Logistical Concerns: Community/ provider attitudes Understanding Substance Abuse: “Substance abuse refers to a set of related conditions that are associated with consumption of mind-behavior-altering drugs‚ which have negative behavioral and health concerns” HHS (2010). Social and community attitudes towards consumption of illicit drugs make substance abuse a complex issue with public health. In addition‚ substance abuse has been a flash-point within the criminal justice system with a major focal
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1.5 mins 1 min 1.5 mins 1min 40 secs SECURITY CONCERNS OF PAKISTAN AND THEIR RESPONSES INTRODUCTION 1. According to Walter Lippman‚” A nation has security when it does not have to sacrifice its legitimate interests to avoid war and is able‚ if challenged to maintain them by war”. Security as a concept
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Lev Vygotsky and the Sociocultural Theory Lev Vygotsky {1896-1934} was a Russian psychologist and a contemporary of Piaget. He believed that children are active and constructive beings‚ but unlike Piaget‚ he thought that children’s cognitive development was a socially facilitated process. He had a theory that children acquire the ways of thinking and behaving that make up a community’s culture through cooperative dialogues with more knowledgeable members {adults‚ teachers‚ peers}—in other words
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and resolve the crisis before moving on the next stage. Apple was established on April 1‚ 1976‚ by Steve Jobs‚ Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne to sell the hand-built Apple I personal computer kit. During the first five years of operations‚ its revenues doubled every four months recording an extraordinary growth. A new CEO‚ John Sculley was hired in 1983 and there was a power struggle between the board members and Jobs resigned from Apple in 1985. The rapid growth led to crisis of autonomy. Job
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The first section of my case study considered how to observe a child’s cognition and language development through a sociocultural lens. I mentioned that development is a composite of a person‚ a circumstance‚ a place‚ an action‚ and an activity; and when those elements are cohesive‚ an educator can perceive a child’s development holistically. This second part now questions‚ “Who are we teaching?” However‚ there is a twist to that question. Educators are often responsible for making inferences about
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The Brand "Without the brand‚ Apple would be dead‚" Gobe said. He tells how brands have established deep‚ lasting bonds with their customers. Apple‚ of course‚ is the archetypal emotional brand. It’s not just intimate with its customers; it is loved. "Apple is about imagination‚ design and innovation;" Gobe argued that‚ in some cases‚ branding has become as powerful as religion”. Research shows that Apple triggers a religious reaction from certain consumers. Of course when it’s considered as
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9. The Sociocultural Tradition Dr. Martin Morris‚ Communication Studies‚ Wilfrid Laurier University Saved on: 3/10/09 1:30 PM Printed on: 3/10/09 1:31 PM Introduction Reading 27. G.H. Mead‚ “The Social Foundations and Functions of Thought and Communication” The principle which I have suggested as basic to human social organization is that of communication involving participation in the other. This requires the appearance of the other in the self‚ the identification of the other with the
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APMA1210 – Operations Research Final Project By: S. Sajjad Hasan Introduction For my project I picked a case out the Hillier textbook‚ specifically Case 11.1 (Pages 533 – 535). In this case‚ Communicorp‚ a leading communication technology company is faced with financial difficulty due to disorganized internal communications. In order to remedy the situation‚ the CEO instructs us to phase in a corporate intranet to help departments communicate effectively. The schedule for different departments
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It is not difficult to enter the industry because the entry barriers are high. Threat of new entrants to Apple is low because it may affected by magnitude of entry barriers‚ such as 1. Advanced technologies requirements Advanced technologies make new competitors more difficult to enter the market which Apple enjoys a slight advantage here because of Apple have a lot of experience in creating software and hardware. New competitors have to develop those technologies before effectively competing
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Apple Computer Inc.’s strategy to gain market share dominance by market penetration has achieved poor results. This report finds that the industry has consolidated around six companies. The industry is unattractive for new entrants but for the existing firms‚ there is much market growth to be exploited. The financial analysis of Apple indicates that the strategies have not provided a strategic fit with the critical success factors of the industry. The company may come
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