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The United States has always pushed for the betterment of it’s nation. To be the best this country can be. The Global Competitiveness Report, or “Index[,] measures the set of institutions, policies, and factors that set the sustainable current and medium-term levels of economic prosperity”(Global). The Global Competitiveness Report ranks every part of the country contributing to this prosperity in economics and if it will hold in the future. The United States received a twenty-seventh…

journey I first researched the three most profound data collections: Uniform Crime Report (UCR), The National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), and The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). The first choice was easy to rule out. The NCVS was simply the most unreliable all though it gave the most information, it simply is not the most reliable. According to Siegel et al. (2015), a “weakness of self-report surveys are that they rely on the honesty of offenders…

Newton’s law of motion is virtually in every aspect of your life. Many students complete the K-12 education system and are not educated on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). A large portion of the education system in the United States is slowly adapting to the ever changing world of science and technology. Going forward, STEM graduate workers drive our nation’s innovation and competitiveness by generating new ideas, new companies and new industries. STEM jobs are the jobs…

Uniform Crime Report (UCR), the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), and self-report data (SRD) (Tibbetts, 2012, p. 11). The Uniform Crime Report (UCR) is an annual report dating back to the1930s consisting of police reports and arrest in the United States (Tibbetts, 2012, p. 12). This is very useful when looking at crimes such as murder and motor vehicle theft, because those two are almost always reported. However, minor crimes may not be reported as often so the UCR only has reports of…

"Remember that one day of your idleness kills 12,000 souls". This quote from Rudolf Vrba himself was lived out in his actions to help save Jews in concentration camps. His moral courage was displayed in his distribution of the Vrba- Wetzler report, a document forged to relieve the Jews located in concentration camps of their suffering. Rudolf Vrba’s efforts to help people in suffering shows that helping those in need, despite the consequences and the doubts of others, is significant to the…

Czech Republic. As stated in a report from 2014, “The Czech Republic is one of the most stable and prosperous markets in Central Europe. Although the country dropped seven places to 75th in the World Bank’s Doing Business rankings for 2014 (owing largely to faster progress on reforms by other countries), its overall score improved slightly year on year. The Czech Republic moved up nine places to rank 37th out of 144 countries in the WEF Global Competitiveness Report 2014-15.” (www.gov.uk…

This article was published in the Journal of Advanced Nursing, a reputable and well-known journal. This specific journal received the following score for Impact Factor: 1.741. This journal also received the following rankings: ISI Journal Citation Reports © Ranking: 2014: 8/109 (Nursing (Social Science)); 10/111 (Nursing (Science)). It is common for parents and children to experience anxiety when children undergo surgery. Perioperative anxiety is known to influence a child’s ability to cope…

both anti-oxidants and depression is known to be associated with oxidation. This study was part of a peer-reviewed journal called “Public Health Nutrition” which appears to be a well-respected and credible journal. According to Journal Citation Reports, the Public Health Nutrition has a 2015 impact factor of 2.433 and ranked in the second quartile within the category of Nutrition & Dietetics. The journal was also published by the Cambridge University Press, a well-known and first-rate…

she was working for the Countrywide Financial Corp. This role requires our whistleblower to supervise and monitor internal bank processes and mortgage fraud investigations, if needed, organize and send conclusion in the form of suspicious activity report to the U.S. Treasury as well as the board of directors. During her time, she learned that Full Spectrum Lending Division (FSL) managers in the Boston area were subject to several fraud allegations, she directed an investigation into the matter,…

unequal treatment between males and females and the imbalanced distribution of the value received for the same work. The inequality gap takes into consideration the wage gap, job opportunities, health outcomes and more. A news article “Global Gender Gap report finds modest improvements” written by Janet McFarland goes into detail about the current position of the gender gap. The following will explore the reasons behind the persistence of this social issue such as household labour…