Evaluating outcomes and consequences of war Name Institution               Consequences and causes of wars are a major concern for scholars in international politics, military studies, and public policy. War can happen regularly and can have great effects on international systems, groups, nations, and individuals; therefore, knowledge of the possible outcomes of the conflict is crucial for those who would want to utilize the logical models of conflict manipulations whereby a lot of attention is given to the effects and prevention of war. With the independence war in America and the pacific theater of war, scholars have attempted to use the behavioral and theoretical approach to explain their outcomes by looking at their birth or their causation, strategic stability, crisis, deterrence, and crisis management. They give insights into what could have triggered the cooperation in terms of cost and calculation of benefits, i.e., what may accompany a successful defection plan or coercion to cooperation. Scholars have sought to look into the consequences of war, both the desired and undesired,…

Engineering is a discipline that deals with a system that evaluates services and products in relation to their costs. Engineer is a discipline that applies scientific knowledge for the good of mankind. The two types of engineering system are physical and economic feasibility. The efficiency of systems are evaluated using the formula below; E= output/ input This type of efficiency is always less than 1. The economic efficiency, on the other hand, is given the formula below; Economic E= worth/(cost ) = (out put x value of each unit)/(input x value of each unit) Economic efficiency is always greater than one so that the system can be justified. When solving problems related to this system, some steps followed are; definition of a problem, finding the alternative solution, and implementation. In the engineering, economics concepts goods are defined using value and their utility where a value is the worth a certain product is attached while the utility is the ability of the that good to satisfy the needs. The goods are classified into two, consumer and producer goods. Consumer goods are…

      VTB Digital Transformation Student’s Name Institution Affiliation Date                       Author’s Note Background Organizational Context Plush bears are a symbol of gentleness and tenderness and sometimes sign of comfort to people, especially the children. They are given by people to their loved ones as a symbol of care and love and to the children to content and teach them. The manufacturing of teddy bears is the legislated business line of Vermont Teddy bear company but later introduced other product brands. The Vermont Teddy Bear Company (VTB) was founded in 1991 by John Sortino, who started only by selling teddy bears from a pushcart in a Burlington, Vermont open-air market. Later, Sortino introduced a ‘Bear-Gram’ service promoted via radio advertisement in the New York City area. The service greatly increased the revenues for the company over the years but later became a threat to the same company survival as it was less cost-effective during off peek session of teddy bears. The company relies on the sale of its three…

Sustainable development and livable communities have been presented as the two planning visions in Godschalk and Campbell. The land use planning has an opportunity and threat in the two visions. With the attainment of the two visions, there are some serious conflicts that will be experienced in the values linked to the two visions. Sustainable development entails economic development that is carried out without the depletion of natural resources. Every urban planning aim is to ensure that they use sustainable development in their urban planning. With its implementation, a lot of benefits can be attained. There will be a reduction in the sprawling up of slums or destruction of the terrains during construction works. Sustainable development can be understood in very many ways. The vision of sustainable development aims at balancing the needs against an awareness of the social, environmental and economic limitation that the society is facing. Sustainable development focuses on one special need without looking into other needs. Sustainable development can, therefore, cause future negative impacts. It can bring about a huge financial crisis due to the changes…

  Case Study #4 Interactionist Perspective   Ericka Parker Bowie State University PSYC307-001-Fall2020 Psychology of Personality Dr. Blackman November 13, 2020                 Application Questions Using Sullivan’s interpersonal personality theory, analyze Stacy’s behavior by answering the following questions. How could Stacy’s interactions be characterized? Stacy’s interactions depict an introvert. All her life, she has had trouble initiating friendships with other people. She does not invite others to events and rarely goes out with friends. She also has an inferiority complex and often feels the urge to agree with others to avoid rejection or pissing anyone off. She lacks assertiveness and readily agrees to other people’s interests irrespective of her own. Her willingness to easily give in to the sex demands dating her regardless of her convictions provides a great example of her agreeability and lack of self-esteem. Another example is her willingness to agree to any of her customers’ demands even when they do not make sense. How could these interactions be considered personality according to Sullivan’s theory? Stacy’s interactions constitute a personality as…

The transport industry has been in constant change due to technological advancements. New means of transport that are more efficient, fast and environmental friendly have been introduced. Cars have evolved from jus locomotive machines to better autonomous machines that are self-driven. There are a lot of benefits that accrue from the new versions of vehicles. They overlook the numerous challenges that were faced with the older versions of vehicles. Some of the challenges were low speeds, pollution of the environment, and high fuel consumption among many others. There has also been a revolution in other transport modes. This paper will look into alternative vehicles: Autonomous vehicles. From the article, a lot of development has been experienced in the automated driving system. Based on the current momentum and progress, the automated driving system is still expected to be on the rise. There are still opportunities for a wide range of automated driving system products that will be commercially available in the future. With technological advancements, autonomous vehicles will be more rampant and will make the transportation process easier. People will have…

The critical success risk factor The critical success risk factor is usually used to measure the ability to handle risk in any organization. The CSF highlights essential factors an organization should mandatorily possess to mitigate various risks. In this case, study, The Critical Success Risk Factors play a significant role. To begin with, the British Petroleum facility in Texas experienced an explosion in 2005. This should have led to an alteration in how they operated (Shekari et al. 2019). The initial step in the CSF is for an organization to provide support to their pool of employees. In the British Petroleum case in 2005, the explosion did not provide a suitable environment for their employees. The organization paid more focus on making profits at the expense of employee safety. Their stock price decreased by 7 dollars after the explosion. Top management struggled, putting a Band-Aid to the problem rather than finding a suitable solution to it. Employees were not well equipped on how to properly handle and respond to explosions. Likewise, after the incident, the organization did not train the…

Any attempt to assesses the poverty and wealth in any region requires an approach be developed against which the living standards of an individual or the entire household can be measured. The threshold is essential in determining the poverty lines—cutoff points that separate the poor from the rich. There are two techniques of constructing poverty line: absolute and relative poverty. The choice of research method of poverty and wealth is dictated by the issues of interest to the researcher and his or her research skills. However, qualitative poverty assessment method is the best because of the magnitude of information that it can derive—it also provides the most accurate and in-depth information for analysis. It is particularly suited for the identification of the issue, i.e., it addresses the question of who are the poor and the rich, and their overall perception of their conditions. It generally employees a broader definition of poverty than any other method, incorporating the processes and interactions between cultural, social, political, and economic factors—this means that it captures information from both relative and absolute poverty. The qualitative…

 Case Study Q1 One of the primary risk factors for C difficile Colitis is previous exposure to antibiotics. When a person takes an antibiotic to treat an infection, these medicines tend to destroy some of the common and essential bacteria that the body requires and the bacteria causing the infection. When the body lacks enough healthy bacteria to keep it strong from diseases, Clostridium difficile can grow out of control. Q2 One of the medications that were given to K.L. that is inappropriate is Vancomycin Oral. This medicine is an antibiotic used to treat several bacterial infections, such as treatment for complicated bloodstream infections, skin infections, and meningitis. It is also used to treat infection of the intestines. However, Vancomycin Oral only works in the intestines and will not benefit the patient (Hota et al., 2017). It is also inappropriate as it may lead to the destruction of healthy body bacteria, dangerous to the body. Q3 The treatment of C. Difficile is another antibiotic. A doctor may prescribe fidaxomicin medication to treat the infection. If the situation is serious, such…

The greenhouse effect is felt daily once the earth cools at night to release heat inform of infrared radiation, the absorption of gases into the atmosphere increases temperature hence impacts on the environment. The impact is stronger due to human beings activities on the environment. One of the most substantial single threat to human beings and biodiversity’s global warming which is as a result of human-generated greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere, although most nations are trying to address the issue by using fewer consumption and reducing carbon dioxide emission, the increased human population especially in developing countries can overwhelm such efforts hence increasing temperature rise. Example of greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere includes carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous gas, and fluorinated gases; more substantial emissions lead to higher concentration in the atmosphere which can be estimated regarding per million, billion or even trillion metric tonnes. Additionally, the gases remain active in the atmosphere for a given period meaning that the whole world will be affected regardless of the emission source since increased heat into the atmosphere will ultimately affect…