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Research Question

This literature review will consider the question of how the use of social media affects ones self-esteem and overall life satisfaction. Based off of this research question, the literature review will explore the hypothesis that social media can have both positive and negative impacts on self-esteem and life satisfaction. The idea is that social networking sites provide additional support to improve self-esteem and life satisfaction in most cases, and social media serves as an extra form of support to those who otherwise may be anti-social in face-to-face communications (Cheung & Lee, 2014). Furthermore, the more people use social media, the Continue reading...

Q1. Main Problem Addressed in the Research

The study focuses on an investigation on the two effects of cognitive strategies; semantic mapping and rote memorization on L2 vocabulary acquisition (p. 199). It acknowledges the fact that vocabulary is a key component of language proficiency and provides a basis for learners to communicate among themselves. In this research, Khoii and Sharififar notes that L2 teachers have been making attempts to determine, which learning strategies and tasks are effective to ensure that learners are capable of acquiring new words within a short period of time (p.199). However, in they also assert that there have been incidences of opposition Continue reading...

The aging workforce is a fact of life for organizations. According to the last national census, the number of citizens aged 65 and older currently constitute 12 percent of the United States population, which is one out of eight people (Aoa.gov, 2015). According to The American Association of Retired People (2015), workers over the age of 50 comprised 27% of the national workforce in 2005. In 2009, the number of seniors in the population was 39.6 million (Aoa.gov, 2015). The estimates for 2014 were that the number of people aged 50 and over in the workforce was 32 percent. Continue reading...

Literature Review Matrix

References
Banda D., Hart S.Liu-Gitz L. (2010) Impact of training peers and children with autism on social skills during center time activities in inclusive classrooms Retrieved March 18, 2015, from https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=10&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CF8QFjAJ&url=http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lan_Liu-Gitz/publication/246155237_Impact_of_training_peers_and_children_with_autism_on_social_skills_during_center_time_activities_in_inclusive_classrooms/links/543fd2e40cf2fd72f99db379.pdf&ei=pzoJVbaqEcveU7a6hCA&usg=AFQjCNHlzf7y4mx2xQdMTCdv55BSa6XQeg&sig2=TPs_umkGT0HQ7wU8cZn3Tg&bvm=bv.88198703,d.d24
Carberry T. (2014) Teaching reading comprehension to students with high functioning, Autism spectrum disorder. A review of the literature. La salle University. Retrieved March 18, 2015, from http://digitalcommons.lasalle.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1016&context=graduateannual
Cassady J.M. (2011) Teachers' Attitudes Toward the Inclusion of Students with Autism and Emotional Behavioral Disorder. Electronic Journal for Inclusive Education Vol.2. No. 7 Winter/Spring. Retrieved March 18, 2015, from http://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1127&context=ejie
Chaaya R. (2012) Inclusion of Students with Autism Continue reading...

Part 1:

Music Literacy has been defined as reading music notation in many ways. Notable music educators such as Carl Orff, Emile Jacque-Dalcroze, and Zoltan Kodaly are well known for their definition of music literacy.

Part 2

Carl Orff defines music literacy as engagement of mind and body with the help of combination of singing, dancing, acting. (Vosa.org, 2015)
Emile Jacque-Dalcroze defines music literacy as combination of physical activities as well as perception of the music. (Stcharlesbloomington.org, 2015)

Zoltan Kodaly defines that music literacy as ability to look at notations and think sound.

Part 3
The recorder instrument is a wood flute with tin whistle.
Part 4
Musical instrument instruction composes one of the most essential elements of Continue reading...

Visual Impairments all around the World: A Review of the Literature

Abstract
Worldwide, there are more than 285 million people estimated to be visually impaired, according to the World Health Organization (2013). The author of this paper presents diverse research topics on visual impairment around the world such as common diagnosis and treatments, and the availability of opportunities in different countries. The author of this paper also discusses how education for people with visual disabilities varies by country.

Introduction

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), (2013), there are more than an estimated 285 million people worldwide with avisual impairment (Resnikoff, Pascolini, Etya’ale, Kocur, Pararajasegaram,Pokharel,&Mariotti, 2005). The National Continue reading...

At present time there are many experiments and investigations which try to define the Stroop effect on bilinguals. Stroop test is considered to be one of the major ways in cognitive psychology to study response interference. According to this test, the participants should quickly name colors under three conditions. Under the first condition the participants are usually asked to read a list of colors printed in blank ink. Under the second condition participants are given the list of XXXXs printed in different colors and they need to name the color of the ink. And in accordance with the third Continue reading...

Introduction

The most frightening of the global concerns has always been something that kills. Ironically, when it comes to sexual health, people set their own camps and begin to challenge each other. On one end of the spectrum, people assert their sexuality through freedom. On the other end, people attempt to intervene it. Nonetheless, the consequences of sexual freedom have begun rearing its ugly head. Premarital pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases have added to the societal burden. The developed countries have realized its economic impact. Thus, the governments have come up with various solutions to curb them (Kirby, Laris, & Rolleri, Continue reading...

Abstract

Hospital-acquired infections have always been a major impediment to high-quality health care especially in regards to fast patient recovery. These infections occur when the patient is exposed to bacteria and viruses possibly acquired from another patient in the same hospital. Most of the hospital-acquired infections are however preventable. Some simple strategies can be introduced in these health settings, and these can have a significant impact in terms of reducing the number of infections that are transmitted to patients around the hospital. It is from this aspect that this paper draws its premise. This paper aims to look at one Continue reading...

Problem-oriented policing (POP)

Problem-oriented policing is a police strategy that involves in the analysis and evaluation of a specific crime to create effective responses. This approach involves root cause analysis that identifies the reason/reasons behind the occurrence of a specific crime. The strategy then evolves on solving these reasons and eliminating the foundation for the crime. This strategy was formulated by Herman Goldstein in 1979. This model was expanded by John Eck and William Spelman in 1987. They jointly designed the SARA model. The SARA model is Scanning, Analysis, Response and Assessment (COPS, 2015).
This paper evaluates and analyses the possible implementation Continue reading...

Mark Twin famously advised aspiring novelists to “write what you know,” and F. Scott Fitzgerald based much of This Side of Paradise on his own personal life. He grew up in the Midwest, studied at Princeton, served in the Army, and partied in New York City. Fitzgerald used these experiences to write his first novel, featuring Amory Blaine, a quintessential privileged and self-entitled snob. The narrative traces his experiences and philosophical development from a spoiled teenager to a hapless adult; lost and incapable of any real action. However, the novel is a traditional American coming of age story, and Continue reading...

Abstract

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PSTD) is an anxiety disorder that is related to serious traumatic experiences and events. Different tools have been devised to assess PTSD. One of the most important tool in its assessment is The Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R). It is an effective tool as it correlates with the DSM-IV criteria for PTSD. The IES-R instrument functions in such a way that the observation of the cut-off score or the kappa coefficients helps one assess and evaluate PTSD. The IES-R can be used to do repetitive measurements with the objective of monitoring the progress among PTSD individuals. Continue reading...

Social media is already a part of the new generation. Almost 70% teens from 12-17 years old spend time in social networking sites on a daily basis. This shows that almost 17million of teenagers use internet all at the same day. This simple example shows how much social media could be thought as a part of a child’s life. There has been reports as well that there are some online users that are becoming addicted to it the same way some gets addicted to alcohol and other substances, but it is not yet being clinically classified as a Continue reading...

Introduction

Current research indicates that lot of modern women in the American society are delaying marriage and choosing to pursue other ventures such as careers. Emphasis and keenness on marriage has decreased among the modern American women, and most are willingly putting off marriage and first seeking to grow their careers and establish themselves. The modern American woman is highly educated unlike the olden days. Where the number of college-educated women in the society was significantly low. Highly educated women often pursue high end promising careers, and it appears that these two factors are playing a great role in the Continue reading...

Technology has getting more advanced each year, especially in the field of robotics. Moreover, not only the robots are getting advanced, but they are more useful, more intelligent and more independent than from the past. The initial goal of robotics is to become an alternative for human labor, which is emphasized because the word robot originally came from the word "robota", meaning "labor" (Galileo Educational Network).
However, as science permits more advancements, robotics did not just focus on attaining an alternative for human labor. Current robotics innovation focus on designing robots that could function on its own while doing Continue reading...

LITERATURE REVIEW

Literature Review

The Review
A study done in the United States compared the experience of athletics injuries to adolescents and adults in the recovery process after surgery. The participants assessed with the measure of the intensity of pain, and cases where they undergo symptoms of depression and anxiety within 24 hours after a surgery in the anterior cruciate ligament. Studies have it that, most sports injuries for adolescents involve lower extremities and accounts for 73%. Of these, significant proportions occur at the knee taking, 22%. For them to detect any injury, pain occurs as an important predictor of pain Continue reading...

ANALYSIS OF TEXTILE AND CLOTHING SUPPLY CHAINS

Analysis of Textile and Clothing Supply Chains
Introduction
The outsourcing in the textile and clothing industry is in a continuous movement and evolution, which was speed up by the rapid technological development, globalization or economic liberalization of various geographic areas. Inextricably linked with the type of fashion that they serve, the supply chain adapts on various strategies and trends that the retailers and the fashion industry impose as a result of the shifts that define different societies. This paper develops a literature review upon the trends that characterize the supply chains in the fast fashion environment, looking into the Continue reading...

Stress is undoubtedly among the inevitable parts of every person’s daily lives. Simply put, everybody cannot avoid experiencing stress everyday. Stress, as described by some sources, is the overall responsive mechanism that the human body manifests when confronted by various demands and other stimulating factors from the environment it moves in (NASP, 2012; The Psychology Foundation of Canada, n. date). Often associated with anxiety, fear, threat, and burnouts, stress is generally demarcated as a negative feature of life that everyone experiences, even children. Children, just like adults, also experience stress from various sources and the effects of such Continue reading...

Helga Crane is the main character in “Quicksand”, by author, Nella Larsen, who is on a journey to find herself. The story begins by introducing her as a young school teacher teaching at the prestigious southern school, Naxos. She begins to lose her way as she become disenchanted with the false façade the school emits. This makes her rethink her decision to become a school teacher. She leaves Naxos and moves to Chicago. It is only a short matter of time before she realizes she is way out of her comfort zone. She moves from there to Harlem Continue reading...

Personality Characteristics Associated with BDSM Orientations

BDSM is a sexual practice whose characteristics include physical restriction, suppression, exchange of power, administration of pain, and practicing games involving exchange of sexual roles. The acronym BDSM can be broken down into several components that include bondage and discipline, domination and submission, and sadism masochism (Herbert and Weaver, 2014). Use of psychological and physical restraints practices falls under the bondage and discipline components. The domination and submission components involve control and exchange of power. Moreover, sadism and masochism encompass taking pleasure in pain or humiliation of others. BDSM practitioners may identify with one or more of these components Continue reading...