research method in which the same data is collected over different points…

Primo Levi has a view that humans have a complex relationship with the earth. In his writing he portrays the awareness of humans place on earth. In order to be a scientist, one has to cultivate between predictability (mechanistic philosophy) and the earth being alive (Gaia-hypothesis). Without predictability, one would not have any knowledge on anything; if the world was pure randomness, there would be no meaning to anything and nothing would matter. The Gaia-hypothesis enables us, humans, to…

teacher and students, and the research is conducted without the consultation of current K-12 educators (Diana, 2011). Thus, action research by current teachers is an important practice for K-12 educators to conduct in order to refine their current methods and develop effective techniques for the development of their…