Student’s Name Course Instructor Date   Solutions to the Social Problem of Drug Abuse in Punjab Drug abuse is a major problem affecting almost every country globally. Drug abuse is the third leading business in the world from war arms and petroleum.  The extent of drug abuse differs from one area to another. Punjab has been one of the areas adversely affected by drug abuse. A study was conducted in 1976 to survey the extent of drug abuse, and the results were that there is at least one drug user, either male or female, in most households. Drugs such as alcohol and tobacco were the main drugs consumed in Punjab, followed by cannabis, heroin and opium. A decrease in productivity, increased disease transmission, excessive health care utilization, crime and family and social disorder are the main effects of drug abuse in Punjab (Patnaik & Loveena 1). The main causes of drug abuse are; changing cultural values, rising economic pressure, and declining supportive bonds. Women are the most affected by drug abuse because they fear seeking medical treatment due to social…

Effective communication Effective communication is among the most useful skills that can impact the organizations positively since they can use the knowledge to improve critical activities (Gandolfi & Stone, 2018). This is because effective communication entails the conveyance of information from the source to the relevant bodies. The skills have been used to ensure that the message meets the intended needs. For this reason, people should use proper techniques to communicate, thus meet the needs of the relevant bodies effectively. In the organizations, for instance, proper questioning is essential since it helps the key players scoop the additional information that could be used to formulating the best strategies, thus securing the organizations from threats that could paralyze the organizational goals. Other than that, the information experts have to be adequately equipped with the most relevant knowledge to ensure that the stakeholders meet the intended goals. Proper listening skills also are equally important since they help the employees to make better decisions that can be used to address controversial issues within their sectors. Works of literature have shown that proper listening…

Data visualization Data visualization is critical since it contributes to the long term goals in the organizations. This is because with the proper incorporation of the most suitable techniques the data experts can make the most effective insights to iron out the issues that might affect the long-term goals of the organization. Storytelling is one of the successful measures that are utilized by the stakeholders to ensure that the stakeholders meet the organization (Kirk, 2016). This shows that the techniques are critical in ensuring efficiency which is, a basic ingredient in achieving the organizational goals. Other than that, storytelling in data visualization helps in minimizing the possibilities of making the common errors that might make the organization to incur huge losses.   100,000 stars is one of the critical concepts that is used in data visualization since it makes the data experts to formulate the required insights. Ideas that are challenging into actual numerical values can be explained end using the concept which makes it easier to understand and interpret (Feigenbaum et al.,2016). Forty Years of America’s eating habits also…

  CHIMPANZEE   Merlin was an abandoned monkey raised by a human being. He used to respond the same way to his mother like a human child would do. He responded to her smile and walked along with her by grasping her finger. After a few months, the baby monkey started to show finger coordination as he tried to climb the tree, picked small leaves out of plants to eat, and started to use echo to locate larva. The experiment was quite fascinating, where two people pointed at the cups as one of them had a cooker under it. Merling chose the cup pointed by the lady whose head was not covered as she could see where the cooker was being hidden. Monkies can judge things, but they don’t know the intention of people. Their intelligence makes us think about what we are. It takes six years for them to master the art of breaking something to eat with the help of wood or rock. The monkey has also seen a painting by hand and even was soaking the clothes…

  China’s Policy With China’s rising cases of people being affected by breathing noxious stuff like combustion dust, thick smog, and other contaminants stirred in the air by the country’s numerous industries, the country should be looking to deal with this issue. The government should create policies that will help them in decreasing air pollution. Patients who suffer from the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are required to stay indoors to avoid inhaling pollutants, which can aggravate their COPD. However, the only place they can venture to get healthcare is outside. Similarly, China faces excruciation of one or both choices as it attempts to balance its economic growth with the prerequisite to clean up its enormously dirty air. Therefore, the Chinese government should adopt the policy of tax as a way of reducing air pollution. The idea usually is to make customers and manufacturers recompense the full social cost of creating pollution. The advantage of this policy is that the government will raise considerable revenue that might be used in financing other pollution schemes of reduction. This policy also offers…

              Second Language Acquisition     Table of Contents Introduction. 3 Sections. 6 Evidence based SLA.. 6 Theories in ISLA.. 6 Types of instructions. 7 Positive influence of SLA.. 11 Motivation in Second Language Acquisition/Learning. 11 Conclusion. 13 References. 16           Introduction The second language acquisition is to some extent helpful for the development of cognitive learning. This will involve better understanding for the students to get accustomed to the improvement in the teaching. Use based and emergentist draws near to SLA, as far as concerns them, likewise expect that students have broad (social) presentation to language exhibiting solid structure meaning mappings. At first, much of the time through oral communication with an attention on shared importance (Lightbown & Spada, 2013). Social–interactionist moves toward that were the sign of SLA, and mainly task- based SLA, for a very long while are likewise ‘social’ to the extent that the connections are arranged (in homerooms, in little gathering work, or research labs with questioners). Lead to different sorts of input, connection, yield,…

TUCKER Business preparedness is a critical part of any establishment, and the onset of the pandemic has proven to all of us the importance of business preparedness. I Believe that the success stories we hear right now of businesses that can weather the storm are those that took the time and put in place measures to ensure that their teams can either work remotely or have a contingency plan to that effect. MOKUENA Sometimes, some of the fire incidents can be avoided if we all paid close attention to what we do around a fire and with fire. For example, the simple act of not throwing cigarettes or matches out of a moving vehicle, extinguishing all outdoor fires properly, and never leave a fire unattended can significantly help stop a potential fire.  

Surname 4   Student’s Name Professor’s Name Course Date SAYS AND DOES Page (1, 2) Says: the article explains the choices that the Americans had to make to propel the economy in the 1990s. The explanation is given through two heroic stories. The first story is a traditional one and involves Horatio Alger. Horatio Alger’s notion of success is through self-improvement, assertiveness, and faith. On the other hand, the success story of Tracy is through talent, energy, and commitment. Does: Though the two stories are different, the author argues that the two approaches result in entrepreneurship. In the first scenario, enterprising heroes have qualities of winning riches through a combination of self-determination, assertion, hard work and faith. The same success can be attained through talent (games and entertainment), energy and commitment to a task. Says: economic prosperity in the USA can be explained using such myths (stories). Myths are defined by the author as stories that are aimed to entertain us although they can diverge our attention by giving us some insights. The article continues to say that myths can…

Teaching Methods The world today holds teaching as a significant backbone towards passing knowledge from one generation to another. In turn, it helps them to acquire skills and values. This skills and values model them to be better and creative in society. Teaching can be done formally where the student is homeschooled or informally in a classroom set up. The various technologies used in this profession can either be effective or ineffective. I recall having a teacher who when he or she stepped into the classroom the whole class would light up and those who were in their comfort zone would snap out of it and be ready to learn. Though none of us likes to acquire at times, when they come in, the idea fades away and would always look forward to the next session with them. The method that the teacher used enabled one to interact with them on a whole different level (Muijs, 2017). They would involve us through class discussions, where the students were given time to discuss a matter within a time frame, then relay…

Running Head: OPERANT CONDITIONING 2                 Replies to Posts on Operant Conditioning by Melea and Sadie Student Name Institution             Author Note   Gambling is one of the most profitable businesses in the world today. Betting and gambling industries have only one goal; to make profits. Gamblers often do not realize that the gambling machines and odds generators are designed to make them feel like they are winning when they are losing. This design used to make a person keep gambling is achieved through a phenomenon which is often referred to as operant conditioning. This paper is a reply to the posts made by Melea and Sadie concerning gambling and operant conditioning and how it is achieved. The primary thing that keeps a person gambling is the reward. Melea puts forth a valid point when she states that the reinforcement schedule in gambling machines is variable. Therefore, due to its unpredictability, a person will keep on gambling hoping that the reward will come in the next round. Also,…