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According to the International Labour Organisation the employment relationship is defined as the legal link between employers and employees. The relationship exists when a person performs work or services under certain conditions in return for remuneration. For an organisation to be successful and continue to maintain its success, all persons involved in the organisation must strive to ensure that the employment relationship remains harmonious. The employee performs the work that he is hired to…

Same Love by Macklemore ‘Underneath it’s all the same love’, Hip-Hop artist Macklemore’s hit ‘Same Love’ released in 2012 reached an astounding 162 million views on YouTube. ‘Same Love’ promotes the legalisation of gay marriage in America, a very topical debate at the time of its release. Macklemore’s hit encompasses an eminent evident message of equality, an equal world where people aren’t discriminated against for sexual preference. Macklemore allows the listener to understand to the…

When allergy season hits, it also affects the canine breed to various different ways. A Veterinarian visit can alleviate the symptoms with an allergy shot, but there are also natural ways to help relieve the symptoms. Treating a Dog with Seasonal Allergies The two most common forms of allergies pets may experience are food allergies and environmental allergies. As a general rule of thumb, seasonal allergies are situated within the “environmental” category of allergies. Allergies of any type…

Current Medical Investigations Urtica dioica has been found to have medicinal relevance in treating several types of ailments which include benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), arthritis, neuralgia and related conditions, chronic rhinosinusitis, cardiovascular disease, and urinary tract infections. However, U. dioica shows the most promise in treating BPH and has several clinical trials to support its use and prove its efficacy (Urtica dioica; Urtica urens (Nettle), 2007). In these trials it was…

There are many dermatologic conditions that can be strikingly similar to cellulitis, especially on first presentation to an Emergency Physician. While some other diagnoses are more chronic and indolent, others are life-threatening and crucial for the Emergency physician to diagnose. Distinguishing between cellulitis and other skin conditions can lead to a decrease in antibiotics use and thus resistance as well as delays in treatment of alternate, and most importantly, deadly diagnosis.…

There are many key factors to consider when juxtaposing the ideas of a national Medicaid program and 56 different state and territorial programs. These include the role of government, the effectiveness in meeting local needs and financial obligations, flexibility in seeking innovative resolutions, the impacts on healthcare providers and access to care, the improvements in service quality, and the ability to overcome resistance to change, among many others. The first consideration is the role of…

Brazilian have a special attraction to the US, and for American visitors, and seem predisposed to like them unless given a reason not to. This stems from the fact that Brazilians have access to a lot of American film and television. This gives them a topical familiarity with American culture, causing them to feel that they “know” American culture. While this is of course untrue, what they do know of American culture, they appreciate, seeing America and it’s people as daring and innovative.…

The democratic ideal of media, which is impartial and designed to inform citizens, is inevitably compromised as media ownership becomes more concentrated. Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights unmistakably states that everyone has the right “to hold opinions without interference” (UN, 2015) but is undermined as media ownership becomes more concentrated and the number of proprietors is reduced. Concentration of media ownership is frequently seen as a problem of contemporary…

Introduction: Abusive alcohol use in adolescence is at the moment, a bad public health problem, to the extent that its prevention has become one of the priorities in health policies. Also, in the field of social intervention, studies have shown, that there are psychosocial factors involved in such consumption. Now it carried out a review of these factors within the framework of the ecological perspective, in which the variables of psychological, relational and sociocultural. Alcohol consumption…

Satire Within Monty Python and the Holy Grail The film Monty Python and the Holy Grail tells the story of King Arthur of Camelot who gathers his knights of the Round Table and leads them on a quest to find the Holy Grail. The knights eventually find the castle that houses the Holy Grail, but once there, they are stopped by French soldiers and the police. In the scene “Witch Village,” a mob of villagers has captured a woman and has dressed her up like a witch. The villagers are convinced that she…