1. The building blocks of competitive advantage include quality‚ customer responsiveness‚ innovation‚ and efficiency. Quality from a restaurant standpoint is getting what you pay for. To purchase an item such as wine from a restaurant that costs ninety-seven dollars per glass would have to be of good quality‚ as opposed to purchasing Boons Farm‚ and this costing you the same price. Quality is important in that if your company doesn’t posses good quality yet charges its customers for this inexistent
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On the periodic table‚ the element calcium is located in group two. Group two is the alkaline earth metals‚ which means calcium is an alkaline earth metal. Also‚ on the periodic table it is located in period four. The block calcium is in is the s-block. The elements in the s-block are located in the first two periodic table groups. The electron shell structure for calcium are 2.8.8.2. For calcium‚ the CAS registry ID‚ which is a unique numerical identifier given to elements by the Chemical Abstracts
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4f and 5f block elements 1. Name the 4f – block elements and give their electronic configuration. Why are Sc‚ Y‚ and La included in the list of lanthanide elements 2. What is lanthanide contraction? How does it affect the chemical behavior of Zr/Hf‚ Hb/Ta‚ Mo/W ? 3. Contrast the electronic spectra of the lanthanide and transition metal ions. Why do the lanthanide ions give rise to very sharp bands in their electronic spectra and why are the magnetic properties of their complexes little affected by
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CASE OF THE CHILD WITH MENTAL RETARDATION * INTRODUCTION: Mental retardation (MR) is a generalized disorder appearing before adulthood‚ characterized by significantly impaired cognitive functioning and deficits in two or more adaptive behaviours. It has historically been defined as an Intelligent quotient score under 70.Once focused almost entirely on cognition the definition now includes both a component relating to mental functioning and one relating to individuals’ functional skills in their
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Of all your courses‚ activities‚ internships‚ and work experience‚ which one did you find most rewarding or personally satisfying? Explain why. The most rewarding work experience that I have had was to work as a volunteer for the International office at Northern Virginia Community College. Personally‚ I considered volunteering responsible work because it requires time effort and commitment. Working as a volunteer with the International Office was meaningful to me because I was able to assist so
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assist in future problems or tasks. Examples include: Here’s what I think you should do... Let me suggest... Here’s the best solution... Using logic‚ Lecturing‚ or Arguing While logic is an ideal tool in solving problems‚ when it is used to block communication it becomes a roadblock to effective leadership. It often makes the one with the problem feel inferior‚ or inadequate by sending messages of
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Mental health among youths Introduction In this essay‚ the author will discuss the mental health issues among the youths. The mental problems as it relate to the general health and also discuss the mental health promotions. The author will then discuss on how changes in lifestyle could improve mental health. Finally‚ it worth’s mentioning that there are some professional help out there for people experiencing mental problems. Mental illness can be defined as the experiencing of severe and
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Over 50 million Americans face daily struggles with a mental illness. In today’s society‚ individuals feel less comfortable going to see a psychologist than they do seeing an eye doctor or a dentist. Also‚ individuals feel worse about needing assistance fighting depression or anxiety than they do about requiring help with cancer. The term “mental illness” has a very negative connotation. Individuals often relate things like self-harm and violence to it without considering examples to support these
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When I think about consulting prior to this class I had a little knowledge about it I have more insight now after I started reading Flawless Consulting by Peter Block who seemed to have a great sense of humor in the first chapters. I only knew the concept of consultant on my experiences as a fashion consultant which I think it is totally different from what I am going to learn from this course. However I think there is similarities to them for instance‚ they both require a high level of communication
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INTRODUCTION A mental disorder is a psychological or behavioral pattern generally associated with subjective distress or disability that occurs in an individual‚ and which is not a part of normal development or culture. Mental disorder has a wide scope of illness for centuries. It has many levels of illness and most of the illness are common conditions faced by individuals either they noticed it or not. In Malaysia‚ Ministry of Health did a survey and shows 11% of our people have mental illness. That
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